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DAILY DOWN-TO-THE-WIRE RECAPS
THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Monday, September 17, 2057
HANCOCK SLOWS DOWN REDS' PLAYOFF HOPES
The Rolling Hills Reds (94-60) could have wrapped up the Tycobbian West yesterday with a win in the final game of the regular season, but they ran into Ozarka's 19-year-old rookie Ezra Hancock (10-3/2.91), who twirled the game of his life, blanking the Reds 2-0 on a 5-hitter... Hancock spoiled the pennant-winning party scheduled for Rolling Hills... the loss enabled the Denton City Redbirds (94-60) to catch the Reds and tie them for the top spot in the TU West... this afternoon it's a winner-take-all sudden-death game to decide the division champion.
Rolling Hills got a strong start from P. J. Dunham (21-9/3.95), but the veteran got outpitched by Hancock, who fired eight innings, fanned five batters and walked only one... Dunham worked a complete game, allowed only two runs on seven hits... SS Andre Radford (.222/6 HR/24 RBI) two-run shot in the eighth frame decided the pitching duel.
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