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On Wednesday, Lapette Virki’s Janette Lepistö reached the limit of 500 strokes in the women’s Superpesis. MAGAZINE IMAGE / Timo Aalto
Lapua Virkia’s joker beats Janette Lepistö reached the limit of 500 strokes in the women’s Superpesis on Wednesday. Lepistö became the 11th player in the women’s baseball main series through the early days to have hit at least 500 strokes.
Lepistö broke the line in Virkia’s home game against Rauma Fera.
Lepistö only needed 153 super special matches in 500 beatings. 24-year-old Lepistö plays in his seventh season at Superpesis. He has won two Finnish Championship golds. In the East-West match, Lepistö has performed six times. She has been the series’s batting queen and power player for five seasons.
Tanja Vehniäinen is at the forefront of the women’s Superpesis’ all-time beating statistics, with 843 successful removals leaving the club.
Among the active players in Lepistö’s batsman statistics is Susanna Park, a Nestling Bear from Pori, who has 595 runs.