1997 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #26
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| WILLIAMS,Matt D. | CAL AL | .440 | .960 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| VALDES,Ismael | DET AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| PALMEIRO,Rafael | MIC NL | .423 | 1.077 | 6 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| NELSON,Jeff | SLS NL | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Harper Woods Expos @ Chicago Demolition |
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| Series Preview: | A big series between two American League Central teams who are jockeying for playoff positions & still trying to make sure the Detroit Crime stays with them. |
| Game #1: | Larry Walker goes 3 for 5 with 2 Runs Scored, a Double, 2 Home Runs & 5 RBI’s. Walker single-handled beats the Demolition who only score 4 Runs off Scott Erickson.
Final Score: Harper Woods 6 – Chicago 4 Win: Scott Erickson 14-9 (3.62) |
| Game #2: | Carlos Delgado goes 3 for 5 with 2 Runs Scored, 2 Home Runs & 5 RBI’s. Todd Stottlemyre goes 7 Scoreless before the Chicago pen locks down the last 2 Innings.
Final Score: Chicago 7 – Harper Woods 0 Win: Todd Stottlemyre 14-9 (3.53) |
| Game #3: | The ‘Spos have a 2-0 lead after 4 & 1/2 Innings, but Chicago comes back with 3 including a 2-Run Double from Edgar Renteria in the bottom of 5. Eric Davis with a solo Home Run in the 6th to end the scoring & give Chicago the win.
Final Score: Chicago 3 – Harper Woods 2 Win: Arthur Rhodes 5-1 (2.54) |
| Game #4: | Pedro Martinez goes 7.1 Innings allowing only 4 Hits, 1 Run. Carlos Delgado has 2 Doubles & 3 RBI’s for Chicago.
Final Score: Chicago 6 – Harper Woods 1 Win: Pedro Martinez 19-7 (1.84) |
| Game #5: | Game #1 of a double-dip in Chicago. Scott Erickson comes back on 3 days’ rest and goes the distance to beat the Demolition.
Final Score: Harper Woods 6 – Chicago 4 Win: Scott Erickson 15-9 (3.55) |
| Game #6: | Game #2 of a double-dip has the Demolition score early & the Expos score late, but Tony Clark of Chicago is the difference as he goes 3 for 4 with a Home Run & 3 RBI’s.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Harper Woods 4 Win: Roger Clemens 19-10 (1.79) |
| Series Summary: | By taking 4 of 6 from the Expos the Demolition are now exactly tied with them in the American League Central. On a day off for all other Mid-West Winter League teams, the Demolition will head east on I-94 a huge series vs. the Expos back at Johnston Memorial Park in Harper Woods. |
Blarney Drive Bandits @ Winnipeg Goldeyes |
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| Series Preview: | Winnipeg was looking to win one game to clinch Blarney was playing to reach .500. |
| Game #1: | Glavine back from injury did not have it as Blarney hit him hard. Palmer homers and drives in 3. Blarney Drive wins 8-2 w-Weingert (4-16) L-Glavine(16-8) |
| Game #2: | Candiotti pitches another gem for Winnipeg a 4 hitter 84 game score. Winnipeg got homers from McGwire, Buhner, Vizquel, and Becker. 8-0 Winnipeg W-Candiotti(14-7) L-Castillo(0-2) |
| Game #3: | Ojala is amazing again he has not given up an earned run this year. This was a complete game 2 hitter. Franco homered and drove in 4. Winnipeg 7 Blarney Drive 0 W-Ojala 2-1 0.00 era L-Hampton 11-13 |
| Game #4: | Swindell falls apart in the 8th as Estella hits a pinch-hit home run. Winnipeg 7 Blarney Drive 5. W-Shaw(3-2) L-Swindell(5-5) |
| Game #5: | Glavine and Randy Johnson match up well and go 2 runs in 7 innings. Neither got a result. Beck (9-4) beats Vosberg (2-1) in relief 3-2 Winnipeg |
| Game #6: | Fletcher and Bordick homer off Thompson but the #1 lefty for Winnipeg goes 8 innings 3 runs and gets his 20th win! Buhner homered for winnipeg as it ended 10-3. W-thompson(20-7) L-weathers(2-4) |
| Series Summary: | Winnipeg clinches 1st place reaches 100 wins and Thompson wins his 20th in this series. Blarney had it rough going 1-5 falling further from .500. Pitcher of the week: Ojala 9 inning 2 hitter. Hitter Vizquel: 9 for 23 .391 a homer and 7 rbis |
California Quakes @ Portland Mavericks |
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| Series Preview: | The best team in the league, the California Quakes, heads to Portland to try to shake things up. |
| Game #1: | CAL 9 POR 3 |
| Game #2: | Fassero gets his 20th win with only 3 losses (2.71 era). CAL 6 POR 0 |
| Game #3: | California pitches its second straight shutout. CAL 7 POR 0 |
| Game #4: | Portland leads into the 9th inning before Paul O’Neill hits a 3 run HR for the win. CAL 8 POR 6 |
