September 1, 2016
Code:
Team W L Pct GB Stk
Elliott Springs 35 26 .574 - W2
Silver Beach 34 28 .548 1.5 L1
Deepvale 33 29 .532 2.5 L1
Marsein 32 29 .525 3.0 L3
Gentry Hills 30 31 .492 5.0 L1
Tifton 29 33 .468 6.5 W4
Lorris 28 33 .459 7.0 W1
Allison 25 37 .403 10.5 W1
League News
Summer in the Outposts can get a little brutal. The weather gets angry and kicks the northern coast around, and boils the southern half with humidity. It also picks up the standings and shakes them until they're silly.
Not a single team ended the month in the position where they started. And while it looks like the Elliott Springs Tornadoes might be in the driver's seat (their magic number is 8 with 8 or 9 games remaining on the schedule), consider that as recently as a week ago, there was a 3-way tie at the top with one team just a half game out. The Tornadoes are getting terrific work from a crowd of youngsters:
* Second baseman
Mike Richardson, 24, hit .374 in August and leads the team with a .318 average.
* Left fielder
Tim Bohm, 20, the Tornadoes' 1st round pick in this year's draft, rewarded his team's confidence by hitting .308/.357/.513 in August after struggling through July (.194/.265/.323).
*
Jamie Wilder, 21, who didn't get inserted into the rotation until mid-May, has suddenly become the odds-on favorite for Top Pitcher honors, going 6-0, 0.97 in August and is 13-2, 2.07 overall on the season, and his 167 strikeouts are 3rd in the league.
And above it all is offensive leader
Riyad Gomes, having the best season of his otherwise enigmatic career. Gomes leads the top-scoring offense in the Bay League with a .952 OPS. His numbers will always be compared to fellow first baseman Ace Gervin's, but right now he has a much better chance to do something the best hitter in the Bay League hasn't: win a championship.
You may remember that last season's title chase went down to the last day. Expect something similar in 2015.
League Leaders
Code:
Batting Average Stolen Bases
M. DeGray (MAR) .374 T. Smith (LOR) 14
H. Gervin (DPV) .368 E. Ashman (GEN) 11
E. Daniels (TIF) .349 M. Smiley (LOR) 10
P. Cullen (TIF) 10
OPS ERA
H. Gervin (DPV) 1.177 J. Wilder (ESP) 2.07
M. DeGray (MAR) 1.093 B. Edwards (ALL) 2.45
R. Gomes (ESP) .952 W. Brooker (GEN) 2.73
Home Runs Wins
H. Gervin (DPV) 21 B. Earl (GEN) 13
R. Harrington (GEN) 16 J. Wilder (ESP) 13
T. Smith (LOR) 14 D. Odle (SIL) 12
RBI Strikeouts
H. Gervin (DPV) 56 D. Odle (SIL) 201
E. Daniels (TIF) 44 B. Earl (GEN) 199
R. Harrington (GEN) 43 J. Wilder (ESP) 167
Runs Scored
M. DeGray (MAR) 45
H. Gervin (DPV) 44
M. Richardson (ESP) 39
T. Smith (LOR) 39