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Islandian Pro Alliance
Friday, May 10, 2001
Ruthlandian Baseball Union
RBU South Division
Thompson Wins 4th Game
He was not at his best, but Belair Beach's crafty lefty Carl Thompson still had enough to whip the Marston Nine 7-3. Thompson (4-2) permitted nine hits, struck out nine and walked just two as he tossed his third complete game of the year. Shortstop Danny Church and left fielder Nicky Swift pace the Sunbirds attack. Church had a homer and three RBIs, while Swift doubled in a pair of runs. Cody Hill (2-2) surrendered all of the runs and all of the hits. He gave up seven hits in four innings, but only three of the runs were earned.
Marston and Belair Beach are both 11-10 in the closely-bunched RBU South and are tied for third place, a half-game out of first.
Nakashima Shines in 6-2 Win
Claxton's Tetsunori Nakashima became the IPA's biggest winner when he defeated Forest City 6-2 on an eight-hitter to stop their losing streak at three games. Nakashima fanned four and didn't issue a walk in his fifth victory this season. Last place Claxton has won only 8 games total. Third baseman Keith Olsen led the Diamonds at bat with 3-for-5 and 4 RBIs. He slammed double and a homer. Nakashima outpitched the Lumberjacks ace, Buddy Hutchinson (2-3), who was knocked around for nine hits and four runs in six innings. It was his worst outing this year.
Claxton is now 8-13 for the season and in the division cellar. Forest City (10-11) fell 1.5 games behind the RBU South leader, the Sugar Valley Rattlers. The Lumberjacks are in fifth place in the tight divisional race.
Division-leading Sugar Valley (11-9) and second place Waleska (12-10) had the day off today.
Last edited by Eugene Church; 02-23-2008 at 12:27 AM.
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