1997 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #25
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| GRISSOM,Marquis | HWE AL | .538 | .846 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| MARTINEZ,Pedro | CHI AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| BOGAR,Tim | SCS NL | .636 | 1.182 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| HOLT,Chris | LBT NL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Long Beach Titans @ Winnipeg Goldeyes |
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| Series Preview: | First place Winnipeg needs two wins to clinch the title, but Long Beach still has hopes for the playoffs. |
| Game #1: | Hammonds gets 5 RBIs as they beat Candiotti and the Goldeyes 8-6. |
| Game #2: | Long Beach wins again this time 7-5 as Schilling did not have it. Blauser a homer and 4 rbis. |
| Game #3: | Hammonds homers and Cordova throws a 4 hitter 2-0 Long Beach. |
| Game #4: | Again Long Beach holds the Goldeyes to 7 hits and no runs as Holt goes all the way. 3-0 Long Beach. |
| Game #5: | Looking for the sweep Long Beach takes a 2 run lead in the 9th but Tripp comer comes up big for ejected Vizquel to win the game 7-6 Winnipeg. |
| Series Summary: | Long Beach pitched well and pounded the ball vs first place Winnipeg. There would be no celebration in Winnipeg as the magic number only dropped to 1. pitcher: Cordova 4 hitter for Long Beach hitter: Hammonds 2 homers and 7 RBIs for Long Beach |
Michigan Mauraders @ Sugar Land Skeeters |
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| Series Preview: | A matchup of division rivals in the Houston suburb. |
| Series Summary: | Sugar Land sweeps though only the finale is non-competitive. Jones wins his 18th and 19th games, allowing five hits and two runs in 13.2 innings. |
Hollywood Vampires @ Harper Woods Expos |
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| Series Preview: | Hollywood visits Harper Woods. Playoff implications |
| Game #1: | 7-0 Expos |
| Game #2: | 8-0 Expos |
| Game #3: | 5-4 ‘Spos |
| Game #4: | 6-2 Harper Woods |
| Game #5: | 8-1 Home team |
| Series Summary: | Larry Walker went deep 4 times in the series. The Vampires got a little frustrated beaning him 3 times in the last game |
Portland Mavericks @ Castle Rock Hounds |
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| Series Preview: | The Mavericks come in with Castle Rock feeling desperate, 5.5 games out in the wild card race with just a handful of series left. Castle Rock feeling like they need the sweep to stay competitive. |
| Game #1: | Castle Rock gets on the board early and often, taking a 5-0 lead, and ultimately winning 8-2. Homers from Snow and Easley.
WP: Bohanon (9-6) |
| Game #2: | After scoring 8 runs in the opener, the Hounds make Steve Karsay look like Clemens, as Karsay goes for a CG shutout. Despite walking 7 and giving up 3 hits, the Hounds can’t get the elusive run across the plate, and Portland takes a 1-0 victory off of first-inning homer from Sandy Alomar Jr. There goes the sweep.
WP: Karsay (10-10) |
| Game #3: | The Hounds are in control of this one most of the way, jumping out to a 6-2 lead after 3 innings. But, Armando Benitez absolutely implodes in the top of the 9th, as Todd Zeile hits a 3-run homer to cap off a 4-run inning, and Portland takes the game 8-7. An absolutely devastating blow to Castle Rock.
WP:Bottenfield (4-1) |
| Game #4: | Castle Rock jumps out to a big lead, 6-1, and this time they don’t blow it. They coast to a 93 victory.
WP: Hermanson (11-11) |
| Game #5: | Pettitte comes in and shuts the door on Portland in a 5-1 victory and gets his 20th win. It takes until the 8th inning for the Hounds to break through, but they score 4 in that inning. Castle Rock takes the series, 3-2.
WP: Pettitte (20-4) |
| Series Summary: | Castle Rock takes 3 out of 5, but the two losses were one-run affairs that the Hounds really needed. |
Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Hampton Huskies |
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| Series Preview: | Gas Hornets head north to face the Hampton Huskies in the tundra of eastern Canada for five games that really only matter to the visitors as the home team tries to get in some at-bats for the few players they want around next season. |
| Game #1: | A wild back and forth game in which Wil Cordero smacked two mammoth home runs into the left-field bleachers and drove in six runs to pace the Huskies to an 11-10 win over Manhattan. Craig Counsell fell a homer short of hitting for the cycle in a rare start at 2nd base for Hampton while Matt Stairs led the visitors with two hits including a homer and two RBIs. As you can imagine in an 11-10 game … pitching sucked. |
| Game #2: | As it turned out Game 1 was the high point for Hampton and was as close as they would get to Manhattan the rest of the way. Manhattan took game two easily 5-1 behind a complete-game win for Ron Reed. Matt Stairs led the winners’ hitters with homers 2 and 3 of the series – both solo shots. Since Stairs’ hometown is less than an hour away from Hampton we’ve put a hit out on the traitorous Canuck bastard. Five errors by Hampton … just brutal. |
| Game #3: | A simply gruesome game for the Hampton starting scum as the Gas Hornets ravaged the Huskies 19-3 in a 24-hit attack. Ray Durham and Garret Anderson each had four hits for Manhattan with Dave Martinez falling a triple short of the cycle in a 4-RBI game. |
| Game #4: | a pummelling we will go … Manhattan doesn’t let up much and clubs the Hampton seal pups 10-1. Tino Martinez bashes a homer as part of a four-hit attack in this laugher. |
| Game #5: | The Huskies were down 10-1 again at one point but fought back to make it kind of respectable (well not really) in a 12-7 Manhattan win. Hampton’s utterly shit-tastic defense commits a couple of errors that lead to four runs unearned runs in this one. The Gas Hornets knocked out four homers – Dave Hollins, Jason Kendall, Ray Durham, and Dave Martinez. |
| Series Summary: | Well, Whaddaya gonna do? Not much of an ego booster, but still fun to play as Manhattan takes four of five from Hampton. |
Detroit Stars @ Chicago Demolition |
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| Series Preview: | Detroit who is pulling away in the American League Central heads west on I-94 into the southside of Chicago to take on the Demolition at Capone Field for a 5 game series. |
| Game #1: | Pedro Martinez goes 6.2 Innings in hopes that he can come back for game 5 & leaves with a 3-0 lead. Chicago expands it to 8 to 0 before the Stars put one across in the 9th. Tony Clark leads the way for Chicago with 2 Hits, a Home Run & 3 RBI’s.
