2000 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #6
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| HIGGINSON,Bobby | CHI AL | .550 | 1.300 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| MARTINEZ,Pedro | CHI AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 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 | .389 | .944 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| WELLS,David | BDB NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Santa Rosa Beach Bums @ Long Beach Titans |
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| Series Summary: | Long Beach takes 5 of 6 from Santa Rosa |
Baltimore Blue Crabs @ Winnipeg Goldeyes |
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| Series Summary: | Winnipeg and Baltimore split a 6 games series. |
Portland Mavericks @ Harper Woods Expos |
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| Series Preview: | Portland visits Harper Woods. |
| Series Summary: | Portland takes the series 4-1 with a rain out. |
Monroeville Maulers @ DeWitt Tigers |
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| Series Preview: | Dewitt welcomes Monroeville to town for a six game series. |
| Game #1: | Monroeville throws Andy Ashby against DeWitt’s Eric Milton. The Maulers on the strength of 3 homers take game 1 11-4. Ashby gets he win going 7.2 innings. Vladdy goes 4-4
MON 11 12 2 W: Ashby |
| Game #2: | Tollberg vs Loaiza. Tollberg goes the distance en route to a 4-1 win
MON 4 8 0 W: Tollberg |
| Game #3: | Dewitt looking to get back on track sends their ace against Scott Schoenweis. Cameron homers for DeWitt with Sosa, Speizio and Girardi the other RBI. DeWitt 8 Monroeville 1
DEW 8 13 0 W: Colon |
| Game #4: | Estes vs Wasdin is the pitching matchup. Cameron, Jones and Long were the hitting stars as Dewitt takes the game 12-2
DEW 12 15 1 W:Estres |
| Game #5: | Ponson vs Jon Lieber is the pitching matchup. Russell Branyan homers for Monroeville. Sosa homers for Dewitt and get RBI 6 players. Dewitt takes the series lead 3-2
DEW 7 12 0 |
| Game #6: | The final game of the series a rematch of game 1, Milton vs Ashby. Game was close until Dewitt scores 10 in the 7th to win 13-3. Jones and Sosa both with 4 rbi Milton goes 6 for the win.
DeW 13 16 0 W Milton |
| Series Summary: | Monroeville takes the first two, while the Tigers close out by winning the final four over a very good Monroeville team. |
Montreal Canadiens @ California Quakes |
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| Series Summary: | California takes 5 of 6 from Montreal. |
Houghton Penguins @ Fort Worth Panthers
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| Series Summary: | The Panther’s salvage a split, but trade rumors are beginning to bubble up from the cow patty of a pitching staff from cowtown. A 6.10 starters ERA and 5.99 overall does not offer any hopeful post season potential opportunities. |
Castle Rock Hounds @ Chicago Demolition |
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| Series Preview: | The Hounds come to Chicago as both teams playing well. Will they bark up the wrong tree in the Windy City, or will they wet a fire hydrant & cool off Chicago? |
| Game #1: | Bobby Higginson has a Home run & 3 RBIs for Chicago, but Barry Bonds & J.T. Snow both have Home Runs for Castle Rock. The Hounds just get past the Demolition in this one.
Final Score: Castle Rock 7 – Chicago 6 Win: Paul Quantrill 1-0 (2.25) |
| Game #2: | A very big 2nd Inning put the Hounds in the lead, which they never look back from. Mike Sweeney has 2 Solo Home Runs for the Hounds.
Final Score: Castle Rock 6 – Chicago 1 Win: John Burkett 3-0 (4.44) |
| Game #3: | Bobby Higginson has a Home Run & 3 RBIs. Dave Hansen has 2 Solo Home Runs. Chicago beats the Hounds by 1.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Castle Rock 4 Win: Kevin Millwood 4-1 (3.79) |
| Game #4: | Mike Morgan is the man going 6.1 scoreless innings. The Chicago bullpen picks up & shuts out the Hounds the rest of the way. Bobby Higginson with 3 Hits including a Home Run.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Castle Rock 0 Win: Mike Morgan 3-0 (3.50) |
| Game #5: | Offense from both dugouts as Phil Nevin has a Grand Slam for Chicago & Mike Sweeney has a Home Run & 3 RBIs for Castle Rock. The Hounds win it by 1 Run.
