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Islandian Pro Alliance
Friday, July 27, 2001
Tycobbian Union - West Division
Frogs Leslie Beats Bucs 6-2 for 13th Win
First place Fairfax got back on the winning track with a 6-2 triumph over Bay St. Clair at the Frog Pond. The 6'7" tall and lanky lefthander Jackie Leslie (13-8 3.66) was on target, holding the hot-hitting Buccaneer batters to just five hits, while fanning eight and walking four. It was his 13th win this year. The Frogs racked up 10 hits with six doubles and a homer. They were paced by third baseman Stan Cobb (.321) with two doubles and two RBIs, center fielder Billy Echevarria (.283) scored twice, batted in two and had two hits, shortstop Warren Lee (.324) had two hits, including his 7th roundtripper, and second baseman Cecil Parmenter (.361) was 2-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI. For the Bucs, first baseman George Lyons (.266) had three hits and his 20th home run. Young 17-year-old Hal Meissner (2-2 3.24) showed his age a little bit. He was rapped for four runs and five hits in five innings for the loss.
Fairfax (57-43) is now 11.5 games ahead of last place Bay St. Clair (46-55).
7-Run Inning Halts Vikings Streak at Three
After seven innings it seemed like Bayview would win a fourth consecutive game. Manager Walter Johanssen's crew had a 5-2 lead at the time, but then the roof caved in on them -- Arlon scored at will in the last of the eighth, chalking up 7 runs in the inning for a 9-5 comeback victory, spearheaded by RBI doubles by catcher Smoke Zakharov (.239), second baseman Karl Detwiler (.308) and left fielder Matt Merrill (.317). The Champs smacked 13 hits off three Viking hurlers, most of them off losing pitcher Jerry Harrison (11-7 3.41), who dropped his third decision in a row. Harrison gave up six runs and nine hits in seven and two-thirds innings. Skipper Gary Louis got excellent relief work. A four-run first make it look like a long day for his club, but relievers Burnell Bradford, Rod Kelley and Ray Hunt held Bayview to one run over the remaining eight innings. Bradford worked four innings, the fourth through the seventh and gave up only one run, Kelley (6-2 3.69) got credit for the victory with a runless top of the eighth and Hunt sat the Vikings down in the ninth.
Bayview (53-49) is now 5 games behind first place Fairfax (57-43) in the Tycobbian Union West Division. The Champions are fourth in the race, 8 games out.
Blue Sox Rally for 12-7 Win Over Lynx
The Blue Lake Blue Sox were on the road, playing at Capitol Park Stadium in La Claire and trailing 7-2 after seven innings. Not a good scenario. But then they rallied for ten runs over the final two frames for a 12-7 victory. A huge 8-run eighth told the whole story. Both clubs had three roundtrippers each in the hitfest with the Blue Sox cranking out 13 hits to 11 for the Lynx. Second baseman Ken Bennett (.271) with a three-run homer and shortstop Cy Orgeron (.272) with a two-run blast led the rally. Left fielder Greg Boone (.295) also had a bases-empty home run. Right fielder Doyle Osborne (.318) had three hits and two RBIs for the winners and first baseman Fred Taranto (.298) batted in two runs. The big guns for La Claire were third baseman Luis Marquez (.286), left fielder Rich Hart (.250) and first baseman Francisco Robles (.284). They all went downtown with Marquez and Hart each driving in three scores, and Robles one in the loss. Clint McPherson (4-5 4.41) won the game with a perfect seventh and Russ Courtney (5-3 2.39) closed it out for his 12th save by blanking the Lynx in the last two frames. Nick Baumgartner (3-7 3.67) took the loss and didn't evem get an out in the eighth, yielding three runs - but only one earned.
The triumph was a good one for Blue Lake (50-50), it enabled them to keep undisputed possession of third place. The Blue Sox are 7 games out of first and a game ahead of fourth place Arlon (49-51). Fifth palce La Claire (47-54) sank to 10.5 games back with the disappointing defeat.
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