2000 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #9

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
DELGADO,Carlos	CHI AL	.556	1.222	6	18	10	3	0	3	5	13	3	5	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
ASTACIO,Pedro	SCO AL	2	2	0	0	1.29	14	6	2	17	13	4	0	1	0	1	2

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
THOMAS,Frank	SRB NL	.481	.963	6	27	13	1	0	4	8	11	0	5	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
VAZQUEZ,Javier	SRB NL	2	2	0	0	1.93	14	3	3	14	12	2	0	0	0	0	2

Houghton Penguins @ Castle Rock Hounds
Series Preview:	Houghton visits Castle Rock as we get ready to finish the first third of the season. The Penguins are in first place in the AL East despite a record of 22-24, while Castle Rock is in second in the AL West with a 27-19 record. Castle Rock has been superb at home, sporting a 16-2 record. Not sure what’s in the water here in Castle Rock.
Game #1:	You know it’s going to be high scoring as we have Davis (5) and Mulholland (3) on the mound for the series opener. And, the two teams don’t disappoint. Both teams get 12 hits, but Houghton is able to get the clutch hits, as they take it by a score of 10-6. Castle Rock grounds into four double plays, which really killed their rallies. Houghton hits 11 singles and gets 6 walks to take the victory. WP: Buehrle (6-0) LP: Davis (0-1)
Game #2:	Another subpar pitcher takes the mound for each team, as Chris Carpenter (3) faces Pat Rapp (4). Castle Rock just trying to get Carpenter his minimum MBF to keep him until he gets good! Despite hitting into doubles plays in the first three innings (seriously!??), Castle Rock takes a 7-0 lead off a series of singles and HBP’s. But, Houghton gets two in the 4th and two in the 6th to cut the deficit to 7-4, as they finally get to Carpenter. Houghton is up to some dirty tricks as THREE pitchers are ejected for hitting five batters (Tatis is beaned twice and Easley, Snow and DiFelice one each). Castle Rock hits into four total double plays, but it doesn’t matter as they take it by a 10-5 score. WP: Carpenter (1-0) LP: Rapp (4-4)
Game #3:	A little better pitching matchup as Reuter (8) faces Dreifort (10). It’s a 1-1 game after five innings, as each pitcher is doing pretty well. Castle Rock breaks through for another run in the 6th, with a Sweeney double followed by a Dye single. But their second GIDP of the game quashes a bigger rally, and it stays at 2-1. That is the score as we head to the top of the 9th. Houghton leads off the bottom of the 9th with back-to-back walks off of Benitez (22W). But Matt Lawton grounds into a double play. Tejada then walks, so it is first and third with two outs and Jeff Kent at the plate. Kent pops out to first and Castle Rock takes the victory in dramatic fashion. WP: Dreifort (7-2) LP: Reuter (4-4) S: Benitez (10)
Game #4:	A SP advantage to Castle Rock as Pettitte (10) faces Rupe (3). But, Houghton gets to Pettitte early with three runs in the 2nd inning off of a costly Hounds error. It is 4-3 Houghton, when Rupe is pulled in the 5th inning after surrendering a solo HR to Dye. But, Houghton will not be denied offensively, as they plate four more runs in the 7th to take a 9-3 lead. It’s 10-3 when Crabtree takes the mound for Houghton in the bottom of the 9th. He proceeds to hit the first batter he faces, Sweeney, and is ejected for the second time in the series! But, it doesn’t matter as the final 10-3, Houghton and the series is split at 2-2. WP: Cormier (2-1) LP: Pettitte (4-2)
Game #5:	Dotel vs. Elarton in this one. It’s all Castle Rock early, as they take a 4-1 lead, but Tyler Houston delivers a pinch-hit two-run HR in the top of the 7th to cut the lead to 4-3. But, Royce Clayton delivers a clutch two-run HR of his own to make it 6-3. Castle Rock has homers from Placido Polanco and Clayton in this one, not relying on the big four of Bonds/Gonzalez/Dye/Sweeney to produce everything. Castle Rock piles a bunch more in the 8th, as the big guns do deliver. The final is 10-5, Castle Rock as Houghton gets a couple of runs in the 9th. Despite giving up two runs in the 9th, and raising his ERA to 10.24 (pretty crappy for a 10), Wetteland gets a save. WP: Elarton (3-5) LP: Dotel (1-5) S: Wetteland (1)
Game #6:	Castle Rock looking for a series win, as Houghton tries to salvage a split. Davis vs. Mulholland in a rematch of the series opener that went to Houghton. The winning team has scored 10 runs in 4 of the 5 games, which seems kind of odd. Let’s see if it holds up. Houghton jumps out quick behind a Kent HR, and takes a 2-0 lead in the first. But, it doesn’t last long, as Castle Rock responds with three runs in the bottom half. Mulholland is chased with just one out in the second, as Snow delivers an RBI single to give Castle Rock a 4-2 lead. That’s how it stands until Tatis gets a clutch double to make it 6-2, Castle Rock, in the 5th. Tatis delivers again in the 7th, with a 3-run HR to give Castle Rock a 10-3 lead. Each team adds one in the 8th, as the final is 11-4 (no 10-run winning team this time). WP: Davis (1-1) LP: Mulholland (2-5)
Series Summary:	Castle Rock takes the series 4-2. Lots of double plays, lots of walks, lots of hit batters. A pretty ugly series, but we’ll take the outcome.

