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The Islandian Times
Thursday, September 19, 2002
Tycobbian Union South Division First Round Playoffs
San Alejo Slips By Turon 5-4, Series Even 1-1
The San Alejo Montaneros fought off elimination today at the Casa de Beisbol by slipping by the tough Turon Typhoons 5-4 to even up their best-of-three playoff series in the TU South Divison... Skipper Lando Peceda got a crucial complete game out of Alberto Herrera and some good clutch hitting by Vidal Munos and Marcelino Zuniga... Though he was tagged for 10 hits, Herrera (1-0 4.00) went the distance, struck out nine and issued no bases on balls... The Typhoons took the lead in the opening frame when CF Denny Wilcox singled, stole second and rode home on 2B Mickey O'Malley's base hit... Zuniga's triple tied it at 1-1 in the fourth... In the sixth San Alejo rocked Keir McNamara for four runs... Zuniga's ground out made it 2-1, then Munos put a three-run shot in the stands to increase the Montaneros lead to 5-1... Turon came right back with three in the top of the seventh on Wilcox's two-run triple and O'Malley's single... But Herrera weathered the storm and held on the rest of the way... The Typhoons threated again in the eighth, putting runners on first and second with two outs, but Herrera retired LF Jamie Ferguson on a grounder to end the inning... In the ninth Herrera struck out the side... Wilcox and O'Malley sparked Turon with two hits apiece and two RBIs each... The two teams will be back at it again tomorrow in San Alejo in a third and decisive matchup.
Colchester Sweeps Southport 6-3, Danza Winner
In the Tycobbian Union South, Colchester manager Robbie Wilbertson got an impressive win from Jim Danza to sweep the First Round series from the Southport Sun Sox... Danza (1-0 2.25) checked the Sun Sox on just four hits in a 6-3 triumph to boot them out of the IPA Pro Cup playoffs... Danza stopped them on two runs and four hits over eight innings before he gave way to reliever Mark D'Allessandro... The Elites rapped out 11 hits with 3B Niles Stanton doubling in two runs in the first inning, a run scored on a double play in the third, LF Tony Barella tripled in two more in the fourth and 1B Harlan Roscoe homered in the fifth... Southport only had 5 hits and were led by RF Tom Knudsen with a two-run double in the fourth and 1B Pat Mystryk's ninth-inning home run... The losing pitcher was starter Johnny Ballard (0-1), who was pounded for five runs in the first four innings... The Colchester Elites now advance to the Sweet 16 round and await the winner of the San Alejo-Turon series.
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