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Eugene Church · 05-23-2011, 05:58 PM

The Islandian Times
Friday, September 29, 2023

2023 IPA Final 4 Series - Game 3

Elnora Salvages Game 3, Wiggles By Vipers 8-7
It was almost do or die for the Elnora All-Stars... they badly needed to win game three of the RU Final 4 with Valmara and the All-Stars did it... Elnora escaped with an 8-7 victory to cut the Vipers lead in the series to two games to one... It was Leon Carter's solo smash in the top of the ninth that put the All-Stars ahead 8-6 and they managed to survive Valmara's ninth-inning rally... Carter (.323) led Elnora with 3 hits and 3 RBIs... RF Travis Glass (.324) provided 2 RBIs and CF Charley Beard (.263) had two hits and scored twice... Valmara outhit Elnora 15 to 11 and were paced by LF Sonny Oliver (.273) with 3-5, 2 runs and 2 RBIs and CF Teddy Szymanski (.438) with 3-5, 2 runs and an RBI... it was a 1-1 pitcher's duel between Hal Wilkerson and Johnny Vasylenko for 6 innings, then Elnora piled up 6 runs in the seventh for a 7-1 advantage, but Valmara came right back with 5 in the bottom half of the inning... Wilkerson (2-1 2.75) managed to get the win, in spite of giving up 6 runs and 12 hits in 7 innings... only one of the runs was earned... Joel Bassett got the save despite allowing a run in the ninth... Vasylenko (0-1 4.32) was the losing pitcher... he allowed 7 runs and 9 hits in 6+ innings.

Tucks Take 3-0 Lead, Rascals Fall 4-3
For the third successive game Tuckanarra held the White River bats at bay and came away with a 4-3 triumph... the Blue Jays are unbeaten in 7 postseason games this year and only need one more win to wrap up the best-of-seven TU Final 4 Series and earn a trip to the Pro Cup Finals... Quinn Starr (3-0 2.86) went a strong 8 innings for the win, yielding just 2 runs on 6 hits... Starr left with a 4-2 lead... closer Archie Desmond surrendered a run in the ninth, but got the final out with the tying score on second... it was Desmond's 4th save of the playoffs... Tuckanarra socked 12 hits to 7 for the Rascals... SS Narra Gilyinju (.269) had 3 hits for the Blues Jays with an RBI... 3B Koora Nawajuk (.320) had 2 hits and a run batted in... RF Danny Redd (.227) and 1B Lynn Starr (.292) drove in the other two runs... CF Jake Doerr (.233), 1B Marty Blake (.250) and catcher P. J. Blake (.241) batted in the runs for the Rascals... Ron Hendrix (0-2 3.13) went the distance in defeat, striking out 6 and walking 2.

05-23-2011, 05:58 PM	#2534
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,047	*The Islandian Times* Friday, September 29, 2023 2023 IPA Final 4 Series - Game 3 Elnora Salvages Game 3, Wiggles By Vipers 8-7 It was almost do or die for the Elnora All-Stars... they badly needed to win game three of the RU Final 4 with Valmara and the All-Stars did it... Elnora escaped with an 8-7 victory to cut the Vipers lead in the series to two games to one... It was Leon Carter's solo smash in the top of the ninth that put the All-Stars ahead 8-6 and they managed to survive Valmara's ninth-inning rally... Carter (.323) led Elnora with 3 hits and 3 RBIs... RF Travis Glass (.324) provided 2 RBIs and CF Charley Beard (.263) had two hits and scored twice... Valmara outhit Elnora 15 to 11 and were paced by LF Sonny Oliver (.273) with 3-5, 2 runs and 2 RBIs and CF Teddy Szymanski (.438) with 3-5, 2 runs and an RBI... it was a 1-1 pitcher's duel between Hal Wilkerson and Johnny Vasylenko for 6 innings, then Elnora piled up 6 runs in the seventh for a 7-1 advantage, but Valmara came right back with 5 in the bottom half of the inning... Wilkerson (2-1 2.75) managed to get the win, in spite of giving up 6 runs and 12 hits in 7 innings... only one of the runs was earned... Joel Bassett got the save despite allowing a run in the ninth... Vasylenko (0-1 4.32) was the losing pitcher... he allowed 7 runs and 9 hits in 6+ innings. Tucks Take 3-0 Lead, Rascals Fall 4-3 For the third successive game Tuckanarra held the White River bats at bay and came away with a 4-3 triumph... the Blue Jays are unbeaten in 7 postseason games this year and only need one more win to wrap up the best-of-seven TU Final 4 Series and earn a trip to the Pro Cup Finals... Quinn Starr (3-0 2.86) went a strong 8 innings for the win, yielding just 2 runs on 6 hits... Starr left with a 4-2 lead... closer Archie Desmond surrendered a run in the ninth, but got the final out with the tying score on second... it was Desmond's 4th save of the playoffs... Tuckanarra socked 12 hits to 7 for the Rascals... SS Narra Gilyinju (.269) had 3 hits for the Blues Jays with an RBI... 3B Koora Nawajuk (.320) had 2 hits and a run batted in... RF Danny Redd (.227) and 1B Lynn Starr (.292) drove in the other two runs... CF Jake Doerr (.233), 1B Marty Blake (.250) and catcher P. J. Blake (.241) batted in the runs for the Rascals... Ron Hendrix (0-2 3.13) went the distance in defeat, striking out 6 and walking 2. Last edited by Eugene Church; 06-13-2023 at 09:26 PM.