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Eugene Church · 05-07-2013, 08:14 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, September 30, 2036

2036 IPA Pro Cup Elite 8 Series
(best-of-seven)

Ruthlandian Union

ST. JOHN SLIPS BY SPORTS 2-1 TO KNOT SERIES 3-3
Back at home favored St. John got back on the win track with a 2-1 triumph over underdog LaGrange to even up the Ruthlandian Elite 8 Series at three apiece, forcing a decisive game seven... three pitchers combined for the victory... Vito Sanfratello redeemed himself after a poor outing in his last start... Sanfratello (1-1/5.73) got credit for the victory... he went 6 and one-third innings, limited the Sports to just one run on 8 hits, fired 5 strikeouts and walked only one batter... Big Tee Telemachus retired the only two men he faced in the seventh and Raydon Burks retired the side in the eighth and ninth to cop the save... Burks struck out 3 of the 6 batters he faced.

2B Norm Murdoch (.444) and LF Gilbert Hall (.294) doubled to give St. John a 1-0 lead in the second inning, then Hall was driven in by SS Byron Johannsen (.167) on a groundout to second base, making the score 2-0... LaGrange's only score came in the sixth on 1B Chris Charbonnier's (.200) RBI single... Sports starter Nicky Palermo (1-1/1.65) was sharp in his 7 and one-third innings... he allowed only 2 runs and 5 hits, but still lost it. St. John got 6 hits and LaGrange smacked 8.

The Crusader bats were topped by LF Gilbert Hall (.294) with 2 hits, a run and an RBI... and by CF Art Kelley (.458), who stroked a pair of hits... three Sports chalked up 2 hits apiece: 3B Claude DesJardins (.304), C Tony Brinkerhoff (.500) and SP Nicky Palermo (.400).

The series' seventh-game finale is set for tomorrow, also in St. John... the Crusaders will have their ace on the hill and IPA strikeout king, Jeremy Kirk (19-15/3.64) opposed by the Sports' number-one starter Walt Thurber (20-13/2.62)... Kirk won game one 4-3, while Thurber was the victor 6-2 in game four.

Tycobbian Union

CHICOPEE BUMPS TOP SEED TUCKS OUT OF PLAYOFFS
Chicopee didn't allow the top-seeded Tuckanarra Blue Jays to do it again... the Braves made quick work of the defending Pro Cup champion, disposing of them in six games in the Tycobbian Union Elite 8 Series... last season Chicopee blew a 3-0 lead in the first round to the Tucks, who went on to capture the IPA Pro Cup... Chicopee wrapped it up today 4-2 behind the fine pitching of Byron Wilson and homers by Charley Kota and Cooter Whitter.

Wilson (1-0/2.08) shut down the Blue Jays on 8 hits, fanned 5 and walked only one in 8 and two-thirds innings... closer Johnny Stewart got his second save by striking out the only batter he faced in the ninth... losing pitcher Rudy Rosario (0-1/3.75) started for Tuckanarra and went 7 innings, allowing 4 runs on 5 hits and 7 walks.

The Braves jumped ahead 4-0 in the first four frames... in the second three walks and a groundout by C Joel Gamble (.217) put them up 1-0... in the second Kota's (.292) two-run homer made it 3-0... and Whitter (.400) went deep and pushed it to 4-0 in the third... LF Lorne Evans provided all of Tuckanarra runs with 2 solo roundtrippers in the last of the fourth and eighth.

Chicopee skipper Ivan Burkholder said after the game, "I would have been tarred, feathered and run out-of-town, if I have blown it again this year." He added, "I've got to give our pitchers credit... they won it for us this year by shutting down the Tucks in games 4, 5 and 6... Chaska, Ledbetter and Wilson were outstanding."

A very disappointed Lefty Stevens told the press, "This really looked like our year again... I truly expected us to win the Pro Cup again... even when we fell behind three games to two... this is a very good ball club... we had the home field advantage and were primed to repeat, but we lost to a better team... congratulations and good luck to the Braves... Ivan is right... his pitching the last three games was superb and the main factor in the series."

Second-seeded Chicopee got past the number-one seed Tuckanarra in the Elite 8, now they have take on the third seed, the North Hills Hawks, in the Tycobbian championship series, the TU Final 4.

