1993 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #3
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| MARTIN,Al | CBL AL | .412 | .882 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| SWIFT,Bill | MEX AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| GRIFFEY,KEN Jr. | SLS NL | .370 | .963 | 7 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| DESHAIES,Jim | MIC NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.56 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portland Mavericks @ California Quakes | |
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| Series Summary: | California sweeps Portland in the short 5-game set. |
| Germantown Grays @ Winnipeg Goldeyes | |
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| Series Preview: | Germantown is looking to end Winnipegs NL run. Winnipeg is a solid team but Germantown maybe better. So this series is a big test for Champs. |
| Game #1: | Frank Thomas homers as Germantown wins 6-3. |
| Game #2: | A great pitched game by Bere and Montgomery as Germantown wins 5-2. |
| Game #3: | Thomas and Mack homered as Findley throws a 3 hitter. Germantown 5 Winnipeg 0 |
| Game #4: | Manwaring homers and Benes is great as Winnipeg wins 2-1 |
| Game #5: | Buhner homers and Schilling was solid as Winnipeg wins 3-2. |
| Game #6: | Four homers, Caminiti hits 2 homers as Germantown hammers Winnipeg 7-4. |
| Game #7: | Ventura drove in 3 but it wasn’t enough as Germantown wins in the 9th 4-3. |
| Series Summary: | Germantown makes a statement here winning 5 of the 7 games as they hit and Winnipeg did not. |
| Valdosta Bombers @ Manhattan Gas Hornets | |
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| Series Preview: | Home opener for the N.Ll East defending champs – not off to a good start, hosting Valdosta. Brief report (finishing up vacation at the lake). |
| Game #1: | 3 run 8th sparks come from behind win for Gas Hornets, 6-5. Chamberlain (1), Sprague (3) homer for Titans. Bohanon the win (1-1), Ryan the loss (0-1). |
| Game #2: | 6 run 4th sparks Manhattan easy 8-1 win. Stewart (2-0) gives up 2 hits in 7.2 innings. |
| Game #3: | 2 run 9th, Polonia 2 run double, completes the come from behind win as Manhattan wins another squeaker 5-4. Sprauge homes (4), Nilsson drives in 2. West the loser (3-2) in relief (and BS-1). MacDondald the win (1-0). |
| Game #4: | 9th inning run by Manhattan ties it up and then Gas Hornets score the winner in the 10th for 3-2 victory. Justice solo homer (1), Baerga 2 hits and rbi. Henry the loss in overtime (0-1). Harris the win (1-0). |
| Game #5: | James cracks a grand slam in the 1st (1), Titans tack on another in the 2nd and hang on to win 5-4. West able to stop things in the 9th for save (2). Mesa (2-1) the win, Hershiser (2-2) the loss. |
| Series Summary: | Wild series, 4 of 5 games are 1 run. 3 games won with walk-offs. Manhattan takes 4 of 5 and are set for next week hosting Sugar Land. Long Beach returns home to host Germantown. |
| Flossmoor Flying Squirrels @ Detroit Stars | |
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| Series Summary: | Flossmoor sweeps the Stars in a 5 game series. |
| Steel City Sluggers @ Blarney Drive Bandits | |
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| Series Preview: | Steel City steams into Irish Village to take on the Bandits for a 7 game set. |
| Game #1: | Bandits 2-0 lead after 5 slips away like a greased pig. David Wells and Butch Henry each allow just 2 runs so the Sluggers win battle of the pens I.
SCS 3 BDB 2 W – Henry (1) |
| Game #2: | Greg Swindell allows just 2 runs over 8 full but Randy Johnson allows 1 less in a CG effort. Sean Berry 2-3 w/ 2 doubles. Rickey Henderson 2-3 w SB.
SCS 1 BDB 2 |
| Game #3: | Sluggers out hit Bandits 11-10 and each leave 8 on base. Timely hitting makes all the difference and Sluggers capitalize. Navarro goes the distance and hitting lead by Gilkey 3-5, Vaughn 3-5, O’Brian 1-4 w/ HR and 5 RBI.
