2000 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #13

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
ERSTAD,Darin	CAL AL	.375	.750	5	24	9	0	0	3	7	9	5	1	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
BURBA,Dave	CAL AL	1	1	0	0	0.00	7.2	0	0	1	10	4	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
RAMIREZ,Manny	VAL NL	.750	1.938	4	16	12	1	0	6	7	13	3	1	1	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
BENSON,Kris	CON NL	1	1	0	0	1.12	8	1	1	3	9	5	0	0	0	1	0

Harper Woods Expos @ Chicago Demolition
Series Preview:	Two American League Central Franchises battle it out in the windy city of Chicago.
Game #1:	A hurting is what this one was. Todd Pratt has 3 Hits, including 2 Home Runs & 3 RBIs. Phil Nevin 3 Hits in 4 trips, a Home Run & 3 RBIs. Edgar Renteria 3 Hits & 3 RBIs as Chicago cake-walks past the Expos in a romp. Pedro Martinez improves to 12-0. Final Score: Chicago 12 – Harper Woods 0 Win: Pedro Martinez 12-0 (1.38) Loss: Kerry Wood 2-7 (6.41)
Game #2:	Both teams score a lot of Runs, but the Demolition score just one more than Montreal to pick up the win. Phil Nevin is big man on campus with 2 Home Runs & 5 RBIs. Final Score: Chicago 9 – Harper Woods 9 Win: Billy Wagner 1-0 (3.63) Loss: Kerry Ligtenberg 1-4 (6.27)
Game #3:	The hurting comes back the other way. Todd Helton has a Home Run, 3 Hits & 2 RBIs. Scott Servais has 2 Hits & 4 RBIs as the Expos pound one out on Chicago Final Score: Harper Woods 12 – Chicago 1 Win: Mike Mussina 6-6 (3.15) Loss: Joey Hamilton 2-1 (4.03)
Game #4:	Who is Kory DeHaan? Many of us have never heard of him, nor will we ever again. Grand Slam for the Spos in this one. Final Score: Harper Woods 6 – Chicago 3 Win: Scott Eyre 2-0 (4.26) Loss: Kevin Millwood 7-5 (5.14) Save: Kerry Ligtenberg #6
Game #5:	Kerry Wood gets pounded early & doesn’t make it out of the 1st Inning. Biggest spread of the score in this one as the Demolition pound out 16 Hits. Bobby Higginson, Tony Clark & Denny Hocking all have 3 RBI games. Final Score: Chicago 16 – Harper Woods 3 Win: Mike Morgan 7-3 (4.39) Loss: Kerry Wood 2-8 (7.09)
Series Summary:	Chicago takes the series 3 games to 2.

Connecticut Jays @ Danbury Mad Hatters
Series Preview:	Two Connecticut teams meet for state superiority.
Game #1:	Jays 3-2. Piazza and Vaughn star.
Game #2:	Jays 6-1. Piazza and Conseco destroy Danbury.
Game #3:	Jays 11-5. Febles, Piazza, Vaughn and Grieve all lend a bat in victory.
Game #4:	Jays 10-6. Prince, Bell, Vaughn, Grieve and Conseco take turns banging the ball.
Game #5:	Danbury 2-1. Fordyce 2 run HR is all the Mad hatters need.
Series Summary:	Connecticut whips the Mad Hatters.

