2000 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #5
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| DELGADO,Carlos | CHI AL | .480 | 1.200 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| KLESKO,Ryan | BDB NL | .438 | 1.000 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| FERNANDEZ,Osvaldo | SRB NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.73 | 12.1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Southlake Scorpions @ Castle Rock Hounds |
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| Series Preview: | Southlake (7-15) visits Castle Rock (14-8) in an early season tilt. |
| Game #1: | Chris Carpenter getting an early season spot start for Castle Rock so he can get his IP’s, facing off against Garrett Stephenson. Castle Rock strikes first with a 2-run Bonds HR. But, Southlake takes advantage of Carpenter, downgrading him to a 1 before he leaves in a 5-5 tie in the 6th.Desi Relaford (5 HR in 500 plate appearances in 2000) takes Wetteland deep to give Southlake a 7-5 lead.
But, JT Snow delivers a solo shot and Clayton scores on a wild pitch to tie it at 7-7 in the bottom of the 8th. Southlake gets one in the top of the 9th with a Mike Lansing RBI double. Rocker comes in for Southlake and proceeds to give up a leadoff HR to Bonds to tie it at 8-8. Despite getting another runner to second, Castle Rock can’t score another one, andwe head to extra innings. Southlake loads the bases in the top of the 10th,but Dejean gets Lansing to ground out to end the threat. And, with two outs in the bottom of the 10th, Luis Gonzalez takes Aguilera for a walk-off Hounds victory, 9-8. Bonds has two HR, Snow goes 4-5 and Gonzalez delivers the walk-off for Castle Rock. WP: Dejean (1-1) |
| Game #2: | It’s another back-and-forth affair, with Elarton (Castle Rock) facing Reynoso (Southlake). It is 3-2 until the Hounds score four in the bottom of the 5th, spearheaded by a Luis Gonzalez HR, putting the Hounds up 6-3. And, that’s how the score will stay, as Elarton gets a quality start and Benitez comes on to finish. Bichette and Lansing go deep for Southlake, while Gonzalez and Easley go yard for Castle Rock.
WP: Elarton (1-3) |
| Game #3: | Hounds jump quickly on Haynes, with Luis Gonzalez (Player of the week?) hitting a 3-run HR in the first inning. But, the Scorpions plate three in the top of the 2nd to cut the lead to 4-3, Hounds. Scorpions take the lead 6-3 thanks to a Bagwell HR and four doubles off Kenny Rogers. But, the Hounds will not be muzzled, as they take a 9-6 lead in the bottom of the 5th thanks to a 2-RBI double from (you guessed it) Luis Gonzalez.
Bichette gets Southlake right back in it with a two-run homer to make it 9-8, and it looks like we have another crazy game on our hands. Relaford singles home pinch-runner Hunter, and it is 9-9 in the top of the 7th. Kevin Young then delivers a clutch bases loadesd single to give the Scorpions a 11-9 lead. Bonds and Gonzalez lead off the bottom of the 8th with a walk and HBP. Mariano Rivera comes in and Dye greets him with a single to load the bases with nobody out. Sweeney delivers a sac fly, Easley strikes out, but Royce Clayton delivers a clutch 2-out double, scoring two and giving Castle Rock the 12-11 lead. Lockhart follows it up with an RBI single, scoring Clayton. Ultimately it’s a heartbreaker for Southlake, as they get 18 hits, but still lose the game, as Wunsch stays on to close it out for Castle Rock. The final is 13-11, Hounds. Gonzalez ends up with 5 RBI for Castle Rock. WP: Wunsch (2-0) |
| Game #4: | Hounds bats will not be silenced, as they chase Jaret Wright in the first inning after batting around and scoring 5 runs on 6 hits. The onslaught continues throughout the whole game, with Castle Rock scoring 15 runs on 23 hits in the game. Both Gonzalez and Bonds go 4-6 in the game for the Hounds, and Brian Johnson hits two solo shots out of the 9-hole for the Scorpions. The final is 15-4, Castle Rock, as they take the first four games of the series. Dreifort moves to 5-0 on the season, although his run support has been astronomical.
