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Islandian Pro Alliance
Wednesday, June 6, 2001
Tyrobbian Union - West Division
Frogs Take 7th Straight, Beat Blue Sox 6-4
In Blue Lake at Harbor Stadium, the sizzling first place Fairfax Frogs swept all five games of the series with the Blue Sox, winning today 6-4. Fairfax has now won its last seven games. Portsider Jimmy Dalton (5-3 3.97) picked up the win by tossing eight innings. Dalton surrendered seven hits and four runs, while ringing up four strikeouts and walking nobody. Closer Takehide Takahashi relieved him in the ninth with no outs after he gave up a homer and a single. Takahaski got credit for his 5th save, yielding no runs, one hit and a walk. Sparking the Frogs were second baseman Greg Inman (.267) with 3-for-4 and two RBIs and first baseman Ernie Hutchinson (.309) with a two-run double. Center fielder Louis Ward (.370) had two hits and scored twice for Fairfax. The top batter for the Blue Sox was center fielder Donnie Frazier (.305), who hammered his 10th home run in the ninth. First baseman Fred Taranto (.324) laced two hits and scored twice. The losing pitcher was Donnie Bullock (3-6 5.68), who was battered around for six hits and five runs before he departed in the second frame.
Fairfax (34-14) is the top team in the TU West Division, while Blue Lake (20-28) holds the fifth spot in the standings and trails by 14 games. The Blue Sox have fallen in their last five games.
Lynx Lynch Vikings 6-2
At Downtown Plaza Stadium in Bayview, the La Claire Lynx took advantage of wildness on the part of Denny Copeland to tally four times in the third frame on the way to a 6-2 triumph over the Vikings. The highlight of the inning was a three-run homer by shortstop Dirk Lindahl (.266). First baseman Dominic Valmont (.227) also hit one into the stands off Copeland in the fifth to send him to the showers. Right fielder Manny Paulauskas (.228) was 3-for-4 with two runs scored for the victors and center fielder Lucky Collins (.268) socked a pair of hits, including a triple, and scored twice. The winning pitcher was Pat Daniels (5-2 3.86), who went the distance, checking Bayview on six hits, striking out seven and walking four. Copeland (0-1 3.38) got the loss. He was ripped for five runs on five hits and four walks in four-plus innings.
The victory pushed La Claire (25-24) into second place in the division, 9.5 games off the pace. Bayview's defeat (25-25) dumped them to third place, ten games behind leading Fairfax (34-14).
Buccaneers Rally, Beat Champs in 9th
In the bottom of the ninth, Charlie Moon beat the throw home and gave Bay St. Clair a 9-8 victory over Arlon at Shoreline Park. Second baseman Karl Detwiler's throw was not in time to get Moon on a grounder hit by Maury Smith. Reliever Rod Kelley (2-2 4.14) suffered the loss, allowing two hits and the winning run in his only inning. Closer Johnny Nikolsky (3-3 4.18) hurled two innings for the win and gave up one run and three hits, but his hitters saved it for him. It was not a good day for the pitching corps on either team. Both clubs swatted 14 hits apiece. The Buccaneers were led by third sacker Bobby Tracy (.333) with a perfect 3-for-3 day. Center fielder Nickie Friedrich (.310) had two hits and two RBIs, catcher Jake Singleton (.349) was 2-for-5 with two runs batted in, Moon (.270) and shortstop Chuck Hankins (.328) both scored twice and had two hits, and Smith (.355) scored three times. The top batters for Arlon were left fielder Matt Merrill (.304) with 3-for-4, three RBIs and two runs, center fielder Jerry Keller (.332) with two doubles and two RBIs, Detwiler (.305) with three hits and three runs scored, and third baseman Artie Berry (.252) with two RBIs.
It was a costly defeat for the Arlon Champions (24-25) as they dropped to fourth place, 10.5 games out of first and a half-game behind Bayview (25-25). Bay St. Clair (19-31) won its second straight game and is still in the TU West cellar, 16 games in back of first place Fairfax (34-14).
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