1993 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #12
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| BAINES,Harold | FFS AL | .474 | .737 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| GORDON,Tom | CAL AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| HAMILTON,Darryl | BDB NL | .364 | .727 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| MOYER,Jamie | VAL NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sugar Land Skeeters @ Steel City Sluggers | |
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| Series Summary: | Going into the season, we knew Steel City would score a lot of runs – but probably give up even more. Fortunately, the fans are happy with watching glorified softball and ticket revenue is solid.
Steel City takes the first three games 4-3, 12-7, and 5-4. But then the final two are dropped 4-3 and 5-2. |
| California Quakes @ Detroit Stars | |
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| Series Summary: | California sweeps Detroit. |
| Chicago Demolition @ Mexico City Chihuahuas | |
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| Series Preview: | Chicago at the bottom & the Chihuahuas up top in different divisions |
| Game #1: | Ben McDonald goes the distance for the Chihuahuas.
Final Score: Mexico City 7 – Chicago 9 Win: Ben McDonald 9-3 (1.87) |
| Game #2: | Alan Trammell has 2 Hits & 3 RBI’s. Julio Franco & Don Mattingly both homer.
Final Score: Mexico City 10- Chicago 4 Win: Bill Swift 10-4 (2.43) |
| Game #3: | Chicago squeaks it out in the 10th. Mark Whiten has 2 RBI’s for the Demolition.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Mexico City 4 Win: Roger Trlicek 3-0 (5.40) |
| Game #4: | Alan Trammell has 4 Hits & Kevin Bass is 3 for 5 with 6 RBI’sfor the Chihuahuas.
Final Score: Mexico City 10- Chicago 4 Win: Chris Bosio 8-3 (3.01) |
| Game #5: | Willie Banks goes 7 Innings & Roger Clemens earns his 5th Career Save.
Final Score: Chicago 4 – Mexico City 2 Win: Willie Banks 3-4 (5.69) |
| Series Summary: | Chicago takes 2 of 5, but Mexico City is by far a better team. |
| Stockton Wings @ Fort Worth Panthers | |
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| Series Preview: | The Panthers return home after a brutal road trip that saw them go 12-26. Half the games were against California and Mexico, who look like they’re on a collision course for the ALCS. The Quakes are 30-3 at home and 2 of those losses were at the hands of Ft. Worth! Take out those 19 games and the Panthers road trip looks respectively better as they went 3 – 16 against the top two AL teams and 9-10 against the other teams on the road trip.
The Panthers come into this series in 2nd place a distant 17 games out. On the league leader boards they’re 4th in batting average at .262, 4th in runs, on top in steals with 50, 4th For the Wings their record now 30 and 35 having lost 2 in a row their road record is 9 and 15 The Wings come into this game in 3rd place in the league they’re 5th in batting at .257, 3rd in homers with 64, number two in stolen bases with 44 4th in on base percentage they’re 19 games back. |
| Game #1: | Wally Joyner hits a one out double in the 7th to break a 4-4 tie, “Infield deep … ORSULAK down the line some at third … ECKERSLEY brings it to the plate hit hard toward the gap in right center … WALKER races back … he won’t get it it’s off the wall … ORSULAK trots home … and JOYNER cruises in to second” It also happened to be Joyner’s 50th hit this season.
Final Score FWP 6, STO 4 Rick Honeycutt, W 1-2 |
| Game #2: | Robby Thompson puts the game away in the 5th for Stockton, “Infield deep … he brings it in … line drive base hit … in the hole between third and short WINFIELD comes up with it … GRISSOM scores … WALKER is rounding third TETTLETON’s rounding second they’re waving WALKER in here comes the throw home TETTLETON’s going for third and THOMPSON’s headed for second WALKER scores … REBOULET cuts it to third … MARTINEZ’s tag … and he’s SAFE!…on a close play … oh, close call … the gamble pays off and THOMPSON takes second on the throw”Final Score STO 4, FWP 1Kirk Rueter, W, 6-4 Dennis Eckersley, S, 3 Rene Arocha, L, 6-6 |
| Game #3: | A 15 hit 7 steal attack and a solid pitching game by the pitcher Richard Kimble hates allowed Ft. Worth to win easily even after allowing 3 runs in the top of the 9th.
