6/1/04
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ANOTHER CYCLE, INAUGURAL ALL STAR GAME HEADLINE MAY STORIES
Once again proving the offensive nature of the AABF, the story of the month for May was the league's second ever cycle. While the first was hit by a bonafide league star, Gage Mansfield, the second was hit by part time Bunbury fill in,
Tristin Spencer. Prior to the game against Kalgoorlie (in which he hit his cycle), Spencer had appeared in only 4 games (no starts), and had logged only one pinch hit appearance. Indeed, Spencer achieved his cycle in his first, and only, start of the seaosn so far. On the year so far, Spencer has only 10 at bats, and 6 hits, 5 of them coming in the one game. There are no calls, however, for Spencer to see more at bats in Bunbury, as the man ahead of his
Juan "Frenchy" Tovar, is hitting .309-18-58. Those 58 RBI are a Bunbury team high.
The Inaugural AABF All Star game was also played and won (in convincing fashion) at the end of May. The Cook Conference, lead by Ballarat's infamous phenom starting pitcher "Crazy" Brumpton and Sydney's Julien "Snake" Carroll, ran away with a 13-3 victory over the Flinder's Conference.
Code:
FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CC Allstars 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 3 3 13 19 0
FC Allstars 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 9 0
WP: J.Brumpton (Bal) LP: J.Hale (Fre)
MVP: J.Carroll (Syd)
Code:
CC Allstars AB R H RBI
J. Carroll RF 6 3 4 2
M. Oshin 1B 3 1 1 0
G. Ball PH 1 1 1 0
D. Mccomish 1B 1 1 1 1
K. Wales 2B 3 1 2 2
S. Nishikawa PH 1 1 1 2
J. Mansfield 2B 1 0 1 2
D. Thompson CF 3 1 1 0
S. Kawakami PH 1 0 1 2
O. Boase CF 0 0 0 0
L. Muir LF 6 1 2 2
C. Whittaker 3B 5 0 2 0
N. Rodgers C 5 0 0 0
B. Barrington SS 5 1 2 0
J. Brumpton P 2 0 0 0
M. Enever P 1 0 0 0
K. Gardiner P 0 0 0 0
R. Lewer PH 0 1 0 0
C. Aviles P 0 1 0 0
HR: Carroll, Wales, Nishikawa
Muir.
SB: Thompson, Rodgers.
CC Allstars IP H R ER BB K
J. Brumpton W 3 3 0 0 1 3
M. Enever 2 1 1 1 2 3
K. Gardiner 2 2 1 1 1 0
C. Aviles 2 3 1 1 2 1
FC Allstars AB R H RBI
K. Bandy C 4 0 2 0
G. Mansfield 3B 5 0 1 0
I. Lowham 2B 4 0 0 0
A. Warner RF 3 2 2 0
C. Mcmurray LF 3 0 0 0
J. Holbrook PH 1 0 1 0
R. Howard SS 1 0 0 0
J. Tovar 1B 2 0 0 0
R. Mccreery P 0 0 0 0
J. Dussault PH 1 0 0 0
T. Gouldthorpe P 0 0 0 0
I. George SS 3 0 0 0
T. Mccreery LF 0 0 0 1
S. Mendoza CF 4 1 2 0
J. Hale P 1 0 0 0
G. Cottrell P 0 0 0 0
B. De Louvieres PH 0 0 0 0
S. Oborne P 0 0 0 0
C. Overheu 1B 2 0 1 1
SB: Warner (2).
FC Allstars IP H R ER BB K
J. Hale L 3 3 2 2 1 3
G. Cottrell 2 5 3 3 0 1
S. Oborne 2 4 2 2 0 0
R. Mccreery 1 3 3 3 1 0
T. Gouldthorpe 1 4 3 3 1 0
ALL STAR BREAKDOWN, BY TEAM
Flinders Conference
Bunbury, Geraldton (5), Mt Gambier (4), Fremantle, Whyalla (3), Adelaide, Kalgoorlie (2), Alice Springs (1), Darwin, Perth (0).
Cook Conference
Brisbane, Townsville (5), Hobart (4), Ballarat (3), Launceston, Sydney, Newcastle (2), Geelong, Canberra (1), Melbourne (0).