WP: Dreifort (5-0) |
| Game #5: | Southlake strikes first in this one, with two in the first inning, off of a Michael Barrett error. But, if we’ve learned anything this series, no lead is safe vs. Castle Rock, as they score 5 runs in the 2nd, highlighted by a three-run HR from JT Snow. The Hounds add six (!) more in the 3rd to take a 11-2 lead. The game ends up 13-2, as the Hounds get 17 more hits, highlighted by three from Clayton and Orlando Palmeiro.
WP: Pettitte (4-1) |
| Game #6: | Castle Rock going for the 6-game sweep while Southlake is looking to salvage something.
Southlake again strikes first with two off of Carpenter in the first, thanks to a Bagwell double. Castle Rock ties it in the 2nd, but Bagwell delivers a solo HR in the 5th to give the Scorpions a 3-2 lead. But, Castle Rock scores two in the bottom half to take a 4-3 lead. Al Martin delivers a sac fly to score Hunter in the top of the 8th, and we have a 4-4 tie. Southlake is battling hard to get a W. In the bottom of the 8th, Rocker gives up a walk and a single, but Rivera puts out the fire to keep the game tied at 4. In the top of the 9th, Lansing greets Armando Benitez with a lead-off HR. With two outs in the 9th, Rivera hits JT Snow to let Bonds come up to bat with a chance to win it. But, Mo gets Bonds to ground out to short to end the game and the Scorpions win the series finale, 5-4. WP: Rivera (2-2) |
| Series Summary: | Castle Rock’s bats were just too much for Southlake pitching for most of the series, as the Hounds take it 5-1. |
Hollywood Vampires @ Hampton Huskies
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| Series Preview: | Hollywood and Hampton meet up for a showdown of the two worst records in the league. Not even their moms showed up to watch these games … |
| Game #1: | Rafael Furcal‘s double in the top of the 9th drove in Luis Matos for the go-ahead run as the Vampires pushed past the Huskies 6-5. Mark Quinn (6) homered for the winners. |
| Game #2: | Hampton got a rare W thanks to three-hit performances by BJ Surhoff, Brian Daubach and Craig Counsell in a 8-5 Huskies’ win. MArk Quinn (7) homered again. Freddy Garcia fell to 0-3 after he was chased from the game in the 2nd inning. |
| Game #3: | A decent start by Jamey Wright resulted in a 3-1 complete game win for Hampton. Wright gave up six hits with the lone run scored on a Charlie Hayes single in the first inning. |
| Game #4: | Hampton won three straight games for the first time this season thanks to Brian Daubach who drove in three runs with a single and his 2nd home run in a 5-2 win. Randy Velarde paced the Hollywood attack with two innocuous singles against Pat Mahomes who incredibly is 3-0 on this shitty team after tossing a five-hit complete game. |
| Game #5: | Adam Eaton outpitched Hollywood starter Mark Maulder, but some lousy defence resulted in two unearned runs and go figure the Vampires won by two by a score of 5-3. Kevin Millar (3) homered for Hollywood. |
| Game #6: | The teams combined for six runs in the 10th inning, but it was the visiting team that had the lion’s share beating up on the Huskies’ bullpen in a 8-6 extra-inning win. Mark Quinn (8) smashed his third home run of the series while Todd Hundley (4) and Derrek Lee (4) launched homers of snakebit Keith Foulke in the 10th (Foulke already has six homers allowed as compared to eight in a whole season in real life). Go figure. |
| Series Summary: | These teams are so inept they can’t even decide who is worse. A split. |
Harper Woods Expos @ California Quakes
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| Series Summary: | California beats Harper Woods 4-2 over 6. Harper Woods is going to be a really good team for a while. |
Connecicut Jays @ Long Beach Titans |
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| Series Summary: | Long Beach takes 5 of 6 from Connecticut. |
Portland Mavericks @ DeWitt Tigers |
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| Series Preview: | DeWitt welcomes Portland to town to open up the home schedule. |
| Game #1: | Portland scores first in 5th to take a 2-0 lead. DeWitt then scores 5 of the next 6 to win.
