1999 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #18

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
TATIS,Fernando	CRH AL	.591	1.227	6	22	13	1	2	3	10	10	3	7	0	0	0	1

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
RITCHIE,Todd	FWP AL	2	2	0	0	2.45	11	3	3	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
JONES,Chipper	BAL NL	.455	1.364	6	22	10	2	0	6	9	12	3	4	1	1	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
HALAMA,John	MGH NL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0

Danbury Mad Hatters @ Long Beach Titans
Series Summary:	Danbury comes west and takes 5 of 6 from Long Beach.

Michigan Mauraders @ Winnipeg Goldeyes
Series Preview:	Michigan fighting for .500 Winnipeg outside shot at Wild card.
Game #1:	Glavine pitches around a castilla homer and Mcgwire and Vaughn homer in the 10-4 Winnipeg win.
Game #2:	Michigans Palmeiro hits 2 homers and drives in 5 as Michigan wins 9-6.
Game #3:	A 5 run 9th and Quinn pinch hit 3 run homer gives Winnipeg a 7-5 win.
Game #4:	Another 9th inning walk off 13-12 Winnipeg. McGwire Everett and Lopez homer. Palmiero hit 2 for Michigan.
Game #5:	Palmiero homers in the 7-6 Michigan win, as Lieberthal also hit 2 for Michigan.
Game #6:	Glavine shutout and homers Ventura and 5 rbis and Everett.
Series Summary:	Winnipeg wins 4 of the 6 games. hitter of the week – Palmeiro 5 homers 11 rbis pitcher of the week Glavine 2-0 16.2 innings 4 runs 9 hits.