05-07-2013, 08:14 PM	#3524
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,911	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Tuesday, September 30, 2036 2036 IPA Pro Cup Elite 8 Series (best-of-seven) Ruthlandian Union ST. JOHN SLIPS BY SPORTS 2-1 TO KNOT SERIES 3-3 Back at home favored St. John got back on the win track with a 2-1 triumph over underdog LaGrange to even up the Ruthlandian Elite 8 Series at three apiece, forcing a decisive game seven... three pitchers combined for the victory... Vito Sanfratello redeemed himself after a poor outing in his last start... Sanfratello (1-1/5.73) got credit for the victory... he went 6 and one-third innings, limited the Sports to just one run on 8 hits, fired 5 strikeouts and walked only one batter... Big Tee Telemachus retired the only two men he faced in the seventh and Raydon Burks retired the side in the eighth and ninth to cop the save... Burks struck out 3 of the 6 batters he faced. 2B Norm Murdoch (.444) and LF Gilbert Hall (.294) doubled to give St. John a 1-0 lead in the second inning, then Hall was driven in by SS Byron Johannsen (.167) on a groundout to second base, making the score 2-0... LaGrange's only score came in the sixth on 1B Chris Charbonnier's (.200) RBI single... Sports starter Nicky Palermo (1-1/1.65) was sharp in his 7 and one-third innings... he allowed only 2 runs and 5 hits, but still lost it. St. John got 6 hits and LaGrange smacked 8. The Crusader bats were topped by LF Gilbert Hall (.294) with 2 hits, a run and an RBI... and by CF Art Kelley (.458), who stroked a pair of hits... three Sports chalked up 2 hits apiece: 3B Claude DesJardins (.304), C Tony Brinkerhoff (.500) and SP Nicky Palermo (.400). The series' seventh-game finale is set for tomorrow, also in St. John... the Crusaders will have their ace on the hill and IPA strikeout king, Jeremy Kirk (19-15/3.64) opposed by the Sports' number-one starter Walt Thurber (20-13/2.62)... Kirk won game one 4-3, while Thurber was the victor 6-2 in game four. Tycobbian Union CHICOPEE BUMPS TOP SEED TUCKS OUT OF PLAYOFFS Chicopee didn't allow the top-seeded Tuckanarra Blue Jays to do it again... the Braves made quick work of the defending Pro Cup champion, disposing of them in six games in the Tycobbian Union Elite 8 Series... last season Chicopee blew a 3-0 lead in the first round to the Tucks, who went on to capture the IPA Pro Cup... Chicopee wrapped it up today 4-2 behind the fine pitching of Byron Wilson and homers by Charley Kota and Cooter Whitter. Wilson (1-0/2.08) shut down the Blue Jays on 8 hits, fanned 5 and walked only one in 8 and two-thirds innings... closer Johnny Stewart got his second save by striking out the only batter he faced in the ninth... losing pitcher Rudy Rosario (0-1/3.75) started for Tuckanarra and went 7 innings, allowing 4 runs on 5 hits and 7 walks. The Braves jumped ahead 4-0 in the first four frames... in the second three walks and a groundout by C Joel Gamble (.217) put them up 1-0... in the second Kota's (.292) two-run homer made it 3-0... and Whitter (.400) went deep and pushed it to 4-0 in the third... LF Lorne Evans provided all of Tuckanarra runs with 2 solo roundtrippers in the last of the fourth and eighth. Chicopee skipper Ivan Burkholder said after the game, "I would have been tarred, feathered and run out-of-town, if I have blown it again this year." He added, "I've got to give our pitchers credit... they won it for us this year by shutting down the Tucks in games 4, 5 and 6... Chaska, Ledbetter and Wilson were outstanding." A very disappointed Lefty Stevens told the press, "This really looked like our year again... I truly expected us to win the Pro Cup again... even when we fell behind three games to two... this is a very good ball club... we had the home field advantage and were primed to repeat, but we lost to a better team... congratulations and good luck to the Braves... Ivan is right... his pitching the last three games was superb and the main factor in the series." Second-seeded Chicopee got past the number-one seed Tuckanarra in the Elite 8, now they have take on the third seed, the North Hills Hawks, in the Tycobbian championship series, the TU Final 4. Last edited by Eugene Church; 05-07-2013 at 08:26 PM.