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Eugene Church · 02-13-2008, 06:05 PM

Islandian Pro Alliance

Thursday, May 10, 2001

Ruthlandian Baseball Union

RBU North Division

Schoenfeld Puts Vipers on Top in RBU North
Valmara's Paul Schoenfeld (1-2) stood high on the hill in more ways than one. The 6'5" righthander throttled Far Mountain 2-1 on just four hits and struck out a career high 11. The only run he gave up was on Shirai Kobayashi's 3rd roundtripper. John Luzzatti (1-2) lost it, but tossed a solid game. He surrendered seven hits in six innings and allowed both runs, only one of which was earned. The winning run scored when first baseman Josh Swift dropped an infield fly in the sixth. The other Viper run came in on Jan Szymanski's fielder's choice in the fifth.

It was Valmara's third consecutive victory over Far Mountain (9-11). Coupled with Glasco's defeat by Colfax, that put the Vipers (13-7) into first place in the RBU North, a half-game ahead of the Athletics. The Redhawks are fourth and trail by four.

Blasters Nose Out Glasco
The game went down to the wire and the Colfax Blasters came up with the big play at the right time to nose out Glasco 5-4. The A's loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth, but couldn't pull it out. They had their clean-up hitter up, big Ox Beauvais, to face closer Pat Langlois and he hit a hard shot to shortstop Wayne O'Reilly, who snagged it, stepped on second and threw to first to complete the double play and send Colfax home the winner. The Blasters had led at one time 5-0 as they got a good outing from winning pitcher Greg Forrest (3-1), who allowed only two runs in six innings. Forrest walked one and fanned four, but tired at that point and was taken out by manager Clem Rogers. Langlois got his second save of the year. Jesse Balfour (2-2) was tagged with the loss. He surrendered four runs in five innings with no walks and six strikeouts. The A's outhit Colfax 10 to 6 in the contest. The eventual winning run came in the sixth on O'Reilly's solo homer. Third baseman Rick Atlkins and shortstop Zach Byorvik each hit two-run homers to account for all of Glasco's scores.

With the loss, the Athletics (12-7) slipped to second in the RBU North, a half-game behind Valmara (13-7). Colfax (11-9) is holding down the third spot, just two games back.

Tinker Toys with Vigilantes
Southpaw John Tinker (2-2) got a good 4-0 lead early and made it stand up as the Elnora All-Stars beat the Volusia Vigilantes 6-3. He allowed nine hits, but was strong with runners on base. The All-Stars put up four runs in the opening frame against loser Hank Massey (2-3), who left after three innings. Rusty Gilbert singled in the first one, Rick Tsoukalis doubled in two more and Paul Kesler plated the last one. That was all Elnora needed. Kesler got a solo homer in the ninth for his second RBI of the game. Chaco Rivera was the V's top hitter with a home run and a sac fly to drive in two runs.

Elnora (8-12) remains in fifth place in the RBU North, while Volusia (7-14) is in last place.

02-13-2008, 06:05 PM	#97
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,093 Blog Entries: 1	Islandian Pro Alliance Thursday, May 10, 2001 Ruthlandian Baseball Union RBU North Division Schoenfeld Puts Vipers on Top in RBU North Valmara's Paul Schoenfeld (1-2) stood high on the hill in more ways than one. The 6'5" righthander throttled Far Mountain 2-1 on just four hits and struck out a career high 11. The only run he gave up was on Shirai Kobayashi's 3rd roundtripper. John Luzzatti (1-2) lost it, but tossed a solid game. He surrendered seven hits in six innings and allowed both runs, only one of which was earned. The winning run scored when first baseman Josh Swift dropped an infield fly in the sixth. The other Viper run came in on Jan Szymanski's fielder's choice in the fifth. It was Valmara's third consecutive victory over Far Mountain (9-11). Coupled with Glasco's defeat by Colfax, that put the Vipers (13-7) into first place in the RBU North, a half-game ahead of the Athletics. The Redhawks are fourth and trail by four. Blasters Nose Out Glasco The game went down to the wire and the Colfax Blasters came up with the big play at the right time to nose out Glasco 5-4. The A's loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth, but couldn't pull it out. They had their clean-up hitter up, big Ox Beauvais, to face closer Pat Langlois and he hit a hard shot to shortstop Wayne O'Reilly, who snagged it, stepped on second and threw to first to complete the double play and send Colfax home the winner. The Blasters had led at one time 5-0 as they got a good outing from winning pitcher Greg Forrest (3-1), who allowed only two runs in six innings. Forrest walked one and fanned four, but tired at that point and was taken out by manager Clem Rogers. Langlois got his second save of the year. Jesse Balfour (2-2) was tagged with the loss. He surrendered four runs in five innings with no walks and six strikeouts. The A's outhit Colfax 10 to 6 in the contest. The eventual winning run came in the sixth on O'Reilly's solo homer. Third baseman Rick Atlkins and shortstop Zach Byorvik each hit two-run homers to account for all of Glasco's scores. With the loss, the Athletics (12-7) slipped to second in the RBU North, a half-game behind Valmara (13-7). Colfax (11-9) is holding down the third spot, just two games back. Tinker Toys with Vigilantes Southpaw John Tinker (2-2) got a good 4-0 lead early and made it stand up as the Elnora All-Stars beat the Volusia Vigilantes 6-3. He allowed nine hits, but was strong with runners on base. The All-Stars put up four runs in the opening frame against loser Hank Massey (2-3), who left after three innings. Rusty Gilbert singled in the first one, Rick Tsoukalis doubled in two more and Paul Kesler plated the last one. That was all Elnora needed. Kesler got a solo homer in the ninth for his second RBI of the game. Chaco Rivera was the V's top hitter with a home run and a sac fly to drive in two runs. Elnora (8-12) remains in fifth place in the RBU North, while Volusia (7-14) is in last place. Last edited by Eugene Church; 02-23-2008 at 12:41 AM.