PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #25

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
DOWNING,Brian	CAL AL	.348	.870	7	23	8	1	1	3	5	12	3	6	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
RYAN,Nolan	CAL AL	2	2	0	0	0.66	13.2	2	1	11	15	3	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
BONDS,Barry	MBB NL	.400	1.000	7	25	10	0	0	5	7	12	3	4	0	3	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
HARRIS,Greg	MGH NL	2	2	0	0	1.50	12	2	2	5	12	4	0	0	0	0	0

Montana Cutthroats @ Janesville Juggernauts
Preview	A five game set between the Cutthroats and the Juggernauts.
Game #1:	Montana wins a close one 3-2 as Martinez wins his 15th game of the season for the Cutthroats.
Game #2:	No contest as Montana wins going away 9-1. Krueger goes the distance in winning his 10th game.
Game #3:	Janesville loses it in the 10th as Montana scores 2 runs to win game three 7-5.
Game #4:	Cook tosses a shutout and the Cutthroats win game four 3-0.
Game #5:	Never in doubt, Montana scores 18 runs on 24 hits and Janesville drops all five games, losing 18-5.
Summary	Janesville looking toward next year, hits the road next week versus the Traverse City Tigers while Montana looks to continue their winning ways at home versus Stockton.

Fort Worth Panthers @ Chicago Demolition
Preview	Two Division Rivals at the opposite end of the standings take the field in Chicago for a 7 game series.
Game #1:	Roger Clemens (24-4 1.76) goes 7 Innings allowing only 1 Earned Run. Carlos Quintana is 3 for 4 for Chicago. Dennis Eckersley picks up his 30th save on the season. Final Score: Chicago 2 – Fort Worth 1
Game #2:	Dave Stewart (20-10 2.15) picks up his 20th Win. Eckersley with his 21st Save. George Brett & Kal Daniels are 2 for 4 each. Daniels with a Home Run. Final Score: Chicago 3 – Fort Worth 2
Game #3:	Dave Stieb (16-13 3.44) goes 6 Innings, then a cast of relievers (8) close it out for Chicago. Eric Davis is 3 for 4 with a Home Run & 2 RBI’s. Final Score: Chicago 6 – Fort Worth 2
Game #4:	Doug Drabek (14-11 4.13) picks up the Win. Kal Daniels is 3 for 4 with 2 RBI’s. Randy Ready is 2 for 3 with 2 RBI’s. Final Score: Chicago 8 – Fort Worth 3
Game #5:	Spot Starter Scott Lewis (2-1 1.88) goes the distance allowing only a single run in the 9th inning on an Error. George Brett is 4 for 5 falling a Homer short of the Cycle. Darryl Strawberry is 2 for 4 with 2 Home Runs & 6 RBI’s. Final Score: Chicago 14 – Fort Worth 1
Game #6:	Roger Clemens (25-4 1.72) on a Batters Faced limit goes 6 scoreless Innings. Kevin D. Brown & Larry Andersen hold down the 7th & 8th Innings. Eckersley pitches the 9th and & picks up save #32. Final Score: Chicago 1 – Fort Worth 0
Game #7:	Dave Stewart (21-10 2.08) goes the distance & says afterwards “I can pitch tomorrow if you need me skip”. Bill Doran is 3 for 5 with 2 RBI’s. Carlos Quintana is 3 for 3 with 2 RBI’s. Final Score: Chicago 11 – Fort Worth 0
Summary	Chicago dominates the Panthers as we head into the final week of the season. Fort Worth has a very promising future & will look to build in the 1991 Draft. Chicago heads to Cedar Park for the last series of the year & then onto the Playoffs.

Traverse City Tigers @ Detroit Stars
Summary	Detroit wins series 6-1 over Traverse City.

Stockton Wings @ California Quakes
Preview	2nd place California fights to stay alive in the wild card race facing 4th place Stockton.
Summary	California takes 5 of 7 against Stockton, and remains in a VERY close wild card race with Detroit and Montana as we approach the final series of the season. Good luck, all.

Clovis Cougars @ Sugar Land Skeeters
Summary	Sugar Land plays tough early in the series but Clovis’ gets too much pitching, outscoring Sugar Land 25-3 in the 5-game weep.

