North Carolina APBA Baseball League REGISTER An Official Publication of the NCABL - Established 1992 st Vol. 6, No. 10 Gaylord Perry Wins 31 Game! April 30, 1998 st Perry’s 31 win breaks record held by One Final No Hitter Palmer and Lolich; Gibson misses What a way to end the season - Catfish Hunter his ERA mark by 0.08 closed Montgomery’s season by no hitting division rival Cooperstown 2-0. That makes 12 no hitters in 1972! 1972 has equaled or surpassed the year of the To quote Mel Allen, “How about that!” pitcher, 1968 in terms of records broken. Gaylord Perry completed the 1972 season with an incredible Managerial Change mark of 31-4, 1.46 ERA and 288 strikeouts. His .886 The only thing that’s constant in life is change. The winning percentage is also an NCABL record, breaking team that nobody wants has changed hands again. Bob Gibson’s .875 mark from 1968. The former Florida Explorers (Riverview Rats, Garden Speaking of Gibson, the other half of the State Warriors, California Dreamers) is now the Cooperstown dynamic duo didn’t fare so badly either. Flatbush Bums. Welcome Jim Martin to the NCABL. Gibson continued to be the best pitcher in NCABL Jim is from the Brooklyn area and has proven to be history by posting a 22-8 record and an obscene 1.30 quite an asset in another league that John and I ERA. The two were a combined 53-12, 1.39 ERA. recently have joined. Jim’s data appears on the Wilbur Wood set a few marks as well. Wood updated manager’s sheet. pitched an amazing 425.1 innings, easily eclipsing his former teammate Mickey Lolich’s 1971 mark of 360. Lottery Anyone? Used primarily the knuckleball Wilbur started 49 The Mike Schmidt sweepstakes are over, and Mike games and completed 35 of them, both NCABL will be joining HR king Henry Aaron in Tysons Corner records. Wood’s won-loss record was 23-23, making just as the team is relocating to California. The him the only pitcher in league history to win and lose Commuters held the 19 th best record (2 nd worst) in 20 games in the same season. 1972. Following Tysons Corner is Hopewell. This Both Nolan Ryan (32) and Steve Carlton (324) broke marks the 3 rd year that the Dutchmen have gotten a the record of 322 strikeouts in a season. lottery pick. The Oklahoma Sluggers drew the 3 rd slot, followed by a repeat winner from last year, the Playoff Matchups Brooklyn Center Brawlers. A complete list appears on Mechanicsburg finished the season as the NL page 8. Wildcard and they face NL East champ Wisconsin in a best of five series. The winner meets Knarro in In This Issue another best of five series to go to the World Series. In the AL, Montgomery held off Cooperstown and will • Records Fall ………………………………………………………..1 face the winner of the Ridgewood-Cooperstown • Series Highlights……………………………………………2-6 series. • Lottery Results…………………………………………………..7 • Standings…………………………………………………………….9 • League Leaders……………………………………………10-11 The NCABL Register Vol. 6, No. 10 April 1998 April Highlights the Flash could get off of Rob Mel Stottlemyre as Bench's single Gardner. Stottlemyre vs. Don scores Bobby Bonds. Birds explode From Mechanicsburg: Wilson in game 3 didn’t happen as for five runs in their 3rd inning off Satellite Beach - The Saturns Wilson hurt his arm warming up. Dierker on RBI singles by Campy came without the services of their Dave Roberts replaced Wilson, and Ken Boswell and a rare fine young catcher Carlton Fisk, as drove in a run and had a 4-0 lead throwing error by Flash rightfielder well as several other regulars. They after 4. The ‘Birds got a run in the Reggie Smith. Louisville pours it on th left with a 2-2 series split. In game 5 on Rose’s RBI single, but saw from there with 15 total hits in a 9-1 1, Leron Lee’s 3 run HR and Bill that hope get blasted away in the win, as Stottlemyre hurls complete Robinson’s 2 run blast gave the bottom of the inning when Lee hit game. Game#3 - Don Wilson vs. Flash a 5-1 lead after 7. In the 8 th , a 2 run HR for a 6-1 Flash lead. The Andy Messersmith. Bobby Bonds Danny Cater singled in a run and final was 7-2. opens the scoring with a 2 run Clarence Gaston connected homer in the