AFRICAN BASEBALL ALLIANCE
CAPE TOWN STORM AT PRETORIA RHINOS
09/02/2062
BNN Index | ABA | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
 
AFRICAN BASEBALL ALLIANCE
CAPE TOWN STORM AT PRETORIA RHINOS
GAME ID: 17985 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND , 2062 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cape Town Storm (76-65) 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 6 11 0
Pretoria Rhinos (68-73) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Yokota Fires Shutout in Cape Town Victory
Masafumi Yokota of the Cape Town Storm was on top of his game.

The 24-year-old tantalized the Pretoria Rhinos with crisp curves and changeups, mixed in with just enough fastballs to keep the batters honest, shutting them out, 6-0.

"He had the changeup working," Pretoria manager Serge Boucher said in postgame comments. "You knew it was coming and you still grounded out -- and then he threw it even slower."

The Cape Town hurler had 12 strikeouts, gave up 3 walks and surrendered 6 hits in his complete-game effort.

Yokota told reporters after the game that "keeping the ball down is the key to being successful in this league."

"If you don't do that, they'll make you pay," he said.

Yokota has earned no saves and a 12-10 mark this season with a 3.16 earned run average in no relief appearances. He has worked 199.2 innings, yielded 158 hits, struck out 186 batters and walked 91.
CAPE TOWN BATTING LINESCORE PRETORIA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Pope 2B 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 .314 5 38
F. Bruyère SS 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 .278 3 10
R. Linker 1B 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .287 12 55
A. García DH 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 .234 16 55
S. Titschinger C 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .201 10 39
H. Melanson LF 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 .326 5 24
Y. Abdul-Rashid RF 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 .310 0 2
J. Benítez 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .224 2 11
D. Luong CF 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 .238 12 53
Totals 36 6 11 6 2 12 15      
BATTING
Doubles: A. García (13, 1st Inning off S. Duffy, 1 on, 2 outs) , B. Pope (9, 5th Inning off S. Duffy, 0 on, 1 out) , S. Titschinger (11, 6th Inning off S. Duffy, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: F. Bruyère (3, 3rd Inning off S. Duffy, 0 on, 2 outs) , H. Melanson (5, 4th Inning off S. Duffy, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Pope 3 , F. Bruyère 6 , A. García 3 , S. Titschinger 2 , H. Melanson 4 , Y. Abdul-Rashid , J. Benítez
2-out RBI: F. Bruyère , H. Melanson
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. García , S. Titschinger
GIDP: R. Linker , S. Titschinger
Hit by Pitch: F. Bruyère , Y. Abdul-Rashid
Team LOB: 6
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Maniani SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .260 5 24
H. Foerster 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .318 4 12
J. Lauzon DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .264 22 67
J. Young RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .243 19 49
F. Castro 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .267 11 45
H. bin Hatim 3B 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 .163 9 22
M. bin Tamir LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .282 5 25
S. Mu'tazz C 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 .313 4 15
J. Love CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .267 7 51
Totals 33 0 6 0 3 12 15      
BATTING
Doubles: M. bin Tamir (12, 7th Inning off M. Yokota, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: F. Castro , M. bin Tamir 3 , S. Mu'tazz 2 , J. Love
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Maniani , H. Foerster , F. Castro , J. Love
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: M. bin Tamir (3)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Maniani-Castro-Foerster, Maniani-Castro-Foerster)
CAPE TOWN PITCHING LINESCORE PRETORIA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Yokota W (12-10) 9.0 6 0 0 3 12 0 126 3.16   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Yokota 84
Batters Faced: M. Yokota 36
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Yokota 8-7
Pitches - Strikes: M. Yokota 126-72
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Duffy L (6-13) 5.1 10 6 6 1 6 2 106 4.53   
A. bin Sa'id 3.2 1 0 0 1 6 0 50 4.40   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Duffy 29
Batters Faced: S. Duffy 28, A. bin Sa'id 12
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Duffy 7-2, A. bin Sa'id 1-3
Pitches - Strikes: S. Duffy 106-69, A. bin Sa'id 50-31
Inherited Runners - Scored: A. bin Sa'id 1-0
Hit Batsmen: S. Duffy 2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Masafumi Yokota
Ballpark: Pretoria Field
Weather: Partly Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 10 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM EET
Time: 3:11
Attendance: 10310
Sunday, March 30th , 2025 - OOTP Baseball 25.11 Build 103