1999 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #7
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| BAGWELL,Jeff | SCO AL | .591 | 1.364 | 6 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| MORGAN,Mike | POR AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| STAIRS,Matt | MGH NL | .440 | .680 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| FYHRIE,Mike | MGH NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
California Quakes @ Corktown Bootleggers |
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| Series Summary: | Corktown and California split. |
Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Long Beach Titans |
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| Series Summary: | Manhattan takes 5 of 6 from Long Beach. |
Fort Worth Panthers @ Harper Woods Expos |
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| Series Summary: | Fort Worth destroys the Expos 5-1. |
Hollywood Vampires @ Baltimore Blue Crabs
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| Series Preview: | The Vampires from Hollywood, 17-17 2nd place in the N.L. West, 9 games out of first, make the cross-country trip to visit Baltimore, 15-19 3rd place in the N.L. East, 7 games behind. |
| Game #1: | Behind a strong start by Ryan Dempster, and a 15-hit attack, Baltimore wins the opener 7-2. Dmitry Young leads the way with 2 homeruns (#s 4&5), 2 singles, and 4 RBI. Chipper Jones also had 4 hits, including his 12th homerun of the year. The Vampires lose Kevin Millar for 24 days after he gets plunked by a Dempster fastball.
VAMPIRES 2 / 6 / 1 |
| Game #2: | Crabs win a slugfest, after allowing Hollywood to battle back from a 5-run deficit. John Valentin led the Vampire offense with a single, double, and his 4th homerun, knocking in 5. Sean Casey and Randy Winn each had 3 hits for Baltimore. Chipper Jones homered again, #13, Preston Wilson hit his 6th.
VAMPIRES 10 / 14 / 1 |
| Game #3: | Kyle Farnsworth yields 3 runs in the first 2 innings, but shuts out Hollywood the rest of the way, scattering 9 hits, to earn his first career victory. Preston Wilson (#7), Dmitry Young (#6), and Gabe Kapler (#3) homer in the victory. Deivi Cruz has 3 hits and a pair of RBIs for the Vampires. Hollywood loses David Howard for 4 games after he gets hit by a Farnsworth pitch.
VAMPIRES 3 / 9 / 0 |
| Game #4: | Sean Casey doubles twice, scoring both times, and Chris Widger singles, homers (#3), and knocks in 2 to lead Baltimore to its 4th straight victory. John Valentin goes deep for Hollywood. The Vampires lose another player, this time it’s Rey Sanchez, to a hit-by-pitch.
VAMPIRES 3 / 7 / 0 |
| Game #5: | Hollywood takes out its frustrations on Woody Williams, scoring 6 times on 10 hits over 5 and a third innings, to get into the win column. Ruben Rivera had 3 hits and scored twice, and Mike Stanley hit his 7th homerun for the Vampires. Roy Halladay pitches 6 innings, limiting Baltimore to 3 runs on 3 hits. Tony Batista (#6) and Michael Tucker (#1) homer for the Crabs.
VAMPIRES 7 / 11 / 0 |
| Game #6: | Jay Witasick goes 5 and two thirds, allowing only a run on 2 hits, to earn his first victory of the season. Sean Casey hits his 5th homerun of the season, plating 2. Chipper Jones had 2 hits, including a double, to stretch his on base streak to 38 games. Mike W. Stanton, filling in for Crabs closer Pat Mahomes, earns his 3rd save of the series.
