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Ruwisc · 04-14-2026, 11:00 AM

Week 15: August 16-27, 2024

Shunna Municipal (70-72) @ Mithazni BC (56-85), August 19
Muni: CF Likoka, 1B Lymon, 3B Lilo, 2B Meste, RF Kukoteache, C Kifusitu, LF Chamloha, SS Icheo, P Kohopa
Mithazni: SS Merefife, 1B Poyeake, CF Tsoara, 2B Feputso, RF Tashupasho, LF Mofoto, 3B Kelepe, C Leretuto, P Faloyilapa
531 000 000 ..9 10 1
200 004 33x .12 17 0
W: Ireapi Sanli (7-3) L: Wiyua Shotsytu (5-5) S: Ketsu Sasewiraka (27)

What a strange game. I was drawn to it because of the alert that Mithazni's Ofame Tsoara had three home runs in the game, but it was truly weird for reasons beyond that. I don't think Mithazni was intending to run a bullpen game here, but Suwet Faloyilapa is more of a reliever than a starter - he only went 3 innings in his previous outing, and he was put into the bullpen after this game.

As you can see, the Muni offense jumped on Faloyilapa early. After a leadoff hit, the next three batters were walked to force in a run, and Rina Kifusitu followed with a 1-out grand slam to push the early lead to 5-0. Faloyilapa faced three more batters, but only retired pitcher Emi Kohopa before being lifted after just 2/3 of an inning and 34 pitches. The Mithazni faithful did get some measure of solace when Tsoara and Oma Feputso went back-to-back with two out in the first inning, cutting the lead to 5-2.

The second inning was where the strangeness really ratcheted up. Reliever Imoki Kipitsu, who had finished the 1st inning, allowed his only three batters of the 2nd inning to reach, including a home run for Poem Meste that made it 8-2. Nakaf Kataya came on to pitch, recorded one out, and left injured; Ratsa Fine came on to pitch, recorded one out, and left injured; and finally Ufe Anse finished the frame. Mithazni was already on their fifth pitcher of the game, with just 6 outs recorded. Anse stabilized somewhat, pitching the 3rd and 4th innings before giving way to Une Shalamo, who... also had to leave the game injured in the 6th inning. In fact, Mithazni would lose a fourth pitcher to injury in the 8th inning in the form of former starter Kiri Yasei. Given expanded rosters (Lokasi teams play with 30-man rosters) and the desire to play matchup roulette when the game was closer later on, Mithazni would use a total of twelve pitchers in the game. And remember, this is a game that they end up winning!

The comeback started in the bottom of the 6th inning, with Muni leading 9-2. Kohopa had been cruising, not allowing more than one baserunner in any of the 2nd-5th innings, but ran into Ofame Tsoara again - he hit a no-doubter to left-center that easily cleared a number of obstacles. Feputso singled, but was erased on a double play, so Kohopa looked to get out of the inning with minimal damage, but those were the last outs he would record. Faraho Mofoto tripled and was driven in by Rilokena Kelepe, and that was the end of the night. Two more hits and an error would allow another pair of runs to score and it was suddenly a game, 9-6 after 6.

Tsoara came up again with one out in the 7th inning and yet again got the rally started, doubling off the wall in deep center field. The following batters went single, sac fly, RBI single, RBI double, and suddenly the game was tied! And when Tsoara came up for the final time in the bottom of the 8th, he made sure the comeback would be remembered. With runners on the corners and one out, his third home run of the night was by far the shortest, a wall-scraper to left, but it counted for the most, bringing home the three winning runs. The Muni offense, by this point ice-cold, went in order in the 9th.

