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Eugene Church · 03-16-2009, 10:24 PM

The Islandian Times

Thursday, September 19, 2002

Tycobbian Union East Division First Round Playoffs

High Mesa Heads To Sweet 16, Sweeps Blue Jays
At Queen Ranch Stadium, power-laden High Mesa hit its way into the Sweet 16 with three homers to sweep the Tuckanarra Blue Jays 5-3... SS Rolf Kellgren and 2B Ed Granberg belted solo shots in the first inning and 1B Babe Holloman slammed a three-run blast in the fourth frame to give the Cowboys a 5-3 lead that they never relinquished... Lefthander Joey Popovich (1-0 3.86) was bashed for three runs and five hits in the first inning by the Blue Jays, but he quickly settled down and shut them out on one hit over the next six innings to get the victory... Popovich had control problems and walked seven, but managed to stay out of trouble after the opening frame... Closer Glen Green came on in the eighth and did not allow a run in the final two frames for the save... Harold Blankenship absorbed the defeat, allowing five runs in four innings... Now it's on to the Sweet 16 for the Cowboys... High Mesa will meet the winner of South Fork and East Point in the Sweet 16.

Stallions Send Panthers Packing, 9-8 in 11 Innings
At Jock Ewing Stadium in South Fork, the Stallions blew a six-run lead in the eighth inning and almost lost the ballgame to the East Point Panthers... But 3B Glenn Holliday saved them twice... He hammered a two-out RBI double in the last of the ninth to tie the score at 8-all, then Holliday lined a game-winning single to win the game 9-8 in the 11th... That hit sent the Panthers packing and put an end to their season, while South Fork will now head to the Sweet 16 to play the High Mesa Cowboys... The victory went to Billy Joe Gordon (1-0), who pitched a scoreless eleventh... the loss went to Bill Glasscock (0-1 4.91), who gave up two runs and five hits in three and two-thirds innings... The Stallions socked 16 hits off five East Point pitchers, led by C Darryl Burnett with three hits, three RBIs and three runs scored... Burnett walloped a two-run homer in the first inning... Holliday had four hits and two RBIs... The Panthers chalked up 12 hits and unloaded four roundtrippers... 3B Rex Sokolov spearheaded them with a pair of solo homers... Triple Crown winner 2B Karol Zodoka smashed a three-run shot and 1B Felipe Velasco hit a one-run clout... It was a heck of a game... the Stallions scored three in the first, the Panthers got one in the third, then it looked like South Fork would win in a runaway with two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to go up 7-1... East Point got one in the sixth and then exploded for six more in the eighth to take an 8-7 lead, but they couldn't hold it... the normally reliable Glasscock couldn't finish the Stallions off and blew the save and eventually the ballgame.

03-16-2009, 10:24 PM	#794
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,875	The Islandian Times Thursday, September 19, 2002 Tycobbian Union East Division First Round Playoffs High Mesa Heads To Sweet 16, Sweeps Blue Jays At Queen Ranch Stadium, power-laden High Mesa hit its way into the Sweet 16 with three homers to sweep the Tuckanarra Blue Jays 5-3... SS Rolf Kellgren and 2B Ed Granberg belted solo shots in the first inning and 1B Babe Holloman slammed a three-run blast in the fourth frame to give the Cowboys a 5-3 lead that they never relinquished... Lefthander Joey Popovich (1-0 3.86) was bashed for three runs and five hits in the first inning by the Blue Jays, but he quickly settled down and shut them out on one hit over the next six innings to get the victory... Popovich had control problems and walked seven, but managed to stay out of trouble after the opening frame... Closer Glen Green came on in the eighth and did not allow a run in the final two frames for the save... Harold Blankenship absorbed the defeat, allowing five runs in four innings... Now it's on to the Sweet 16 for the Cowboys... High Mesa will meet the winner of South Fork and East Point in the Sweet 16. Stallions Send Panthers Packing, 9-8 in 11 Innings At Jock Ewing Stadium in South Fork, the Stallions blew a six-run lead in the eighth inning and almost lost the ballgame to the East Point Panthers... But 3B Glenn Holliday saved them twice... He hammered a two-out RBI double in the last of the ninth to tie the score at 8-all, then Holliday lined a game-winning single to win the game 9-8 in the 11th... That hit sent the Panthers packing and put an end to their season, while South Fork will now head to the Sweet 16 to play the High Mesa Cowboys... The victory went to Billy Joe Gordon (1-0), who pitched a scoreless eleventh... the loss went to Bill Glasscock (0-1 4.91), who gave up two runs and five hits in three and two-thirds innings... The Stallions socked 16 hits off five East Point pitchers, led by C Darryl Burnett with three hits, three RBIs and three runs scored... Burnett walloped a two-run homer in the first inning... Holliday had four hits and two RBIs... The Panthers chalked up 12 hits and unloaded four roundtrippers... 3B Rex Sokolov spearheaded them with a pair of solo homers... Triple Crown winner 2B Karol Zodoka smashed a three-run shot and 1B Felipe Velasco hit a one-run clout... It was a heck of a game... the Stallions scored three in the first, the Panthers got one in the third, then it looked like South Fork would win in a runaway with two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to go up 7-1... East Point got one in the sixth and then exploded for six more in the eighth to take an 8-7 lead, but they couldn't hold it... the normally reliable Glasscock couldn't finish the Stallions off and blew the save and eventually the ballgame. Last edited by Eugene Church; 09-13-2024 at 03:06 PM.