This week featured the UA All-Star Game in Taawa. Keep reading for full coverage.
The Stags had a big series this week against the first-place White Sox. It was a chance for Roland to make up ground in the East before heading into the All-Star break.
The home run race is red-hot at the All-Star break.
UA News:
7/14:
- Jeff Brown’s record hit streak ends at 21 games, but his Herders hold on to beat the Trail Blazers, 11-9.
- John Munson goes 8 scoreless innings and gives up just 3 hits in his 2nd start of the year for the Stags. Roland beats Deerborn, 5-0. White Sox SP Jorge Takato leaves with a mild calf strain. He is not expected to miss a start.
- Bears CF Andy Bernard hits a pair of long balls in Platte’s 11-7 victory over Lia Kompos. Bears backup C Juan Alfaro is hit in the foot with a pitch and has to leave the game with a broken foot. He will miss 2-3 weeks.
- Stars LHP Kevin Leroux gives up only 2 hits in 8 scoreless innings as the Stars shut out the Guardians, 2-0.
- Owls RHP Vic Mitchell strikes out 9 in 8 scoreless innings. He only allows 2 hits as Redwood takes home a 4-0 win against Taawa. Chargers LF Joe Katakien is ejected in the 6th for arguing a strike call. Owls RF Jorge Akil hits his 17th HR.
7/15:
- Cherricaw 1B Ralph August hits 2 HR and LF John Bunce is a single short of the cycle in the Herders’ 11-4 win at Prissley. Herders 2B Jeff Brown is in top form, going 4 for 4 at the plate.
- Mathew Huertata goes the distance, allowing only 2 hits and striking out 9 batters in his complete game shutout of the Stags. White Sox RF Curt Sawyer hits his 19th HR. Final: DEE 9, ROL 0.
- Miners LF Jesus Lia Taawa hits 2 home runs in Lia Kompos’s 11-4 win against the Bears.
- Stars RHP Stanley Quinn goes 8.1 scoreless innings in Delle’s second straight shutout victory over Northsouth. Final: DEL 5, NOR 0.
- Owls RF Jorge Akil goes deep in his third straight game for his 18th HR of the year, but the Chargers beat the Owls, 6-5.
7/16:
- White Sox 3B Rygh Ogg hits 2 doubles and a home run and SP Roberto Tokorres strikes out 8 in 7 innings as Deerborn wins 9-1 to take 2 of 3 from the Stags and bolster their claim to the top spot in the East.
- Miners RF Ivan Tuwaa rushes the mound after being struck by a pitch from Bears RHP Manuel Pinto. The benches clear, but order is quickly restored. Pinto and Tuwaa are each suspended 5 games. Final: LK 7, PLA 5.
- The Stars sweep the Guardians in Northsouth with a 6-1 victory today. Delle moves into sole possession of the Wild Card in a contentious pack, but it’s still very early.
- Rivals SP Alfredo Hernankez is injured again, but this time it will end his season. He has been diagnosed with bone chips in his elbow. Hernankez leaves today’s game in the 1st inning, and the Rivals go on to lose to Salvation, 7-4.
7/17:
- The Bears suffer another loss to their lineup today, as 2B Jonathan Kapkobi learns he will miss the rest of the year with torn ligament in his knee. He has platooned at 2B this year with Juan Rokodriguez, who will now presumably take the lead at the position every day.
- Stags LF Jose Lia Tinta goes 5 for 5 and SP Rich Smith helps himself out with a grand slam home run in the 4th off of Jeff Walker. The Stags beat the Brothers, 8-2.
- Trail Blazers SP Jeff Rogers strikes out 8 in 7.1 scoreless innings, but Prissley loses to their arch nemeses on 3B Gavin Jones walk-off HR in the 9th. Final: RAI 4, PRI 3.
- Curt Sawyer hits his 20th home run along with a triple in the White Sox’ 7-5 win against Taawa. Deerborn is just a game behind the Bears for the league’s best record.
7/18:
- Stags RF Albert Pentana hits his 18th and 19th HRs in Roland’s 8-3 win over the Brothers.
- The White Sox absolutely unload on Chargers pitching at Kostinsky Park. RF Bob Hove hits 3 HR for 5 RBI, LF Jose Tokorres hits 3 HR for 5 RBI, and 3B Rygh Ogg hits 2 HR for 5 RBI in the 22-6 shellacking of the lowly Chargers.
7/19:
- The UA announces its All-Star rosters. Platte and Deerborn lead the league with seven All-Star selections each. The 3rd UA All-Star game is this Monday in Taawa. (See below for full coverage of the All-Star Game.)
