1 |
Forest City (N.C.) Owls (2) |
Coastal Plain |
49-9 |
Owls one step from completing fairy-tale season; need to dispense Peninsula in CPL’s best-of-3 Pettit Cup final. |
2 |
Bourne Braves (3) |
Cape Cod |
27-17-2 |
East Carolina 1B Kyle Roller (.342-10-33), Cape League MVP, leads red-hot Bourne against Cotuit in best-of-3 final. |
3 |
Corvallis (Ore.) Knights (6) |
West Coast |
47-10 |
WCL’s four-team playoffs open Tuesday, and pitching-rich Knights (2.20 team ERA) are setting out to defend title. |
4 |
*Newport (R.I.) Gulls (4) |
New England |
37-12 / League champion |
Washington 1B Troy Scott drives in five runs Monday, leads Gulls to NECBL title before 3,600 Newport fans. |
5 |
Santa Barbara Foresters (5) |
California Collegiate |
38-12 |
Foresters drive to second straight NBC World Series title stalled in loss Monday, but still tournament’s team to beat. |
6 |
*Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox (1) |
Cape Cod |
29-17-1 |
Red Sox easily post best regular-season record in Cape, but abruptly eliminated from playoffs by Cotuit. |
7 |
Rochester (Minn.) Honkers (8) |
Northwoods |
42-26 |
Cal State Fullerton SS Corey Jones (.315-13-43), league MVP and HR leader, leads Honkers into NWL playoffs. |
8 |
El Dorado (Kan.) Broncos (12) |
Jayhawk |
37-9 |
Surging Broncos upset Santa Barbara in NBC World Series, meet rival Liberal in all-Jayhawk winners’ bracket final. |
9 |
*Bethesda (Md.) Big Train (9) |
Cal Ripken Sr. |
34-10 / League champion |
Big Train feature top four hitters in Ripken league, overtake prospect-rich Youse’s Maryland O’s for league crown. |
10 |
Cotuit Kettleers (16) |
Cape Cod |
23-19-6 |
Texas C Cameron Rupp, OF Kevin Keyes each homer as Kettleers blitz Y-D 18-4 in deciding game of Cape semis. |
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11 |
*Mat-Su Miners (10) |
Alaska |
31-17 / League champion |
12 |
*Orleans Firebirds (7) |
Cape Cod |
24-17-2 |
13 |
*Amsterdam Mohawks (17) |
New York Collegiate |
36-12 / League champion |
14 |
Peninsula (Va.) Pilots (15) |
Coastal Plain |
38-22 |
15 |
*Vienna (Va.) Senators (11) |
Clark Griffith |
30-11 / League champion |
16 |
Victoria Generals (18) |
Texas Collegiate |
32-14 |
17 |
*San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Blues (13) |
Independent |
40-12 |
18 |
La Crosse (Wis.) Loggers (NR) |
Northwoods |
41-27 |
19 |
Quincy (Ill.) Gems (NR) |
Prospect |
36-20 |
20 |
*Cincinnati Steam (NR) |
Great Lakes |
26-13 / League champion |
21 |
Liberal Beejays (NR) |
Jayhawk |
32-18 |
22 |
*Anchorage Bucs (23) |
Alaska |
31-21 |
23 |
*Carney (Va.) Pirates (24) |
Clark Griffith |
30-12 |
24 |
*Westhampton (N.Y.) Aviators |
Atlantic Collegiate |
28-17 / League champion |
25 |
Wenatchee (Wis.) AppleSox |
West Coast |
34-14 |