1998 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #10

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
WHITE,Devon	POR AL	.583	1.292	6	24	14	2	0	5	8	12	2	2	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
McDOWELL,Jack	HLW AL	2	2	0	0	2.93	15.1	5	5	18	12	2	0	0	0	1	1

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
GUERRERO,Vladimir	STO NL	.400	.720	6	25	10	2	0	2	4	10	1	1	0	0	1	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
TELGHEDER,Dave	MGH NL	2	2	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0

New Hampshire Nighthawks @ Chicago Demolition
Series Preview:	Well over .500 Chicago hosts the getting close to .500 New Hampshire Nighthawks for a 6 game series.
Game #1:	Eric Davis has 3 RBI’s as Chicago wins! Final Score: Chicago 11 – New Hampshire 8 Win: Arthur Rhodes 3-1 (2.75) Loss: Scott Service 2-5 (3.96) Save: Billy Wagner #12
Game #2:	Chicago gets 3 RBI’s out of Carlos Delgado including a Home Run. Final Score: Chicago 12 – New Hampshire 3 Win: Todd Stottlemyre 3-2 (5.21) Loss: Aaron Sele 1-4 (4.38)
Game #3:	Chicago puts up an 8 spot, lead by Edgar Renteria‘s 3 RBI game. Final Score: Chicago 8 – New Hampshire 1 Win: Pete Harnisch 8-1 (2.70) Loss: Tony Saunders 5-4 (3.59)
Game #4:	Mark Kotsay has 3 Hits, and Lee Stevens has a 2 RBI Double to help lead the Nighthawks to a much-needed victory. Final Score: New Hampshire 4 – Chicago 2 Win: Denys Reyes 1-3 (5.14) Loss: Pedro Martinez 8-3 (2.93) Save: Chris King #2
Game #5:	Roger Clemens is King and goes the distance allowing only 3 Hits, 0 Walks while Striking Out 5 along the way. Carlos Delgado Homers for Chicago. Final Score: Chicago 5 – New Hampshire 0 Win: Roger Clemens 7-3 (2.41) Loss: Rick Helling 5-5 (4.63)
Game #6:	Let’s just say the closers didn’t close in this one. Billy Wagner gives up 4 in the top of the 9th to go down 5-4. John Rocker does his best Billy Wagner impression as he gives up 3 Runs in the bottom of the 9th to lose the game on a Walk-Off Home Run from Carlos Delgado. Final Score: Chicago 8 – New Hampshire 6 Win: Billy Wagner 1-0 (3.68) Loss: John Rocker 2-3 (4.64)
Series Summary:	Chicago takes the Series 5 games to 1, but it was much closer than the outcome here.

Baltimore Blue Crabs @ Danbury Mad Hatters
Series Preview:	Two last place teams meet for early season 6 game series.
Game #1:	Balt 6 – Dan 3 B- C Jones 3 for 5, D Young 2 for 4(HR), d Wilson 2 for 4 D – K Griffey 2 for 4 (HR), J Thome 2 for 4, J Bell PH HR
Game #2:	Balt 2 – Dan 1 B- C Stynes 2 for 4 (2B), J Abbott 2 for 4, C Jones HR
Game #3:	Balt 5 – Dan 7 B- Winn 2 for 5, D Young 2 for 4 (2B), C Jones 2 for 4 (2B,3B), Posada 3 for 4 (2B, HR) C- M Alou (HR), C Hernandez 2 for 3, R Jackson 2 for 3(HR)
Game #4:	Balt 9 – Dan 6 B- J Abbott 2 for 4(2B), Brogna 2 for 4 (2 HR), A Gonzalez HR C- Biggio 3 for 5 (2 2B), Thome 2 for 4, C Hernandez 2 for 4(2B)
Game #5:	Balt 7 – Dan 4 (14) B – Winn 4 for 7(3B), Sorrento 2 for 3 (2 2B), Posada, Abbott (HR) C – Collier 2 for 7, Griffey HR
Game #6:	Balt 10 – Dan 9 B- Winn 3 for 6(2B), C Jones 3 for 6(2 2B), D Young 3 for 5 (3 2B), A Gonzalez HR C- Disarcina 3 for 5, Griffey 2 for 5 (3B), Thome 2 for 4 (HR)
Series Summary:	Baltimore spanks the Mad Hatters and win series 5 – 1. No pitching performances to highlight which is expected from 2 last place teams.

DeWitt Tigers @ Fort Worth Panthers
Series Summary:	The Panthers take 5 of 6 against the Tigers. In the game DeWitt won they scored 5 runs in the top of the 10th.

Hollywood Vampires @ California Quakes
Series Summary:	California drops 4 to a strong Hollywood team.

