Falcons players lead in batting, pitching races

A Falcons batter lets go of a low ball during their game against the Jets last week in the Major division of the 2014 Saipan Little League Baseball at the Francisco ?Tan Ko? Palacios Ballfield. (ROSELYN B. MONROYO)

Falcons players are ahead in the batting and pitching contests in the Major division of the 2014 Saipan Little League Baseball.
Justin Cangco moved up from fourth to first place in the batting leaderboard with his .600 average. He went 18-for-30 at bat after last week’s games, which saw the Falcons book back-to-back lopsided wins against the GSM Twins, 25-0, and Twins, 32-1.

The Falcons first baseman dislodged erstwhile leader Spencer Dickinson, as the IT&E big hitter dropped to second with his batting average of .590. Dickinson was 20-for-34 after last Sunday’s matches and share the No. 2 spot with teammate Philip Kapileo, who was 17-for-29. The Braves’ Joe Tudela (.580/15-for-26), the Falcons’ Angel Iguel (.570/17-for-30), and the Braves’ Vicente Camacho (.560/14-for-25) rounded on the Top 5.
The Falcons’ Aven Evangelista, who tied Dickinson for the batting lead two weeks ago, fell to sixth place with his .550 off a 16-for-29 performance. Completing the list are IP&E Rockies’ Tyrese Camacho (.545), the Red Sox’s Kiana Aldan (.540), the Hustlers’ Juan Lizama (.540), IT&E’s Christopher Achas (.520), the Little Legals’ Pedro Maratita (.500), Comets I’s Francisco Frederick (.500), the JPO Enforcers’ Rikko Lizama (.480), and the Braves’ Robin Sablan (.480).

The batting leaders are based on 24 or more at bats.

In the pitching race, Arby Yaguel, who shut down the Jets last week, did not only break into the chart, but also took the top spot with his 0.71 ERA. He pitched 17 innings and allowed only two runs.

Yaguel leads Pedro Maratita, who moved from third to second with his 0.92 ERA after giving up only four runs in 26 innings.
The Falcons’ Max Pangelinan is back in the leaderboard, occupying third place, followed by the Braves’ Vicente Camacho, the Little Legals’ Gloyd Martin Jr. and the Braves’ Robin Sablan. Pangelinan pitched 19 innings and allowed only three earned runs for an ERA of 0.95, while Camacho has an ERA of 1.00 (18 innings, three runs allowed), and Martin and Sablan have similar 1.06 ERAs off 17 innings pitched (three earned runs allowed).

In the strikeouts category, Maratita is ahead with 64, pacing Dickinson (59), Camacho (57), the Red Sox’s Jode Reyes (49) and Laolao Bay and former pitching leader J.P. Celis (43).

For the doubles and triples divisions, Tudela and Achas are on top with seven and five, respectively, while Cangco is slightly ahead in the RBIs category with his 20 against the 19 of Evangelista. In the homer run, Thomas Agulto has the most so far with three, while Trevon Lieto, Aldan, and Angel Iguel have two apiece. IP&E’s Dai Podziewski is still the leader in the runs category with 23, just ahead by one against Dickinson, Angel Iguel and Evangelista.