1933 Uplantic Baseball: Week 9

August 7, 1933

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The UA’s second half is underway! The Delle Stars and the Deerborn White Sox are once again battling for the UA East pennant this year, while the Salvation Brothers and Northsouth Guardians are trying to catch the first-place Platte Bears in the UA West. The Railey Rivals had a strong start to the season, but have lost ground to the league’s two dominant teams, the White Sox and Stars.

The Lakers have led the NPL standings nearly all season so far, but the Spiders, Reapers, Metros, and Canaries are hot on their trail as the season enters its second half. Meanwhile, former Owls teammates Ambroise Forestier and Jorge Akil are squaring off as two of the top MVP candidates in the NPL so far this year.

UA News

Monday, 7/31/1933

• Delle Stars All-Star RF Antonio Teakowa will miss around a week with an oblique strain. The Stags beat the Stars today, 6-5.
• Trail Blazers 2B Ernesto Terawaa hit 2 HRs for 4 RBI in Prissley’s 6-3 win over Salvation.
• Railey C Pedro Romanota had a 5-RBI day with a grand slam HR and an RBI single. The Rivals gained a game in the East with 6-4 win over the Owls.

Tuesday, 8/1/1933

• Stars 3B Mario Olivo may need to expand his trophy case soon. He is July’s Batter of the Month in the UA. He hit .356 in July with 10 HRs and 10 RBI. He scored 21 times. He also took home the All-Star MVP last month.
• Rivals 22-year old LH SP Howard Ferguson is July’s UA Pitcher of the Month. He made 3 starts, finished the month a 4-0 record and a 0.76 ERA, striking out 33 batters in 23.2 innings.
• Rivals 23-year old RH SP Pedro Rivera is July’s UA Rookie of the Month. In 5 starts, he went 3-0 with 2.37 ERA and 35 Ks.
• Brothers SP Tom Lia Morro went 7 scoreless innings with only 2 hits and 9 Ks in Salvation’s 7-0 shutout of the Trail Blazers.
• The Platte outfield hit 2 HR each tonight. CF Andy Bernard, LF Michael Moore, and RF Gurr Gurr each went deep twice for 10 total RBI. The Bears routed the Chargers, 11-0. This was Platte’s 7th straight win.
• The Stags beat the Stars, 3-2, putting Delle 2 games nehind the White Sox in UA East. In addition, the Stars will be without 2B Bobby Moyle for 2-3 weeks after he collided with the runner on a double play attempt. Stars SS Gary Allaire will be day-to-day for about a week with back tightness.

Wednesday, 8/2/1933

• Stags All-Star CF Ramon Zuniga tied Deerborn’s Bob Hove for the UA HR lead with his 23rd home run of the season in Roland’s 7-6 win over Prissley. The Stags have won 3 straight and are back above .500 on the year.
• The Bears’ 7-game win streak was snapped by the Brothers today. The Bears still lead the Guardians by 5 games and the Brothers by 6 games. Final: SAL 3, PLA 2.
• 3B Mario Olivo and LF Carlos Teakowa each left the yard twice in Delle’s 6-0 win over Railey. Railey star pitcher Sonny Hernankez left the game with a sore shoulder. He may need to miss a start to rest it.
• Owls SP David merlet went 5.2 innings with zero runs and only 2 hits. He struck out 5. Redwood beat Deerborn, 4-0. The loss brings the White Sox’ lead over Delle to just 1 game.
• Miners LF Steve Kiteoko took a pitch off his left hand, leaving a nasty contusion. He could miss around a week. Lia Kompos beat Cherricaw, 7-6.
• Guardians OF Andy Thompson hit a pair of HRs this evening for 5 RBI. He helped Northsouth to an 8-5 win over Taawa. The Guardians are now 5 games behind the Bears in the UA West.

Thursday, 8/3/1933

• Stags RH SP Noa Dutertre went 8 innings, allowing just 1 run on 3 hits. Roland won their 4th straight, beating Prissley, 4-1.
• Salvation unloaded on Platte, 13-2. The Brothers hit 8 doubles in the game. Salvation is now 5 games back of the Bears in the UA West. Unfortunately, Brothers starter Albert Gacoki left in the 1st inning with a finger blister. He could miss a week or more.
• Guardians CF Tom Katamori hit 2 HRs, but the Chargers won, 6-3. Northsouth remains 5 games behind the Bears.
• Stars 1B Pedro Bausi hit his 17th and 18th HRs in Delle’s 6-3 win in Railey.
• White Sox 1B Bob Hove regained the lead in the UA home run race with his 24th HR of the year. Deerborn 3B Rygh Ogg had 2 RBI and scored the go-head run in the 11th inning of the 8-7 win over Redwood. The White Sox retain a 1-game lead over Delle in the East.

Friday, 8/4/1933

• Roland’s win streak hit 5 games as the Stags topped the Trail Blazers, 10-2. Stags rookie C Rafael Kastillo went 3 for 3 with a 3-run HR.
• The Brothers swept the first-place Bears with a 4-2 win. Salvation and Northsouth now trail Platte by 4 games in the UA West. Roland is 5 games back.
• Stars 3B Mario Olivo stayed immaculate with his 23rd HR of the year, but the Stars dropped the game to Railey, 7-2.
• Owls SP Evan Francis struck out 9 and allowed 4 hits in 5.1 scoreless innings. Redwood took the series from first-place Deerborn with an 8-2 win. The White Sox stilkl lead the Stars by 1 game. They’ll start a 3-game series tomorrow.

