ISSUE Midseason 01 Report Aug Eliteserien 2019 2019

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Summary of 1st Half P.1 2019 Eliteserien Standings NM 2019 Recap P.2

nd 1. Pretenders 5-1 .833 2 Half Preview P.3 2. ØHIL Royals 6-2 .750

3. Suns 3-3 .500 4. Earls 0-8 .000 Beginning of 2nd Half Sees Three Teams Eyeing 1st Place

With the second half of the 2019 Trondheim Baseball - Although their win/loss 2019 ESB Stat Eliteserien starting up, we find record may not reflect it, the squad from Trondheim Leaders ourselves with three clubs within has been playing some good baseball. They have found themselves on the wrong side of some close Batting Average: reach of the top spot and the games. Under the veteran leadership of Alek Nilsen opportunity to take home the honor of 1. Armando Rodriguez (ØHIL) and Bendik Johansen, this team is right on the cusp 2019 Eliteserien Champions. .536 of becoming quite dangerous. With solid outfield 2. Sigbjørn Osa (ØHIL) .520 play and tremendous speed on the bases, The Oslo Pretenders, ØHIL Royals, and 3. Emil Fjellvang (ØHIL) .500 highlighted by Christian Taft and Elias Garbeg, this Kristiansand Suns all look to carry momentum into 4. Charles Conrad (ØHIL) .417 bunch can quickly capitalize and push runs across. the second half of the season following the summer 5. Nate Peterson (PRET) .412 If the pitching staff can find a way to limit the walks holidays. All three teams have their eyes on the top Runs Batted In: and the defense plays solidly behind them, watch spot with the Pretenders going into the break having out. 1. Joe Rollwagen (PRET) 14 just edged out the Royals on winning percentage, ØHIL Royals - The squad from ØHIL has put 2. Charles Conrad (ØHIL) 10 with the Suns on lurking two games behind the together quite the impressive start to the 2019 3. Emil Fjellvang (ØHIL) 8 defending champions. The 4th place team, the Earls campaign, which includes taking down the 4. Armando Rodriguez (ØHIL) 8 of Trondheim, will look to get something going and defending champion Oslo Pretenders in game 1 of 5. Sigbjørn Osa (ØHIL) 8 play the role of spoiler as the race for 1st comes the final series of the 1st half. The Royals are led by

Earned Run Average: down to the wire. power arm and salty veteran Emil Fjellvang, who is quite the household name in Norwegian Baseball. 1. Alex Guilford (PRET) 0.00 These last few months have been loaded with Also powering this potent offense are Armando 2. Emil Fjellvang (ØHIL) 1.20 excellent performances, both by crafty veterans and Rodriguez, Sigbjørn Osa, and Charles Conrad, who, 3. Mads Eldevik (ØHIL) 4.50 by some newer and younger faces that have burst along with Fjellvang, are boasting the 4 highest 4. Matt Connell (PRET) 4.67 onto the scene. We will take a look at what has been batting averages in the league….. cont. next page 5. Jonathan Whistler (KRS) 5.62 the driving force behind each club so far.

Strikeouts:

1. Alex Guilford (PRET) 33 Emil Fjellvang (ØHIL

2. Alek Nilsen (TRND) 32 Royals and Norwegian

3. Emil Fjellvang (ØHIL) 31 National Team)

4. Jonathan Whistler (KRS) Fjellvang currently holds the nd 19 league’s 2 best ERA (1.20) and rd 5. Mads Eldevik (ØHIL) 15 sits in 3 in strikeouts (31)