Dewitt 5 5 1 W Ponson |
| Game #2: | Portland scores early and often to even up the series.
POR 7 14 1 W Burnett |
| Game #3: | DeWitt takes the third game to take a 2-1 Series lead.
DEW 6 11 1 W Loaiza |
| Game #4: | Andruw Jones hits a tie breaking homer and Dewitt hangs on to take a 3-1 series lead.
DEW 2 4 0 W Colon |
| Game #5: | Dewitt walks off Portland in the 9th. Take 4-1 series lead.
DeW 3 9 1 W Koch |
| Game #6: | Behind Andruw Jones the Tigers win the finale. Takin the series 5-1.
DEW 6 8 2 W Ponson |
| Series Summary: | DeWitt wins the series 5-1. |
Danbury Mad Hatters @ Santa Rosa Beach Bums |
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| Series Preview: | The Bums welcome Danbury to the friendly confines of the Emerald Coast for a six-game set. The Mad Hatters have their eyes on first place and the Bums are just trying to keep their heads above water. |
| Game #1: | The Hatters call on Smith (1-0, 3.86) to face the Bums O Fernandez (1-0, 5.54). In the 3rd Bums Alomar reached by error, Caminiti was beamed, and Thomas rolled one through the infield for the first run of the game. In the 5th Bums Darr singled, Alomar was beamed and Caminiti stroked one over the centerfield wall chasing Smith. In the 6th Bums Perez singled, Molina walked and Darr banged an RBI single. Bums 5-0. In the 7th Fernandez out, Harper in, Hatters first batter Truby goes deep. But that would be all. Danbury 1 5 1 LP: Smith 2b: Thome; HR: Truby; HBP: Shumpert. Santa Rosa Beach 5 9 0 WP: O Fernandez 2b: Perez; HR: Caminiti; HBP: Alomar, Caminiti; H: Harper. |
| Game #2: | The Hatters send Parris (0-4, 12.71) to the mound to face Bums Vazquez (1-1, 9.00). The Hatter strike first in the 2nd, Aven doubled and Cabrera singled him home. Hatters add one in the 3rd when Griffey singled and Thome stroked a 2-out double. Bums answer in the 4th Rios singled, Perez singled, and Molina lifted a sacrifice fly. In the 7th Bums Darr and Koskie doubled to tie the game. In the Bums next at bat, Hidlago went deep. Bums 3-2. In the 9th Hatters Cabrera reached by walk and scored on a Thomas error with 2-out. In the 10th Hatters Truby doubled, advanced to 3rd and was gunned down at the plate by Hidalgo for the 3rd out. In the bottom half, Thomas lead off with a walk, pinch runner Sanders stole, Hidalgo was intentionally walked. Rios K’ed. Sanders then stole 3rd. Pinch hitter Loretta drives one deep to center and Sanders trotted home. Danbury 3 9 0 LP: Lowe 2b: Thome, Truby, Aven; Sb: Cabrera. Santa Rosa Beach 4 8 1 WP: Rodriguez 2b: Koskie, Encarnacion, Darr; HR: Perez; SF: Loretta, Molina; Sb; Sanders 2. |
| Game #3: | Tomko (0-1, 6.75) will pitch for the Hatters and Harper (1-0, 7.71) for the Bums. Hatters score first again in the 3rd, Shumpert doubled and with 2-out Griffey dropped one over the infield. In the bottom half, Thomas drew a 2-out walk and Hidalgo doubled him home. In the 6th Hatters Griffey lead off with a dinger. Hatters 2-1. Bums Molina put one out in the 7th. Tie game. Game reset. In the 10th, Bums Darr doubled, Alomar was intentionally walked, Koskie lifted one to right and Darr advanced, Alomar stole second, and Thomas singled for the game winner. Danbury 2 4 0 LP: Nelson 2b: Shumpert, Benard; HR: Griffey; IBB: Thome. Santa Rosa Beach 3 5 0 WP: Carrasco 2b: Hidalgo, Darr; HR: Molina; IBB: Alomar; Sb: Alomar 2. |
