Trail Blazers pitcher Alfonso Lopetokaz throws the 2nd no-hitter in UA history against the first-place White Sox!
The red-hot Salvation Brothers face tests with series against the Bears and the Stars this week.
UA News:
8/5:
- White Sox RHP Jorge Takato tallies 9 Ks in 8 IP, allowing 1 run on 5 hits, in Deerborn’s 2-1 win over Prissley.
- Brothers 1B Curt Lawson stays hot at the plate with another home run as the Brothers beat the Bears in the first game of a big series, 4-1. Lawson is up to 19 HR this season.
8/6:
- Rivals RF Come Arnould leaves the game in substantial pain after making a throw from the outfield. He will be day-to-day for a week or so with a “tired arm.” Stags RF Albert Pentana ties the UA record with 4 walks in the game, scoring 3 runs in Roland’s 7-4 comeback win.
- White Sox RF Curt Sawyer hits his 25 and 26th home runs of the year. Trail Blazers LF Juan Tumaini also hits a pair of knocks, but the White Sox win in 11 innings on Sawyer’s 2nd HR of the game, 6-5.
- Stars RF Antonio Teakowa is heating up, hitting another 2 HR today in the Stars’ 4-2 win over the Miners.
- Curt Lawson’s home run barrage continues as he smacks his 20th against the Bears. Teammates Andy Thompson and Howard Tenney also went deep in Salvation’s 13-3 rout of the first-place Bears.
8/7:
- Come Arnould hits a home run despite his sore arm, and Julio Kastro hits his 24th of the year as Railey wallops the Stags, 14-3, to avoid the sweep at home. Rivals 1B Pedro Kopano sustains a high ankle sprain running the bases. He could miss up to a month.
- Alfonso Lopetokaz throws a no-hitter against the first-place White Sox! The 27-year old Trail Blazers righty struck out 7 and walked 5 in Prissley’s 8-0 win. White Sox manager Jim Holt described Lopetokaz’s slider as “filthy.”
- Bears C Eloi Rousset hits a pair of deep balls in Platte’s 10-2 win at Salvation. Platte avoids the sweep and keeps an 8-game lead over the Brothers in the West.
- Stars RHP Gurr Gurr strikes out 10 and allows 5 hits in a complete game shoutout against the Miners. Antonio Teakowa hits his 15th HR. Final: DEL 4, LK 0.
- Guardians 1B Cal Oluoch hits his 15th and 16th home runs in Northsouth’s 5-3 win at Redwood.
8/8:
- Trail Blazers RHP Jeff Rogers strikes out 10 in 6 scoreless innings with just 3 hits as the Blazers blank the Stags, 4-0.
- The Stars beat the Brothers, 7-4. Delle has won 6 of their last 7 and now trail Salvation by just 1 game in the Wild Card race.
- Jorge Akil hits his 26th home run, but the Owls fall to the Bears, 9-5.
- Miners LF Jesus Lia Taawa launches a pair of homers in the Miners’ 10-8 win against Cherricaw.
8/9:
- RHP Chad Katrikowa strikes out 8 in 7 innings in Lia Kompos’s 5-2 win against Cherricaw.
- Trail Blazers LF Juan Tumaini blasts 2 more home runs today and RF Theron Landry is 3 for 4 with 2 doubles for 5 RBI, as Prissley stomps Roland, 13-2, for their 3rd straight win.
- Rivals RHP Noa Dutertre goes 8 scoreless innings, allowing only 2 hits and striking out 8, as Railey blanks Taawa, 4-0.
8/10:
- Brothers CF Andy Thompson is 3 for 4 with a home run as Salvation beats Delle, 3-1, to avoid the sweep and maintain a 1-game lead over the Stars in the Wild Card race. It’s Thompson’s 3rd straight game with a long ball. He is hitting out of his mind since his return two weeks ago from a sprained knee.
- The Stags avoid the sweep at Prissley, winning 8-3 as Jose Lia Tinta hits his 23rd HR of the year. Roland remains a game behind Salvation in the Wild Card race.
- Rivals LF Julio Kastro achieves the hat trick, going 4 for 4 with 3 homers for 6 RBI against Taawa pitching in Railey’s 10-1 win. The 3-HR day propels Kastro into the UA HR lead with 28 on the year.
- White Sox LF Bob Hove hits his 23rd HR, but Deerborn falls to Northsouth, 4-2. Deerborn is 2 games behind Platte for the league’s top record.
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NPL Watch:
- Carp LHP Kent McConnish strikes out 7 in 6 innings, but the Lakers go on to win a thriller with an 11th inning comeback walk-off on C George Cool’s 3-run home run. Final: ELD 5, PET 4. (8/4)
- Tiny Sea RHP Carlos Pultudos allows just 2 hits in 7 shutout innings as Tiny Sea beats Carver, 1-0. (8/4)
- Kings LHP Fernand Quille leaves in the 4th inning of Lia Puedris’s 9-2 win over Trimble. Quille will miss 4-5 weeks, likely the remainder of the season, with a herniated disc. (8/4)
- Reapers RHP Bruce Brown leaves in the 2nd inning with back tightness. He is day-to-day. Plains City wins in 11 innings on SS Wally Jensen’s 2-run home run. (8/5)
- LHP Hector Itaawa allows 2 runs on just 2 hits in 7 innings as the Carp beat the Toppers, 10-4. (8/6)
- The Guardians send 30-year old LHP Wiley Ellysian to the Canaries in return for young outfield prospect Bob Hester. Ellysian has a 2.86 ERA in 8 relief appearances for Northsouth this year. He hopes to make the starting rotation in Carver. (8/7)
- Wight 1B Lier Semb and Kings SP Enrique Huertata are ejected in the 3rd inning for inciting a bench-clearing scrum. Semb is suspended for 3 games; Huertata is suspended for 7. (8/7)
- Carp RF Jose Gomez smacks a pair of home runs for a whopping 7 RBI in Petchon’s 10-4 win over Trimble. Carp CF T.J. Harrison is 3 for 5 and scores 4 times in the win. (8/7)
- Elderwood 1B Blake Mercier hits his league-leading 11th and 12th home runs as the Lakers beat the Metros in the 12th inning on a wild pitch walk-off. (8/7)
- Reapers RHP Julian Rault allows just 1 run on 1 hit in 7 innings as Plains City downs Carver, 2-1. (8/8)
- Metros RHP Jaime Katrikowa allows just 1 run on 1 hit in 7.2 IP. Tiny Sea beats Elderwood, 5-1. (8/8)
- Lakers 1B Juan Adili is 3 for 5 with a double, a home run, and 5 RBI in Elderwood’s 6-1 win at Plains City. (8/10)
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