Final Score FWP 6, STO 4 Jim Abbott, W 6-6 |
| Game #4: | Fred McGriff hits his 20th homer of the season and drives in two runs to lead the Panther attack and Bob Tewksbury has a quality start going 7 plus allowing just two runs.
Final Score FWP 5, STO 3 Bob Tewksbury, W 6-5 |
| Game #5: | Scott Erickson outduels Kevin Brown and a triple by Charlie Hayes was the difference.
Final Score STO 2, FWP 1 Scott Erickson, W, 3-3 |
| Game #6: | After Barry Larkin ties the game with a 2-run home run in the 8th the Panthers won the game in the bottom of the 11th when Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez stepped up with two runners on with one out, “The runners take their lead … the pitch … lined hard to left … base hit SNYDER takes it on the hop … ORSULAK’s rounding third … he’s headed for home here’s SNYDER’s throw … and it’s a wild throw … it’s all over! … ORSULAK will score!” Final Score FWP 3, STO 2Rick Honeycutt, W 2-2 Mike Butcher, L, 1-3 |
| Game #7: | Ft. Worth wins the finale surviving a 4 run 6th by Stockton to hold to win 7 to 6. |
| Series Summary: | Panthers take the series 5 games to 2 with 17 steals and only one homer during the series. |
| Blarney Drive Bandits @ Long Beach Titans | |
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| Series Summary: | Blarney Drive takes 4 of 7 from Long Beach |
| Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Germantown Grays | |
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| Series Preview: | Germantown takes on the Manhattan Gas Hornets in a home series. |
| Game #1: | Grays jump out to a 7-0 lead only to see the Hornets make it 7-6 in the 7th. Hornets Spiers4-5 R 2b Sb, Maas 2-5 2R 5RBI 2HR, Fermin 2-5 R 2b and D Martinez 2-5 2b. Grays Curtis 2-5 R, Alomar 2-4 2R 3RBI HR W Sb, Thomas 2-5 R RBI, Sanders 2-5 R RBI and Gagne 2-3 R 3RBI SF. Aguilera, Mulholland, Fetters and Wohlers pitched 2.2 innings of scoreless relief. Grays 11-6. |
| Game #2: | Smoltz pitches a gem, 9IP 0R 5H 3W 7K. Hornets Patterson and Jones pitch 3.2 innings of scoreless relief. Grays Thomas 2-3 R 2RBI W and Gagne 2-4. Grays 5-0 |
| Game #3: | Hornets touch Appier for 4 in the 5th, score 2 in bottom of 9th for win. Curtis 4-5 2R RBI HR. Hernandez, Aguilera and Montgomery pitched 2.2 innings of scoreless relief. Grays 7-6. |
| Game #4: | Hornets build a 5-2 lead through 5. Grays score 3 in 7th and 1 in 9th for the win. Hornets Vanderwal 2-3 2R RBI W 2Sb. Grays Gagne 2-2 2R 2W. Miranda, Castillo, Fetters and Assenmacher pitch 4 innings of shutout relief. Grays 6-5. |
| Game #5: | Grays score 2 in the 1st. Hornets Hershiser 7IP 2R 6H 3W 8K. Grays Alomar 2-4 and Gagne 2-3. Miranda 5.2IP 0R 3H 3W 0K. Assenmacher, Aguilera, Hernandez and Montgomery pitched 3.1 innings of scoreless relief. Grays 2-0. |
| Series Summary: | Not a series for stellar starting pitcher performances though Smoltz gets the honors of a complete game shutout allowing 5H 3W on 7K. Though Gagne was productive near the bottom of the order 8-16 3R 3RBI 2W SF, Thomas continued to be steadily productive in the middle 7-18 4R 6RBI 2b HR 4W. Grays wept the series from a scrappy Hornets team. |
| Valdosta Bombers @ Michigan Marauders | |
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| Series Preview: | Last place Valdosta comes to Michigan and takes 6 of 7 from the Marauders. |
| Game #1: | Valdosta 4 Michigan 1
Moyer throws a complete game to takes his record to 3-5. Steve Finley and Chuck Carr with 3 hits for the Bombers. |
| Game #2: | Valdosta 6 Michigan 5