Hollywood Vampires @ Santa Rosa Beach Bums
Series Preview:	Santa Rosa Beach welcome the Vampires to the Emerald coast for a 6 game set. The Bums have been struggling through some injuries and fatigue in a tight race this season, but the squad should be healthy and rested in a few days.
Game #1:	The Vampires start the series with Nunez (6-7, 6.87) and will face Bums Smoltz (12-3, 3.84) who has been on an eighteen-day rest. In the 2nd, after Loretta reached on error Bums Encarnacion went deep. Bums add another in the 3rd as Caminiti ricocheted one off the wall with Thomas on second, 3-0. In the 6th Bums Curtis doubled, Alomar walked and Thomas went yard to give the Bums a good cushion. Encarnacion is beamed later. The crowd held its breath, but he was sent to first by the trainer. Hollywood 0 3 1 LP: Nunez. Santa Rosa Beach 7 8 1 WP: Smoltz; 2b: Sanders, Caminiti, Loretta, Curtis; HR: Thomas, Encarnacion; HBP: Encarnacion; H: Sims.
Game #2:	Bere (3-6, 8.14) is sent to the mound to face Bums Rosado (7-8, 3.58). Goose eggs until the 4th when Encarnacion banged Caminiti in from second with a double. In the 5th Bums Hidalgo walked, Reed and Jimenez singled for one, Thomas and koskie walked for two, Caminiti singled for three as musical chairs continued with none out, Encarnacion singled for four, and Hidalgo singled for two more and Bere is mercifully removed, Bums 7-0. Hollywood 0 6 1 LP: Bere: 2b: Stanley 2, Valentin; IBB: Sanchez; Sb: Anderson. Santa Rosa Beach 9 11 0 WP: Rosado; 2b: Encarnacion.
Game #3:	With the Vampires offense ready to explode and with patience against the Bums pitcher it just may happen they call on Halladay (10-5, 4.26) for the Bums Ortiz (8-6, 4.92). After a Lopez walk in the 1st, Bums Sanders went deep. Bums Lopez is beamed and went down for an extended period in the 3rd. Second time around the Vampires Sosa singled and Floyd doubled hi, home, Bums 2-1. Reed is beamed in the 4th. This is getting suspicious. In the 6th Vampires Miller singled, Sosa Walked and with 2-out Cruz went deep, Vampires 4-2. Loretta leadoff the bottom half with a triple and Encarnacion brought him home on an infield grounder. In the 8th Vampires Floyd banged an RBI single with Miller on second, Vampites 5-3. Jones immediately beamed Cruz and is ejected. Hey wait……… In the bottom half pitch hitter Caminiti sigled, pitch hitter Thomas drew a walk and Vampires Foulke is brought in to stop the bleeding. Bums bench is now vacant. Encarnacion flied to left. Hidalgo ripped one to center and x-Bum (’98 class) kept it in front of him and plodding Caminiti is held up at third. Perez than popped to Konerko and Alomar rolled it to Konerko, Foulke held. Bums only muster a Sanders single in the 9th. Hollywood 5 6 1 WP: Halladay; 2b: Miller, Floyd; HR: Cruz; HBP: Cruz; H: Lowe; S: Foulke. Santa Rosa Beach 3 7 0 LP: Ortiz; 3b: Loretta; HR: Sanders; HBP: Lopez, Reed; SH: Santiago.
Game #4:	Vampires look to keep the momentum going with ace Garcia (9-9, 5.26) and the Bums counter with Rapp (9-7, 5.29). In the 2nd Bums Encarnacion singled, stole and scored on a Perez single. In the 4th Vampires Valentin and Sosa drew walks, Anderson bunted them over and Valentin scored on an infield grounder, Tie game. Reset. After ceaseless scoring opportunities the Bums Koskie stroked a leadoff double and Encarnacion brought him home with a double in the 8th, Bums 2-1. And with 2-out Perez added an insurance run with a double. Hollywood 1 5 1 LP: Montgomery; 2b: Stanley; SH: Anderson. Santa Rosa Beach 3 12 0 WP: Karsay; 2b: Sanders, Koskie, Encarnacion, Perez; Sb: Encarcion 2, Alomar, Sanders.
Game #5:	Vampires go with Isringhausen (2-3, 6.75) to face Bums Smoltz (13-3, 3.67). In the 2nd Vampires Floyd, Sanchez and Cruz singled for one. In the bottom half Perez, Reed and Curtis singled for one. In the 4th Perez singled, Reed walked and Curtis banged an RBI single, Bums 2-1. And after some manager misfire on advancing Reed. Need to look where I poke my finger, Alomar went yard, 4-1. In the 7th Vampires Sanchez doubled and Howard blooped and RBI single. In the bottom half Caminiti singled, Encarnacion doubled and Perez singled them home for some breathing room, 6-2. In the 8th Bums Thomas and pitch hitter Hidalgo walked and Caminiti singled to fill the bases with 0-out. Loretta than drew a walk for one. Encarnacion rolled one for another. Reed grounded to first for a third. Then Curtis stroked a three run homer to add insult. Hollywood 2 7 1 LP: Isringhausen; 2b: Sanchez; HBP: Palmiero. Santa Rosa Beach 12 14 0 WP: Smoltz; 2b: Encarnacion; HR: Alomar, Curtis; HBP: Caminiti; H: Naulty.
Game #6:	Vampires send Nunez (6-8, 7.39) to the mound and the Bums counter with Rosado (8-8, 3.41). Beam ball game continues as Vampires received the next one in the 1st. Runners on first and second. No problem Konerko rolls into a double play. To leadoff the 3rd Bums Reed and Alomar singled and Thomas drew a walk to fill the bases. Two batters later Koskie banged a 2-run single. In the 5th Alomar singled, Thomas walked and Sanders stroked an RBI double, 3-0 Bums. Koskie rolled an RBI infield hit, 4-0. King replaces Nunez. Loretta walked to fill the bases. And Encarnacion grounded into a double play. To leadoff the 7th Vampires Sanchez singled and Rivera went yard to make it a 2-run game. Hollywood 2 6 0 LP: Nunez; HR: Rivera; HBP: Millar. Santa Rosa Beach 4 7 1 WP: Rosado; 2b: Sanders; H: Simas, Jones; S: Karsay.
Series Summary:	The Vampires squeeze out a game and the Bums a couple to walk away with a 5 game to 1 series win. Lopez to IL.