| Game #5: | CAL 7 POR 2 |
| Game #6: | Lopez pitches a shutout for Portland to avoid the sweep. Chuck Knoblauch gets his 43rd straight steal on the season… a league record. (Still no caught stealing) |
| Series Summary: | California takes 5 of 6. |
Steel City Sluggers @ Hampton Huskies |
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| Series Preview: | Top versus bottom in the NL East with Steel City slumming in Hampton. |
| Game #1: | Tony Gwynn cranks out two homers to provide almost all the Steel City offense in a 4-3 win for Steel City. The homers give Gwynn 20 homers on the season. Meanwhile, on the other side late-inning sub Al Martin goes deep off Antonio Osuna in the bottom of the 9th for his 8th of the season. |
| Game #2: | Steel City gets to face the only real starting pitcher Hampton has and is held at bay getting blanked 3-0 by Tom Gordon and the Huskies. SJ Surhoff (10) smacked a two-run homer for his only hit of the day to lead the Huskies. |
| Game #3: | Steel City annihilated Hampton pitching with a 20-hit attack and took it easily 13-3. Tony Gwynn and Darren Daulton were each 4/4 with Daulton knocking in 7 runs on the day. Daulton (13) smacked two homers while Ryne Sandberg (4) bashed another. |
| Game #4: | A Steelers-Bills-type game where the Sluggers outbashed the Huskies in a 17-12 pitching bloodbath. Mike Grace (10) and Dan Wilson (10) went deep for the winners while Wil Cordero (8), Scott Hatteberg (7), Henry Rodriguez (20), and Ricky Gutierrez (1) homered for Hampton. |
| Game #5: | Former Huskies’ ace Chan Ho Park blanked the Huskies for six innings as the Sluggers grabbed an easy 13-2 win. Tony Gwynn (21), Tim Bogar (6), and Shawon Dunston (15) clobbered homers for the Sluggers with Gwynn continuing to rake going 3/3. |
| Game #6: | The incredible Tony Gwynn had another two hits and slugged his 22nd homer of the season but was overshadowed by Mike Grace who homered three times in an 8-5 Steel City win. |
| Series Summary: | Steel City followed the script and pounded the fumigation-worthy Hampton pitching staff taking five of six games. |
Detroit Stars @ Hollywood Vampires |
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| Series Summary: | Hollywood grabs 1 in the series. |
Castle Rock Hounds @ Fort Worth Panthers |
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| Series Summary: | Hounds win 5 of 6 in Ft. Worth. |
Michigan Mauraders @ Valdosta Bombers |
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| Series Preview: | In an NL East matchup, Michigan pays a visit to Valdosta. |
| Series Summary: | A tale of two series as Michigan takes the first 3 games and Valdosta wins the final 3 for a series split. |
Corktown Bootleggers @ Flossmoor Flying Squirrels |
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| Series Summary: | The Flying Squirrels show their dominance as they take 5 of 6 from the 2nd Place Bootleggers. |
New Hampshire Nighthawks @ DeWitt Tigers |
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| Series Summary: | Dewitt closes out the home portion of their schedule by losing the series to the Nighthawks 4-2. The fans of DeWitt look forward to what the offseason will bring and what the roster will look like in 1998. |
Long Beach Titans @ Stockton Wings |
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| Series Preview: | LBT @ STO for 6 games. |
| Series Summary: | LBT wins the series 4 games to 2. |
Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Santa Rosa Beach Bums |
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| Series Preview: | Santa Rosa Beach welcomes the Gas Hornets from Manhatten to the panhandle for a six-game set. The Hornets are in the playoff search. The Bums are not. |
| Game #1: | The Hornets start the series with Reyes (0-0, 5.32) on the mound to face the Bums Smoltz (15-7, 2.75). In the 2nd the Bums fill the bases on to beamed batters by Reyes with no outs and fail to score. The Hornets follow by placing two and then Tino Martinez went deep for the 3-0 lead. In the bottom half Smoltz reaches on an error, Alomar singled and Caminiti stroked an RBI single. Reyes then uncorked one, 3-2 Hornets. To lead off the 3rd Bums Sanders went deep to tie the game. In the 4th MacFarlane walked, VanderWal singled and Smoltz ripped an RBI single. In the next at-bat, Hornets Jeter singled and Dave Martinez went deep to retie the game. But Alomar leads off the bottom half with a solo shot, Bums 6-5. In the 7th, Bums Loretta leads off with a walk, Alomar doubled and Thomas doubled in the two for an 8-5 lead with no outs. Hornets get one back in the 8th on an error by Loretta. Manhattan 6 9 1 LP: Reyes 2b: Durham, Jeter; HR: Dave Martinez, Tino Martinez; HBP: Sanders. Santa Rosa Beach 8 11 1 WP: Smoltz 2b: Alomar, Thomas; HR: Alomar, Sanders; IBB: Sanders; HBP: MacFarlane 2, Sanders; SF: Loretta; H: Manzanillo, Santiago, Rodriguez, Guthrie; S: Daal. |
