2000 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #18

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
GIAMBI,Jason	CBL AL	.522	1.043	6	23	12	3	0	3	6	11	1	5	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
DREIFORT,Darren	CRH AL	1	1	0	0	0.00	8	1	0	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
VAUGHN,Mo	CON NL	.381	1.000	6	21	8	1	0	4	9	9	4	5	0	0	0	1

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
DEMPSTER,Ryan	BAL NL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	3	9	2	0	0	0	0	0

Danbury Mad Hatters @ Long Beach Titans
Series Summary:	Long Beach has to win the last 3 for a split with Danbury.

Monroeville Maulers @ Corktown Bootleggers
Game #1:	Corktown bats explode. Martinez gets the only home run of the game but it belonged to Maulers Corktown 12-2
Game #2:	Jon Lieber (12-8) goes the distance in a shut out wi for the Maulers. Monroeville 6-0
Game #3:	Another not close game. Corktown 7-2
Game #4:	Monroeville 9-5
Game #5:	Corktown gets 2 in the bottom of the 9th to walk it off in the first close game of the series Corktown 6-5
Game #6:	Tons of excitement here, but the home team gets the final say with a big comeback to win 10-9. Corktown 10-9
Series Summary:	Corktown wins another big series 4-2.

Southlake Scorpions @ Fort Worth Panthers
Series Summary:	After taking game 1 the Scorpions stung that Panther’s with 5 straight wins.

Connecticut Jays @ Hampton Huskies
Series Preview:	Two bottom feeders meet up for six games that must interest someone out there.
Game #1:	Juan Gonzalez and Mo Vaughn homered in the top of the 9th off Josias (I Suck) Manzanillo to cap a nice comeback 5-4 win by CON. Gonzalez and Ben Grieve each had three hits for the winners. Tony Armas Jr. wasted a rare non-putrid start for Hampton by allowing just two runs in six innings. Jeromy Burnitz homered twice for Hampton.
Game #2:	Jamey Wright was pitching great for Hampton … and then he was not. Wright followed five near perfect shutout innings by allowing two runs in the 6th and 4 in the 7th to blow the 4-0 lead he was spotted and hand CON a 6-4 win. Mo Vaughn homered twice and drove in five runs for the Jays.
Game #3:	Chan Ho Park pitched like a putz for the Jays but that was enough to defeat the bilious and rancid Hampton pitching staff in a 10-5 Connecticut win. David Bell doubled and tripled and drove in six runs for the Winners while Bill Spiers made the most of some playing time with two doubles, two walks and two RBIs for Hampton.
Game #4:	My God … Adam Eaton actually pitched well and the bullpen didn’t cough up anything for a change as Hampton won 7-2. Ricky Gutierrez drove in three with a bases loaded double while Juan Gone homered again for Connecticut in a losing effort.
Game #5:	Barry Zito gave up just three hits in seven innings as the Huskies downed Connecticut 7-2 again. Steve Cox homered twice for Hampton while Mo Vaughn went deep once for the Jays.
Game #6:	No seven runs, but Steve Cox did homer again for Hampton … and the rest of the team did not much as they were crushed 9-2 by the Jays. In yet another multi-homer game, Ben Grieve smashed two long balls and drove in five for the Jays.
Series Summary:	The Huskies do their best to hang around on the outside edge of the draft lottery while giving up ground to Connecticut who took 4 of 6.

Chicago Demolition @ California Quakes
Series Summary:	California sweeps Chicago. 3 one-run games, two walk-off winners, a few grand slams, one blowout. The series was much closer than the 6-0 record would suggest.

Michigan Mauraders @ Winnipeg Goldeyes
Series Preview:	Winnipeg has a better record but in third Michigan is in first playing below .500
Series Summary:	Winnipeg wins 4 of the 6 as they continue to play well after giving up.