Saturday, 8/5/1933

• Veteran Redwood SP Jose Verdier went the distance with a 5-hit shutout and 10 Ks! The Owls beat the Herders, 8-0.
• White Sox starter Mathew Huertata went 7 innings, but Delle got the better of Deerborn’s bullpen with 2 runs off of Joao Thery in the 9th. Delle won, 4-2, to even the standings in the UA East.
• SP Juan Rosa went 7.2 innings for the Brothers, allowing only 3 hits and zero runs, striking out 6. Salvation beat Taawa for their 5th straight win.
• Guardians LF Andy Thompson had his second 2-HR game of the week, notching 3 RBI in Northsouth’s 4-3 win over Lia Kompos.

Sunday, 8/6/1933

• Stars 2B Bobby Moyle hit 2 homers, but White Sox starter Martin Westfield had 7 of Deerborn’s combined 13 Ks in a great performance by one of the league’s elite pitching staffs. Deerborn took game 2 of the hotly contested series, 3-2, on a walk-off walk from Delle RHP Jeremy Wheeler. The White Sox now lead Delle by 1 game in the East. They’ll play the rubber match tomorrow in Deerborn.
• Salvation 3B Jeff Brown hit a walk-off RBI double in the 11th to seal the Brothers’ 6th straight victory. Final/11: SAL 7, TAA 6.
• Rivals C Pedro Romanota hit 2 HR for 5 RBI as Railey beat their nemeses, the Trail Blazers, 6-0.
• Owls SP Rodrigo Garai allowed 1 run on 4 hits over 8 innings and got the win as Redwood beat Cherricaw, 5-1.
• Roland SP Michael Mercer threw 7.1 scoreless innings with 8 Ks and 5 hits allowed. The Stags beat the Bears, 1-0. Roland LF Jose Lia Tinta’s solo HR was the game’s only run. The Bears lead over Salvation and Northsouth is down to 3 games.

Current UA Standings:

NPL Watch

Monday, 7/31/1933

• Metros RH SP Darby Ramirekaz struck out 10 batters and allowed only 1 hit in 6.2 scoreless innings as Tiny Sea pounded first-place Elderwood, 10-2.

Tuesday, 8/1/1933

• Metros LF Ambroise Forestier is the NPL’s Batter of the Month for July. During the month, he hit .340 with 10 HRs and 31 RBI. Forestier was the MVP of the UA’s inaugural season in 1928. This is is first year with Tiny Sea in the NPL.
• Spiders SP Francisco Lia Taawa is July’s Pitcher of the Month in the NPL. He struck out 20 batters over 36.1 innings with a 1.24 ERA.
• Reapers RH SP Jeff Starks went 6 scoreless innings in the Reapers’ 10-0 win in Lia Puedris.
• The Plains City Reapers announced today that RH SP Julian Rault will miss the rest of the 1933 season with a torn rotator cuff that he sustained on July 28. “No, I’m not thrilled. I’m upset, obviously. The doctors said I’m out for the year.”

Wednesday, 8/2/1933

• Kings SP Greg Crepin went 7.1 3-hit innings for zero runs and 6 Ks as Lia Puedris beat Plains City, 10-1.
• Carp SP Josh Konzalez went 7.1 shutout innings with just 1 hit allowed and 8 Ks. Petchon beat Carver, 7-0.
• The Metros are red-hot. They swept the first-place Lakers today with a 7-3 win. It was Tiny Sea’s 5th straight victory.
• The Spiders swept the Toppers with a 10-2 win at home. Wight is now tied for first with Elderwood, who lost again to the Metros.

Thursday, 8/3/1933

• Metros DH George Cool went yard twice and Tiny Sea won their 6th straight, 8-2 over Petchon.

Friday, 8/4/1933

• Carp LH SP Morgan Burnett allowed just 3 hits over 6.2 scoreless innings, but Tiny Sea beat Petchon on 10th-inning a walk-off balk by 39-year old LHP Dani Kampibe! The Metros have now won 7 straight games.
• Lakers LF Jesus Lia Taawa walked it off with a solo HR in the bottom of the 9th to beat the Kings, 6-5. Elderwood retains a 1-game lead in the standings.

Saturday, 8/5/1933

• Petchon stopped Tiny Sea’s win streak at 7 games today with a 6-3 win. Carp 3B Kylian Trimble had a double and a grand slam for 5 total RBI.
• Reapers RF Jose Gomez has homered in 3 of his last 4 games. He is well behind his incredible, record-setting pace of 33 HR last season, but his current surge is rekindling speculation of cheating in the media. Plains City beat Wight, 5-3.
• Trimble SP Elliot Gaillard went 8.1 inning for the win as the lowly Toppers managed to take their first series of the year with a 6-2 victory in Carver.
• Lia Puedris avoided a sweep with a 7-2 win over the Lakers. Elderwood remains in first place with a 1-game lead over Wight.

Sunday, 8/6/1933

• Lakers SP Juan Flores struck out 7 over 7 innings, but Plains City beat Elderwood, 5-4.
• Wight beat Carver, 8-3, to draw even with the Lakers at the top of the NPL.
• Last-place Trimble has won 2 straight games for the first time this year, beating the Metros, 4-3, on a pinch-hit, 10th inning, walk-off single by OF Jim Burd.

Current NPL Standings:

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