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Islandian Pro Alliance
Wednesday, June 6, 2001
Ruthlandian Union - North Division
FM's Lamoreaux Vanquishes V's 6-2
At Silver River Stadium in Volusia, Far Mountain's tall and skinny righthander Stan Lamoreaux took down the Vigilantes 6-2 on eight hits. Lamoreaux (3-1 1.88) won his third in four decisions and numbered six strikeouts and four walks. The only runs he gave up came on center fielder Alex Luna's (.259) two-run homer in the sixth. The Redhawks had 12 hits and were led by third baseman Johnny Strickland's (.264) two hits and two RBIs, left fielder Gerald Davis (.266) with two hits, two runs and an RBI and Royce Benson (.320) with three hits, including a triple, one run and one run batted in. Raul Sandoval (5-5 2.50) was pinned with the loss. The V's crafty southpaw was belted for four runs and seven hits in three innings. Sandoval blanked Far Mountain 1-0 in the first game of the series.
Far Mountain (29-20) is in first place in the RU North Division, while Volusia (21-28) is fifth, eight games behind the Redhawks.
Colfax Rips Elnora 8-2
In Colfax, the second place Blasters teed off on last place Elnora pitching for 14 hits and an easy 8-2 triumph to stay within a half-game of first place Far Mountain. First sacker Dennis Cole (.301) smacked two doubles among his four hits and had two RBIs to pace the Blasters. Cole is second in the Ruthlandian Union with 44 RBIs, tied with Nicky Swift of Belair Beach. Big Hoss Burkhalter of Waleska is on top with 45. Second baseman Tucker Hill (.341) had a triple in his three hits and scored three times. Shortstop Wayne O'Reilly (.215) and catcher Howie Peterson (.220) drove in a pair of runs each. Harry Manning (7-4 3.36) chalked up his seventh win of the campaign and allowed seven hits and two runs in seven innings, While Tyrone Gray (2-4 3.54) was dealt the defeat. Gray was ripped for thirteen hits and seven runs in six-plus innings.
Colfax (28-20) is in the runner-up spot in the divison and is only one-half game out of first. Elnora (20-30) is in last place.
Vipers O'Reilly's 13th Inning HR Beats Glasco 4-3
Manager J. Jackson Samuel got strong pitching and clutch hitting as his Valmara Vipers took a 13-inning clash with Glasco 4-3 on third baseman Rickey O'Reilly's walk-off homer. Todd Turner tossed the first nine and permitted three runs and five hits and was followed by the Vipers outstanding closer Danny Blauser (4-1 1.79), who allowed only one hit and fanned six in four innings for the victory. In his only inning, the A's Jeremiah McDonald (1-2 3.45) retired the first two batters and then served up O'Reilly's roundtripper and sustained the loss. O'Reilly (.280) and center fielder Jan Szymanski (.257) each had three hits in the game for the winners. Szymanski drove in two runs to give him 41 on the season.
The Glasco Athletics (24-22) are third in the RU North standings, 3.5 games in back of Far Mountain (29-20) and Valmara (23-25) is 5.5 games behind in the fourth spot.
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