Standings A.
Baseball in the Paris region with 4 matches scheduled. First up, the Lions hosted the Huskies. Clash of the two leaders. Rouen narrowly won 0-1. A game rich in offense, 9 hits for Rouen (Dagneau’s double and Brainville’s 3-for-4). 7 hits for the Lions. Launay went 2-for-3. No errors. Second win for Camacho (2W-1L), Robles’ second loss (2W-1L). A deluge of hits from Rouen in the second game (13, including 4 doubles). Lefevre went 3-for-5. 7 hits for Savigny (Coste’s triple). One error each. Second win for Rouen 5-12. Rouen first (11-3), Savigny second (8-6). One-sided day between PUC and Montigny. 3 errors by PUC in the first game, despite a solid 2-for-3 by Rodriguez and a 3-for-4 by Demory, the home team unleashed 15 hits! Couton went 4-for-4, Patrice 3-for-5. Win for Motay (1W-3L), loss for Kraft (0W-3L). 5th win for Montigny 17-5. The 6th saw PUC suffer again against the home team and their 13 hits. Mayeux went 3-for-5. 5 errors for Paris. Loss for Briggi (0W-4L), win for Santana (2W-0L). Final score 9-1. Cougars 3rd (6-6), PUC fifth (3-11).
Standings B.
The Cometz hosted the Templiers. Metz’s resistance is noteworthy. Fleury (5W-1L) was in command on the mound for the Cometz. He delivered a superb outing with only 2 hits allowed (Meurant and Perdomo), 16 strikeouts in 8 innings. Save for Amidon. Great win for the home team 2-1. 3 hits for Metz. One error for the Templiers. Paz and Brown absent. The second game saw 7 errors, 4 for the Cometz. The Templiers hit hard, 13 hits. Only 3 for the hosts who crumbled with a 2-8 result. Win for Belisle (4W-0L). Loss for Amidon (1W-2L). Templiers second (13-1), Cometz fifth (5-13). With a record of 16W-0L, the Barracudas hosted the Boucaniers. 7 hits each. Two doubles by Crowford and a triple by Buitron. Montpellier made 3 errors, La Rochelle 1. Win for Montpellier 5-3. Loss for Antoine (0W-1L), win for Canelon (7W-0L). The second game saw the Montpelliérains win 5-0. 2 hits for the Boucaniers against 8 for the Barracudas (Soriano’s double). 3 errors, 2 for the Rochellais. Loss for Nieves (3W-4L), win for Casanova (5W-0L). Montpellier leaders 16-0, LR third (6W-10L). With the same win ratio at the end of the weekend, Clermont hosted Nice. Split 5-2 and 3-4. Win for Nicolas (1W-4L), loss for Teramura (3W-5L). Triple by Antepaz for Nice. Rossel hit two doubles for Clermont.
Complete standings in win ratio: 1 MUC 1000 – 2 Sénart 929 – 3 Rouen 786 – 4 Savigny 571 – 5 Montigny 500 – 6 Toulouse 429 – 7 La Rochelle 375 – 8 tied: Clermont, Metz, Nice 278 – 9 PUC 214; Cheers from all points on the diamond!
Vincent Picard
