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Eugene Church · 03-25-2013, 09:43 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, October 9, 2035

PRO CUP TOSS-UP ACCORDING TO PROS
It will be number-two seed Elnora against number-three seed Tuckanarra in the IPA Pro Cup Finals this year... however, the baseball writers are choosing the Tucks to take the title in a seven-game series because of its very strong starting pitching... the Pro Cup Finals will get underway tomorrow afternoon at State Fair Park in Elnora, the site of the first two games... games three through five will be at Central Park Stadium in Tuckanarra... if needed, games six and seven will be hosted by Elnora.

Tuckanarra manager Carlton "Lefty" Stevens will go with his impressive threesome of Bobby Reid (20-12/2.49), Junior Bristow (22-11/2.51) and Rudy Rosario (20-12/3.16), all 20-game winners this season... the Blue Jays staff subdued powerful San Alejo, the number-one seed, who dethroned last year's IPA champion North Hills in first-round action... but it will be quite a job to contend with the hard-hitting All-Stars, sparked by a slew of hot hitters that posted a .281 team batting, tied with Chicopee of the Tycobbian Union for the the IPA lead... Elnora ranked second in scoring, topped only by Sugar Valley in the Ruthlandian Union... the top batters in the regular season were 3B Danny Bierhoff (.330), CF Clive Kenyon (.330), SS James Couch (.313), LF Clint Thomas (.301) and 2B Akihiro Samurakami (.297)... in the postseason Kenyon is hitting .522, Bierhoff .417, Couch .348, RF Travis Glass .317 and Samurakami is batting .314... Reid (3-1/3.18), Rosario (2-1/1.65) and Bristow (2-1/2.91) have stood out during the playoffs and will be the key to Tuckanarra's chances in the Pro Cup... Elnora needs success from its number-three starter Freddy Pfeffer to win the IPA crown.

Skipper Leon Carter has a fine mound staff, too, headed up by Jeremy Sellers (20-8/2.51) and Stan Kivas (22-10/3.27), but not as strong as Tuckanarra's... give the All-Stars a slight edge in the bullpen... Elnora's number-three starter will be veteran Freddy Pfeffer (7-6/2.84), who was used mainly in the bullpen this year except for some spot starts... Carter moved him into the rotation after Dan Pitts (19-11/3.41) struggled in his postseason starts... Sellers is 3-2 in the playoffs with a 2.78 ERA in 5 starts, while Kivas is 2-0 with a superb 1.06 ERA in 4 starts... Pfeffer is 1-0 in 6 relief appearances with one save and a 5.00 ERA... the Tucks are no slouches at the plate with a .269 team BA (4th) and rank second in scoring in the TU... the Blue Jays went deep 168 times, while the All-Stars had 132 roundtrippers... RF Spade Weldon (.306) and SS Eddie Darby (.304) top them as far as average... the power hitters are superstud LF Lorne Evans with 39 homers and 125 RBIs, 1B Josh George with 26 home runs and 96 RBIs and CF Pancho Villa with 22 homers and 93 RBIs... in the postseason CF Cobo Madija (.467), C Timmy Stevens (.347), 2B Jim Cuervas (.316) and RF Spade Weldon (.305) have been the offensive leaders... the Blue Jays have outhomered the All-Stars 9 to 6... defensively both clubs are only average... Elnora had a .971 FA and Tuckanarra chalked up a .972 fielding mark.

This will Tuckanarra's fifth try in the Pro Cup Finals... they have won it twice, in 2023 and 2024, and lost it twice in 2013 and 2028... Elnora is back for only its second trip... they won it just two years ago with pretty much the same team.

03-25-2013, 09:43 PM	#3474
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,917	*THE ISLANDIAN TIMES* Tuesday, October 9, 2035 PRO CUP TOSS-UP ACCORDING TO PROS It will be number-two seed Elnora against number-three seed Tuckanarra in the IPA Pro Cup Finals this year... however, the baseball writers are choosing the Tucks to take the title in a seven-game series because of its very strong starting pitching... the Pro Cup Finals will get underway tomorrow afternoon at State Fair Park in Elnora, the site of the first two games... games three through five will be at Central Park Stadium in Tuckanarra... if needed, games six and seven will be hosted by Elnora. Tuckanarra manager Carlton "Lefty" Stevens will go with his impressive threesome of Bobby Reid (20-12/2.49), Junior Bristow (22-11/2.51) and Rudy Rosario (20-12/3.16), all 20-game winners this season... the Blue Jays staff subdued powerful San Alejo, the number-one seed, who dethroned last year's IPA champion North Hills in first-round action... but it will be quite a job to contend with the hard-hitting All-Stars, sparked by a slew of hot hitters that posted a .281 team batting, tied with Chicopee of the Tycobbian Union for the the IPA lead... Elnora ranked second in scoring, topped only by Sugar Valley in the Ruthlandian Union... the top batters in the regular season were 3B Danny Bierhoff (.330), CF Clive Kenyon (.330), SS James Couch (.313), LF Clint Thomas (.301) and 2B Akihiro Samurakami (.297)... in the postseason Kenyon is hitting .522, Bierhoff .417, Couch .348, RF Travis Glass .317 and Samurakami is batting .314... Reid (3-1/3.18), Rosario (2-1/1.65) and Bristow (2-1/2.91) have stood out during the playoffs and will be the key to Tuckanarra's chances in the Pro Cup... Elnora needs success from its number-three starter Freddy Pfeffer to win the IPA crown. Skipper Leon Carter has a fine mound staff, too, headed up by Jeremy Sellers (20-8/2.51) and Stan Kivas (22-10/3.27), but not as strong as Tuckanarra's... give the All-Stars a slight edge in the bullpen... Elnora's number-three starter will be veteran Freddy Pfeffer (7-6/2.84), who was used mainly in the bullpen this year except for some spot starts... Carter moved him into the rotation after Dan Pitts (19-11/3.41) struggled in his postseason starts... Sellers is 3-2 in the playoffs with a 2.78 ERA in 5 starts, while Kivas is 2-0 with a superb 1.06 ERA in 4 starts... Pfeffer is 1-0 in 6 relief appearances with one save and a 5.00 ERA... the Tucks are no slouches at the plate with a .269 team BA (4th) and rank second in scoring in the TU... the Blue Jays went deep 168 times, while the All-Stars had 132 roundtrippers... RF Spade Weldon (.306) and SS Eddie Darby (.304) top them as far as average... the power hitters are superstud LF Lorne Evans with 39 homers and 125 RBIs, 1B Josh George with 26 home runs and 96 RBIs and CF Pancho Villa with 22 homers and 93 RBIs... in the postseason CF Cobo Madija (.467), C Timmy Stevens (.347), 2B Jim Cuervas (.316) and RF Spade Weldon (.305) have been the offensive leaders... the Blue Jays have outhomered the All-Stars 9 to 6... defensively both clubs are only average... Elnora had a .971 FA and Tuckanarra chalked up a .972 fielding mark. This will Tuckanarra's fifth try in the Pro Cup Finals... they have won it twice, in 2023 and 2024, and lost it twice in 2013 and 2028... Elnora is back for only its second trip... they won it just two years ago with pretty much the same team.