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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Wednesday, September 22, 2038
2038 IPA Pro Cup Playoffs - IPA Elite 8 Series
Ruthlandian Union
BLASTERS BLAST RATTLERS 8-2 IN OPENER
In game one on the road at Farmers Memorial Park in Sugar Valley, hard-hitting Colfax gained the upper hand with an 8-2 rout of the Rattlers, the Pro Cup favorite... the Blasters racked up 11 hits and a fine pitching performance from Norm Harbison (1-0), who gave up only one earned run and fanned 5 batters, beating Juan Navarro (0-1), who was ripped for 6 runs in 5 innings... CF Howie Snyder has 3 hits, including a homer to lead the Rattlers... Sugar Valley only got 7 hits... 1B Kristian McEly and C Mitch Fullerton homered for the winners.
FM REDHAWKS SMACK CLAXTON 5-2 IN GAME 1
In a very sharp outing Dennis Sasek stopped Claxton 5-2 at Avalon Stadium to give the Far Mountain Redhawks game one of the IPA Elite 8 Series... Sasek gave up 9 hits, but only 2 runs in a route-going performance... 3B Gene Holloway belted a home run for the Redhawks, who got only 7 hits... LF Harman Silver had 2 hits and scored twice... Stan Yudesh (0-1) was the losing pitcher... he left after 7 innings, allowing 5 runs and 6 hits.
Tycobbian Union
HAWKS EDGE TYPHOONS 2-1 IN 11 INNINGS
In game one at Typhoon Stadium in Turon, magnificent pitching prevailed with North Hills edging Turon 2-1... the winning score came in on an RBI groundout by CF Kris Anastas in the top of the 11th, scoring RF Gerry Rice from third base... David Michael (1-0) chalked up the win with 10-plus strong innings, yielding only one run and 7 hits... closer Joey Santini got the last two outs and the save, but he had to get out of a bases-loaded situation to do it... Clyde Engstrom worked 10 frames for Turon, struck out 9 and gave up one run on 7 hits... reliever Ralph Fulton (0-1) came on in the 11th and lost it... LF Adam Thurgood went deep for the Hawks... SS C. C. Kingsford collected 3 hits for the Typhoons.
LYNX RALLY PAST JAYS 8-6 IN FIRST GAME
It's beginning to look like the La Claire Lynx have Tuckanarra's number... last year they swept the heavily-favored Blue Jays in first-round action and this time around they KO's them 8-6 in a comeback rally to cop game one... the Tucks blew a 5-3 lead after six innings at home... 1B Stan Hynoski's 3-run blast in the eighth proved to be the game-winner.
The Lynx outhit the Jays 13-12... CF Jason Baker and SS Jarrod O'Neal led them with 3 hits each and 2 runs scored... RF Billy Holland also chipped in a 3-run homer... topping the Tucks bats were C Jon Paul and RF Lorne Evans with a solo homer apiece... Sven Bendixen (1-0) notched the win with 1.2 innings of scoreless relief... Blue Jay starter Junior Bristow (0-1) suffered the loss as he was battered for 7 runs in 7.2 innings.
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