Hollywood Vampires @ Santa Rosa Beach Bums
Series Preview:	The Bums welcome Hollywood to the Emerald Coast for a 6 game set.
Game #1:	The Vampires lead off with Garcia (1-6, 4.66) on the mound to face Bum Vazquez (5-4, 6.81). In the 5th Bums Rios doubled and scored on a Loretta single. And that would be all in this pitchers duel. Hollywood 0 3 2 LP: Garcia Sb: Henderson. Santa Rosa Beach 1 3 1 WP: Vazquez 2b: Rios; Sb: Alomar 2.
Game #2:	The Vampires turn to Bere (1-8, 10.00) and the Bums call on Bohanon (3-9, 7.09). The Vampires start fast as Henderson singled, stole and scored on a Konerko double. Millar followed with a singled to make it 2-0. In the 2nd Bums Hidalgo reached via error, advanced to third on a Rios double and scored on an infield grounder. Loretta then lifted one to Henderson scoring Rios. Tie game. Bums Molina then reached on a Furcal error and came all the way around on a Darr double. He scored on an Alomar double, Bums 4-2. In the 5th Floyd went yard to bring the Vampires to within one. In the bottom half Thomas singled and Hidalgo went deep to leadoff the inning. Bums 6-3. Loretta followed with a walk, Molina was beamed and Sanders banged an RBI single with 2-outs. Alomar followed with a single, Bums 8-3. In their next at bat Vampires Velarde walked, Quinn singled and with 2-out Furcal reached on an error scoring a run. In the 7th Sanders went solo to regive the Bums a 5 run lead. Alomar made it back-to-back dingers. Hollywood 4 8 3 LP: Bere 2b: Konerko; HR: Floyd; HBP: Henderson, Millar; Sb: Henderson. Santa Rosa Beach 10 11 1WP: Bohanon 2b; Alomar, Rios, Darr; HR: Alomar, Hidalgo, Sanders; HBP: Hidalgo, Molina; SF: Loretta; H: Carrasco, De Los Santos.
Game #3:	Vampires call on Dessens (2-14, 7.75) to stop the bleeding and the Bums Blair (5-4, 5.05). In the 4th Vampires Floyd was beamed, advanced on a Quinn single and scored on a Hayes single. In the 5th Bums Molina double and with 2-out Alomar singled him home, tie game. Koskie followed with a homer, Bums 3-1. Bums Hidalgo lead off the 6th with a dinger. In the 7th Vampires Bako, Huson and Furcal single for one. Henderson lifted a sacrifice fly for two. After Furcal stole second, Floyd banged an RBI double. Tie game. In the 8th Vampires Matos singled and Huson rolled a perfect hit-and-run for first and third with 0-out. But Rodrigues pulled it together and held. In the bottom of the 9th Darr walked and stole. Loretta was then intentionally walked. Pinch Hitter Caminiti went yard. Hollywood 4 12 0 LP: Foulke 2b:Floyd; HBP: Floyd; SF: Henderson; Sb: Furcal, Floyd. Santa Rosa beach 7 8 0 WP: Rodriguez 2b: Thomas, Molina; HR: Koskie, Hidalgo, Caminiti; IBB: Loretta; SB: Alomar, Darr.
Game #4:	The Vampires looking to turn the series around call on Miller (3-14, 8.68) and the Bums counter with Rigdon (3-5, 5.10). In the 2nd Vampires Konerko singled and Hayes went deep. In the bottom half Hidalgo drew a walk, advanced to third on a Encarnacion single and scored on a Loretta ground out. Molina followed with an RBI double. Tie game. In the very next at bat Vampires Henderson stroked a lead off homer. In the 4th Bum Berman matched that. Tie game. In their very next at bat Vampires Konerko connected on a solo shot. But in the bottom half Alomar connected with 2-out. Tie game. In the 6th Hidalgo adds another solo shot. Bums 5-4. With 2-out in the 9th Vampires Quinn went yard with no one on base. Tie game. In the 11th with 2-out Vampires Furcal singled, stole and scored on a Henderson single. Quinn and Konerko followed with walks to fill the bases before a Velarde single. Vampires up by two. In the bottom half the Bums respond with leadoff single by Santiago and a double by Darr. Alomar lifted a fly to Henderon and Santiago ambled home. 1-out, Darr on second. Evans popped out and Rios drew a walk and Hidalgo grounded to Isringhausen. Hollywood 7 12 1 WP: Foulke HR: Henderson, Quinn, Konerko, Hayes; Sb: Furcal 2, Henderson; S: Isringhausen. Santa Rosa Beach 6 10 0 LP: Ortiz 2b: Molina, Darr; HR: Alomar, Hidalgo, Berkman; IBB: Hidalgo 2, Encarnacion; HBP: Caminiti; SF: Alomar; Sb: Alomar, Encarnacion; H: Fultz, Gooden, De Los Santos.
Game #5:	To keep the momentum the Vampires send Mulder (5-12, 6.40) to face Vazquez (6-4, 6.30). In the 2nd Vampires Quinn singled and scored on a Castro double. Bako followed with a single 2-0. With 2-out in the 4th Castro doubled and Sanders dropped one allowing Castro to score. In the bottom half Thomas singled and Alcantara homered. In the 5th Vampires Velarde singled, Floyd was beamed, Quinn reached on an error to fill the bases and Ortiz singled for one. All with 2-out. Vampires 4-2. Castro singled for two more. Bako then singled for another. Vampires 7-2. In the bottom half Evans walked, Alomar doubled and Evans scored on a Vanderwal ground out. In the 8th Hidalgo went yard for one. In the 9th the Vampires placed runners on first and third with 0-out after 2 base on errors. Pinch hitter Konerho grounded into a double play scoring Quinn. That’s what happens when a player 3-3 with a walk and 3 RBI is replaced. Vampires 8-4 with 6 unearned runs. Hollywood 8 12 0 WP: Mulder 2b: Floyd, Castro; HBP: Floyd; S: Gunderson. Santa Rosa Beach 4 7 4 LP: Vazquez 2b: Alomar, Encarnacion; 3b: Encarnacion; HR: Hidalgo, Alcantara
Game #6:	The Vampires call on ace Garcia (1-7, 4,23) to even up the series against Bums Ortiz (1-2, 6.04). Vampires start fast as Furcal singled, Henderson walked and Quinn singled for one. Konerko had an RBI ground out for a second. The Bums started the bottom half with back-to-back doubles by Alomar and Koskie. In the 5th Vampires Henderson singled, stole and scored on a Quinn single. Konerko was beamed and Velarde singled for another. In the 6th Hidalgo singled and Berkman stroked an RBI double. Vampires 4-2. Followed by an Encarnacion double for a second. Vampires 4-3. Followed by a Loretta double for a third. Tie game. That was back-to-back-toback doubles with 2-out. In the 9th Vampires Furcal reached on a 2-base error, stole third and scored when Henderson rolled one through the infield that was drawn in. Hollywood 5 9 2 WP: Foulke 2b: Henderson, Quinn, Velarde; HBP: Konerko; Sb: Henderson 2, Furcal; S: Isringhausen. Santa Rosa Beach 4 7 2 LP: Rodriguez 2b: Alomar, Koskie, Berkman, Encarnacion, Loretta; HBP: Sanders.
Series Summary:	Santa Rosa Beach took the front end and Hollywood the back end in a series that had 16 errors committed.

