Weekly Report: September 19, 1930

The 1930 Regular Season Comes to a Close

The NPL season came to a close with a captivating final week to crown its first-ever champion!

In the UA, the White Sox and Bears met in the final series of the year to decide the league’s Regular Season Championship and a bye to the Windsor Cup Finals. Meanwhile, the Stars, Stags, and Brothers fought for the Wild Card spot.

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UA News:

9/8:

Stars LHP Kevin Leroux hits Chargers RF Aubin Francois with a fastball, resulting in fisticuffs between the two men. The Stars go on to win, 8-3. Francois has been suspended 4 games, Leroux has been suspended 6.
White Sox 1B Jorge Oko hits a pair of solo shots as Deerborn beats Railey, 6-1.
Bears RHP Justin Russell strikes out 10 in 7 scoreless innings. Platte beats Northsouth, 5-3, retaining the league’s best record. Guardians RF Brad Bailey leaves the game with an oblique strain. He will miss the remainder of the season.
Salvation unloads on Lia Kompos, 15-3. They keep a 1-game lead over Roland in the Wild Card race. This the Brothers’ 9th win in a row, an impressive feat with a lineup riddled with injuries.
Jorge Akil hits his 34th HR in the Owls’ 5-2 win against the Trail Blazers. He is in a 3-way tie for the UA HR lead with Julio Kastro of the Rivals and Curt Sawyer of the White Sox.

9/9:

Last year’s league MVP, Stags RF Albert Pentana goes down in pain and leaves the game after being hit in the hand with a pitch today. It will be bad news for the Stags if he misses time as they are in a battle with the streaking Brothers for the UA Wild Card. Rivals RF Julio Kastro hits his 35th home run of the year, but Railey loses to Roland, 9-2.
Salvation wins their 10th game in a row, knocking off the first-place Bears, 3-1.
Bob Hove and Jorge Oko each hit their 30th home run today for the White Sox. Curt Sawyer hits a pair of long balls to take the league lead with 36 total. Deerborn beats Prissley, 10-6. The White Sox are now even with the Bears for the league’s top record and a bye to the Windsor Cup Finals with just 8 games remaining.
Stars RHP Pat Carter gives up just 1 hit and strikes out 8 in 6 IP in just his 2nd start of the year. Delle beats Lia Kompos, 1-0. Stars 1B Yassine Joseph’s 28th HR is the only run of the game.
Owls LF Ambriose Forestier hits a pair of solo home runs that prove to be the difference as Redwood beats Northsouth in 12 innings, 6-4.

9/10:

Bad news for Deerborn, as 2B Luke Lia Puedris has to be helped off the field after a collision on a double play ball. His diagnosis is pending. Prissley wins today’s game against the White Sox, 6-2.
Julio Kastro hits his 36th HR to tie Curt Sawyer for the UA HR lead as the Rivals beat the Stags, 4-2. Stags LF Jose Lia Tinta hits his 34th HR in the loss.
With the Stags’ loss, the Deerborn White Sox win the 1930 UA East Pennant!
Jorge Akil hits a pair of home runs for 36 total in 1930, tying Kastro and Sawyer in the home run race. Northsouth beats Redwood, 11-3.
Stars 3B Mario Olivo hits 2 solo home runs to lift the Stars over the Miners, 4-2, for their 5th win in a row. They are 2 games behind Salvation for the Wild Card with 7 games to go.
Still suffering from blurred vision, Bears LF Andy Bernard has a 4 for 4 day with 2 RBI as Platte takes game 2 from Salvation, 4-3. The Bears are back in sole possession of the UA’s best record. The win gives Platte the 1930 UA West Pennant!

