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Eugene Church · 08-14-2013, 04:28 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Saturday, September 25, 2038

2038 IPA ELITE 8 SERIES

Ruthlandian Union

COLFAX UPSETS SV, SWEEPS RATTLERS
The Colfax Blasters continued it torrid second-half pace right into the IPA playoffs by sweeping the Pro Cup favorite Sugar Valley Rattlers... the Blasters made quick work of the Rattlers with surprisingly good pitching... young Ray Maxon (1-0) finished off Sugar Valley in grand style 2-1, holding their potent offense to just 4 hits... Maxon walked 4 and struck out 4 in a complete game, outpitching Josh Wilkerson (0-1), who permitted 2 runs, only one earned, 7 hits with 3 Ks and no walks... the game was scoreless until the ninth... Sugar Valley scored first when CF Bobby Gamble (.143) walked, stole second and third, then rode home of LF Tyler White's (.214) sac fly... Colfax came right back to win it in the bottom of the ninth on C Mitch Fullerton's (.400) RBI single and LF Chet Penn's (.313) game-winning double... Colfax was rated sixth in the Pro Cup poll.

The Blasters will now wait on the Far Mountain-Claxton winner.

NATHAN KNOTS SERIES, CLAXTON NUDGES FM 3-2
Playing on the road at Sky High Stadium in Far Mountain, the Claxton Diamonds knotted up the IPA Elite 8 Series at two games apiece with a 3-2 victory... winner Sam Nathan (1-0) fired 8 sharp innings, allowed only 2 unearned runs, fanned 6 and issued 4 walks... closer Mark Richter logged his first save this postseason with a perfect ninth inning... losing pitcher Chad Cummings (0-1) went the route and tossed a good game, too... he gave up only 2 earned runs, had 5 strikeouts and walked only one batter... the Diamonds scored 2 in the third and one in the sixth before the Redhawks tallied single runs in the seventh and eighth.

Claxton totaled 8 hits and were led by 2B Gerry Colton (.375) and RF Doug Mayberry (.222) with a couple of hits each... C Jaan Hoogendoorn (.133), 1B Jojo DeLucca (.267) and LF Foxy Fuchs (.200) drove in the runs... RF Gilbert Bauer (.067) and 3B Gene Holloway (.429) had RBIs for the Redhawks.

Tycobbian Union

HAWKS BEST TYPHOONS 4-3 IN 11, UP 3-1 IN SERIES
At home at the Hawk's Nest, North Hills bested Turon 4-3 in 11 innings to go ahead 3-1 in the best-of-seven Elite 8 Series... the Hawks had to come behind twice to pull out the win... C Mikhail Romanovsky (.133) sent the game into extra innings when he singled in 3B Jim McDermott (.250) from second base... SS Norris Henry (.455) singled in the winning run in the last of the 11th... Joey Santini (1-0), in relief of Tony Mack, got the win with 2 scoreless frames... Mack worked a solid 9 innings, yielded 3 runs on 8 hits... the defeat went to Turon starter Nate Scottsdale (0-1), who worked into the 11th, allowed 4 runs and 9 hits.

The Hawks led 2-0 after 2 innings... Turon tied it up in the third and went in front in the top of the ninth 3-2, but couldn't hold the lead... both clubs notched 10 hits each... North Hills' top bats were CF Kris Anastas (.278) with 3 for 4... Henry went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs and McDermott (.250) was 2-5 with an RBI... CF J. P. Trevenot (.250) paced the Typhoons at the plate with 2 RBIs... LF Dennis Kaiser (.231) added 2 hits and an RBI.

LA CLAIRE WALLOPS TUCKS 8-5, NOW LEAD 3-1
It's the same old story... underdog La Claire is putting it to the highly-heralded Tuckanarra Blue Jays for the second successive season in the IPA Elite 8 Series... the Lynx slammed 16 hits and walloped the Blue Jays 8-5 to capture their third triumph in four games... one more win and La Claire advances to the Tycobbian title round, while for the second year in a row favored Tuckanarra gets an abrupt heave-ho from the Pro Cup playoffs.

The Lynx lashed into the Tucks for a 8-0 lead after 7 innings and then survived a belated rally by the Blue Jays, who scored 5 times in the eighth... John Page (1-0) went all the way for the win... he permitted 5 runs on 9 hits with 4 walks and 3 Ks... Philip Marston (0-1) caught the loss... he was ripped for 15 hits and 8 runs in 6.2 innings.

Offensively La Claire was sparked by C Biggie Mondale (.800)... he had 3 hits and a 3-run homer... 1B Stan Hynoski (.500) also had 3 hits and drove in a pair of runs... RF Bob Balfour (.500) had 2 doubles, an RBI and a run scored... 2B Rog Clemens (.333) scored 3 times, batted in one and socked 2 hits... RF Lorne Evans (.294) and C John Paul (.538) provided all of the Blue Jays' runs... Evans had a grand slam and Paul a solo shot back-to-back in the eighth... both of them have gone deep three times each in the series.