- Rivals RF Julio Kastro hits his 18th and 19th home runs in Railey’s 7-5 win over Prissley. They lead this year’s River Rivalry, 5 games to 1.
- Stags CF Ramon Zuniga goes deep twice in Roland’s 6-2 win over Salvation. The Stags sweep the Brothers in the series. The Stags are tied with the Stars atop the Wild Card standings.
- Jorge Takato strikes out 12 in 7 innings, allowing just 1 earned run on 3 hits as the White Sox stomp the Chargers, 8-1. Deerborn sweeps Taawa. The champs have won 5 in a row heading into the All-Star break and sit in first place in the East.
- Herders 1B Ralph August goes 3 for 4 with 2 HR in Cherricaw’s 5-2 win over Northsouth.
- Bears CF Andy Bernard’s 14th inning home run gives Platte the 6-5 victory over Delle. The Bears are in command with the league’s best record and a big 10-game lead in the West at the break.
- Owls RF Jorge Akil hits his 20th HR, tying Deerborn’s Curt Sawyer for the league lead, but Redwood loses to Lia Kompos, 9-4. Akil is hitting out of his mind, with 5 HR in his last 6 games.
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1930 UA All-Star Game
Sapfoot Stadium, Taawa, Kandelria
Baseball’s best met last night at Sapfoot Stadium for the 3rd annual UA All-Star Game. Sapfoot Stadium saw its largest crowd of the year with 27,357 ecstatic fans in attendance. The West All-Stars would try to bounce back from last year’s 7-1 East win, hoping to regain the glory of 1928’s no-hit bid by the West pitchers.
Starting the All-Star Game were representatives from the league’s top two teams so far: RHP Mathew Huertata of the Deerborn White Sox and RHP Julio Martinezto of the Platte Bears. Martinezto got in trouble early for the West, walking Herders CF Ed DeMent to start the game. After moving to 2nd on Luke Lia Puedris’s single, the speedy DeMent was able to score on a double play ball. Rivals 1B Pedro Kopano then hit a solo shot to make it 2-0. The West got a run back in the 2nd when Brothers 2B Cliff Moyer scored from 1st base on a Francisco Aguilera double. However, Stags RF Albert Pentana made it 4-1 in the top of the 3rd with a 2-run blast off of Redwood lefty reliever Dave Barr. In the bottom of the 3rd, Owls RF Jorge Akil hit a solo shot to make it 4-2, East. A pair of doubles from Bears teammates Juan Tokorroes and Eloi Rousset made it 4-3 in the 4th, and Jorge Akil’s 2nd solo shot of the night tied the game in the 5th. Stags LF Jose Lia Tinta hit a solo shot in the 7th off of Northsouth RHP Jorge Seanez to put the East back on top, 5-4. Stars LHP David Rogers closed the game out, striking out Miners 2B Jose Meza in the bottom of the 9th with the tying run on 3rd base. The East finished with the win, 5-4, over the West.
Redwood Owls RF Jorge Akil’s 2 solo home runs earned the “Walloping Lefty From Min’tes’ki” All-Star MVP honors despite his team’s loss.
The 3rd UA All-Star Game was a resounding success. The league’s best will return for the 4th UA All-Star Game, scheduled for next July in Deerborn, Woodlyn.
NPL Watch:
- Kings SP Brian Bullock leaves after just 3 pitches in the Kings’ 4-3 loss to the Spiders. (7/15)
- Elderwood 1B Juan Adili smacks 2 solo home runs, but the lakers lose to Tiny Sea, 6-2. (7/17)
- Spiders 1B Dave Phillips hits 2 HR in Wight’s 6-5 win against the Kings. Kings RHP Brian Bullock pitches 3 innings in relief, but once again comes out with back pain. He is day-to-day with back stiffness. (7/17)
- Lakers 2B Faycal Boutin is 3 for 3 with a double and 2 HR in Elderwood’s 4-1 win over Plains City. (7/18)
- Kings LHP Greg Crepin strikes out 9 in 6 innings, but Carver beats Lia Puedris, 5-4. (7/18)
- Toppers 1B Lee Gutierrekaz hits 2 doubles and home run as Trimble beats Wight, 9-3. (7/20)
- Reapers 3B Marc Zorn is 3 for 4 with a double, 2 HR, and 4 RBI in Plains City’s 7-1 victory in Elderwood. (7/20)
- RHP Guy Newton gives up only 3 hits in 7 scoreless innings as the Canaries rally twice in extra innings, finally overcoming the Toppers, 4-3, on Esteban Retoyes’s walk-off sac fly in the 12th. (7/21)
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