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Yesterday in the IPA
THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Wednesday, October 25, 2034
Eastshore's Lagrange RU MVP
What a special season for Scotty Lagrange of the Eastshore Elegants! First, he spurred the Elegants to the Ruthlandian East crown, then he was chosen the league's top hitter and now Lagrange has been bestowed the RU Most Valuable Player Award, edging out Cold Creek's ace J. J. Gillespie and Crystal Lake's standout rookie Paul Dillon. It's the first time in his career Lagrange has captured the award.
Lagrange, 27, put up a strong set of stats with a .332 batting average, 34 doubles, 5 triples, 41 homers, 127 RBIs and 111 runs, while playing in 147 games. The Elegants' center fielder paced the RU in homers and RBIs.
Gillespie, last year's RU Most Valuable Player, finished second in The Islandian Times poll this time around. He had another outstanding year for the Catamounts with a 26-13 record and a great 2.06 ERA. Gillespie tied David Michael of North Hills for the most IPA wins and sparked Cold Creek to the runner-up spot to Eastshore in the RU East.
Dillon, only 19, led Crystal Lake to the RU South division title with a .342 mark, scoring 102 runs, batting in 64 and stealing 31 bases in 131 games. Dillon was third in the MVP voting and also hailed as the RU Rookie of the Year.
Yesterday in the IPA
THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Saturday, October 21, 2034
RU Gold Bat To Eastshore's Lagrange
The 2034 Ruthlandian Golden Bat has been awarded to Scotty Lagrange of the Eastshore Elegants, who put up career numbers this season and led his club to the most victories in the IPA with 98 and the RU East crown. Lagrange outpolled Allen Dundee of Wynnamac and Russell Watkins of LaGrange in THE ISLANDIAN TIMES voting.
Lagrange is a 3-time All-Star and 2-time Gold Glover. This is his first Golden Bat Award. The 27-year-old center fielder topped the RU with 41 homers and 127 RBIs, while finishing fifth in the batting race with a .332 average. In 147 games Lagrange notched 191 hits and scored 111 runs. He was one of the prime reasons Eastshore was a powerhouse this season. Career-wise Lagrange is a .305 hitter with 184 home runs and 599 RBIs.
The Wynnamac Sundowners wound up in the fourth spot in the RU East, aided by the fine play of 7-year vet Allen Dundee, who batted .329 with 41 doubles, 7 triples and 20 home runs. Dundee was in 145 games and drove in 106 runs and scored 92. Dundee came in second in the Golden Bat balloting.
Coming in third in the poll was LaGrange's center fielder Russell Watkins, who posted a .312 batting mark in 139 games with 40 homers, 104 RBIs and 87 runs scored as he paced the Sports to a fourth-place finish in the RU North.
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