From: ddyte@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Aussie Bball News #6- GO MONARCHS!!!
Date: 23 Nov 92 11:36:01 +1100
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

Erratum from last week's report:
The Adelaide Giants in fact lost the series 2-1 against the Dolphins.

Thanks to Steve Ford (now my Queensland scout :-) for this correction,
results from up north should be a little more accurate now.

Other results, Monday through Saturday (possibly some missing):

Monday 16 Nov:

Game 1      Heat   0 (3h)           Game 2      Heat   2 (8h)
            Monarchs 3 (6h)                     Monarchs 5 (7h)

Pitchers Gogas and Jones kept the Heat batting machine very quiet in
game 1, while Deeble's triple and RBI's to Vagg, Wilson and Neiles
saw Krivda pick up the loss for Perth. In game 2, John Moore tripled
for Perth and was driven in by Moyle for an early lead before 4th
inning RBI's to Skeels and Ward for the Monarchs. A Sandy Amoros-like
play from Ward in the fifth stopped one Perth rally, although Moore
got his second RBI in the sixth to tie the game. But Kernick, Ward
and Neiles all drove in runs in the bottom of the sixth to give Mark
Respondek the win.

Wednesday 18 Nov:

Blues at Bushrangers rained out.

Monarchs 2 (7h,4e)
Giants   3 (5h,2e)  in ten innings

Craig Watts picked up 3 hits for the Giants, Jon Deeble 3 for the
Monarchs. In a game where the losing pitcher was always going to
be unlucky, Don Lemon struck out 13 Giants in 9.1 innings while
winner Stephen Mintz struck out 12 Monarchs.

Thursday 19 Nov:

Game 1 (tv) Blues     2 (5h)        Game 2      Blues     4 (8h)
            B'rangers 7 (13h)                   B'rangers 1 (3h)

In game 1, pitcher Ben Weber watched the Sydney fielders make 5
errors in the first 2 innings, as the Rangers jumped to a 5-0 lead.
Bushranger GM Dave White picked up his third win, pitching the
whole 7 innings. In game 2, the Blues came from 1 down to go 1 ahead
in the sixth as two runners scored on a wild throw, and then Joe
Lis tripled in the seventh bringing two more home. Montoya took the
win for Sydney.

Dolphins 3 (8h,0e)
Bandits  2 (4h,2e)

Dolphin starter Don Pruitt kept the Bandits scoreless until Kevin
Jordan (Bandit 2nd baseman) grounded out to second in the bottom of
the 3rd, scoring Ken McDonald. Pruitt injured his arm in the bottom
of the fifth, with two younger pitchers taking over before closer
Brett Cederblad came in. The Dolphins could not score from Kim
Jessop until the 6th when 3 runs scored, 2 on Max Hardy's double.
Dave Nilsson caught for the Dolphins and went 0-4 with a walk.

Game 1      Monarchs 3              Game 2      Monarchs 3
            Giants   1                          Giants   1

Friday 20 Nov:

Blues 2 (8h,2e)    (moved to Altona due to poor
Reds  1 (3h,2e)     conditions at VFL Park)

17 year old Blues pitcher Anthony Brasher took the win with Loeb
and Waverley-killer Joe Lis batting in the runs. The crowd was only
heard once- when Clarkson reached on a Lis error in the bottom of the
ninth and the Reds scored a run. But reliever Cassel retired the next
batter to end the game.

Monarchs 12 (19h)
Heat     5  (12h)

Monarch shortstop Richard Vagg picked up 4 hits (1HR, 1 double) and
Deeble 3, while Moore got 3 for Perth. Melbourne's 19 hits is still
4 short of the record 23 held by the Dolphins.

Saturday 21 Nov:

Game 1      Blues 7 (8h,1e)       Game 2    Blues 1 (5h,2e)
            Reds  5 (6h,2e)                 Reds  2 (3h,1e)

Another date moved to Altona was again quiet as the Blues benefited
from an error with one out in the top of the seventh then took six
straight hits from pitchers Carlos Reyes and Simon Sheldon-Collins
to come from 5-1 down to win the first game 7-5. Kingman, Cassel and
Marks each batted in two Blues runs. In game 2, Darren Ritter
survived the rain better than he had in Parramatta on opening day,
and the Blues only score was in the sixth with the crowd hoping for
a called game so the Reds would win (they led 2-0 after 5) and so
we could all go home and stop freezing. Lee Heath got all 3 hits for
Waverley.

Game 1      Monarchs 0 (2h,0e)    Game 2    Monarchs 9 (13h,2e)
            Heat     7 (10h,0e)             Heat     3 (4h,0e)

In game 1, Hearne got 3 hits for Perth while Adamson's home run with
2 men on set the tone for the big win. Krivda took the win. In game
2, Carothers got 3 hits and Neiles hit 2 doubles for Melbourne, while
the Greg Jelks power barrage continued with another home run for the
Heat.

Table:                           W   L   GB
       Melbourne Monarchs        8   4   -
       Sydney Blues              7   4   .5
       Gold Coast Dolphins       6   4   1
       Brisbane Bandits          4   3   1.5
       Perth Heat                5   7   3
       Melbourne Bushrangers     3   5   3
       Waverley Reds             2   4   3
       Adelaide Giants           4   8   4
                                               - David Dyte