| Game #4: | Trying to turn the tide the Hatters send Jones (2-1, 3.04) out and the Bums Bohannon (0-4, 9.17). In the 1st, Bums Alomar lead off with a double, advanced on a wild pitch and scored when Koskie singled. In the top of the 2nd Hatters Bell countered with a 2-out solo shot. In the 3rd Bums fill the bases with no outs when Alomar walked, Koskie singled and Thomas walked. Hidalgo singled leaving the bases loaded. Hatters bring in Sullivan, but Vanderwal singled to right for another. Rios grounded into a double play to score a third. Bums 4-1. Hatters react with a Benard walk and Griffey beamed to start the 4th. Two batters later Aven singled to right for a run. Two batters later Degado singled to make it a one run game. In the 5th the Hatters score another to tie it up, 4-4. In the 6th Encarnacion singled, advanced on a infield roller and scored on a Alomar double. In the 8th pinch hitter Caminiti went deep. Bums 5-3. Danbury 4 8 0 LP: Sullivan HR: Bell; HBP: Griffey. Santa Rosa Beach 6 11 1 WP: Carrasco 2b: Alomar 2; HR Caminiti; Sb: Hidalgo; H: De Los Santos, Fultz; S: Sasaki. |
| Game #5: | The Hatters go with Tapani (2-2, 4.82), while the Bums pull Ortiz (0-0, 6.89) out of the bull pen. In the 1st, Biggio and Shumpert drew walks and two ground outs later Biggio scored. One run on no hits. In the bottom half Caminiti connected for a solo shot. One run on 1 hit. In the 3rd, Hatters Biggio and Alou singled and Griffy lifted a sacrifice fly. In the bottom half, Caminiti singled and Thomas went yard. Bums 3-2. With 2-out in the 4th Perez, Molina and Darr strung three singles together for a run. In the top of the 5th Hatters Alou doubled, Griffey walked and Thome went yard. Hatters 5-4. But Caminiti lead off the bottom half with another solo shot. Tie game. Game reset. In the 6th Hatter Bell grew a walk, Benard singled and Casanova drew a walk to fill the bases with 0-out. Hatters are looking at a big inning. Biggio singled for two. In the bottom half Perez lead off with a walk and Molina followed with a shot over the centerfield wall. Tie game. Game reset. Tapani is out and Nelson in. In the bottom of the 9th Alomar singled, stole, Caminit was intentially walked, and Thomas reached on a Casanova error filling the bases with 1-out. Bums could not convert. In the 10th Hatters Truby leadoff with a double. He advanced on an infield grounder. 1-out. Infield drawn in. Benard bunts anyway. Fultz has it and drops it. Truby scored. Hatters Lowe is approaching his limit of batters. Bums don’t capitalize. Danbury 8 7 2 WP: Lowe 2b: Alou, Truby; HR: Thome; SH: Benard; SF: Griffey. Santa Rosa Beach 7 10 1 LP: Grilli HR: Caminiti 2, Thomas, Darr; IBB: Caminiti; Sb: Alomar, Hidalgo. |
| Game #6: | Hatters call on Suzuki (2-2, 7.13) to try to savage more of the series and faced Bums O Fernandez (2-0, 3.79). Hatters start the game with a Biggio double and Shumpert single. Vanderwal had an error for one. In the bottom half Camniti and Thomas walked and Vanderwal stroked a doubled for two runs. With 2-out in the 3rd Bums Thomas drew a walk and scored on a Hidalgo double. In the 5th Bums Darr singled, advanced on a grounder and scored on a Thomas single. In the 7th, Bums Darr singled, Caminiti drew a walk and Thomas banged an RBI single. Bums 5-1. Hidalgo followed with a 3-run shot.