Baltimore Blue Crabs @ Hampton Huskies
Series Preview:	The Huskies hope to avoid a bad case of the Crabs as they host Baltimore for a five-game set.
Game #1:	In what would be a precedent-setting game for the series, some f-ugly performances on the mound for both team resulted in no lead being safe. The Crabs drew first blood when Tony Armas Jr. got into trouble with a leadoff walk to Mark McLemore and then gave up an infield single to Michael Tucker. Chipper Jones came in then and registered his 1,000,000th RBI of his career with a single that plated speedy McLemore. All was good for Baltimore starter Jeff Suppan until the 3rd inning when he gave up five hits including three doubles and also walked a couple of batters. At the current rate of exchange that = 5 runs, thank you. That made it 5-1. Armas was not pitching too badly but got into some trouble with baserunners in the 5th and then with two out and two on Jorge Posada (8) blasted one to make it 5-4. A Jeromy Burnitz (17) homer made it 7-4 to give Hampton some breathing room, but the Crabs promptly crushed their windpipes with four runs in the 7th and another 4 in the 8th off the abysmal Hampton bullpen led in this game by Guillermo Mota who gave up five runs (three earned) in 1.2 innings. Hampton scored three times in the bottom of the 9th to make it close but it was not to be as they fell to Baltimore 12-10. Everyone who picked up a bat for Baltimore got a hit in the game (17 in total) with Posada leading the way with three hits. Preston Wilson (14) and Tony (the Slug) Batista (17) went deep off the batting-practice tossing Hampton pen. Bill Spiers had three hits for Hampton.
Game #2:	F-ugly pitching in Game 1 took a back seat to f-ugly fielding in Game 2 as the Crabs committed three errors that led to two unearned runs in a series-tying 5-4 Hampton win. Jeromy Burnitz (18) homered again for Hampton off reliever Ramsay in the bottom of the 7th which put Hampton up 4-2. The Crabs tied it up in the 8th with two runs on a Sean Casey homer and a Dmitri Young double which sent the game into extra innings where Ricky Gutierrez put the game to rest when he ripped a two-out single through the infield that scored Scott Hatteberg to win it. Young had three hits for Baltimore.
Game #3:	Tim Hudson was pretty much trash in his start for Baltimore as he gave up homers to Chris Stynes (6) and Henry Rodriguez (5) in an 8-3 Hampton win. Jorge Posada had another good game with two hits, a run scored and one driven in. Stynes and Rodriguez each had three hits and drove in three runs for the Huskies who saw their bullpen not actually melt down in Chernobyl-style fashion for one of the first times in weeks.
Game #4:	The Crabs’ bet that they could beat the Huskies with one hand tied behind their backs turned out to be not quite true as they fumbled their way to allowing seven unearned runs in a 12-6 win for Hampton. Greg Vaughn homered and drove in four runs after replacing Jeromy Burnitz in the first inning after the latter was beaned by a Kevin Appier pitch. Appier pitched very poorly (2 IP, 5 H, 7 R, 1 ER, 3 BB) but got no help from the defence which helped contribute to six unearned runs on him. Preston Wilson (15) and Brian Hunter (5) homered for the Crabs. Barry Zito improved to 2-1 with a 1.23 ERA with six innings of one-run ball.
Game #5:	Brian Daubach got hurt, Marc Valdes was ejected in the Jorge Posada Show. Posada had four hits including a double and two home runs and alone beat the Huskies in what wound up being a 9-2 laugher. Tony Bautista (18) and Alex Cora (4) also homered for Baltimore. Ryan Dempster (6-3) was solid for seven innings allowing just the two runs on four hits while striking out 8 and walking just two. Ron Coomer hit his 2nd homer of the year for Hampton … hurrah.
Series Summary:	Hampton gets a rare series win and it came against a superior team so good for us I guess as they downed the Crabs 3-2.

Blarney Drive Bandits @ Winnipeg Goldeyes
Series Preview:	1st place Blarney Drive vs 3rd place Winnipeg.
Series Summary:	Ouch.. Blarney drive sweeps Winnipeg 5-0 ending Winnipegs dreams.

Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Santa Rosa Beach Bums
Series Preview:	The Bums welcome the Gas Hornets to the friendly confines on the Emerald coast.
Game #1:	The Hornets send Bell (5-1, 4.94) to the mound to face Bums OFernandez (5-1, 2.66). Bums start fast as Alomar singled and Caminiti reached via a Bell error. Thomas then walked to fill the bases with 0-out. But Hildago wiffed and Vanderwal grounded into a double play. The Hornets make it work in the 2nd. Brown, DMartinez and Clapinski single for one. Stairs walked to fill the bases and Jeter singled for two more followed by a Durham homer. Hornets 6-0. Boom! Bums Loretta, Alomar and Caminiti single for a run in the 3rd. Thomas walked and Hidalgo banged a single for a second. Berkman walked for a third. Santiago doubled with 2-out clearing the bases. Tie game. Buckle your seat belts folks. In the 4th Ortiz walked the bases full with 0-out. Anderson singled in a couple. Hornets 8-6. In the 6th Hornets Jeter and Durham singled and Anderson doubled in one. After Brown walked to fill the bases Clapinski singled for two more. Hornets 11-6. In the bottom half Alomar and Caminiti reached with 2-out and Thomas went yard. In the 8th Bums Alomar singled and scored on a Thomas double. In the 9th Bums Berkman singled, pinch runner Sanders stole and Molina singled him home with 2-out. Tie game. Hornets Brown stroked a solo shot to lead off the 11th. With 2-out in the bottom half pinch hitter Rios singled followed by a Encarnacion triple. Tie game. In the 12th, Hornets Jeter, Bennett and Brown all walk to fill the bases with 2-out. But DMartinez flied to center. With 2-out in the bottom half Caminiti walked and stole! Hidalgo was intentionally walked. But Vanderwall grounded out. In the bottom of the 13th, Molina, Koskie and Alomar singled with 2-out to pull off the win. Manhattan 12 17 1 LP: Wall 2b: Anderson, Brown; HR: Durham, Brown; HBP: Kendall; SB: Jeter; H: Etherton, Williams. Santa Rosa Beach 13 16 0 WP: Rodriguez 2b: Alomar, Thomas, Santiago; 3b: Encarnacion; HR: Thomas; IBB: Hidalgo, Molina; HBP: Thomas; SB: C
Game #2:	Whew, does either team have any gas in the tank. Hornets call on Wakefield (6-3, 5.40) and the Bums Harper (1-0, 4.41). Alomar lead off the Bums game with a solo shot. Koskie reached via Durham error and two batters later Hidalgo ‘crushed it’. In the 4th Hornets Anderson doubled and Clapinski singled and Durham singled for one. A Harper wild pitch brought in a second. Martinez walked and Bennett doubled for a couple more. Hornets 4-3. In the 5th Alomar singled, Koskie and Thomas walked to fill the bases and Hidalgo singled in a couple. Vanderwal reached on a Clapinski error for another and Encarnacion singled with 2-out for another. Bums 7-4. Tighten those seat belts folks. In the 9th Hornets Jeter walked, Brown singled and Anderson singled for one. Clapinski walked to fill the bases with no outs. But Bums Sasaki held. Manhattan 5 11 2 LP: Wakefield 2b: Anderson, Bennett. Santa Rosa Beach 7 8 1 WP: Harper 2b: Alomar; HR: Alomar, Hidalgo; SB: Alomar, Encarnacion; H: Karsay; S: Sasaki.
Game #3:	Bums have come from behind twice, but the Hornets go to ace Reed (7-2, 2.98) and the Bums their anchor, Vazquez (4-3, 6.36). No aces in this staff. With 2-out in the 3rd Bums Perez singled and Alomar doubled him home. In the 5th Bums Koskie singled with 2-out and Thomas doubled him home. In the 6th Hornets Jeter lead off with a triple, Bennett walked and Anderson singled in one. In the 8th Bums Thomas drew a walk and Hidalgo doubled. Runners on second and third with 0-out. Vanderwal banged a broken bat single for two. Bums 4-1. Manhattan 1 9 0 LP: Reed 3b: Jeter. Santa Rosa Beach 4 8 0 WP: Vazquez 2b: Hidalgo 2, Alomar, Thomas; HBP: Thomas; SH: Perez; SB: Sanders; H: Rodriguez, Karsay; S: Carrasco.
Game #4:	To stop the bleeding the Hornets call on lefty Halama (3-5, 4.21) to face Bums lefty Bohanon (1-8, 7.93). In the 1st Hornets Brown singled and Cordero tripled him home. Kendall singled for a second run. Durham and Graffanino singled for another. Hornets 3-0. In the bottom half Caminiti doubled, advanced on a Thomas single and scored on an infield grounder. In the 2nd Jeter singled, stole (#31) and scored on a Brown single. Anderson singled and Kendall walked to fill the bases AND Durham singled for another two. Hornets 6-1. Also in the 3rd Bums Alomar doubled, advanced on a fly and scored on a balk. Then Thomas, Hidalgo and Berkman singled for another. The Bums added another run in the 4th on a Thomas single (It was complicated). Hornet 6-4. In the 7th with 2-out Bums Berkman singled, pinch hitter Vanderwal walked and Encarnacion singled in a run. Hornet’s Kendall lead off the 8th rounding the bases on a Vanderwal error and TMartinez had a legitimate homer. Hornets 8-5. Well, Perez copied Kendall on a Anderson error in the bottom half. Lead off batter and all. Then Caminiti doubled, Thomas walked and Hidalgo went yard. Bums 9-8. Hornets Anderson lead off the 9th with a homer. Here we go again. Bums Perez lead off the bottom half with a double. Alomar sacrificed him to third. Caminiti was intentionally walked. Infield pulls in for Thomas! Thomas lifts one to left. Brown retrieves it. Perez heads home and the throw is too late. Manhattan 9 18 2 LP: Wall 2b: Jeter, Kendall, Stairs; 3b: Cordero; HR: Anderson, TMartinez; Sb: Jeter, Jackson, Stairs; H: Etherton, Fyhrie, Mantei. Santa Rosa Beach 10 15 1 WP: Sasaki 2b: Caminiti 2, Perez 2, Alomar; HR: Hidalgo; IBB: Caminiti; SH: Alomar; SF: Thomas.
Game #5:	Hornets trying to block the sweep call on Sanchez (4-4, 8.35) and the Bums go back to OFernandez (5-1, 3.72). Bums Berkman lead off the 2nd with a dinger. In the 3rd Bums Perez and Alomar singled followed by a Alicea error for one. Two batters later Hidalgo went deep for three more. Bums 5-0. Means nothing in this series. In the 7th TMartinez reached and Stairs went yard. Bums 5-2. In the bottom half Hidalgo went deep again for one. In the 8th Bums Perez doubled and Alomar and Caminiti walked to fill the bases with 1-out. Thomas then singled for two more. The Hornets stuck with Mantei and the Bums teed off. Manhattan 2 5 1 LP: Sanchez 2b: Anderson; HR: Stairs. Santa Rosa Beach 12 16 0 WP: OFernandez 2b: Vanderwal 2, Alomar, Perez; HR: Hidalgo 2, Berkman; H: Rodriguez.
Series Summary:	The Bums surprise and pull off a sweep. Three games in the series had lead changes.

