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Eugene Church · 11-28-2011, 11:41 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, September 19, 2028

2028 Ruthlandian East Final Recap

Marston Cops RU East Flag
The Marston Nine made a magnificent recovery in the second half to capture the RU East for the first time since 2015... Marston rallied from fourth place and 8 games down at mid-season to surge in front of Wynnamac, Belle Plaine and Elnora... the Sundowners and Musketeers tied for second place and were beaten by 4 games, while the All-Stars were vanquished by 13 games... last year's division champion Beechwood Bobcats had a miserable season and sunk all the way down to seventh place.

Manager Danny Church's Marston Nine (91-63) hit very well with a .276 BA (6th), scored well with 760 runs (7th) and had some power with 157 homers (15th-tied)... they pitched well, too, with a 3.72 ERA (6th), especially in the bullpen where they compiled a 2.95 ERA (2nd)... Marston had a potent attack with 1B Shelby Lansbury (.300/19/96/104), 2B Lonnie Trekell (.289/36/109/91), CF Russ Woodward (.277/23/86/95), SS Doyle McCandlish (.310/0/40/87) and C Ron Marlowe (.257/23/92/69)... 3B George Varsh (.303/8/47/62) and LF Carlton Curtis (.310/17/68/64) wielded reliable bats, too... on the hill two 20-game winners Denny Carravaggio (20-13/3.550 and Ronald Schmitt (20-15/4.08) led the way with help from Jack Tunstall (10-7 2.95) and Doug Hansack (13-13/4.13)... Bobby Daniel (5-3/2.82) paced the bullpen with 17 saves... middle reliever Ryan Ledbetter sparkled with a perfect 12-0 mark with a 3.06 ERA.

The second place Wynnamac Sundowners (87-67) had a fine ball club with a .273 BA (8th), 772 runs (6th) and 180 homers (5th)... on the hill Matt Donnelly's team posted a 3.72 ERA (6th)... four .300 hitters sparked the batting order, headed up by LF Lil Hoss Burkhalter (.318/37/112/92), RF Nick Baldini (.326/13/68/79), C Lee Leslie (.311/13/66/91) and 2B Garlin Delk (.315/16/71/67)... the power guys were 3B Dorak Aranda (.269/33/100/95) and 1B Giles Butler (.275/27/86/85)... Wynnamac's top arms were Killara Bardo (20-13/3.72), Lon Marshall (17-16/3.01) and Jason Meeks (17-16/3.27).

The Belle Plaine Musketeers (87-67), skippered by Dave Torregrossa, tied Wynnamac for the runner-up spot, both 4 games off the pace... the Muskies thrived at the plate with a .279 BA (4th), scored 810 runs (4th) and ripped 183 longballs (4th)... 6 players had 20 or more roundtrippers... 5 of them hit .300... two of them made the All-Star team: LF Owen Newman (.337/42/110/103) and 1B Kent Harmon (.311/28/92/101)... C Derek Roman (.302/25/81/102), RF Leon Bourque (.303/22/95/95), 3B Tyler Verret (.301/21/75/81) and 2B Tony Polochak (.263/21/73/63) also were productive bats for the Muskies... Lamont Cramer (20-12/3.78) was Torregrossa's top hurler... Earl Lacroix (18-9 4.31) also racked up a lot of wins, helped out by the fine offense... 35-year-old closer Fabian Moreau (5-6/2.88) chalked up 12 saves and finished the season with 301 career saves.

The Elnora All-Stars (78-76) sneaked into fourth place, the first time in 5 years they managed to make the first division... manager Leon Carter's club could pepper the scoreboard... the All-Stars batted .272 (9th), scored 753 runs (9th) and cracked 171 out of the park (7th-tied)... Elnora's shortcoming was on the mound with a lousy 4.31 team ERA (24th)... CF Travis Glass (.329/36/100/101), RF Pettis Pentleton (.365/13/57/107) and 3B Jeff Matthews (.290/17/72/84) powered the attack... 1B Mel Long (.259/25/87/68) and LF Jock Jumonville (.241/23/85/89) also lent support with home-run output... Freddy Pfeffer (19-11/3.71) was Carter's only dependable starter.

Winding up in a fifth-place deadlock were the Sugar Valley Rattlers (72-82) and the Eastshore Elegants, both trailing by 19 games... about the only thing the Rattlers did well was go deep... they hammered 174 home runs (6th)... also had a good offense with 727 scores (11th)... pitching-wise, not so good with a 4.20 team ERA (20th)... heading up the Sugar Valley bats was 1B Dean Woods, one of the best players in the IPA... despite missing 6 weeks of the season with an injury, Woods batted .315 with 34 homers, 105 RBIs and scored 69 times in just 103 games... other solid performers were RF Lindsay Deal (.285/21/96/78) and 3B Johnny Doyle, who hit only .212 for the year, but belted 25 home runs and drove in 93 runs... and LF Tyler White with 29 roundtrippers, 87 RBIs and 84 runs, but he hit only .224 for the season.

