North Carolina APBA Baseball League REGISTER An Official Publication of the NCABL - Established 1992 Vol. 6, No. 7 Knarro Opens 22 Game Lead! January 28, 1997 NL Report - Roadies all but lock up West; Yet another no hitter Wisconsin soon to return This one belongs to Gaylord Perry, who tossed his While Knarro has been playing at over a .700 clip gem in front of the folks at Oklahoma. Perry’s gem for the season, pesky expansion South Shore has makes 7 no hitters this season, two shy of the league been lurking around 10 games back. That all took a mark set in 1968. plunge as the Navigators took an 8-16 dive to fall below .500 and 22 games behind the Roadies. The The Mid-Season Crummy Hitter List dynamic duo of Tug McGraw and Bob Locker posted a Who’s not doing so well? Who has a job that your combined 3-0, 9 save month with no earned runs in grandmother could do just as well? Here’s a list of 23.1 innings. the NCABL’s crummiest hitters (200+ AB): In the East the standings look a bit light due to a computer failure in Wisconsin. The Timber Rattlers’ National League 14-10 mark in unposted games leave them 6 games 5t. Bill Voss, Wyandotte .199 ahead of the Flash. We hear that Aunt Minnie has 5t. Marty Perez, Wisconsin .199 had just about enough of Nate Colbert during the 4. Ed Brinkman, Mechanicsburg .193 past two months. The updated stat package will be 3. Randy Elliott, Minneapolis .170 available on the web as soon as possible. 2. Jeff Burroughs, Minneapolis .168 One other interesting note in the East - all five 1. Darrel Porter, Tysons Corner .116 teams posted .500 or better records for January. American League AL Report - Races in both divisions close 8. Tim Foli, Hopewell .197 as leaders hold ground 7. Aurelio Rodriguez, Winchester .193 Perhaps the biggest surprise this year is that 6. Dave May, Hopewell .190 Ridgewood has not pulled away from the pack in the 5. Randy Hundley, Brooklyn Center .183 AL East. Give credit to the Berwyn Barons who 4. Jerry McNertney, Florida .176 remain just 4 ½ games back. Oklahoma is hanging on 3. Dick McAuliffe, Hopewell .175 at 7 ½ back but can’t afford to lose any more ground. 2. Bud Harrelson, Hopewell .165 In the West, Montgomery’s nickel and dime offense 1. George Hendrick, Florida .153 seems to be enough as they hold a 6 game lead over Cooperstown. The Cardinals had an incredible 18-6 In This Issue month, but the Ants did them one better at 19-5. • Montgomery’s big three, Carlton, Holtzman and AL, NL highlights………………………………………………..1 • Hunter went 12-2 with a collective 1.60 ERA. Not to Series Highlights……………………………………………2-7 • be outdone, Cooperstown’s Perry, Gibson and Osteen Address Changes, Rules Proposals…………………..8 • went 13-3 with a 1.36 ERA. Those poor AL batters! Standings……………………………………………………………..9 • League Leaders…………………………………………….10-11 The NCABL Register Vol. 6, No. 7 January 1997 January Highlights scores with pitching gems from team" in this one. Klimkowski is Ohio’s Reuss (a 2-hit shutout) and relieved in the 7th. Andy From Mechanicsburg: South Shore’s Gentry (a 1-hit Messersmith turns in 2nd Redbird Minneapolis - The Flash take 3 of 4 shutout in which he faced only 28 shutout of series. as the bats erupt in 2 of the 4 batters). Knarro - The high flying Roadies games. Game 1 is a blowout, 15-5. Wyandotte (2-2) - A 2-run single came to Derby City next for a 4 Bando and Bench hit 3 run HRs and by Sanchez give the Camels an game series. Game #1 was a Taylor hits a 3 run triple. Dierker early lead & errors lead to two classic pitching duel Cuellar vs Bert goes the distance despite tiring more runs - Wyandotte wins game Blyleven. Neither team scores and allowing a pair of 9 th inning #1 5-2. Ohio falls behind 3-0 early through 9 innings. Knarro breaks homers. The Loons take game 2 in but comes back for a 7-3 win in through in the 11th vs. hard luck 10 innings, 5-4. Jim Kaat goes all 10 game #2. Matlack flirts with a no- Mike Marshall. Lead off single by for the win. Kaat helped his own hitter in game #3 (giving up only a Dave Cash, Gene Clines pinch runs th cause with a bases loaded triple in scratch infield single in the 8 as and steals 2nd