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Eugene Church · 02-14-2015, 11:55 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Monday, September 25, 2051

IPA DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: Game 4

Ruthlandian Union

SV RATTLERS RALLY IN 9TH, NEAR SERIES WRAP UP
Sugar Valley took a big step towards wrapping up the Ruthlandian Division Chapionship Series with Middlefield... the Rattlers charged back from a 3-1 score in the top of the ninth to take a three-one lead in the best-of-seven series... Rooster starter James Long couldn't put the Rattlers away... pinchhitter Jeff Harvey led off with a base hit, 3B Richie Fry (.412) moved him to second with another single... a critical error by second baseman Ike Gary (.188) loaded the bases... 1B Smokey Nix (.350) made it 3-2 with a sacrifice fly... CF Roger Hobbs (.294) walked to load the bases again and 2B Pete McCormick (.125) lashed a liner to right to give the Rattlers a 4-3 lead.

The Roosters didn't go out without a fight... they put runners on first and second with two away, but closer Davey Brennan finished them off... it was his first save in the series... Cullen Winslow (2-0/0.00) worked the seventh and the eighth and held the Roosters scoreless for the victory, his second in the postseason... Ken Willis (0-1/0.00) lost it in the ninth... Sugar Valley outhit Middlefield 11 to 5... three Middlefield miscues were costly and led to three unearned runs.

VIPER VICTORY SKEIN SNAPPED AT 15 BY EARNEST 4-1
Trey Earnest, a third-year vet in the IPA, stymied the powerful defending IPA champion Valmara 4-1 in game four of the Ruthlandian DCS, thus snapping the Vipers' winning streak at 15 straight postseason victories... more importantly, Earnest kept his Waleska Westerners alive in the best-of-seven series... they still have a tough road, trailing by a 3-1 count... Earnest (1-1/6.40) harnessed Valmara on six hits and no earned run, going the route with four Ks and a walk... Earnest lost game one 10-1.

Waleska got two in the third and two more scores in the sixth to subdue the Vipers... 1B Rob Rice (.300) and SS Cordell Smithers (.462) had RBI singles in the third... and CF Kenny Hardy (.381) doubled in the other two in the sixth... Darus Grajek (1-1/2.40) suffered the loss giving up four runs on nine hits in six frames... Grajek fanned six and gave up two bases on balls... Smithers led the Westerners with three hits and Hardy went 2 for 4.

Tycobbian Union

MCKINNEY SETS IPA PLAYOFF RECORD WITH 15 Ks
It took a record-breaking 15-strikeout performance by super lefty Will McKinney for San Alejo to slow down the red-hot White River Rascals and avoid a sweep in the best-of-seven Tycobbian DCS... McKinley, 29-3 this season, stopped the Rascals on five hits and walked just two in a brilliant postseason outing... White River had beaten McKinley 5-2 in the playoff opener... the Rascals are still way ahead 3-1 in the series and can end the Monties season with one more victory in the last three games.

The Montaneros went to work on loser Nicky Palmer early, rocking him for five runs in the first two frames... Palmer (1-1/2.40) departed after six innings, yielding five runs and six hits... only two earned... San Alejo was led by LF Royce Grantham (.158) with a two-run single in the opening inning and McKinney (.167), who doubled in two runs in the second.

BRANHAM OUTDUELS COOPER 1-0, CHAMPS UP 3-1 NOW
Arlon's rookie phenom Erik Branham got the best of Hillsboro's wily veteran Steve Cooper 1-0 in the fourth game of the Tycobbian Division Championship Series in a game played at beautiful Derby Downs in Arlon, putting the Champions in a perfect spot to finish off the favored Blazers in the best-of-seven series... Branham (2-0/1.59), 22-12 in his rookie season, shackled Hillsboro on just three hits... he also whipped Cooper in game one 5-3... Cooper (0-2/3.45) hurled a fine game, too, limiting Arlon to just four hits in seven innings, while striking out seven and walking just one batter... Cooper was a 21-game winner in the regular season.

The Champs got the game's only score in the last of the second... 1B Ivan Cisneros (.368) led off with a two-bagger, was singled to third by Todd Grant (.353)... and brought in to score by SS Timmy Tarbell's (.353) base hit.

