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reds1 · 03-23-2026, 12:15 AM

January 14, 1959

Mid-Month Snapshot

Here is a snapshot of the Leagues at the All-Star break as well as a couple of highlights that caught my attention over the past two weeks:

January 10 – The Wellington Athletics arrived in Embro for a 4-game series against the Suns and came up short in Games 1 and 2, by the scores of 3-2 and 5-3 respectively. But they got back into the win column the next day, thanks to a masterful pitching performance from 31-year old RHP Mhelter Pilapil (10-8, 3.81 ERA). The 10-year veteran pitched a 1-hitter to lead the Athletics to a 5-0 victory. Pilapil’s line on the afternoon was 9.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 106 PI, GS: 87. The lone hit came in the bottom of 7th with one out, when Embro’s RF Bill Spaeth laid down an infield single, using his speed to beat out the throw to first. The big inning for Wellington was the top of the 7th, when the Athletics plated four runs thanks to 6 singles and a walk, all off RHP Bob Nord.

January 11 – The next day, just before the All-Star break, another 1-hitter was thrown. This one by the Sherburn Tigers’ RHP Kieran Bunce (8-5, 3.70 ERA), who beat the Hespeler Stars, 9-0. The game started ominously for the 33-year old Bunce however, as his very first pitch hit Hespeler’s LF Gaberiela Keikikalani. But Bunce quickly settled down after that, not allowing a batter to reach base until the top of the 7th, when 2B Alistair Benney drove a two-out double down the left field line. Bunce’s final line was 9.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 84 PI, GS: 89. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the 5th, when Sherburn scored 5 runs, thanks to a two-run double by 2B Vic Lewis and two-run home run from CF Leon Albrecht off RHP Battista Carotta. LF Carlos Cuevas added another 2-run home run in the bottom of the 6th after a short rain delay off Hespeler’s RHP Bonie Bandong.

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Here is the updated Top Farm Systems Ranking:

03-23-2026, 12:15 AM	#863
reds1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 3,984	January 14, 1959 Mid-Month Snapshot Here is a snapshot of the Leagues at the All-Star break as well as a couple of highlights that caught my attention over the past two weeks: January 10 – The Wellington Athletics arrived in Embro for a 4-game series against the Suns and came up short in Games 1 and 2, by the scores of 3-2 and 5-3 respectively. But they got back into the win column the next day, thanks to a masterful pitching performance from 31-year old RHP Mhelter Pilapil (10-8, 3.81 ERA). The 10-year veteran pitched a 1-hitter to lead the Athletics to a 5-0 victory. Pilapil’s line on the afternoon was 9.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 106 PI, GS: 87. The lone hit came in the bottom of 7th with one out, when Embro’s RF Bill Spaeth laid down an infield single, using his speed to beat out the throw to first. The big inning for Wellington was the top of the 7th, when the Athletics plated four runs thanks to 6 singles and a walk, all off RHP Bob Nord. January 11 – The next day, just before the All-Star break, another 1-hitter was thrown. This one by the Sherburn Tigers’ RHP Kieran Bunce (8-5, 3.70 ERA), who beat the Hespeler Stars, 9-0. The game started ominously for the 33-year old Bunce however, as his very first pitch hit Hespeler’s LF Gaberiela Keikikalani. But Bunce quickly settled down after that, not allowing a batter to reach base until the top of the 7th, when 2B Alistair Benney drove a two-out double down the left field line. Bunce’s final line was 9.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 84 PI, GS: 89. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the 5th, when Sherburn scored 5 runs, thanks to a two-run double by 2B Vic Lewis and two-run home run from CF Leon Albrecht off RHP Battista Carotta. LF Carlos Cuevas added another 2-run home run in the bottom of the 6th after a short rain delay off Hespeler’s RHP Bonie Bandong. ----------- ----------- ----------- Here is the updated Top Farm Systems Ranking: __________________ United Leagues of Braeland Last edited by reds1; 03-23-2026 at 09:25 AM.