Newark Bears @ Hampton Huskies
Series Preview:	The Newark Bears decide to slum it for a week and travel to Hampton for six games.
Game #1:	The Huskies successfully poisoned the Bears’ Gatorade cooler and squeaked out a 3-1 win over Newark thanks to some solid pitching from starter Francisco Cordova and Tom Gordon notching his first save of the season. Jeromy Burnitz hit his 24th homer of the year for Hampton.
Game #2:	Juan Gonzalez had three hits and drove in two runs as the Bears brought in their own bottled Gatorade and downed the Huskies 4-2. Gonzalez hit his 24th of the year while Jose Canseco added his 21st. Bill Spiers doubled twice for Hampton.
Game #3:	The Bears took turns pounding Rolando Arrojo and Mike DeJean as part of a lovely 14-0 bitch-slapping of the Huskies. Mike Piazza (blechh) led the carnage with four hits (two HR) and five RBIs. Ben Grieve and SloMo Vaughn also homered.
Game #4:	Bill Mueller drove in a couple of runs and Tom Gordon somehow managed to get his 2nd save of the year in a 5-3 Hampton win. To say the Huskies dodged a bullet would be an understatement as starter Joe Nathan gave up homers to Tony Fernandez, Ben Grieve and Mo Vaughn – all with no one aboard.
Game #5:	Jose Canseco and Mo Vaughn each launched their 22nd homers of the season in a 6-4 win y Newark. Carl Pavano ended his ineffective night early by getting ejected for plonking Tony Fernandez in the nether regions with a pitch in the 4th inning. Fernandez, of course, was unharmed as he has no balls.
Game #6:	For the second straight game, a Hampton starting pitcher doing poorly exited in dramatic fashion – this time it was Francisco Cordova whose arm blew like a cheap tire in the 5th inning and put him out of action for 3 weeks. Oh yeah – and Newark won 8-3. Usual suspects Mike (Born to DH) Piazza hit two homers with Mo Vaughn chipping in with one.
Series Summary:	Newark wins 4 of 6 begging the question: how could the lousy Hampton team win twice?

Valdosta Bombers @ Manhattan Gas Hornets
Series Preview:	Manhattan hopes for hot week with little issues….. BIG THING HAPPENED!
Game #1:	4 run 1st paces Gas Hornets to win, but 2 run Richie Sexson homer (7) in 8th makes it close. VAL 6-9-0 LP Pat Hentgen (5-8) MGH 7-11-1 WP Mark Fyhrie (7-2) S Matt Mantei (10) HR: VAL Ramirez (27), MGH Tino Martinez (27)
Game #2:	Big day for John Halama – NO HITTER!! Seeking to make a name for himself in the Big Apple, Halama faces 30 batters (3 walks) and no-nos the Bombers. He gets a 9 hit 3 run support from his teammates. VAL 0-0-0 LP Gil Heredia (7-8) MGH 3-9-0 WP Halama (6-6)
Game #3:	Two 6 run innings pace this game plus a 4 run burst and a 3 run burst. Valdosta goes out to an 8-0 lead after 2 and sees it melt away to 8-7 after 5, But then they put up 4 in 6th and insurance in the 9th (good thing as Gas Hornets plate 3 in the 9th and the game ends with the bases loaded and winning run at the plate!). Richie Sexson goes 2 for 5, 4 rbis, homer (8) and Alex Ochoa also drives in 4 runs with 5 (FIVE) hits! Matt Stairs homers for Manhattan. VAL 13-15-0 WP Mark Petkovsek (4-3) S John Franco (11) MGH 10-17-0 LP Sterling Hitchcock (12-5)
Game #4:	Wild game, 3-0 after 2 for Manhattan when teams trade 4 runs in the 3rd. Then they trade 2 runs in the 8th for a final 9-6 Manhattan win. Richie Sexson with another homer (9) (his 2nd PH homer of the week!). Matt Stairs (26) and Ray Durham (10) homer for Manhattan and Lenny Harris drives in 3 runs. VAL 6-8-0 LP Woodard (5-9) MGH 9-15-1 WP Guzman (7-10) S Wetteland (6)
Game #5:	Tough day for injuries – Eric Karros goes down for 5 days for Valdosta and the Gas Hornets lose Jason Kendall for 13 days (and he’ll go on the 10 day DL). Gas Hornets however control the game as Rick Reed has a good day – 4 hitter through 5.1 (good for him) and just 1 run. Pat Mahomes goes 1.2 but Matt Mantei gives up 2 homers in the 9th – Bobby Abreu (7) and Eric Chavez (7). Garrett Anderson homers (19) for Gas Hornets. VAL 3- 5-0 LP Jamie Moyer (12-7) MGH 5-10-0 WP Reed (7-6)
Game #6:	Finale is all Gas Hornets and Luis Alicea. 3 for 4, 3 runs, 4 rbis (grand slam – his 1st homer of the year) and a walk. Part of an 8 run 4th and a 15 run, 17 hit attack. Ray Durham also homers (11). Steve Finley homers (32) and so does Eric Chavez (8). VAL 2- 5-0 LP Pat Hentgen (5-9) MGH 15-17-1 WP Mark Fyhrie (8-2) his 2nd win of the week
Series Summary:	Gas Hornets managed 5 wins in 6 games but will lose Jason Kendall for the next 2 series!

