2000 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #10

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
BONDS,Barry	CRH AL	.462	1.385	6	26	12	1	1	7	8	14	2	2	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
MUSSINA,Mike	HWE AL	2	2	0	0	2.40	15	4	4	12	10	3	0	0	0	1	1

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
RIVERA,Ruben	MIC NL	.455	1.091	2	11	5	1	0	2	3	8	4	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
GLAVINE,Tom	WGE NL	1	1	0	0	0.00	8	0	0	4	3	3	0	0	0	2	0

Hampton Huskies @ Winnipeg Goldeyes
Series Preview:	Winnipeg is fighting to stay above .500 while Hampton is in a full rebuild.
Game #1:	Winnipeg scores 3 in the 9th to tie and wins in in the 12th 6-5 Selkirk Burnitz hits a homer in the loss.
Game #2:	Sweet revenge Hampton gets an O’henry homer to win it in 11 innings 5-4 hampton.
Game #3:	Hampton hits 4 homers as Winnipeg #2 Schilling hit hard. Hatteberg hits two. 9-6 Hampton.
Game #4:	Vizquel hits a grand slam as Winnipeg wins 11-5.
Game #5:	Glavine is on his game 8 shutout innings as Everett hits two homers and drives in 4. 7-0 Winnipeg.
Game #6:	Ventura hits two homers 11-3 Winnipeg.
Series Summary:	Winnipeg takes 4 of the 6 games

Baltimore Blue Crabs @ Danbury Mad Hatters
Series Preview:	Baltimore (25-27) come to Danbury (24-28). Danbury looking for a competitive series.
Game #1:	Danbury 11-4.
Game #2:	Baltimore 6-5
Game #3:	Baltimore 11-1
Game #4:	Baltimore 8-4
Game #5:	Baltimore 7-2
Game #6:	Baltimore 13-3
Series Summary:	Baltimore destroys Danbury dreams.

DeWitt Tigers @ Fort Worth Panthers
Series Preview:	Two teams still on the fringe of playoff hopes meet though there’s more hope in DeWitt because of the weaker division.
Game #1:	With one out in the top of the 9th Andruw Jones hits a 2 run homer to win it for the Tigers. Final Score: DeWitt 3, Ft. Worth 2
Game #2:	Panther’s score five in the first and didn’t look back. The big hit being a two out two RBI double by SS Rich Aurilia. Final Score: Ft. Worth 6, DeWitt 2
Game #3:	Rich Aurilia and Gary Sheffield both hit two home runs and account for all the Panther runs while Hideo Nomo was serviceable as the starting pitcher. Final Score: Ft. Worth 7, DeWitt 5
Game #4:	The two teams combined for 37 hits and 23 runs. A Gary Sheffield single wins the game in the 12th for the Panthers. Final Score: Ft. Worth 12, DeWitt 11
Game #5:	Another crazy offensive game. The Tigers go up 8-zip only to see Ft. Worth tie the game with a 8 run 4th. However DeWitt was able to put the game away scoring twice in the 5th and 7th innings. The two teams scored a combined 23 runs again and collected 33 hits. Final Score: DeWitt 13, Ft. Worth 10
Game #6:	A four run 6th propels the Panthers to victory in the finale as Kevin Brown improves to 5 and 2. Final Score: Ft. Worth 6, DeWitt 4
Series Summary:	Panthers win 4 of 6.

