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The Midway Wolves (86-69) have been just a lackluster club since winning the TU East five years ago... manager Cochise Chandler got startling improvement on the mound this year, going from a 3.84 team ERA to a great 2.90 ERA... the Wolves were sixth the last two seasons and rose up to second this year... they would have won the pennant except for a slump in the final two months... the season especially went sour in September... longtime ace Bobby Dorignac (18-12/2.49) and Cary Snead (17-12/2.77) prospered this year with help from vet Benny McConnell (12-11/2.60), Taima Nodin (10-11/2.90) and Ko Yuma (13-14/2.98)... All-Star Yuma had a great first half with a 10-4 record and a 1.88 ERA, but tailed off in the second half... Midway's offense was only so-so, led by veteran 3B Rusty Graves (.278) with 11 HRs and 74 RBIs and rookie RF Shaman Sakima (.268) with 12 HRs and 53 RBIs... the Wolves were not a good fielding team with a .969 FA.
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