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Ruwisc · 04-23-2026, 11:42 AM

Week 16: August 28-September 8, 2024

One thing that I had not noticed up until now: the final series matchups of the season, potentially the title deciders, will include Westline visiting National. I hope we get down to that point with the two teams still within 5 games of each other, that'd be fun to watch.

Early-week news drop about an injury from last week: Kupore SP Lomitsa Tomu has had his season ended with a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow. He will miss about half of the 2025 season as well, slated for return in early June of next year.

Pasataki Galaxy (88-63) @ Mighty Oaks BC (88-63), August 30
Chiap Pake (7-2, 4.23) vs. Siteno Aefep (5-9, 6.55)
Pasataki: RF Chanesha, CF Kesia, 2B Lela, 1B Merefife, C Cholomu, SS Tofpalts, LF Paerisuso, 3B Hakoheso, P Hufola (opener)
Mighty Oaks: 1B Uepepa, 2B Fetiloa, RF Sefenera, LF Misha, C Olufapo, CF Salama, 3B Mametsiu, SS Potamesa, P Aefep
412 020 000 100 100 01 . 12 17 2
012 032 100 100 100 02 . 13 14 1
W: Nymafopu Nohatesa (1-1) L: Nimape Morotitsi (0-1)

This is the longest game I've ever seen that used zombie runners - it's so rare for games to go past even 13 innings that to get to 17 without a decisive inning feels almost impossible.

Pasataki found 4 runs in the first inning without an extra-base hit, smacking 5 singles and drawing a walk and an error (though all runs were earned). The lead was pushed as far as 7-1 on homers by Apia Lela in the 2nd and Fosusha Hakoheso in the 3rd, while Oaks CF Nasi Salama had contributed a single run for his side with a sac fly. Siteno Aefep didn't make it through that third inning for the Oaks - the Hakoheso home run wasn't his, but the other six runs were in 2 1/3 innings. The Oaks were able to chip further in their half of the 3rd inning on a 2-run single by Peyaka Sefenera.

Both teams were able to create multiple runs again in the 5th inning, a 2-run triple by Lela and singular RBIs for Fetiloa, Misha, and Olufapo on the other side making it 9-6. Over the next two innings, Mighty Oaks would find three solo home runs, all wall-scrapers to left against the wind, that would tie the game 9-all, and it was there that we would find extra innings when neither team could threaten in the 8th or 9th.

In the 10th, two walks allowed Wia Merefife to land the first blow with a sacrifice fly for the Galaxy, but Mighty Oaks countered when Tylu Tsefufayalo (who had entered the game in place of Mametsiu) drove home Metsifu Olufapo with a hit. Neither team had a "legitimate" baserunner in the 11th or 12th innings at all. Merefife had another sac fly in the 13th inning, but Galaxy pitcher Tukamocho Lalutsem balked on his first offering of the bottom of the 13th, setting up a sac fly for the Oaks' Ketsafumo Potamesa that would tie the game 11-all. The Oaks' first real chance to win the game came in the 14th inning, a walk and a hit batter loading the bases with 1 out. But Olufapo struck out and Salama hit a ground ball, so no damage done. Pasataki had a great chance to score in the 15th inning, but Hakoheso was thrown out at the plate by LF Tula Misha while trying to score on Kesia's single.

Finally, things would all come to a conclusion in the 17th inning. Mamose Paerisuso led off with a sac bunt, which allowed Wyku Tofpalts to easily score on Hakoheso's 4th hit of the night, giving the Galaxy a 12-11 lead. Mighty Oaks would not be denied, though. Misha led off the bottom of the 17th with a hit that scored Sefenera, and advanced to 2nd base on an ambitious throw to the plate by Kesia. That would prove to be the difference, as deep fly balls hit by Olufapo and Salama allowed him to tag up twice, and score the winning run for Mighty Oaks.