Southlake Scorpions @ Fort Worth Panthers
Game #1:	Grandslam by Pudge Rodriguez was the difference. Panthers 6, Scorpions 2
Game #2:	Ft. Worth exploded for 9 runs in the third and coasted from there. Panthers 15, Scorpions 4
Game #3:	Two 2-run homers in the top of the 11th gave Southlake the victory. Scorpions 11, Panthers 7
Game #4:	Kevin Brown goes the distance for Ft. Worth while his offense did just enough. Panthers 2, Scorpions 1
Game #5:	Fred McGriff goes 4 for 4 with 2 homers to lead the 22 hit attack. Panthers 18, Scorpions 6
Game #6:	Ft. Worth takes the finale Panthers 5, Scorpions 1
Series Summary:	Ft. Worth wins 5 of 6.

Blarney Drive Bandits @ Baltimore Blue Crabs
Series Preview:	Sporting the best record in the National League, the Blarney Drive Bandits (66-33) visit Charm City to face the Blue Crabs (47-52).
Game #1:	Crabs rally with 2 in the 6th and 1 in the 7th to win the opener 6-5. Chipper Jones hits 2 homeruns (#35 & 36) and knocks in 4 for Baltimore. Shawn Green has 2 hits and 3 RBIs for the Bandits. BANDITS 5 / 10 / 0 CRABS 6 / 9 / 2 WP – Suppan (6-7) LP – Howry (0-3) S – Stanton (6)
Game #2:	It’s the Bandits’ turn for the late inning rally, as they plate 4 in the 8th to earn the comeback victory. Darrin Fletcher‘s 3 run blast (#7) in the 8th is the big blow for the visitors. Baltimore loses Orlando Merced (10 days) and Jorge Posada (5 days). BANDITS 7 / 7 / 0 CRABS 5 /11 / 2 WP – Howry (1-3) LP – Stanton (0-1) S – Swindell (8)
Game #3:	Mark McLemore‘s walk-off grandslam sends the Baltimore fans home happy. BANDITS 2 / 8 / 0 CRABS 6 / 8 / 1 WP – Boehringer (5-4) LP – Ramirez (0-1)
Game #4:	Chipper Jones has another 2 homerun game, and he knocks in 3 and scores 3 times to lead the Crabs. Chris Widger also went deep for Baltimore, as the Crabs rough up Randy Johnson for 3 longballs. BANDITS 1 / 5 / 0 CRABS 5 / 6 / 1 WP – Witasick (5-2) LP – Johnson (14-3) S – Belinda (1)
Game #5:	Down 3 games to 1 in the series, Blarney Drive flexes their muscles and show why they are the N.L. front runners. Brian Giles homers (#27) and knocks in 3, and Ryan Klesko, Mike Bordick, and Qulivio Veras each collect 3 hits for the Bandits. Mike Hampton tosses 7 innings of 4 hit 1 run ball. Chipper Jones (#39) and Chris Widger (#8) both homer again for Baltimore. BANDITS 14 / 16 / 1 CRABS 6 / 10 / 1 WP – Hampton (11-7) LP – Dempster (4-7)
Game #6:	For the 2nd consecutive game, Blarney Drive pounds out 16 hits, with 7 Bandits collecting 2 or more, in a 10-6 series finale win. David Wells wins his 13th. Chipper Jones hits another homerun (#40) for the Crabs. BANDITS 10 / 16 / 0 CRABS 6 / 14 / 0 WP – Wells (13-3) LP – Appier (1-8) S – Johnstone (15)
Series Summary:	Baltimore plays well and earns the split against the Bandits. Chipper Jones has another stellar series, hitting 6 homeruns and knocking in 12.

Chicago Demolition @ California Quakes
Series Summary:	California and Chicago split the six game set.

Castle Rock Hounds @ Houghton Penguins
Series Summary:	Castle Rock sweeps Houghton 6-0.

Portland Mavericks @ Montreal Canadiens
Series Summary:	The Canadians win 5 -6 games from Portland in a very close series that could have gone either way. Canadian highlights: Offerman: 12-22 with 6 RBIs on 3 2B, 1 3B and 1 HR plus 8 walks Grace: 10-25 with 6 RBIs on 4 2B and 1 HR Cordova: 9-24 with 6 RBIs on 2 2B and 2 HRs

Harper Woods Expos @ DeWitt Tigers
Series Summary:	Harper Woods travels to DeWitt wins the first game then DeWitt wins the next 5.

Stockton Wings @ Corktown Bootleggers
Series Summary:	Corktown wins 4 of 5 from Stockton.