Whenever anyone is talking about, which pitcher is hot? In MLB or APBA these days, one name constantly comes up... Jake Arrieta; Arrieta wins the A.L. Pitcher of the Week Award in the Boys of Summer APBA Baseball League for the second time this season (he previously won in Week 2).
Arrieta pitched a one-hit shutout, with 10 K's & 3 walks against the Brooklyn Mets.
Arrieta's teammate, Yasmany Tomas wins this week's A.L. Player of the Week Award -- He went 11-for-29 (.379) with 3 home runs & 10 RBI for the Corktown Tamales.
A.L. Honorable Mention: Micatin's Joey Votto (10-23, .435 BA, HR & 5 RBI) & John Lackey (CG, 0 ER/1 R, 4 H & 2 BB's allowed + 7 K's); Lackey improved to 5-0. Chicago's Andrew McCutchen (.385 AVG, HR & 8 RBI) & Dee Gordon (12-for-30, .400 BA with 2 steals & 3 RBI), plus Brooklyn's Justin Verlander (9 IP, CG, 8 H, 2 ER & 7 K / 1 BB).
N.L. Player & Pitcher of the Week Awards (Week 4)
The Portland Microbrewers' Corey Dickerson easily won the players award this week for the National League, he was a force of nature to deal with, in which the Louisville Sluggers had no answer for. Dickerson went 10-20 (.500) in four games (taking 2 games off during the series) with 4 HR & 9 RBI, with 5 runs & a triple.
For the pitchers' award, it was a tough decision, although Max Scherzer (Seattle Rainiers) regained his old form this week by pitching 18 strong innings (allowing only 1 ER & 7 hits) with 13 K's & 5 walks -- the award was given to the San Diego Heroes' Danny Salazar, who improved to 5-0 with a 1.18 ERA, by defeating a tough Holland Hitchhikers team twice, leading the team to a 4-2 series victory; Salazar pitched 14.2 innings, allowing 2 ER (with 10 hits & 2 walks) while picking up 9 strikeouts. Scherzer improved to 2-2 with a 3.58 ERA, one of his outings was a no-decision -- while Salazar has been knocking on the door for the award in the weekly honorable mention section.
N.L. Honorable Mention: Kings' Clayton Kershaw (allowed 4 hits & 1 ER in a complete game performance with 11 strikeouts), Urbana's Micheal Fiers (7 strong innings, allowing only 1 ER, a walk & 8 hits -- racking up 13 K's) & Mitch Moreland (7-15, .467 BA, HR & 6 RBI), plus Louisville's Robinson Cano (11-for-29, .379 BA, HR & 4 RBI).
BoS Power Rankings (End of APRIL) / April 3rd - 27th
Portland is once again, the team to beat, but this time they proudly can say that being the defending BoS World Champions; This is the Boys of Summer APBA Baseball League's 4th season & Portland has reached each of the previous World Series, and they finally won their first title over Chicago last fall.
The league has had three different champions -- The South Shore Fighting Imps (now Micatin Destroyers, same owner), Fairgrove Tigers & the Portland Microbrewers.
Portland is currently in second place, with the San Diego Heroes in first place in the N.L. West -- the entire National League may be a dog fight this season, with the Central being as tight as always, while the West got tougher.
Two playoff teams in the Swatara Eliminators (A.L. East) and the Traverse City Panthers (N.L. East) have seen a serious drop-off from last post-season, while Micatin has been good early on, trying to return to its winning ways as in the early years.
The one huge surprise, which has been echoed among the league, is the sluggish start by the Chicago Nine (11-12, 6 games back of Fairgrove), who many had pegged & predicted the Nine to win it all this season.
It's a long season, and we still have 5 months to go.
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