and scores on single the 2 nd . Reggie Smith and Harmon Ohio wins 1-0). Klimkowski tosses a by Al Kaline. Tug McGraw comes Killebrew traded HRs in the 2 nd and neat 5-hit shutout in game #4 to on and gets the save. Game#2 is 3rd innings, then Smith went one up give the teams a split for the series. more of the same , excellent in the 4 th to close the gap to 4-3. pitching, Briles vs Stottlemyre. The Flash tied the game in the 9 th , From Louisville: Louisville scores for the first time in and then Killebrew answered Smith Wyandotte - Game #1- Triple by the 6th on a single by Chambliss in the 10 th with a solo HR off Gary Bert Campaneris plates 2 for the and double by Dave Roberts. The Ross. Last year Don Wilson no hit Birds in the 2nd. Another run in the Roadies then take the lead for the Loons, this year it’s a 1 hitter, 6th on RBI single by Rennie good . Briles singles in lead run winning 10-0. Bench (3 run), Smith Stennett. 3 run HR by catcher after another RBI pinch single by (solo) and Stargell (2 run) all hit Dave Rader busts game open in Gene Clines. Two more in the 8th th homeruns. Wilson struck out 12 the 6 , 7-0. Blyleven is the rest of and 9th. Bob Locker comes on for Loon batters. Rick Wise almost the story with 4 hit shutout for the save. Game#3 Birds go ahead matched Wilson’s feat in game 4 Louisville. Game#2 - A wild one. on a homer by Pete Rose in the 1st. with a 2-0, 3 hit shutout. Stargell Louisville scores 1 early. Camels Norm Cash triples home 2 more in homered for the Flash. take lead in the top of 2nd inning the third and Piniella homers in the with 4 off starter Gardner, the big 8th. Meanwhile Parsons holds From Ohio: hit a 3 run HR by Willie Mays. In the Roadies scoreless until Scott breaks up shutout with solo HR in the 7th. Tysons Corner (2-2) - Buckeyes bottom of inning Birds tie the game Parsons goes the distance for strike for 6 quick runs in 6 th for a 6-2 with 3 of their own. Camels react Louisville. Game#4 Knarro hits win in game #1 (RBI hits by with a three run homer by Big Frank Louisville with 5 runs in the first, Scheinblum, G.Nettles, and Howard to knock out Gardner. A including 2 run single by starter Gamble). Marichal keeps the grand slam HR by Billy Lynn McGlothlin. Redbird starter Buckeyes at bay in game #2 and, Grabarkewitz tops off 4th inning for Balor Moore is knocked out in the with relief help from Drabowsky Wyandotte for 7 runs in the inning. 2nd . Catcher Earl Williams’ 2 run and Watt, wins 4-2. Marichal Redbirds are not done either, double the key blow. McGlothlin delivered the first run of game with seven runs of their own in the 5th to leaves after 6 innings with the lead. a key 2-out hit which was then tie game at 11-11!! Game settles He did not pitch well, but got 3 hits. followed by a 2-run triple from down into bullpen battle into extra Roadies get 21 overall in 13-6 win. Stahl. Stanhouse tosses a 4-hit innings. Redbirds win in 13th on South Shore - Game#1- The shutout in game #3 for a 1-0 win Sac fly by Jerry Grote. In all 39 hits Navigators break out with 2 runs in (only run scored on a H&R double in this game. Game#3, Camels the second. A two out error by Bird by Theobald). Ohio evens the take early lead on 3 run double by second baseman Ken Boswell puts series by teeing off on Hedlund in Bill Voss. Louisville closes with 3-2 Louisville in the hole. But the Birds game #4, collecting 16 hits (4 by into the 7th. At this point the come back with 3 vs. Stan L.May and 3 by Nettles) enroute to Camels knock out starter Bill Bahnsen in the 6 th . Boswell a 11-3 victory. Parsons on 2 run triple by third redeems himself by knocking in the South Shore (2-2) - Navigators baseman Sanchez. Camels then lead run. Guisti relieves Blyleven in breezed to 6-0 lead in game #1 break game open vs. Pete the 9th to earn save. Game#2 - An when errors opened flood gates in Mikkelsen, scoring 6! Camel RBI double by Bobby Valentine put 9th and had to hang on for a 6-4 bullpen hangs on for 9-4 win. South Shore ahead in the 2nd. win. G.Nettles’ single in the 9 th of Game#4 Louisville scores early Dave Roberts ties game with solo game #2 gave Ohio a 3-2 win.