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North Carolina APBA Baseball League REGISTER An Official Publication of the NCABL - Established 1992 Vol. 7, No. 5 Fourteen In A Row Gives Hopewell AL East Lead December 28, 1998 Dutchmen post league best 19-5 mark, Other AL performances of note - Monmouth’s Pedro including 14 straight to take first place. Borbon threw 13.1 scoreless innings and tallied 6 saves. Rookie Wayne Twitchell posted a 0.78 ERA for Brooklyn After a somewhat sluggish start the Hopewell Center. Tom Seaver was one of the few bright spots for Dutchmen got hot in December and moved out to a 2 Winchester. He led the AL in strikeouts with 52. game lead over two-time league champ Ridgewood. Led Snowflake won 15 times and Jerry Morales hit .389 to by Darrell Evans’ (AL player of the month) and Dave May lead the team. (.356), the Dutchmen reeled off 14 straight wins, taking 5 in a row from Minneapolis, 6 consecutive from Jamestown and 3 from South Shore. Stan Bahnsen NL News and Notes 1972 NL East champs Wisconsin finally turned things stopped the Hopewell streak with a 4-2 win at South rd Shore. Reggie Cleveland continues to impress as he around with 14-10 month to catch Louisville in a tie for 3 displayed a 0.85 ERA for the month of December. place. Wisconsin’s Cesar Cedeno was a running machine in December, stealing on 17 of 20 attempts. Willie Stargell of the Flash was the NL player of the AL News and Notes month with a .453 average and 11 HR. With injuries The other AL East contenders, Ridgewood and starting to nag Henry Aaron (9 HR, 23 RBI for the Berwyn, each posted 13-11 marks. The Reds’ Dick Allen month), Stargell might have a chance to catch him. Mel led the AL in December with 24 runs and tied teammate Stottlemyre (4-1) and Jerry Reuss (4-2) were the top Richie Hebner for the lead with 23 RBI and 9 HR. performers for Louisville and Ohio, respectively. The Reggie Jackson has come back to life as he posted Buckeyes Jon Matlack led the NL with 50 strikeouts. .394, 6, 23 numbers for the month. Knarro’s Carl Yastrzemski had an incredible month In the West, Cooperstown (15-9) has opened up a with a .417 average, 7 HR and both 26 runs and RBI. comfortable 5 ½ game lead over Montgomery. Joe Along with Yastrzemski, Jack Billingham (5-1) and Mike Coleman took the spotlight this month with a 5-1 record Cuellar (0.67 ERA) have given the Roadies an 11 ½ and a 1.57 ERA. The Fire Ants faced NL East Louisville game lead. Second place Wyandotte, a young team that and Mechanicsburg for 12 of their 24 games, and came is showing signs of promise, sits 5 ½ behind Louisville away with a 5-7 mark, 13-11 overall. Sophomore and Wisconsin for the final Wild Card position. Rookie outfielder Garry Maddux may have his sights on Roberto reliever Elias Sosa had a 6 save, 0.60 ERA month for the Clemente’s single season mark of 17 triples. Maddux hit Camels. 6 in December and has 11 on the year. Closer Doug Bird added 7 saves to his league leading total (23) and In This Issue Ken Holtzman went 5-2. • AL, NL highlights…………………………………………………1 • Series Highlights…………………………………………….2-8 • Standings………………………………………………………………9 • League Leaders……………………………………………..10-11 The NCABL Register Vol. 7, No. 5 December 1998 Nettles) to win 8-3, Jerry Reuss Cooperstown - The Flash jumped on December Highlights st scattering 7 hits over 9 innings. Gaylord Perry for five 1 inning runs en From Ohio: One of the keys to Ohio’s early route to a 7-1 opening game win. Jim Brooklyn Center - Bill Lee tossed a success in the season is their record in Bibby was the beneficiary of the 7 CG in game #1 winning 3-2 (the go- one-run games. 