Round 29

....Cheshek 1-4 BK Kepmem - 5-7, 8-1, 3-5, 10-11, 3-17
.......Muni 1-4 Mithazni - 5-0, 2-3, 9-12, 7-8, 3-4
...Pasataki 3-2 Nokir - 3-4, 5-6, 11-9(10), 9-1, 9-8
...Akashemo 2-3 Keleri - 3-6, 4-8, 1-5, 3-1, 7-5
.....Lutrul 2-3 Semyof - 8-10, 3-4, 6-8, 11-8, 4-2
..Amnanache 1-4 Meka - 3-4, 8-4(10), 7-8, 5-6, 2-5
..Sh.Eagles 0-5 National - 2-4, 4-5(11), 2-3, 2-6, 7-9
.....Hokrof 2-3 Mighty Oaks - 2-6, 10-6(10), 4-5, 0-7, 9-1
...Westline 3-2 Tsapna - 3-2, 6-5, 7-13, 4-0, 0-7
.....Kupore 1-4 Sitache - 3-1, 0-2, 3-4, 3-4(10), 1-3

Westline 4, Tsapna 0: A very serious torn labrum for Tsapna SP Setsinak Perano, and unfortunately an injury that is likely to end his career. He had a series of minor injuries this season, including missing the whole month of May with back spasms, and had his season ended last June by injury as well.

Perano pitched a total of 12 years in Lokasi baseball, 11 of which came in the Elite League. His career was split between Akashemo United (2013-17), the Aroketsil Spirits (2018-20), and Tsapna (2021-24). After being an elite closer in the early part of his career, Perano transitioned into the rotation in his final year with Aroketsil. He finishes with a lifetime record of 83-71, also recording 198 saves and making just over $58 million.

Mighty Oaks 7, Hokrof 0: Oaks ace Notsimi Feshasu fires a shutout, the fourth of his career, while improving his league-leading win total with a 19-4 record (he would be shelled in his next start at Lutrul!). Feshasu has reasserted himself as the nation's best pitcher this year, in my opinion.

Round 30

......Nokir 2-3 Westline - 3-2, 2-5, 10-5(10), 3-4, 3-8
..BK Kepmem 2-3 Pasataki - 2-11, 6-2, 4-8, 4-3, 6-5(10)
.......Meka 3-2 Kupore - 5-1, 3-4, 1-2, 11-4, 6-1
.....Tsapna 4-1 Sh.Eagles - 4-1, 6-7, 2-0, 8-6(11), 6-3
Mighty Oaks 2-3 Lutrul - 3-4, 7-2, 8-3, 4-6, 1-8
....Sitache 0-5 Muni - 2-5, 2-3, 4-7, 1-7, 2-10
...Mithazni 3-2 Hokrof - 3-6(10), 5-4, 2-11, 11-1, 8-4
.....Keleri 2-3 Amnanache - 3-4, 3-1, 3-1, 6-7, 2-3
.....Semyof 3-2 Cheshek - 5-3(14), 10-8, 2-3(10), 4-1, 1-8
...National 5-0 Akashemo - 6-4, 4-3, 4-0, 6-1, 6-3

Mithazni 5, Hokrof 4: this is the 96th loss of the season for Hokrof, which makes them the first team officially eliminated from championship contention since it's impossible to win it with a sub-.500 record. Of course, Hokrof has much bigger problems. Including...

Mithazni 11, Hokrof 1: the season is over for Hokrof's Tatsasaka Luha, shut down due to shoulder inflammation. It is unclear whether he'll be ready for the start of the 2025 season, which seems likely to prevent him from opting out in the very likely event that Hokrof gets relegated.

Standings..........W..L
-- ....Westline.. 95 55
-- ....National.. 94 56
-- ....P.Galaxy.. 88 62
-- .Mighty Oaks.. 87 63
-- ......Keleri.. 84 66
+1 ......Kepmem.. 83 67
-1 ......Lutrul.. 82 68
-- ......Semyof.. 82 68
-- ........Meka.. 81 69
+2 ........Muni.. 75 75
-1 .......Nokir.. 74 76
+1 ......Tsapna.. 73 77
-2 ...Amnanache.. 73 77
-- ......Kupore.. 70 80
-- .....Cheshek.. 64 85
+2 ....Mithazni.. 62 87
-1 ...Sh.Eagles.. 62 88
-----------------------------
-1 Akashemo Utd.. 62 88
-- .....Sitache.. 56 94
-- ......Hokrof.. 52 98

What a fascinating week of results. Westline didn't do anything wrong, per se - they won both their series this week, but driven by a pair of series sweeps, the defending champions at National are going to have something to say about the title race after all. With 40 games to play, it would be a big achievement for anyone else to get back in the race, but it's still possible for Pasataki or Mighty Oaks to have something to say about it.