Danbury 2 9 0 LP: Suzuki 2b: Biggio. |
| Series Summary: | The Bums did surprisingly well taking 5 of 6 and will be heading to Long Beach to assuredly take some lickings. |
Valdosta Bombers @ Baltimore Blue Crabs |
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| Series Preview: | N.L. Central leading Valdosta (13-9) visits Charm City to visit the Blue Crabs (12-10) |
| Game #1: | Baltimore battles back from 2-0 and 5-2 deficits to tie the game in the 7th. In the 9th, Preston Wilson scores from second, after Steve Finley slams into the wall to catch a Chipper Jones fly ball to win it for the Crabs. Mark Grudzielanek had 4 hits, Finley and Manny Ramirez each had 3 hits for Valdosta in the losing effort.
BOMBERS 5 / 13 / 0 |
| Game #2: | Baltimore bangs out 11 hits to win game 2 4-1. Dmitri Young had 3 hits to lead the Crab offense.
BOMBERS 1 / 6 / 1 |
| Game #3: | Valdosta breaks open a close game, scoring 4 times in the 8th and 9th innings, to take the contest 12-2. Steve Finley doubled, homered, and knocked in 4 for the Bombers.
BOMBERS 12 / 12 / 0 |
| Game #4: | Valdosta scores twice in the 8th to take a 4-3 lead, but Baltimore plates 4 in the home half of the inning to seal the victory. Tony Batista has a pair of doubles and 2 RBIs for the Crabs.
BOMBERS 4 / 7 / 1 |
| Game #5: | Another wild game … Baltimore chips away at an early 5-2 Bomber advantage to take the lead 6-5 in the 8th. But, Richie Sexson clubs a 2-out solo homerun to tie the game in the 9th. We’d go extra innings where Jorge Posada walks to lead off the Baltimore 10th. Mark McLemore is brought in to pinch run. Tony Batista slugs a shot down the leftfield line, but Manny nails McLemore at the plate. Batista moves to third on the throw. With Randy Winn at the plate, Baltimore calls on the squeeze bunt and Winn beats the play at the plate to win it for the Crabs.
BOMBERS 6 / 10 / 1 |
| Game #6: | Tim Hudson continues to struggle in the early days of 2000, yielding 5 runs, 4 earned, on 8 hits over 7 innings, as Valdosta wins the series finale 5-3. Alex Ochoa doubles twice, singles, and scores two runs for the Bombers. Dmitri Young has 3 more hits for the Crabs.
BOMBERS 5 / 9 / 0 |
| Series Summary: | Baltimore wins an entertaining series 4 games to 2. |
Fort Worth Panthers @ Corktown Bootleggers |
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| Series Summary: | Fort Worth comes to Corktown and flexes sweeping the Bootleggers 5-0. Would have been 6, but game 2 was washed away after Fort Worth had a 4-0 lead in the 4th. |
Chicago Demolition @ Montreal Canadiens |
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| Series Summary: | The Canadians get demolished by Chicago and lose 5 of 6 games. |
Michigan Mauraders @ Blarney Drive Bandits |
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| Series Preview: | Two Michigan squads meet up for 6 games. |
| Game #1: | Marauders score quick with 2 runs in the 1st off Hampton. Mike would settle down in the 4th and end up allowing just 3 over 7 innings. Penny was ambushed in the 4th and 5th for 3 each sending him out early. Blarney would tack on 3 more in the 6th to push the game well out of reach.
