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Sugar Valley Rattlers Romp To RU East Title
The Sugar Valley Rattlers withstood all comers and came away with the Ruthlandian East title, winning it by six games over the Elnora All-Stars... Rounding out the top four teams were third place Eastshore and fourth place Cold Creek... The Elegants were 9 games back and the Catamonts ended the regular season 13 games out. In the opening round of the IPA playoffs, it will be the Rattlers opposing Cold Creek and Elnora battling Eastshore.
The Sugar Valley Rattlers played solid and consistent ball throughout the entire season... Skipper Gibson Bobkins' ball club was pushed until mid-season, but they slowly pulled away from the other clubs in the second half of the campaign... The Rattlers were in first at the All-Star break, but five teams were within 4 games of one another.
Best Hitting Team - Sugar Valley .279
Most Homers - Eastshore 166
Best Pitching Team - Elnora 3.48 ERA
Best Defense - Elnora .982 FA
Sugar Valley Rattlers - Gibson Bobkins, Manager
Top Pitchers - Gregg Neal (17-11 2.71), Jay Washington (12-12 3.02), Ron Benson (15-12 3.82), Dale Bixler (11-8 3.84)
Top Hitters - LF Bruno DiPirro (.349/3 HR/80 RBI/104 R/44 SB), SS Flipper Bird (.330/26 HR/94 RBI/113 R/45 SB), 2B Jorge Vargas (.297/23 HR/99 RBI/85 R/11 SB), 1B Ron Armstrong (.288/30 HR/105 R/76 R), CF Freddie Vaux (.283/7 HR/48 RBI/102 R/55 SB)
Elnora All-Stars - Zoggy White, Manager
Top Pitchers - Charlie Murphy (16-7 3.17), Carl Costas (13-10 3.72), Harry Dye (13-12 3.41), Taylor Gibbs (11-10 3.45), Matty Williamson (3-4 1.76) with 15 saves
Top Hitters - 2B Gil Foster (.333/20 HR/76 RBI/98 R), LF Quincy Peterson (.304/21 HR/90 RBI/106 R/28 SB), C Todd Simons (.290/10 HR/67 RBI;70 R), CF Rusty Gilbert (.288/13 HR/69 RBI/94 R/27 SB)
Eastshore Elegants - Killer Brewster, Manager
Top Pitchers - Thomas Williams (16-10 3.04), Stony Blackwell (12-12 3.97)
Top Hitters - LF Darrel Alston (.301/25 HR/94 RBI/107 R), 2B Miles Sheehan (.284/20 HR/64 RBI/89 R), 1B Vito Iacoboni (.272/25 HR/112 RBI/84 R), RF Ron Dizon (.272/36 HR/114 RBI/115 R)
Cold Creek Catamounts - T. Kelly Holmes, Manager
Top Pitchers - Dave Molinari (16-10 3.25), Mitch Saffo (15-11 3.27), Lew MacAlester (8-7 2.80) with 26 saves
Top Hitters - 1B Johnny Carducci (.285/35 HR/105 RBI/90 R), CF Trip Holmes (.283/26 HR/85 RBI/108 R/16 SB), LF Joe Reed (.298/16 HR/68 RBI/92 R), RF Karl Yashin (.284/23 HR/80 RBI/63 R)
Marston Nine - Johnny Walters, Manager
Top Pitchers - Nick Pace (15-16 3.03), Casey Ledbetter (15-18 3.55), Walt Sellers (11-6 3.52)
Top Hitters - RF Sam Dixon (.311/13 HR/51 RBI), SS Don Nichols (.284/15 HR/65 RBI/80 R)
Wynnamac Sundowners - Matt Donnelly, Manager
Top Pitchers - Angus Conroy (16-9 3.04), Caleb Browne (15-14 3.61), Ullo Illka (10-18 3.39), Rich Walters (12-10 3.82)
Top Hitters - 2B Fred Younger (.339/5 HR/82 RBI/107 R), RF Tee Boy Joubert (.289/10 HR/76 RBI)
Beechwood Bobcats - Bret George, Manager
Top Pitchers - Lance Moore (9-4 3.67), Will Cadbury (9-17 4.11), Joe Hahn (11-21 4.21)
Top Hitters - RF Clifton Czako (.316/12 HR/80 RBI/102 R/29 SB), CF Lonnie Snider (.294/7 HR/43 RBI/96 R/53 SB), LF L. J. Aldridge (.262/26 HR/99 RBI/92 R)
Belle Plaine Musketeers - Boo Ladreau, Manager
Top Pitchers - Lou Dozier (12-19 3.71)
Top Hitters - LF Juan Mendez (.339/1 HR/61 RBI/62 R)
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