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Eugene Church · 07-28-2010, 05:34 PM

The Islandian Times

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Ruthlandian Union 2013 Elite 8 Series

Wynnamac Eliminates Forest City, Meets FM Redhawks In RU Final 4
Great pitching carried the Wynnamac Sundowners past the Forest City Lumberjacks and into the Ruthlandian Union Final 4 against powerful Far Mountain. The Sundowners eliminated the Lumberjacks 5-1 in game 5 of the Elite 8 Series. Young Lenny Ward fired a 3-hitter in the deciding game at Riverside Stadium in Forest City. Ward (2-0 1.06) struck out 5 and walked 3 in a complete-game victory. It was his second win in the series. He also beat the 'Jacks 4-2 on Thursday. Losing pitcher Paul Crews (0-2 4.24) made a game of it until the 3-run eighth.

Wynnamac drew first blood in the top of the second on a 2-run single by 2B J. L. Lawrence (.231). Forest City cut the lead to 2-1 in the fifth when SS Josh Venturini (.221) got on base on an error, was advanced to second with a sac bunt, moved to third on Joe Callaway's single (.238) and scored on an RBI ground-out by Diego De Luna (.111). In the Sundowner eighth LF Big Hoss Burkhalter's (.211) RBI single and 1B Nate Cockroft's (.368) two-run double finished off the Lumberjacks. Crews went the distance, allowed 5 runs on 8 hits with 6 Ks and 2 walks.

07-28-2010, 05:34 PM	#1847
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,210	The Islandian Times Sunday, September 22, 2013 Ruthlandian Union 2013 Elite 8 Series Wynnamac Eliminates Forest City, Meets FM Redhawks In RU Final 4 Great pitching carried the Wynnamac Sundowners past the Forest City Lumberjacks and into the Ruthlandian Union Final 4 against powerful Far Mountain. The Sundowners eliminated the Lumberjacks 5-1 in game 5 of the Elite 8 Series. Young Lenny Ward fired a 3-hitter in the deciding game at Riverside Stadium in Forest City. Ward (2-0 1.06) struck out 5 and walked 3 in a complete-game victory. It was his second win in the series. He also beat the 'Jacks 4-2 on Thursday. Losing pitcher Paul Crews (0-2 4.24) made a game of it until the 3-run eighth. Wynnamac drew first blood in the top of the second on a 2-run single by 2B J. L. Lawrence (.231). Forest City cut the lead to 2-1 in the fifth when SS Josh Venturini (.221) got on base on an error, was advanced to second with a sac bunt, moved to third on Joe Callaway's single (.238) and scored on an RBI ground-out by Diego De Luna (.111). In the Sundowner eighth LF Big Hoss Burkhalter's (.211) RBI single and 1B Nate Cockroft's (.368) two-run double finished off the Lumberjacks. Crews went the distance, allowed 5 runs on 8 hits with 6 Ks and 2 walks. Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-28-2010 at 05:53 PM.