9/11:

Albert Pentana and the Stags are dismayed to learn that the star RF will miss the rest of the year, including the playoffs, with a fractured thumb. He suffered the injury on Tuesday when he was hit in the hand with a pitch. It’s a crucial blow to the Roland lineup as they fight for a postseason berth.
White Sox 2B Luke Lia Puedris head to the 10-day IL with a sprained ankle. He may be healthy enough for the postseason, but time will tell. It’s a tough loss for Deerborn. Lia Puedris had 22 stolen bases this season and was hitting .314, the best average on the team.
Herders 3B Hubert Riko hits 4 doubles for 2 RBI in Cherricaw’s 10-7 win over Taawa.
White Sox LF Bob Hove is 3 for 3 with a double and 2 HRs for 4 RBI. Curt Sawyer hits his league-leading 37th HR as Deerborn downs Prissley, 6-1. Deerborn SP Jorge Takato allows just 2 hits in 5 scoreless inning and strikes out 8 in the win.
Rivals RF Julio Kastro hits his 37th home run to keep pace with Curt Sawyer in the home run race. Rivals 3B Gavin Jones goes deep twice as Railey beats Roland, 5-4.
Bears 3B Juan Tokorres hits his 30th HR of the year as Platte takes 2 of 3 from Salvation. The Brothers still lead by 1 game for the Wild Card. The Bears still lead by 1 for the league’s top record.
Stars RHP Gurr Gurr goes 8 1-run innings in the Stars’ 7-1 beating of the Miners. Delle is now just 1 game behind Salvation for the Wild Card.

9/13:

Owls RF Jorge Akil hits his 37th homer in Redwood’s 10-4 loss to Platte. Bears C Eloi Rousset is 4 for 4 with 3 doubles in the win. Bears 3B Juan Tokorres hits his 31st home run.
The Stags lose their 3rd game in a row. Trail Blazers LF Juan Tumaini hits a pair of home runs in the win in Roland. Final: PRI 9, ROL 5.
Guardians SP Justin Morris strikes out 11, but the White Sox win at Kostinsky Park, 2-1, remaining a game behind Platte for the league’s number one spot and a bye the Finals.
The Stars win an instant classic in game 1 of a crucial series in Tiny Sea against the Brothers. Delle wins in 14 innings on Yassine Joseph’s solo home run. Final: DEL 4, SAL 3. The win is Delle’s 7th in a row and brings them into a tie for the Wild Card with Salvation, 1 game in front of Roland.

9/14:

Stags RF Gurr Engh hits 2 HR in his best attempt to make up for Albert Pentana’s absence, but Roland drops their 4th in a row, a 10-inning thriller at Gateway Park. Final: PRI 6, ROL 5. The Stags need to find their way back to the win column in a hurry to keep their season alive.
The White Sox win again, beating Northsouth, 9-5. Deerborn has won 8 of their last 10.
Stars 1B Yassine Joseph hits his 3rd HR in his last 4 games, but the Brothers take game 2 in Tiny Sea, 5-3. The win puts Salvation back in first in the Wild Card race with 4 games to go. The Brothers now lead the Stars by 1 game and the Stags by 2 games.
Platte RHP Justin Russell tallies 9 Ks in 7 innings against the Owls. Russell claims the UA record for strikeouts in a season in the effort. He now has 167 Ks this year, surpassing Taawa’s Orlando Nunez, who struck out 164 in 1928. The Bears win the late game in Redwood, 10-3. They retain the UA’s top record, a game in front of Deerborn with 4 games remaining.

9/15:

Julio Kastro goes yard twice for 6 RBI in the Rivals’ 13-6 win over Taawa. Kastro is back on top of the UA home run list with 39 this season.
Guardians RHP Jaime Ruiz allows just 2 hits in 7 innings and strikes out 10. Northsouth knocks the White Sox around in Deerborn, 10-2.
The Brothers take 2 of 3 from the Stars, winning 6-3 today. They are primed to win the Wild Card, leading by 2 games with just 3 to go.
Trial Blazers LF Juan Tumaini has another 2-HR day, but the Stags win, 12-7, snapping their 4-game losing streak. Stags LF Jose Lia Tinta hits his 35th home run in the win. Roland, along with Delle, is 2 games behind Salvation for the Wild Card with just 3 games to go.
Bears CF Stan Davis smacks 5 hits with 2 doubles and a home run for 3 RBI, but Platte loses to Redwood, 9-7. The Bears lead the White Sox by 1 game for the league’s best record and bye to the Windsor Cup Finals. In a gift from the schedule gods, the two division winners will meet in the season’s final 3-game series, starting tomorrow at Craterview Park.

