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The Islandian Times
Monday, September 27, 2004
Tycobbian Union 2004 Elite 8 Series
Red Bluff Up By 2 Games, Nick Bayview 7-5
So far in the first two games of the TU Elite 8 Series the Red Bluff Red Sox have shown they can play with the powerful Bayview Vikings. For the second consecutive day at Red Bluff Park the Red Sox knocked off the Vikings to go up 2-0 in the best-of-five series. Red Bluff batters piled up 11 hits in the 7-5 victory, sparked by CF Stan Helmke (.346), who doubled, tripled, scored twice and drove in three runs. LF Tony Blundell (.259) and RF Kris Grabowski (.423) both chipped in with two hits and two RBIs. Grabowski had a two-run homer.
Red Bluff stunned Bayview with six runs in the third inning, but the Vikings cut it to 6-3 in the fourth and made it 7-5 in the fifth. However, that was as close as the Vikings could get. The Red Sox got a sensational relief job from Perry Toefield (0-0 0.00) who racked up his second postseason save. Toefield blanked Bayview over the last three and one-third innings and held them hitless. Though it was not a strong performance, Frank Beaudoin (2-0 4.95) registered the win. The Vikings belted him for five runs and nine hits in five-plus innings. Frank Wells (1-1 4.91) sustained the loss as he permitted six runs in two innings.
Bayview batters were led by LF Karl Yashin (.333) with a three-run roundtripper in the fourth frame and 1B Chancey Quibedeaux (.333) with a two-run smash in the fifth.
Viking skipper Walter Johanssen will use rookie Georgie Fambreau (1-0 6.00) in game three at Downtown Plaza Stadium tomorrow. Manager Mack Connery has his ace Mila Mohoski (1-0 2.12) ready to try and eliminate favored Bayview. Mohoski was 21-10 during the season with an outstanding 2.36 ERA. Fambreau compiled a 12-8 mark with a 3.47 ERA.
Oxford-Luxora Series Tied, Red Caps Win 5-2
Oxford's Dan Phillips shot down the Luxora Zorros 5-2 today on their home grounds at De la Vega Stadium. Phillips (2-0 3.71) was touched for eight hits, but only surrendered two runs, while fanning eight and giving up a walk. The victory deadlocked the Elite 8 Series at one game each. Phillips bested Eddie Hoffman (2-1 1.48), who worked a solid game, allowing only two runs and five hits in seven innings. Hoffman struck out five batters and issued just one base on balls, but still caught the loss.
The Red Caps got the game's first run in the top of the first on an RBI double by 3B Joe Courtney (.391). They made it 2-0 in the fourth on a HBP, passed ball, sacrifice and an RBI ground-out by RF Dante Vander Meer (.217). The Zorros narrowed it to 2-1 in the sixth, scoring on a single, walk, stolen base and an RBI grounder to third by 3B Corey Niven (.143). SS Paul Lassak gave Oxford some breathing room with a three-run blast off reliever Gustavo Escalora in the top of the ninth. Luxora finished the scoring in the bottom of the ninth on a double by Niven and a single by LF Joel Reed (.190). The teams got 8 hits apiece in the game.
The two clubs now travel to Oxford to continue the series. Marco Braceros (0-1 9.00) will be the starting pitcher for Luxora. Getting the call for the Red Caps will be Nicky Nicholson (0-1 10.39). Nicholson concluded the regular season with a 22-9 mark and 2.71 ERA, while Braceros was 16-14 and a 3.16 ERA.
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