Steel City Sluggers @ Long Beach Titans
Preview	Long Beach is trying to stay in the wild card race as they host West champion Steel City.
Game #1:	This figured to be a pitcher’s duel between 2 15 game winners, Tudor & Viola, and they didn’t disappoint. Both pitchers gave up 2 hits but the Titans managed to scratch out 2 runs against Tudor and won 2-0. Oliver had both hits for Long Beach and had the only RBI of the game.
Game #2:	Steel City pounded Boyd for 4 in the first and drove him out of the game with 2 more in the 3rd as they rolled to a 6-1 win. Martinez pitched 8 strong innings and improved to 14-7.
Game #3:	Steel City built a 5-0 lead in the 3rd when they knocked Hartley out of the game. But Long Beach came back with 3 in the bottom of the inning on a Justice 3 run bomb. They tied it in the 5th and took the lead in the 7th on a Braggs 3 run HR. The Titan bullpen pitched 6 shutout innings to close out the 8-5 win as Gleaton picked up his 20th save.
Game #4:	Sandberg hit a 2 run HR in the 6th to give Steel City a 3-2 lead. They added 3 more in the 8th with Moseby keying the rally with a 2 run 3B to build the lead to 7-2. They held on in the bottom of the 9th when a Fielder 3 run HR cut the lead to 7-6 but Perez got Ripken to end the game with the tying run on base.
Game #5:	Long Beach built a 5-0 lead after 3 but Steel City came all the way back and tied it in the 5th on an unearned run. In the bottom of the inning the Titans retook the lead when they scored an unearned run on a Lansford error. That was the end of the scoring as Viola settled down and shut down the sluggers until he handed it off the Gleaton to close out the 6-5 win.
Game #6:	Steel City jumped all over Boyd again, scoring 5 runs in the first 2 innings and rolling to a 7-2 win. Sandberg continued to pound Long Beach pitching with 2 hits and 3 RBI. Tudor pitched into the 7th and improved to 16-4.
Game #7:	The deciding game was tied 2-2 in the 10th when Titan killer Sandberg doubled in Grace. Henderson followed with a run scoring 1B to make the final 4-2. Grace had 3 2Bs and scored the winning run.
Summary	Steel City took the series 4-3 to further jeopardize Long Beach’s wild card hopes.

Winnipeg Goldeyes @ Germantown Grays
Preview	Battle for last place in the division
Game #1:	Grays Appier went 6IP allowing on 4H & 4W and got 3 innings of shutout relief from Dewey, Veresand Aguilera. Goldeneyes Guthrie weren’t too shabby either pitching 8IP allowing 1R on 6H & 3W. Goldeneyes Javier went 3-4 R 2b. Grays Venable was 2-4. Grays 2-1.
Game #2:	Grays Finley went 7.1IP allowing 0R on 2H & 3W and the Grays pitching went 6.2 inning of shutout relief. They were out done by Goldeneyes Stotlemyre who went 10IP allowing 0R on 1H & 1W. Goldeneyes Bell went 2-5. Grays 1-0 in 14.
Game #3:	Grays scored early and often. Alomar was 2-3 R 2W, Jose 2-5, Clark 2-2 R RBI, Schu 3-3 R 3RBI 2b HR, Martinez 3-5 R 2RBI 2b. Grays Smolts went 8IP allowing 2R on 4H & 2W. Grays 9-2
Game #4:	Goldeneyes got a 2-0 lead in the mid-frames. x-Grays Roberts went 2-5 R, and Yelding 2-4 R. Grays Mack was 3-4 R RBI and Decker 2-4 RBI 2b. Grays relief pitched 4.2 innings of shutout relief in the come back win. Grays 5-3.
Game #5:	Grays Appier went the distance allowing 1R on 7H & 2W. McRae was 2-4 R 2b. Goldeneyes Javier and Wilson were 2-4. Grays 3-1.
Game #6:	Grays Finley goes 8.1IP allowing 2R on 5H & 4W. Decker was 3-3 R RBI 2b, Martinez 2-3 R RBI and Caminiti 2-3 R RBI 2b. Goldeneyes Bell went 2-3 2RBI 2b. Grays methodically put the game together again. Grays 5-2.
Game #7:	Grays Morgan goes 8.2 allowing 1R on 4H & 2W. Venable was 3-4 2R RBI W, Decker 2-4 R 3RBI HR, Martinez 2-4 2R RBI HR and Gagne 2-4 RBI. Goldeneyes Fletcher went 2-3. Grays 8-1.
Summary	Germantown overtakes Winnipeg. Finley (1-0) pitched 15.2IP allowing 2ER on 7H & 7W w/ 7K. Appier (1-0) pitched 15IP allowing 2ER on 11H & 6W w/ 8K.

