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Islandian Pro Alliance
Thursday, June 21, 2001
Tycobbian Union - East Division
Ito Twirls Shutout, Ginza Wins 3-0 Over SF
The Ninjas have won their last five contests. Ginza's chubby little righthander Toshiharu Ito twirled his second shutout of the season, blanking South Fork 3-0 on five hits. Ito (5-1 1.82) continued to his hot streak since being promoted from the bullpen several weeks ago. He held the Stallions to five singles, fanned three and issued four walks in his fifth start. The Ninjas supported him with 10 hits with shortstop Shinjiro Aoki (.304) and left fielder Ronnie Graf (.292) each delivering three hits. First baseman Kenshin Yamamoto (.295) pitched in with his 11th home run. Losing pitcher Booger Burchfield (3-6 3.35) went seven innings and surrendered all three runs. He has pitched well enough to win his last four starts, but only has two losses to show for them. South Fork has only scored five runs in those four games. The Stallions have dropped three games in a row.
Ginza (36-28) leads the pack in the TU East, while South Fork (30-34) is six games behind them in fifth place.
Z's Snap Losing Streak, Tame 'Canes 3-1
Playing at home at De la Vega Stadium, Luxora got a well-pitched game and tamed second place Cape Coral 3-1. Lefthander Johnny Montel (6-7 3.27) gave up only one run in seven innings, walked one and whiffed six for the win. Eddie Hoffman sat down the Hurricanes in order in the last two frames to capture his 1st save. Both clubs collected 7 hits apiece. First baseman Paul Hallenbeck (.335) tripled in the first score in the second, right fielder Pedro Vizquel (.296) homered in the fourth and pinchhitter Claudio Ordonez (.230) singled in the last one in the seventh. Cape Coral second sacker Howie Winters (.269) had two hits and plated the first run of the game in the top of the second. Katsuyuki Nagashima (4-6 2.73) lost another well-pitched ballgame, allowing seven hits in going the distance, chalking up six Ks and walking two.
The Cape Coral Hurricanes (33-30) fell to 2.5 games in back of first place Ginza (36-28). Luxora (29-32) is fourth and trails by 5.5 games.
Nats End 4-Game Losing Streak, Punish 'Cats 9-5
Ozarka finally put an end to its four-game losing streak by pounding out a 9-5 road victory over Hartsdale at Pioneer Park and dished out the Hellcats first loss in three games. First baseman Floyd Snow (.236) led the 12-hit attack with four RBIs, including his 12th homer and a double with third baseman Doug Cunningham (.253) adding three hits, two runs and an RBI. Four other Nats had two hits apiece. On the hill Tony Didriksen (6-6 3.93) did his job in workman fashion, allowing five runs and seven hits with no walks and five strikeouts. A four-run sixth by Ozarka made it 7-4 and gave him some breathing room. Two more in the ninth kicked it up to 9-4 and pretty much clinched it for him. Glenn Mann (6-9 3.39) lost it for the Hellcats as he was clipped for seven runs in five-plus innings. Hartsdale third baseman Whiz Weaver (.298) boomed his 10th homer and catcher Kevin Haynie (.370) hit his first of the campaign.
Ozarka (32-31) is holding the third spot in the TU East with Hartsdale (29-34) in last place. The Naturals are 3.5 games behind and the Hellcats trail by 6.5 games.
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