Hampton Huskies @ Winnipeg Goldeyes
Series Preview:	BATTLE OF TWO GOOD TEAMS. Hampton (28-24)great hitting vs Winnipeg 31-21 both hitting and pitching.
Game #1:	Bullpen killer. Hampton wins in 14 innings a sSurhoff and Vaughn homer in the 7-6 Hampton win.
Game #2:	Valentin doubles and homers Winnipeg wins 11-3.
Game #3:	Spencer plays pinch hit walk off hero 2 run double in the 10th to give Winnipeg the 5-4 win.
Game #4:	Winnipeg pen blows it again and this time Hampton held on for the 6-4 win. Vaughn homered in the win.
Game #5:	Reynoso up from AAA was great 6 shutout innings and Nitkowski gets the save. 4-0 Winnipeg.
Game #6:	Once again no Hampton hitting Everett goers 4 for 4 in the 2-0 Winnipeg win.
Series Summary:	Winnipeg manages to win 4 of the 6 games vs a good Hampton team Hitter Everett – hits .588 10 for 17 3 runs 5 rbis.

Blarney Drive Bandits @ Manhattan Gas Hornets
Series Preview:	The Gas Hornets are home for a spell and get to host Blarney Drive – 2nd place tie in the NL West but 6 games below .500. But they have a better team than that record. Manhattan has recently been pressed by the Hampton Huskies – but they had a tough week last week and dropped 8 games back. The Gas Hornet hope to keep or increase that differential…
Game #1:	LaTroy Hawkins keeps getting time on the mound and he starts off rough giving up 3 in the 1st and another in the 2nd. Ricky Henderson (3) leads off with a homer. Dean Palmer doubles in 2 in the 1st and Mike Bordick (7) homers in the 2nd making it 4-1 Blarney. But the Gas Hornets tie it up in the bottom of the 2nd with 3 of their own. The Bandits steal a run in the 4th to regain the lead 5-4 and it stayed that way until the 7th. Then Manhattan went on a rampage scoring 8 times!! Derek Jeter goes 4 for 5, 2 runs, 3 rbis. Jason Kendall and Orlando Merced drive in 2 each as Jay Johnstone (BS) and Greg Swindell (5 hits, 5 runs in 1 ip) get the bums rush. BDB 6- 9-0 LP Johnstone (1-2) BS (3) MGH 12-16-1 WP Dave Telgheder (2-0)
Game #2:	This one was a close one – until it wasn’t, but that was late. The Bandits get single runs in the 2nd and 3rd and 6 for a 3-0 lead. Then the Gas Hornets plate 3 in the bottom of the 6th (poor fielding aided – 3 errors for Blarney Drive). Then Mike Maddux goes 1 inning to many and he gives up the go ahead run in the 8th. But the Gas Hornets figure they are still in it with the score 4-3 Blarney Drive as the 9th begins. Matt Mantei was asked to keep it close – NOPE! He gets 1 out, gives up 2 hits, a walk and a 2 run homer to Dean Palmer (7). After the walk, he leaves and Mike Fetters comes in and gives up 2 more runs in a 4 run Bandits 9th that wins the game easily. BDB 8-18-3 WP Mike Hampton (6-2) S Rick Aguilera (1) MGH 3- 5-1 LP Maddux (1-2)
Game #3:	So after 2 wild and crazy (and high scoring/hitting) games we finally get a nail biter. David Wells – 7 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs and Rick Reed (7 innings, 4 hits, 1 run) are superb in keeping the game tight. Dean Palmer hits another homer (8) off Reed. Tino Martinez (15) hits one off wells – he also triples (his first of the year). The Gas Hornets score the other run on a Garret Anderson GIDP. So, it’s now up to the thin Manhattan bullpen to hold the 2-1 lead – John Wetteland had some personal business to attend to and missed this week. Ricardo Rincon is called on and he pitches 2 innings giving up but 1 hit for the save. BDB 1-5-0 LP Wells (6-3) MGH 2-5-0 WP Reed (5-1) S Rincon (2)
Game #4:	OK – enough of the tight games. Randy Johnson squares off against Stan Spencer and it’s Randy Johnson (and later Greg Swindell) who get the worst of it. In fact, Spencer goes 7 innings giving up next to nothing and then in the 8th he gives up a couple of hits including a Quilvio Veras rbi double. That was the only score for the Bandits. Manhattan on the other hand started with 3 in the 1st, 2 in the 5th (made it 7-0) and then 3 more in the 7th. Both Johnson and Swindell gave up 2 homers – Tino Martinez (16, 17), Derek Jeter (10) and Luis Alicea (3) were the recipients. Tino had 3 hits and 6 rbis to lead the onslaught. BDB 1- 6-1 LP Johnson (0-7) Really????? wow! MGH 10-12-0 WP Spencer (2-1)