VAMPIRES 2 / 6 / 1 |
| Series Summary: | Blue Crabs are bad hosts, as they improve their home record to 12-6, taking 5 of 6. |
Hampton Huskies @ Danbury Mad Hatters
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| Series Preview: | Last place Hampton visits 3rd place Danbury. |
| Series Summary: | Danbury sucks losing 4 of 6 at home. |
Santa Rosa Beach Bums @ Michigan Mauraders
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| Series Preview: | Santa Rosa looking great comes to Michigan for six games. |
| Game #1: | Santa Rosa 11 Michigan 4 Rios and Santiago each have 3 RBIs as Santa Rosa comes on strong late in the game. Ducey adds a homer. Simas with the win in relief. |
| Game #2: | Santa Rosa 9 Michigan 3 Rios with a homer and 3 RBI. Smoltz goes to 6-0 for the Beach Bums. |
| Game #3: | Santa Rosa 5 Michigan 0 Russ Ortiz throws 8 innings of 3 hit ball. Koskie and Encarnacio hit homers. |
| Game #4: | Santa Rosa 11 Michigan 3 Rapp wins his 4th. Frank Thomas with a homer. Molina with 4 RBIs. Orlando Hernandez is 0-6. Ouch. |
| Game #5: | Santa Rosa 5 Michigan 1 Rosado throws a complete game. Roberto Alomar with 3 hits. |
| Game #6: | Santa Rosa 10 Michigan 2 Caminiti with a homer and 4 RBIs. Santiago and Perez add homers. Santa Rosa with 16 hits. |
| Series Summary: | Santa Rosa outclasses Michigan and pulls the sweep. |
Castle Rock Hounds @ Stockton Wings |
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| Series Preview: | Castle Rock Hounds @ Stockton Wings for 6 games |
| Game #1: | STO 7 – CRH 6
WP: T. Jones HR: CRH–L. Gonzalez, Bonds; STO–V. Guerrero STO scored early and often, but had to sweat out a late-inning rally, capped by a two-run Barry Bonds bomb |
| Game #2: | STO 8 – CRH 0
WP: Avery (CG) HR: STO–Glaus, Varitek, Jaha Steve Avery tossed a two-hitter and three Wings reached the seats. |
| Game #3: | CRH 7 – STO 1
WP: C. Carpenter HR: CRH–R. CLayton, L. Gonzalez, Dye Castle Rock’s turn to hit three longballs. This one stayed close until a Hounds four-run outburst put it away in the 8th. |
| Game #4: | CRH 9 – STO 6
WP: Quantrill HR: CRH–Bonds; STO–Varitek Seesaw battle saw STO tie the game in the 7th, but CRH scored three in the next two innings to take the win. |
| Game #5: | STO 7 – CRH 6 (10 inn.)
WP: Garces HR: STO–J. Hernandez, Varitek, Trammell; CRH–Bonds, Easley Another back-and-forth game is settled late on a Bubba Trammell RBI single. Darryl Hamilton went 4-5 for STO. |
| Game #6: | CRH 13 – STO 4
WP: Hermanson HR: CRH–L. Gonzalez, Easley, Bonds; STO–Jaha The CRH offense busted out, with every starter getting at least one hit. Luis Gonzalez had four RBI, and Barry Bonds and Damion Easley added three each. |
| Series Summary: | STO & CRH split the 6 game series
Barry Bonds (CRH) hit 4 HRs, Luis Gonzalez (CRH), and Jason Varitek (STO) had 3 HRs, and John Jaha (STO) and Damion Easley (CRH) had 2 HRs each. For the series, CRH had 11 HRs total, STO had 9 |
DeWitt Tigers @ Chicago Demolition |
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| Series Preview: | 15-19 DeWitt Tigers come into the Windy City of Chicago to take on the 17-23 Demolition in a 6-game series. |
| Game #1: | Chicago’s pen can’t stop the Tigers from plating 2 Runs in the 9th. Doug Brocial is not good, nor will he ever be. Adrian Beltre leads the way with 3 Hits for DeWitt.
Final Score: DeWitt 5 – Chicago 3 Win: Bob Wells 2-0 (1.54) |
| Game #2: | Roger Clemens pitches 8 solid innings and allows 4 Runs (All Earned), but it’s not enough as the Tigers get 2 RBIs out of Andruw Jones for the win.
Final Score: DeWitt 4 – Chicago 2 Win: Bartolo Colon 2-1 (5.47) |
| Game #3: | Eric Milton was a Million Dollars. 9 Innings, 2 Hits, 3 Walks, and 5 K’s in a complete game Shutout of Chicago.
Final Score: DeWitt 1 – Chicago 0 Win: Eric Milton 4-3 (3.68) |
| Game #4: | Chicago finally gets off the Snied. Carlos Delgado has a 3 Run – Home Run in the 7th & Chicago final picks up a “W”.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – DeWitt 2 Win: Kevin Millwood 5-2 (2.64) |
| Game #5: | Paul Byrd with his funky delivery has the Demolition off their game. Sammy Sosa has a Homerun & 2 RBIs for DeWitt.
