THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, October 9, 2035
2035 IPA Pro Cup Series - Game 1
TUCKS' REID BEATS ELNORA IN OPENER 4-2
Who will win the Pro Cup?... the big-time bats of Elnora or the big-time pitchers of Tuckanarra?... in the opener of the IPA Pro Cup Series it was the pitching that prevailed... Tuckanarra's chubby fireballer Bobby Reid handled the Elnora All-Stars pretty well, checking them on just 3 hits in 8 sharp innings en route to a 4-2 triumph... Reid, a 20-game winner in the regular season, struck out 6 and walked 4 for the victory... Reid is now 4-1 in the playoffs with a 2.79 ERA... Reid left with a 4-1 lead... reliever Paul Marston had a tough time closing it out as he was banged around for 3 hits and a run before he got the save... the Blue Jays racked up 13 hits for the win, all off of Jeremy Sellers (3-3/3.09), who worked 8 innings and allowed all 4 runs.
The visiting Blue Jays took the lead 2-0 in the top of the third on an RBI groundout by Reid (.200) and an RBI single by C Timmy Stevens (.396)... and added another in the next frame on a sacrifice fly by 3B Narra Gilyinju (.241)... Tuckanarra tallied its final run in the seventh when CF Cobar Madija (.412) grounded out and plated SS Eddie Darby... the All-Stars got a run in the bottom of the seventh on C Jan Kobak's (.371) double cutting the lead to 4-1... Elnora closed out the scoring in the last of the ninth on a double by RF Travis Glass (.318)... Darby (.288) and Stevens (.396) sparked the Tucks with 4 hits apiece, while Kobak was 3-for-3 for Elnora... CF Clive Kenyon continued his hot postseason hitting with 2 hits and 2 walks for the All-Stars... in 13 games Kenyon is a remarkable 26 for 48 and sports a .542 batting average.
Last edited by Eugene Church; 03-29-2013 at 02:09 PM.
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