Locos sweep Copperheads in GLSCL twin bill
The Lima Locos, atop the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League, swept a Wednesday doubleheader at Bob Wren Stadium defeating Southern Ohio 2-1 and 10-6. Lima improves to 19-6, while Southern Ohio drops to 16-13.
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Lima Locos
Great Lakes
Southern Ohio
Lima
Bob Wren
Tyler Anderson
Andrew Faintich
Copperheads
Anderson
Faintich
Will Salter
David Dobrinich
Colin Stolly
Billy Lipari
Tyler Pagano
Dobrinich
Ted Williams
Greg Jacknewitz
Jacknewitz
Wednes
Pickerington Post 283 edges Athens in late rally
Post 283 walked off with a 3-2 win over Athens Post 21 after scoring runs in the eighth and ninth. Pitchers Chace Harris and Zac Smith took decisions for Athens and Pickerington respectively. Johnny Putnam started for Pickerington, going seven innings. Harris added a double and RBI for Athens, while Wes Shellman and Trey Nuzum supplied multiple hits for Post 21. Mitch Lohr and Connor Ayers contributed RBIs for Pickerington.
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Pickerington Post
Athens Post
American Legion
Post
Athens
Chace Harris
Zac Smith
Pickerington
Cole Music
Post 283
Music
Johhny Putnam
Harris
Wes Shellman
Post 21
RBI
Shellman
Smith
Trey Nuzum
Jordan Colburn
Mitch Lohr
Connor Ayers
Brandon Harlan
Reds face second half with trade likely for pitching
Cincinnati swings from All-Star glow to trades as two ace pitchers, including Aroldis Chapman, loom on the market. Todd Frazier captured the Home Run Derby drama, Chapman fanned three in the ninth, and Cueto looms as a potential deal piece amid big contracts and tight roster room.
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Cincinnati
Todd Frazier
Aroldis Chapman
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Chapman
Frazier
King Pete Rose
Major League Baseball
Johnny Cueto
National League
Lefty's Untouchable 27 Wins Power Phillies 1972
The piece argues Steve Carleton's 27 win season for the 1972 Philadelphia Phillies, a 59-97 club, remains an unmatched efficiency record. It contrasts era pitching with modern five man rotations, noting Carleton pitched 30 complete games and earned 45.8 percent of team wins, with implications for future evaluators to remember this obscure achievement.
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Joe DiMaggio
Cal Ripken Jr
Pete Rose
Rickey Henderson
Ty Cobb
Cy Young
Steve Carleton
Carleton
Philadelphia Phillies
Lefty
Nolan Ryan
Randy Johnson
Roger Clemens
Phillies
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Frank George
Noodles
Hahn
Cincinnati Reds
Ron Guidry
Steve Stone
Bob Welch
Detroit
Justin Verlander
Tigers
Verlander
Astros
Istory
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the Copperheads
Chris Osborne
Trevor Ezell
LOCOS
Messenger
Louise Fish
Ohio
Will Kilgore
Andy Crawford