From: ddyte@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Aussie Bball News #5- Bandits on top
Date: 16 Nov 92 17:16:44 +1100
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

BANDITS STILL RULE!!

Results from various days, Tuesday through Saturday, the media here
is being absolutely no help whatsoever to me at the moment:

Adelaide Giants took series 2-1 (I think) from Gold Coast Dolphins.
Adelaide pitcher Kym Ashworth, 16 years 3 months, became the ABL's
youngest winning pitcher.

Heat 10
Blues 11

Someone from Sydney already posted about this game- WOW! A ten run
inning! I said big things would happen in Parramatta...

Game 1    Heat 2 (4h,1e)      Game 2     Heat 14 (16h,1e)
          Blues 6 (7h,1e)                Blues 5 (3h,2e)

Six batters shared the 7 Sydney hits in game 1, while starter
Montoya and reliever Rimmer allowed extra base hits, including
a homer for Adamson, but Perth never took advantage since
they almost never had base runners. The Heat exploded in game 2,
with former Phillie Greg Jelks got five hits with a HR and a
double. Hearne got three hits, including a HR and a double,
while Steed (Heat) and Shipley (Blues) also hit homers.

Brisbane def Adelaide (score unknown)

Game 1     Giants 1 (4h,2e)     Game 2    Giants 5 (6h,3e)
           Bandits 9 (11h,1e)             Bandits 4 (4h,4e)

Gary Nilsson pitched another win, relieved by Gully, as 8
Bandits got hits, including 3 to Hinton (1 HR), while Day's
solo homer in the first was the only run for Adelaide in game 1.
Brisbane then lost for the first time as the Giants led 5-1 after
three, and the Bandits could not come back. Mellor, Puckett and
Mintz were the pitching heroes. Hinton hit another HR for Brisbane.

Monarchs 6 (8h,1e)
Bushrangers 1 (7h,1e)   (televised game)

US pitcher Don Lemon was the star, allowing several Rangers to
reach base after they scored in the first, and even balking
a few times to advance them, but they could not score again. The
Monarchs levelled in the third when Waddell scored on a wild pitch,
and runs to designated runner Shanahan and Skeels in the seventh
saw the Monarchs in front. Three more in the eighth sewed it up.
The fielding of Bushranger shortstop Fletcher Thompson was a big
highlight- we are told he is being groomed to take over second
base in Houston one day. If his batting is up to it, he'll do very
well.

Heat 4 (8h,1e)
Monarchs 2 (3h,1e)

Brett Ward came home on a Scott Neiles sac fly in the third to give
the Monarchs the lead, but, with Jelks and Adamson on base in the
top of the fourth, Tim Holland beted a deep ball to left field. Ron
Carothers had the catch, but hit the fence and the ball was thrown
out of his glove for a home run. Richard Vagg and Ron Carothers
crossed the plate after Heat shortstop Shaun Hrabar threw into the
dugout from a Craig Kernick groundball, but Carothers was sent back
to third. Greg Jelks was singled home by Holland from reliever
Hockey in the eighth to complete the scoring. Shane Tonkin took the
win for Perth.

Game 1   Dolphins 6 (8h)     Game 2   Dolphins 8 (6h,1e)
         B'rangers 3 (5h)             B'rangers 4 (6h,4e)

Andrew Linehan took another loss in game 1, while Dolphin starter
Adrian Meagher (1991-92 MVP) was difficult to hit as usual. 19 year
old pitcher Mark Montgomery allowed only 3 hits in his 6 innings in
game 2, while the Dolphins scored in the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th,
largely as a result of poor fielding by the Bushrangers.

Table:                  W   L   GB
Brisbane Bandits        4   1   -
Sydney Blues            4   2   .5
Perth Heat              4   3   1
Melb. Monarchs          2   2   1.5
Gold Coast Dolphins     4   4   1.5
Waverley Reds           1   2   2
Melb. Bushrangers       2   4   2
Adelaide Giants         3   6   3

                                      - David Dyte
From: oz@hpkslx.mayfield.HP.COM (Kent Ostby)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:39:57 GMT
Subject: Marlins/Rockies blow Atlanta 2nd pick
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