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Islandian Pro Alliance
Saturday, July 7, 2001
Tycobbian Union - East Division
Hellcats Rollin', Win 4 Straight
What has gotten into the Hartsdale Hellcats? They have now won four in a row, three of them over the first place Ginza Ninjas. Again today they relied on strong pitching from three pitchers to edge the Ninjas 2-1 at Pioneer Park. Mitch Yassen, Jackie Bond and Gene Young held them to just five hits and one run with the victory going to middle reliever Bond. Yassen (0-0 1.59) got his first start and made it until the sixth, giving up one run and four hits with six strikeouts and two walks. Bond (3-2 4.34) got him out of trouble and went until the eighth, allowing only one hit and no runs. Gene Young (5-4 3.10) shut down Ginza without a hit over the final two frames and saved his 8th game. Left fielder Jay Luna (.272) led the attack with 2-4 with an RBI double in the fifth to break the scoreless tie. The Ninjas tied it up at 1-all in the sixth on right fielder Charlie Campbell's (.293) RBI single. Hartsdale won in the bottom half of the inning on third baseman Whiz Weaver's (.287) solo 12th homer. Ginza starter Toshiharu Ito (8-2 1.81) tossed another fine game, holding the Hellcats to two runs on seven hits, but didn't get any run support and took the loss. Hartsdale recently added pitchers Mitch Yassen and Tal Vaitkus (2-0 1.45) to the hill corps and the club has been on fire ever since, beating the Ninjas for the third consecutive game and doing it with fine pitching. The Hellcats have won 3-2, 5-1 and now 2-1 and have swept the series so far.
Ginza (44-36) is still ahead in the Tycobbian Union East and top last place Hartsdale (37-43) by only 7 games. The division is still wide open, there's no telling who will win the pennant. All six clubs are still in the running and hanging close.
Stallions Gallop Past 'Canes 7-4
The South Fork Stallions survived four homers and galloped by Cape Coral 7-4 with late-inning scores. Glenn Holliday broke a 4-4 deadlock with his 16th roundtripper, a two-run blast in the seventh. Pitcher Ken Conner (.400) tacked on an insurance run with an RBI single in the eighth. Conner was 3-4 in the game. The Stallions had 11 hits in all and were led by left fielder Mac Stewart (.255) with two hits, two runs and two RBIs, including his 8th home run, and right fielder Paul Giles (.272), who doubled in two runs in the opening inning. The Hurricanes got solo homers from third baseman Spook Estes (.341), first baseman Rodger Wooten (.290) and right fielder Danny Mullins (.310), with Estes going deep twice. Wooten has hit 18 home runs this year. Conner (6-2 2.61) was tagged for nine hits and the four homers, but survived. He had six Ks and walked two. Starter Gary Fountain (6-3 4.56) suffered the defeat, yielding six runs and nine hits in seven innings.
Second place Cape Coral (41-39) missed a chance to chop a game off Ginza's (44-36) lead, while South Fork (41-39) moved up into a tie with them. The Hurricanes and the Stallions are trailing by 3 games.
Zorros Destroy Ozarka 12-1
Everything went right for Luxora today and everything went wrong for Ozarka in the Z's 12-1 rout. The Zorros zapped 13 hits, including three home runs, and got a solid outing from Tito Tovares (1-0 0.57) in his first starting assignment since being signed ten days ago. Tovares spread out eight hits, fanned eight and walked two in going the route. Sparking the Z's were left fielder Claudio Ordonez (.215) with two homers and four RBIs, third baseman Roberto Vina (.293) with two hits, a homer and two runs batted in, first sacker Paul Hallenbeck (.329) with 2-4, two RBIs and a run, and catcher Eric Richter (.344) with 3-4 and three runs scored. Starter Sid Hyder (2-1 3.54) was gone quickly and lost it. He gave up five runs and exited in the third inning.
Luxora (38-40) went a game up on Ozarka (38-42). The Zorros are in the fourth slot in the TU East Division standings, while the Naturals have fallen to fifth. The Z's are only 5 games back in the race,
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