The Eastshore Elegants (72-82) were a bad-hitting club with a .237 BA (29th) and ranked 29th in offense with just 636 runs... Killer Brewster's boys were only average on the hill with a 4.01 team ERA... vets Melvin Keys (17-16/3.51) and Randy Boone (13-15/3.14) led the rotation... 22-year-old rookie left-hander Don Klingenberg (13-13/4.13) showed good at times... vet CF Larry Lowe (.281/12/58/87) was the team's top bat... RF Ivan Borkowski topped the team with 27 homers, but batted only .259 for average.

In 2026 and 2027 the Beechwood Bobcats (63-91) racked up 98 victories in each year and easily won the RU East division crowns and they were expected to do it again this year, but it didn't happen, they spiraled badly down to 7th place and 28 games back... Brett George saw his pitching staff crumble from a brilliant 2.57 two seasons ago and 2.96 last year up to a horrific 4.97 this year (32th)... the Bobcats didn't do much at the plate either with a .245 BA (25th)... however they did wallop 163 home runs (13th)... Ken Arby, last year's RU MVP and Golden Arm pitcher had to suffer through a 10-13 year with a 3.08 ERA... Arby missed 10 starts due to injury... Maury Patterson was down, too, with a 14-15 mark and a 3.77 ERA... Arby was 28-8 in 2027 and Patterson was 26-11... RF Jojo Davis and superstar CF Vic Valenti were the only threats in the lineup... Davis topped the IPA and RU with a .382 BA, while Valenti slammed 43 homers, hit .289, batted in 114 and scored 97 runs.

The Cold Creek Catamounts (59-95) had an awful year, finishing up last in the RU East for the second consecutive season and the sixth time since 2019... however, the 'Cats packed some power with 171 home runs (7th-tied), but hit only .248 (23rd) and was even worse with 661 runs (27th)... not a lot of pitching either with a 4.62 team ERA (28th)... starter Tommy Smith was the only respectable pitcher with a 16-17 record and a 3.62 ERA... 1B Steve Daniels paced the club with a .310 BA, 33 home runs, 85 RBIs and 91 runs... CF Carl Denton clouted 37 home runs and batted in 96 runs, but hit just .222 for average.

