The Puerto Cruz Marlins have won four consecutive Spanish Division de Honor pennants, and it looks like they’re on their way to Flag Number Five after twelve wins out the gate in 2009. The Marlins dismantled the Valencia Astros last week in a two-game series, winning 10-0 and 11-1 in a pair of mercy rule-shortened games.
In the opening contest, Puerto Cruz scored all their runs between the second and fifth innings as Daniel Martinez was 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored. Pitcher Leslie Nacar went to 5-0 on the year by pitching six perfect innings before reliever Audie Nunez allowed two hits in the seventh and final inning. Game Two went much the same, as Puerto Cruz scored seven runs in the seventh inning to halt the contest. Ivan Granados is now 4-0 after pitching a complete game.
Sant Boi beat San Inazio twice last week to hold onto second place with a 10-2 record. FC Barcelona showed up for their game against Navarra, winning a 2-1 thriller to go to 8-2. Barca’s Homer Baez pitched all the way, letting in one run on eight scattered hits to lift his record to 5-0.
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
BARCELONA FORFEITS TWO GAMES AFTER NOT BOOKING FLIGHT FOR ROAD TRIP
Usually when a team in any sport has a road series against the defending league champion, there are certain things they need to do before leaving home…Like buy airplane tickets. Apparently, that’s not how they do things in Barcelona.
Heading into last weekend, Barcelona’s Spanish League team was 5-0 going into their series in the Canary Islands against the 6-0 Puerto Cruz Marlins. However, nobody from Barcelona bothered to book a flight for the team, and the result was a double forfeit of the two scheduled games to Puerto Cruz. Barcelona was expected to file an appeal with the Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation, which ruled the team had plenty of time to plan the trip, including contacting the airlines.
Puerto Cruz is now 8-0, second-place Sant Boi is 7-1, and Barcelona is 5-2 and in dire need of a 2009 calendar. On a positive note, they didn’t have to pay for in-flight peanuts or soda pop.
Heading into last weekend, Barcelona’s Spanish League team was 5-0 going into their series in the Canary Islands against the 6-0 Puerto Cruz Marlins. However, nobody from Barcelona bothered to book a flight for the team, and the result was a double forfeit of the two scheduled games to Puerto Cruz. Barcelona was expected to file an appeal with the Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation, which ruled the team had plenty of time to plan the trip, including contacting the airlines.
Puerto Cruz is now 8-0, second-place Sant Boi is 7-1, and Barcelona is 5-2 and in dire need of a 2009 calendar. On a positive note, they didn’t have to pay for in-flight peanuts or soda pop.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
SPRINGTIME = SWINGTIME: LEAGUES OPENING ’09 SEASON
Springtime has arrived, which means several baseball leagues around the world are opening their 2009 regular seasons, including Major League Baseball.
The World Champion Philadelphia Phillies will host the Atlanta Braves Sunday in the first game of the season, an honor that used to go to Cincinnati (home of baseball’s first fully professional team). All other MLB teams will begin playing for real Monday.
The regular season has already begun in other countries. In Taiwan, the President Lions topped the Brother Elephants, 5-1, in the Chinese Professional Baseball League’s lidlifter last Saturday in front of a sellout crowd of 10,000 in Taipei Municipal Stadium.
The Mexican League is a week into their schedule with the Mexico City Diablos Rojos and Reynosa Broncos tied for the Northern Zone lead at 6-1, while the Quintana Roo Tigres and Yucatan Leones lead the LMB South with 5-2 records.
In Europe, the Spanish League is three weekends into their season, and the defending champion Puerto Cruz Marlins are unbeaten at 6-0 after sweeping Pamplona last Saturday.
The World Champion Philadelphia Phillies will host the Atlanta Braves Sunday in the first game of the season, an honor that used to go to Cincinnati (home of baseball’s first fully professional team). All other MLB teams will begin playing for real Monday.
The regular season has already begun in other countries. In Taiwan, the President Lions topped the Brother Elephants, 5-1, in the Chinese Professional Baseball League’s lidlifter last Saturday in front of a sellout crowd of 10,000 in Taipei Municipal Stadium.
The Mexican League is a week into their schedule with the Mexico City Diablos Rojos and Reynosa Broncos tied for the Northern Zone lead at 6-1, while the Quintana Roo Tigres and Yucatan Leones lead the LMB South with 5-2 records.
In Europe, the Spanish League is three weekends into their season, and the defending champion Puerto Cruz Marlins are unbeaten at 6-0 after sweeping Pamplona last Saturday.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
THREE TEAMS START SEASON 4-0 IN SPANISH LEAGUE
Two weekends into the 2009 Division de Honor baseball season in Spain, three of the league’s ten teams are undefeated.
FC Barcelona registered a pair of shutouts last weekend over San Inazio to go to 4-0 in the young season. Homer Baez struck out 15 batters over 11 innings in Barca’s 1-0 win in the opening game, followed by Pedro Belmonte tossed a six-hit shutout one day later in a 4-0 victory. Barcelona has allowed just two runs over their first four games.
Sant Boi is also 4-0 after sweeping a doubleheader over Astros last Sunday, 3-2 and 15-0; while the defending champion Puerto Cruz Marlins took a pair of wins over El Llano, 2-1 and 5-1, in a Saturday twinbill to open their season with four straight wins.
The Spanish league has been considered one of Europe’s top circuits for many years.
FC Barcelona registered a pair of shutouts last weekend over San Inazio to go to 4-0 in the young season. Homer Baez struck out 15 batters over 11 innings in Barca’s 1-0 win in the opening game, followed by Pedro Belmonte tossed a six-hit shutout one day later in a 4-0 victory. Barcelona has allowed just two runs over their first four games.
Sant Boi is also 4-0 after sweeping a doubleheader over Astros last Sunday, 3-2 and 15-0; while the defending champion Puerto Cruz Marlins took a pair of wins over El Llano, 2-1 and 5-1, in a Saturday twinbill to open their season with four straight wins.
The Spanish league has been considered one of Europe’s top circuits for many years.
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