PotG: Galaxy 2B Apia Lela - 4-6, 3B, HR(21), 3 RBI, 2 BB

Round 31

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

With this series of results, National takes over first place in the league.

Tsapna 5, Hokrof 4: Tsapna SP Soitu Chesashomo has his season ended by Tommy John surgery. Chesashomo is the only Tsapna pitcher to have reached the 10 win mark this season, and they're still fighting back from their mediocre start and sit below .500. Tsapna hasn't had a sub-.500 season since 2016, so that'd be a big disappointment.

BK Kepmem 7, Westline 1: Westline's Sleta Chulosaleta will also miss the remainder of the season after having surgery to remove bone spurs from his elbow. He is expected to be ready for the beginning of next season, but he is also a pending free agent.

Meka 8, Shunna Eagles 7: Meka LF Kiosho Shipeyo is also done for the season with a knee sprain. Shipeyo's season ends with a .288 average, 29 HR and 4.7 WAR, typically hitting out of the #2 spot in the order.

Round 32

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

Not much to talk about on an individual level in round 32, but we see Westline retake the #1 position with a very solid series win over Keleri, which included two walkoff wins and a dramatic back-and-forth game 2 that saw Westline blow a 4-0 lead, have to come from behind, and score the winning runs in the bottom of the 8th. The Galaxy also cap an 8-2 week with a sweep of floundering Sitache.

The end of August and beginning of September were during round 31, so the August awards are as follows:

Batter of the Month: Mithazni 2B Oma Feputso - .394, 11 HR, 27 RBI, 25 R. One of the biggest reasons why Mithazni was able to pull themselves out of the relegation zone in August.

Pitcher of the Month: Pasataki Galaxy SP Rani Kireo - 4-0, 2.01 ERA, 33 K, .174 BAA, 31.1 IP in five starts. The 2nd-year starter didn't allow more than 2 runs in any of his starts during August.

Rookie of the Month: Keleri SP Samayo Itsatuse - 4-1, 2.41 ERA, 31 K, .188 BAA, 33.2 IP in five starts. Would have been on the shortlist for Pitcher of the Month, no doubt. Itsatuse isn't yet the frontline ace that his one-year-older teammate Kes Nokolo is, but he's going to be very good in this league for a while I would guess.

Standings...........W..L
-- ....Westline.. .101 59
-- ....National.. .100 60
-- ....P.Galaxy.. ..96 64
-- .Mighty Oaks.. ..90 70
-- ......Keleri.. ..89 71
+2 ......Semyof.. ..89 71
-- ......Lutrul.. ..88 72
-2 ......Kepmem.. ..88 72
-- ........Meka.. ..87 73
+3 ...Amnanache.. ..80 80
-1 ........Muni.. ..80 80
-- ......Tsapna.. ..79 81
-2 .......Nokir.. ..78 82
-- ......Kupore.. ..74 86
-- .....Cheshek.. ..69 91
+2 Akashemo Utd.. ..68 92
-1 ....Mithazni.. ..68 92
-----------------------------
-1 ...Sh.Eagles.. ..63 97
-- .....Sitache.. ..57 103
-- ......Hokrof.. ..56 104

Westline loses the top spot in the early part of the week, but their strong series win over Keleri sees them retake first place with 30 games to go. The Oaks' aspirations of regaining their championship status seem to have ended with their series loss to Akashemo, while the Galaxy still have a reasonable shot thanks to their sweep of Sitache. They'll need some help from the teams playing against the top two, of course, but they will also face Westline this week themselves. At the other end of the table, a disastrous week for the Shunna Eagles has their EL future very much in doubt - they went 1-9 on the week, while Mithazni and Akashemo each recorded six wins to create a 5-game gap. The three teams were separated by just half a game at this time last week. A lot can still change but things don't look great there right now! Here's the schedule for week 17:

Round 33:
Semyof vs. Mighty Oaks
National vs. Meka
Nokir vs. Sitache
Akashemo United vs. Lutrul
Mithazni vs. BK Kepmem
Pasataki Galaxy vs. Westline
Hokrof vs. Cheshek
Kupore vs. Tsapna
Shunna Municipal vs. Amnanache
Shunna Eagles vs. Keleri

Round 34:
Keleri vs. Pasataki Galaxy
Amnanache vs. Shunna Eagles
Sitache vs. Mithazni
Mighty Oaks vs. National
Tsapna vs. Akashemo United
Lutrul vs. Hokrof
Meka vs. Nokir
Westline vs. Shunna Municipal
BK Kepmem vs. Semyof
Cheshek vs. Kupore

Of course, Galaxy/Westline is the marquee series this week. The Oaks will also play two of their traditional rivals in Semyof and National, and the Galaxy will close the week with games against Keleri, so there are quite a few series worth watching in the season's antepenultimate stretch.

04-23-2026, 11:42 AM	#148
Ruwisc All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Southwestern Illinois Posts: 772	Week 16: August 28-September 8, 2024 One thing that I had not noticed up until now: the final series matchups of the season, potentially the title deciders, will include Westline visiting National. I hope we get down to that point with the two teams still within 5 games of each other, that'd be fun to watch. Early-week news drop about an injury from last week: Kupore SP Lomitsa Tomu has had his season ended with a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow. He will miss about half of the 2025 season as well, slated for return in early June of next year. Pasataki Galaxy (88-63) @ Mighty Oaks BC (88-63), August 30 Chiap Pake (7-2, 4.23) vs. Siteno Aefep (5-9, 6.55) Pasataki: RF Chanesha, CF Kesia, 2B Lela, 1B Merefife, C Cholomu, SS Tofpalts, LF Paerisuso, 3B Hakoheso, P Hufola (opener) Mighty Oaks: 1B Uepepa, 2B Fetiloa, RF Sefenera, LF Misha, C Olufapo, CF Salama, 3B Mametsiu, SS Potamesa, P Aefep 412 020 000 100 100 01 . 12 17 2 012 032 100 100 100 02 . 13 14 1 W: Nymafopu Nohatesa (1-1) L: Nimape Morotitsi (0-1) This is the longest game I've ever seen that used zombie runners - it's so rare for games to go past even 13 innings that to get to 17 without a decisive inning feels almost impossible. Pasataki found 4 runs in the first inning without an extra-base hit, smacking 5 singles and drawing a walk and an error (though all runs were earned). The lead was pushed as far as 7-1 on homers by Apia Lela in the 2nd and Fosusha Hakoheso in the 3rd, while Oaks CF Nasi Salama had contributed a single run for his side with a sac fly. Siteno Aefep didn't make it through that third inning for the Oaks - the Hakoheso home run wasn't his, but the other six runs were in 2 1/3 innings. The Oaks were able to chip further in their half of the 3rd inning on a 2-run single by Peyaka Sefenera. Both teams were able to create multiple runs again in the 5th inning, a 2-run triple by Lela and singular RBIs for Fetiloa, Misha, and Olufapo on the other side making it 9-6. Over the next two innings, Mighty Oaks would find three solo home runs, all wall-scrapers to left against the wind, that would tie the game 9-all, and it was there that we would find extra innings when neither team could threaten in the 8th or 9th. In the 10th, two walks allowed Wia Merefife to land the first blow with a sacrifice fly for the Galaxy, but Mighty Oaks countered when Tylu Tsefufayalo (who had entered the game in place of Mametsiu) drove home Metsifu Olufapo with a hit. Neither