Donnels 4 RBI and Giles and Frye 2 RBI each power the Bandit attack. MM 3 BDB 10 W: Hampton (3-0) |
| Game #2: | Wells twirls a nice 8 inning 2 run game and it was needed as O.Hernandez matched him over 7 innings. Blarney’s Klesko delivered the GW hit, a double in the 8th off White.
MM 2 BDB 3 W: Wells (2-1) |
| Game #3: | Benes, Herges and Tam team up for a combined no-hitter! Which was a good thing since they also walked 7 Marauders.
MM 0 BDB 2 W: Benes (3-0) |
| Game #4: | Blarney was quick off the start and kept adding to their score to build a 12-1 lead going into the 7th. A Palmeiro Grand Slam in the 7th and 2 more in the 9th (Williams 2-run jack) could only bring Michigan within 6 runs though. Klesko drilled a matching Gram Slam for Blarney while Ordonez went a cool 4-5 with 5 RBI.
MM 7 BDB 13 W: Johnson (5-0) |
| Game #5: | Tied 1-1 after 6 full. In the 8th, Blarney finally managed to touch up L. Hernandez for a couple more and it would end up being enough.
MM 1 BDB 3 W: Tam (2-0) |
| Game #6: | With a potential sweep on the table Bret Boone would deliver Michigan’s 2nd Grand Slam of the series, helping the Marauders avoid the broom. B. Williams 3-5 w/RBI and Edmoneds 1-2 w/ RBI helped carry the load.
MM 7 BDB 5 W: Penny (1-3) |
| Series Summary: | Blarney takes 5 of 6. |
Monroeville Maulers @ Houghton Penguins
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| Series Summary: | MVM takes 4 of 6 from HOU. |
Winnipeg Goldeyes @ Manhattan Gas Hornets |
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| Series Preview: | Winnipeg comes to Manhattan hoping to continue to be a thorn in our sides! (Short Report – busy weekend) |
| Game #1: | 21 hit attack from the Goldeyes leads to whopping whupping, 15-4. And only 1 homer – Perry (2). WGE 15-21-0 WP Kelvim Escobar (2-1) MGH 4-13-2 LP Etherton (0-2) Every starter with at least one hit for Winnipeg. |
| Game #2: | Manhattan bounces back for 6-2 win with 2 homers to Mark McGwire hitting just 1 for Winnipeg. WGE 2-6-2 LP Curt Schilling (3-1) MGH 6-9-1 WP Jesus Sanchez (3-0) |
| Game #3: | Manhattan comes alive for 14 hits and 9 runs to take this one 9-1, using 4 pitchers to make it work. Rafael Belliard homers (2) for Goldeyes lone run. WGE 1- 5-1 LP Pete Schourek (0-3) MGH 9-14-0 WP Matt Mantei (2-0) |
| Game #4: | Winnipeg down 5-2 after 4 and Tom Glavine chased early, rally big time to win going away, 9-6. Robin Ventura (5) homers and leads 15 hit attack. WGE 9-15-0 WP Doug Brocail (1-0) S Holtz (1) MGH 6-11-1 LP Tim Wakefield (3-1) |
| Game #5: | Whoa – a close, low-scoring game as Winnipeg behind a CG from Anderson, win 3-1. Carl Everett (6) with a solo homer as part of the Goldeyes offense putting them up 3-2 in the series. WGE 3-7-0 WP Anderson (2-0) MGH 1-6-1 LP Rick Reed (3-2) |
| Game #6: | Low-scoring, close game trend continues as Gas Hornets get single runs in the 6th and 7th to comeback and win the finale 3-2. Omar Vizquel homers (1) for half the Goldeyes scoring. WGE 2- 5-0 LP Chuck McElroy (0-2) BS (2) MGH 3-10-0 WP Etherton (1-2) S Donnie Wall (2) |
| Series Summary: | Goldeyes highlight the Gas Hornets weakness – limited rotation – and split the series 3-3! Then again, it’s Winnipeg and the always seem to have our number. |