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Islandian Pro Alliance
Saturday, May 26, 2001
Ruthlandian Union - North Division
Blasters Win 3rd Straight
The first place Colfax Blasters have now won three in a row and for the second successive day they have defeated third place Valmara. This time Colfax squeezed by the Vipers 5-4 with some fine relief work by bullpen ace, Walt Sellers (1-0 1.03), who got his fourth save with no runs and two hits in three innings. The victory went to starter Flash Guidry (5-3 2.65), who worked the first six frames and yielded four runs and six hits. Guidry struck out five, but struggled with his control and walked four. Gerry Bart (1-3 4.71) lost it for Valmara, allowing nine hits and five runs and was relieved in the sixth. Second baseman Tucker Hill (.344) and shortstop Wayne O'Reilly (.212) both had two hits and two RBIs for the Blasters and third baseman Russ Farrell (.283) had a pair of hits and an RBI. Colfax laced 11 base hits, while Valmara got 8 in defeat.
The Blasters are now 21-14 this year and have the best record in the RU North. Valmara falls to 19-17 and trail them by 2.5 games. The Vipers are in the third spot in the division.
V's Stop FM Streak at 7
Volusia put a stop to its losing streak at three and also gave Far Mountain its first loss in seven games. The fifth place Vigilantes got a fine performance out of Kit Kivett, a 34-year-old righthander, who was just recently signed with manager Alfonso Feliz's club. He beat the second place Redhawks 4-2 in spite of giving up ten hits. Kivett (1-0 2.00) struck out four and walked only one. Volusia banged out eleven hits and were led by first baseman Alejandro Salazar (.252), catcher Jojo Nunez (.328) and third baseman Bennie Anderson (.284), all with two hits apiece. Center fielder Alex Luna (.281) added a homer for the V's. Newcomer Stan Lamoreaux (1-1 2.57) suffered his first loss since joining the team. He did a fine job and surrendered seven hits and two runs in seven innings, while fanning eight and walking just one.
Far Mountain (20-17) is in second place in the RU North, two games off the pace of first place Colfax (21-14). The Vigilantes improved to 16-21 on the season and climbed out of the basement, a half-game better than sixth place Elnora (15-21).
A's Win Close One from Elnora 4-3
McDuffie Hughes' youthful righty, Charles Darby, notched his 6th triumph of the season with a 4-3 decision over last place Elnora. Darby (6-2) hurled a fine game with four strikeouts and two walks, while permitting three runs and nine hits in a route-going performance. He went as far as the ninth and was relieved by closer Ray Cook after giving up a lead-off triple to catcher Todd Simons (.278) with the score 4-2. Cook proceeded to retire the last three batters for his 3rd save, but allowed Simons to score on a ground out. The Athletics numbered 12 hits in the game and were sparked by a two-run homer by shortstop Kyle Ballentine (.242) and a solo salvo by catcher Nick O'Neill (.333). Glasco second baseman Barry McCord (.280) went 4-4 and bashed 3 doubles, which tied the IPA mark. McCord is the fourth player to accomplish that feat, along with Jerry Keller of Arlon, Scooter Perez of Volusia and Chris Deagelo of Marston. The defeat was doled out to Carl Costas (1-6 3.29), who gave up three runs and nine hits in six innings. First baseman Rick Tsoukalis (.269), second baseman Gil Foster (.358) and pinchhitter Will Jackson (.227) each drove across a run for the All-Stars.
Glasco (17-17) lifted their record to the .500 mark. The Athletics are fourth in the RU North Division and 3.5 games off the pace. Elnora (15-22) fell to last in the division and trail the Colfax Blasters (21-14) by seven games.
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