STANDINGS
Code:
Flinders Standings
Central
Team W L PCT GB
Adelaide 30 20 .600 -
Whyalla 29 21 .580 1.0
Mount Gambier 24 26 .480 6.0
Alice Springs 20 30 .400 10.0
Darwin 17 33 .340 13.0
Western
Team W L PCT GB
Fremantle 31 19 .620 -
Kalgoorlie 28 22 .560 3.0
Bunbury 26 24 .520 5.0
Geraldton 24 26 .480 7.0
Perth 21 29 .420 10.0
Cook Standings
South East
Team W L PCT GB
Hobart 32 18 .640 -
Geelong 28 22 .560 4.0
Melbourne 24 26 .480 8.0
Ballarat 23 27 .460 9.0
Launceston 22 28 .440 10.0
North East
Team W L PCT GB
Brisbane 32 18 .640 -
Townsville 25 25 .500 7.0
Canberra 22 28 .440 10.0
Sydney 22 28 .440 10.0
Newcastle 20 30 .400 12.0
BATTING LEADERS
Code:
# TOP 10 AVG AVG
1 L. Muir (Hbt) .445
2 K. Bandy (Bun) .433
3 G. Reese (Fre) .428
4 B. De Louvieres (Ade) .427
5 I. Lowham (Fre) .421
6 J. Carroll (Syd) .419
7 I. George (Kal) .417
8 G. Ball (Tow) .407
9 C. Larrad (Per) .404
10 D. Mccomish (New) .401
Code:
# TOP 10 HR HR
1 L. Muir (Hbt) 21
2 I. Lowham (Fre) 20
2 B. De Louvieres (Ade) 20
2 M. Oshin (Lau) 20
5 K. Wales (Tow) 19
5 A. Warner (Bun) 19
7 B. Womack (MtG) 18
7 J. Tovar (Bun) 18
7 G. Mansfield (A.S) 18
10 J. Anderson (Why) 17
Code:
# TOP 10 RBI RBI
1 L. Muir (Hbt) 60
2 J. Tovar (Bun) 58
3 I. Lowham (Fre) 56
4 B. De Louvieres (Ade) 55
5 S. Green (Mel) 52
6 G. Mansfield (A.S) 51
7 J. Anderson (Why) 48
7 G. Mcdonald (Ade) 48
7 S. Kawakami (Hbt) 48
10 K. Salvaire (Ger) 47
10 P. O'dea (Dar) 47
PITCHING LEADERS
Code:
# TOP 10 Wins W
1 C. Byass (Bri) 9
2 M. Enever (Bri) 7
2 C. Guilfoyle (Why) 7
4 P. Eyles (Hbt) 6
4 K. Mackie (Tow) 6
4 K. Gardiner (Tow) 6
4 J. Hale (Fre) 6
4 G. Cottrell (Why) 6
4 S. Oborne (Ger) 6
4 B. Wingrove (Bun) 6
4 J. Moreno (Ade) 6
4 A. De L'échaillon (MtG) 6
Code:
# TOP 10 Strikeouts K's
1 P. Drury (Lau) 90
2 C. Byass (Bri) 84
3 J. Herbert (Mel) 77
4 A. Lamothe (Can) 75
5 A. De L'échaillon (MtG) 73
5 J. Trigg (MtG) 73
7 J. Gibson (Kal) 69
8 B. Baldwin (Hbt) 64
8 J. Brumpton (Bal) 64
10 L. Marshal (Per) 62
10 D. Lodington (A.S) 62
10 A. Prince (Can) 62
Code:
# TOP 10 ERA ERA
1 M. Enever (Bri) 2.41
2 E. Gardiner (Why) 2.73
3 J. Hale (Fre) 2.76
4 A. Prince (Can) 2.78
5 B. Spears (Kal) 2.95
6 P. Drury (Lau) 2.99
7 J. Trigg (MtG) 3.03
8 C. Byass (Bri) 3.21
9 B. Wingrove (Bun) 3.39
9 J. Redd (Mel) 3.39
TRIPLE CROWN WATCH
Half way through the inaugural AABF season, Hobart's Landon Muir is leading the three major AABF batting categories, home runs, RBI and batting average. His lead is significant in batting average (.026 over Sydney's Carroll) and RBI (8 over Melbourne's Green), but he leads home runs by only 1 over Launceston's Kid Oshin. Can he win the Cook Conference batting Triple Crown in the league's first year? An even greater feet would be winning the AABF Triple Crown, he currently leads all three categories there too, but his leads are much smaller. Brisbane's Cole Byass perhaps has an outside shot at a CC Pitching Triple Crown. He leads the CC in wins with 9 (two clear of second). He is second in strike outs with 84, trailing league leader Parker Drury of Launceston by 6, and is 4th in ERA, but trails Brisbane's Enever (2.41) by a full .80 points. If he is to challenge for the Crown, he needs to lower that ERA markedly in the second half of the season!
Adelaide's Smash De Louvieres and Fremantle's Dazzy Lowham have the best shots at a Flinders Conference Batting Triple Crown. They are tied for conference lead in homers and 2-3 in RBI, but 3-4 in batting average. Smash is 6 points behind the BA leader (Bunbury's "City Slicker" Bandy, at .433), and Dazzy is 12 back in 3rd. In RBI, Lowham is 2 back, De Luvieres 3 back of FC leader, Bunbury's Frenchy Tovar (58). No FC pitcher, at this stage, has a legitimate shot at the Pitching Triple Crown.