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Islandian Pro Alliance
Monday, June 25, 2001
Tycobbian Union - East Division
Ito Too Tough for Hellcats
Toshiharu Ito has two shutouts this year and almost got another. The Ginza righthander won his 6th straight game with a 6-1 triumph over Hartsdale at Ninja Stadium. Ito (6-1 1.72) fired a three-hitter with six Ks and two walks. The first place Ninjas scored all of their runs in the third inning off losing pitcher Stan Vanderberg (0-2 7.94), belting him for eight hits. Ginza totaled a dozen hits for the game with six different players driving in a run. Ito (.217) had two hits and a run batted in.
The Ninjas (38-30) are guided by Horoko Uchiyama and are the top team so far in the Tyrobbian Union East Division. Hartsdale (31-37) is in next-to-last place, 7 games behind Ginza.
CC Comes Back and Beats Z's 7-4
Second place Cape Coral overcame shoddy defense and five errors to pull out a comeback victory 7-4 over the Luxora Zorros. The Hurricanes were trailing 4-2 going into the sixth, but rebounded with five runs, sparked by left fielder Claude Kershaw's (.250) bases-loaded triple. First baseman Rodger Wooten (.292) added two hits and two RBIs for the winners. Gary Fountain (6-2 4.22) got credit for the win, working seven innings, giving up seven hits, four runs, only two earned and striking out six. Scotty Lohmeyer (2-3 2.51) tossed two scoreless frames for his 5th save. Francisco Fernandes (5-7 3.92) was the victim of the sixth-inning uprising and was tagged with the loss. The Z's catcher Edmundo Neves (.222) had the only home run in the game, a solo shot in the sixth.
The Hurricanes (37-31) kept pace with first place Ginza (38-30) and are only one game in back of the Ninjas. Luxora (30-36) is last in the division, 7 games off the pace.
Starr's Homer Tops Stallions 4-3
Second baseman Duane Starr (.304) of Ozarka hit a bases-empty homer in the eighth inning to top South Fork 4-3. The homer-happy Naturals hit four solo roundtrippers to sink the Stallions. Both clubs had 9 hits in the game, but Ozarka had the longballs. First baseman Floyd Snow (.237) hit his 13th in the second inning, left fielder Ronnie Patterson (.257) got his 12th in the third inning and shortstop Rickey Simmons (.243) swatted number 3 in the fourth. The best South Fork could do was a two-run shot by left fielder Matt Stewart (.245), who hit his 6th of the season. Shortstop Bobby Riley (.263) doubled in the other Stallion score in the sixth to tie the game at 3-all. The Nats got fine relief work from three relievers, who blanked South Fork over the last four frames with victory going to Sid Hyder (1-0 0.00) and the save going to Alex DiMaggio (7-2 1.59). Hyder has yet to give up a run in seven innings over four relief appearances since being added to the roster in early June. It was DiMaggio's 4th save. Glenn Turnbull (3-3 3.15) allowed Starr's game-winning home run and got the setback.
All of the top three clubs in the TU East were winners today. Third place Ozarka (35-33) is three games out of first, while South Fork (32-36) fell six games back in fourth.
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