third inning. Wilson is against Paul Lindblad with 2 From Ohio: relieved with one out in the 8th as aboard to tie the game. In the 10 th Wisconsin (1-3) - Wisconsin took Lindblad faces Norm Cash with Cater singled off Gary Ross to give the first 3 games as Ryan, Sutton, runners at first and second. Cash the Saturns a 6-5 win. Larry Dierker and Jenkins all tossed 9 IPs of 4-hit singles to right but Rose is thrown evened the series with a 5 hit ball or less. Game 1 went 10 out at the plate by Reggie Smith shutout in game 2 as the Flash 9innings, Harrison picking a save for and Cash is doubled up at second, coasted to an easy 8-0 win. Lee Ryan in this one. Sutton’s win was a end of Redbird rally! The final Flash drove in 3 more runs. He would hit 2-hit shutout. Ohio salvaged one 2-0. Wilson gets the win, Lindblad a 2 run HR in game 3 for 8 RBI on game as Corkins (his first start of the the save. Game#4 - the series. In game 3 the Saturns year) and Barr combined on a 4-hit Mechanicsburg jumps ahead 1 to 0 took a 5-4 lead in the 6 th when shutout and “No-Neck” Williams in the first on double by Bobby Eddie Leon homered off Dave and L.May HRd for the Buckeyes. Bonds and a single by Stargell. Roberts. Bill Robinson homered in Louisville (1-3) - Ohio wins the first Redbirds tie in the third on Tovar's the 7 th to give the lead back to game 3-0 on 5-hit shutout by infield hit. The Flash however bust Mechanicsburg, 6-5. Tony Muser’s Matlack but Louisville comes back open the game in the fourth inning, 8th inning triple tied the game at 6, to take the next 3 games. The as wildness and poor defense kills and was followed by Jim Hart’s PH Redbirds scored single runs in the Bird starter Bill Parsons. A Sal Bando th th 2 run HR for an 8-6 win. Game 4 9 and 10 innings to win 3-2; bad hop double starts things off went to the Flash 5-4. Cater (2 run) breezed to a 11-2 blowout; and and 7 runs later, Parsons was gone and Eddie Leon (solo) homered for then won 8-5 in 16 innings. A total and the Flash had batted around. the Saturns. Stargell’s solo HR in the of 11 pitchers appeared in this final Final score 13-3 Mechanicsburg, 6th put the Flash up for good while game. These extra inning Rick Wise gets the complete game. Hernandez pitched the 9 th for a marathons have wrecked havoc Satellite Beach - Game#1 - Bert save. on trying to stay within PA limits. Blyleven vs. Tom Bradley. Gaston Ohio - The Buckeyes did not fare Satellite Beach (2-1) - Mike opens game with homer for Beach nd so well as they only scored 5 runs in Corkins, in his 2 start of the in the first inning. The Saturns score 4 games and were swept by the season, tosses a 8-hit shutout in again in the second. Then Blyleven Flash. Lee, Bando and Brinkman game #1. Tony Muser clubs 2 and Bradley settle down . Birds had RBI singles in the 1 st inning of triples in game #2 to lead the score in the 7th to cut lead to 2-1. game 1 as Odom won 3-1. A three Saturns to a 4-2 win. A single by Birds attempt to tie in the 8th, but th run 8 th made a winner out of Rojas in the 10 wins the last game Sparky Lyle relieves and leaves Dierker in game 2, 6-2. Dave of the season for the Buckeyes, 3-2. Rose at second with the tying run. Roberts tossed a 4-0 shutout in Lyle finishes the ninth, the final 2-1 game 3. Game 4 went to the Flash From Louisville: Satellite Beach. Game#2 - A 5-2. A two run double by Fuentes in Mechanicsburg - Game#1- scoreless duel between the Saturns the 6 th and a 2 run single by Tony Pitcher's duel Blue Moon Odom vs Skip Lockwood and the Birds Mel Taylor in the 7 th blew open the Bert Blyleven. The game is scoreless Stottlemyre until the seventh. Birds game. after 9 innings! Stargell's solo homer break open game with four runs, Louisville - Another sweep for the in the 11th vs Mike Marshall proves the big blow a bases loaded Flash who end the home stand with to be the game winner. Redbirds double by Campy Campaneris. an 8 game win streak. Odom takes load the bases with one out in the Stottlemyre pitches complete game 1 with a solo HR and a 4-0 bottom of the 11th, but fail to score game shutout. Game#3 - Redbirds shutout.