Glen Camacho is Masters League batting champion

The Dodgers’ Glen Camacho is the 2023 Tan Holdings-SBL Masters League batting champion after the last set of regular season games last week.

He led the season with a .652 batting average, from 15 of 23 hits. The Pirates’ Audie Maratita claimed the tight race for second place with a .645 batting average, going 20 for 31 at-bats. Third place by just a couple of points is the Reds’ Hector Efraim at .643, after he went 18 hits form 28 plate appearances.

Maratita also bagged the most doubles with eight, and the most RBIs with 20. Second in the doubles category is Alvin Takai and Bruce Norita with five; Ton Pangelinan and Isaac Aguon hit four; and Eric Tudela, J-Boy Deleon Guerrero, J.J. Teigita, and Shine Tenorio hit three each.

Second in RBIs is Eric Palacios with 15; Shine Tenorio and Tony Pangelinan have 14; and Bruce Norita, and J-Boy Deleon Guerrero have 13 each.

The runs scored champion is Derek Aguon with 23; James Benavente and Pete Sablan scored 21; Cartfield Sablan and Jerome DeIos Santos have 19 each; Alvin Takai has 18; and Audie Maratita has 17.

The triples champion is Cartfield Sablan with three; and Dennis Cruz, Derek Aguon, Ed Manibusan, Mike Techur, and Richard Quitugua all hit two each.

The only home runs were hit by Robert Bansil and Bruce Norita, while Maratita, Eric Tudela, J-Boy Deleon Guerrero hit inside-the-park home runs.

Over on the bump, the pitching champion is the Pirates’ Pete Sablan. He pitched 11 innings over four games, had the lowest ERA of 1.91, a record of 2-0, 14 hits against him, and three earned runs.

Teammate Dung Tenorio is second after a 3.21 ERA after pitching 13.1 innings in five games, has a spotless 3-0 record, 23 hits against him, and six ER. Third is the Blue Jays’ Kevin Kapileo who has a 3.84 ERA, a 4-2 record, pitched 29.2 innings in eight games, and collected 47 hits and 16 ER.

Kapileo is the strikeout king by a long shot with 51 strikeout; Joe Kapileo struck out 21; Jeff Cruz has 20; Pete Sablan and Tony Flores collected 16 each; Bill Camacho has 15; Tony Pangelinan threw out 14; Dominic Hideo and Dung Tenorio has 13 each; and J.J. Laniyo has 11 strikeouts.

In the final team standings, the Pirates clinched the pennant with 10 straight wins, the Reds pulled ahead into second place with a 7-3 record; the Dodgers were third at 6-4; Blue Jays were 4-6; Marlins settled for 3-7; and the Spartans lost all 10 games.