Go See Mark\u2019s Jesse Brel is alone at the No. 1 spot in the batting leaderboard, while the Chalan Kanoa Bears\u2019 A.J. Lizama is in a deadlock with five others for the lead in the pitching race in the 2017 Saipan Baseball League.<\/p>\n
Brel in four games in the regular season went 7-for-14 at the plate for a batting average of .500 to place ahead of 19 others. He is the lone batter to average at least .500 as the second-running and his teammate Ricard Dela Cruz earned a batting average of .417 after going 5-for-12. The Falcons\u2019 Giovanni Mira and the Comets\u2019 Lorenzo Sebaklim also hit 5-for-12 to join Dela Cruz at the No. 2 spot.<\/p>\n
There is also a tie for third with GSM\u2019s Tyrone Omar, Bears\u2019 Peyton Liama, BSI Aces\u2019 Lamarc Iguel and Barry Sunumai, and Titanium\u2019s Brian Camacho averaging .400.<\/p>\n
Others on the Top 20 of the batting race, which was based on 12 or more at bats and updated last Friday, were GSM\u2019s Pat Alepuyo (.385), Blue Jays\u2019 J.J. Chong (.385), Titanium\u2019s Jhace Palacos (.357), BSI Aces\u2019 John Tudela (.333), GSM\u2019s Anthony Tenorio (.333), Falcons\u2019 A.J. Evangelista (.333), A.J. Lizama (.333), Falcons\u2019 Ian Norita (.313), Comets\u2019 J-Boy Mendiola (.308), Bears\u2019 Angel Palacios (.308), and GSM\u2019s Shane Yamada (.278).<\/p>\n
Jesus Iguel leads in the runs race with eight, while Dela Cruz is ahead in the RBI category with his seven.<\/p>\n
In the pitching competition, A.J. Lizama is still perfect with his 0.00 ERA after yielding no runs in 10.1 innings pitch. The Falcons\u2019 J.J. Lifoifoi and Ricky Joe Riungel also did not allow a single run in 9.1 innings (each) they worked the mound, while GSM\u2019s Nathan Guerrero (seven innings), the Falcons\u2019 Peter Lieto (six innings), and Titanium\u2019s Joe Palacios (six innings) have yet to give up runs, too.<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays\u2019 L.J. Sebaklim (1.15 ERA), the Comets\u2019 Lorenzo Sebaklim (2.00), D-9ers Melvin Sakisat 2.00), and the Comets\u2019 Franco Nakamura (2.77) complete the pitching leaderboard, which was based on 6 or more innings pitched.<\/p>\n
Lorenzo has the most strikeluts so far with 15, just ahead by one against Nakamura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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