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Eugene Church · 01-24-2008, 12:01 AM

Islandian Pro Alliance

Tuesday, May 1, 2001

Ruthlandian Baseball Union

RBU South Division

Diamonds Get a Gem from Castellani
Lefthander Pat Castellani of Claxton hurled a 5-0 shutout over first place Sugar Valley, stopping them on 7 hits. He fanned 4 and walked 3 in a strong outing. Castellani (2-1) even helped his cause with a 2-run triple in the second inning. CF Juan Barajas also had a home run for the Diamonds. The losing pitcher was Tony Michelet (1-1), who allowed 4 runs and 5 hits in 5 innings.
The Rattlers (7-4) are the top club in the RBU South, while Claxton (4-7) is in the sixth and last spot in the division.

FC Beats Marston 5-2 Behind Stuart
Lumberjack righthander Gene Stuart (1-0) won his first start of the year 5-2 over the Marston Nine. He yielded 10 hits, but walked no one. He was tough when men were on base and he struck out 7. Forest City piled up 11 hits in the game and were paced by RF Benny Davis' third roundtripper of the season and C Gerry Tucker who whacked his first. Marston's Casey Ledbetter (2-1) took the loss, permitting 4 runs and 7 hits in just 3 innings.
It was the Lumberjacks fifth successive win and the Nine's fifth loss in a row.
Forest City improved to 6-5 this season. Marston is now all even at 6-6. The Lumberjacks are in second place in the RBU South Division, one game off the pace of first place Sugar Valley. The Nine are tied with the Waleska Westerers (6-6) for the third spot.

Westerners Win 1-0 Over Sunbirds
It was a magnificent pitchers duel at Westerner Field between Rusty Kraft and Troy Wilson. Kraft (1-1) came close to shutting out the Belair Beach Sunbirds on a 2-hitter, but fell one out short. In the top of the ninth Waleska held a 1-0 lead. However, after he retired the first two batters, Kraft walked the next two. At that point McGraw Johnson yanked Kraft and summoned Andrei Marsiske from the bullpen to face a tough lefthanded hitter, Nicky Swift. Marsiske got the Sunbird clean-up hitter swinging on a 3-2 pitch to nail down the win. The only run of the game occurred in the last of the fifth, when SS Errol Eichhorn smacked a two-bagger to lead off the inning, moved to third on a ground out and came in when pitcher Kraft grounded out to short.
Kraft and Wilson were both superb. Kraft got the victory and allowed only 2 hits, both of them doubles. He fanned 5 and walked 3. Wilson (1-1) was just about as good as he surrendered just 4 hits, struck out 3 and walked nobody.
There were only 6 total hits in the game. This set a new IPA mark for the fewest hits in a game by one team (2) and the fewest hits in a game by two teams (6). The old mark was 9 by Volusia (4) and Elnora (5) on April 26. The old mark of fewest hits allowed by a pitcher belonged to Ray Hunt of Arlon, who restricted Bayview to just 3 hits on April 24 and Danny Griffin of Hartsdale, who held Cape Coral to just 3 hits on April 25. The record now belong to Kraft and Marsiske.
The Westerners evened their record to 6-6, good enough for a third place tie with Marston in the RBU South race, while Belair Beach dropped to 5-6 and are in fifth place.

01-24-2008, 12:01 AM	#50
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,695 Blog Entries: 1	Islandian Pro Alliance Tuesday, May 1, 2001 Ruthlandian Baseball Union RBU South Division Diamonds Get a Gem from Castellani Lefthander Pat Castellani of Claxton hurled a 5-0 shutout over first place Sugar Valley, stopping them on 7 hits. He fanned 4 and walked 3 in a strong outing. Castellani (2-1) even helped his cause with a 2-run triple in the second inning. CF Juan Barajas also had a home run for the Diamonds. The losing pitcher was Tony Michelet (1-1), who allowed 4 runs and 5 hits in 5 innings. The Rattlers (7-4) are the top club in the RBU South, while Claxton (4-7) is in the sixth and last spot in the division. FC Beats Marston 5-2 Behind Stuart Lumberjack righthander Gene Stuart (1-0) won his first start of the year 5-2 over the Marston Nine. He yielded 10 hits, but walked no one. He was tough when men were on base and he struck out 7. Forest City piled up 11 hits in the game and were paced by RF Benny Davis' third roundtripper of the season and C Gerry Tucker who whacked his first. Marston's Casey Ledbetter (2-1) took the loss, permitting 4 runs and 7 hits in just 3 innings. It was the Lumberjacks fifth successive win and the Nine's fifth loss in a row. Forest City improved to 6-5 this season. Marston is now all even at 6-6. The Lumberjacks are in second place in the RBU South Division, one game off the pace of first place Sugar Valley. The Nine are tied with the Waleska Westerers (6-6) for the third spot. Westerners Win 1-0 Over Sunbirds It was a magnificent pitchers duel at Westerner Field between Rusty Kraft and Troy Wilson. Kraft (1-1) came close to shutting out the Belair Beach Sunbirds on a 2-hitter, but fell one out short. In the top of the ninth Waleska held a 1-0 lead. However, after he retired the first two batters, Kraft walked the next two. At that point McGraw Johnson yanked Kraft and summoned Andrei Marsiske from the bullpen to face a tough lefthanded hitter, Nicky Swift. Marsiske got the Sunbird clean-up hitter swinging on a 3-2 pitch to nail down the win. The only run of the game occurred in the last of the fifth, when SS Errol Eichhorn smacked a two-bagger to lead off the inning, moved to third on a ground out and came in when pitcher Kraft grounded out to short. Kraft and Wilson were both superb. Kraft got the victory and allowed only 2 hits, both of them doubles. He fanned 5 and walked 3. Wilson (1-1) was just about as good as he surrendered just 4 hits, struck out 3 and walked nobody. There were only 6 total hits in the game. This set a new IPA mark for the fewest hits in a game by one team (2) and the fewest hits in a game by two teams (6). The old mark was 9 by Volusia (4) and Elnora (5) on April 26. The old mark of fewest hits allowed by a pitcher belonged to Ray Hunt of Arlon, who restricted Bayview to just 3 hits on April 24 and Danny Griffin of Hartsdale, who held Cape Coral to just 3 hits on April 25. The record now belong to Kraft and Marsiske. The Westerners evened their record to 6-6, good enough for a third place tie with Marston in the RBU South race, while Belair Beach dropped to 5-6 and are in fifth place. Last edited by Eugene Church; 02-25-2008 at 12:36 AM.