Castle Rock Hounds @ Corktown Bootleggers
Series Preview:	Teams combined for 35 hits and 29 runs. Would you believe only 2 home runs in the game?
Game #1:	Castle Rock 19-10
Game #2:	Corktown 6-5
Game #3:	Castle Rock 7-5
Game #4:	Corktown 9-6
Game #5:	Corktown 9-5
Game #6:	Corktown 3-1
Series Summary:	Corktown wins the series 4-2. The fans enjoyed a series with tons of scoring

Michigan Mauraders @ Hollywood Vampires
Series Preview:	Michigan travels to Hollywood for six games.
Game #1:	Michigan 10 Hollywood 4 Palmeiro with a homer and 4 RBIs. Edmonds and Brett Boone hit homers as well.
Game #2:	Michigan 5 Hollywood 1 Orlando Hernandez goes to 7-2. Michigan hits 4 homers. Velarde hits a homer for the Vampires.
Game #3:	Hollywood 9 Michigan 8 (11) Rivera with a homer and 4 RBIs. Bernie Williams and Cristian Guzman add homers. But, Hollywood gets some good relief pitching and pulls out the win.
Game #4:	Michigan 9 Hollywood 4 Radke wins his 3rd game. Michigan tacks on 3 homers.
Game #5:	Michigan 9 Hollywood 4 Michigan with 13 hits. Rivera with 4 RBIs. Livan Hernandez with his 2nd win.
Game #6:	Michigan 16 Hollywood 5 Brett Boone goes 5 for 6. He had a homer and 5 RBIs. David Ortiz had 5 RBIs for Hollywood.
Series Summary:	Michigan wins 5 out of 6 on the road.

Houghton Penguins @ Chicago Demolition
Series Preview:	The Penguins enter the Windy City for a 6-Game set vs. the hometown Demolition.
Game #1:	Bobby Higginson leads the way with 3 Shits & 2 RBIs for Chicago. The Demolition was trailing 7-3 in the 6th but rallied to score 6 themselves over the 6th, 7th & 8th Innings for the win. Final Score: Chicago 9 – Houghton 7 Win: Justin Speier 2-5 (4.72) Loss: Tim Crabtree 1-1 (7.50) Save: Nelson P. Cruz #3
Game #2:	A very tight affair. Carlos Delgado has 2 Hits & 2 RBIs. Final Score: Chicago 4 – Houghton 3 Win: Doug Jones 3-2 (4.98) Loss: Kirk Reuter 4-5 (4.18) Save: Justin Speier#9
Game #3:	BOOM! Then there were 14 Runs. Chicago Pounds Houghton. Houghton scored zilch. Jeff Cirillo had a Home Run & 4 RBIs. Mike Morgan went 6.1 Innings of shutout ball before handing it off to the Chicago pen. Final Score: Chicago 14 – Houghton 0 Win: Mike Morgan 5-2 (3.55) Loss: Ryan Rupe 1-3 (5.70)
Game #4:	Another double-digit game for the Chicago offense. This time 13 Runs. Carlos Delgado with a Home Run & 4 RBIs. Phil Nevin was the man, going 4 for 4 with 3 RBIs. Pedro Martinez goes 7 Innings & looked solid. Final Score: Chicago 13 – Houghton 3 Win: Pedro Martinez 9-0 (1.29) Loss: Octavio Dotel 1-6 (8.10)
Game #5:	The Penguins kot the score up at 7 Runs each in the 9th before Edgar Renteria hits a Walk-Off 3-Run Home Run in the bottom of the 14th for the win. By hitting the Home Run, Renteria hits for the Cycle. Chicago pounds out 19 Hits. The Penguins have 13 Hits themselves. 3 Chicago players left the game cause of injuries. The worse is Jay Canizaro who is out for at least 12 days. Final Score: Chicago 10 – Houghton 7 (14 Innings) Win: Doug Jones 4-2 (4.44) Loss: Daryle Ward 0-1 (20.25)
Game #6:	Houghton gets in the win column in this one. Geoff Jenkins has 2 Hits, including a Home Run & 2 RBI’s to post the Penguins past the Demolition. Patt Rapp goes the distance & picks up his 5th Win on the year. Final Score: Houghton 4 – Chicago 3 Win: Patt Rapp 5-4 (6.85) Loss: Nelson P. Cruz 2-2 (3.94)
Series Summary:	Chicago takes the series 5 games to 1.

