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Eugene Church · 11-14-2013, 03:58 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Saturday, October 13, 2040

2040 IPA PRO CUP FINALS - Game Seven

UNBELIEVABLE BULLS WIN PRO CUP
The Ranford Bulls made one of the most unbelievable runs in the history of the Islandian Pro Alliance and came away with their first Pro Cup trophy by upsetting heavily-favored Summerland in seven games... Ralph Hawk hurled a terrific game to beat the Sunsets 4-1 in the game-seven finale.

The Bulls were given no chance to win the Pro Cup... they were ranked eighth in the Pro Cup poll prior to the playoffs... but in surprising fashion they ran through Crystal Lake, Sligo and Summerland to win the IPA crown.

Hawk (4-2/2.02) had a super game seven as he limited Summerland to just three hits and no earned runs in eight innings... Hawk fanned seven and walked two batters... he got help from Frank Yosarian in the ninth to seal the verdict and the Pro Cup championship... Yosarian retired the Sunsets in order for his second save of the postseason... Losing pitcher Johnny Young (4-2/1.56) also went all the way... he gave up four runs on ten hits, fanned six and walked three.

Ranford drew first blood in the top of third when LF Sparky Sparks (.357) doubled and then came around to score on 1B Pete Bankston's (.322) two-bagger... Summerland tied it up 1-1 in the last of the fifth on Johnny Young's (.125) RBI single that scored Doug Maynard (.256)... the Bulls got the go-ahead run in the sixth on 2B Martin Satcher's double and Bankston's triple... they added to their cushion with two more scores in the eighth... LF Dale Weston (.360) and CF Jimmy Holcomb (.287) knocked in the last two runs.

Ecstatic over the first Pro Cup in the club's history, skipper Chris Bernhoffer praised his underrated ballplayers, "To the press, we might be a bunch of no-names...We might not have any superstars... but you know we got the Pro Cup... put that in your papers and puff on it... after we lost the first two games, everybody was forecasting a sweep... but my guys didn't buy into that... they just found a way to win in each game and got us back in the series when we did some sweeping of our own with three straight wins in Ranford... then we won game seven on the road... our starters Hawk, Smithers and Winston were marvelous in the playoffs... in the bullpen Yosarian was simply great... and the hitters Weston, Bankston, Holcomb and Satcher kept coming up with clutch hits off the best pitchers in the IPA."

Sunsets manager Will Hackett was proud his team made a seven-game series of it. "You got to give it to Ranford... they outhit us and outpitched us and really deserved to win... the Bulls are a feisty bunch that never quit...they rose to the occasion and won the Pro Cup... we tried hard and had a good chance to win our first Pro Cup, but sadly it didn't happen."

11-14-2013, 03:58 PM	#3834
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,870	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Saturday, October 13, 2040 2040 IPA PRO CUP FINALS - Game Seven UNBELIEVABLE BULLS WIN PRO CUP The Ranford Bulls made one of the most unbelievable runs in the history of the Islandian Pro Alliance and came away with their first Pro Cup trophy by upsetting heavily-favored Summerland in seven games... Ralph Hawk hurled a terrific game to beat the Sunsets 4-1 in the game-seven finale. The Bulls were given no chance to win the Pro Cup... they were ranked eighth in the Pro Cup poll prior to the playoffs... but in surprising fashion they ran through Crystal Lake, Sligo and Summerland to win the IPA crown. Hawk (4-2/2.02) had a super game seven as he limited Summerland to just three hits and no earned runs in eight innings... Hawk fanned seven and walked two batters... he got help from Frank Yosarian in the ninth to seal the verdict and the Pro Cup championship... Yosarian retired the Sunsets in order for his second save of the postseason... Losing pitcher Johnny Young (4-2/1.56) also went all the way... he gave up four runs on ten hits, fanned six and walked three. Ranford drew first blood in the top of third when LF Sparky Sparks (.357) doubled and then came around to score on 1B Pete Bankston's (.322) two-bagger... Summerland tied it up 1-1 in the last of the fifth on Johnny Young's (.125) RBI single that scored Doug Maynard (.256)... the Bulls got the go-ahead run in the sixth on 2B Martin Satcher's double and Bankston's triple... they added to their cushion with two more scores in the eighth... LF Dale Weston (.360) and CF Jimmy Holcomb (.287) knocked in the last two runs. Ecstatic over the first Pro Cup in the club's history, skipper Chris Bernhoffer praised his underrated ballplayers, "To the press, we might be a bunch of no-names...We might not have any superstars... but you know we got the Pro Cup... put that in your papers and puff on it... after we lost the first two games, everybody was forecasting a sweep... but my guys didn't buy into that... they just found a way to win in each game and got us back in the series when we did some sweeping of our own with three straight wins in Ranford... then we won game seven on the road... our starters Hawk, Smithers and Winston were marvelous in the playoffs... in the bullpen Yosarian was simply great... and the hitters Weston, Bankston, Holcomb and Satcher kept coming up with clutch hits off the best pitchers in the IPA." Sunsets manager Will Hackett was proud his team made a seven-game series of it. "You got to give it to Ranford... they outhit us and outpitched us and really deserved to win... the Bulls are a feisty bunch that never quit...they rose to the occasion and won the Pro Cup... we tried hard and had a good chance to win our first Pro Cup, but sadly it didn't happen."