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The runner-up Southport Sun Sox (85-69) played a lackluster first half and fell too far behind San Alejo at mid-year, finally finishing up 7 games back... however they finished with a flourish and were playing very well in the latter part of the season, going toe-to-toe with the champion Montaneros... longtime skipper Charley Oscar kept the Sun Sox in the first division for the eighth straight year... Southport has made the playoffs only 3 times, but two of them were in recent seasons, 2027 and 2028... Oscar's top hurlers are starters Wiley Wheeler (19-12), Don Pascioni (20-12) and Bob Bondy (13-9), along with closer Ronnie Galus (3-4/17 saves)... Wheeler made the All-Star squad for the first time in his 11-year career... superstar and future IPA HOF-er and All-Star RF Lorne Evans topped the club with a .324 BA, 26 HRs, 100 runs and 74 RBIs... C Davy Reichert batted .277 with 19 home runs, 98 runs and 54 RBIs.
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