Valdosta Bombers @ Manhattan Gas Hornets
Series Preview:	Playoff contenders meet for a 6-pack, lots of hits and runs, tight games, blow outs – and injuries…
Game #1:	4 run Manhattan 4th enough to contain the bombers. Flaherty (4) homers for Valdosta, Stairs (21) for Gas Hornets. VAL 3- 6-2 LP Jaime Moyer (6-4) MG 7-12-0 WP Scott Etherton (2-2) S Mike William (9)
Game #2:	3 run 7th for Gas Hornets overcomes a 3-2 Valdosta lead, but Bombers get a 9th inning run with the go the tying run on, but Fyhrie able to close it out for 5-4 Manhattan win. Seems like a lot of former Gas Hornets coming out to play against us and Jeff Reed homers (3) for 2 in the 3rd. Jeter gets dinger 9. VAL 4- 8-0 LP Brian Moehler (8-9) MBH 5-10-1 WP Rick Reed (12-3) S Fyhrie (5)
Game #3:	This one features lots of runs (15) and hits (31) and a collision at 1st between starter John Halama and Matt Williams as Williams was seeking an infield hit. He was out and results of the collision – Halama wins only out for 7 days while Williams will miss 15 days! For Gas Hornets, Halama will just be reshuffled in the rotation next week, but will remain on the bench.Game action, Gas Hornets with 4-2 lead after 4 but by bottom of the 7th it’s 5-4 Valdosta. Manhattan then ties it in the bottom half, but the Bombers plate 2 in the 8th. But the Gas Hornets plate 3 in their half for an 8-7 lead and Donnie Wall pitches a perfect 9th. Richie Sexson – 4 for 5, 2 rbis and a run. Eric Karros homer (14), 3 hits, 2 rbis. Abreu, Finley, Ramirez each have 2 hits. Every starter for both teams gets at least 1 hit – except John Flaherty for Valdosta. VAL 7-16-0 LP Simas (4-4) BS Petkovsek (2) MGH 8-15-1 WP Williams (2-4) BS (1) S Wall (9)
Game #4:	Valdosta says no to any SWEEEP thoughts as they score 7 runs before Manhattan plates an unearned run in the 9th. Richie Sexson homers twice (20, 21) both solo shots. Lugo smacks 2 singles and SF for 3 rbis. Bombers score in the 2nd, 3rd (twice), 4th 5th, 8th and 9th! Gil Heredia tosses a 2 hit shutout for 7 innings. Former Gas Hornets star Sterling Hitchcock blanks his old team in the 8th. VAL 7-15-2 WP Heredia (6-7) MGH 1- 5-0 LP Rob Bell (7-5)
Game #5:	Gas Hornets spring back for a 6-3 win bolstered by a 4 run 3rd and Ryan Durham’s 3 run homer (11). John Flaherty homers (5) for the Bombers in a 2 hit, 2 rbi day, but Pat Hentgen didn’t have enough stuff and takes the loss. Brian Anderson tosses a good game for Manhattan as he settles into the rotation. VAL 3-9-1 LP Hentgen (7-8) MGH 6-8-0 WP Anderson (8-5) S Williams (10)
Game #6:	Manhattan has this one as Rick Reed makes an unexpected start when Etherton announced he wasn’t ready to this one. However, up 2-1 going into the 7th, no one noticed Reed was getting tired – and well, that’s not quite true – VALDOSTA noticed! And Finley gets him for a 3 run homer ((19) in a 4 run inning. Sexson has homered (22) in the 1st but that 4 run 7th propels the Bombers to a come from behind win! VAL 5-7-0 WP Patterson (1-2) S Swindell (11) MGH 2-8-1 LP Reed (12-4)
Series Summary:	So it was a successful 4-2 series win, but we would have liked more. Oh well. Kendall got decked (for the 18th time in game 6 – he and Jeter are apparently in a contest – Jeter’s been hit 17 times). Kendall will miss the opening game in the upcoming Connecticut series. Speaking of Jeter, he ended the week batting .405 (OPB of .492!).

