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Eugene Church · 04-22-2011, 09:32 PM

The Islandian Times
Thursday, September 28, 2022

2022 IPA Final 4 Series
(best-of-seven)

Ruthlandian Union

Welch Humbles Sligo 3-1, Crushers Win Opener
Playing on its home grounds, Crystal Lake copped the Ruthlandian Final 4 opener from Sligo 3-1... 6'7" stringbean southpaw Duncan Welch (3-0 1.04) did his job almost to perfection, holding the Rovers to 6 hits, while fanning 10 and issuing 2 walks in a sharp performance... all the scoring took place in the first three frames... the Crushers were led by RF Augie Marshall (.360), LF Jed Franks (.280) and 2B Greg Murphy (.364), who drove in the runs... Crystal Lake got 2 in the first and one in the third... Sligo got its lone run in the third on an RBI single by SP Ralph Odakota... Odakota (1-2 4.13) went the distance in defeat, surrendering 3 runs and 9 hits with 6 walks and 4 Ks... Sligo lost its fine 2B Garlin Delk early in the game when he was injured making a diving play on a pop fly... doctors said Delk will miss 2-3 weeks and not be available for the remainder of the postseason... During the regular season Delk batted .303 with 15 homers and 101 RBIs... in the playoffs he has slumped badly with a .143 BA and only 1 RBI... Sligo needed his bat badly to repeat as Pro Cup champion. He will be sorely missed.

Tycobbian Union

Suns Squeak By Wolves 4-3 In 11 Innings
On the road in Arroyo Grande at Capet Stadium, Midway blew the first game of the Tycobbian Finals 4-3 in 11 innings... the Wolves starting pitcher Motega Wolf gave them a 3-1 lead going into the ninth, but his relief couldn't nail down the verdict... rookie 1B Rusty Vizcarra (.321) slammed a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to tie it and send it to overtime... Vizcarra now has 12 RBIs and 3 home runs in the playoffs... in the eleventh RF Buddy Bechtel's (.292) two-out single drove in PR Glen Lindsay with the winning score... Jason Patrick (1-0 9.00) got the win with a scoreless frame... left-hander Sixto Zamora started and worked 10 innings, permitted 3 runs on 5 hits, but walked 7 and struck out 8... Wolf was really sharp, giving up only one run on 3 hits, striking out 5 and walking 2... Big John Littlefeather (0-1 1.93) took the mound in the last of the eleventh and took the loss... Arroyo Grande got 8 hits to 6 for the Wolves... Bechtel had 3 hits and 2 RBIs to pace the winners.

04-22-2011, 09:32 PM	#2477
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,869	*The Islandian Times* Thursday, September 28, 2022 2022 IPA Final 4 Series (best-of-seven) Ruthlandian Union Welch Humbles Sligo 3-1, Crushers Win Opener Playing on its home grounds, Crystal Lake copped the Ruthlandian Final 4 opener from Sligo 3-1... 6'7" stringbean southpaw Duncan Welch (3-0 1.04) did his job almost to perfection, holding the Rovers to 6 hits, while fanning 10 and issuing 2 walks in a sharp performance... all the scoring took place in the first three frames... the Crushers were led by RF Augie Marshall (.360), LF Jed Franks (.280) and 2B Greg Murphy (.364), who drove in the runs... Crystal Lake got 2 in the first and one in the third... Sligo got its lone run in the third on an RBI single by SP Ralph Odakota... Odakota (1-2 4.13) went the distance in defeat, surrendering 3 runs and 9 hits with 6 walks and 4 Ks... Sligo lost its fine 2B Garlin Delk early in the game when he was injured making a diving play on a pop fly... doctors said Delk will miss 2-3 weeks and not be available for the remainder of the postseason... During the regular season Delk batted .303 with 15 homers and 101 RBIs... in the playoffs he has slumped badly with a .143 BA and only 1 RBI... Sligo needed his bat badly to repeat as Pro Cup champion. He will be sorely missed. Tycobbian Union Suns Squeak By Wolves 4-3 In 11 Innings On the road in Arroyo Grande at Capet Stadium, Midway blew the first game of the Tycobbian Finals 4-3 in 11 innings... the Wolves starting pitcher Motega Wolf gave them a 3-1 lead going into the ninth, but his relief couldn't nail down the verdict... rookie 1B Rusty Vizcarra (.321) slammed a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to tie it and send it to overtime... Vizcarra now has 12 RBIs and 3 home runs in the playoffs... in the eleventh RF Buddy Bechtel's (.292) two-out single drove in PR Glen Lindsay with the winning score... Jason Patrick (1-0 9.00) got the win with a scoreless frame... left-hander Sixto Zamora started and worked 10 innings, permitted 3 runs on 5 hits, but walked 7 and struck out 8... Wolf was really sharp, giving up only one run on 3 hits, striking out 5 and walking 2... Big John Littlefeather (0-1 1.93) took the mound in the last of the eleventh and took the loss... Arroyo Grande got 8 hits to 6 for the Wolves... Bechtel had 3 hits and 2 RBIs to pace the winners. Last edited by Eugene Church; 06-01-2023 at 11:24 PM.