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Only Four Batters Over .400 In Door County Baseball League
By Jocko Rader DoorCountyDailyNews.com
July 13, 2007

Winners in the Door County Baseball League from last week were Institute, Maplewood, Kolberg and Washington Island. Hitting stars for the week. Matt Ash had four to lead the way. Three by Jack Schartner, Jeff Sperber and John Price. Getting two we had Steve Jilot, Greg Klabaugh, Justin Haertel, Craig Gunnlaugsson, Matt Fosh, Matt Bley, Robi Schartner, Paul Nelson, Mickey Lee, Jason Shimon, Scott Krueger and Jesse Miller.

Three also for Mike Jacques. Leading the league in batting is Ryan Tanck with a .457 average followed by Scott Price at .433 and then Greg Klaubauf with .429. After that its Steve Jilot at . 419 and Travis Leroy at .385. Hard to believe only four batters over .400, but that's the case. Jeff Sperber and Derek Ray tied with 4 home runs a piece after 9 games. Jeff Sperber with 13 RBIs and Steve Jilot in with 11. Runs scored with have Jilot with l4. Brother Dave with 12. Dave Jilot with four wins for the Ports. Jeff Sperber leads in innings pitched and Brett Anschutz still leads in strikeouts even though not a starter.
Now for this week's games. Another big one and this time its at Baileys Harbor, as Kolberg with its 7 and 2 record is coming to town and its show time for the A's. They are 6 and three and can ill afford another lost at this time. They wish it was at night, I bet. Kolberg is hitting the ball, and will be tough to beat. I think the A's best chance would be with Anchutz on the mound in this one. He has a wicked curve ball to go with his medium fast ball. Young Chris Werg on the mound once again as Adam Bretl is in St. Louis and not much help to the team this time. Dave Nienas has been doing a great job in relief. I will go with Kolberg to win number seven in a row after a 1 and 2 start. West Jacksonport goes to the Lion's Den at Washington Island. As Baileys Harbor found out Sunday, these guys are tough at home. Ports won game only 4 to 2 at home in first one. Dare I pick an upset here. Island has some hitters and if the Ports don't right. I still see the Jacksonport team fighting for the title, so if they lose Sunday that's almost out, so will go with them to beat the Island team for the second time this year. Should be a dandy of a game. Who will pitch for the Ports? Tanck or Jilot? It will be Matt Ash for the Islanders. Tanck lost a five hitter last week and is one tough competitor. Institute after a big win Friday night goes to Sister Bay and look out here. The Bays got hammered Sunday but scored 13 runs the week before. Justin Reynolds could be the young pitcher here in his second game. He did not pick that bad, but errors did him in. Sister Bay has hitting that's for sure, and the Cubs are not beating the ball to death as they only had three hits in 8 innings last week. I think they should play some small ball more, as they have some guys who can run and make things happen. Hoffman is their only power hitter. Take some of the pressure off of Joe. It will be interesting to see if Jake Peterson goes this way. I say keep laying the ball down a little more and see if they can field it. In games I have seen this year, it has not been the case. However do not step on the plate, or you are out as Maplewood well knows. I will go with Sister Bay to win their second game of the year, it could be their last chance. Egg Harbor to Maplewood in the last game here. Egg Harbor hit the ball well Friday night but showed up with only two runs and they both came in the first inning. They, unlike the Cubs, do not have team speed. The Mets have some boys that can run in Krueger, Stegmann, Thayse and with Mickey Lee. The Mets' Jeff Sperber is having a excellent year once again. Tyler Roehrig looked good last Friday but could of sued his team for run support. He is a big boy and can get the ball up there. The question is, is he consentient enough? Only time will tell. Robi Schartner would like to see him start and then come in relief, if needed. Harbor with a loss is in tough shape, that being 4 and 6. I think that is what it will be however. Maplewood going to 6 and 4 and still in the hunt. Well that's it for week number 10. The All Star game will be July26 at Institute at 8:00PM, so mark that on your calendar. An All Star meeting to pick the North and South team will be on July 18.