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Eugene Church · 02-10-2011, 07:58 PM

The Islandian Times
Saturday, October 3, 2020

2020 IPA Final 4 Series
(best-of seven)

Ruthlandian Union

CL's McCullough Stops Bobcats 4-0
Ralph McCullough was beaming today after the Crystal Lake right-hander blanked the Beechwood Bobcats 4-0 on 6 hits at Trumpy Donald Stadium to take a huge step toward the Pro Cup Finals... the Crushers took a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series... McCullough (1-1 5.82) has been terrible in three of his five postseason starts after winning 23 games in the regular season... but he came through today in the crucial fourth game of the RU Final 4 Series with a superb performance, fanning 7 and walking 3... plus McCullough had to beat the Beechwood ace, Billy Ray... Ray (2-1 1.36) went the distance and only surrendered 2 earned runs on 7 hits in losing for the first time in this year's playoffs... 1B Phil Gravelli (.314) doubled in the first Crystal Lake run in the first inning... the Crushers increased it to 4-0 in the second frame on RF Jed Franks' (.259) sac fly, CF Andy McGee's (.268) ground-out and 2B Greg Murphy's (.262) base hit.

Tycobbian Union

Nats Even Final 4, KO Zorros 6-3
In game four of the TU Final 4 in Ozarka, the Naturals bolted ahead with 4 runs in the eighth inning against Tiago Torres to whip Luxora 6-3 and even up the series at two victories each... Trailing 3-2 the Nats tied it up on SS James Couch's (.368) sacrifice fly, then went ahead on C Frank Kiffin's (.313) RBI single... Kiffin leads the Naturals with 11 RBIs in the playoffs and Couch had driven in 10... 2B Todd Chadwich's (.167) triple and CF Tony Genassi's (.250) single completed the scoring... Benny Osterman (2-1 1.91) hurled a solid game to defeat 25-game winner Torres... Osterman struck out 8 in 8 innings, permitting 3 runs and 7 hits, walking only 2... closer Josh Carpenter pitched a perfect 1-2-3 ninth for the save... Torres (2-2 2.6) lost it as he was ripped for 5 runs and 9 hits in his 7+ frames... 1B Jim Gurney (.306) paced the Zorros with 3 hits... CF Francisco Ortega (.205) added 2 hits and 2 runs batted in.

02-10-2011, 07:58 PM	#2350
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,944	The Islandian Times Saturday, October 3, 2020 2020 IPA Final 4 Series (best-of seven) Ruthlandian Union CL's McCullough Stops Bobcats 4-0 Ralph McCullough was beaming today after the Crystal Lake right-hander blanked the Beechwood Bobcats 4-0 on 6 hits at Trumpy Donald Stadium to take a huge step toward the Pro Cup Finals... the Crushers took a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series... McCullough (1-1 5.82) has been terrible in three of his five postseason starts after winning 23 games in the regular season... but he came through today in the crucial fourth game of the RU Final 4 Series with a superb performance, fanning 7 and walking 3... plus McCullough had to beat the Beechwood ace, Billy Ray... Ray (2-1 1.36) went the distance and only surrendered 2 earned runs on 7 hits in losing for the first time in this year's playoffs... 1B Phil Gravelli (.314) doubled in the first Crystal Lake run in the first inning... the Crushers increased it to 4-0 in the second frame on RF Jed Franks' (.259) sac fly, CF Andy McGee's (.268) ground-out and 2B Greg Murphy's (.262) base hit. Tycobbian Union Nats Even Final 4, KO Zorros 6-3 In game four of the TU Final 4 in Ozarka, the Naturals bolted ahead with 4 runs in the eighth inning against Tiago Torres to whip Luxora 6-3 and even up the series at two victories each... Trailing 3-2 the Nats tied it up on SS James Couch's (.368) sacrifice fly, then went ahead on C Frank Kiffin's (.313) RBI single... Kiffin leads the Naturals with 11 RBIs in the playoffs and Couch had driven in 10... 2B Todd Chadwich's (.167) triple and CF Tony Genassi's (.250) single completed the scoring... Benny Osterman (2-1 1.91) hurled a solid game to defeat 25-game winner Torres... Osterman struck out 8 in 8 innings, permitting 3 runs and 7 hits, walking only 2... closer Josh Carpenter pitched a perfect 1-2-3 ninth for the save... Torres (2-2 2.6) lost it as he was ripped for 5 runs and 9 hits in his 7+ frames... 1B Jim Gurney (.306) paced the Zorros with 3 hits... CF Francisco Ortega (.205) added 2 hits and 2 runs batted in. Last edited by Eugene Church; 08-13-2022 at 10:36 PM.