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Eugene Church · 08-14-2023, 04:34 PM

YESTERDAY IN THE IPA
2024 IPA PRO CUP SERIES

The Islandian Times
Saturday, October 5, 2024

2024 IPA Pro Cup Finals

Tucks Bash Rattlers Again, Win Game Two 9-4
For the second day in a row the Tuckanarra Blue Jays had it their way with a 9-4 bashing of the Sugar Valley Rattlers in the IPA Pro Cup Finals... So far it's been all Blue Jays... they cracked 10 hits, led by 3B Koora Nawajuk's (.327) 3-run homer and a 2-run smash by LF Jeff Johns (.349)... RF Danny Redd (.407) added 3 hits and 2 runs batted in... Redd had a double and a triple... Nawajuk now has 13 RBIs in the playoffs and Redd has 12... Quinn Starr (5-0 2.85) won his fifth consecutive postseason game, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits with 4 walks and 8 Ks... Tucknarra pounced on loser Nick Moore (2-2 5.04) for 7 runs in 2-plus innings... Moore was terrible giving up 7 hits and walking 6 batters... it was only close for two innings... the Blue Jays snapped a 4-4 tie with 3 in the third, then put them away with 2 more in the sixth.

The Islandian Times
Saturday, October 5, 2024

2024 IPA Pro Cup Finals

Tucks Win 3rd Straight, Crush Rattlers 14-1
Never in the 24 years of the Pro Cup Finals has a team dominated like the Tuckanarra Blue Jays this year... they totally crushed Sugar Valley for the third game in a row, burying them 14-1 in game three of the best-of-seven series... the Blue Jays belted 5 homers and 13 hits... 1B Lynn Starr (.350) homered twice and batted in 4 runs, LF Jeff Johns (.348) had a 3-run shot, SS Narra Gilyinju (.226) a 2-run home run and C Coco D'Abadie (.217) a solo job... on the hill, rookie Croc Wedgedale (2-3 2.32) tossed a strong game, fanning 8, walking 2 and scattering 9 hits... losing pitcher Johnny Kingsberry (0-2 9.49) was ripped for 9 runs in 3-plus innings... nothing is going well for Sugar Valley... they committed 4 errors, too.

The Islandian Times
Sunday, October 6, 2024

2024 IPA Pro Cup Finals

Blue Jays Repeat, Sweep Rattlers In Pro Cup
The Tuckanarra Blue Jays have done it - they have become the third team in IPA Pro Cup history to repeat as champions... the Tucks completed the sweep of the Sugar Valley Rattlers with a 4-3 come-from-behind victory... Sugar Valley had a 3-2 lead going into the top of the ninth, but closer Dallas Casey (1-1 4.82) was pelted for 3 extra-base hits and blew the save and the game... 1B Lynn Starr (.359) led off the fatal inning with a double... PH Bryan Stickland (.167) tied it up at 3-3 with another double... then 2B Kendall Smith (.220) drilled a game-winning two-bagger... the Rattlers mounted a rally against Archie Desmond (1.29) in the last of the ninth, getting men on first and third with two away, but the Blue Jay bullpen ace came through and struck out the final batter for his 4th postseason save... Glynn Starr (5-1 2.96) worked 8 rocky innings, permitted 9 hits and 3 runs, struck out 8 and walked 5... Sugar Valley just couldn't come through in the clutch and left 13 runners on base... Benny McConnell (3.18) was outstanding for the Rattlers, hurling 4-hit ball for 8 innings and allowing only one earned run... McConnell had 4 Ks and walked no one... Sugar Valley had the advantage in hits 11 to 7.

Tuckanarra joins the Far Mountain Redhawks and the Eastshore Elegants as the only teams in IPA history to win back-to-back titles... Far Mountain won three in a row 2011, 2012 and 2013 and Eastshore did it in 2016 and 2017.

Blue Jay skipper Lefty Stevens was elated and overjoyed, telling the press, "Winning last year was tremendous... to win the Pro Cup one time is really special... to repeat is totally awesome and beyond words... I can't say enough about my ball club."

Losing manager Gibby Bobkins told reporters, "We came in the series on a high, thinking we could knock the Blue Jays off, but Tuckanarra plays at another level... actually two levels higher in this series... people raves about their pitching, which is fabulous, but they hit pretty darn well, too... they gave us one chance to win a game and we blew it... they gave us a good old-fashioned butt kickin' in every way you can."