NM 2019 Schedule: ØHIL Royals cont.- While the pitching has been and Matt Connell have ensured that inconsistent at times, if you the Pretenders always have a th In addition to a high powered Saturday, June 29 encounter the Suns on a day where chance to win. This squad is hungry offense, the Royals have also both Keuhl and Whistler are on top for another championship, and the Game 1- 10:00 Sola Aviators 5 benefitted from solid pitching. of their game, it’s going to be a long rest of the league is just as hungry Between Fjellvang, Mads Eldevik, Trondheim Baseball 6 day at the park. Definitely look for to take them down. and Marius Søra, ØHIL has one of the Suns to make a lot of noise in the deeper pitching staffs in the NM 2019 Recap Game 2- 12:45 ØHIL Royals 1 the 2nd half. country. Look for Fjellvang & Co. to Another NM has come and gone, Kristiansand Suns 11 be in the mix for the top spot come Oslo Pretenders - The and with it, came another September. defending champions have to like Game 3- 15:30 Trondheim Baseball 5 Pretenders championship. The the idea of heading into the break in Kristiansand Suns - Even Oslo Pretenders breezed through st Oslo Pretenders 15 1 place. The Pretenders were one with a 3-3 record at the break, the the tournament taking down bad inning away from wrapping up Suns still find themselves Trondheim 15-5 in the semifinal Game 4- 18:15 Sola Aviators 3 the first half undefeated, but controlling their own destiny. At before besting Kristiansand in the dropped a hard fought game to the ØHIL Royals 9 only 2 games behind the leading final 9-2. The final was a tightly Royals. The team from Oslo rolls Pretenders, Andy Johnson’s squad contested game until the 4th inning, th into the summer holiday with Sunday, June 30 will look to make up the lost ground when a grand slam by Leif Petter arguably the deepest roster in the and take home the title. With one of Sandvik gave the Pretenders a Game 5- 09:45 ØHIL Royals 15 league. Loaded with long-time the deeper offensive lineups in the commanding lead. Alex Guilford veterans such as team leader Terje Trondheim Baseball 0 (Bronze Final) league and pitching that can shut a picked up the complete game win Hoaas, Leif Petter Sandvik, Darren team down in an instant, they are for the Pretenders, striking out 11. McKellep, and Glen Wells, the Game 6- 12:30 Kristiansand Suns 2 more than capable of doing just Jonathan Whistler was tagged with Pretenders have also taken Oslo Pretenders 9 (NM Final) that. Led at the plate by the duo of the hard-luck loss, giving up 5 advantage of some new faces to Jaliet Alvarez and Gunnar earned runs while striking out 9 keep things going. Joe Rollwagen Final NM 2019 Results: Henriksen, this lineup can do a lot over 5 innings. has shown his prowess at the plate of damage quickly. On the mound, 1. Oslo Pretenders driving in a league leading 14 runs 2. Kristiansand Suns Jonathan Whistler and Andrew 3. ØHIL Royals so far. Meanwhile, on the mound, 4. Trondheim Baseball Keuhl carry the bulk of the load. 5. Sola Aviators solid pitching from ERA leader Alex Cont. on right- Guilford (0.00) (33 K’s) cont.-

NM Recap Cont.

Aside from the Pretenders taking home this year’s NM crown, the

highlight of the weekend had to be the perfect game thrown by ØHIL’s Emil Fjellvang in the Bronze Final.

Fjellvang was nearly untouchable, quite literally, as he struck out 12 of the 15 batters that he faced in the

shortened 15-0 victory. Fjelllvang only needed 57 pitches to etch his name nd even further into the history books of 2 Half Preview Norwegian Baseball.

As mentioned before, this year’s 2nd determine this year’s champion. The conclusion of the 1st half of the half should bring a highly contested The Oslo Pretenders will make the season has brought with it a lot of race for the crown of 2019 short trip over to Bærum on good things. We have seen some Eliteserien Champion. Three teams September 14th to take on the performances and results that we control their own destinies with Royals. may have expected, but we also extremely high leverage series have seen some breakout Worth mentioning, is that remaining. performances that have surprised Trondheim Baseball also has two us. These series are highlighted the series remaining, one each against 1st Half Notable Oslo Pretenders making the trip the Pretenders and the Suns. The question of who will take home Performances down south to take on the Trondheim, a team that improves the 2019 crown remains to be Andrew Fox (KRS) Kristiansand Suns on August 31st. with every game they play, is in the answered. Will someone take down

The following weekend, the Suns perfect position to cause chaos the giant Oslo Pretenders, or will - .308 BA, .526 OBP, 5 R will welcome the ØHIL Royals to throughout the league if they are we have a new champion? Gunnar Henriksen (KRS) Dønnestad for another huge series. able to take down either the Suns or Regardless, I suggest you put on

Last, but not least, we could have a the Pretenders. your seatbelt, because the 2nd half - .368 BA, 4 2B final weekend series to cont.- should be a wild ride. Christian Taft (TRD)

Upcoming Events - .400 BA, .500 OBP, 9 SB

th Enrico Guerrini (PRET) - August 17th - September 7 ØHIL Royals @ o Postponed - rainout o - .500 BA, .692 OBP Trondheim Baseball @ Kristiansand Suns th Sigbjørn Osa (ØHIL) Oslo Pretenders - September 14 th - August 24 o Oslo Pretenders @ ØHIL - .520 BA, .613 OBP Royals o Kristiansand Suns @ Charles Conrad (ØHIL) Trondheim Baseball st - August 31 - .417 BA, 10 RBI

o Oslo Pretenders @ Armando Rodriguez (ØHIL) Kristiansand Suns

- .536 BA, 14 SB