Palacios, Camacho batting leaders in BASA

Man Amigos’ Eric Palacios is the current batting leader in the men’s division of the 2023 Budweiser Belau Amateur Softball Association League as of April 30. (LEIGH HASES)

Eric Palacios and Kiana “Baby K” Camacho are the batting leaders in their respective divisions of the 2023 Budweiser Belau Amateur Softball Association League as of April 30.

Palacios of second seed Man Amigos has the highest batting average of .773. He has had 17 hits out of 22 at-bats. Second is Asahi’s Darwin Masaharu with a .739 average with 17 out of 23 at-bats and third is Hagu La’mun’s Tim Wesley with a .714 average with 15 hits out of 21 at-bats. 

Camacho of the Lady Blue Jays, on the other hand, is the batting, runs scored, doubles, and RBI leader in the women’s division. She has a .667 average with 16 hits out of 24 at-bats, has 12 runs scored, four doubles, and 12 RBIs.

Second to Camacho in the batting leaders column is the Lady Legals’ Pauline Camacho with a .609 average with 14 out of 23 at-bats. Nish Mario of the Hotshots is third with an average of .600 with nine hits out of 15 chances.

In the doubles column, second is Janica Lizama with three and Edilyn Benjamin, Jaylina Borja, Kianu Aldan, Alannah Sablan, Sheena Maratita, and Rosie Saralu have two each.

Nish Mario has 11 RBIs, second to Camacho. Next is Janica Lizama with 10; Rachel Salalila has eight; and Rosie Saralu, Bong Babauta, and Rayna Deleon Guerrero have seven each.

Mardina Kaipat, Janica Lizama, and Stacy Eno are the triples leaders with two each; Brittany Luzama, Lem Ogumoro, Rosie Saralu, Kiana Camacho, and Bong Babauta are tied with one each.

Nish Mario and Rachel Salalila are also the home run queens with three each; Kiana Camacho, Bong Babauta, and Edilyn Benjamin have one each.

The pitching leader is Janice Celis of the Hotshots with a 2.45 ERA, a 4-3 win and loss record,  68 hits, and 14 ERs; second is the Lady Blue Jays’ Angel Deleon Guerrero with a 2.63 ERA, three wins, 18 hits, and six ERs; and third is the Lady Legals’ Jovie Omar with a 2.80 ERA, a 3-2 record, 48 hits, and 10 ERs.

Celis also has the most strikeouts with 32; Omar is next with 28; Sonia Isaac has 27; Evita Maratita has 24; Bert Camacho has 17; Semerina Simram has 12; Angel Deleon Guerrero has eight; Annalyn Olupumar has six; and Keolani Rios has three.

Back to the men’s division, Joey Dela Cruz leads the home run column with six and has the most RBIs with 21. Second to him in home runs is Manny Sablan with five and Robert Bansil, Jeff Cruz, Pete Sablan, Eric Palacios, and Audie Maratita have four each.

Second to Dela Cruz in RBIs is Robert Bansil with 17; Eric Palacios has 16; Glen Camacho batted in 15; and Pete Sablan and Derrick Aguon have 13 each.

Joe Lizama has the most runs scored with 17; Dennis Cruz has 16; Robert Bansil, James Fleming, Eric Palacios, Roy Tudela have 15; and Pete Sablan, and Joey Dela Cruz have 13 each.

Tim Wesley leads the doubles column with three; James Fleming and Dennis Cruz have six each; Joe Lizama and Glen Camacho have five each; and Vinnie Sablan has four.

Jaimi Reyes and Ben Higgins share the top spot in the triples leaders, while Dominic Hideo, Joe Lizama, Ben Mesa, and Tim Wesley have two each.

The men’s pitching leader is Tokahao’s Eric David with a 2.63 ERA, with two wins, 37 hits, six ERs, 16 innings, and four games; Paul Salalila from Sufa has a three win record, 2.67 ERA, 35 hits, and eight ERs; and third is Sufa’s Mario Aguon with a 4.08 ERA, two wins, 23 hits, and seven ERs.

Henry Reyes has the most strikeouts with 24; Ken Kaipat has 23; Dominic Hideo has 19; Leo Iskawa and Ray Villagomez has 16; and Bruce Laniyo and Derron Flores have 15 each.