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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Sunday, October 7, 2040
2040 IPA PRO CUP SERIES - Game One
SUNSETS SLIP BY BULLS 1-0 IN GAME ONE
In a magnificent performance at Sunset Stadium in Summerland, Johnny Young fired a brilliant 1-0 shutout to sneak by Ralph Hawk and the Ranford Bulls in the opening game of the 2040 Pro Cup Finals... southpaw Young permitted only four hits, fanned four and walked nobody... Hawk (2-2/2.72), also a lefty, was almost his equal, yielding only five hits, striking out seven and walking one batter in defeat... Young (4-0/0.77) is unbeaten in the playoffs in four starts.
The two twirlers battled toe-to-toe for eight scoreless frames... Summerland finally eked out the only run of the game in the last of the ninth... CF Antonio Vasquez (.260) singled to lead off the inning and went to third on a single by RF Eamon O'Toole (.392), then scored the winning run when second baseman Gerry Ladner threw home late on a fielder choice... 3B Norm Van Kieken (.286) got the game-winning RBI.
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