Valdosta Bombers @ Long Beach Titans
Game #1:	Valdosta took a 4-2 lead into the bottom of the 8th behind 2 run HRs from Sexton and Chavez. After the first 2 runners reached for Long Beach, Justice hit a 3 run bomb to give the Titans a 5-4 win.
Game #2:	This was a back and forth game. Valdosta took a 7-4 lead into the 7th behind a Chavez 3 run HR. Long Beach got a run in the 7th and 2 in the 8th and the game went to extra innings. After Valdosta scored in the top of the 10th on a Nixon error, Cruz tied it in the bottom of the inning on a RBI 1b. Burrell followed with a 3 run HR for the 11-8 win.
Game #3:	Moehler pitched 7 strong innings as Valdosta won 3-1. Swindell threw 2 no hit innings to pick up the save. Finley led the Bombers offense with 3 hits.
Game #4:	Karros singled in Ramirez in the 8th to break a 3-3 tie and give Valdosta a 4-3 win.
Game #5:	Another close game. Hammonds broke a 3-3 tie with a HR in the 7th. Long Beach led 5-3 in the top of the 9th when Abreu and Ochoa went back to back to tie the game. In the bottom of the 9th Cruz singled in Hammonds to give the Titans a 6-5 win.
Game #6:	Mercedes gave up 3 hits over 8 innings and cruised to an 8-0 win. Guillen had 2 run scoring 3Bs to lead the offense.
Series Summary:	Long Beach takes 4 of 6 from Valdosta.

Southlake Scorpions @ Portland Mavericks
Series Preview:	The 17-35 South Lake Scorpions visit Portland to take on the 27-24 Mavericks.
Game #1:	The Scorpions come out stinging, winning game 1 in a blowout. SCO 8 POR 1
Game #2:	Parque and Rivera shut Portland out as South Lake gets another easy win. SCO 3 POR 0
Game #3:	South Lake was poised to take their third straight, but Portland’s Derek Bell hits a two-run homer in the bottom of the 9th to steal the win. POR 3 SCO 2
Game #4:	Portland finally jumps out to the lead first, and cruises to the win. Adam Kennedy hit two homeruns and drove in 5 for Portland. POR 9 SCO 5
Game #5:	Lopez and White combine for a 3 hit shutout for Portland. POR 3 SCO 0
Game #6:	Portland leads from start to finish as Frank Castillo gets the complete game win. POR 5 SCO 2
Series Summary:	Portland takes 4 of 6 in the close series.