Long Beach Titans @ Danbury Mad Hatters
Series Preview:	Long Beach (36-10) visits Danbury (21-25) looking to get fat.
Game #1:	Danbury 10-8.
Game #2:	Long Beach 9-3.
Game #3:	Danbury walk off win 5-4.
Game #4:	Long Beach punish the mad hatters 18-3.
Game #5:	Mad Hatters 8-3.
Game #6:	Long Beach tans Danbury 20-5.
Series Summary:	Split.

California Quakes @ Chicago Demolition
Series Preview:	The Quakes bring their shake into the windy city of Chicago for a 6 game series.
Game #1:	Carlos Delgado is the man – with 2 Home Runs, & 5 RBIs for Chicago. Roger Clemens pitches well enough for the win. Final Score: Chicago 12 – California 5 Win: Roger Clemens 3-1 (3.93) Loss: Randy Wolf 4-4 (5.72)
Game #2:	California gets a 4-Run 10th Inning that breaks a 3-3 tie. John Olerud batting in the 9-hole has 2 Hits and 3 RBIs for the Quakes. Final Score: California 7 – Chicago 4 (10 Innings) Win: Trevor Hoffman 4-1 (4.63) Loss: Nelson P. Cruz 1-1 (2.89)
Game #3:	Kevin Millwood is solid over 6.1 Innings of work. Billy Wagner & Nelson P. Cruz hold down the fort the rest of the way. Carlos Delgado has 2 Hits & 2 RBIs for the Demolition. Final Score: Chicago 2 – California 1 Win: Kevin Millwood 6-2 (3.59) Loss: Carl Pavano 3-3 (3.71) Save: Nelson P. Cruz #2
Game #4:	A solid game all around both teams played well but the Chicago squad comes out on top. Final Score: Chicago 5 – California 3 Win: Mike Morgan 4-2 (3.98) Loss: Gil Meche 2-1 (5.51) Save: Justin Speier #7
Game #5:	All Chicago. The 3 & 4 Hitters – Carlos Delgado (3 for 3 with a Home Run & 3 RBIs) & Charles Johnson (1 for 3 with a Double & 4 RBIs) did the main damage as Chicago blows out the Quakes. Final Score: Chicago 10 – California 0 Win: Pedro Martinez 8-0 (1.16) Loss: Randy Wolf 4-5 (6.42)
Game #6:	Edgar Renteria has a Home Run & 2 RBIs as Chicago squeaks by the Quakes. Final Score: Chicago 5 – California 3 Win: Nelson P. Cruz 2-1 (2.08) Loss: Scott Strickland 0-1 (3.52) Save: Justin Speier #8
Series Summary:	Chicago takes the series 5 games to 1. Their only loss comes in Extra Innings & that lone win for California prevents a hometown sweep of the Quakes by the Demolition.

Hampton Huskies @ Connecticut Jays
Game #1:	Hampton 13 Connecticut 4 WP A Eaton 3-4 LP A Leiter 4-7 The Huskies score 7 in the 3rd and make easy work of the Jays. Huskies gets homers from Matthews (4RBIs), Lee and Hattenberg. Three of Jays pitchers are thrown out of the game for hitting Huskies batters.
Game #2:	Connecticut 5 Hampton 1 WP K Benson 3-2 LP J Nathan 2-6 Starter Benson pitches a complete game 3 hitter fanning 7. Vaughn homers for the Jays.
Game #3:	Hampton 4 Connecticut 0 WPJ Witasick 2-5 LP C Finley 2-5 Starter Witasick goes the distance on a 8 hit shut out fanning 14 batters. Daubach homers for the Huskies.
Game #4:	Hampton 7 Connecticut 1 WP J Wright 2-4 LP C Park 2-4 Starter Wright goes 8 innings for the win fanning 5 walking 6. Surhoff drives in three and Hundley homers for the Huskies.
Game #5:	Hampton 8 Connecticut 5 WP P Mahomes 5-2 LP B Powell 1-5 Starter Mahomes goes 8 innings fanning 12 for the win. Huskies gets homers form Vaughn (3 RBIs) and Lee (3 RBIs).
Game #6:	Hampton 11 Connecticut. 6 WP J Grimsley 2-3 LP A Leiter 4-8 Hampton scores 7 runs in the 7th to take control of the game. They get back to back to back homers in the inning from Vaughn, Burnitz and Daubach. Lee also homers for the Huskies.
Series Summary:	Hampton makes easy work of the Jays taking 5 of 6 games.

