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Cepeda leads pitching in SBL
GSM Brewers ace pitcher Vince Cepeda continues to lead the ERA and the strikeout categories in the latest stats provided by Saipan Baseball League coordinator Tony Rogolifoi.
Vince Cepeda of the GSM Brewers prepares to throw a pitch in one of their team’s games in the 2015 Saipan Baseball League. Cepeda is the current pitching leader and is one of the reasons why the Brewers remain undefeated after four games. (Jon Perez)
Cepeda remains clean in the ERA department after a total of 16.1 innings pitched. The Jets’ Terson Eina and the Fielders’ Anthony Tenorio joined him but the two had only pitched 7.2 and 6.0 innings, respectively.
The North Starz’s Jonathan Tenorio came in fourth with a 1.35 ERA followed by the Falcons’ Peter Lieto (1.64), and Kevin Villagomez of the Fielders (1.69).
Aaron Benavente of the Falcons and Leonard Sablan of the Brewers were tied from seventh to eighth spots with a 1.80 ERA with both pitching five innings each.
Dave Jones of the Falcons and Kevin Kapileo of the Yankees complete the top 10 with 2.00 and 3.52 ERAs, respectively.
Cepeda also topped the strikeouts department with 31, followed by the Falcons’ Peter Lieto’s 25 and the 23 of the Jets’ Mike Muna.
The Saipan Stevedore Yankees slugger Gary Cruz continues to lead the league in batting with a .525 average with teammate Jerome Delos Santos (.444) coming in fourth. The North Starz’s Chad Atalig (.500) and the Brewers’ Jun Rabauliman (.467) came in second and third, respectively.
Fielders teammates Anthony Tenorio and Verlance Secharmidal placed fifth and sixth with .429 and .412 averages, while the Jets’ Davie Matagolai batted .400 at seventh spot.
Peter Tomokane of the Yankees led three other players from eighth to 11th places with a .385 average followed by Brewers teammates Jesse Brel and Nokki Saralu, and the Jets’ Keola Camacho.
Pat Alepuyo of the Brewers (.353) and the Fielders Cedric Ada (.348) placed 12th and 13th while Secharmidal, Alex Benavente (Falcons), Roy Celis (Brewers), and Ben Jones (Yankees) are bunched up at .333.
Ricardo Dela Cruz leads the league in runs scored with nine, while Delos Santos had eight. Jones and Rabauliman made seven apiece.
Alepuyo, Tom Agulto, and Manny Sablan had two doubles each while Jones, who remains the only player to hit a home run, is the RBI leader with eight followed by Alepuyo’s seven and Cruz’s six.