The Islandian Times
Monday, October 7, 2024

Quinn Starr Selected Pro Cup MVP
Last year's IPA Pro Cup Most Valuable Player was a star, a real Starr. Same thing this year except it's a different Starr. Last year it was Glynn Starr. This season it's his triplet brother, Quinn Starr, who was picked the best player in the playoffs. Quinn edged out RF Danny Redd and his brother Glynn to capture the prestigious award this year. Last year Quinn was third in the balloting. Even the other triplet Lynn got some votes this year in The Islandian Times Pro Cup poll, along with CF Jim Garrison and 3B Koora Nawajuk.

Quinn Starr was unbeaten in the playoffs for the second straight season with a 5-0 record. Starr compiled a fine 2.85 ERA against the best teams in the IPA. Last year Starr was 4-0 with a superb 2.37 ERA. During the regular season Starr was only 17-17, but had a sparkling 2.61 ERA. In his three years in the IPA, the 26-year-old Starr is 57-45 with a 2.60 ERA.

Danny Redd was another vital ingredient in the Blue Jays repeat win in the Pro Cup. Redd topped the Tuckanarra attack with a .383 batting average, 2 homers, 13 RBIs and 13 runs scored in 16 games. The 30-year-old right fielder Redd batted .274 in the season with 117 runs scored and 55 RBIs. Glynn Starr wound up a close third in the balloting as he compiled a 5-1 mark with a fine 2.96 ERA. Glynn posted a 19-12 regular-season record.

Rounding out the votegetters were three more Blue Jays: 1B Lynn Starr, who batted .359 with 4 home runs, 10 RBIs and 16 runs. Starr was a .342 hitter in the regular campaign with 29 homers and 104 RBIs, center fielder Jim Garrison with a .364 mark, 11 RBIs, 13 runs and 4 thefts and 3B Koora Nawajuk with a .333 BA, 1 HR, 16 RBIs, 14 runs and 8 stolen bases.

