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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, October 3, 2051
IPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: Game 2
Ruthlandian Union
SHADWELL'S HR SENDS WALESKA PAST RATTERS 4-2
Pinchhitter Denver Shadwell (.182) busted up a 12-inning thriller between Waleska and Sugar Valley with a two-run homer in the top of the 13th frame giving the Westerners a 4-2 triumph over the Rattlers, deadlocking the Ruthlandian League Championship Series at one game each... In a fine performance Lou Carlson (1-0/1.90) worked into the 11th inning, stopping Sugar Valley on two runs and nine hits in 10 and two-thirds innings... he then turned it over to Vince Gibson and Kenny Foster, who blanked the Rattlers over the last seven outs on one hit... Gibson (1-1/0.00) gained the victory, while Foster (0-0/0.00/1 save) got the save... Sugar Valley reliever Cullen Winslow (2-1/1.59) took the loss, but looked good except for the fatal homer... Winslow fired six innings, allowed five hits and two runs... strong defense helped the Westerners... they chalked up three double plays.
Waleska outdid Sugar Valley offensively with a 13-10 advantage... CF Kevin Hardy (.364) sparked the Westerners with 3-6 and a run scored... RF Gene Stevenson (.192), 2B Hershel Briggs (.297) and C Jimmy Butler (.206) led Waleska with two hits each... RF Tyler Alban (.343) paced the Rattlers with 4-6 with an RBI and a run... Alban doubled twice... C Yoshino Okada (.250) cracked two hits in four tries and drove in a run for Sugar Valley.
Tycobbian Union
GRAY GREAT, BEATS RASCALS 1-0 IN GAME 2
The Arlon Champions are riding two talented pitchers so far in the playoffs and looking quite dangerous... the 35-year-old left-hander Lanny Gray totally shutdown the hard-hitting White River Rascals 1-0, tossing a terrific three-hitter... Gray (2-1/0.36) was in total control, striking out six batters and walking nobody... the only run in the game came off the bat of 1B Ivan Cisneros (.324) when he went deep in the top of the fourth.
The Champs didn't do much against Artie Wynyard (1-1/, who held them to only four hits, while striking out 11 and walking just two in a splendid outing... it was the second fine mound job for Arlon... in yesterday's opener the Champions prevailed behind rookie phenom Erik Branham 8-3... it was Gray second shutout in the postseason... he blanked Hillsboro 4-0 about 10 days ago... in his only loss, Hillsboro nipped him 1-0 in game five of the Tycobbian DCS.
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