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Eugene Church · 02-06-2010, 11:05 PM

The Islandian Times

Monday, September 28, 2009

2009 IPA Pro Cup Elite 8 Series

Ruthlandian Union

FM Redhawks Final 4 Bound, Whips Claxton in 6
Far Mountain took advantage of a wild throw and has advanced to the RU Final 4... the Redhawks squeezed by the Claxton Diamonds 3-2 and eliminated them from the postseason... with two away in the bottom of the eighth CF Shotgun Boggs (.250) walked, stole second and moved to third on a throwing error by C Allen Lemay... that set the stage for 1B Fran Grzanka's (.440) game-breaking single... Boomerang Hines (1-1 1.59) outpitched Peter Brenneman (1-1 1.59) in a fine pitching duel... Hines stopped the Diamonds on five hits and went the distance, striking out five and issuing one walk... Brenneman was just about his equal except for the unearned score... Brenneman pitched the entire game as well and surrendered three runs on seven hits... SS Don Nichols (.360) and 3B Keith Wasik (.273) batted across the other two Redhawk scores, while 1B Mike Luzzatti (.375) and SS Erik Carducci (.368) drove in the runs for Claxton... Far Mountain will contend with the winner of the Colfax-Belle Plaine series for the Ruthlandian Union title in the Final 4.

Colfax Skims By BP 8-6 On Stanton's HR In 15th
In a stunning comeback the Colfax Blasters tied up the RU Elite Series with the determined Belle Plaine Musketeers at three games apiece and forced a seventh-game finale tomorrow at Mountain View Stadium... The game carried on for fifteen innings before journeyman 1B Niles Stanton ended it with a three-run homer, giving Colfax a hard-earned, comeback 8-6 victory... It wasn't easy and the Musketeers came so close to ending the series by taking a seemingly safe 6-4 lead in the top of the fifteenth... but it just wasn't to be... Colfax prevailed against the odds and lives another day... the Blasters had it made for the first seven frames and took a 4-0 lead behind some strong pitching by 23-game winner Jasper LaForge, but it didn't last as Belle Plaine rallied with four runs in the top of the eighth... then for the next six innings the relievers really shined and silenced the bats... no one scored until the 15th... Scotty Blackwell (1-0 2.35) picked up the win with seven and one-third innings of great relief... Blackwell permitted just two runs on four hits... Denny Reynaud was outstanding for Belle Plaine... from the eighth through the eleventh he gave up no runs on three hits... loser Chris Sweeney( 0-1 1.80), who came on in the 12th, allowed four runs on two hits, though three of them were not earned... the Blasters unleashed three homers among 11 hits, one each by LF Paul Coniglio (.310), 2B Kevin Warren (.250) and Stanton (.333)... Sparking the Musketeer 13-hit attack were LF Chuck Hill (.143) with three hits and three RBIs, 3B Warren McDaniel (.160) with two hits and two RBIs and 1B Rory Dickenson (.345) with three hits, two runs and an RBI.

Tycobbian Union

DC Smacks RB 8-5, Now Takes on Turon In Final 4
The bats boomed out today at Douglas Denton Field as Denton City dumped Red Bluff out of the postseason with an 8-5 decision... For the second straight day reliever Tom Duroncelay stood out with four shutout innings to nail down the Redhawk victory... they topped the Red Sox four games to two and will now challenge Turon for the Tycobbian Union title in the league's Final 4 Series... Denton City punished four Red Bluff hurlers for 14 hits, led by homers from CF Rob MacCormack (.364) and C Byron Goldston (.500)... MacCormack went 3-for-3, scored three times and drove in three runs, while RF Lavon Gooch (.333) had two RBIs... the Red Sox also bashed 14 hits and were paced by C Hank Mitchell (.500) with three hits and two RBIs, including a home run, and CF Stan Helmke (.320) with 3-5 and two runs scored... Mike Danek (1-1 6.55) got credit for the win, but was not very effective... Danek was tagged for 10 hits and five runs in his five innings... Duroncelay saved it for him... Jim Melanakos (1-1 5.25) suffered the loss for Red Bluff... he yielded six runs in three innings.