Santa Rosa Beach Bums @ Hollywood Vampires
Series Summary:	Hollywood drops 4 of 6 to Santa Rosa, but it should have been 5 of 6. In Game 4 (I will send the script to the league), Hollywood pulled off a TRIPLE PLAY and came back to win with 10 RUNS in the 9TH INNING, on a Harold Baines WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM off 19* grade Kaz Suzuki!! I was in shock!!

Montreal Canadiens @ Portland Mavericks
Series Preview:	The 19-27 Montreal Canadiens visit the 23-22 Portland Mavericks.
Game #1:	POR 3 MTC 3 (10)
Game #2:	Both teams have 10 hits… but Montreal gets shut out POR 4 MTC 0
Game #3:	Valentin hits grand slam for Portland. POR 12 MON 5
Game #4:	MTC 6 POR 4
Game #5:	Weaver with the complete game 2-hit shutout for Montreal MTC 1 POR 0
Game #6:	POR 5 MTC 3
Series Summary:	lPortland wins the series 4-2

Corktown Bootleggers @ Monroeville Maulers
Series Preview:	The MAULERS return from a brief road trip 4-2 while taking sole possession of 1st place by 1 game over Chicago. They welcome the Corktown Bootleggers to HAMMER & STEEL STADIUM for a 6 game series.
Game #1:	CRH 1-3-0 / MVM 5-12-0 L-TRACHEL 4-2, vs W-Brian Tollberg 4-2CBL starts the scoring in the 1st plating one. MVM takes the lead 3-1 on a Ramon Martinez 2-run HR. One more in the 6th and 8th innings for the Maulers as Brian Tollberg pitches 8.1 allowing only 3 hits and Ray King gets .2 for his SV8. MVM 5-1.HR: GIAMBI (6) RBI: GIAMBI (18) LOB: 8Jacque Jones 5-5, (No RBIs, No RS) Ramon Martinez 2-4 HR: Ramon Martinez (2) RBI: Wiki Gonzalez (9), Todd Hollandsworth (16), Ramon Martinez 2(10) LOB: 12
Game #2:	CBL 13-14-1 / MVM 5-9-2 W-BALDWIN 6-3 vs L- Jon Lieber 5-4The Bootleggers make quick work of Jon Lieber with 4 in the first and 2 in the 2nd sending him to an early shower. Jose Acevedo is on to extinguish the fire and he finally lives up to the hype pitching 3, 1 hit innings. But the Mauler bullpen falls apart after that and allows 7 runs as CBL pounds out 13 runs on 14 hits. I’d say that’s an efficient use of the lumber! Some Mauler lightning late but all too little. CBL 13-5.ROLEN 3-5, YOUNG 3-5, BELLE 3-5, GIAMBI 2-2 2B: YOUNG (10), BELLE (12) HR: ROLEN (6), RODRIGUES (13), BELLE (10) RBI: ROLEN 2(17), YOUNG (19), GIAMBI 2(20), RODRIGUEZ 2(43), BELLE 3(39), AUSMUS (16), JORDAN (10) LOB: 92B: Russ Branyan (4), Wiki Gonzalez 2(6) HR: Todd Hollandsworth (4) RBI: Frank Catalanotto (6), Todd Hollandsworth (17), Jose Hernandez (8), Jason Varitek (15), Wiki Gonzalez (10) LOB: 6
Game #3:	CBL 2-5-0 / MVM 4-10-0 L-LOWE 1-3, vs W- Andy Ashby 4-5Andy Ashby 7IP scattering 5 hits but allowing 2 solo HRs. The Maulers take the lead in the 5th 3-2 and add an insurance run in the 7th Turk Wendell & Ray King SV9 combine to secure the Mauler victory and the W for Andy Ashby. MVM 4-2.LANKFORD 2-4, BELL 2-3 HR: GALARRAGA (3), BELLE (11) RBI: GALARRAGA (23), BELLE (40) LOB: 52B: Wiki Gonzalez (7), Troy Glaus (7), Jacque Jones (9), Jason Varitek (8) HR: Troy Glaus (12) RBI: Troy Glaus 2(29), Todd Hollandsworth (18), Ramon Martinez (11) LOB: 9
Game #4:	CBL 8-10-1 / MVM 13-13-0 L-MAGNANTE 1-1 vs W- Todd Jones 3-0Bootleggers jump out to a 7-0 lead after 2 with a deluge of singles and 1 2B. Jose Acevedo comes on once again to squelch the CBL onslaught giving MVM 5.2 scoreless innings on 2 hits as the Maulers start to chip away with 3 in the 4th and 2 more in the 7th, and what an 8th inning it was! Mauler’s plate 8 runs including a GSHR by Jacque Jones his 2nd of the season! MVM steals the game 13-8.2B: MURRAY (4) RBI: BURKS (14), LANKFORD (17), BELLE (2(42), AUSMUS (2(18) LOB: 5Todd Hollandsworth 2-5, Jacque Jones 3-5 (2-HR) 2B: Pokey Reese (3), Josh Paul (3), Jason Varitek (9) HR: Vladimir Guerrero (19), Jacque Jones 2(8), GSHR RBI: Todd Hollandsworth 2(20), Vladimir Guerrero 5(54) Jacque Jones 5(37), Josh Paul (3(5), Jason Varitek (16) LOB: 5 SB: Todd Hollandsworth (9)
Game #5:	CBL 11-14-1 / MVM 3-6-0 2-1 L-ELARTON 1-5, vs W- Jose Acevedo 2-3Pitchers dual through 5 as Scott Schoeneweis continues his fine display of starting pitching while protecting a slim Mauler 2-1 lead. However, the magic finally runs out in the 6th as the Bootleggers plate 3 and then 3 more in the 7th off of the Maulers’ bullpen. CBL adds the cream on top with a 4-run 9th providing SPENCER with his first win of the season. CBL 11-32B: YOUNG (11) 3B: BURKS (1) HR: RODRIGUEZ (14), GALARRAGA (4) RBI: YOUNG (20), RODRIGUEZ 2(45), GALARRAGA 4(27), AUSMUS 2(20), MURRAY 2(6) LOB: 93B: Vladimir Guerrero (7) HR: Vladimir Guerrero (20), Jason Varitek (2) RBI: Vladimir Guerrero (55), Jason Varitek (17), Todd Hollandsworth (21) LOB: 9 SB: Troy Glaus (7)
Game #6:	CBL 2-6-0 / MVM 5-8-0 L-MAGNANTE 1-2 vs W- Jon Lieber 6-4Jon Lieber hurls 8 strong innings scattering 5 hits giving the Mauler bats enough time to wake up in the 6,7,8 for a second come-from-behind victory after trailing 2-1. Ray King is on for another SV10. MVM 5-2.2B: BELLE (13), AUSMUS (6) RBI: BELLE (43), JORDAN (11) LOB: 8HR: Vladimir Guerreo (21) RBI: Vladimir Guerreo 2(57), Frank Catalanotto (7), Troy Glaus (30), Jacque Jones (38) LOB: 6 SB: Todd Hollandsworth 2(11), Troy Glaus (8)
Series Summary:	CBL 37/51/3 – MVM 35/46/2 The MAULERS take the series 4-2 although getting out hit and outscored. They keep the heat in a hot kitchen on the Demolition. For once MVM plays some fine defense that definitely helped in the series along with tough pitching when needed and then the 8-run onslaught for a come-from-behind victory in game 4. The Bootleggers are better than their record states MVM is fortunate to get out of this series with 4 wins.

