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Old 08-26-2013, 03:55 PM   #3675
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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Saturday, October 2, 2038

2038 IPA FINAL 4 SERIES

Ruthlandian Union

MORELAND EVENS SERIES, REDHAWKS WIN 6-2
Far Mountain got another impressive postseason performance from Frankie Moreland as the 36-year-old righthander stopped Colfax 6-2 in game two of the Ruthlandian Union Final 4 Series to even it up at one game apiece... Moreland (2-1/2.42) hurled a complete game and hung the loss on the Blasters holding them to just 7 hits... SS Dan Vance (.371) scored 3 times and collected 4 hits to lead the Redhawks at the plate... 3B Kyle Ainslie (.600) added in 4 hits and 2 RBIs... and LF Harlan Silver (.242) hammered a 2-run homer... Far Mountain racked up 13 hits in all.

Colfax 2B Kristian McEly (.364) hit his third roundtripper in the playoffs... he went 2-4 and drove in a pair of runs... LF Chet Penn (.375) and SS Gerry Sives (.348) collected 2 hits each for the Blasters... Bobby Porter (1-1/3.94) went all the way in defeat, permitting 13 hits and all 6 runs.

The Redhawks jumped ahead 3-0 in the opening frame and added single runs in the fifth, seventh and eighth... Colfax's only runs came in the eighth.

Tycobbian Union

ANASTAS' 2 HR, 6 RBI SPARK HAWKS TO 10-5 VICTORY
The North Hills Hawks were outhit in game two of the Tycobbian Final 4, but they weren't outgunned... CF Kris Anastas slugged a 2-run homer in the second inning and a grand slam in the third to spark the Hawks to a 10-5 decision over the La Claire Lynx to tie the series at one game each... North Hills overcame a 3-0 first-inning lead by La Claire with 9 runs in their first fourth innings... winning pitcher Jeff Owens (2-0/2.50) settled down after a rocky beginning, permitting 2 runs over the last eight innings... the Lynx got to him for 13 hits... he walked only one and struck out 4 batters.

Bruce Kinson (0-2/10.15) suffered the loss... he was shelled for 8 runs in 2-plus innings, though only 2 were earned... Hawks' 2B Kiril Ivonoski (.333) scored 2 runs and had 2 hits... RF Adam Thurgood (.214) chipped in 2 hits and 2 RBIs and SS Norris Henry (.455) went 2-for-4 and scored twice.

C Biggie Mondale (.700) led the Lynx with 3 hits... five others got 2 hits each: RF Billy Holland (.240), 3B Jarrod O'Neal (.276), 2B Rog Clemens (.357), CF Rod Fisher (.333), and SS Harmon Brewster (.375)... Clemens had a 2-run homer for La Claire.
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