PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #14

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
SHEFFIELD,Gary	FWP AL	.360	.960	6	25	9	3	0	4	6	13	3	3	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
HAMMOND,Chris	JJG AL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
WILLIAMS,Matt D.	MBB NL	.400	.900	2	10	4	2	0	1	1	7	2	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
MARTINEZ,Dennis	SCS NL	2	2	0	0	0.56	16	1	1	3	11	4	0	0	0	0	1

Portland Mavericks @ Detroit Stars
Summary:	Portland Mavericks sweep the Detroit Stars.

Winnipeg Goldeyes @ Germantown Grays
Preview	Two top teams in the National League West face off in Germantown.
Game #1:	Goldeneyes strike first. Germantown keeps it close until the Goldeneyes add an insurance run in the 8th. Goldeneyes Devereaux went 2-4 RBI R 2b HR and Viquel 2-4. Schilling 7IP 1R 1H&1W w/ 5K. Rojas closed it with 2 innings of scoreless relief. Grays Appier 6.1IP 2R 6H&1W w/2K. Aguilera and Assenmacher pitched 2.1IP of scoreless relief. Goldeneyes 3-1.
Game #2:	Grays Mack banged home 2 in the 1st and that is all Morgan would need. Grays Mack 2-4 2RBI R. Morgan 8IP 0R 3H&0W w/ 4K. Grays 4-0
Game #3:	Grays Smoltz provided more than enough offense for himself. Goldeneyes Power and Beck pitched 3 innings of scoreless relief. Grays Smoltz 7IP 0ER 4H&1W w/ 11K. Nied and Montgomery pitched shutout ball for the remaining 2 innings. Grays 4-1
Game #4:	Grays jump out to a 3-0 lead and hold on. Goldeneyes Beck pitched 2 innings of scoreless relief. Grays Thomas was 3-4 RBI 2b. Guzman 5.1IP 1ER 0H&6W w/4K. Nied, Fetters, Hernandez and Montgomery added 3.2 innings of scoreless relief. Grays 3-2.
Game #5:	Lots of goose eggs in a 13 inning marathon. Goldeneyes Ventura went 2-5 RBI and Melvin 2-3. Candiotti 9IP 0ER 2H&4W w/7K. Rojas pitched 2 innings of scoreless relief. Appier 5IP 0R 3H&1W w/4K. Finley, DiPino, Hernandez and Fetters blanked the Goldeneyes for 7 innings. Grays 4-1 in 13.
Game #6:	Goldeneyes controlled the game. Goldeneyes Devereaux 2-4 2R 2b W, Vizquel 2-4 2R 2b W, Scioscia 3-4 5RBI R HR W and Schilling 2-5. Schiling 8.1IP 2R 5H&2W w/8K. Grays Barnes 2-4 RBI. Goldeneyes 6-2.
Game #7:	Another nail biter that goes 12. Goldeneyes Lofton 2-4 2R W Sb. Glavine 6IP 2R 6H&3W /w 2K. Beck and Howell pitch 3 innings of scoreless relief. Grays Alomar went 2-6 RBI, Thomas 2-5 RBI R HR and Gagne 2-5 2b. Morgan 7IP 2R 3H&1W 3K. Assenmacher, DiPino, Aguilera, Hernandex and Fetters pitched 5 innings of shutout relief. Grays 3-2 in 12.
Summary:	Not much offense to speak about. Lots of outstanding pitching performances with Schilling (15.1IP 3R 6H&3W 13K) and Morgan (15IP 2R 6H&1W 7K) being most dominate. Grays eek out the series 5-2.

Chicago Demolition @ Corktown Bootleggers
Preview	7 games between Chicago and Corktown
Game #1:	Corktown 6-2
Game #2:	Chicago 4-2
Game #3:	Militello for the Demolition throws a No-Hitter! Chicago 7-0
Game #4:	Chicago 6-2
Game #5:	Corktown 6-2
Game #6:	Corktown 2-0
Game #7:	Great rubber match game 7. Chicago 10-9 (13)
Summary:	Chicago takes the series 4-3 when Corktown really needed to take care of the last place Demolition. This leaves Corktown knowing they must sell. Congrats to Sam Militello and his No-Hitter!