The Bombers get 3 runs in the 9th to win the game. Henneman blows his 6th save of the year. Boo! Servais with a big 3 run bomb as the difference maker. Gaetti and Castilla hit homers for the Marauders. |
| Game #3: | Valdosta 10 Michigan 5
Charlie Hough wins his 2nd game of the year. Carr, Karros, and Pagnozzi hit homers for Valdosta. Carr and Karros with 3 hits apiece. |
| Game #4: | Michigan 2 Valdosta 1
Jose Guzman goes the distance. Bret Boone with a 2 run homer. |
| Game #5: | Valdosta 7 Michigan 1
Fraser native Pat Hengen throws a complete game. Jack Clark hits a tater. 3 batters have 3 hits apiece. |
| Game #6: | Valdosta 1 Michigan 0 (10)
Chuck Carr knocks in the winning run. Moyer and Morgan both throw 9 innings of 5 hit ball. Henneman picks up another loss. |
| Game #7: | Valdosta 2 Michigan 1
Zane Smith throws a complete game as Valdosta’s starters have been hot all series. Gates and Smith with the RBIs. |
| Series Summary: | Valdosta gets very good pitching by Zane Smith, Jamie Moyer, and others to win the series 6 games to 1. |
| Portland Mavericks @ Janesville Juggernauts | |
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| Series Preview: | The Portland Mavericks visit the Janesville Juggernauts for a six game set. |
| Game #1: | PORTLAND 8 JANESVILLE 2 Despite losing Avery in the third inning to injury, the Mavericks bullpen steps up big as they take game one of the series. |
| Game #2: | PORTLAND 10 JANESVILLE 6 Cal Eldred has his worse outing of the season and the Mavericks pump out 17 hits as they win game two. |
| Game #3: | JANESVILLE 5 PORTLAND 3 Chris Hammond wins his first game of the season thanks to a pitch hit 2-run homer by Bream as the Juggernauts get on the win board. |
| Game #4: | JANESVILLE 3 PORTLAND 0 The Juggernauts can thank Mother Nature as the game is called in the bottom of the eighth due to heavy rain. Pugh goes the distance in the win. |
| Game #5: | PORTLAND 12 JANESVILLE 5 The Mavericks score six runs in the 8th inning to put this one away into the win column. |
| Game #6: | PORTLAND 6 JANESVILLE 5 The last game of the series is also the longest as the Mavericks pull out a win in the 15th inning. Janesville had their chances but couldn’t capitalize and it cost them. |
| Series Summary: | Some hard fought games on both sides of the ball. Next up for Portland-a home series against the Detroit Stars while Janesville hits the road against the Corktown Bootleggers. |
| Winnipeg Goldeyes @ Missouri Black Bears | |
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| Series Preview: | Winnipeg (33-34) visits Missouri (39-28) |
| Game #1: | Missouri 2, Winnipeg 1 Bears score 2 in the 8th Bichette RBI 3B, GW RS McDowell 8 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 8 K |
| Game #2: | Missouri 6, Winnipeg 4 Piazza 2 hits, 2B, solo HR Williams 2 hits, 2 2B, 2 RBI |
| Game #3: | Missouri 3, Winnipeg 2 – 11 Innings Kruk walk-off solo HR |
| Game #4: | Missouri 6, Winnipeg 4 Bonds (#16), Igor (#10), Williams (#15) all HR Rogers 6.1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Jones, Vizquel, Barberie HR in the loss |
| Game #5: | Missouri 4, Winnipeg 0 Igor 3-run 8th inning 2B Burkett 7.2 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K |
| Series Summary: | Bears sweep and are ready for the next series versus Blarney Drive. |
| Flossmoor Flying Squirrels @ Corktown Bootleggers | |
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| Series Summary: | Flossmoor takes three of five from Corktown. |