[Eugene Church]

Islandian Pro Alliance

Tuesday, May 1, 2001

Ruthlandian Baseball Union

RBU North Division

McFalls Spins 5-Hit Shutout, A's Beat Redhawks
Glasco's Arnie McFalls (2-1) spread out 8 hits in a 5-0 shutout over Far Mountain. He went the distance, struck out 4 and walked only one batter in a fine performance. LF Ox Beauvais and Barry McCord backed him with home runs. Beauvais slugged his 4th of the year, a solo shot in the fourth frame. McCord's was good for 3 runs in the eighth inning. Pat Brown (0-1) started for the Redhawks and allowed only one run and one hit through 7 innings with 5 Ks and 6 BBs. Brown sustained the loss.
The Athletics ran their mark to 8-3 on the year, good enough for a first place tie in the RBU North with the Valmara Vipers (8-3). Far Mountain's record dipped to 5-6. The Redhawks are in a third place tie with Colfax (5-6).

All-Stars Jolt Valmara Vipers
The Elnora All-Stars went on a 17-hit rampage and jolted the Valmara Vipers 12-6 at War Memorial Stadium. LF Quincy Peterson led the assault with 2 hits and 4 RBIs and CF Harry Wright went 3-for-6 and drove in 3 runs. Southpaw Sean Sykes (2-0) tired badly after 8 innnings and left with a 12-1 lead. He gave up one run and 6 hits, but walked 7 in and up-and-down performance. The Vipers best batters were 3B Matt Mazurek, who banged out 2 hits and had 3 RBIs and LF Louis Sharp, who was 3-5 with 2 runs scored. Todd Turner (1-2) was victimized for 5 runs and 8 hits and made an early exit in the fifth.
With the defeat the Vipers now share first place with the Glasco A's. Both teams are 8-3 on the year. Elnora is 4-7 and in fifth place.

Blasters Blast Vigilantes 10-2
The Colfax Blasters lived up to their name today at Mountain View Stadium -- they blasted Volusia 10-2 behind an impressive outing by Alex Castille (2-0). The smooth-throwing southpaw throttled the V's on 6-hits, fanned 7 and issued only 2 free passes. He got plenty of run support from C Howie Peterson with 3 RBIs, 1B Dennis Cole with a 2-run homer, his 4th of the season and 3B Russ Ferrell, who had a perfect 3-for-3 day with a pair of RBIs. Castille even chipped in 2 RBIs himself. Not a good day at all for Volusia. Loser Gil Armand (0-1) allowed most of the damage, yielding 7 runs and 6 hits in 5 innings.
Colfax improved to a 5-6 record and are deadlocked with the Far Mountain Redhawks (5-6) for the third spot in the RBU North divisional race. The Volusia Vigilantes have last place all to themselves with a 3-8 mark.