Islandian Pro Alliance
Thursday, May 17, 2001
Tycobbiian Baseball Union
West Division
Lynx Stops Frogs Win Streak
La Claire put a stop to Fairfax's three-game win streak with a 3-2 squeaker. Trailing 2-1, the Lynx rallied with runs in the eighth and ninth to win it. Left fielder Rich Hart (.275) hit a sacrifice fly off of losing pitcher Gerry Fisher for the game-winner. Fisher relieved starter Jimmy Dalton, who worked the first eight frames and departed with the score tied 2-2. Dalton allowed ten hits, fanned six and walked two. Closer Mosoto Kishata (1-0) gained his first win of the season with a runless ninth. Starter Pat Daniels gave manager Rip Calkin a good outing as he hurled seven innings and held the Frogs to two runs and five hits. Frank Lamoreaux worked a scoreless eighth for La Claire. Center fielder Lucky Collins (.291) led the Lynx with four hits, second baseman Darrell Boyce (.275) had a home run and right fielder Manny Paulauskas (.235) had an RBI-double. Third sacker Stan Cobb (.382) paced Fairfax with 3-for-4. He had a double, RBI and scored a run.
First place La Claire (17-11) had lost three in a row to the third place Frogs. Fairfax is now 15-12 for the year and falls 1.5 games off the pace.
Viks Carvajal Beats Arlon
Bayview took care of business and whipped the Arlon Champions 5-3 today and remained a half-game out of first place in the TBU West. Jesus Carvajal (3-1) struck out eight batters, walked nobody and pitched a 7-hitter. The Vikings tagged the loss on Sean Dudek (0-2), who surrendered four runs and six hits in seven innings. Bayview collected nine hits in the game and were sparked by shortstop Shorty Richards (.267) with a homer and second baseman Alan Hansen (.404), who went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Left fielder Glenn Burns (.295) and center fielder Phil Kanaan (.327) both drove in a run. Left fielder Matt Merrill (.297) topped Arlon with 3-for-4 and three RBIs, including his 6th roundtripper.
The Vikings improved to 17-12 on the year, while Arlon is now 13-15.
Bucs Bump Off Blue Sox
Bay St. Clair righthander Ben Crowley put on an impressive show for the fans at Harbor Stadium in Blue Lake as he downed their Blue Sox 3-2. Crowley (2-2) shackled the Blue Sox on five hits and only allowed one earned run. The Bucs jumped on Donnie Bullock for three runs in the first inning, highlighted by first baseman Maury Smith's (.343) RBI-single and third baseman Bubba Tate's (.318) two-run blast. After that Bullock settled down and shut them out. He gave up ten hits in seven innings, struck out four and walked just one.
Bay St. Clair (9-19) is in the TBU West basement and Blue Lake (13-15) is tied with Arlon (13-15) for the fourth spot.
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