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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Friday, September 24, 2038
2038 IPA Pro Cup Playoffs - IPA Elite 8 Series
Ruthlandian Union
WOW! COLFAX WINS THIRD IN A ROW
The Colfax Blasters continued to pound the Sugar Valley Rattlers in game three of the IPA Elite 8 Series... for the third day in a row the Blasters blitzed the Rattlers 7-6 to go in front 3-0 in the best-of-seven affair... one more win and Colfax will eliminate the top-ranked club in the Pro Cup playoffs.
It was a seesaw game with the lead going back-and-forth until the last of the eighth... pinchhitter Bobby Coker singled and was driven in by Samm Bolton's triple off losing pitcher Davey Brennan (0-1) to break a 6-6 tie... Colfax again outgunned Sugar Valley at the plate with 14 hits, paced by C Mitch Fullerton (.455) with 2-4, 2 runs and 3 RBIs... 2B Kristian McEly (.417) with 2-4 and 2 RBIs... RF Hal Granders (.308) had 3 hits and scored twice for the winners.
Sugar Valley had 3 solo home runs by LF Tyler White (.182), 1B Carlo Velucci (.250) and CF Howie Snyder (.750) among their 11 hits... it was White's second of the series... Snyder had 3 of them and RF Bobby Gamble (.167) and Richie Strickland (.143) chipped in with 2 apiece... Randell Perkins (1-0) got the win, but struggled... he was rocked for 6 runs and 11 hits in his 8 innings.
REDHAWKS NIP DIAMONDS 3-2, LEAD SERIES
Far Mountain took the lead in the IPA Elite 8 Series with Claxton with a 3-2 triumph in game three... the Redhawks got a steller performance from 21-year-old southpaw Karl Nordheim (1-0), who stopped the Diamonds on 7 hits, while fanning 9 batters and walking no one... Eric Isenhart (0-1) did well for Claxton, giving up 3 runs on 7 hits... both of them went all the way.
Far Mountain took an early lead on John Burrell's (.111) RBI single in the bottom of the first... the Redhawks added another score in the fifth on a double by Gene Holloway (.500)... Stevie Wynn's (.100) roundtripper cut it to 2-1 in the top of the sixth... Duffy Day's (.182) RBI double made it 3-1 for the Redhawks in the eighth... Jonas Weiss (.400) made it a one-run game again in the top of the ninth with an RBI base hit.
Tycobbian Union
TYPHOONS BLOW AWAY HAWKS 11-0
After getting only one run in the first two games of the IPA Elite 8 Series, Turon tore into North Hills' pitching for 13 hits and massacred the Hawks 11-0 to get back on the right track... the Typhoons now trail by a game with North Hills up two games to one... Wes Brynnton was superb as he shut out the Hawks for 7.2 innings on just 2 hits... Brynnton (1-0) walked 2 and whiffed 5 batters for the win... though the game never was in doubt, he had help from Ralph Fulton and Ashton Engstrom, who got the final 4 outs... Turon shelled loser Frankie Lambert for 6 runs and 9 hits in 6-plus innings.
The Typhoons were led by 3B George Jordan (.154) and 1B Steve Burns (.375), who each cracked 2-run homers... Jordan had 3 RBIs, while Burns and PH Alec Crosetti (.250) drove in 2 apiece.
LYNX TAME TUCKS 6-4, TAKE LEAD IN SERIES
In game three of the series opportunistic La Claire took advantage of shoddy defense by Tuckanarra to knock them off 6-4 with the benefit of 5 unearned runs... a big 4-run fifth broke a 1-1 tie and put the Lynx over the top in the game and pushed their lead to two games to one in the best-of-seven series... a late Tuckanarra rally fell short.
La Claire got 9 hits, while the Blue Jays got 12... CF Jason Baker (.500), 3B Rog Clemens (.273) and 1B Stan Hynoski (.417) led the Lynx with 2 hits and an RBI apiece... 2B Nicky Weill (.636) was the Tucks' top bat with 2 hits, 2 runs and 2 RBIs... he got his second homer of the series... SS Eddie Darby (.364) and C Jon Paul (.500) both collected 2 hits and batted in a run for the Blue Jays.
Starter Tony Rossi (1-0) got credit for the victory, but was shaky... he struck out 8 in 7.1 innings, but allowed 4 runs and 11 hits... closer Terry Baird finished up for him and held the Blue Jays runless in his 1.2 innings... it was Baird's second save in the postseason.
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