9/16:

Stars LHP Kevin Leroux returns from suspension, but leaves with a mild oblique strain. He s expected to recover quickly and be 100% for a potential playoff series for Delle. Delle goes on to win, 3-2, with help from Yassine Joseph’s 31st HR.
Bears RHP Adam Evans shows up in the big game, going the distance in game 1 against Deerborn for a complete game 1-hitter. If Platte can win 1 of the next 2, they will have the UA’s best record and a bye to the Windsor Cup Finals. Today’s final: PLA 5, DEE 0.
Guardians CF Tom Katamori is 4 for 4 with 2 doubles in Northsouth’s 7-2 win over Roland. The Stags are eliminated with the loss.
Brothers LF Curt Lawson hits a pair of home runs in the 4-2 win at Redwood. Red-hot Salvation has won 13 of their last 16 despite being decimated by injuries.

9/17:

Despite 5 hits from Cherricaw LF Holth Lass, Delle wins a thriller in the 11th as Hamza Laporte takes off for 2nd base and then scores on Antonio Teakowa’s double to walk it off. The Stars season is alive for now, but they need the Brothers to lose in Redwood this evening or their season will end.
Julio Kastro hits his league-leading 40th home run in the Rivals’ 2-1 loss at the Miners.
Trail Blazers LF Juan Tumaini has hit 7 home runs in the last 5 days. He hits 2 today as Prissley pounds the lowly Chargers with 11 runs in the 13th inning for a rare extra-innings blowout. Final: PRI 19, TAA 8.
White Sox RF Curt Sawyer hits his 38th home run, but it’s not enough. Platte takes game 2 from Deerborn, 9-5. The win gives the Bears their first UA Regular Season Championship. They will have home field advantage in the Windsor Cup Finals.
RHP Pancho Romo gives the Brothers 8.1 solid, innings for just 1 run. Len Odden saves the game for Salvation after Whit Vorpoole nearly blows the lead in the 9th. The Brothers beat the Owls, 6-5. The win locks up the Wild Card for the Brothers, and the playoff field is set. Deerborn will have home field advantage against Salvation in the UA SemiFinal Series and the winner will play Platte in the Windsor Cup Finals. No matter what happens from here, Brothers manager Jim Cannon deserves consideration for UA Manager of the Year for leading the Brothers to an unprecedented third playoff appearance while dealing with more injuries than any other team.

9/18:

Julio Kastro does it again, hitting his 41st home run as the Rivals beat the Miners, 7-3. He finishes as this year’s home run king in the UA, 2 away from the record of 43 HR in a season, shared by Antonio Teakowa (1929) and Juan Tokorres (1928).
White Sox RHP Ayoub Colin will be day-to-day in the upcoming SemiFinal against the Brothers, still dealing with a sore elbow, and now neck stiffness that causes him to exit today’s game after the 3rd inning.
The Bears go on to win an extra-innings comeback thriller against Deerborn, walking off on 40-year old veteran Allen Bookout’s pinch-hit 2-run blast. The Bears finish 70-30, the UA’s best record so far in 3 seasons. Final: PLA 11, DEE 10 (12 inn)
Miners 2B Jose Meza wins the 1930 UA Batting Title with an average of .331 for the season. He tallied 130 hits, 14 home runs, 52 RBI, and scored 66 times this year. Meza breaks his own record of 127 hits in a season, set last year.
Bears CF Stan Davis ties teammate Juan Tokorres’s record for most RBI in a season with 108.

