The Islandian Times
Monday, October 9, 2017
2017 IPA Pro Cup Finals (Best-of-Seven)
Game Four at Typhoon Stadium in Turon
Elegants Rally Late To Even Series
Game four was going badly for the Eastshore Elegants... the favored Elegants were on the verge of going down three-games-to-one to Turon in the IPA Pro Cup championship series, when the bats finally came alive and saved the day in the late innings... Trailing 5-2 against Typhoon ace Nicky Engstrom, Eastshore rallied for 3 runs in the top of the ninth against the Turon bullpen and won it in the tenth 6-5... reliever Paul Walker (1-0) blanked the Typhoons in the ninth and tenth for the win, striking out 4 batters... Freddi Spiegel (0-1) came on in the ninth and was the losing pitcher... Engstrom tossed another strong game, permitting only 2 runs and 7 hits in his 8 innings... Engstrom fanned 7 and issued 3 bases on balls...Turon got the best of Eastshore with a 13-11 edge in hits... Elegant PH Bob Leach got the critical hit, a 3-run double to tie the game at 5-5...Eastshore 2B Gerry Garner had the only homer in the game... CF Larry Lowe had two hits and scored twice for the victors... C Cody Moore collected three hits to lead Turon at the plate and 2B Andy Hansen contributed 2 hits.
Last edited by Eugene Church; 05-02-2022 at 05:12 PM.
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