Valdosta Bombers @ Manhattan Gas Hornets
Preview	NL East 7 game series between the Bombers from Valdosta and the Gas Hornets – Manhattan’s finest!
Game #1:	Shane Reynolds vs. Jimmy Jones – Jones carries no-hitter into 6th – but Reynolds is just as strong. Wallach is able to take advantage of Finleys SBs in the 7th and drives him home with a single for the 1-0 lead. Bottom half the Gas Hornets take advantage of some control issues and Schofield drives in 1 and then Santiago connects for the game winning 2 run homer (9). VAL 1-5-1 LP Reynolds (2-6) MGH 3-3-0 WP J.Jones (5-2) S D.Jones (16)
Game #2:	Mike Moore vs. J.Morris – Morris takes a no-hitter into the 6th but then he gives up a hit and an rbi single to Finley. Then in the 8th Karros takes him out of the park for a 2 run homer (12) and a 3-0 lead. Morris struggles a bit in the 8th, giving up 1 but Boever and Franco bail him out to preserve the 3-1 victory (same score, flipped results). VAL 3-5-0 WP Moore (2-11) MGH 1-5-1 LP Morris (9-4)
Game #3:	Dave Burba vs. Dave Stewart – Scoring started early in this one as Burba gives up 4 hits and 2 walks in the 1st and Gas Hornets score 3. Huson homers later (3) for a 4th run. Stewart gives up 4 hits in 7 innings, Finley and Karros back to back doubles in the 6th was the only run scoring damage. VAL 1-5-0 LP Burba (2-11) MGH 4-9-0 WP Stewart (7-6) S Harris (4)3rd straight game Bombers only get 5 hits. 1st time in series Manhattan got more than 5 hits!
Game #4:	Donovan Osborne vs. Orel Hershiser – well the offesive outbursts (or should I say lack thereof) continues in this one. Osborne goes 8, gives up 4 hits and 2 walks and no runs. Hershiser does better. He goes 10 innings, gives up 2 hits, walks 1 and fans 9. Game is 0-0 after 9. Bottom of the 10th, Hershiser doubles, leaves for a PR (Alicea) and he scores on a Fermin single with the infield in for the games only run. So Orel really does it all. VAL 0-2-1 LP Boever (5-1) 10 innings MGH 1-7-0 WP Hershiser (6-7)Valdosta breaks out of the 5 hits per game run, but did it in the wrong direction.
Game #5:	Trevor Wilson vs. Bob Welch – Bombers finally start bombing and score 4 in the 1stincluding a Benzinger 2 run HR (3). Benzinger drives in 2 more with a double in the 3rd and by the 4th it’s 8-1 Valdosta. McReynolds bops a grand slam in the 5th (4) and it’s 8-5. But Beover (7th and 8th) and Franco (9th) close it down for the win. 21 total hits in this one. VAL 8-10-0 WP Wilson (4-5) S Franco (11) MGH 5-11-0 LP Welch (6-3)
Game #6:	Shane Reynolds vs. Jimmy Jones (round 2) – again the flood gates are open – 28 hits in this game. Manhattan gets a 1-0 lead in the 1st, Bombers tie it in the 2nd. Gas Hornets make it 2-1 in 3rd, but Bombers score 2 in the 6 as Sax drives in 2 against his former teammates (he goes 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 rbis in this one). 3-2 Bombers going into bottom of 7th …Bottom half wasn’t pretty – Gas Hornets score 2 on a WP and that was only 22% of their runs as they score NINE big ones in the inning. Sampen came in to spell Reynolds when he lost it and faced 4 – 2 hits, 2 walks. Brantley could do much either. VAL 4-11-0 LP Reynolds (2-7) MGH 11-17-2 WP Gott (7-4)
Game #7:	Mike Moore vs. Jack Morris (round 2) – so Howe do we wrap up this series? How about another 1-0 game with the winning run scored in the bottom of the 9th. Polonia lead off with a double, Alicea sacrifices him to 3rd and Livingstones grounder was weal emough for Polonia to score. Morris goes the whole way giving up just 3 hits – 2 less than he did in game 2 and again just 1 run, but this time he got no support. Morris scatters 4 hits and Howe pitches the 9th (1 hit) and he gets the win. VAL 0-5-0 LP Moore (2-12) MGH 1-3-2 WP Howe (1-0)2nd game in which Gas Hornets win with just 3 hits.
Summary:	Gas Hornets manage a 5-2 series win – 2 games had some offense otherwise it was either stellar pitching of ps poor hitting (or combo). Gas Hornets head to Sugarland next week for 7 as they embark on a 17 game road trip. Valdosta heads home to host Steel City.

Sugar Land Skeeters @ Michigan Marauders
Game #1:	Kevin Tapani with a 6-hit shutout as SLS wins 7-0. Devon White has 3 hits and a solo HR.
Game #2:	Wickman and Powell combine on a 2-hit shutout. Hoiles and Boone with solo shots. Michigan wins, 4-0.
Game #3:	Gullickson goes the distance, allowing a single unearned run on six hits. Hoiles with another solo homer, Palmeiro with two solo bombs. Michigan wins, 4-1.
Game #4:	Ken Griffey hits a solo shot for SLS, Biggio with three hits. Hoiles homers in his third straight game. SLS wins in 10, 5-4, on Merced’s pinch single.
Game #5:	Borders homers and scores three times. Palmeiro with two RBI. Kaminiecki is efective enough for the win as Michigan rolls, 11-4.
Game #6:	Darin Jackson gets 5 hits as it takes 16 innings for Michigan to win, 5-4. Biggio has two hits and 3 steals.
Game #7:	Future reliever Wickman has another excellent start, seven strong innings. Ripken and Boone with solo shots. Michigan wins, 4-2.
Summary:	Michigan wins 5 of 7.