Congrats to this year’s playoff teams, and to the Bears for their Regular Season Championship! Best of luck to the Bears, Brothers, and White Sox as they vie for the Windsor Cup!

In two seasons as Regular Season Champs, the Stags were unable to finish the year with a Windsor Cup win. Does the break between the Regular Season and the Finals have some ill effect on the team who earns a bye, or were the Stags just not up to the task in ’28 and ’29? Will the Bears become the first Regular Season champs to lift the Cup, or will the Brothers or White Sox become the first team to win the cup for the second time?

The playoffs begin tomorrow with a rematch of last year’s SemiFinal Series, with the Brothers visiting Deerborn for game 1 to start the best of 5.

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NPL Watch:

Carp LHP Kent McConnish strikes out 9 in 7 innings, but the Reapers take it, 5-4. (9/8)
Metros 1B Chuck Parker hits his 17th HR in Tiny Sea’s 3-2 win over Lia Puedris. The win brings the Metros within 1 game of first place with losses by both Petchon and Carver. (9/8)
Carver starter LHP Wiley Ellysian strikes out 9 in 7.2 innings. Wight 1B Lier Semb hits his league-best 24th HR, but the Canaries prevail, 4-2, over the Spiders. Carver gains sole possession of first over Petchon and Tiny Sea with just 4 games to go. (9/9)
Plains City’s newest signing, LHP Tom Vickers, goes 6.2 scoreless innings with 8 Ks and only gives up 3 hits. However, Carp 1B Pedro Bausi’s sac fly in the 8th sinks the Reapers, 1-0. The Carp will face the Canaries in the final 3-game series of the year, starting tomorrow! (9/10)
Kings 1B Luis Rokodriguez hits his 22nd home run, but it’s not enough. Tiny Sea beats Lia Puedris, 2-1, for the sweep, moving into a 3-way tie for first place with Petchon and Carver. The Metros have won 4 in a row and will face the last-place Toppers on the road in the last 3-game series of the year. (9/10)
Carver SS Walt Smith’s RBI single gives the Canaries a walk-off win in game 1 of 3 against Petchon to end the season. Final: CAR 3, PET 2. The win gives Carver a 1-game edge in the standings with 2 games remaining. Both teams will also keep their eyes on the Metros, who start a 3-game series in Trimble today. (9/11)
Trimble 1B Lee Gutierrekaz hits 2 deep bombs in the Toppers’ 6-1 win over the Metros. Tiny Sea falls 1 game behind the Canaries. A win tomorrow will clinch the NPL Championship for Carver. (9/11)
Kings 1B Luis Rokodriguez goes deep in back-to-back games for his 23rd HR of the season. Lia Puedris beats Plains City, 6-0. Kings pitching combines for 13 Ks in the shutout win. (9/11)
Kings RHP Justin Antoine strikes out 7 in 8 scoreless innings as the Kings shut out the Reapers, 2-0. (9/12)
Tiny Sea RHP Rafael Sotio leaves the game with severe elbow pain after throwing just 3 pitches. The Metros go on to lose to the Toppers, 5-2. (9/12)
The Carver Canaries are 1930 NPL Champions! LHP Morgan Burnett gives the Canaries 7 scoreless innings as Carver beats Petchon 5-2 on the foundation of a 4-run 1st inning. The win clinches the NPL’s top spot for the Canaries. The team will be presented with the National Cup after tomorrow’s season finale at Carver Municipal Stadium. (9/12)
At a raucous party in Carver, the visiting Carp win in 10 innings, 3-1. They can’t spoil the mood however, as the Canaries are presented with the National Cup by NPL Commissioner Shannon Mukai. Carver finishes with a record of 40-30, the first-ever NPL Champions! (9/13)

Weekly Report: September 19, 1930