Islandian Pro Alliance
Monday, June 11, 2001
Ruthlandian Union - North Division
A's Edge Redhawks 3-2
Glasco's skipper McDuffie Hughes promoted Duncan McFalls to a starting role and it paid off -- he stopped first place Far Mountain 3-2 on seven hits in his first start of the season. McFalls (2-0 3.14) struck out six and walked only two in a complete game. He outpitched Vic Vaux (5-3 3.30), who lost it. Vaux left trailing 3-2 in the eighth after allowing nine hits. The Athletics scored one in the first and two in the third, while Far Mountain tallied runs in the second and fifth. First baseman Francisco Robles (.269) went 3-for-4 and and left fielder Ox Beauvais (.345) 2-for-4 to pace Glasco, while shortstop Joey Cannizzaro (.319) had two hits for the Redhawks. Cannizzaro was injured while sliding into third and was removed from the game.
Far Mountain (33-21) is in first place in the RU North Division and 5.5 games in front of third place Glasco (26-25).
Ferrell's Grand Slam Tops Vipers 6-2
One swing of the bat gave Colfax a 6-2 victory at home over the Valmara Vipers. Third baseman Russ Ferrell (.287) unleased a grand slam in the last of the eighth off Gerry Bart (3-5 5.48) to make a winner of Robbie Smith (2-3 3.23). Smith allowed no earned runs and seven hits in going the distance. Bart yielded six runs and eight hits in defeat. Second baseman Tucker Hill (.349) led the Blasters with a 4-for-4 day.
Colfax (29-24) edged closer to the division's top team, the Far Mountain Redhawks (33-21), and now are 3.5 games off the pace. Valmara (27-26) fell back to fourth place with the loss, 5.5 games behind, one percentage point out of third.
V's Trounce All-Stars 11-1 Behind Kivett
It has been an amazing start in the Islandian Pro Alliance for Kit Kivett of the Volusia Vigilantes. The 34-year-old righthander was signed two weeks ago to shore up a weak pitching staff and has done wonders for manager Alfonso Feliz. Kivett has proceeded to win all five starts and completed all five of them. His latest victim was the Elnora All-Stars. Kivett (5-0 1.23) trounced them 11-1 and allowed just six hits with five Ks and no walks. The V's supported him with 15 hits and were led by shortstop Scooter Perez (.357), who had a career day, going 5-for-5 with two homers and six RBIs. First baseman Alejandro Salazar (.298) also homered, drove in three runs and went 3-for-5. Taking the loss was reliever Kenny Harvey (0-1 8.36), who was ripped for four runs in the six-run second. Zoggy White, the Elnora skipper, had to use his closer Wally Tidwell as his starter. White's staff is totally depleted from yesterday's doubleheader. Tidwell worked two scoreless innings, but had to leave with back spasms. It went downhill from there.
Volusia (25-29) is in the fifth spot in the RU North and eight games out of first. It was Elnora's (20-35) sixth straight defeat. The All-Stars are 13.5 games behind first place Far Mountain.
Last edited by Eugene Church; 06-01-2008 at 10:19 AM.
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