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Article: NWL -- Shappi Handcuffs Spokane
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- August 29, 2004
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YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
SPOKANE -- After the Yakima Bears' divisional-title hopes all but
went up in flames this week, A.J. Shappi came to the rescue on
Saturday.
And Chris Carter held the ladder.
Shappi pitched perhaps his best game of the season -- a four-
hitter over seven innings -- and Carter drove in three runs to break
the club record for RBI in a season as the Bears rolled to a 5-1
victory over Spokane at Avista Stadium.
The Bears inched back up to 32-36 in the Northwest League's East
Division with five more games against Spokane. However Yakima remains
seven back of division-leading Boise, which closes the regular season
with a three-game series against the Bears.
Shappi, who ...