Winnipeg Goldeyes @ Michigan Mauraders
Series Preview:	Winnipeg travels to Michigan for a 6 game series.
Game #1:	Michigan 6 Winnipeg 3 Rick White gets the win in relief and Wickman gets his 6th save. Jim Edmonds hits a 2 run homer.
Game #2:	Winnipeg 4 Michigan 3 (14) Barcelo with 4 shutout innings to pick up the win. Carl Everett with a home run.
Game #3:	Michigan 10 Winnipeg 6 Orlando Hernandez picks up his 6th win and Wickman gets his 7th save. Lieberthal with a grand slam and 6 RBIs. The Goldeyes hit 3 homers.
Game #4:	Winnipeg 4 Michigan 2 Lopez hits a homer and has 3 RBIs in the winning cause. Schilling with a complete game victory and picks up his 5th win.
Game #5:	Winnipeg 7 Michigan 5 (12) Bullpen performs well for Winnipeg. Everett hits a homer and adds 3 RBIs.
Game #6:	Winnipeg 7 Michigan 1 Glavine throws a solid 8 innings for the win. Everett and Lopez hit homers. Vinny Castilla hits a homer for Winnipeg.
Series Summary:	Winnipeg wins 4 of 6 from Michigan.

DeWitt Tigers @ Harper Woods Expos
Series Summary:	The two teams split a six game set with 3 wins apiece.

Fort Worth Panthers @ Southlake Scorpions
Series Preview:	Battle of bottom feeders as Forth Worth travels to Southlake.
Series Summary:	Panthers and Scorpions split series.

Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Valdosta Bombers
Series Summary:	Bombers scored tons of runs and took 4 of 6.

Baltimore Blue Crabs @ Blarney Drive Bandits
Series Summary:	Blarney takes 4 of 6 in a tightly contested series.