On the other end of the table, I had assumed that the three teams in the relegation spots were dead in the water, but like a salmon on its ladder Mithazni has peeked its way out of the relegation zone for just the second week this season (they were 17th after week 5). It's only by a half game, but a 7-3 week has given them real hope, particularly in taking 4 of 5 games from Muni. They were definitely the talk of the league this week, figuring in nearly every interesting event.

The week 16 schedule will look like this:

Round 31:
Pasataki Galaxy vs. Mighty Oaks
Amnanache vs. Sitache
Hokrof vs. Tsapna
Shunna Municipal vs. Keleri
Cheshek vs. Mithazni
Akashemo United vs. Semyof
Westline vs. BK Kepmem
Lutrul vs. Nokir
Shunna Eagles vs. Meka
Kupore vs. National

Round 32:
Nokir vs. Amnanache
Keleri vs. Westline
Tsapna vs. Lutrul
Meka vs. Shunna Municipal
BK Kepmem vs. Hokrof
Sitache vs. Pasataki Galaxy
Semyof vs. Shunna Eagles
Mighty Oaks vs. Akashemo United
Mithazni vs. Kupore
National vs. Cheshek

I'll be watching Galaxy/Oaks in the first half of the week - can either team make the leap up toward the top 2, or will they beat each other up too much? Cheshek/Mithazni will also be interesting to see - both teams were in the relegation zone for most of the first half but are playing better now, but will it last? In round 32, the marquee series is Keleri/Westline for sure.

Before that, the next post will be a 3/4 mark stats update & look at how the lower leagues are going, with just 4 weeks remaining in the 2024 season.

