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Eugene Church · 11-11-2013, 06:14 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, October 2, 2040

2040 IPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game Five

RUTHLANDIAN UNION

PIERSON KEEPS SLIGO ALIVE, BLANKS BULLS 7-0
Right on the edge of elimination, the Sligo Rovers got an excellent outing from Tom Pierson, who blanked Ranford 7-0 on eight hits in game five of the Ruthlandian League Championship Series to narrow the Bulls' lead to just one game... underdog Ranford is still ahead three games to two in the best-of-seven series.

Sligo put the Bulls away early with five runs in the opening frame and then added the final two in the seventh... Pierson (3-1/2.18) struck out eight and walked just one in a route-going job... Lanny Smithers (3-1/4.35) tasted defeat for the first time in the playoffs... the Rovers ripped him for seven runs in five-plus frames.

Hits were even at sight apiece... 1B Denny Simmons (.377) topped Sligo with two hits and an RBI... CF Darrell Hewitt (.188) drove in two runs... and LF Rudy Putnam (.218) and 2B Neil Mitchell (.188) both scored a pair of runs in the win.

TYCOBBIAN UNION

SUNSETS SET FOR PRO CUP FINALS
For the first time in the team's 40-year history, the Summerland Sunsets are headed for the IPA Pro Cup Finals... they disposed of Ozarka in five games, nipping them 3-2 in the finale... Dutch De Boer (1-0/2.41) came away with the victory... in seven innings the Nats got to him for only two runs on nine hits... three relievers finished the game for him with the save going to Peter Ashley, his first of the postseason... Billy Hill (1-1/2.93) hurled a creditable game in defeat, giving up only one earned run in six and a third innings.

Ozarka outhit Summerland 11 to 8... however, the Sunsets broke open a 1-1 game with two runs in the sixth with the tying run coming in on a misplayed flyball by RF T. J. Dunn... the eventual winning run came in on C Paco Diaz's (.400) ground-out to second base... Diaz drove in two of the three Summerland runs... SS Duffy Morrison (.267) gave the Nats a 1-0 lead in the second with an RBI single... and 2B Mac Coleman (.145) doubled across the final run in the last of the seventh.

Manager Frank Kiffin of the Naturals told the reporters after the game, "We knew going in that Summerland had great pitching and they certainly proved it in the last three games."

Will Hackett, the long-time Sunsets skipper, reiterated that, saying, "What a year... this will be our first shot at a Pro Cup... 40 years is too long to wait for one... I just hope the staff can keep doing it for one more series... I hope they have four more wins in them."

11-11-2013, 06:14 PM	#3823
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,876	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Tuesday, October 2, 2040 2040 IPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game Five RUTHLANDIAN UNION PIERSON KEEPS SLIGO ALIVE, BLANKS BULLS 7-0 Right on the edge of elimination, the Sligo Rovers got an excellent outing from Tom Pierson, who blanked Ranford 7-0 on eight hits in game five of the Ruthlandian League Championship Series to narrow the Bulls' lead to just one game... underdog Ranford is still ahead three games to two in the best-of-seven series. Sligo put the Bulls away early with five runs in the opening frame and then added the final two in the seventh... Pierson (3-1/2.18) struck out eight and walked just one in a route-going job... Lanny Smithers (3-1/4.35) tasted defeat for the first time in the playoffs... the Rovers ripped him for seven runs in five-plus frames. Hits were even at sight apiece... 1B Denny Simmons (.377) topped Sligo with two hits and an RBI... CF Darrell Hewitt (.188) drove in two runs... and LF Rudy Putnam (.218) and 2B Neil Mitchell (.188) both scored a pair of runs in the win. TYCOBBIAN UNION SUNSETS SET FOR PRO CUP FINALS For the first time in the team's 40-year history, the Summerland Sunsets are headed for the IPA Pro Cup Finals... they disposed of Ozarka in five games, nipping them 3-2 in the finale... Dutch De Boer (1-0/2.41) came away with the victory... in seven innings the Nats got to him for only two runs on nine hits... three relievers finished the game for him with the save going to Peter Ashley, his first of the postseason... Billy Hill (1-1/2.93) hurled a creditable game in defeat, giving up only one earned run in six and a third innings. Ozarka outhit Summerland 11 to 8... however, the Sunsets broke open a 1-1 game with two runs in the sixth with the tying run coming in on a misplayed flyball by RF T. J. Dunn... the eventual winning run came in on C Paco Diaz's (.400) ground-out to second base... Diaz drove in two of the three Summerland runs... SS Duffy Morrison (.267) gave the Nats a 1-0 lead in the second with an RBI single... and 2B Mac Coleman (.145) doubled across the final run in the last of the seventh. Manager Frank Kiffin of the Naturals told the reporters after the game, "We knew going in that Summerland had great pitching and they certainly proved it in the last three games." Will Hackett, the long-time Sunsets skipper, reiterated that, saying, "What a year... this will be our first shot at a Pro Cup... 40 years is too long to wait for one... I just hope the staff can keep doing it for one more series... I hope they have four more wins in them."