Final Score: Castle Rock 8 – Chicago 7 Win: Jamie Brewington 1-0 (3.10) |
| Game #6: | Bobby Higginson with 3 more Hits (Two Doubles). Pedro Martinez improves his unblemished record on the season. Chicago wins this one.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Castle Rock 1 Win: Pedro Martinez 6-0 (0.89) |
| Series Summary: | This one is like two old dogs meeting each other. Lots of butt-sniffing, but no one really wins anything. |
Valdosta Bombers @ Hampton Huskies |
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| Series Summary: | They’re still clearing the bodies from the baseball rubble, but somehow Hampton splits with Valdosta. |
Blarney Drive Bandits @ Danbury Mad Hatters |
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| Series Summary: | Mad Hatters take the series 4 games to 2. |
Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Michigan Mauraders |
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| Series Preview: | The floundering Mauraders take on Manhattan for 6 games. |
| Game #1: | Halama throws a complete game, but falls victim to a good Orlando Hernandez performance. El Duque is now 4-1. Palmeiro and Ripken hit homers. Jason Kendall hits one for Manhattan.
Michigan 3 Manhattan 2 |
| Game #2: | Michigan gets off to a strong start and Matt Clement earns his first win. Michigan scores 10 runs in the 2nd. Manhattan closes strong as Anderson has a homer and 4 RBI. Rivera with 3 RBI for Michigan.
Michigan 13 Manhattan 10 |
| Game #3: | Manhattan gets on the winning side as they score 3 runs in the 9th inning. Alicea hits a 3 run homer. Durham and Anderson also hit homers. Wickman takes another loss in relief. Edmonds hits a homer.
Manhattan 7 Michigan 5 |
| Game #4: | Manhattan wins this one going away. Manhattan outhits Michigan 11-5.
Manhattan 6 Michigan 1 |
| Game #5: | Manhattan once again dominates the game and easily wins. Matt Stairs is the hero with 2 homers and 6 RBI. Reed wins his 4th with 8 strong innings.
Manhattan 11 Michigan 1 |
| Game #6: | Michigan with a game winning run in the 10th inning to pull out a win. Michigan splits the series with Manhattan. Telford with the win in relief. Mike Lieberthal with a homer and 3 RBI.
Michigan 7 Manhattan 6 (10) |
| Series Summary: | Manhattan and Michigan split the series. |
Hollywood Vampires @ Connecticutecicut Jays |
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| Game #1: | Game 1 ( 11 innings) Hollywood 8 Connecticut. 2 WP E Gunderson 1-1 LP B Wells 2-1 Vampires break open 2-2 tie in the 11th scoring 6 runs. Floyd belts 3 run homer and Konerko follows with solo blast. Greene hits two run homer for Jays runs. |
| Game #2: | Connecticut 12 Hollywood 4 WP A Leiter 2-5 LP E Dessens 0-6 Jays’ bats come alive as they get big games from Piazza a homer and 4 RBIs and Gonzalez a homer and 4 RBIs. Leiter goes an effective 8 innings fanning 8. |
| Game #3: | Hollywood 8 Connecticut 4 WP W Miller 1-5 LP Finley 1-3 Vampires make easy work as they pound Jays pitching for 11 runs. Ortiz 3RBIs and Konerko 2RBIs lead the attack. Jays starter Finley is thrown out of the game in the 3rd for hitting Velarde. |
| Game #4: | Connecticut 3 Hollywood 1 WP C Finley 2-2 L P M Mulder 2-4 Finley goes the distance on a 5 hitter fanning 6. |
| Game #5: | Game 5 ( 10 innings) Connecticut 6 Hollywood 5 WP R Nene 1-5 E Gunderson 1-2 A Piazza single in the bottom of the 10th gives the Jays a walk off win. Piazza also homered. Jays had a 5-3 lead into the 7th when closer Nen blows 5th game of the year and yields 2 runs to Hollywood to tie game at 5. |
| Game #6: | Hollywood 6 Connecticut. 2 WP K Bullinger 1-0 LPC Park 2-2 Starter Garcia leaves the mound before first batter in the first and so the Vampires bullpen holds Jays in check for rest of the game. Millar gives Vampires the lead on a two run homer and they break open game scoring 3 in the 9th |
| Series Summary: | Hollywood & Connecticut. split series. |
Corktown Bootleggers @ Southlake Scorpions |
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| Series Preview: | Corktown Bootleggers travel to the southern tip of Lake Michigan to take on the Southlake Scorpions. |
| Game #1: | Bootleggers win 5-4. |
| Game #2: | Scorpions smack 14 hits for the win 12-2. |
| Game #3: | Scorpions win the second straight 4-2. |
| Game #4: | Scorpions win third straight 4-1. |
| Game #5: | Bootleggers win 6-1. |
| Game #6: | Bootleggers win back-to-back 8-4. |
| Series Summary: | Series split (an accomplishment for Southlake 🙂 ) |