Connecticut Jays @ Santa Rosa Beach Bums
Series Preview:	The Bums welcome the Jays to the friendly confines on the Emerald coast. Should be an interesting series as the Jays own a quality pitching staff that the Bums hope to counter with their powerful offense.
Game #1:	The Jays call on Benson (3-2, 2.90) to face Bums O. Fernandez (4-0, 2.36). Jays start fast as Bell and Piazza stroke back-to-back doubles in the 1st. Bums Alomar countered in the bottom half with a leadoff solo shot. Jays leadoff the 3rd with a Grieve walk, Bell single and a couple batters later Vaughn home run, 4-1. Jays fill the bases on walks in the 6th and a Grieve double brings in two more. Connecticut 8 8 0 WP: Benson 2b: Grieve, Bell, Piazza, Vaughn; HR: Vaughn; IBB: Gonzalez. Santa Rosa Beach 1 7 0 LP: O Fernandez HR: Alomar.
Game #2:	Jays send Finley (2-5, 4.41) to the mound and the Bums want to rebound with Bohanon (0-6, 8.01). With 2-out in the 2nd the Jays place two via walks and Stocker banged an RBI single. In the bottom half Hidalgo was beamed to leadoff the inning and Berkman retaliated by going yard. In the 3rd with 2-out and Jays Piazza on second, Canseco dropped one into right field and Hidalgo guuned Piazza down at the plate. Also in the 3rd Bums Alomar doubled and was brought home by a Caminiti single, Bums 3-1. In the 5th Febles tripled with 1-out and Grieve floated one into right field. Hidalgo failed to repeat on the speedy Febles. Bums Alomar singled and Caminiti went yard to leadoff the 7th. Followed by a Thomas walk, stolen base!, advance and a grounder and Encarnacion single, followed by a Loretta two run double, 8-2. Connecticut 2 7 1 LP: Finley 2b: Piazza; 3b: Feebles; SF: Grieve. Santa Rosa Beach 9 15 1 WP: Bohanon 2b: Alomar, Caminiti, Berkman, Loretta; HR: Caminiti, Berkman; IBB: Alcantara; HBP: Hidalgo; Sb: Alomar, Thomas.
Game #3:	Now the Jays look to rebound with Park (2-4, 4.96) and the Bums go with Blair (3-0, 5.56). With 2-out in the 1st, Thomas drew a walk and Hidalgo tripled him home. Jay Grieve tied it up with a solo shot in the 3rd. Also in the 3rd Bums Almoar drew a walk and stole opening up first for Thomas’ walk. Hidalgo followed with a single scoring Alomar on a errant Canseco throw. After Rios filled the bases with a walk, Perez cleared the bases with a double. Bums 5-1 on one earned run. Park is removed after giving up six walks in 3 innings. Darr drew that sixth walk and he scored immediately on an Alomar triple. At this point things fell apart for the Jays. Connecticut 1 7 1 LP: Park HR: Grieve. Santa Rosa Beach 14 13 0 WP: Blair 2b: Alomar 2, Koskie, Alcantara, Perez; 3b: Alomar, Hidalgo; Sb: Alomar.
Game #4:	Leiter (4-8, 6.19) started for the Jays and Vazquez ((3-2, 6.27) for the Bums. Bums Alomar and Thomas singled and Hidalgo ripped a double for one in the 1st. In the 3rd Jays Gonzalez reached on a fielder’s choice, advanced on a Vaughn single and scored on a Grieve 2-out single. Tie game. Not for long as Canseco drew a walk to fill the bases and Bell singled for two more. That lead didn’t last long as Caminiti drew a walk to leadoff the bottom half and Thomas followed by going yard. Tie game. But in the next at bat with 2-out Ledee singled and Gonzalez went yard. Jays 5-3. In the next inning Jays Bell and Febles doubled for another. In the bottom half with 2-0ut Hidalgo singled and Berkman banged an RBI double. Jays 6-4. In the 7th the Jays load the bases with 