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Eugene Church · 05-30-2014, 09:41 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, September 25, 2046

2046 IPA DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game 7

Tycobbian Union

O'DONOVAN'S HOMER SENDS RED BLUFF TO TU LCS
Game seven of the Tycobbian Division Series was magnificently played by both teams... neither one deserved to lose it and go home for the long, long winter... but alas, one had to win and one had to lose... the Red Bluff Red Sox and Kenwood Wildcats battled for 11 innings before it was decided by Leemon O'Donovan's 345-foot homer that just barely cleared the left field fence that sent the Red Sox fans into euphoria and advanced the club to the Tycobbian Union League Championship Series against the Hartsdale Hellcats.

It was an intense contest with super pitching... Tommy Carter tossed nine standout innings for Kenwood, limiting the Red Sox to just one unearned run on nine hits ... Carter fanned four and walked only one... Jud Cox started for Red Bluff and went eight sparkling innings, permitting just one unearned run on six hits with six Ks and no walks... the Wildcats' wonderful reliever Mike Jones (1-1/3.38) came on in the tenth and lost it in the 11th... George Reynold was the second Red Sox hurler... he worked a runless ninth... the win went to Carson Jamara (1-0/2.08), who blanked Kenwood in the 10th and the 11th and struck out four of the six men he faced.

Kenwood drew first blood in the top of the fourth frame... 2B Country Crowder (.400) reached second base on an error by shortstop Leemon O'Donovan, moved over to third base on a ground-out, then scored on a single by SS Ben Daniels (.286)... the game stayed 1-0 until the last of the ninth, when CF Ike Sweetwater got on base via an error by second baseman Country Crowder and was promptly driven around to score on C Ed Warren's (.227) clutch double.

Red Bluff had the edge in hits 11 to 7... 1B Josh Stevens (.313) got three of them and LF Jesse Shaw (.375) had a pair... Crowder (.400) and CF Rod Foster (.346) led Kenwood with two hits apiece.

This was the second straight year Red Bluff had to come back from 2-0 deficits and whip Kenwood in seven games... manager Jim Schubert said, "Can you believe we did it two years in a row?... it was even tougher this year... Kelso saved our butts in game six and Cox, Warren and O'Donovan did it today... and it ain't gonna get any easier with Hartsdale on the horizon."

A frustrated Aaron Hankins, manager of the Wildcats, said it was deja vu all over again. "Hey, I'm too old for this... we had them down for the count the last two years and couldn't KO them off either time... I was disappointed last year, but this is just too, too hard to take... it was ours for the taking... Wallace and Cox came up big for them in games six and seven... but we just couldn't shut down the Red Sox bats, especially Kelso and O'Donovan."

05-30-2014, 09:41 PM	#4225
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,869	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Tuesday, September 25, 2046 2046 IPA DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game 7 Tycobbian Union O'DONOVAN'S HOMER SENDS RED BLUFF TO TU LCS Game seven of the Tycobbian Division Series was magnificently played by both teams... neither one deserved to lose it and go home for the long, long winter... but alas, one had to win and one had to lose... the Red Bluff Red Sox and Kenwood Wildcats battled for 11 innings before it was decided by Leemon O'Donovan's 345-foot homer that just barely cleared the left field fence that sent the Red Sox fans into euphoria and advanced the club to the Tycobbian Union League Championship Series against the Hartsdale Hellcats. It was an intense contest with super pitching... Tommy Carter tossed nine standout innings for Kenwood, limiting the Red Sox to just one unearned run on nine hits ... Carter fanned four and walked only one... Jud Cox started for Red Bluff and went eight sparkling innings, permitting just one unearned run on six hits with six Ks and no walks... the Wildcats' wonderful reliever Mike Jones (1-1/3.38) came on in the tenth and lost it in the 11th... George Reynold was the second Red Sox hurler... he worked a runless ninth... the win went to Carson Jamara (1-0/2.08), who blanked Kenwood in the 10th and the 11th and struck out four of the six men he faced. Kenwood drew first blood in the top of the fourth frame... 2B Country Crowder (.400) reached second base on an error by shortstop Leemon O'Donovan, moved over to third base on a ground-out, then scored on a single by SS Ben Daniels (.286)... the game stayed 1-0 until the last of the ninth, when CF Ike Sweetwater got on base via an error by second baseman Country Crowder and was promptly driven around to score on C Ed Warren's (.227) clutch double. Red Bluff had the edge in hits 11 to 7... 1B Josh Stevens (.313) got three of them and LF Jesse Shaw (.375) had a pair... Crowder (.400) and CF Rod Foster (.346) led Kenwood with two hits apiece. This was the second straight year Red Bluff had to come back from 2-0 deficits and whip Kenwood in seven games... manager Jim Schubert said, "Can you believe we did it two years in a row?... it was even tougher this year... Kelso saved our butts in game six and Cox, Warren and O'Donovan did it today... and it ain't gonna get any easier with Hartsdale on the horizon." A frustrated Aaron Hankins, manager of the Wildcats, said it was deja vu all over again. "Hey, I'm too old for this... we had them down for the count the last two years and couldn't KO them off either time... I was disappointed last year, but this is just too, too hard to take... it was ours for the taking... Wallace and Cox came up big for them in games six and seven... but we just couldn't shut down the Red Sox bats, especially Kelso and O'Donovan." Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 05-31-2014 at 01:07 PM.