WORLD BASEBALL FEDERATION
MARRAKESH MARABOUTS AT ISTANBUL SCIMITARS
07/28/2115
 
WORLD BASEBALL FEDERATION
MARRAKESH MARABOUTS AT ISTANBUL SCIMITARS
GAME ID: 2084 - SUNDAY, JULY 28TH , 2115 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Marrakesh Marabouts (41-64) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Istanbul Scimitars (73-32) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 0
Marrakesh Loses, 2-1, in 10
Rakin bin Naji, who is tied for 8th in the EL in strikeouts with 140, never let the Marabouts get in a groove. The right-hander used his bread and butter, his slider, to pitch the Scimitars to a win, 2-1. Istanbul reliever Henri Dufour snagged the win, upping his record to 4-4. Roy Cartwright shouldered the loss. The Scimitars lead the Eastern League Middle East by 19½ games.

The decisive blow was delivered by Yasser Waruhiu in the bottom of the tenth when he hit a run-scoring double off fan favorite Roy Cartwright to win the game for Istanbul. The home crowd went nuts.

"We're playing like we're capable of," said Istanbul manager Akram Yusuf.
MARRAKESH BATTING LINESCORE ISTANBUL BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Cortes RF 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 .335 26 60
J. Quraishi 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 19 52
   c-M. Guillard PH, 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .220 0 9
H. Cu 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .319 4 25
S. Muthomi DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .261 9 36
T. Kokotis LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .297 22 71
B. Mwai C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .234 3 10
   d-J. Hor PH, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .247 19 56
S. bin Fida 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .285 7 35
   a-F. Nishimuraya PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .277 5 16
   b-B. Radoncis PR, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 7 41
M. bin Samir CF, SS 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 .195 0 5
R. Bulatovic SS, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1 1 8 8      
a - F. Nishimuraya pinch hit for S. bin Fida in the 8th
b - B. Radoncis pinch ran for F. Nishimuraya in the 8th
c - M. Guillard pinch hit for J. Quraishi in the 9th
d - J. Hor pinch hit for B. Mwai in the 10th

BATTING
Doubles: M. bin Samir (4, 3rd Inning off R. bin Naji, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: M. Guillard , T. Kokotis 2 , M. bin Samir 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. bin Samir
Sac Bunt: B. Radoncis , R. Bulatovic
Sac Fly: J. Cortes
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Bulatovic-bin Samir-Quraishi)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Majid RF 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 .189 2 19
N. Choudhary 3B 5 1 0 0 0 1 3 .241 19 52
Y. Waruhiu DH 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 .321 17 50
V. Vermeule 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .298 37 82
R. Balgera SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .286 16 56
L. Purbacaraka LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .283 5 57
I. bin Husain C 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .275 5 39
D. Adegoke CF 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .265 13 54
A. Juma 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .187 2 5
Totals 37 2 10 2 1 8 18      
BATTING
Doubles: D. Adegoke (19, 3rd Inning off R. Cartwright, 0 on, 0 outs) , A. Juma (2, 7th Inning off R. Cartwright, 0 on, 1 out) , Y. Waruhiu (9, 10th Inning off R. Cartwright, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: M. Majid , Y. Waruhiu 6 , V. Vermeule , D. Adegoke 3 , A. Juma 2
2-out RBI: Y. Waruhiu
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , N. Choudhary 2 , I. bin Husain 2
GIDP: V. Vermeule
Sac Bunt: A. Juma
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Majid 2 (10)
MARRAKESH PITCHING LINESCORE ISTANBUL PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Cartwright L (7-13) 9.2 10 2 2 1 8 0 123 4.42   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Cartwright 68
Batters Faced: R. Cartwright 39
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Cartwright 10-10
Pitches - Strikes: R. Cartwright 123-91
Balk: R. Cartwright
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. bin Naji 7.1 2 1 1 1 5 0 104 3.58   
G. Salam 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 29 4.24   
H. Dufour W (4-4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.86   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. bin Naji 74
Batters Faced: R. bin Naji 25, G. Salam 6, H. Dufour 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. bin Naji 9-8, G. Salam 0-3, H. Dufour 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: R. bin Naji 104-66, G. Salam 29-19, H. Dufour 14-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: G. Salam 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Rakin bin Naji
Ballpark: Constantinople Coliseum
Weather: Clear skies (79 degrees), no wind
Start Time: 7:05 PM EET
Time: 3:20
Attendance: 44808
Special Notes: Yasser Waruhiu ties the IST regular season extra-inning game record for hits with 5.
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