11-28-2011, 11:41 PM	#2860
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,988	*THE ISLANDIAN TIMES* Tuesday, September 19, 2028 2028 Ruthlandian East Final Recap Marston Cops RU East Flag The Marston Nine made a magnificent recovery in the second half to capture the RU East for the first time since 2015... Marston rallied from fourth place and 8 games down at mid-season to surge in front of Wynnamac, Belle Plaine and Elnora... the Sundowners and Musketeers tied for second place and were beaten by 4 games, while the All-Stars were vanquished by 13 games... last year's division champion Beechwood Bobcats had a miserable season and sunk all the way down to seventh place. Manager Danny Church's Marston Nine (91-63) hit very well with a .276 BA (6th), scored well with 760 runs (7th) and had some power with 157 homers (15th-tied)... they pitched well, too, with a 3.72 ERA (6th), especially in the bullpen where they compiled a 2.95 ERA (2nd)... Marston had a potent attack with 1B Shelby Lansbury (.300/19/96/104), 2B Lonnie Trekell (.289/36/109/91), CF Russ Woodward (.277/23/86/95), SS Doyle McCandlish (.310/0/40/87) and C Ron Marlowe (.257/23/92/69)... 3B George Varsh (.303/8/47/62) and LF Carlton Curtis (.310/17/68/64) wielded reliable bats, too... on the hill two 20-game winners Denny Carravaggio (20-13/3.550 and Ronald Schmitt (20-15/4.08) led the way with help from Jack Tunstall (10-7 2.95) and Doug Hansack (13-13/4.13)... Bobby Daniel (5-3/2.82) paced the bullpen with 17 saves... middle reliever Ryan Ledbetter sparkled with a perfect 12-0 mark with a 3.06 ERA. The second place Wynnamac Sundowners (87-67) had a fine ball club with a .273 BA (8th), 772 runs (6th) and 180 homers (5th)... on the hill Matt Donnelly's team posted a 3.72 ERA (6th)... four .300 hitters sparked the batting order, headed up by LF Lil Hoss Burkhalter (.318/37/112/92), RF Nick Baldini (.326/13/68/79), C Lee Leslie (.311/13/66/91) and 2B Garlin Delk (.315/16/71/67)... the power guys were 3B Dorak Aranda (.269/33/100/95) and 1B Giles Butler (.275/27/86/85)... Wynnamac's top arms were Killara Bardo (20-13/3.72), Lon Marshall (17-16/3.01) and Jason Meeks (17-16/3.27). The Belle Plaine Musketeers (87-67), skippered by Dave Torregrossa, tied Wynnamac for the runner-up spot, both 4 games off the pace... the Muskies thrived at the plate with a .279 BA (4th), scored 810 runs (4th) and ripped 183 longballs (4th)... 6 players had 20 or more roundtrippers... 5 of them hit .300... two of them made the All-Star team: LF Owen Newman (.337/42/110/103) and 1B Kent Harmon (.311/28/92/101)... C Derek Roman (.302/25/81/102), RF Leon Bourque (.303/22/95/95), 3B Tyler Verret (.301/21/75/81) and 2B Tony Polochak (.263/21/73/63) also were productive bats for the Muskies... Lamont Cramer (20-12/3.78) was Torregrossa's top hurler... Earl Lacroix (18-9 4.31) also racked up a lot of wins, helped out by the fine offense... 35-year-old closer Fabian Moreau (5-6/2.88) chalked up 12 saves and finished the season with 301 career saves. The Elnora All-Stars (78-76) sneaked into fourth place, the first time in 5 years they managed to make the first division... manager Leon Carter's club could pepper the scoreboard... the All-Stars batted .272 (9th), scored 753 runs (9th) and cracked 171 out of the park (7th-tied)... Elnora's shortcoming was on the mound with a lousy 4.31 team ERA (24th)... CF Travis Glass (.329/36/100/101), RF Pettis Pentleton (.365/13/57/107) and 3B Jeff Matthews (.290/17/72/84) powered the attack... 1B Mel Long (.259/25/87/68) and LF Jock Jumonville (.241/23/85/89) also lent support with home-run output... Freddy Pfeffer (19-11/3.71) was Carter's only dependable starter. Winding up in a fifth-place deadlock were the Sugar Valley Rattlers (72-82) and the Eastshore Elegants, both trailing by 19 games... about the only thing the Rattlers did well was go deep... they hammered 174 home runs (6th)... also had a good offense with 727 scores (11th)... pitching-wise, not so good with a 4.20 team ERA (20th)... heading up the Sugar Valley bats was 1B Dean Woods, one of the best players in the IPA... despite missing 6 weeks of the season with an injury, Woods batted .315 with 34 homers, 105 RBIs and scored 69 times in just 103 games... other solid performers were RF Lindsay Deal (.285/21/96/78) and 3B Johnny Doyle, who hit only .212 for the year, but belted 25 home runs and drove in 93 runs... and LF Tyler White with 29 roundtrippers, 87 RBIs and 84 runs, but he hit only .224 for the season. The Eastshore Elegants (72-82) were a bad-hitting club with a .237 BA (29th) and ranked 29th in offense with just 636 runs... Killer Brewster's boys were only average on the hill with a 4.01 team ERA... vets Melvin Keys (17-16/3.51) and Randy Boone (13-15/3.14) led the rotation... 22-year-old rookie left-hander Don Klingenberg (13-13/4.13) showed good at times... vet CF Larry Lowe (.281/12/58/87) was the team's top bat... RF Ivan Borkowski topped the team with 27 homers, but batted only .259 for average. In 2026 and 2027 the Beechwood Bobcats (63-91) racked up 98 victories in each year and easily won the RU East division crowns and they were expected to do it again this year, but it didn't happen, they spiraled badly down to 7th place and 28 games back... Brett George saw his pitching staff crumble from a brilliant 2.57 two seasons ago and 2.96 last year up to a horrific 4.97 this year (32th)... the Bobcats didn't do much at the plate either with a .245 BA (25th)... however they did wallop 163 home runs (13th)... Ken Arby, last year's RU MVP and Golden Arm pitcher had to suffer through a 10-13 year with a 3.08 ERA... Arby missed 10 starts due to injury... Maury Patterson was down, too, with a 14-15 mark and a 3.77 ERA... Arby was 28-8 in 2027 and Patterson was 26-11... RF Jojo Davis and superstar CF Vic Valenti were the only threats in the lineup... Davis topped the IPA and RU with a .382 BA, while Valenti slammed 43 homers, hit .289, batted in 114 and scored 97 runs. The Cold Creek Catamounts (59-95) had an awful year, finishing up last in the RU East for the second consecutive season and the sixth time since 2019... however, the 'Cats packed some power with 171 home runs (7th-tied), but hit only .248 (23rd) and was even worse with 661 runs (27th)... not a lot of pitching either with a 4.62 team ERA (28th)... starter Tommy Smith was the only respectable pitcher with a 16-17 record and a 3.62 ERA... 1B Steve Daniels paced the club with a .310 BA, 33 home runs, 85 RBIs and 91 runs... CF Carl Denton clouted 37 home runs and batted in 96 runs, but hit just .222 for average.