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| STATS SEASON TEAMS gold sox knights legends shoeless joes skipjacks thunder HISTORIC all stars awards hall of fame playoffs encyclopedia/ records LINKS bylaws baseball fever baseball reference ckl forum | LEAGUE NEWS WEEK 5 April 25th to May 1st BATTING HIGHLIGHTS 5+ Hits, Game: None 3+ Doubles, Game: None 2+ Triples, Game: Rod Carew, Skipjacks 2+ Home Runs, Game: Davey Johnson, Shoeless Joes 4+ Runs, Game: None 5+ RBI, Game: Danny Darwin, Cloverleafs 3+ Stolen Bases, Game: None PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS A trio of one hitters this week, as three CKL hurlers flirt with immortality. On April 25th, Jerry Reuss of the Cloverleafs tossed a one hitter against the Gold Sox. The only safety the Sox managed was a line single to left by Alex Johnson leading off the third. Three days later the Gold Sox returned the favor as Andy Messersmith shut down the Cloverleaf hitters on a single hit. The only hit Messersmith permitted the Leafs was a double up the left center gap by Tony Oliva with one down in the fourth. Finally, Jim Colburn of the Thunder held the hapless Legends batters to a lone hit on the 29th. Frank Robinson, Legends DH, grounded a double over the first base bag and beyond the reach of a diving Bob Watson leading off the eighth inning. Robinson came around to score on a pair of groundouts. 2 Hitter or Better: Bill Singer, Shoeless Joes vs Thunder, 4/25 Jerry Reuss (1 Hit), Cloverleafs vs Gold Sox, 4/25 Fergie Jenkins, Legends vs Spikes, 4/25 (Lost 1-0) Andy Messersmith (1 Hit), Gold Sox vs Cloverleafs,4/28 Jim Colburn (1 Hit), Thunder vs Legends, 4/29 Shutouts: Jerry Reuss, Cloverleafs vs Gold Sox, 4/25 2-0 Bert Blyleven, Spikes vs Legends, 4/25 1-0 Larry Dierker, Iron vs Badgers, 4/26 6-0 Moret/McDaniel/May/Wallace, Hard Cider vs Angels, 4/26 7-0 Al Fitzmorris, Diablos vs Knights, 4/28 1-0 Andy Messersmith, Gold Sox vs Cloverleafs, 4/28 2-0 Nolan Ryan, Dust Bunnies vs Knights, 4/29 5-0 Jerry Reuss, Cloverleafs vs Hard Cider, 4/30 6-0 10+ Strikeouts, Game: Nolan Ryan (16 K), Dust Bunnies vs Knights, 4/29 BATTER OF THE MONTH - APRIL ![]() JOHNNY BENCH, GOLD SOX Johnny
Bench is off to an MVP start in April for the Gold Sox. For the first
five weeks of the season Bench has put up truly gaudy numbers: .378
batting average on 42 for 111; .448 on base percentage; and a .766
slugging average. Bench has collected eleven doubles, a triple and ten
homers, helping him to drive in 26 runs and score 23. He has also
walked 13 times. Bench has also been tremendous behind the plate,
fielding 1.000 with no passed balls and gunning down eight would be
base stealers. PITCHER OF THE MONTH - APRIL ![]() NOLAN RYAN, DUST BUNNIES The Dust Bunnies will be looking to resign Nolan Ryan after this season if he continues to pitch the way he has so far. Ryan has put up a 5-1 record in seven starts to date, Including three complete games and a pair of shutouts. He has tossed 57 innings, posting a 0.79 ERA and 0.86 WHIP. He has allowed only 26 hits and five earned runs all season while striking out 64 batters, including an overpowering 16K performance against the Knights in has most recent outing.
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