Mexico City Chihuahuas @ Cedar Park Bears
Preview	Playoff bound Mexico City in first place in the AL West visit 3d place Cedar Park.
Game #1:	Kevin Mitchell lead the way for MC with his 26th double and 33d HR, scoring once & driving in a run in a close opening game. Final: MC 4 CP 1 WP: Hanson 12-11 3.24 LP: Hibbard 12-7 3.64 SV: Chitren (25)
Game #2:	MC sends Mike Moore to the showers early scoring 5 runs on 7 hits and adding 2 more unearned runs on Steve Avery. Mitchell collected his 101st RBI. Final: MC 7 CP 2 WP: Fernandez 11-8 3.42 LP: Moore 6-6 5.54
Game #3:	MC makes it 3 straight led by Kelly Gruber‘s 31st HR as he gets to 100 RBIs, Mitchell adds 3 more RBIs to his great season. Final: MC 10 CP 3 WP: Sanderson 13-5 2.64 LP: Portugal 11-8 4.08
Game #4:	CP shows some life and end the Chihuahuas win streak despite Jack Clark‘s 40th HR. The Bears collect 11 hits and outscore the Chihuahuas, Will Clark collects 2 RBIs to pass the century mark with 101. Final: CP 6 MC 4 WP: Boddicker 11-13 3.69 LP: Cone 10-13 3.94 SV: Olson (35)
Game #5:	Mitchell hits his 34th and Trammell his 15th to lead the Chihuahuas. Will Clark smacked his 19th HR & drives in all 3 Bears’ runs but they fall one run short. Final: MC 4 CP 3 WP: Hanson 13-11 3.22 LP: Witt 10-9 3.53 SV: Palacios (2)
Game #6:	Ron Gant hit his 14th HR (far short of the 32 expected), and drove in 2, Will Clark knocks in 2 more (106) to lead the Bears past the Chihuahuas. Final: CP 5 MC 3 WP: Hibbard 13-7 3.68 LP: Gooden 14-7 3.44 SV: Ruskin (1)
Game #7:	Mike Moore closes out the season series against MC with a nifty 6-hit SHO. Todd Zeile hit his 15th HR & drove in 2 in the bottom of the 8th to give Moore the lead he needed to close out the complete game win. Final: CP 4 MC 0 WP: Moore 7-6 5.14 LP: Fernandez 11-9 3.40
Summary	The Bears recover from losing the 1st 3 games to & take 3 of the last 4 but losing the series 4-3 to the powerful Chihuahuas. Mexico City has an interesting final series at home against the 2d place Detroit Stars. The Bears close out their season hosting another playoff team, the Demolition from Chicago.

Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Michigan Marauders
Preview	The 1st place and intimidating Manhattan Gas Hornets come to Michigan to take on the 2nd place ball club. Manhattan is 20 games up. Yikes.
Game #1:	Manhattan 4 Michigan 2 Bob Welch wins his 26th game of the year for Manhattan. Gerald Perry leads the way with a double and 2 RBIs. Matt Nokes hits a homer. Gullickson drops to 14-13.
Game #2:	Manhattan 4 Michigan 1 Greg Harris wins his 12th. Manhattan outhits Michigan 8-4. The bats just don’t get going for Michigan for the 2nd straight game.
Game #3:	Manhattan 1 Michigan 0 Magrane and Doug Jones combine on the shutout. Benito Santiago is responsible for the only run with a homer. Michigan outhits Manhattan, 6-2.
Game #4:	Michigan 10 Manhattan 3 Langston wins his 14th game for Michigan. The Mauraders bats finally waken! Dale Murphy and Juan Samuel hit homers for Michigan.
Game #5:	Michigan 3 Manhattan 0 Mark Knudson with a 4 hit shutout and evens his record to 12-12. Brunansky with a double and 2 RBIs.
Game #6:	Manhattan 2 Michigan 1 Manhattan gets their mojo back and wins in 11 innings. Doug Jones wins in relief and is now 9-0. Gerald Perry with the game winning RBI.
Game #7:	Manhattan 4 Michigan 1 Greg Garris with a solid 6 and wins again. Yount with 3 hits and 3 RBIs. Nagy pitches well, but loses for Michigan.
Summary	Manhattan takes 5 of 7 from Michigan. Michigan drops farther in the wild card race with a tough series next week on the road.

Valdosta Bombers @ Missouri Black Bears
Preview	Valdosta Bombers (68-80) visit the Missouri Black Bears (65-83)
Game #1:	Missouri (Bonds) 5, Valdosta 3 Bonds 3-run & 2-run HR Bonds 3 hits, 2 HR (#28), 2 RS, 5 RBI Sierra H, 2 RS Morris 7 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K Finley 3 hits, 2B, 2 RS, RBI in the loss T. Wilson CG (8 IP), 9 H, 5 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Game #2:	Missouri 5, Valdosta 4 Bears score 5 in the 7th Melvin 3-run HR Bonds 2-run HR (#29) Maldonado 3 hits, 2B, RS, 2 RBI in the loss
Game #3:	Valdosta 13, Missouri 6 Van Slyke 5-5, 2 2B, HR, 4 RS, 3 RBI Olson 2 hits, 2B, 2 RS, 2 RBI Martinez PH 2-run HR Melvin 2 hits, 2B, 3 RBI in the loss Bonds HR #30 in the loss
Game #4:	Valdosta 4, Missouri 2 Wallach 2 hits, 2B, RBI Maldonado solo HR LaPoint 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
Game #5:	Valdosta 5, Missouri 2 Maldonado 2 hits, 2 2B, RBI Wallach 2 hits, 2 RS Espinoza 2 hits, 2B, RBI B. Smith 8.2 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K Williams 3 hits, 2B, HR, RS, 2 RBI in the loss
Game #6:	Missouri 5, Valdosta 3 Sierra 2 hits, 2B, HR, RS, 2 RBI Williams solo HR Morris 7 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Maldonado 2-run HR in the loss
Game #7:	Missouri 4, Valdosta 2 Bonds 2 hits, HR (#31), RS, 2 RBI Thompson 2 hits, RS Bielecki (ND) 7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Summary	Bears take 4 of 7 from Valdosta During the series Barry Bonds joins the 30/60 club. The Black Bears are ready for the last series of the year. Bring on 1991!!