9-1 coming into runs. Bob Gibson out-dueled Dave ahead run scoring on a pinch double December, the Buckeyes pushed their Roberts in game 2 for a 2-1 win. record in one-run games to 12-1 after Dusty Baker’s 2 run HR in the first held by Tommy Davis). In game #2, Ohio th nursed a 1-0 lead into the 7 th inning. these December home games. up, and Fingers threw the 9 for the Trying to mount a rally, BC manager save. Joe Coleman defeated Wise 3-1 Cap Spalding Jr. continually called for From Mechanicsburg: on HR by Billy Williams and Milt May. PHs off the bench and managed to Flatbush - The Flash were rude hosts Brooklyn Center - Don Wilson with scratch out 2 runs and a 2-1 lead. in game 1 winning 8-0. Ken Forsch more run support wins easily 8-1. Tolan was HBP, however, and Boog tossed a shutout with support from Sal Stargell and Bando HR for the Flash. Bando (3 run HR) and Johnny Bench Game 2 is won in the 9 th when Bench Powell was forced to play RF (actually st made 2 putouts). In the 8th inning, (2 run HR). Homeruns in the 1 by triples in two runs off closer Cy Acosta, Lee May hit a 2-run HR to put Ohio Tony Perez and Frank Robinson gave 3-2. Mitterwald, Clarke and Stargell hit ahead 3-2. In the 9th, Spalding didn’t the Bums a quick 3-0 lead. A single by solo HR. The bats went dead in game have a PH left to hit for the pitcher – Stargell and Fuentes’ double tied the 3. Bill Hands and Jim Bibby dueled score in the bottom of the inning. A into extra innings with the score 0-0. nevertheless, Aparicio got on base via rd an error, stole 3rd after a walk, and Brye 2 run single in the 3 chased Hands was replaced after 10, Bibby Gullett but the Flash answered back after 9. The Flash won it 1-0 on then with 2 outs was out at home th trying to steal, to end the game. Jon with a solo HR by Stargell and a 2 run Oliver’s HR off Bill Campbell in the 14 . Matlack tossed a CG win in game #3 to blast by Bonds. Stargell homered again in the 4 th to make it 7-5 From Louisville: complete the sweep. th Snowflake - The Giants get two CG Mechanicsburg. Entering the 8 the Montgomery - Game #1 Catfish wins from Dick Woodson and Fritz Flash led 9-5 but things quickly fell Hunter for the Fire Ants vs. Balor apart. Paul Lindblad walked the bases Moore for the Birds. Both teams score Peterson (a 4-hit shutout) to take the th series. Bill Lee was on the mound for loaded in the 8 . Hernandez entered quickly in the first. A two run HR by Ohio’s sole victory, his 9th win of the and hit Hunt with a pitch, 9-6. Alomar Montgomery Center fielder Garry season. singled in one and Perez followed with Maddox is the highlight of a 3 run top a 2 run single to tie the game at 9-9! of the first for the visitors. But Winchester - Rifles start off hot th against Ohio’s Brent Strom, picking up The Bums won it in the 9 on a double Louisville counters with two runs in the st by Hendrick followed by a Steve Brye bottom half. Louisville ties the score in 4 runs in the 1 inning before the first th th out was registered (3 runs coming on a triple. Moffitt worked the 8 and 9 the 4th on Chambliss triple. Game for the win. In the finale, Reggie settles down after that. Hunter leaves HR by Steve Garvey). Dick Tidrow st scatters 9 hits going the distance in Smith led off the 1 with a HR, and after 9 innings with score tied. Mike game #1, Winchester winning 6-2. Bonds later added a 3 run HR for a 4-0 Marshall enters the game in the 8th for Rifles score early again in game #2 lead. Four singles mixed with a pair of Louisville, and gets in trouble in the walks brought Flatbush back, tied at 4 tenth. A walk, a sacrifice bunt and a (this time a double by Garvey was a nd key hit). Vida Blue cruises to an easy in the 2 . The Flash pulled away on a RBI single by Fire Ant reserve Terry 7-1 win for Winchester in game #2. In 2 run HR by Oliver, a 2 run triple by Harmon makes a loser out of Marshall, game #3, Ohio’s Matlack vs Stargell (imagine that!) and a pair of the final score 5-3 Montgomery. Doug Winchester’s Seaver. Tied 2-2 after 7 RBI from Bando and Bonds. The final Bird gets the save. Game#2 Al innings, Lee May and Graig Nettles HR was 12-5. Downing vs. Bet Blyleven. A pitcher's in the 8th to give Ohio the win. Bill Montgomery - Dave Roberts and Ken duel as expected. But was unexpected Lee picks up his 10th win, pitching 2 Hotlzman locked up for 8 innings of is the complete inability of the scoreless baseball. Stargell’s 2 run HR Louisville bats vs. Downing. innings in relief. th Ridgewood - Ridgewood clobbered in the 9 ended the game, 2-0. A 2-1 Montgomery's Ralph Garr gets the only pitching duel between Wise and Hunter RBI hit of the game, as 3 Redbird Ohio 10-1 in game #1, Joe Morgan th and Richie Hebner both hitting 3-run was ended by a 5 run 8 as errors do in Blyleven.