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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, October 2, 2035
2035 IPA Pro Cup Final 4 Series
(best-of-seven)
Ruthlandian Union
WALESKA WHACKS ELNORA 9-0, HASKELL BLANKS 'EM
Game three played at Westerner Field in Waleska was no contest... young lefty Tony Haskell blanked Elnora 9-0 on 9 hits as the Westerners did everything right to take a 2-1 edge in the best-of-seven Ruthlandian Union Final 4... Haskell (3-0/2.08) rang up his third postseason win with a fine outing, striking out 7 and walking only 2... Waleska jumped on Dan Pitts (1-1/5.23) for 8 runs in the first two innings and never looked back.
Light-hitting SS Rusty Adler (.286) again showed the way with 2 hits and 3 RBIs... Adler now has 9 RBIs in the postseason, tops on the Westerners... 3B Dorak Aranda (.269) had a 2-run double and LF Loco Dillinger (.258) and C Tony Brinkerhoff (.321) chipped in with 2 hits and 2 runs each... CF Clive Kenyon (.448) stood out for the All-Stars with a perfect 3-for-3 day.
Tycobbian Union
SAN ALEJO SLAMS TUCKS 7-3 IN 10 TO LEAD SERIES
On the road in Tuckanarra, San Alejo roared back after trailing 3-0 after 5 innings in game three of the Tycobbian Union Final 4... the Montaneros tied it up 3-3 in the sixth and then smacked the Blue Jays with 4 more in the top of the tenth to win going away 7-4... Filipe Zamora singled in the winning run... and Oscar Velazquez and pinchhitter Walt King tacked on 3 more insurance runs... Velazquez singled in 2 of them and King's base hit bagged the other one... San Alejo now has a 2-1 lead in the series.
The Montaneros racked up 13 hits and were paced by 2B Derek Kristensen (.367), rookie RF Gilberto Duarte (.250), CF Dusty Rogan (.367) and C Filipe Zamora (.259), all with a pair of hits... Tuckanarra was held to 6 hits and were led by C Timmy Stevens (.306) and LF Lorne Evans (.316) with 2 hits apiece.
San Alejo got strong relief work from Clete Lawson and Frank Jankowski... they held the Blue Jays hitless and scoreless the last 6 innings... starter Ollie Olivares worked the first 5 frames and permitted 3 runs on 6 hits... Lawson (1-0/0.00) was the winner as he worked the sixth through the ninth, fanning 4 and walking no one... Jankowski hurled a perfect 1-2-3 tenth... Tuckanarra got a good starting effort from Junior Bristow, who went 9 innings, allowed 8 hits, struck out 9 and walked 3... James Warner (1-2/8.22) caught the loss when the Monties mauled him in the tenth.
Last edited by Eugene Church; 03-24-2013 at 07:32 PM.
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