WEEK 5 & WEEK 6 - BoS Player of the Week Awards

WEEK 5 - BoS Player of the Week Awards

A.L. WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

Chris Archer was impressive for the Buffalo Yankees in his only outing of the week, although he suffered a tough loss -- pitching 9.2 innings, allowing only 4 hits, one earned run & two walks, while logging 13 strikeouts.

A.J. Pollack won the hitting award for the week in the American League, representing the Micatin Destroyers by going 6-for-21 (.286) with a clutch grand slam -- finishing the week with 7 RBI.

Honorable Mention: Two-time Weekly winner Jake Arrieta pitched 8 strong innings in a no-decision (allowing 2 hits, no earned runs) with 9 K's & a walk; Others include Micatin's Jason Hammel  (8 IP, 4 H, 2 ER with 10 K & 3 walks), Buffalo's Alex Colome (8.1 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, with 7 K & BB in win), Chicago's Matt Harvey (9 IP, 7 H, 2 ER with 12 K's), Fairgrove's Andre Ethier (Batting .500 in 14 AB's, with 2 runs & RBI) & Corktown's Jarrod Dyson (5-for-12 /.417 BA with 2 doubles, RBI & three steals).


N.L. WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

Clayton Kershaw does what he does best & that is being his usual dominant self; Kershaw allowed only three hits & one walk in his shutout performance against the first-place San Diego Heroes. The King Road Kings usually can count on a full house when the Clayton takes the mound.

Yoenis Cespedes had an impressive week by going 11-for-20 (.550 BA) with 2 HR, 3 triples, 2 doubles, with 5 RBI & 5 runs scored. Cespedes has proven to be an excellent acquisition for the Urbana Locomotives.

Honorable Mention: The Louisville Sluggers' offense lit up the Traverse City Panthers' pitchers in Week 5... Gerardo Parra (6-for-17, .353 BA, 3 HR, 6 RBI & 5 runs), Robinson Cano (9-for-21, .429 BA, HR, 9 RBI & 3 runs), Cameron Maybin (7-for-16, .438 BA, RBI & 5 runs), Marcell Ozuna (7-for-13, .538 BA with 5 RBI) & Carlos Santana (7-for-20, .350 BA with HR & 5 RBI) led the way for Louisville.

Also... The Seattle Rainiers' Jose Altuve (.440 BA, HR, 4 RBI, 6 runs & 4 steals) and hot prospect Corey Seager (.320 on 8 hits, HR, 7 RBI & 2 doubles) this week -- plus the old vet Torii Hunter (8-for-21, .381 BA, 2 HR, 3 RBI & 4 runs) still showing he can get it done for the Kings.

WEEK 6 - BoS Player of the Week Awards

A.L. WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

Last week, he was among the honorable mention... this week, he was the American League's Pitcher of the Week Award winner -- Jason Hammel pitched a complete game victory, allowing only one earned run & walk, 7 hits, while striking out 11 Tigers.

On the offensive side of the coin, is the Fairgrove Tigers' Paul Goldschmidt, who was locked in, hitting .524 with 11 hits in 21 at-bats, while logging 2 long balls with 6 ribbies.

Honorable Mention: Corktown's Carlos Carrasco (A no-decision & loss -- combining for 13.2 innings, 3 ER & 5 walks allowed with 18 K's), Chicago's Chase Anderson (15 IP, 8 H, 2 ER with 10 K's & 4 walks allowed) & Dexter Fowler (5-for-14, .357 BA with 2 HR, 5 RBI & 5 runs), Micatin's Ben Zobrist (.286 BA with 3 of his 4 hits being homeruns with 6 RBI), and Brooklyn's Billy Burns (9-for-22, .409 BA, with 5 RBI, 5 runs & 3 doubles).

N.L. WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

Yoenis Cespedes has been red-hot and is putting together possibly one of the league's most impressive two-week stretches in league history.... all while winning the N.L. Player of the Week Award for the second straight week; Cespedes went 10-for-27 with 4 HR & 9 RBI, with 2 doubles & 2 triples.

The most impressive part of Cespedes' week is that hit a home run in 4 consecutive games to finish out the series, with the streak still in tact.

Cespedes' two week stretch: 21-for-41 (.512 AVG) with 6 HR, 5 triples, 4 doubles & 14 RBI -- all while scoring 13 runs!

For the pitchers in the N.L., the award goes out to a reliever -- Cespedes' Urbana teammate, Zach Britton, who logged 4 saves, on 5 scoreless innings of work, that included 8 K's, while only allowing two walks (no hits).

Honorable Mention: Urbana's Adrian Beltre (9-for-31, .290 BA with HR & 7 RBI) & ace David Price (8.2 IP, 3 H, no ER, with 14 K's & walk in no-decision), Kings' J.A. Happ (13.2 innings, 3 ER & 2 walks allowed with 13 K's & a victory in two outings), Louisville's Mark Canha (8-for-19, .421 BA, 2 HR & 3 RBI) & A.J. Burnett's two-hit shutout (9 K's) against San Diego --- Plus, Portland's Josh Tomlin splits his outings with a win & loss, going 14 innings, allowing only 4 earned runs & 2 walks, while logging 16 K's against Holland; Dallas Keuchel of Portland, logs two-hit shutout with 8 K's, improving to 3-1 with a 2.25 ERA.