04-14-2026, 11:00 AM	#146
Ruwisc All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Southwestern Illinois Posts: 757	Week 15: August 16-27, 2024 Shunna Municipal (70-72) @ Mithazni BC (56-85), August 19 Muni: CF Likoka, 1B Lymon, 3B Lilo, 2B Meste, RF Kukoteache, C Kifusitu, LF Chamloha, SS Icheo, P Kohopa Mithazni: SS Merefife, 1B Poyeake, CF Tsoara, 2B Feputso, RF Tashupasho, LF Mofoto, 3B Kelepe, C Leretuto, P Faloyilapa 531 000 000 ..9 10 1 200 004 33x .12 17 0 W: Ireapi Sanli (7-3) L: Wiyua Shotsytu (5-5) S: Ketsu Sasewiraka (27) What a strange game. I was drawn to it because of the alert that Mithazni's Ofame Tsoara had three home runs in the game, but it was truly weird for reasons beyond that. I don't think Mithazni was intending to run a bullpen game here, but Suwet Faloyilapa is more of a reliever than a starter - he only went 3 innings in his previous outing, and he was put into the bullpen after this game. As you can see, the Muni offense jumped on Faloyilapa early. After a leadoff hit, the next three batters were walked to force in a run, and Rina Kifusitu followed with a 1-out grand slam to push the early lead to 5-0. Faloyilapa faced three more batters, but only retired pitcher Emi Kohopa before being lifted after just 2/3 of an inning and 34 pitches. The Mithazni faithful did get some measure of solace when Tsoara and Oma Feputso went back-to-back with two out in the first inning, cutting the lead to 5-2. The second inning was where the strangeness really ratcheted up. Reliever Imoki Kipitsu, who had finished the 1st inning, allowed his only three batters of the 2nd inning to reach, including a home run for Poem Meste that made it 8-2. Nakaf Kataya came on to pitch, recorded one out, and left injured; Ratsa Fine came on to pitch, recorded one out, and left injured; and finally Ufe Anse finished the frame. Mithazni was already on their fifth pitcher of the game, with just 6 outs recorded. Anse stabilized somewhat, pitching the 3rd and 4th innings before giving way to Une Shalamo, who... also had to leave the game injured in the 6th inning. In fact, Mithazni would lose a fourth pitcher to injury in the 8th inning in the form of former starter Kiri Yasei. Given expanded rosters (Lokasi teams play with 30-man rosters) and the desire to play matchup roulette when the game was closer later on, Mithazni would use a total of twelve pitchers in the game. And remember, this is a game that they end up winning! The comeback started in the bottom of the 6th inning, with Muni leading 9-2. Kohopa had been cruising, not allowing more than one baserunner in any of the 2nd-5th innings, but ran into Ofame Tsoara again - he hit a no-doubter to left-center that easily cleared a number of obstacles. Feputso singled, but was erased on a double play, so Kohopa looked to get out of the inning with minimal damage, but those were the last outs he would record. Faraho Mofoto tripled and was driven in by Rilokena Kelepe, and that was the end of the night. Two more hits and an error would allow another pair of runs to score and it was suddenly a game, 9-6 after 6. Tsoara came up again with one out in the 7th inning and yet again got the rally started, doubling off the wall in deep center field. The following batters went single, sac fly, RBI single, RBI double, and suddenly the game was tied! And when Tsoara came up for the final time in the bottom of the 8th, he made sure the comeback would be remembered. With runners on the corners and one out, his third home run of the night was by far the shortest, a wall-scraper to left, but it counted for the most, bringing home the three winning runs. The Muni offense, by this point ice-cold, went in order in the 9th. Round 29 ....Cheshek 1-4 BK Kepmem - 5-7, 8-1, 3-5, 10-11, 3-17 .......Muni 1-4 Mithazni - 5-0, 2-3, 9-12, 7-8, 3-4 ...Pasataki 3-2 Nokir - 3-4, 5-6, 11-9(10), 9-1, 9-8 ...Akashemo 2-3 Keleri - 3-6, 4-8, 1-5, 3-1, 7-5 .....Lutrul 2-3 Semyof - 8-10, 3-4, 6-8, 11-8, 4-2 ..Amnanache 1-4 Meka - 3-4, 8-4(10), 7-8, 5-6, 2-5 ..Sh.Eagles 0-5 National - 2-4, 4-5(11), 2-3, 2-6, 7-9 .....Hokrof 2-3 Mighty Oaks - 2-6, 10-6(10), 4-5, 0-7, 9-1 ...Westline 3-2 Tsapna - 3-2, 6-5, 7-13, 4-0, 0-7 .....Kupore 1-4 Sitache - 3-1, 0-2, 3-4, 3-4(10), 1-3 Westline 4, Tsapna 0: A very serious torn labrum for Tsapna SP Setsinak Perano, and unfortunately an injury that is likely to end his career. He had a series of minor injuries this season, including missing the whole month of May