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Islandian Pro Alliance
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Tycobbian Union - West Division
Orgeron Homers Twice, Blue Sox Beat Frogs 7-2
Blue Lake shortstop Cy Orgeron (.278) homered twice and Happy McManus held Fairfax to just one run in eight innings to beat the Frogs 7-2 and climb to within two games of first place in the TU West with just two games to play. Orgeron smashed his 11th and 12th home runs and drove in four runs to pace the Blue Sox to victory. McManus (5-2 2.45) fanned seven, walked three and allowed nine hits, but got the win. McManus left with the score 6-1 in his favor. Clint McPherson (5-5 4.35) gave up a pinchhit homer to Tuck Hawkins in the top of the ninth, but still managed to get out with no more damage. Losing pitcher Jackie Leslie (16-12 3.92) was trying to clinch the division title, but struggled even though he pitched the complete game. Blue Lake tagged him for seven runs on eight hits, but only three of them were earned. Fairfax committed four errors behind him.
Fairfax's (79-69) magic number is still at one. A Frog win or a Blue Sox loss will give Fairfax the division flag. Blue Lake (77-71) trails them by 2 games. The Blue Sox can get into the playoffs via a wild card with just one more victory or a Bayview (75-73) loss.
Viks Coleman Homers for 7-4 Win Over Lynx
Bayview's slugging first baseman Dwayne Coleman hit a lot of homers this season, but none sweeter than today in the bottom of the ninth. Coleman (.286) hammered his 45th of the year to beat La Claire 7-4 and keep the Vikings in the hunt for the last remaining wild card in the Tycobbian Union. Coleman snapped a 4-4 tie with a three-run homer. It also gave him the home run lead in the IPA. Monoto Kishata (7-11 3.62) was the victim of the game-winner. He gave up four runs in one-third of an inning. Jesus Carvajal (10-9 4.56) got credit for the win with a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out two. Center fielder Phil Kanaan (.298) had two hits and two RBIs for the winners, while second baseman Alan Hansen (.368) and Dean Howell (.280) had two hits each and scored twice. Lynx third baseman Luis Marquez (.289) topped them with two hits and two RBIs, including his 20th roundtripper this season. Left fielder Rich Hart (.269) chipped in three hits and scored twice. La Claire outhit the Vikings 11 to 10.
Bayview (75-73) has to win its last two games and Blue Lake (77-71) lose its final two games for them to tie the Blue Sox for the final wild card. Blue Lake is in second place in the Tycobbian Union West, 2 games behind Fairfax (79-69), while the Vikings are third and 4 games back.
No Wild Card for Champs, Bucs Shoot Them Down 3-1
The Bay St. Clair Buccaneers shot down any playoff chance for the Arlon Champions today with a 3-1 victory. The Bucs won on first baseman George Lyons' (.262) game-winning tenth-inning double off Jeff Nieman. Second baseman Tony Mann (.317) added an insurance RBI single. Nieman (10-8 1.51) took the loss. He allowed three hits and two runs in his one and two-thirds innings. Bay St. Clair closer Chris Van Arden (7-4 3.05) did his job by getting the last six outs in order. Mann topped the Buccaneer batters with 2-for-4 and two RBIs. Both ballclubs got good starts from Norm Gross (16-10 3.34) and Craig Smith (16-13 3.56). They battled to a 1-1 tie for eight innings and had the same stats with Gross going for the Bucs and giving up five hits and no earned runs and Smith doing the same for the Champs.
Arlon (74-74) is in fourth place in the TU West, 5 games off the pace. The Champions were eliminated from playoff consideration with today's defeat. Bay St. Clair (67-81) is in the cellar and 12 games behind.
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