03/06/2019
Happy Finals week!!!
All season long we have been waiting, It’s finally here and we will be streaming it live on our ISA page!!!
The ISA Men’s A Division Finals will get underway Tonight (20:30 Israel time), as this year’s No. 1 seed Team Misgav will host No.2 Gezer 09 Softball Club - מועדון גזר 09, at Baptist Village, for the first game of the series. Here is a small break down about the teams journeys coming into the finals.
Head to head this season: 3-2 Team Misgav
No.1 Seed Team Misgav:
For the people who don’t know, המרכז הקהילתי משגב (Misgav) is a region comprised of many small communities in the northern part of Israel. Team Misgav’s first season back in the A division under head coach Yaniv Rosenfeld started off slow with 2 straight loses but since then the blue’s never looked back, passed through their opponents winning 10 of their last 12 games and are coming into the finals with a 5 game winning streak.
Team ERA: 2.392
Top Pitchers:
Sisko Sabate: 4-1 record, 0.955 ERA, 86 SO.
Ilan Spira: 6-3 record, 3.745 ERA, 38 SO.
Team Batting Average: .202
Runs Per Game: 5.875
Top Hitters:
Sisko Sabate - .375 AVG, 5 HR, 14 RBI’s and 24 Walks.
Ryan Willen - .303 AVG, 2 HR and 11 RbI’s
Interesting Stat: National Team player Mordy Roth was hit by pitch 10 times in 59 Plate appearances!!
No.2 Seed Gezer 09 Softball Club - מועדון גזר 09
The orange and black faced a tough up and down season under head coach Goose Gillett, as they couldn’t find their usual sync we have been used to the last couple of years. But when the games were on the line, Gezer09 came through with two big wins to put themselves in the finals. Now they will try to bring the cup back to the Kibbutz after one season.
Team ERA: 2.569
Top Pitchers:
Michael Marunov (Mishka): 5-3 record, 2.520 ERA, 50 SO.
Mariano de la Vega: 2-2 record , 2.681 ERA and 89 SO.
Batting Average: .195
Runs Per Game: 4
Top Hitters:
Gil Siegel - 11 hits, .379 AVG and a .486 OBP.
Aviv Yakov - .289 AVG, 2 HR and 12 RBI’s.
