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NC Names Niumata Best Pitcher Winner: The Samoa have a rising superstar or maybe even a budding Hall-of-Famer in the making.
It's Sakaio Niumata, this year's Nations Cup Best Pitcher selection. This blossoming hurler wowed fans, peers and sportswriters with a fabulous performance. Niumata compiled a 4-0 record in 4 starts, tallied 32 strikeouts in 28.2 innings and recorded a 0.63 ERA. Other clubs managed only a .176 batting average against him. He received 11 first place votes out of a possible 12. Leonard Morris of the Rest of the World finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Kalolo Ftisemanu of the American Samoa finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Sakaio Niumata - Samoa - 11 - 80 Leonard Morris - Rest of the World - 1 - 39 Kalolo Ftisemanu - American Samoa - 0 - 39 Shane Ranuku - Fiji - 0 - 18 Ross Ali - Papua New Guinea - 0 - 8 Roy Wari - Papua New Guinea - 0 - 5 Bradley Tamarua - Papua New Guinea - 0 - 4 Mehdi Adams - Tahiti & French Polynesia - 0 - 3 Christopher Maeribu - Solomon Islands - 0 - 3 Edward Rouhana - Solomon Islands - 0 - 3 Totilini Tuakoi - Tonga - 0 - 2 |