{"id":233285,"date":"2016-07-29T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=233285"},"modified":"2016-07-29T06:00:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T20:00:23","slug":"bears-aces-players-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/bears-aces-players-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears, Aces players stand out"},"content":{"rendered":"
The BSI Aces\u2019 Juan Iguel is all set to hit the ball during their game against the Chalan Kanoa Bears in the 2016 Saipan Baseball League last Tuesday night at the Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios Ballfield. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chalan Kanoa Bears and BSI Aces players are poised to bring home majority of the individual awards in the 2016 Saipan Baseball League, which concluded its regular season last Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The Bears\u2019 A.J. Lizama is this year\u2019s batting champion and will add the RBI king title to his collection, while pitcher Jeffrey Lizama is the winner in the ERA race. On the BSI Aces\u2019 side, Lamarc Iguel is the co-champion in triples and home runs, while his brother Juan won the runs race, and pitcher Mike Muna ended up at first place in the strikeouts contest.<\/p>\n

A.J. Lizama posted a batting average of .466 after going 27-for-58 in the Bears\u2019 impressive 14-0 record in the double-round robin elimination. He was one of the only five players who had a batting average of more than .400 this season. The four others were the Brewers\u2019 Anthony Tenorio (.433\/29-for-67), the BSI Aces\u2019 Ben Jones (.422\/19-for-45), the Brewers\u2019 Pat Alepuyo (.404\/23-for-57), and the Yankees\u2019 Franco Nakamura (.404\/21-for-52).<\/p>\n

In the RBIs contests, A.J. Lizama collected 20 to edge the 19 and 15 of the Brewers\u2019 Nokki Saralu and the BSI Aces\u2019 John Tudela, respectively.<\/p>\n

A.J.\u2019s teammate, Jeffrey foiled the former\u2019s bid for a third individual trophy after ruling the ERA department. Jeffrey had a 0.88 ERA after pitching 30.2 innings and yielding only three runs. A.J. worked the mound for 28.1 innings and gave up four runs for a 1.27 ERA.<\/p>\n

Others on the Top 10 in the ERA leaderboard were the Aces\u2019 Muna (1.27), the Bears\u2019 Jose Lizama Jr. (1.32), the Brewers\u2019 Vince Camacho (2.00), the Aces\u2019 Mike Iguel (2.23), the Falcons\u2019 Frankie Lieto (2.24), the North Starz\u2019s Ben Lizama (2.55), and Jared Camacho (2.57), and the Brewers\u2019 Leonard Sablan (2.59).<\/p>\n

Muna may have failed to top the ERA race, but was ahead in the strikeouts category with his 64. He was the runaway winner in the Ks division, as three of his closest pursues\u2014the Falcons\u2019 Lieto, the Yankees\u2019 Peter Lieto, and the Brewers\u2019 Cepeda\u2014managed only 41 each. Jose Lizama Jr. came in at third with his 37, followed by Titanium\u2019s Joe Palacios (35), A.J. Lizama (29), Tudela (27), and the Brewers\u2019 Lancaster Secharmidal (26).<\/p>\n

Muna\u2019s teammate\u2014Lamarc Iguel\u2014had four triples to lead the league and tie the Brewers\u2019 Nokki Saralu. Lamarc also will also share the home run king trophy with Saralu and the Bears\u2019 Peyton Lizama as the three players were the only ones to round out the base this season.<\/p>\n

Lamarc\u2019s older brother, Juan, is alone at the top of the runs leaderboard, collecting 24. Juan defeated A.J. Lizama (22), the North Starz\u2019s Roke Tenorio (22), Peyton Lizama (21), and Anthony Tenorio (21).<\/p>\n

In the doubles, Saralu is also the solo winner with his 6. Jose Lizama Jr. A.J. Lizama, Titanium\u2019s Brian Camacho, the Yankees\u2019 Peter Tomokane, and Alepuyo had 5 each.<\/p>\n

BSI Aces get free semis berth<\/strong>
\nMeanwhile, the BSI Aces were the lucky winners of a semis berth in the eight-team league.<\/p>\n

The BSI Aces won the bye among the three tied squads for the No. third to fifth spot in the team standings. Titanium, which won via forfeiture (not enough players) against the Yankees last Wednesday night, the Falcons, and the BSI Aces finished the regular season with similar 8-6 records.<\/p>\n

A draw (not the head-to-head record as earlier decided) was held to break the deadlock and the BSI Aces won the bye, leaving Titanium and the Falcons to battle for the fourth and final semis berth last night.<\/p>\n

The Aces, though assured of a spot to the Final Four, still have to play the winner of the Titanium-Falcons game today to determine the No. 3 and 4 teams in the rankings. The fourth-seeded team will face the unbeaten Bears in a best-of-three semis series beginning this Monday, while the third-ranked squad will take on defending champions GSM Brewers (11-3) in a separate Final Four series, beginning on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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