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Old 09-27-2005, 08:21 AM   #34
timmyw3
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Around the WHBL – Sim #3

Players Of The Week

NA – Las Vegas 1B Pierre Perez – The 30-year-old has been a huge bargain for the Aliens after back-to-back mediocre seasons in Managua. Perez leads the NA with 8 homers and last week hit .619 with 5 HR and 13 RBI.

SA – Cali CF Roberto Rentas – The journeyman outfielder, who has played in 5 different organizations, has finally found a home with the Condors. After a slow start, Roberto turned it on last week and hit .471 with 3 homers and 7 RBI.

Division Leaders

NA East: Jacksonville (13-7) by 1.5 games over Indianapolis
NA Central: San Antonio (15-6), winners of 5 in a row and leading Guadalajara by 1.
NA West: Calgary (15-4), 3 games up on Las Vegas
SA North: Bogota (14-7) by 3 games over Guayaquil and Quito.
SA South: Buenos Aires (12-7) and Sao Paulo (13-8) are in a virtual tie.
SA Caribbean: San Juan regains 1st by a game and a half over Port-au-Prince.

Stat Leaders

North American
AVG: Murphy DC .423
HR: Cowen SLC, Murphy DC, Perez LV 8
RBI: Murphy DC 23
SB: Cobb LV 20 (on pace for 171)
W: Crawford POR 4
ERA: Marpons MEX 1.06
K: Pinochet DC 43
SV: Banach JAX 6

South American
AVG: Williams HAV .391
HR: Correa PAP 8
RBI: Correa PAP 25
SB: Baxter BOG 8
W: Acevedo BOG & Fabregas SP 4
ERA: Colclough PAP 0.82
K: Lock GC 49
SV: Paez BOG 7

News & Notes

We almost had our first no-hitter of the season as Las Vegas right hander Timothy Rogers pitched a one-hitter against the Vancouver, B.C. Mounties. One out away from his second no-hitter in as many seasons, Rogers gave up a 2-out single to Mountie OF Harry Mercado which broke up the no-no. Rogers then retired Harold Issa on a grounder to complete the one-hitter. Rogers struck out 13 and walked just 2 in running his record to 3-0. Expect the Mounties to be on the wrong end of a no-hitter or 2 this year. They are hitting a collective .213 in year 2 of a massive rebuilding project.

One of the top young pitchers in the league, San Juan 22 year old Roy Rita, also spun a one-hitter. Remarkably it was only his 4th major league start. In the 6-0 win over the Santo Domingo Dragons, Rita allowed only an Augustine Lingle single in the 4th inning. On the season, Roy is 2-1 with a 2.70 ERA for the 1st place Senators.

The scoreless innings streak to start the season for Guatemala City ace Dennis Lock was stopped at 28 2/3 when he gave up a solo homer to Cali’s Tony Schott on April 24. The Condors would batter Lock for 5 runs in 5 1/3 innings in a 10-0 win. Still, Lock is 3-1 with a 1.38 ERA on the year and leads the SA in strikeouts yet again.

One of the top young players in the league has gotten off to a slow start and will be heading back down to the minors to get his game back in order. New Orleans 3B Peaches Malone, who was 19 when he was called up last year, hit an impressive .319 with 15 homers in his rookie year. It’s been a struggle this year though as Peaches has managed to hit just .217. Pelicans’ management thought it would be best if Peaches work the kinks out down at the Lake of the Ozarks AAA team. Expect him to be back soon though. Meanwhile New Orleans is in the midst of a 10-game losing streak.

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