team had a "legitimate" baserunner in the 11th or 12th innings at all. Merefife had another sac fly in the 13th inning, but Galaxy pitcher Tukamocho Lalutsem balked on his first offering of the bottom of the 13th, setting up a sac fly for the Oaks' Ketsafumo Potamesa that would tie the game 11-all. The Oaks' first real chance to win the game came in the 14th inning, a walk and a hit batter loading the bases with 1 out. But Olufapo struck out and Salama hit a ground ball, so no damage done. Pasataki had a great chance to score in the 15th inning, but Hakoheso was thrown out at the plate by LF Tula Misha while trying to score on Kesia's single. Finally, things would all come to a conclusion in the 17th inning. Mamose Paerisuso led off with a sac bunt, which allowed Wyku Tofpalts to easily score on Hakoheso's 4th hit of the night, giving the Galaxy a 12-11 lead. Mighty Oaks would not be denied, though. Misha led off the bottom of the 17th with a hit that scored Sefenera, and advanced to 2nd base on an ambitious throw to the plate by Kesia. That would prove to be the difference, as deep fly balls hit by Olufapo and Salama allowed him to tag up twice, and score the winning run for Mighty Oaks. PotG: Galaxy 2B Apia Lela - 4-6, 3B, HR(21), 3 RBI, 2 BB Round 31 ...Pasataki 3-2 Mighty Oaks - 2-3(10), 12-13(17), 4-2, 13-3, 3-2(10) ..Amnanache 4-1 Sitache - 1-2(12), 3-0, 4-2, 9-1, 3-1 .....Hokrof 1-4 Tsapna - 4-5, 2-9, 4-6, 1-2(10), 9-2 .......Muni 1-4 Keleri - 2-4, 7-9, 2-4, 3-7, 4-3 ....Cheshek 2-4 Mithazni - 3-4, 2-3, 5-9, 1-9, 7-5, 5-3(11) ...Akashemo 2-3 Semyof - 5-10, 4-8, 6-3, 5-4(10), 3-7 ...Westline 2-3 BK Kepmem - 4-5(10), 9-6, 1-7, 2-0, 1-7 .....Lutrul 3-2 Nokir - 10-3, 1-0, 3-8, 9-13, 3-1 ..Sh.Eagles 0-5 Meka - 0-5, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 4-5 .....Kupore 1-4 National - 2-1(12), 6-10, 1-11, 4-5(10), 6-11 With this series of results, National takes over first place in the league. Tsapna 5, Hokrof 4: Tsapna SP Soitu Chesashomo* has his season ended by Tommy John surgery. Chesashomo is the only Tsapna pitcher to have reached the 10 win mark this season, and they're still fighting back from their mediocre start and sit below .500. Tsapna hasn't had a sub-.500 season since 2016, so that'd be a big disappointment. BK Kepmem 7, Westline 1: Westline's Sleta Chulosaleta will also miss the remainder of the season after having surgery to remove bone spurs from his elbow. He is expected to be ready for the beginning of next season, but he is also a pending free agent. Meka 8, Shunna Eagles 7: Meka LF Kiosho Shipeyo is also done for the season with a knee sprain. Shipeyo's season ends with a .288 average, 29 HR and 4.7 WAR, typically hitting out of the #2 spot in the order. Round 32 ......Nokir 2-3 Amnanache - 5-4(11), 3-7, 2-5, 1-3, 4-0 .....Keleri 1-4 Westline - 4-5(10), 7-8, 7-6, 3-5, 4-7(10) .....Tsapna 2-3 Lutrul - 9-5, 6-0, 2-8, 1-7, 1-2 .......Meka 1-4 Muni - 1-3, 1-2, 5-7, 3-10, 3-2 ..BK Kepmem 2-3 Hokrof - 3-6, 6-3, 4-5, 5-6, 9-6 ....Sitache 0-5 Pasataki - 1-5, 3-7, 2-3, 2-11, 1-7 .....Semyof 4-1 Sh.Eagles - 4-5, 6-4, 8-0, 9-6, 8-6 Mighty Oaks 1-4 Akashemo - 5-9, 4-2, 5-9, 2-3, 2-3 ...Mithazni 2-3 Kupore - 5-6(10), 7-6, 2-4, 4-7, 5-3 ...National 2-3 Cheshek - 8-4, 5-3, 5-7, 3-5, 0-1 Not much to talk about on an individual level in round 32, but we see Westline retake the #1 position with a very