1993 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #14
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| CONINE,Jeff | POR AL | .500 | .929 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| GUZMAN,Juan | CAL AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 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 | .429 | 1.107 | 7 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| MCDOWELL,Jack | MBB NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.73 | 12.1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri Black Bears @ Sugar Land Skeeters | |
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| Series Preview: | Missouri brings their sluggers into Sugar Land trailing the Skeeters by 9 and need a good series to stay in the division race. |
| Series Summary: | Missouri whips out a can of you-know-what, bonking 21 HR in the series including six by Bonds, two of which were game-winners in the top of the ninth. Piazza hit 5, Gonzalez 4, Williams 3. Missouri is clearly the better team but hasn’t had the breaks the Skeeters had before this series; they win six of seven and close within four games of the Skeeters. |
| California Quakes @ Fort Worth Panthers | |
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| Series Preview: | California opens the 2nd half in Ft. Worth and also closes out the season series against the Panthers. |
| Game #1: | Pudge Rodriguez hits a 2-run home run in the 4th to give Ft. Worth the lead they would never relinquish. Panthers 5, Quakes 2 |
| Game #2: | California pounds out 15 hits – 7 which were doubles in making the Panthers more like Kittens. Quakes 10, Panthers 1 |
| Game #3: | With two outs in the 7th Tim Salmon clears the bases for the Quakes to put them up 3-1 and they would hold on to win. Kevin Brown‘s 5th walk in the 7th proved costly. Pudge Rodriguez was a homer shy of hitting for the cycle. Quakes 4, Panthers 2 |
| Game #4: | This time it was the Panthers pouncing on the offensive attack with 14 hits. Pudge Rodriguez had another big game going 2 for 4 with a homer and 3 RBI. Panthers 8, Quakes 3 |
| Game #5: | Dave Winfield‘s 2 run homer in the bottom of the 8th broke a 2-2 tie. Panthers 4, Quakes 2 |
| Game #6: | Alex Fernandez out duels Jim Abbott as California sneaks by Ft. Worth. Quakes 2, Panthers 1 |
| Game #7: | Mike Stanley hits a 2 run homer in the 7th breaking a 2-2 tie to give California the victory. Quakes 4, Panthers 2 |
| Series Summary: | California takes the series 4 games to 3. Ft. Worth’s Pudge Rodriguez went 8 for 17 with 6 extra base hits, including 3 home runs in the series. |
| Chicago Demolition @ Corktown Bootleggers | |
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| Series Preview: | A couple of bad teams face off for a fun series of 7 highlighted by a good pitching match-up of Martinez v Martinez in game 1. |
| Game #1: | Martinez gets the better of Martinez. Corktown 6-2 |
| Game #2: | Chicago gets 1 in the 9th and wins 5-4 |
| Game #3: | Chicago 4-1 |
| Game #4: | Chicago Starter Minchey goes 6 and gives up only 1 hit. That was the Bootleggers only hit of the game. Chicago 8-0 |
| Game #5: | Corktown Gets revenge. Corktown 12-2 |
| Game #6: | Gooden comes off the D.L. and gets curb stomped by the Demolition . Chicago 9-2 |
| Game #7: | Corktown salvages a W in the final game. Corktown 5-4 |
| Series Summary: | Chicago takes the close series 4-3. |
| Steel City Sluggers @ Winnipeg Goldeyes | |
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| Series Preview: | Winnipeg has thrown in the towel and will not repeat as league champ and are looking at finishing .500 now. Steel City already said it wasn’t their year and they too are looking at being a .500 team. |
| Game #1: | Benes was great again for Winnipeg allowing no runs in 8.2 until he tired and needed beck to save the game.Navarro took at tough loss as he allowed no earned runs but lost 2-0. W-Navarro(5-6) L-Benes (7-3) S-Beck(16) |
| Game #2: | Steel City hit Schilling hard for 6 runs in 4+ innings. Henry was solid and got the win. SCS 6 WPG 2 W-Henry (3-6) S-Maddox (6) L-Schilling(7-5) |
| Game #3: | Ventura drives in 3 as Winnipeg wins 7-3. W-Kile(6-8) L-Brocail(8-5) |
| Game #4: | Swindell was great for SCS and 3 doubles by Grace gives Steel City a 3-2 win. W-Swindell(8-6) S-Holmes(9) L-Glavine(4-6) |
| Game #5: | A three run 9th off Shaw as Steel City wins 7-4. W-Maddox(4-2) S-Holmes (10) L-Shaw(1-3) |
| Game #6: | Buhner hits 2 homers drives in 5 as Benes was great again for Winnipeg. WPG 11 SCS 2 W-Benes (8-3) L-Navarro (5-7) |
| Game #7: | The final games goes to Steel City as Maddux wins again and this time Beck blows the save and takes the loss in the 9th. SCS 4 WPG 3 W-Maddox(4-2) L-Beck(4-6) |
| Series Summary: | Steel City wins the series 4-3 with two 9th inning come back wins. Pitcher of the week Benes 2-0 with 15.2 innings just 2 runs. |
| Stockton Wings @ Detroit Stars | |
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| Series Summary: | The Stockton Wings takes the series over the Detroit Stars |
| Mexico City Chihuahuas @ Flossmoor Flying Squirrels | |
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| Series Preview: | Battle of the top two teams in the AL West as Mexico City visits Flossmoor |
