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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Thursday, September 19, 2047
2047 IPA DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - GAME 2
Ruthlandian Union
WHEELHOUSE EVENS SERIES WITH 1-0 JEWEL
In another magnificent display of super pitching Larry Wheelhouse evened up the Ruthlandian Division Championship Series with Marston at one game each with a splendid 1-0 shutout in game two... the 32-year-old left-hander limited the Nine to just five hits, walked three and whiffed five, while going the distance... Wheelhouse (1-0) even drove in the only run of the game with a two-out single in the top of the fourth inning... Rick Jackson scored the winning run.
The Marston starter John Newton (0-1) was outstanding, too... he only gave up one run on nine hits in eight innings, issued just two walks and had five strikeouts... Middlefield got 11 hits, but standed 14 runners... RF Sidney Conner (.364) and 3B Rick Jackson (.400) led the Roosters with two hits each.
REDHAWKS TRIM SUNBIRDS 7-5, SERIES TIED
Lousy defense burned Marston in game two of the RU DCS... the Nine committed four errors, gave up three unearned runs and fell to the Far Mountain Redhawks 7-5... the series is now tied at one game apiece... the Redhawks snapped a 5-5 deadlock in the last of the seventh when Jose Munoz made an errant pickoff throw that allowed Todd Purdom to score from third base... Munoz made three miscues in the game... an error by third baseman Bobby Teigen (.286) also gave Far Mountain an insurance run in the eighth.
Far Mountain also had questionable defense with a pair of errors that cost them three runs... Jonas Grover (1-0) was the winner... he worked eight innings, surrendering five runs on eight hits and totaled eight strikeouts and one walk... closer Fernando Sanches retired the Nine in order in the ninth for the save... Munoz (0-1) was banged around for seven runs on eight hits and took the loss.
Belair Beach blew a 5-0 lead after two and a half innings and allowed Far Mountain to rally for the victory... CF Todd Purdom (.500) sparked the Redhawks with two hits, two runs and an RBI... Purdom homered in the fourth... 1B Benjy Donahue (.750) pitched in with three hits, scored a run and batted one in... and RF Bert Richter (.333) cracked a two-run double... Far Mountain collected eight hits.
The Sunbirds also had eight hits with SS Laurens Vanderhoek (.500) getting two of them... C Robbie Coleman (.143) homered and scored twice... and 3B Bobby Teigen (.286) drove in a pair of runs... RF Shannon Stewart (.333) and 2B Kaoru Taniguchi (.375) each scored a run and had an RBI.
Tycobbian Union
SOUTHPORT SLIMS BY HELLCATS 4-3 IN 11 INNINGS
Southport bounced back from a 3-0 five-inning deficit to defeat defending Pro Cup champ Hartsdale for the second day in a row... the Sun Sox tied it up 3-3 in the last of the ninth on a homer by 3B Craig Glennon (.500) and won it 4-3 in the 11th when C Visalis Vlachos (.333) singled in SS Gonzalo Topez (.250) with the game-winner... closer Hal Combs (1-0) registered the win by getting the final four outs in relief of starter Johnny Swanson, who went nine and two-thirds innings, allowed three runs on seven hits... only two of them were earned.
Dave Payne (0-1) caught the loss as he was touched for four runs on six hits in his 10 innings... Both clubs had eight hits apiece... Glennon (.500), Topez (.250) and 1B Eddie Douglas (.375) numbered two hits each for the Sun Sox, while 1B Myrt Breland (833) paced the Hellcats with four base hits... Glennon has homered in both games of the series.
KELSO AND STEVENS' 3 HR TOO MUCH FOR WILDCATS
Game two of the Tycobbian Division Series at Red Bluff Park was a homer fest with five roundtrippers... David Kelso cracked two and Josh Stevens one to lead the Red Sox to a 4-3 triumph over the Kenwood Wildcats, who got a pair of dingers from Billy Nix and Ian Collingham... the series is now tied up at a game for each club... Mickey Rosen (1-0) fashioned the win, permitting three runs on eight hits, while striking out five and walking nobody... Rusty Bradford (0-1) went the route and was the loser... he was popped for four runs and six hits.
The Red Sox got the winning runs in the last of the sixth... trailing 3-1, 1B Stevens (.222) tied it with a two-run smash, then RF Kelso (.556) boomed the game-winner, his second of the game... Kelso had three RBIs and three hits...LF Collingham (.750) delivered three hits for Kenwood and Nix (.625) socked a pair... in the fourth Nix hit a two-run shot and Collingham got a solo blast.
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