08-14-2023, 04:34 PM	#9649
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,911	YESTERDAY IN THE IPA 2024 IPA PRO CUP SERIES *The Islandian Times* Saturday, October 5, 2024 2024 IPA Pro Cup Finals Tucks Bash Rattlers Again, Win Game Two 9-4 For the second day in a row the Tuckanarra Blue Jays had it their way with a 9-4 bashing of the Sugar Valley Rattlers in the IPA Pro Cup Finals... So far it's been all Blue Jays... they cracked 10 hits, led by 3B Koora Nawajuk's (.327) 3-run homer and a 2-run smash by LF Jeff Johns (.349)... RF Danny Redd (.407) added 3 hits and 2 runs batted in... Redd had a double and a triple... Nawajuk now has 13 RBIs in the playoffs and Redd has 12... Quinn Starr (5-0 2.85) won his fifth consecutive postseason game, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits with 4 walks and 8 Ks... Tucknarra pounced on loser Nick Moore (2-2 5.04) for 7 runs in 2-plus innings... Moore was terrible giving up 7 hits and walking 6 batters... it was only close for two innings... the Blue Jays snapped a 4-4 tie with 3 in the third, then put them away with 2 more in the sixth. *The Islandian Times* Saturday, October 5, 2024 2024 IPA Pro Cup Finals Tucks Win 3rd Straight, Crush Rattlers 14-1 Never in the 24 years of the Pro Cup Finals has a team dominated like the Tuckanarra Blue Jays this year... they totally crushed Sugar Valley for the third game in a row, burying them 14-1 in game three of the best-of-seven series... the Blue Jays belted 5 homers and 13 hits... 1B Lynn Starr (.350) homered twice and batted in 4 runs, LF Jeff Johns (.348) had a 3-run shot, SS Narra Gilyinju (.226) a 2-run home run and C Coco D'Abadie (.217) a solo job... on the hill, rookie Croc Wedgedale (2-3 2.32) tossed a strong game, fanning 8, walking 2 and scattering 9 hits... losing pitcher Johnny Kingsberry (0-2 9.49) was ripped for 9 runs in 3-plus innings... nothing is going well for Sugar Valley... they committed 4 errors, too. *The Islandian Times* Sunday, October 6, 2024 2024 IPA Pro Cup Finals Blue Jays Repeat, Sweep Rattlers In Pro Cup The Tuckanarra Blue Jays have done it - they have become the third team in IPA Pro Cup history to repeat as champions... the Tucks completed the sweep of the Sugar Valley Rattlers with a 4-3 come-from-behind victory... Sugar Valley had a 3-2 lead going into the top of the ninth, but closer Dallas Casey (1-1 4.82) was pelted for 3 extra-base hits and blew the save and the game... 1B Lynn Starr (.359) led off the fatal inning with a double... PH Bryan Stickland (.167) tied it up at 3-3 with another double... then 2B Kendall Smith (.220) drilled a game-winning two-bagger... the Rattlers mounted a rally against Archie Desmond (1.29) in the last of the ninth, getting men on first and third with two away, but the Blue Jay bullpen ace came through and struck out the final batter for his 4th postseason save... Glynn Starr (5-1 2.96) worked 8 rocky innings, permitted 9 hits and 3 runs, struck out 8 and walked 5... Sugar Valley just couldn't come through in the clutch and left 13 runners on base... Benny McConnell (3.18) was outstanding for the Rattlers, hurling 4-hit ball for 8 innings and allowing only one earned run... McConnell had 4 Ks and walked no one... Sugar Valley had the advantage in hits 11 to 7. Tuckanarra joins the Far Mountain Redhawks and the Eastshore Elegants as the only teams in IPA history to win back-to-back titles... Far Mountain won three in a row 2011, 2012 and 2013 and Eastshore did it in 2016 and 2017. Blue Jay skipper Lefty Stevens was elated and overjoyed, telling the press, "Winning last year was tremendous... to win the Pro Cup one time is really special... to repeat is totally awesome and beyond words... I can't say enough about my ball club." Losing manager Gibby Bobkins told reporters, "We came in the series on a high, thinking we could knock the Blue Jays off, but Tuckanarra plays at another level... actually two levels higher in this series... people raves about their pitching, which is fabulous, but they hit pretty darn well, too... they gave us one chance to win a game and we blew it... they gave us a good old-fashioned butt kickin' in every way you can." *The Islandian Times* Monday, October 7, 2024 Quinn Starr Selected Pro Cup MVP Last year's IPA Pro Cup Most Valuable Player was a star, a real Starr. Same thing this year except it's a different Starr. Last year it was Glynn Starr. This season it's his triplet brother, Quinn Starr, who was picked the best player in the playoffs. Quinn edged out RF Danny Redd and his brother Glynn to capture the prestigious award this year. Last year Quinn was third in the balloting. Even the other triplet Lynn got some votes this year in The Islandian Times Pro Cup poll, along with CF Jim Garrison and 3B Koora Nawajuk. Quinn Starr was unbeaten in the playoffs for the second straight season with a 5-0 record. Starr compiled a fine 2.85 ERA against the best teams in the IPA. Last year Starr was 4-0 with a superb 2.37 ERA. During the regular season Starr was only 17-17, but had a sparkling 2.61 ERA. In his three years in the IPA, the 26-year-old Starr is 57-45 with a 2.60 ERA. Danny Redd was another vital ingredient in the Blue Jays repeat win in the Pro Cup. Redd topped the Tuckanarra attack with a .383 batting average, 2 homers, 13 RBIs and 13 runs scored in 16 games. The 30-year-old right fielder Redd batted .274 in the season with 117 runs scored and 55 RBIs. Glynn Starr wound up a close third in the balloting as he compiled a 5-1 mark with a fine 2.96 ERA. Glynn posted a 19-12 regular-season record. Rounding out the votegetters were three more Blue Jays: 1B Lynn Starr, who batted .359 with 4 home runs, 10 RBIs and 16 runs. Starr was a .342 hitter in the regular campaign with 29 homers and 104 RBIs, center fielder Jim Garrison with a .364 mark, 11 RBIs, 13 runs and 4 thefts and 3B Koora Nawajuk with a .333 BA, 1 HR, 16 RBIs, 14 runs and 8 stolen bases. Last edited by Eugene Church; 08-17-2023 at 08:45 PM.