08-14-2013, 04:28 PM	#3664
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,988	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Saturday, September 25, 2038 2038 IPA ELITE 8 SERIES Ruthlandian Union COLFAX UPSETS SV, SWEEPS RATTLERS The Colfax Blasters continued it torrid second-half pace right into the IPA playoffs by sweeping the Pro Cup favorite Sugar Valley Rattlers... the Blasters made quick work of the Rattlers with surprisingly good pitching... young Ray Maxon (1-0) finished off Sugar Valley in grand style 2-1, holding their potent offense to just 4 hits... Maxon walked 4 and struck out 4 in a complete game, outpitching Josh Wilkerson (0-1), who permitted 2 runs, only one earned, 7 hits with 3 Ks and no walks... the game was scoreless until the ninth... Sugar Valley scored first when CF Bobby Gamble (.143) walked, stole second and third, then rode home of LF Tyler White's (.214) sac fly... Colfax came right back to win it in the bottom of the ninth on C Mitch Fullerton's (.400) RBI single and LF Chet Penn's (.313) game-winning double... Colfax was rated sixth in the Pro Cup poll. The Blasters will now wait on the Far Mountain-Claxton winner. NATHAN KNOTS SERIES, CLAXTON NUDGES FM 3-2 Playing on the road at Sky High Stadium in Far Mountain, the Claxton Diamonds knotted up the IPA Elite 8 Series at two games apiece with a 3-2 victory... winner Sam Nathan (1-0) fired 8 sharp innings, allowed only 2 unearned runs, fanned 6 and issued 4 walks... closer Mark Richter logged his first save this postseason with a perfect ninth inning... losing pitcher Chad Cummings (0-1) went the route and tossed a good game, too... he gave up only 2 earned runs, had 5 strikeouts and walked only one batter... the Diamonds scored 2 in the third and one in the sixth before the Redhawks tallied single runs in the seventh and eighth. Claxton totaled 8 hits and were led by 2B Gerry Colton (.375) and RF Doug Mayberry (.222) with a couple of hits each... C Jaan Hoogendoorn (.133), 1B Jojo DeLucca (.267) and LF Foxy Fuchs (.200) drove in the runs... RF Gilbert Bauer (.067) and 3B Gene Holloway (.429) had RBIs for the Redhawks. Tycobbian Union HAWKS BEST TYPHOONS 4-3 IN 11, UP 3-1 IN SERIES At home at the Hawk's Nest, North Hills bested Turon 4-3 in 11 innings to go ahead 3-1 in the best-of-seven Elite 8 Series... the Hawks had to come behind twice to pull out the win... C Mikhail Romanovsky (.133) sent the game into extra innings when he singled in 3B Jim McDermott (.250) from second base... SS Norris Henry (.455) singled in the winning run in the last of the 11th... Joey Santini (1-0), in relief of Tony Mack, got the win with 2 scoreless frames... Mack worked a solid 9 innings, yielded 3 runs on 8 hits... the defeat went to Turon starter Nate Scottsdale (0-1), who worked into the 11th, allowed 4 runs and 9 hits. The Hawks led 2-0 after 2 innings... Turon tied it up in the third and went in front in the top of the ninth 3-2, but couldn't hold the lead... both clubs notched 10 hits each... North Hills' top bats were CF Kris Anastas (.278) with 3 for 4... Henry went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs and McDermott (.250) was 2-5 with an RBI... CF J. P. Trevenot (.250) paced the Typhoons at the plate with 2 RBIs... LF Dennis Kaiser (.231) added 2 hits and an RBI. LA CLAIRE WALLOPS TUCKS 8-5, NOW LEAD 3-1 It's the same old story... underdog La Claire is putting it to the highly-heralded Tuckanarra Blue Jays for the second successive season in the IPA Elite 8 Series... the Lynx slammed 16 hits and walloped the Blue Jays 8-5 to capture their third triumph in four games... one more win and La Claire advances to the Tycobbian title round, while for the second year in a row favored Tuckanarra gets an abrupt heave-ho from the Pro Cup playoffs. The Lynx lashed into the Tucks for a 8-0 lead after 7 innings and then survived a belated rally by the Blue Jays, who scored 5 times in the eighth... John Page (1-0) went all the way for the win... he permitted 5 runs on 9 hits with 4 walks and 3 Ks... Philip Marston (0-1) caught the loss... he was ripped for 15 hits and 8 runs in 6.2 innings. Offensively La Claire was sparked by C Biggie Mondale (.800)... he had 3 hits and a 3-run homer... 1B Stan Hynoski (.500) also had 3 hits and drove in a pair of runs... RF Bob Balfour (.500) had 2 doubles, an RBI and a run scored... 2B Rog Clemens (.333) scored 3 times, batted in one and socked 2 hits... RF Lorne Evans (.294) and C John Paul (.538) provided all of the Blue Jays' runs... Evans had a grand slam and Paul a solo shot back-to-back in the eighth... both of them have gone deep three times each in the series. Last edited by Eugene Church; 08-14-2013 at 04:30 PM.