SCS 7 BDB 3 W – Navarro (2) |
| Game #4: | Steel City out hits Bandits 13-11 but strand 11 ducks. Fans were treated to scoring in every inning as 11 walks + 24 hits = fan excitement.
SCS 8 BDB 10 W – Lilliquist (1) |
| Game #5: | 24 hits in game 4, well, how about 31 hits in game 5 (SCS 12 BDB 19). Sean Berry drills a Grand Slam in the 9th to make the game appear closer than it was. Bandits score 13 and strand 14. Eddie Murray 5-6 and Jody “hidden power source” Reed 4 RBI.
SCS 7 BDB 13 W – Leftwich (1) |
| Game #6: | Butch Henry goes deep into the game allowing just 3. Bandits commit 4 errors to help fuel the Slugger attack. Mark Grace 3-5 w 2 rbi, Stan Javier 3-5 w/ 3 R.
SCS 7 BDB 3 W – Henry (2) |
| Game #7: | Swindell v Johnson, part deux, is a good one. Each go 8 full and this time it’s Swindell who allows 1 less run.
SCS 3 BDB 2 W – Swindell (3) |
| Series Summary: | Sluggers pound out 64 hits against some good pitching, and win 2 of the 3 1-run games, to take the series 4-3. Triple Creek pitching thus far has been very underwhelming. |
| Valdosta Bombers @ Michigan Marauders | |
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| Game #1: | Michigan 2 Valdosta 1 |
| Game #2: | Michigan 9 Valdosta 4 |
| Game #3: | Michigan 3 Valdosta 2 |
| Game #4: | Michigan 10 Valdosta 9 |
| Game #5: | Michigan 4 Valdosta 3 (11) |
| Game #6: | Michigan 10 Valdosta 0 |
| Game #7: | Michigan 6 Valdosta 3 |
| Series Summary: | Michigan was pretty lucky and wins all 7. |
| Stockton Wings @ Fort Worth Panthers | |
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| Series Preview: | Stockton comes to Ft. Worth percentage points ahead of the Panthers at the top of the ALE.
For the WINGS in the league starting this series they are 4th in batting at .272, number two On the league leader boards, the PANTHERS come into this series number two in batting at .292, 4th in homers with 16, second in runs scored, 3rd in slugging, leading in steals with 16, and 2nd in on base percentage. |
| Game #1: | Stockton comes to Ft. Worth percentage points ahead of the Panthers at the top of the ALE.
For the WINGS in the league starting this series they are 4th in batting at .272, number two On the league leader boards, the PANTHERS come into this series number two in batting at .292, 4th in homers with 16, second in runs scored, 3rd in slugging, leading in steals with 16, and 2nd in on base percentage. |
| Game #2: | Stockton comes to Ft. Worth percentage points ahead of the Panthers at the top of the ALE.
For the WINGS in the league starting this series they are 4th in batting at .272, number two On the league leader boards, the PANTHERS come into this series number two in batting at .292, 4th in homers with 16, second in runs scored, 3rd in slugging, leading in steals with 16, and 2nd in on base percentage. |
| Game #3: | Stockton comes to Ft. Worth percentage points ahead of the Panthers at the top of the ALE.