| Game #2: | Hornets Attempted to bounce back with Reed (15-5, 3.27) and the Bums countered with Rosado (10-17, 4.22). The Hornets start fast in the 1st as Hollins and Tino Martinez rip back-to-back doubles, 1-0. Hornets filled the bases in the 3rd and with two out Stairs parked one, 5-0. Manhattan 23 23 0 WP: Reed 2b: Hollins 2, Tino Martinez 2, Harris, Santiago; 3b: Jeter, Stairs; HR: Stairs, McDonald; SH: Reed; SF: Harris. Santa Rosa Beach 2 7 1 LP: Rosado HR: Sanders. |
| Game #3: | Riding high the Hornets call on Hitchcock (5-3, 5.59) and the Bums lick their wounds and go with Beech (5-14). In the 5th Bums, Bautista missed judged a fly with runners on second and third with two out. Durham was awarded a double, two scored and the Hornets took the lead, 2-0. In the bottom half with two out and, two on Thomas put on the hurt with a three-run blast. Bums 3-2. In their very next at-bat, the Hornets placed runners on second and third and McDonald blooped an RBI single. Tie game. It took a while for the Hornets to recover from the day before, but in the latter half of the game, they came back to life. In the 7th Durham singled, stole, and scored on a Jeter single to take the lead. In the bottom half, pinch hitter Hildago leadoff with a solo shot to tie the game up, 4-4. In the 8th the Bums placed runners on first and third with one out and pinch hitter Alomar put the Bums back on top with a perfect bunt down the third baseline. Manhattan 4 11 0 LP: Wetteland 2b: Ray Durham, McDonald; 3b: Dave Martinez; Sb: Durham, Dave Martinez, Alecia. Santa Rosa Beach 5 8 0 WP: Rodriguez 2b: Caminiti; HR: Thomas, Hidalgo; SH: Alomar; H: Guthrie; S: Daal. |
| Game #4: | Hornets call on Hawkins (4-0, 4.81) to face Bums Jarvis (1-12, 6.27). Bums start fast in the 1st. White and Perez singled and Caminiti produced an RBI ground out. In the 4th Jeter and McDonald led off with walks and Tino Martinez singled one home. Hollins later brought in the second with an RBI single. In the 5th Stinnett doubled and pinch-runner Encarnacion scored on a Hidalgo pinch-hit single as the Bums tie the score. The tie didn’t last long as Hornets Hollins doubled in the 6th and scored on an Anderson two-out single. In the 7th with bases loaded and two out White smashed a bases-clearing double, Bums 5-3. After a Perez walk, Thomas singled 6-3. The hornets counter in their next at-bat. Stairs drew a walk and Hollins went deep. No outs still top of 8th. Manhattan 5 8 0 LP: Moehler 2b: Hollins; HR: Hollins; SH: Hawkins; Sb: Jeter, Hollins. Santa Rosa Beach 4 8 1 WP: Clark 2b: White, Stinnett; SH: VanderWal; H: Hammond, Rodriguez; S: Daal. |
| Game #5: | In the first game of this midweek doubleheader, the Hornets will pitch Tapani (8-1, 2.86) and the Bums call on Smoltz (16-7, 2.87). In the 3rd Hornets Jeter doubled and scored on a Dave Martinez single. In the bottom half, the Bums fill the bases, but cannot convert. Stairs followed that with a leadoff yarder for an insurance run. Hornets add the 3rd run on a double by Franco, a 4th on a grounder by Jeter in the 9th. Mahattan 4 8 0 WP: Tapani 2b: Jeter 2, Franco; HR: Stairs; HBP: DMartinez; Sb: Hollins. Santa Rosa Beach 0 5 2 LP: Smoltz 2b: Alomar; SH: VanderWal. |
| Game #6: | To even up the series the Hornets go with Reyes (0-1, 5,86), and to win the series the Bums call on Rosado (10-18, 4.41). After an error and a walk, Hornets Tino Martinez went yard for the 3-0 lead in the 1st. Bums put their first two batters of the game on, but cannot convert. Again in the 3rd the Bums Perez and Almoar reach but do not score. With bases loaded and one out, Hornets Reyes produced an RBI fielder’s choice, 4-0. Bums score in the 4th on a Strawberry single. In the 8th the Bums lead off with back-to-back doubles by Thomas and Caminiti, 4-2 Hornets. Hornets Durham lifted a sacrifice fly in the 9th for an insurance run. Manhattan 5 7 1 WP: Reyes HR: Tino Martinez; HBP: Dave Martinez; SF: Durham; Sb: Anderson, Kendall; H: Powell; S: Wetteland. Santa Rosa Beach 2 8 1 LP: Rosado 2b: Thomas, Caminiti. |
| Series Summary: | Manhattan started slow but came on strong to even the series. |
Cincinnati OUtlaws @ Sugar Land Skeeters |
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| Series Summary: | The Skeeters take 5 of 6 at home from the Outlaws. |