Southlake Scorpions @ Monroeville Maulers
Series Preview:	The MAULERS 39-31, vs division rival Southlake Scorpions 25-45. MVM returning to the comforts of home hoping to rebound after enduring a disappointing road series last week, on a 4-game losing streak.
Game #1:	SCO 7-10-1 / MVM 11-12-0 L-P. SHUEY 0-2, vs W- Turk Wendell 3-1It’s 5-5 after 2, then 7-7 after 5. The Maulers bull pen squelches the early SCO offensive onslaught giving the MVM offense time to plate 4 in the 7th finally sending P. ASTACIO to the showers. Jose Acevedo is on for the 9th with a comfortable 4-run lead and he gets the job done by handing the victory to Turk Wendell who went 5.1IP in relief of Scott Schoenweis with another disastrous start after his 8-1 start. 2 through 5 hitters for the Maulers had a multi-hit game providing the bulk of the offensive fireworks. 2-HRs by Vladimir Guerrero 30/31 extending his league lead over Barry Bonds. BICHETTE, DAVIS & YOUNG have a multi-hit game for SCO. MVM 11-7
Game #2:	SCO 2-6-2 / MVM 7-11-1 L-A. REYNOSO 4-10 vs W- Jon Leiber 9-53-2 Maulers after 4, then MVM plates 4 runs in the bottom of the 5th providing plenty of insurance for Jon Leiber as he cruises for a CG victory scattering 6 hits and only 1 BB. Ramon Martinez (HR), Todd Hollandsworth (HR), Ron Mateo, and Rey Sanchez with a multi-hit game. MVM 7-2
Game #3:	SCO 6-12-1 / MVM 2-5-0 W- J. PARQUE 5-5 vs L- B.J. Ryan 1-21-0 SCO after 4, the Scorpions finally get to B.J. Ryan in the 5th plating 3 runs and then add 2 more chasing Jose Acevedo in relief. PARQUE & VAN POPPEL combined with a 5-hit gem for the victory. AMARAL, BAGWELL, BICHETTE (HR) with a multi-hit game for the Scorpions. SCO 6-2.
Game #4:	SCO 0-2-0 / MVM 5-7-0 L-G. STEPHENSON 6-5 vs W- Andy Ashby 6-7Andy Ashby hurls a complete game 2-hit shutout with only 1-BB. He seems to have picked up the last couple of starts where Scott Schoenweis left off. A multi-hit game by Pokey Reese and Troy Glaus (HR), provides the punch as the Maulers plate 5 in support of Andy Ashby performance. MVM 5-0.
Game #5:	SCO 3-6-0 / MVM 14-16-0 L-P. ASTACIO 3-6, vs W- Brian Tollberg 6-3It’s HAMMERING TIME as the Maulers pound out 16 hits and 14 runs for efficient use of the lumber and make a statement to end the series that they won’t go away quietly after last week’s 1-4 performance. 6-Mauler sluggers with a multi-hit game as Troy Glaus goes 4-5 with 1-2B and 2-HR (21) 3-RBI, Vladimir Guerrero (.361) 2-4 2-HR adding to his league-leading HR total, now at 33, and 3-RBI (83) monster #’s approaching halfway through the season. Brian Tollberg hurls an efficient 7IP scattering 5 hits while the Mauler bullpen follows suit. MVM 14-3.
Series Summary:	SCO 18/36/5 – MVM 39/51/1 The MAULERS take the series 4-1 a much-needed rebound after last week’s disappointing 1-4 series loss. Although the DEMOLITION enjoys a 5 game lead in the division, they can still see the Maulers in their rearview mirror “jockeying” for position as HWE helped a little taking 2 games in their series with CHI. The Maulers shorten the gap by 1 game.

