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The Islandian Times
Sunday, September 24, 2007
2007 Tycobbian Union Pro Cup Elite 8 Series
Colchester-Oxford Series Tied, Elites Win 9-7
The Colchester-Oxford Elite 8 Series will go down to the seventh game. The Elites evened the series at three games each with a 9-7 triumph at Heyward Field and forced a series finale. Colchester had to come from a 4-0 first-inning deficit to do it. The Elites got two in the first and five in the second to take the lead 7-4. The Red Caps narrowed it to 7-6 in the seventh, but Colchester put them away with two more in the eighth and withstood a mild rally in the ninth.
Oxford outhit the Elites 12-10. Colchester's top bats were LF Jerry Hoffmeyer (.267) with two hits and three RBIs and CF Douglas Tilford (.250) with two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored. Sparking the Red Caps at the plate were LF Wayne McDonald (.409) with two hits and four runs batted in and 1B Timmy Binford (.400) with two hits and three RBIs. Binford hit the only home run in the game. Reliever Fred Kimball (1-0 4.70) was the winning pitcher with five good innings. He allowed two runs and six hits after starter Keith Cline was battered hard in the first two innings. Kimball slowed down the Oxford hitters and allowed Colchester to build up a lead.
Game seven will take place tomorrow afternoon at Heyward Field in Colchester.
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