1-out, Ledee lifted to right. Prince was sent home and gunned down by Hidalgo. In the 7th Caminiti drew a walk, Hidalgo doubled and pinch hitter Rios went yard to give the Bums a 7-6 lead. Followed by an Encarnacion single, stolen base and Molina Rbi single for an insurance run. One thing the fans of the Bums have learned this year, insurance runs are meaningless. In the 9th Jays Canseco leadoff with a walk and with 2-out Stocker doubled to send the winning run, Febles, to the plate. He is pulled for pinch hitter Merloni. And Sasaki held the line. Connecticut 6 14 0 LP: Wells 2b: Febles, Vaughn, Bell, Stocker; HR: Gonzalez; HBP: Febles; H: Wohlers. Santa Rosa Beach 8 12 1 WP: Karsay 2b: Hidalgo 2, Berkman, Encarnacion; HR: Thomas, Rios; Sb: Encarnacion 2; H: Rodriguez; S: Sasaki.
Game #5:	With none of the rotation ready the Jays go to Del Toro (0-0, 15.00) and the Bums O Fernandez (4-1, 3.03). In the 2nd Hidalgo doubled, Vanderwal rolled an infield single, Perez walked to fill the bases and Santiago went yard. In the 3rd Koskie singled and Thomas put one out, 6-0. Followed by a Hidalgo dinger. Followed by a Vanderwal blast. Back-to-back-to-back. To up it in the 4th Alomar, Koskie, Thomas, and Hidalgo go back-to-back-to-back-to-back. Connecticut 0 4 0 LP: Del Toro. Santa Rosa Beach 16 18 0 WP: O Fernandez 2b: Hidalgo; HR: Koskie 2, Thomas 2; Hidalgo 2; Alomar, Vanderwal, Santiago; SF: Alomar. S: Rigdon.
Game #6:	The Jays can go back to the opening day winning pitcher, Benson (4-2, 2.69) for the book ends. The Bums in their own rotation conundrum are forced to go to Ortiz (1-1, 7.20). In the bottom of the 2nd with 2-out Berman went yard. In the 4th Berkman, Encarnacion and Santiago singled to fill the bases and Darr singled for two more. In the 5th Jays Canseco, Febles and Stocker singled to fill the bases with 1-out. Reliever Karsay then walked Grieve for one. Bell then singled in another. Bases still full and Piaza came to the plate. Piaza lifted one to left and Stocker scored on the sacrifice. Tie game. Game reset. In the bottom half Berkman gave the Bums the lead again with a 2-out solo shot. Followed by an Encarnacion double and a Perez slow roller up the middle for a second run. For an odd reason Jays pull Benson with only 26 of his 35 MRRs used and put in Powell? Darr and Koskie singled and Thomas walked to fill the bases, then Powell is pulled and Painter is brought in a leftie to face Hidalgo a righty? Well it worked. No runs. In the 8th Jays Piaza walked and Gonzalez went yard to tie the game. Game reset. Now the Jays pull Painter and bring in starter Park. Miller has not used Grade 24 Nen in this whole series. In the With 2-out Koskie singled and Thomas launched a double down the left field line. Bums thirdbase coach tested Canseco’s chicken wing as Koskie plodded around the bases and lost. Still tie game. Bottom of the 9th Hidalgo leadoff with a walk and stole. Jays intentially walk Berkman. Encarnacion singled into left filling the bases. Vanderwal pinched hit for Perez. Infield in. Struck him out. Caminiti pinched hit for Santiago. Caminiti tomahawks one into the gap. ‘It’s all over’. Connecticut 5 7 1 LP: Park HR: Gonzalez. SH: Stocker; SF: Piazza. Santa Rosa Beach 6 14 0 WP: Rodriguez 2b: Thomas, Encarnacion; HR: Berkman: IBB: Berkman; Sb: Alomar, Hidalgo.
Series Summary:	Didn’t see this series panning out that way. Santa Rosa Beach took 5 of 6 from Connecticut.