Final Score: Chicago 8 – Detroit 1 Win: Pedro Martinez 17-7 (1.93) |
| Game #2: | Roger Clemens goes the distance in a complete game 3 Hit, 3 Walk Shutout.
Final Score: Chicago 3 – Detroit 0 Win: Roger Clemens 18-9 (1.67) |
| Game #3: | Brian L. Hunter has 3 RBI’s, Tony Phillips has 3 Hits & 2 RBI’s. Todd Stottlemyre goes 7 allowing 2 Runs, 1 Earned. Chicago takes the 3rd game in a row.
Final Score: Chicago 7 – Detroit 2 Win: Todd Stottlemyre 13-9 (3.68) |
| Game #4: | Single Runs in the 1st, 2nd, 6th & 7th give Chicago 4. Detroit gets a lone run in the 4th & 5th. Billy Wagner closes it out.
Final Score: Chicago 4 – Detroit 2 Win: A.J. Sager 8-2 (1.83) |
| Game #5: | Pedro Martinez stifles the Stars for 8 scoreless Innings before he is pulled. Jeff Cirillo has 2 RBI’s for Chicago. The Stars can’t score but 1 & Chicago cruises to their 5th straight.
Final Score: Chicago 4 – Detroit 0 Win: Pedro Martinez 18-7 (1.86) |
| Series Summary: | Chicago makes things a lot closer in the American League Central by sweeping the Stars. Chicago is now 2 games back of the now Division leader Harper Woods Expos. It’s now anyone’s race between the Stars, Expos & Demolition. |
California Quakes @ Fort Worth Panthers |
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| Series Summary: | Four 1 run games made it a close series, but in the end, the Quakes were too much for the Panthers as California takes the series 4 games to 1. |
Flossmoor Flying Squirrels @ New Hampshire Nighthawks |
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| Series Summary: | Flying Squirrels come to New Hampshire and take the first 4 games. Nighthawks manage to win the finale to avoid the sweep. |
Corktown Bootleggers @ DeWitt Tigers |
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| Series Summary: | DeWitt gets swept at home by Corktown. |
Valdosta Bombers @ Cincinnati Outlaws |
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| Series Preview: | The Valdosta Bombers come to Cincinnati for a five-game set, as the two N.L. Central foes collide. |
| Game #1: | CIN 9-13-3, VAL 4-9-0 |
| Game #2: | VAL 12-15-2, CIN 3-9-1 |
| Game #3: | CIN 2-9-0, VAL 1-12-2 (14 innings) – CIN 2-9-0, VAL 1-12-2 (14 innings) |
| Game #4: | VAL 12-18-0, CIN 8-12-1 – The Bombers rallied from a six-run deficit in the fifth inning to win |
| Game #5: | CIN 3-9-1, VAL 1-6-1 – Rico Brogna‘s two-run homer in the seventh put Cincinnati on the board and gave a lead that was not surrendered. |
| Series Summary: | Two teams not going anywhere fast played a surprisingly competitive series. Cincinnati came out on top, three games to two. |
Stockton Wings @ Blarney Drive Bandits |
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| Series Preview: | 3rd and 4th place NL West teams heading for lottery land meet for a 5 game set. |
| Game #1: | Bandits attack for 6 in the 3rd and never look back. Giles’ 2-4 4 RBI day led the ambush.
SW 2 BDB 8 W – Weathers (2-4) |
| Game #2: | Following the same recipe, Blarney tallies 5 in the 1st. Stockton roars back for 4 in the 3rd. Both teams scratch more in but for every 1 the Wings added Blarney added 2. Veras’ 4-5 4 RBI day was his best performance of the season with the baton. Hollandsworth 3-5 w/ 2 doubles.
SW 6 BDB 10 W – Plunk (2-2) |
| Game #3: | Blarney scores early again with 2 each in the 1st and 2nd. Stockton would only score in one inning, the 4th, plating 3. Bandits’ got some nice results from PTP players Valdez (3 for 3) and Sheldon 3-run homer. Wilkins delivered a 3-run shot himself for Stockton.
SW 3 BDB 8 W – Hampton (11-12) |
| Game #4: | Wings score 1 in the 1st but that would be all they would get today. Wells dodges trouble with a 6 inning performance featuring no walks. Judd adds 3 innings of no-hit ball. Klesko’s 2-4 2 double day led all hitters.
SW 1 BDB 4 W – Wells (10-14) |
| Game #5: | Blarney again breaches the walls early with 3 each in the 1st and 2nd innings. The Big Unit only needed the first three as he tosses 7 innings of 3 hit ball. It was all Blarney in the finale as they out-hit Stockton 15-4.
SW 1 BDB 12 W – Johnson (19-8) |
| Series Summary: | Blarney sweeps the Wings. |
Santa Rosa Beach Bums @ Steel City Sluggers |
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| Series Summary: | Steel City gets a much-needed sweep. |