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Eugene Church · 01-14-2013, 05:23 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Saturday, October 14, 2034

2034 IPA Pro Cup Finals - Game 5
(best-of-seven)

Crushers Trounce Hawks 9-4, Still In Series
Behind in the Pro Cup Finals three games to one and on the verge of elimination, Crystal Lake trounced North Hills 9-4 in game five to cut into the Hawks' huge lead... the Crusher bats came alive with 13 hits and got a gutsy outing from Dennis Mills, who tossed a complete game... still North Hills has a three games to two edge in the series and needs just one more win to wrap up its first IPA Pro Cup... the rest of the games will be played at the Hawk's Nest in North Hills.

Crystal Lake broke open a 4-4 game with 2 runs in the last of the fifth and added a single score in the sixth and finished off the Hawks with two more in the eighth... CF Teke Holmes (.309) led the attack with 4-4, 2 runs and an RBI... 1B Big Sam Takota (.299) and C Stan Stanek (.329) drove in 2 runs apiece... and LF Pat Dillon (.273) went 2-for-4 and scored 3 times.

Mills had a rocky start and gave up 4 runs in the first 4 frames, but then settled down and shut out the Hawks over the final 5 innings... Mills (3-0/2.57) permitted 10 hits, walked none and fanned 4 and remained unbeaten in the playoffs this year... LF Adam Thurgood (.442) got to him for a 2-run homer in the first, his 5th in the postseason and 3B Dean O'Donnell (.347) chipped in with a solo job in the third... O'Donnell has gone deep 3 times in the playoffs... Jeff Owens (1-4/3.72) suffered the loss as he was tagged for 7 runs in 6 innings.

North Hills manager Todd Simons has right-hander Nelson Hooper (12-10/2.98) scheduled to go in game six, while Crystal Lake skipper Baby George has southpaw Douglas Merrill (16-16/3.70) on the mound. So far in the postseason Hooper is 2-3 with a 5.03 ERA and Merrill is 2-2 with a 3.24 ERA... Hooper got the best of Merrill in game three 5-3.

Should the series go full length, the Hawks' David Michael (26-13/2.80) and the Crushers' Arnie Cason (21-5/2.84) will get the calls in game seven... Michael has already beaten Cason 5-4 and 6-1 in games one and four respectively... Michael is 7-0 with a 1.96 ERA in the playoffs, while Cason is 2-4 with a 3.24 ERA... Michael topped the IPA with 26 wins this year, tied with J. J. Gillespie (26-13/2.06) of Cold Creek in the Ruthlandian Union.

01-14-2013, 05:23 PM	#3400
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,944	*THE ISLANDIAN TIMES* Saturday, October 14, 2034 2034 IPA Pro Cup Finals - Game 5 (best-of-seven) Crushers Trounce Hawks 9-4, Still In Series Behind in the Pro Cup Finals three games to one and on the verge of elimination, Crystal Lake trounced North Hills 9-4 in game five to cut into the Hawks' huge lead... the Crusher bats came alive with 13 hits and got a gutsy outing from Dennis Mills, who tossed a complete game... still North Hills has a three games to two edge in the series and needs just one more win to wrap up its first IPA Pro Cup... the rest of the games will be played at the Hawk's Nest in North Hills. Crystal Lake broke open a 4-4 game with 2 runs in the last of the fifth and added a single score in the sixth and finished off the Hawks with two more in the eighth... CF Teke Holmes (.309) led the attack with 4-4, 2 runs and an RBI... 1B Big Sam Takota (.299) and C Stan Stanek (.329) drove in 2 runs apiece... and LF Pat Dillon (.273) went 2-for-4 and scored 3 times. Mills had a rocky start and gave up 4 runs in the first 4 frames, but then settled down and shut out the Hawks over the final 5 innings... Mills (3-0/2.57) permitted 10 hits, walked none and fanned 4 and remained unbeaten in the playoffs this year... LF Adam Thurgood (.442) got to him for a 2-run homer in the first, his 5th in the postseason and 3B Dean O'Donnell (.347) chipped in with a solo job in the third... O'Donnell has gone deep 3 times in the playoffs... Jeff Owens (1-4/3.72) suffered the loss as he was tagged for 7 runs in 6 innings. North Hills manager Todd Simons has right-hander Nelson Hooper (12-10/2.98) scheduled to go in game six, while Crystal Lake skipper Baby George has southpaw Douglas Merrill (16-16/3.70) on the mound. So far in the postseason Hooper is 2-3 with a 5.03 ERA and Merrill is 2-2 with a 3.24 ERA... Hooper got the best of Merrill in game three 5-3. Should the series go full length, the Hawks' David Michael (26-13/2.80) and the Crushers' Arnie Cason (21-5/2.84) will get the calls in game seven... Michael has already beaten Cason 5-4 and 6-1 in games one and four respectively... Michael is 7-0 with a 1.96 ERA in the playoffs, while Cason is 2-4 with a 3.24 ERA... Michael topped the IPA with 26 wins this year, tied with J. J. Gillespie (26-13/2.06) of Cold Creek in the Ruthlandian Union.