Harper Woods Expos @ Montreal Canadiens
Series Summary:	Harper Woods and Montreal split the series.

Blarney Drive Bandits @ Manhattan Gas Hornets
Series Preview:	Gas Hornets facing stiff competition and really good pitching, can their offense match up? Game 4 is a dousy!
Game #1:	Two big offenses held to 6 hits each, 5 total runs with Mike Hampton suffering a tough 9th inning giving up a walk, SB, and walk-off single by Tino Martinez. BDB 2-6-0 LP Hampton (4-4) MGH 3-6-0 WP Matt Mantei (4-0)
Game #2:	Bandits use power by Brian Giles (homer #15) and Magglio Ordonez (homer #16) to blast their way to a big win. Giles racks up 3 rbis and David Wells moves to 8-1 on the year as he has only 1 bad inning that included a 3 run Luis Alicea homer (4). At the time that made it 5-4 Blarney Drive, but then poof – they added 3 runs down the stretch to take it going away. BDB 8-12-1 WP Wells (8-1) MGH 4-10-0 LP John Halama (2-4)
Game #3:	Ryan Klesko in the lead off spot goes 3 for 4, 4 rbis, TWO homers (11, 12) and Bandits go up 7-2 by the top of the 6th. Ramon Hernandez adds his 1st homer of the year to that mix. Then the Gas Hornets take their turn and a 4 run 7th ties the game and another run in the 8th gives them the lead and Donnie Wall makes it stand (oh, but we have a shaky bullpen – and starters…..more to come). BDB 7-11-0 LP David Weathers (1-2) BS (1) MGH 8-16-0 WP Matt Morris (1-0) S Wall (5)
Game #4:	29 runs and 37 hits! PLUS 15 walks!!! And that walks made the difference. Manhattan enjoys a big day. 3 runs in the 1st AND 2nd sees a happy crowd until Blarney Drive matches those 6 runs in their half of the 3rd. Then after we regain the lead in the bottom half, the Bandits steal 3 more runs in the 4th! Rob Bell gives up 7 walks and 4 hits in his 4 innings – and 9 runs!! Erubiel Durazo is having a blast – 2 of them (6, 7). But heck, down 10-7 going into the bottom of the 5th, we see Manhattan add 7 more runs over the next 4 innings. Garrett Anderson gets 3 hits, homer #13 and 5 rbis to get Manhattan up 14-11 heading into the 9th! Yay! – BOO. Top of the 9th and Donnie Wall can’t get it done and the Bandits score 4 runs (including a Shawn Green 3 run homer (5) to talk a 15-14 lead. Come on. But we can get it back in the bottom half. Bobby Howry had other plans and puts us down in order to save the game! What a game. BDB 15-16-0 WP Jeff Tam (3-1) S Howry (6) BS Herges (3) MGH 14-19-2 LP Wall (2-2) BS (1)
Game #5:	No more excitement! Please… Bandits plate 2 in the 1st as Magglio Ordonez drives in 2 of his 3 rbis for the game. Gas Hornets respond with 3 in the 1st and 3 more in the 2nd Then they add 2 more in the 5th and another 3 spot in the 6th. Tim Wakefield cruising. Up 11-2 in the 9th Wakefield starts inning giving up a homer (Green#6) and then Shane Reynolds comes in and gives up 3 hits, 2 walks and Bandits keep crossing home plate. Lopez gets a 2 run PH homer (4) and finally Gas Hornets turn the ball over to Matt Williams with 3 runners on. He gives up a hit and now the scores is 11-8 with 2 outs and finally, we get the 3rd out to preserve a win. That’s 10 runs we’ve given up in the 9th inning over the last 2 games! BDB 8- 9-2 LP Randy Johnson (9-1) 1st loss of the year! MGH 11-11-0 WP Wakefield (6-2)
Game #6:	Series finale – let’s get this series over! OK we get 1 in the 1st on Jason Kendall single. Next time he’s up he gets HBP and leaves for 2 days. And Blarney Drives goes up 2-1 in the 3rd then 3-2 in the 4th and 4-3 in the 6th. Durazon homers (8) along the way. In the 8th, Clapinski and Alicea get rbis and the Gas Hornets regain the lead for the 1st time since the 1st. But then we head to the 9th up 5-4 and turning it over to the bullpen. Really? Well Matt Mantei doesn’t disappoint. He gets the 1st two. Then he gives up a single to Brett Mayne (his 3rd hit), Jeff Frye in to PR but Dean Palmer flies out to end the game and with a big sigh of relief, the crowd goes home happy. BDB 4-10-1 LP Tam (3-2) BS (2) MGH 5- 9-1 WP Rick Reed (6-2) S Mantei (1)
Series Summary:	This was the blood pressure series with MGH coming out ahead 4-2 but it didn’t seem like a victory. We need some better pitching and have to hope the offense keeps performing in order to give us a chance. Blarney Drive is really GOOD!

Monroeville Maulers @ California Quakes
Series Summary:	California takes 4 of 6 from Monroeville. Lots of scoring–101 runs in 6 games.