Final Score: DeWitt 5 – Chicago 2 Win: Paul Byrd 3-4 (4.93) |
| Game #6: | This one was two. 17 Innings before it was decided. Neither team scored from the 9th to the 16th. In the bottom of the 17th Chicago pushes across a run. 11 total pitchers were used. A day off before each team opens up a new series is a welcome sight.
Final Score: Chicago 7 – DeWitt 6 Win: Sean DePaula 1-0 (1.80) |
| Series Summary: | DeWitt comes in and takes 4 of 6 from the hometown squad. Might be time for a rebuild in Chicago. |
Blarney Drive Bandits @ Valdosta Bombers |
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| Series Preview: | 1st place Blarney Drive visits Valdosta. |
| Series Summary: | Bombers held their own against the Bandits at times, but the Bandits take 4 of 6. Bombers pitching has been a trainwreck to this point. |
Montreal Canadiens @ Southlake Scorpions |
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| Series Preview: | Montreal (11-23) travels to Southlake (16-18). |
| Game #1: | Scorpions score single runs in the 1st, 4th, 6th and 7th to take game 1. Bagwell with 2 hits and 2 RBI. Southlake 4, Montreal 1. Canadiens score 4 in the 8th to make it close. Southlake 6, Montreal 5. |
| Game #2: | Dante Bichette with 2 HR and 4 RBI to lead Southlake to the win. |
| Game #3: | POTW nominee Jeff Bagwell goes 5-5 with 2 HR and 8 RBI to lead the Scorpions to the victory. Southlake 11, Montreal 6. |
| Game #4: | Bagwell and Bichette each with 3 RBI as the Scorpions rough up future HOF’er Greg Maddux. Southlake 8, Montreal 0. |
| Game #5: | Russ Davis drives in 4 for the victorious Scorpions. Southlake 11, Montreal 3. |
| Game #6: | Aaron Sele and two relievers shut down the Scorpions. Harold Baines with 3-run HR for the Canadiens. Montreal 8, Southlake 1. |
| Series Summary: | Scorpions take 5 of six in the series. |
Winnipeg Goldeyes @ Newark Bears
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| Series Preview: | The 24-10 Bears host the 16-18 Goldeyes. |
| Game #1: | The Bears hitters can’t do much with Grade 4 starter Kevin Tapani – 1st game goes to the Goldeyes.
Final score 5-4 (Goldeyes) |
| Game #2: | Three Bears errors and an inept bullpen lead to a game 2 victory for the Goldeyes. The Bears collect 15 hits but leave 12 men on base.
Final score 12-6 (Goldeyes) |
| Game #3: | Mike Piazza homers to help the Bears to victory against Winnipeg’s ace Curt Schilling.
Final Score 4-2 (Bears) |
| Game #4: | Bears SP Omar Olivares gets hurt without even throwing a pitch, so you knew this game was probably not going the Bears way…and sure enough it did not!
Final Score 16-2 (Goldeyes) |
| Game #5: | Tom Glavine pitches effectively for the Goldeyes and the Bears waste 2 Mike Piazza homers.
Final Score 5-4 (Goldeyes) |
| Game #6: | The Bear’s pitching was garbage, the Goldeyes hit 4 homeruns, including 2 by Robin Ventura, and the Bears again can do nothing against Cy Young impersonator Kevin Tapani.
Final Score 11-5 (Goldeyes) |
| Series Summary: | Probably the least satisfying series I’ve played in a long time. Horrible pitching, no clutch hitting, errors all over the place, injury – YUK!
Congrats to the Goldeyes – they take 5 out of 6 games! |
Portland Mavericks @ Houghton Penguins |
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| Series Preview: | A pair of teams with the worst records in the American League at 9-25. |
| Game #1: | Portland blanks Houghton. Final Score POR 10 – HOU 0. |
| Game #2: | Mike Moore pitches a complete game for Portland. Final Score POR 4 – HOU 1. |
| Game #3: | Mike Mordecai is drilled by Mike Meadows and injured for 19 Days. Final Score POR 7 – HOU 4. |
| Game #4: | A Grand Slam by Al Martin leads Portland to victory. Final Score POR 14 – HOU 9. |
| Game #5: | Portland jumps all over Houghton. Final Score POR 15 – HOU 4. |
| Game #6: | Final Score POR 16 – HOU 2. |
| Series Summary: | Portland sweeps Houghton 6-0. Knoblauch 14/28 and Gates 13/26 in the series. |