The White Sox, Stags, Guardians, and Brothers battle atop the standings…Cal Oluoch , Jimmy Hamm, and Jose Lia Tinta pursue the hit streak record…
- Cal Oluoch goes 2 for 4 to extend his hit streak to 15 games in Northsouth’s 7-3 win against Cherricaw. (8/5)
- Stags LF Jose Lia Tinta ties the UA hit streak record at 16 games and counting. Stags RF Albert Pentana goes 3 for 4 with 2 HR as Roland stomps Salvation, 10-1, drawing even with the White Sox in the East. (8/5)
- Cal Oluoch hits in his 16th straight game as the Guardians win, 7-4, in Cherricaw. (8/6)
- Jose Lia Tinta breaks the UA hit streak record, hitting in his 17th straight game. The Stags beat the Brothers again, 4-1. (8/6)
- Brothers SP Whit Vorpoole comes out early again in his first game back from his shoulder injury, this time nursing a sore hamstring. He is expected to recover quickly. (8/6)
- White Sox LF Bob Hove has yet another 2 HR game as Deerborn avoids the sweep with a 9-3 win over Railey. Jimmy Hamm hits safely for the 13th straight game. (8/7)
- Northsouth SP Doug Manns’s 8-strikeout performance lifts the Guardians to a 1-0 victory over Cherricaw. Cal Oluoch’s hit streak ends at 16 games. The Guardians sweep of the Herders brings them into a tie for first in the West with the Windsor Cup champion Salvation Brothers. (8/7)
- The Stags sweep Salvation in Roland. The Brothers have lost 5 in a row and now share first place with Northsouth. This is the first time since June 20th that the Brothers have not had first place to themselves. (8/7)
- Stags LF Jose Lia Tinta’s hit streak hits 18 games. (8/7)
- White Sox CF Jimmy Hamm has hit in 14 straight games after today’s 5-2 win in Prissley. (8/8)
- The Stags open their series in Northsouth with a 20-2 drumming of the Guardians. Jose Lia Tinta is 5 for 6 for his record 19th straight game with a hit. He scores 5 runs, setting the single-game record. His 5 hits also ties the single-game record. His teammate, 1B Francisco Kosgei hit 2 HR, and RF Albert Pentana hit his 23rd HR of the year. A dark moment came in the top of the 3rd when Roberto Gatalvan’s pitch hit Stags slugger Ramon Zuniga in the head. Zuniga went down and bled heavily from the nose, but got up quickly. He came out of the game, but appears to be feeling fine. (8/8)
- The Stags, Brothers, and Guardians are in a 3-way tie for the league’s best record at 39-23. (8/8)
- The Guardians add right-handed reliever Stanton Simms to their roster has they make the push for the playoffs. They send prospects Augusto Kirui and Lucas Fiedler to Cherricaw. Simms’s last game as a Herder was on 8/7 against the Guardians. He was strapped with the loss in that game. (8/9)
- The Guardians bounce back from yesterday’s beating, defeating Roland 5-2. Jose Lia Tinta’s record hit streak ends at 19 games. The Guardians are the first team to 40 wins and own the UA’s best record, pending Salvation’s game against Railey this evening. (8/9)
- Cherricaw 1B Ralph August hits 2 HR in the Herder’s 9-5 win over the Miners, extending his league-leading home run total to 26. (8/9)
- Brothers RF Mike Wilson walks off the Rivals with a 10th inning solo shot as the Brothers keep pace with division nemesis Northsouth for the league’s best record. Brothers SP comes out of the game in the 4th with an injury to his pitching hand, but expects to be good to go for his next start. Rivals LF Carlos Kayra came up limping while chasing down a fly ball and will miss 4 weeks with a strained hamstring. (8/9)
- Bears 1B Norm Farr will retire at the end of this year. He has had a dismal year, moving to the bench after being one of the team’s best hitters in 1928. (8/10)
- Stags RF Albert Pentana hits his 24th HR as Roland wins the rubber match in Northsouth. The Stags retain their 1-game lead over Deerborn in the East. (8/10)
- White Sox CF Jimmy Hamm strikes out in a pinch hit appearance against Prissley, ending his hit streak at 15 games. The White Sox win, 5-1. (8/10)
- Rivals SP Alfredo Hernankez pitches 7 scoreless innings before leaving the game with recurring back tightness. The Rivals shut out the Brothers, 3-0. The loss moves Salvation back into a 3-way tie with Northsouth and Roland for the league’s best record. (8/10)
- Brothers 1B Tony Katakien comes out of the game against Prissley limping severely. The Brothers anxiously await his diagnosis, as his .321 average has been a boon to Salvation this year. The Brothers go on to win, 5-2. (8/11)
- Rivals lefty SP Jeffrey Irvin goes the distance, earning a complete game shutout of the Guardians. Rivals RF Julio Kastro hits a pair of home runs in the 4-0 win. (8/11)
- The Herders beat the Stags and the Rivals beat the Guardians today, so Salvation’s win over Prissley puts them back in the #1 spot in the UA by a single game with just over a month remaining. (8/11)
- Delle’s Antonio Teakowa started the week with back-to-back 2-HR games and hit 6 home runs total this week with 12 RBIs, but it wasn’t enough to beat the Stags’ Albert Pentana for UA Player of the Week. Pentana had 5 home runs, 13 RBIs and an impressive .625 average. He has also hit in 10 straight games. (8/12)
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