Fort Worth Panthers @ Stockton Wings
Preview	Fort Worth @ Stockton of a seven game series. Top two teams in the AL East division.
Game #1:	STO 8 – FWP 0 WP: Mussina (CG) LP: Wegman HR: STO–Tettleton, Walker (2) Mussina throws a 3-hitter and Walker deives in 4 runs with 2 HRs
Game #2:	FWP 11 – STO 7 WP: Z. Smith LP: Drabek HR: FWP–Sheffield, Winfield, Rodriguez, Joyner, McGriff; STO–Hunter Fort Worth puts on a show with five HRs
Game #3:	FWP 7 – STO 0 WP: Tewksbury LP: Astacio HR: none Tewksbury dominates and Sheffield has three RBI for Fort Worth. Astacio shows the rust coming off a long DL stint
Game #4:	FWP 5 – STO 3 WP: K. Brown LP: Erickson SV: Austin HR: none Fort Worth takes the early lead but can’t hold it. Winningham’s double in the 6th gives Fort Worth the win.
Game #5:	STO 5 – FWP 4 WP: Henry LP: Rodriguez HR: FWP–Rodriguez, Sheffield; STO–Larkin Stockton had to rally in the 8th and 13th to tie the game and finally won on a Lewis RBI single in the 15th inning
Game #6:	FWP 5 – STO 4 WP: Wegman LP: Mussina SV: Fossas HR: STO–Anthony Another extra inning game, this time Fort Worth comes out on top. Two more RBI for Sheffield
Game #7:	FWP 5 – STO 4 WP: Z. SMith LP: Drabek (CG) SV: Austin HR: FWP–Kelly, Sheffield (2); STO–Tettleton, Davis All of the runs scored in the game are on HRs, with Sheffield adding two more to his count
Summary:	Fort Worth takes the series 5 games to 2 Sheffield had 4 HRs and 13 RBI in the series. There were 18 HRs in the series, and that’s with two homerless games.

Steel City Sluggers @ Long Beach Titans
Summary:	Long Beach continues to struggle at home losing 4 of 7 to Steel City.

Blarney Drive Bandits @ Missouri Black Bears
Preview	The Blarney Drive Bandits (29-54) visit the Missouri Black Bears (41-36)
Game #1:	Missouri 3, Blarney Drive 2 – 10 Innings Reboulet GW 1B Bonds 2 hits, SB, RS, RBI Gross 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K Injury: MBB – S. Fletcher (15 days)
Game #2:	Missouri 4, Blarney Drive 0 Offerman 3B, RBI Van Slyke 3 hits, 2B, RS Clayton H, BB, 2 RS Bielecki 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 1 K
Game #3:	Missouri 21, Blarney Drive 1 Williams 4 hits, 2B, HR, RS, 6 RBI Bonds 3 hits, 2 2B, 2 BB, 5 RS, 2 RBI Coles 3 hits, 2B, HR (Grand Slam), 3 RS, 5 RBI Van Slyke 4 hits, 2 2B, 3B, 3 RS, 3 RBI
Game #4:	Blarney Drive 6, Missouri 1 Wilson 2 hits, 2 2B, BB, 2 RS, 2 RBI Murray H, 2 RBI Wells CG, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 10 K Bonds solo HR in the loss
Game #5:	Blarney Drive 3, Missouri 1 D. Fletcher 2 hits, 2 RS Wilson 2 hits, RS Black 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
Summary:	Missouri takes 3 of 5 and is disappointed in the outcome. Scoring 21 runs in Game 3 and follow that up with singles in Game 4 and 5. Go figure.

Mexico City Chihuahuas @ Flossmoor Flying Squirrels
Game #1:	Tied at two to the bottom of the 9th when Palmer walks it off for the home team. FFS 3-2
Game #2:	Little dogs win it 5-3
Game #3:	Maddux goes 8 strong allowing 1 run and FFS wins it 4-1
Game #4:	Cone goes 7+ shutout innings, and the bullpen holds down the rest. FFS wins 2-0tac
Game #5:	Swift out duels Key with the complete game shutout for the 1-0 Mexico City win.
Game #6:	Another tight one as its 1-1 to the 9th when the Taco Bell dogs scratch two across to win it 3-1
Game #7:	Greg Hibbard was a dumpster fire and Mexico jumped all over him to get out to a big lead and wins it 7-1.
Summary:	Mexico City wins 4-3 with late series heroics. Flossmoor is ready to deal

California Quakes @ Janesville Juggernauts
Preview	The Quakes come into town for a five game match up against the Juggernauts.
Game #1:	Game one is all California as they win it 8-1 with three homers.
Game #2:	Janesville pitching disappears again and the Quakes take game two 7-2.
Game #3:	Williams for Janesville goes 8 strong innings and Plunk picks up his 16th save of the season as the Juggernauts get on the win board 4-2.
Game #4:	Chris Hammond is brilliant and tosses the Juggernauts first no hitter of the season as Janesville wins game four 4-0.
Game #5:	The rubber game sees the Juggernauts come up on top as they win game five and the series. Final score was 3-1, as Eldred for Janesville wins his 8th game of the season and Plunk picks up save number seventeen.
Summary:	The Juggernauts wins the short series 3-2. Next up for Janesville is a road trip to division leading Mexico, while the Quakes will entertain the Detroit Stars at home.