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Eugene Church · 03-16-2009, 11:30 AM

The Islandian Times

Thursday, September 19, 2002

Tycobbian Union North Division First Round Playoffs

Great Comeback! Oxford Stuns Mahaska 5-4!
Boomerang Hines was in complete control for eight innings... With a 4-1 lead, all he needed to do was get three more outs and the Mahaska Haymakers would advance to the next round and eliminate the Oxford Red Caps... It didn't happen!... Hines gave up a walk and two singles that cut the margin to 4-3... Manager Rusty Tanussa then summoned his trusty closer, Dain Abner, in from the bullpen... With runners on first and second, 2B Richie Vla tied it up with a double... then pinchhitter Dante Vander Meer won it with a single... What an stunning finish! Many of the Oxonians had left the stadium to beat the traffic and missed an unbelievable rally!... Loser Hines (1-0 5.63) had held the Red Caps to just two singles going into the fateful ninth... The fifth Oxford pitcher, Owen Crosby (1-0), notched the win with a perfect ninth inning, setting down three in a row... Mahaska had gone ahead in the fourth 2-0 on 3B Kris Dragovich's double and C Marty Murrell's single... Red Cap SS Wayne Matsuk cut it to 2-1 with an RBI single in the fifth... Dragovich upped it up to 4-1 with a sixth-inning two-run double, giving him two doubles and three RBIs in the game... Each club had 7 hits each... The third-and-deciding game will be played tomorrow afternoon at Winchester Stadium in Oxford.

Oxford starter Bomber Belinsky suffered an arm injury and exited the game in the third inning... He held the Haymakers to one hit and fanned three batters... No word yet on the injury... Belinsky is the Red Cap ace and had a 17-12 record with a 3.33 ERA during the regular season... His loss will be a serious blow to Oxford should they advance in the IPA Pro Cup playoffs.

Hallenbeck's Homer Saves Zorros, Beats Frogs 4-3
Fairfax came oh so close to putting Luxora out of the playoffs, but didn't quite do it... Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth and down to the last out, 1B Paul Hallenbeck hit a dramatic three-run walk-off homer off Kaz Hayagawa to give the Zorros new life in the TU North First Round playoffs... His blast tied the best-of-three series at a game apiece... Hayakawa had pitched a masterful three-hit performance going into the fatal final frame... Overall Hayakawa (0-1 4.15) struck out seven, walked one and gave up six hits... The Z's took an early 1-0 lead in the third on 2B Pablo Santa Cruz's roundtripper... Fairfax knotted it up in the fourth on a double by Gregg Vincent and jumped ahead on Vincent's two-run clout in the sixth inning... Eddie Hoffman started for Fairfax and left after eight innings for a pinchhitter, giving up three runs and six hits with nine Ks and no walks... Lefty Fernando Fernandes (1-0 0.00) copped the win with a runless ninth... RF Gregg Vincent homered, doubled and drove in three runs for the Frogs and CF Billy Echevarria added three hits and scored twice... The third and final game will be played tomorrow afternoon at De la Vega Stadium in Luxora.

Oxford starter Bomber Belinsky was injured in the third inning and had to exit the game... He had allowed only one hit and fanned three batters... Belinsky was 17-12 during the regular season with a 3.33 ERA and will be sorely missed if the Red Caps advance in the IPA Pro Cup playoffs.

03-16-2009, 11:30 AM	#792
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,944	The Islandian Times Thursday, September 19, 2002 Tycobbian Union North Division First Round Playoffs Great Comeback! Oxford Stuns Mahaska 5-4! Boomerang Hines was in complete control for eight innings... With a 4-1 lead, all he needed to do was get three more outs and the Mahaska Haymakers would advance to the next round and eliminate the Oxford Red Caps... It didn't happen!... Hines gave up a walk and two singles that cut the margin to 4-3... Manager Rusty Tanussa then summoned his trusty closer, Dain Abner, in from the bullpen... With runners on first and second, 2B Richie Vla tied it up with a double... then pinchhitter Dante Vander Meer won it with a single... What an stunning finish! Many of the Oxonians had left the stadium to beat the traffic and missed an unbelievable rally!... Loser Hines (1-0 5.63) had held the Red Caps to just two singles going into the fateful ninth... The fifth Oxford pitcher, Owen Crosby (1-0), notched the win with a perfect ninth inning, setting down three in a row... Mahaska had gone ahead in the fourth 2-0 on 3B Kris Dragovich's double and C Marty Murrell's single... Red Cap SS Wayne Matsuk cut it to 2-1 with an RBI single in the fifth... Dragovich upped it up to 4-1 with a sixth-inning two-run double, giving him two doubles and three RBIs in the game... Each club had 7 hits each... The third-and-deciding game will be played tomorrow afternoon at Winchester Stadium in Oxford. Oxford starter Bomber Belinsky suffered an arm injury and exited the game in the third inning... He held the Haymakers to one hit and fanned three batters... No word yet on the injury... Belinsky is the Red Cap ace and had a 17-12 record with a 3.33 ERA during the regular season... His loss will be a serious blow to Oxford should they advance in the IPA Pro Cup playoffs. Hallenbeck's Homer Saves Zorros, Beats Frogs 4-3 Fairfax came oh so close to putting Luxora out of the playoffs, but didn't quite do it... Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth and down to the last out, 1B Paul Hallenbeck hit a dramatic three-run walk-off homer off Kaz Hayagawa to give the Zorros new life in the TU North First Round playoffs... His blast tied the best-of-three series at a game apiece... Hayakawa had pitched a masterful three-hit performance going into the fatal final frame... Overall Hayakawa (0-1 4.15) struck out seven, walked one and gave up six hits... The Z's took an early 1-0 lead in the third on 2B Pablo Santa Cruz's roundtripper... Fairfax knotted it up in the fourth on a double by Gregg Vincent and jumped ahead on Vincent's two-run clout in the sixth inning... Eddie Hoffman started for Fairfax and left after eight innings for a pinchhitter, giving up three runs and six hits with nine Ks and no walks... Lefty Fernando Fernandes (1-0 0.00) copped the win with a runless ninth... RF Gregg Vincent homered, doubled and drove in three runs for the Frogs and CF Billy Echevarria added three hits and scored twice... The third and final game will be played tomorrow afternoon at De la Vega Stadium in Luxora. Oxford starter Bomber Belinsky was injured in the third inning and had to exit the game... He had allowed only one hit and fanned three batters... Belinsky was 17-12 during the regular season with a 3.33 ERA and will be sorely missed if the Red Caps advance in the IPA Pro Cup playoffs. Last edited by Eugene Church; 03-16-2009 at 11:50 AM.