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Eugene Church · 03-25-2014, 10:28 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Sunday, October 16, 2044

2044 IPA PRO CUP FINALS - Game 7

SUN SOX IPA CHAMP, HOOVER WINS 5-2
For the first time in 16 years, the Southport Sun Sox are the supreme team in the IPA... in the seventh game of the Pro Cup series, ace right-hander Billy Hoover hurled the game of a lifetime as he stopped the hard-hitting Wynnamac Sundowners on 4 hits in a 5-2 victory... in a very fine outing Hoover (5-2/2.18) fanned 8 batters and walked just one for this 5th win in the postseason... things did not go as well for Jimmy Willard (3-5/4/12), the W'Macs top pitcher... he went the distance, but was pelted for 13 hits and 5 runs.

CF Barney Lewis (.406) provided 3 hits and 3 RBIs to anchor the Southport attack... Lewis' 2-run homer in the seventh gave Hoover a 3-run cushion... Lewis finished the postseason with 5 homers and set a new record with 23 RBIs... Tony Blundell had the old mark of 22, established 40 years ago in the 2004 Pro Cup Series when Red Bluff won it... 1B Eddy Douglas (.234) chipped in with 2 hits, 2 runs and drove in a run with a solo homer, his 4th of the playoffs... his blast put Southport ahead 3-2 in the fifth... three other Sun Sox had a pair of hits apiece: SS Gonzalo Topez (.348), C Vasilis Vlachos (.306) and 2B Owen Wallace (.288)... RF Nioka Inkamara (.351) and SS Jeff French (.254) drove in the Sundowner runs.

Wynnamac went ahead in the opening frame 1-0... Southport tied it up in the bottom half of the inning... the Sundowners took the lead again with a run in the fourth... the Sun Sox evened it at 2-all in the fifth, copped the lead 3-2 in the sixth and finished the W'Macs off with two more in the seventh.

In the postgame celebration, Sun Sox skipper Charley Oscar was overjoyed at winning his second Pro Cup... he told reporters, "The first Pro Cup is very special, but the second one is even better... I don't think I would ever get tired of being the IPA champs."

Oscar singled out Billy Hoover, Barney Lewis and Eddy Douglas for special praise. "Billy had a heck of a season and a super postseason... what he did in the last game... holding Wynnamac to just 2 runs... was really something... and it was Barney and Eddy that carried us at the plate... always coming through with a clutch homer or hit... Gonzie Topez and Pat Kinney were two more important elements... always getting on base and scoring runs... Wallace and Vlachos were valuable contributors, too."

Wynnamac manager Matt Donnelly was crushed at losing the Pro Cup, telling reporters that he thought the momentum had shifted after they won three of four games after initially dropping the first two games. "I thought we were going to win game seven... I really did... I thought the team was hitting so well that we could even beat Hoover... we hit him pretty well in game four and were really red-hot at the plate... but you've got to give it to him, he stuck it to us in game seven... oh, we came oh so close... it was a heartbreaking loss for us."

03-25-2014, 10:28 PM	#4107
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,112	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Sunday, October 16, 2044 2044 IPA PRO CUP FINALS - Game 7 SUN SOX IPA CHAMP, HOOVER WINS 5-2 For the first time in 16 years, the Southport Sun Sox are the supreme team in the IPA... in the seventh game of the Pro Cup series, ace right-hander Billy Hoover hurled the game of a lifetime as he stopped the hard-hitting Wynnamac Sundowners on 4 hits in a 5-2 victory... in a very fine outing Hoover (5-2/2.18) fanned 8 batters and walked just one for this 5th win in the postseason... things did not go as well for Jimmy Willard (3-5/4/12), the W'Macs top pitcher... he went the distance, but was pelted for 13 hits and 5 runs. CF Barney Lewis (.406) provided 3 hits and 3 RBIs to anchor the Southport attack... Lewis' 2-run homer in the seventh gave Hoover a 3-run cushion... Lewis finished the postseason with 5 homers and set a new record with 23 RBIs... Tony Blundell had the old mark of 22, established 40 years ago in the 2004 Pro Cup Series when Red Bluff won it... 1B Eddy Douglas (.234) chipped in with 2 hits, 2 runs and drove in a run with a solo homer, his 4th of the playoffs... his blast put Southport ahead 3-2 in the fifth... three other Sun Sox had a pair of hits apiece: SS Gonzalo Topez (.348), C Vasilis Vlachos (.306) and 2B Owen Wallace (.288)... RF Nioka Inkamara (.351) and SS Jeff French (.254) drove in the Sundowner runs. Wynnamac went ahead in the opening frame 1-0... Southport tied it up in the bottom half of the inning... the Sundowners took the lead again with a run in the fourth... the Sun Sox evened it at 2-all in the fifth, copped the lead 3-2 in the sixth and finished the W'Macs off with two more in the seventh. In the postgame celebration, Sun Sox skipper Charley Oscar was overjoyed at winning his second Pro Cup... he told reporters, "The first Pro Cup is very special, but the second one is even better... I don't think I would ever get tired of being the IPA champs." Oscar singled out Billy Hoover, Barney Lewis and Eddy Douglas for special praise. "Billy had a heck of a season and a super postseason... what he did in the last game... holding Wynnamac to just 2 runs... was really something... and it was Barney and Eddy that carried us at the plate... always coming through with a clutch homer or hit... Gonzie Topez and Pat Kinney were two more important elements... always getting on base and scoring runs... Wallace and Vlachos were valuable contributors, too." Wynnamac manager Matt Donnelly was crushed at losing the Pro Cup, telling reporters that he thought the momentum had shifted after they won three of four games after initially dropping the first two games. "I thought we were going to win game seven... I really did... I thought the team was hitting so well that we could even beat Hoover... we hit him pretty well in game four and were really red-hot at the plate... but you've got to give it to him, he stuck it to us in game seven... oh, we came oh so close... it was a heartbreaking loss for us." Last edited by Eugene Church; 03-25-2014 at 10:34 PM.