02-06-2010, 11:05 PM	#1536
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,047	The Islandian Times Monday, September 28, 2009 2009 IPA Pro Cup Elite 8 Series Ruthlandian Union FM Redhawks Final 4 Bound, Whips Claxton in 6 Far Mountain took advantage of a wild throw and has advanced to the RU Final 4... the Redhawks squeezed by the Claxton Diamonds 3-2 and eliminated them from the postseason... with two away in the bottom of the eighth CF Shotgun Boggs (.250) walked, stole second and moved to third on a throwing error by C Allen Lemay... that set the stage for 1B Fran Grzanka's (.440) game-breaking single... Boomerang Hines (1-1 1.59) outpitched Peter Brenneman (1-1 1.59) in a fine pitching duel... Hines stopped the Diamonds on five hits and went the distance, striking out five and issuing one walk... Brenneman was just about his equal except for the unearned score... Brenneman pitched the entire game as well and surrendered three runs on seven hits... SS Don Nichols (.360) and 3B Keith Wasik (.273) batted across the other two Redhawk scores, while 1B Mike Luzzatti (.375) and SS Erik Carducci (.368) drove in the runs for Claxton... Far Mountain will contend with the winner of the Colfax-Belle Plaine series for the Ruthlandian Union title in the Final 4. Colfax Skims By BP 8-6 On Stanton's HR In 15th In a stunning comeback the Colfax Blasters tied up the RU Elite Series with the determined Belle Plaine Musketeers at three games apiece and forced a seventh-game finale tomorrow at Mountain View Stadium... The game carried on for fifteen innings before journeyman 1B Niles Stanton ended it with a three-run homer, giving Colfax a hard-earned, comeback 8-6 victory... It wasn't easy and the Musketeers came so close to ending the series by taking a seemingly safe 6-4 lead in the top of the fifteenth... but it just wasn't to be... Colfax prevailed against the odds and lives another day... the Blasters had it made for the first seven frames and took a 4-0 lead behind some strong pitching by 23-game winner Jasper LaForge, but it didn't last as Belle Plaine rallied with four runs in the top of the eighth... then for the next six innings the relievers really shined and silenced the bats... no one scored until the 15th... Scotty Blackwell (1-0 2.35) picked up the win with seven and one-third innings of great relief... Blackwell permitted just two runs on four hits... Denny Reynaud was outstanding for Belle Plaine... from the eighth through the eleventh he gave up no runs on three hits... loser Chris Sweeney( 0-1 1.80), who came on in the 12th, allowed four runs on two hits, though three of them were not earned... the Blasters unleashed three homers among 11 hits, one each by LF Paul Coniglio (.310), 2B Kevin Warren (.250) and Stanton (.333)... Sparking the Musketeer 13-hit attack were LF Chuck Hill (.143) with three hits and three RBIs, 3B Warren McDaniel (.160) with two hits and two RBIs and 1B Rory Dickenson (.345) with three hits, two runs and an RBI. Tycobbian Union DC Smacks RB 8-5, Now Takes on Turon In Final 4 The bats boomed out today at Douglas Denton Field as Denton City dumped Red Bluff out of the postseason with an 8-5 decision... For the second straight day reliever Tom Duroncelay stood out with four shutout innings to nail down the Redhawk victory... they topped the Red Sox four games to two and will now challenge Turon for the Tycobbian Union title in the league's Final 4 Series... Denton City punished four Red Bluff hurlers for 14 hits, led by homers from CF Rob MacCormack (.364) and C Byron Goldston (.500)... MacCormack went 3-for-3, scored three times and drove in three runs, while RF Lavon Gooch (.333) had two RBIs... the Red Sox also bashed 14 hits and were paced by C Hank Mitchell (.500) with three hits and two RBIs, including a home run, and CF Stan Helmke (.320) with 3-5 and two runs scored... Mike Danek (1-1 6.55) got credit for the win, but was not very effective... Danek was tagged for 10 hits and five runs in his five innings... Duroncelay saved it for him... Jim Melanakos (1-1 5.25) suffered the loss for Red Bluff... he yielded six runs in three innings. Last edited by Eugene Church; 10-20-2011 at 05:50 PM.