BoS's WEEK 5 Award Winners

NATIONAL LEAGUE
"Kick Start!"

Jeremy Hellickson got things started right for the Urbana Locomotives, by setting the tone for their series against the Traverse City Panthers. Hellickson pitches a two-hit shutout, it would be the first of three shutouts for Urbana in this five-game road series, as Urbana ends up pulling off a sweep of their division rivals. The Panthers have now been shut out seven times!

Hellickson also collected 5 K's & no walks, while recording his 3rd win (3-2 record), and lowered his season ERA to 2.45. Hellickson earns this week's A.L. Pitcher of the Week against some stiff competition, including his teammates David Price (who came close to winning his third award), Colby Lewis &  Hiroki Kuroda.

On the lineup side of things, Urbana was all over the place as well with Adrian Beltre, Jimmy Rollins & Carlos "Chooch" Ruiz, but at the end of the day, the A.L. Player of the Week went to someone not on the Urbana Locomotives; This week's winner is the Seattle Rainiers' Josh Willingham.


N.L. Honorable Mention:

• OF-Mike Trout (POR) - The #1 overall pick is heating up! .421 (8-for-19), 2 HR, 5 RBI, 6 runs & a stolen base.
• SP-Matt Moore (HOL) - 8 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 7 K & 3 BB's.
• SS-Jimmy Rollins (URB) - .350 (7-for-20), 3 HR, 4 RBI, 6 runs & SB.
• SP-Gio Gonzalez (HAN) - 9 IP, 4 H, ER, 10 K/4 BB.
• 3B-Adrian Beltre (URB) - .381 (8-for-21), 2 HR, 4 RBI, 4 runs & SB.
• OF-Carlos Quentin (HAN) - .400 (4-for-10), 2 HR, 3 RBI & 2 runs -- three games of action.
• OF-Josh Hamilton (KING) - .300 (6-for-20), 2 HR, 8 RBI & 6 runs.
• OF-Yoenis Cespedes (SEA) - .368 (7-for-19), HR, 5 RBI & 6 runs.
• SP-Colby Lewis (URB) - 9 IP, SHO, 7 H, 11 K & 0 BB's -- due to all the attention on Price, Lewis has quietly gone 4-0 with a 1.53 ERA!
• SP-David Price (URB) - 9 IP, SHO, 4 H, 10 K & 4 BB's.
• SP-Bartolo Colon (POR) - 9.1 IP, 2 H, ER (2 runs), 1 K & 4 BB's in extras.
• 1B-Prince Fielder (SEA) - Currently on a record 23-game hitting-streak, having a productive week of .333 (6-for-18), HR, 3 RBI & 4 runs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
"Gonzo Delivers"

Although his team lost their series 3-2 to Chicago, Adrian Gonzalez (of the Buffalo Yankees)'s stats were too difficult to ignore. Gonzalez is this week's A.L. Player of the Week; Gonzalez batted .421 (8-for-19), 3 HR's, 10 RBI & 4 runs. Gonzalez is the second Yankee to receive the weekly award.

Last week's A.L. Player of the Week award winner, Carlos Beltran had another productive week for the Washington Filibusters, batting .421 (8-for-19), scoring 4 runs, including 2 solo HR's accounting for his 2 RBI -- his two addition homers makes his total a whopping 12 HR's in 27 games. Beltran is not the only Filibuster player to have big weeks, other nominations include Brandon Phillips, Paul Konerko & Kyle Lohse (for pitcher).

"King" Felix Hernandez helped the Chicago Nine take Buffalo in the series, pitching a two-hit complete-game victory, allowing only one run, while striking out 9 batters & walking two -- improving to 4-2 for the young season; Earning Hernandez the A.L. Pitcher of the Week honors.

A.L. Honorable Mentions:

• 2B-Brandon Phillips (WAS) - .500 (8-for-16), 3 HR, 3 RBI, 4 runs.
• SP-Matt Cain (CAR) - 9 IP, 3 H, ER, 8 K/2 BB, improves to 4-0.
• 1B-Paul Konerko (WAS) - .300 (6-for-20), 3 HR, 5 RBI, 4 runs.
• SP-Madison Bumgarner (FAIR) - Seems to be a weekly staple in the 'Honorable Mention' area, pitches 7 strong innings, allowing only two hits, run, with 8 K's & 2 BB's. Picks up win #5!
• SP-Kyle Lohse (WAS) - 9 IP, 3-hit SHO, with 4 K's & 2 BB's.
• 2B-Dustin Pedroia (CAR) - .353 (6-for-17), HR, 5 RBI, 3 runs, SB.
• SP-Jordan Zimmermann (BUF) - 9 IP (W), 4 H, 2 ER, 7 K & 2 BB.
• SP-Jeff Samardzija (CHI) - 8 IP (W), 3 H, ER (2 runs), with 11 K's & 2 BB's.