For the WINGS in the league starting this series they are 4th in batting at .272, number two On the league leader boards, the PANTHERS come into this series number two in batting at .292, 4th in homers with 16, second in runs scored, 3rd in slugging, leading in steals with 16, and 2nd in on base percentage. |
| Game #4: | FWP Pat Rapp 2-0 3.86 18IP STO Scott Erickson 0-1 18.00 2IPPat Rapp was the sacrificial lamb in this one as he was told he was going the distance no matter what and he did a fine job until the 9th when one walk and 7 singles produced 6 runs for the Wings. Larry Walker and Chili Davis would both get 4 hits for Stockton and Wally Joyner drove in 4 runs for the Panthers including his 2nd homer of the year.FINAL SCORE: WINGS 9, PANTHERS 5S. Ericksn, W, 1-1 R. Smithberg, S, 1 P. Rapp, L, 2-1 CG HR: W. Joyner (2) FWP |
| Game #5: | FWP Rene Arocha 1-0 1.59 17IP STO Joe Magrane first appearance in 1993Combined shutout by the Panthers. Stockton got 7 hits including two doubles and only struck out twice, but could not score. Backup second baseman, Geronimo Pena drove in two runs for the Panthers.FINAL SCORE: PANTHERS 4, WINGS 0R. Arocha, W, 2-0 J. Magrane, L, 0-1 |
| Game #6: | FWP Bob Tewksbury 1-2 4.05 20IP STO Pedro Astacio 2-1 1.50 24IPBob Tewksbury pitched Ft. Worth’s 3rd complete game of the series and benefited from two big innings by his hitters. Wally Joyner and Delino Deshields each hit bases clearing doubles as the Panthers won easily.FINAL SCORE: PANTHERS 8, WINGS 2B. Tewksbury, W, 2-2 CG P. Astacio, L, 2-2 |
| Game #7: | FWP Kevin Brown 2-1 3.13 31IP STO Mike Mussina 2-1 0.36 24IPThe two teams kept trading single runs back in forth until the bottom of the 8th when Pudge Rodriguez stepped up with runners on first and second with one out, “ SMITHBERG rocks and fires … RODRIGUEZ hits a pea … past the diving DESTRADE just inside the bag … it’s rolling … WALKER will have to play it near the corner SHEFFIELD scores … PANTHERS lead! … WEISS’s rounding third they’re waving WEISS in … SNYDER will relay here comes the throw home here’s the play at the plate … and he’s … SAFE!…on a close play … oh, close call the gamble pays off … and RODRIGUEZ holds with a double. So the double scores two big runs … and the PANTHERS break the tie and now lead 5-3 here in the 8th … that gives RODRIGUEZ 9 RBI on the season”FINAL SCORE: PANTHERS 5, WINGS 3K. Brown, W, 3-1 S. Bedrosian, S, 5 G. Minutelli, L, 0-1 |
| Series Summary: | Ft. Worth takes the series 6 to 1 outscoring the Wings 30 to 10 in their 6 wins. |
| Chicago Demolition @ Corktown Bootleggers | |
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| Series Summary: | Corktown does some damage to the Demolition taking 5 of 7 games. |
| Sugar Land Skeeters @ Missouri Black Bears | |
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| Game #1: | Missouri 4, Sugar Land 2 Kruk 3 hits, 2 2B, HR, 2 RS, 2 RBI Rogers 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K |
| Game #2: | Sugar Land 8, Missouri 6 Griffey Grand Slam Biggio 2 hits, RS, 2 RBI Karsay 6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K |
| Game #3: | Missouri 4, Sugar Land 3 – 10 Innings Bonds HR, 2 BB, RS, 2 RBI Pagliarulo 3-run HR In the loss |
| Game #4: | Sugar Land 7, Missouri 1 Griffey HR, 2 BB, 2 RS, RBI Greene 8 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K |
| Game #5: | Sugar Land 5, Missouri 2 Griffey 3 hits, 2 HR, 2 RS, 3 RBI Biggio 4 hits, 2 CS, RS, RBI Langston 6.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K |
| Game #6: | Sugar Land 2, Missouri 1 Tapani 8 IP, 10 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K Viola 6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K |
| Game #7: | Missouri 5, Sugar Land 4 Briley 3-run 2nd inning HR (part of 5-run 2nd) Rogers 6.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K |
| Series Summary: | Sugar Land takes 4 of 7. |
| Mexico City Chihuahuas @ Janesville Juggernauts | |
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| Series Preview: | Janesville welcomes the Mexico City Chihuahuas for a seven game set. The Juggernauts hope to get their offense rolling after a disappointing first two weeks, while the Chihuahuas are in a three way tie for first place in the young season. |
| Series Summary: | Mexico City sweeps 7-0; Janesville throws in the towel on the young season. |