solid series win over Keleri, which included two walkoff wins and a dramatic back-and-forth game 2 that saw Westline blow a 4-0 lead, have to come from behind, and score the winning runs in the bottom of the 8th. The Galaxy also cap an 8-2 week with a sweep of floundering Sitache. The end of August and beginning of September were during round 31, so the August awards are as follows: Batter of the Month: Mithazni 2B Oma Feputso - .394, 11 HR, 27 RBI, 25 R. One of the biggest reasons why Mithazni was able to pull themselves out of the relegation zone in August. Pitcher of the Month: Pasataki Galaxy SP Rani Kireo - 4-0, 2.01 ERA, 33 K, .174 BAA, 31.1 IP in five starts. The 2nd-year starter didn't allow more than 2 runs in any of his starts during August. Rookie of the Month: Keleri SP Samayo Itsatuse - 4-1, 2.41 ERA, 31 K, .188 BAA, 33.2 IP in five starts. Would have been on the shortlist for Pitcher of the Month, no doubt. Itsatuse isn't yet the frontline ace that his one-year-older teammate Kes Nokolo is, but he's going to be very good in this league for a while I would guess. Standings...........W..L -- ....Westline.. .101 59 -- ....National.. .100 60 -- ....P.Galaxy.. ..96 64 -- .Mighty Oaks.. ..90 70 -- ......Keleri.. ..89 71 +2 ......Semyof.. ..89 71 -- ......Lutrul.. ..88 72 -2 ......Kepmem.. ..88 72 -- ........Meka.. ..87 73 +3 ...Amnanache.. ..80 80 -1 ........Muni.. ..80 80 -- ......Tsapna.. ..79 81 -2 .......Nokir.. ..78 82 -- ......Kupore.. ..74 86 -- .....Cheshek.. ..69 91 +2 Akashemo Utd.. ..68 92 -1 ....Mithazni.. ..68 92 ----------------------------- -1 ...Sh.Eagles.. ..63 97 -- .....Sitache.. ..57 103 -- ......Hokrof.. ..56 104 Westline loses the top spot in the early part of the week, but their strong series win over Keleri sees them retake first place with 30 games to go. The Oaks' aspirations of regaining their championship status seem to have ended with their series loss to Akashemo, while the Galaxy still have a reasonable shot thanks to their sweep of Sitache. They'll need some help from the teams playing against the top two, of course, but they will also face Westline this week themselves. At the other end of the table, a disastrous week for the Shunna Eagles has their EL future very much in doubt - they went 1-9 on the week, while Mithazni and Akashemo each recorded six wins to create a 5-game gap. The three teams were separated by just half a game at this time last week. A lot can still change but things don't look great there right now! Here's the schedule for week 17: Round 33: Semyof vs. Mighty Oaks National vs. Meka Nokir vs. Sitache Akashemo United vs. Lutrul Mithazni vs. BK Kepmem Pasataki Galaxy vs. Westline Hokrof vs. Cheshek Kupore vs. Tsapna Shunna Municipal vs. Amnanache Shunna Eagles vs. Keleri Round 34: Keleri vs. Pasataki Galaxy Amnanache vs. Shunna Eagles Sitache vs. Mithazni Mighty Oaks vs. National Tsapna vs. Akashemo United Lutrul vs. Hokrof Meka vs. Nokir Westline vs. Shunna Municipal BK Kepmem vs. Semyof Cheshek vs. Kupore Of course, Galaxy/Westline is the marquee series this week. The Oaks will also play two of their traditional rivals in Semyof and National, and the Galaxy will close the week with games against Keleri, so there are quite a few series worth watching in the season's antepenultimate stretch. __________________ MLB Expansion Team Logos/Uniforms Replace MLB with this!