California Quakes @ Portland Mavericks
Series Preview:	The 52-28 California Quakes visit the 37-37 Portland Mavericks.
Game #1:	CAL 11 POR 2
Game #2:	CAL 16 POR 1
Game #3:	CAL 12 POR 3
Game #4:	CAL 3 POR 0
Game #5:	POR 9 CAL 3
Series Summary:	Cal wins 4 of 5 in blowouts, two-hitting the Mavericks twice.

Castle Rock Hounds @ Fort Worth Panthers
Series Preview:	Nearly mirror opposites record wise Ft. Worth 28-41 hosts Castle Rock 41-29
Series Summary:	Panther’s win a pair of 4-3 games but lose the series 4 games to 2.

Long Beach Titans @ Hollywood Vampires
Series Summary:	Long Beach takes 4 of 5 from Hollywood.

Corktown Bootleggers @ Montreal Canadiens
Series Summary:	Montreal takes the series 3-2 to move into first place.

Michigan Mauraders @ Valdosta Bombers
Series Preview:	Valdosta is precariously hanging on to 1st place, and they host Michigan for 5.
Series Summary:	Michigan destroyed our “pitching”. Bombers did manage to come from 7-0 down to win a game, and we hit the ball pretty well, but again, no pitching. Game 5 was a microcosm of the series. Manny Ramirez goes 5-5, 3 HR’s and we still lose. Michigan takes 4 of 5.

Houghton Penguins @ DeWitt Tigers
Series Summary:	Dewitt takes the series against Houghton 4-1. Houghton blew out Dewitt in game 1 by the score of 20-9. DeWitt took games 2, 3, 4 & 5.