02-14-2015, 11:55 PM	#4568
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,913	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Monday, September 25, 2051 IPA DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: Game 4 Ruthlandian Union SV RATTLERS RALLY IN 9TH, NEAR SERIES WRAP UP Sugar Valley took a big step towards wrapping up the Ruthlandian Division Chapionship Series with Middlefield... the Rattlers charged back from a 3-1 score in the top of the ninth to take a three-one lead in the best-of-seven series... Rooster starter James Long couldn't put the Rattlers away... pinchhitter Jeff Harvey led off with a base hit, 3B Richie Fry (.412) moved him to second with another single... a critical error by second baseman Ike Gary (.188) loaded the bases... 1B Smokey Nix (.350) made it 3-2 with a sacrifice fly... CF Roger Hobbs (.294) walked to load the bases again and 2B Pete McCormick (.125) lashed a liner to right to give the Rattlers a 4-3 lead. The Roosters didn't go out without a fight... they put runners on first and second with two away, but closer Davey Brennan finished them off... it was his first save in the series... Cullen Winslow (2-0/0.00) worked the seventh and the eighth and held the Roosters scoreless for the victory, his second in the postseason... Ken Willis (0-1/0.00) lost it in the ninth... Sugar Valley outhit Middlefield 11 to 5... three Middlefield miscues were costly and led to three unearned runs. VIPER VICTORY SKEIN SNAPPED AT 15 BY EARNEST 4-1 Trey Earnest, a third-year vet in the IPA, stymied the powerful defending IPA champion Valmara 4-1 in game four of the Ruthlandian DCS, thus snapping the Vipers' winning streak at 15 straight postseason victories... more importantly, Earnest kept his Waleska Westerners alive in the best-of-seven series... they still have a tough road, trailing by a 3-1 count... Earnest (1-1/6.40) harnessed Valmara on six hits and no earned run, going the route with four Ks and a walk... Earnest lost game one 10-1. Waleska got two in the third and two more scores in the sixth to subdue the Vipers... 1B Rob Rice (.300) and SS Cordell Smithers (.462) had RBI singles in the third... and CF Kenny Hardy (.381) doubled in the other two in the sixth... Darus Grajek (1-1/2.40) suffered the loss giving up four runs on nine hits in six frames... Grajek fanned six and gave up two bases on balls... Smithers led the Westerners with three hits and Hardy went 2 for 4. Tycobbian Union MCKINNEY SETS IPA PLAYOFF RECORD WITH 15 Ks It took a record-breaking 15-strikeout performance by super lefty Will McKinney for San Alejo to slow down the red-hot White River Rascals and avoid a sweep in the best-of-seven Tycobbian DCS... McKinley, 29-3 this season, stopped the Rascals on five hits and walked just two in a brilliant postseason outing... White River had beaten McKinley 5-2 in the playoff opener... the Rascals are still way ahead 3-1 in the series and can end the Monties season with one more victory in the last three games. The Montaneros went to work on loser Nicky Palmer early, rocking him for five runs in the first two frames... Palmer (1-1/2.40) departed after six innings, yielding five runs and six hits... only two earned... San Alejo was led by LF Royce Grantham (.158) with a two-run single in the opening inning and McKinney (.167), who doubled in two runs in the second. BRANHAM OUTDUELS COOPER 1-0, CHAMPS UP 3-1 NOW Arlon's rookie phenom Erik Branham got the best of Hillsboro's wily veteran Steve Cooper 1-0 in the fourth game of the Tycobbian Division Championship Series in a game played at beautiful Derby Downs in Arlon, putting the Champions in a perfect spot to finish off the favored Blazers in the best-of-seven series... Branham (2-0/1.59), 22-12 in his rookie season, shackled Hillsboro on just three hits... he also whipped Cooper in game one 5-3... Cooper (0-2/3.45) hurled a fine game, too, limiting Arlon to just four hits in seven innings, while striking out seven and walking just one batter... Cooper was a 21-game winner in the regular season. The Champs got the game's only score in the last of the second... 1B Ivan Cisneros (.368) led off with a two-bagger, was singled to third by Todd Grant (.353)... and brought in to score by SS Timmy Tarbell's (.353) base hit. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 05-26-2015 at 03:08 PM.