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Old 02-20-2026, 01:18 PM   #101
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Week 13: July 23-August 3, 2023

Round 25:
..BK Kepmem 1-4 Sitache - 3-8, 6-7, 4-2, 7-8, 5-6
...National 2-3 Meka - 9-6, 7-5, 2-3(10), 7-8(10), 0-4
.....Semyof 2-3 Cheshek - 1-6, 6-7(10), 4-2, 2-1, 4-5
...Pasataki 4-1 Sh.Eagles - 7-8(10), 10-3, 7-4, 7-6, 8-7(12)
.....Kupore 1-4 Otahel City - 7-8, 4-7, 3-11, 3-2(10), 3-5
.....Keleri 2-3 Westline - 1-10, 2-6, 12-11(10), 3-0, 1-12
Mighty Oaks 3-2 Fampalo - 0-2, 4-1(10), 4-5, 5-2, 13-4
..Amnanache 2-3 Lutrul - 1-6, 7-4, 2-3, 2-4, 5-4
.......Muni 0-5 Tsapna - 1-3, 4-11, 1-3, 0-2, 3-6
...Akashemo 3-2 A.Spirits - 9-6, 5-4, 1-7, 6-2, 1-2


National 9, Meka 6: Well this is sad. The season's arguably biggest breakout star, National SP Kiro Ponarf, is out for the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury. The former lower-league closer had never made a start before this year, but was 12-1 with a 2.24 ERA in his first spin around the rotation.

Sitache 6, BK Kepmem 5: A 3-homer game for Sitache catcher Chise Koslu, a 17-year-old rookie. Koslu has been a nice positive development for Sitache, despite being forced all around the diamond due to injuries and a lack of position player depth of any kind (he should really just be a catcher).

Round 26:
...Westline 2-3 Fampalo - 7-2, 6-3, 6-7(10), 5-6, 2-3
.....Kupore 1-4 BK Kepmem - 3-5, 6-8, 5-7, 4-5, 4-3
.....Keleri 2-3 National - 6-3, 0-7, 1-0, 0-1, 3-7
....Cheshek 3-2 Meka - 5-2, 9-6, 2-3, 5-6, 6-3
.....Lutrul 3-2 Otahel City - 7-3, 4-7, 9-6(11), 3-8, 7-1
..Amnanache 1-4 Muni - 1-3, 3-1, 2-3, 3-10, 2-3
Mighty Oaks 5-0 Akashemo - 6-0, 4-2, 3-0, 7-3, 5-3
....Sitache 4-1 Sh.Eagles - 5-3, 6-3, 2-4, 18-7, 6-3
.....Tsapna 1-5 A.Spirits - 1-3*, 8-2, 5-8, 2-8, 2-4, 2-3
.....Semyof 2-3 Pasataki - 3-5, 8-4, 3-12, 4-6, 10-3


*The first game in the Tsapna/Spirits series was a continuation of their rained-out series finale from April 11, and was thus played with Tsapna getting the last at bat. The Spirits had led 3-0 after 4 innings of the rainout, and that lead held up.

Aroketsil Spirits 8, Tsapna 2: Spirits 1B Peku Karwo is the first player to hit 50 homers this season. With 60 games remaining, a chase for the single-season record (81 by Setsu Tsuefo of the Ransu Shockers in 1996) is unlikely, but not impossible. Karwo added another dinger the next day and ends the week on 51.

Shunna Municipal 10, Amnanache 3: Muni LF Tae Hefie will be out until around mid-September with an ankle sprain. It seemed to happen while sliding, going first-to-third on a single during Muni's 3-run third inning.

Sitache 18, Shunna Eagles 7: On a night where everything was clicking for the Sitache offense (23 hits, 12 for extra bases), shortstop Komake Tanipa drew the headlines by hitting for the cycle, the second player to do so this year. Tanipa was 4-5 overall, and added another RBI on a bases-loaded walk. Sitache led 13-0 midway through the third inning, so most of the suspense was in seeing if Tanipa would get the home run that he needed to complete the set.

July awards:

Batter of the Month: Shunna Eagles C Lakiru Shufaho - .459, 6 HR, 27 RBI, 20 R. Shufaho, who is a full-time EL catcher for the first time after being the backup at Keleri last year, is now ranked as the league's #1 backstop.

Pitcher of the Month: Westline SP Chapeo Mematsa - 5-0, 30 K, 32 IP, 1.41 ERA in 5 starts. Being traded at the deadline from Sitache to Westline has altered the trajectory of Mematsa's career.

Rookie of the Month: Westline LF Chatiri Shosotsoke - .327, 33 H, 5 HR, 14 RBI, 22 R. He's hitting leadoff for one of the best teams in the country, but still has another couple of gears that he could reach in his development.

Standings..........W..L
-- ....National.. 87 43
-- ....P.Galaxy.. 84 46
+1 .Mighty Oaks.. 83 47
-1 ....Westline.. 82 48
-- ......Kepmem.. 75 55
-- ......Keleri.. 72 58
-- ......Tsapna.. 67 63
-- .....Cheshek.. 67 63
-- ...Amnanache.. 63 67
+2 ......Lutrul.. 61 69
-1 ......Kupore.. 60 70
-1 ........Muni.. 60 70
-- ........Meka.. 59 71
-- ......Semyof.. 58 72
-- ...Sh.Eagles.. 56 74
+1 .....Fampalo.. 55 75
-1 Akashemo Utd.. 54 76
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-- .Otahel City.. 53 77
-- .....Sitache.. 53 77
-- ...A.Spirits.. 51 79


Not much movement up and down this week, but the key areas of the standings tightened a bit. National's lead shrinks from 5 games to 3, and the relegation race has gotten extremely blurry with the bottom 3 all going positive for the week. Even teams like Muni and Meka don't feel totally safe.

In week 14, the biggest series is almost certainly Pasataki Galaxy traveling to play at Mighty Oaks in Aroketsil for round 27. There are a ton of rivalry series in round 28, though:
  • Two Ransu derbies, both among the closest geographically within the city - Semyof and Westline are not far from each other, and though it's not a classic rivalry, neither are Tsapna and Lutrul.
  • Meka vs. Akashemo United are also each other's geographically closest teams, though as far as I can tell they've never played before this year.
  • The Shunna matchup of Muni vs. Eagles is always a good one too,
  • but the most critical might be the relegation scrap between the two northeasternmost teams, Sitache and Fampalo.

Round 27:
Aroketsil Spirits vs. Keleri
Pasataki Galaxy vs. Mighty Oaks
Akashemo United vs. Kupore
Shunna Municipal vs. Sitache
Otahel City vs. Cheshek
Meka vs. Westline
BK Kepmem vs. Semyof
Fampalo vs. Lutrul
National vs. Amnanache
Shunna Eagles vs. Tsapna

Round 28:
Cheshek vs. Aroketsil Spirits
Keleri vs. Kupore
Westline vs. Semyof
Lutrul vs. Tsapna
Amnanache vs. Mighty Oaks
Meka vs. Akashemo United
Otahel City vs. Pasataki Galaxy
Shunna Municipal vs. Shunna Eagles
Fampalo vs. Sitache
National vs. BK Kepmem
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