| Series Summary: | A back and forth battle all series, just like you would expect from these two teams. Flossmoor takes the series four games to three, winning the rubber match in extra innings. Quite a few bean balls during the series, that led to a couple of injuries and ejections. Mexico City still firmly ahead in the division as the Squirrels can only trim a game off their lead. |
| Germantown Grays @ Michigan Marauders | |
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| Series Preview: | 1st place Germantown invades Michigan for 5 games at the NL East’s 3rd place team. |
| Game #1: | Germantown 4 Michigan 3
Michigan blows a 3-0 lead as Germantown comes back to win the game. Nagy’s excellent game gets spoiled in the 8th inning as the Grays score 1 on a Frank Thomas homer. Then, with Nagy in the game, Germantown threatens, and Michigan brings in Boever, who immediately gives up a 3 run bomb to Roberto Alomar. Aguilera gets the win in relief and Montgomery records the save. Michigan gets a 2 run homer from Brett. |
| Game #2: | Germantown 15 Michigan 1
Ouch. Kamieniecki takes the loss and gets hammered. Frank Thomas hits 2 homers. Litton, Sanders, and McRae add homers. Finley wins his 10th game for the Grays. |
| Game #3: | Germantown 10 Michigan 3
The Grays put on another offensive show. Litton and Mack hit homers. Muholland throws a scoreless 6 innings to earn the win. |
| Game #4: | Germantown 6 Michigan 2
Frank Thomas a homer. Caminiti adds 2 homers for the Grays. Appier goes the distance to go to 12-1. Jose Guzman takes the loss for the Mauraders. |
| Game #5: | Germantown 4 Michigan 2
John Smoltz wins his 8th game. Frank Thomas hits his 28th homer of the year. Michigan makes the game close, but falls short. Montgomery earns his 25th save. |
| Series Summary: | Germantown gets a huge comeback win in game 1. The momentum carries over to the remainder of the series. Frank Thomas has a great series with 5 homers. Germantown with the sweep. |
| Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Valdosta Bombers | |
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| Series Preview: | The who cares series of the week featured Manhattan visiting last place Valdosta. |
| Game #1: | Valdosta 6-5 (11 Innings). The Hornets scored a run in the 11th but Greg Harris couldn’t hold the leas as the Bombers answered with two in the bottom half of the inning. |
| Game #2: | Manhattan 11-4. Ron Darling evened his record at 4-4 with 8 decent IP. |
| Game #3: | Manhattan 6-4. John Franco blows a save as the Hornets put up a 4 spot in the 8th. Doug Jones picked up his 3rd save of the year. |
| Game #4: | Valdosta 5-4 (10 Innings). John Franco blows yet another save as the Hornets tie it up in the 9th. Bombers push across a run in the 10th for the win. |
| Game #5: | Manhattan 9-0. It wasn’t too bad until the Valdosta bullpen got involved. Orel Hershiser with the 3-hit shutout. |
| Game #6: | Valdosta 5-2. Charlie Hough (3-9) ran out of gas in the 9th but did earn the win. Carl Willis picked up his 9th save as John Franco is in the doghouse. |
| Game #7: | Valdosta 6-0. A very strange game as Mark Gubicza pitched 8 innings of 1 hit shutout ball. The strange part was the 9 BB’s and 2 HBP’s he allowed and still did not allow a run. |
| Series Summary: | Valdosta wins 4 of 7. |
| Long Beach Titans @ Blarney Drive Bandits | |
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| Game #1: | Titans take the opener 14-7.
W – Cooke (3) |
| Game #2: | Bandits win 5-4.
W – DiPoto (4) |
| Game #3: | Bandits win 4-3.
W – Hanson (7) |
| Game #4: | Bandits win 6-4.
W – Black (2) |
| Game #5: | Titans 3-2.
W – Ryan (2) |
| Game #6: | Titans 7-1.
W – Cooke (4) CG 3 hitter |
| Game #7: | Bandits 4-2.
W – Bautista (4) |
| Series Summary: | Bandits win the series 4-3. |
| Janesville Juggernauts @ Portland Mavericks | |
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| Series Preview: | The 25-50 Janesville Juggernauts visit the Portland Mavericks 44-34. |
| Game #1: | Talk about a pitching duel! Both starts pitch 9 innings of shutout ball (Eldred for Janesville and Sele for Portland). Sele exists after 9.1 though, and Eldred tries to keep going. In the bottom of the 11th, Portland gets a single RBI from Jeff Blauser to win. POR 1 JAN 0 |
| Game #2: | This one was a back and forth affair, with offense in full force for both teams. The Juggernauts tie it up in the top of the the, but once again Portland gets the walk off win. POR 10 JAN 9 |
| Game #3: | All Portland in this one, though Sandy Alomar JR is injured for 19 days. POR 11 JAN 0 |
| Game #4: | Janesville stays close once again, but once again Portland pulls away for the win. POR 8 JAN 6 |
| Game #5: | Cormier pitchers a gem for the Juggernauts, who get their first win of the series. JAN 4 POR 2 |
| Game #6: | Portland’s fall harvest includes a 6 run 3rd inning, as once again they win a close one. POR 7 JAN 6 |
| Game #7: | Portland digs a hole with 3 errors in the first few innings and Janesville capitalizes for the comfortable win. JAN 6 POR 3 |
| Series Summary: | Portland takes 5 of 7 to improve to 49-36. Janesville falls to 27-55. |