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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Thursday, September 20, 2035
2035 IPA Pro Cup Elite 8 Series
(best-of-seven)
Ruthlandian Union
V'S VICTORIOUS IN OPENER, BARTON TOUGH
Journeyman Sammy Barton got the opening game start for underdog Volusia against heavily-favored Elnora and the slim southpaw throttled the All-Stars 4-2, holding them to just 4 hits and 2 runs in 8 innings... Barton (1-0) got the win with one-inning help from Marv Webb, who sat Elnora down in order... Barton struck out 5 and walked 3 in a strong performance... during the season Barton was 4-3 mainly as a reliever and sometime starter... he was given the start by manager Alfonso Feliz because the All-Stars have trouble against lefties.
The loss went to 20-game winner Jeremy Sellers (0-1), who worked 8 good innings, but was done in by shoddy defense... Sellers allowed 3 runs, but only none of them was earned... after three scoreless innings, Volusia scored 3 runs in the top of the fourth with 3B Ryan Krychek, SS Sal Higgins and Barton droving in the runs... in the bottom of the fifth Elnora cut it to 3-2 on a 2-run homer by 3B Danny Bierhoff... the V's got their last score in the ninth on pinchhitter Rodrigo Camara's sacrifice fly.
WALESKA EDGES LAGRANGE 3-2 IN GAME ONE
In game one of the Ruthlandian Elite 8 at Westerner Field in Waleska, the hometowners got the best of the visiting LaGrange Sports 3-2... Tony Haskell whipped Walt Thurber in a battle of left-handers... Haskell (1-0) went the distance, gave up 7 hits and 2 runs, while fanning 5 and walking 2... Thurber (0-1) worked into the seventh, yielding 3 runs on 9 hits with 4 Ks and 2 walks.
LaGrange took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth when 1B Chris Charbonnier drove in a run with an RBI groundout and another run came in via a wild pitch... the Westerners got a run in the fifth on a triple by 3B Dorak Aranda and a groundout by 1B Glenn Childress... in the sixth LF Loco Dillinger tied the score with an RBI single and C Tony Brinkerhoff doubled in the eventual game-winning run... Aranda and Brinkerhoff led Waleska with 2 hits apiece.
Tycobbian Union
MONTIES POWER PAST HAWKS 8-5 WITH 4 HR
The pitching matchup never materialized between two elite IPA hurlers... the bats prevailed in the opening game of the Tycobbian Elite 8 Series... San Alejo hammered 4 out of the park to triumph 8-5 over the defending Pro Cup champion North Hills Hawks at the Casa de Beisbol... 1B Omar Velazquez cracked two of them and batted in 3 runs... rookie RF Gilberto Duarte had a 2-run clout and batted in 3... and pinchhitter Jed Armstrong belted a solo shot.
Johnny Brown (1-0) had a rough outing, but pitched a complete game... he permitted 12 hits and 5 runs, struck out 6 and issued 4 bases on balls... last year's Pro Cup MVP David Michael was pounded for 6 runs and 8 hits in his 5 innings... it was the first postseason loss for Michael in his career... he was a perfect 7-0 going into the game... Brown was 23-11 this season, while Michael was 17-10.
SS Dean O'Donnell paced the Hawks with 3-5 and 2 RBIs... he homered in seventh... 2B Tommy Vavas also went 3-5 in defeat... North Hills outhit San Alejo 12 to 10.
BRAVES BOMB BLUE JAYS 10-5 IN GAME 1
The powerful Chicopee Braves showed their stuff on the road at Central Park Stadium in Tuckanarra as they roundly bombed the Blue Jays 10-5 in game one of the Tycobbian Elite 8... the Braves blistered them for 12 hits and soundly defeated Bobby Reid (0-1), ace of the Blue Jays... Chicopee's starter Byron Wilson (1-0) fared better, giving up 3 runs on 7 hits in his 6 frames... Wilson departed with a 7-3 lead and two Brave relievers preserved the victory for him... Reid left after allowing 7 runs and 7 hits in just 3-plus innings.
1B Kurt Gustavsen sparked the winners with three hits and 3 RBIs, including a 2-run homer... Big George Shunkaha also collected 3 hits... CF Pancho Villa and 2B Jim Cuervas went deep for the Blue Jays... Villa had 3 hits, while Cuervas and RF Spade Weldon had 2 each.
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