Game #5:	Well we haven’t had an extra inning game – so let’s have one. And let’s make it LOOOOONG! (Yuck). Shawn Green doubles in 2 and Ryan Klesko a SF and Darrin Fletcher and rbi single get the Bandits 2 in the 3rd and 2 in the 4th. But the Gas Hornets get 1 in the 3rd and 2 in the 4th and finally they get a 4th run off starter Dave Weathers in the 7th to tie it up. Derek Jeter is having another big game (4 for 6 and 3 rbis). Starter Brian Moehler (4 runs) left in the 6th as his arm tightened up (out 5 days, won’t miss a start) and the Gas Hornets bullpen goes to work – excellent work (except Mantei gets tossed for pitching too tight). However, the Bandits bullpen does the excellent pitching thing as well. 4 Bandits relievers go 5 innings (7th – 11th) giving up 2 hits and nothing else. Mike Busby comes in for the 12th and continues the blank stuff for the 12th, 13th and 14th! Gas Hornets relievers pretty much do the same thing, Ricardo Rincon tosses 3 1 hit innings, Mike Fetters tosses 3 3 hit innings. 4 relievers take the Gas Hornets into the 14th before Dave Telgheder goes in. He goes 2 – 1 hit, no runs (LaTroy Hawkins is warming up!!!). Busby comes out for the bottom of the 15th (his 4th inning) Paul Bako leads off with a single, Jason Kendall in to PR (SSN 32!) Luis Alicea up, the hit and run – swing, miss, Bill Hasselman (-3) throws it down – OUT!!!! Ouch!! Then Alicea singles (of course he does). Dave Martinez lines out for the 2nd out. Ed Giovanola then gets a scratch single (his 2nd of the game – in a RARE start) and he moves Alicea to 2nd. That brings up Matt Stairs who grounds one deep into short – Mike Bordick can’t get it. Magglio Ordonez races in for it, Alicea races around 3rd and he scores standing up to end the game in the bottom of the 15th! BDB 4-12-0 LP Busby (0-1) 15 INNINGS MGH 5-14-1 WP Dave Telgheder (3-0)
Game #6:	Masato Yoshi and Tim Wakefield get the starting nods and both are asked to go deep into the one as the bullpens are weary. Yoshi manages to go 5.1 innings, 7 hits and 2 runs – a 2 run 5th for Manhattan. Wakefield is still pitching in the 7th – very well in fact – but in the 7th he gives up a string of hits with Brent Mayne getting an rbi double and then scoring on a Mike Bordick rbi single to tie the game. But Wakefield is not coming out – me thinks he’s been told to go all the way. He bears down and kills the Blarney Drive rally at 2 runs. Rick Aguilera comes in in the 8th and the Bandits probably wish he hadn’t. He faces 7, fans 1, walks 2, gives up 3 hits and the Gas Hornets score 2 to take 4-2 lead into the 9th. With 1 out, Dean Palmer singles but then Mayne follows by grounding into the game ending DP. BDB 2- 6-1 LP Aguilera (1-2) MGH 4-10-0 WP Wakefield (7-2)
Series Summary:	In summary, the Gas Hornets nabbed 5 games – 1 due to a wild huge scoring late inning, 1 in the 15th, another by a single run, 1 big blowout and 1 2 run game won in the 8th. So, for a 5-1 series win, it was actually quite close. Blarney Drive heads home to host the Newark Bears and Manhattan plays host next week to Danbury.

Newark Bears @ Santa Rosa Beach Bums
Series Preview:	The Bums welcome Newark for a 6 game series
Series Summary:	In a series where 108 runs were scored, Newark managed 4 of 6

Detroit Stars @ Portland Mavericks
Series Preview:	24-28 Detroit Stars visit the 17-35 Portland Mavericks
Game #1:	POR 8 DET 2
Game #2:	POR 15 DET 0
Game #3:	POR 8 DET 7
Game #4:	POR 1 DET 0
Game #5:	POR 10 DET 3
Game #6:	DET 7 POR 1
Series Summary:	Portland comes alive to win 5 of 6.

Valdosta Bombers @ Long Beach Titans
Series Summary:	Valdosta and Long Beach split the 6 game series.

Castle Rock Hounds @ Corktown Bootleggers
Series Summary:	Corktown wins the series 4-2. Castle Rock takes the opener and closer (Which included an unassisted triple play for the Hounds.

Michigan Mauraders @ Stockton Wings
Series Summary:	Michigan Mauraders beat the Stockton Wings 4 games to 2 to take the series.

Harper Woods Expos @ Flossmoor Flying Squirrels.
Series Summary:	The Squirrels take it on the chin losing 5 of 6 to the Expos of Harper Woods.