Blarney Drive Bandits @ Baltimore Blue Crabs
Series Preview:	1st Place Blarney Drive (72-27) travels to Baltimore to visit the Blue Crabs (52-47).
Game #1:	Jorge Posada hits a pinch hit 2 run homerun in the 7th to put the Crabs in front. After the Bandits tie it in the 8th, Chipper Jones triples and scores the game winner on a Tony Batista RBI single. Baltimore wins the opener 4-3. BANDITS 3 / 9/ 0 CRABS 4 / 7 / 1 WP – Stanton (9-0) LP – Wells (11-5) S – Ramsay (2)
Game #2:	Chipper Jones‘ 2-run, 1st inning homerun would be all Woody Williams and the Crabs need as they win their second consecutive 1-run ballgame. BANDITS 1 / 6 / 1 CRABS 2 / 3 / 1 WP – Williams (7-8) LP – Benes (6-3) S – Paniagua (19)
Game #3:	All the scoring happens in the 2nd, as the Crabs plate 2, but the Bandits score 4 to win it 4-2. Dean Palmer went deep for Blarney Drive and Pete Harnisch limited Baltimore to just 3 hits over 6 innings to earn the win. BANDITS 4 / 8 / 1 CRABS 2 / 5 / 0 WP – Harnisch (8-3) LP – Sppan (6-6) S – Tam (14)
Game #4:	Mark McLemore had 2 singles and scored twice, and Chipper Jones knocked in 2 to lead Baltimore’s offense, while Tim Hudson out-dueled Randy Johnson for the win. Johnson went the distance, striking out 10, and Hudson tossed 8 2/3 innings, yielding a pair of unearned runs on 6 hits. BANDITS 2 / 6 / 0 CRABS 3 / 9 / 2 WP – Hudson (7-6) LP – Johnson (15-3) S – Ramsay (3)
Game #5:	Ryan Dempster pitches a complete game, 3-hit, shutout, as Baltimore wins 4-0. Chipper Jones and Jorge Posada hit longballs for the Crabs. BANDITS 0 / 3 / 0 CRABS 4 / 9 / 0 WP – Dempster (12-3) LP – Hampton (10-5)
Game #6:	This time it’s Blarney Drive’s David Wells with the complete game shutout. Wells allows only 2 hits, striking out 7, to run his record to 12-5. Ryan Klesko clubs his 22nd homerun for the Bandits. BANDITS 4 / 10 / 0 CRABS 0 / 2 / 1 WP – Wells (12-5) LP – Appier (3-13)
Series Summary:	After playing so poorly last week against Danbury, Baltimore bounces back with one of their better efforts of the season, winning 4 of 6 over a formidable Blarney Drive squad.

Portland Mavericks @ Montreal Canadiens
Series Summary:	Portland and Montreal split.

Harper Woods Expos @ DeWitt Tigers
Series Summary:	DeWitt wins the series 4-2. A very competitive series.

Houghton Penguins @ Castle Rock Hounds
Series Summary:	Castle Rock and Houghton split the series 3 games apiece.