with back spasms, and had his season ended last June by injury as well. Perano pitched a total of 12 years in Lokasi baseball, 11 of which came in the Elite League. His career was split between Akashemo United (2013-17), the Aroketsil Spirits (2018-20), and Tsapna (2021-24). After being an elite closer in the early part of his career, Perano transitioned into the rotation in his final year with Aroketsil. He finishes with a lifetime record of 83-71, also recording 198 saves and making just over $58 million. Mighty Oaks 7, Hokrof 0: Oaks ace Notsimi Feshasu fires a shutout, the fourth of his career, while improving his league-leading win total with a 19-4 record (he would be shelled in his next start at Lutrul!). Feshasu has reasserted himself as the nation's best pitcher this year, in my opinion. Round 30 ......Nokir 2-3 Westline - 3-2, 2-5, 10-5(10), 3-4, 3-8 ..BK Kepmem 2-3 Pasataki - 2-11, 6-2, 4-8, 4-3, 6-5(10) .......Meka 3-2 Kupore - 5-1, 3-4, 1-2, 11-4, 6-1 .....Tsapna 4-1 Sh.Eagles - 4-1, 6-7, 2-0, 8-6(11), 6-3 Mighty Oaks 2-3 Lutrul - 3-4, 7-2, 8-3, 4-6, 1-8 ....Sitache 0-5 Muni - 2-5, 2-3, 4-7, 1-7, 2-10 ...Mithazni 3-2 Hokrof - 3-6(10), 5-4, 2-11, 11-1, 8-4 .....Keleri 2-3 Amnanache - 3-4, 3-1, 3-1, 6-7, 2-3 .....Semyof 3-2 Cheshek - 5-3(14), 10-8, 2-3(10), 4-1, 1-8 ...National 5-0 Akashemo - 6-4, 4-3, 4-0, 6-1, 6-3 Mithazni 5, Hokrof 4: this is the 96th loss of the season for Hokrof, which makes them the first team officially eliminated from championship contention since it's impossible to win it with a sub-.500 record. Of course, Hokrof has much bigger problems. Including... Mithazni 11, Hokrof 1: the season is over for Hokrof's Tatsasaka Luha, shut down due to shoulder inflammation. It is unclear whether he'll be ready for the start of the 2025 season, which seems likely to prevent him from opting out in the very likely event that Hokrof gets relegated. Standings..........W..L -- ....Westline.. 95 55 -- ....National.. 94 56 -- ....P.Galaxy.. 88 62 -- .Mighty Oaks.. 87 63 -- ......Keleri.. 84 66 +1 ......Kepmem.. 83 67 -1 ......Lutrul.. 82 68 -- ......Semyof.. 82 68 -- ........Meka.. 81 69 +2 ........Muni.. 75 75 -1 .......Nokir.. 74 76 +1 ......Tsapna.. 73 77 -2 ...Amnanache.. 73 77 -- ......Kupore.. 70 80 -- .....Cheshek.. 64 85 +2 ....Mithazni.. 62 87 -1 ...Sh.Eagles.. 62 88 ----------------------------- -1 Akashemo Utd.. 62 88 -- .....Sitache.. 56 94 -- ......Hokrof.. 52 98 What a fascinating week of results. Westline didn't do anything wrong, per se - they won both their series this week, but driven by a pair of series sweeps, the defending champions at National are going to have something to say about the title race after all. With 40 games to play, it would be a big achievement for anyone else to get back in the race, but it's still possible for Pasataki or Mighty Oaks to have something to say about it. On the other end of the table, I had assumed that the three teams in the relegation spots were dead in the water, but like a salmon on its ladder Mithazni has peeked its way out of the relegation zone for just the second week this season (they were 17th after week 5). It's only by a half game, but a 7-3 week has given them real hope, particularly in taking 4 of 5 games from Muni. They were definitely the talk of the league this week, figuring in nearly every interesting event. The week 16 schedule will look like this: Round 31: Pasataki Galaxy vs. Mighty Oaks Amnanache vs. Sitache Hokrof vs. Tsapna Shunna Municipal vs. Keleri Cheshek vs. Mithazni Akashemo United vs. Semyof Westline vs. BK Kepmem Lutrul vs. Nokir Shunna Eagles vs. Meka Kupore vs. National Round 32: Nokir vs. Amnanache Keleri vs. Westline Tsapna vs. Lutrul Meka vs. Shunna Municipal BK Kepmem vs. Hokrof Sitache vs. Pasataki Galaxy Semyof vs. Shunna Eagles Mighty Oaks vs. Akashemo United Mithazni vs. Kupore National vs. Cheshek I'll be watching Galaxy/Oaks in the first half of the week - can either team make the leap up toward the top 2, or will they beat each other up too much? Cheshek/Mithazni will also be interesting to see - both teams were in the relegation zone for most of the first half but are playing better now, but will it last? In round 32, the marquee series is Keleri/Westline for sure. Before that, the next post will be a 3/4 mark stats update & look at how the lower leagues are going, with just 4 weeks remaining in the 2024 season. __________________ MLB Expansion Team Logos/Uniforms Replace MLB with this!