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Eugene Church · 10-27-2010, 10:34 PM

The Islandian Times
Friday, September 30, 2016

2016 IPA Pro Cup Final 4 Series

Ruthlandian Union

Elegants Win Again, Trim FM 4-2
Eastshore got solid pitching for the second day in a row at home and beat Far Mountain 4-2 for its sixth successive playoff victory... the Elegants lead the best-of-seven RU Final 4 Series two-games-to-none... Eddie Lance (2-0 1.69) stopped the Redhawks on 6 hits in 8 innings, allowing 2 runs... closer Jack Wilson retired the side in order for his 4th postseason save... Woody Crawford (1-1 1.88) toiled in defeat... Eastshore touched him for 4 runs and 8 hits in 7 innings... the Elegants struck first with 2 runs in the opening frame on a triple by rookie 2B Gerry Garner (.304) and a single by rookie 3B George Alford (.167)... Far Mountain chopped the lead by one on a solo homer by C Otis Ott (.174) in the second and then tied the score in the top of the fourth on a single by 2B Duane Parsons (.200)... Eastshore regained the lead in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by C Darrell Adams (.200) and added to it with a run in the fifth on a sac fly by SS Gil Lantz (.556)... the Redhawks had the edge in hits 8 to 6.

Typhoons Even Series, Stop Nats 5-3
Manager Whitey Richburn needed a clutch performance and got it on the road in Ozarka to even up the Tycobbian Final 4 at a game each... Turon's Ted Farentino (3-0 1.80) stopped the Nats on 7 hits and 3 runs in 8 innings for his third playoff victory this year... closer Merle Studebaker shut the door with a perfect ninth for the save... Turon collected 12 hits off loser Wayne Gates (1-1 2.33), who worked a complete game... it was close all the way... the Typhoons jumped off to a 2-0 first-inning lead on a 1B Clyde Kingsford's (.440) and a triple by CF Mac McCurnan (.207)... Ozarka got back in it in the third on an RBI ground-out by C Frank Kiffin (.286) and an RBI single by 3B Andre Dumas (.281)... C Cory Moore's (.179) RBI base hit gave Turon the lead 3-2 in the fourth frame and his double made it 4-2 in the eighth...Dumas drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in the last of the eighth to get the Naturals within one run... RF Jack Brown (.269) provided an insurance run for Turon in the top of the ninth with a sacrifice fly.... SS Matt Madison (.367) paced Turon with 4-5... 2B Andy Hansen (.360) scored twice and had a hit... LF Andy Porter (.207) and Moore added 2 hits apiece... Dumas sparked Ozarka with 2 runs batted in... RF Ken Mayberry (.324) scored twice for the Naturals.

10-27-2010, 10:34 PM	#2069
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,695 Blog Entries: 1	The Islandian Times Friday, September 30, 2016 2016 IPA Pro Cup Final 4 Series Ruthlandian Union Elegants Win Again, Trim FM 4-2 Eastshore got solid pitching for the second day in a row at home and beat Far Mountain 4-2 for its sixth successive playoff victory... the Elegants lead the best-of-seven RU Final 4 Series two-games-to-none... Eddie Lance (2-0 1.69) stopped the Redhawks on 6 hits in 8 innings, allowing 2 runs... closer Jack Wilson retired the side in order for his 4th postseason save... Woody Crawford (1-1 1.88) toiled in defeat... Eastshore touched him for 4 runs and 8 hits in 7 innings... the Elegants struck first with 2 runs in the opening frame on a triple by rookie 2B Gerry Garner (.304) and a single by rookie 3B George Alford (.167)... Far Mountain chopped the lead by one on a solo homer by C Otis Ott (.174) in the second and then tied the score in the top of the fourth on a single by 2B Duane Parsons (.200)... Eastshore regained the lead in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by C Darrell Adams (.200) and added to it with a run in the fifth on a sac fly by SS Gil Lantz (.556)... the Redhawks had the edge in hits 8 to 6. Typhoons Even Series, Stop Nats 5-3 Manager Whitey Richburn needed a clutch performance and got it on the road in Ozarka to even up the Tycobbian Final 4 at a game each... Turon's Ted Farentino (3-0 1.80) stopped the Nats on 7 hits and 3 runs in 8 innings for his third playoff victory this year... closer Merle Studebaker shut the door with a perfect ninth for the save... Turon collected 12 hits off loser Wayne Gates (1-1 2.33), who worked a complete game... it was close all the way... the Typhoons jumped off to a 2-0 first-inning lead on a 1B Clyde Kingsford's (.440) and a triple by CF Mac McCurnan (.207)... Ozarka got back in it in the third on an RBI ground-out by C Frank Kiffin (.286) and an RBI single by 3B Andre Dumas (.281)... C Cory Moore's (.179) RBI base hit gave Turon the lead 3-2 in the fourth frame and his double made it 4-2 in the eighth...Dumas drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in the last of the eighth to get the Naturals within one run... RF Jack Brown (.269) provided an insurance run for Turon in the top of the ninth with a sacrifice fly.... SS Matt Madison (.367) paced Turon with 4-5... 2B Andy Hansen (.360) scored twice and had a hit... LF Andy Porter (.207) and Moore added 2 hits apiece... Dumas sparked Ozarka with 2 runs batted in... RF Ken Mayberry (.324) scored twice for the Naturals. Last edited by Eugene Church; 10-29-2010 at 06:27 PM.