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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Saturday, September 25, 2038
2038 IPA ELITE 8 SERIES
Ruthlandian Union
DIAMONDS DUMP REDHAWKS 9-6 IN GAME 5
The Claxton Diamonds glistened again on the road to take their second straight win from the Far Mountain Redhawks... the Diamonds belted 15 hits in a 9-6 thrashing to take a 3-2 edge in the best-of-seven IPA Elite 8 Series... SS Stevie Wynn (.250) had 3 hits and 4 RBIs and 2B Gary Colton (.429) went 3-for 5 with 2 runs batted in to lead the Claxton offense... the Diamonds led 7-0 after four frames and then held off the Redhawks.
In an uneven outing Stan Yudash (1-1/4.30) chalked up the victory by going 7.2 innings, allowing 3 runs on 8 hits with 6 walks and 5 strikeouts... Dennis Sasek (1-1/3.21) lost the decision by giving up 7 runs on 11 hits in 5 innings... Far Mountain's LF Harman Silver (.263) and 1B John Burrell (.235) provided all of their runs via 3-run roundtrippers.
Tycobbian Union
HAWKS ADVANCE, KO TURON IN 5 GAMES
Both clubs are better known by their pitching, but today in game five of the IPA Elite 8 Series at the Hawk's Nest, the Hawks' bats beat off the Turon Typhoons 10-8 in a slugfest to eliminate them four games to one... LF Adam Thurgood blasted two homers to power North Hills into the TU title round against the La Claire Lynx, who sent Tuckanarra home for the year with a 4-1 victory in games.
The Hawks hammered out 12 hits in all with LF Thurgood (.200) getting 3 of them and batting in 5 runs... Thurgood now has 3 homers in the series... RF Gerry Rice (.235) drove in 2 runs for the winners... and 2B Tommy Vavas (.211) went 2-for-3, scored three and had an RBI... The Typhoons collected 12 hits with Kingsford (.435) having 4 of them, including a grand slammer and double... CF J. P. Trevenot (.350) had 3 and drove in a pair of runs... two others had 2 hits each, 2B Marty Gibson (.273) and 3B George Jordan (.182).
North Hills took the lead 5-3 in the last of the fifth, increased it to 8-3 with 3 in the seventh and padded it to 10-4 in the eighth, then beat back Turon's rally in the ninth... winner David Michael (2-0/1.47) deserved better... he was victimized by defensive lapses that cost him 2 unearned runs... Michael went 8 innings and surrendered 4 runs on 8 hits... Killer Kane gave up 4 runs in the top of the ninth before Joey Santini came in and quelled the uprising, getting his second save of the postseason... Clyde Engstrom (0-1/3.38) had a rough outing and pick the loss... he was mauled for 5 runs in 6 innings, departing with Hawks ahead 5-3.
NORMAN'S 3-RUN HR SENDS LYNX TO TU FINAL
Capitol Park Stadium went absolutely wild in the eighth inning when 2B Sam Norman (.250) crushed a 3-run home run to give the hometown La Claire Lynx a 6-4 victory over favored Tuckanarra in game five of the IPA Elite Series... for the second year in a row underdog La Claire got the best of the powerhouse Blue Jays and they will now take on the North Hills Hawks for the Tycobbian title and the right to advance to the ultimate - the IPA Pro Cup Finals.
Up until Norman's crucial clout, Junior Bristow seemed to have things going Tuckanarra's way... heading into the eighth Bristow had a 4-3 lead and just needed 6 more outs... but he didn't get them... Bristow (0-2/6.32) went the distance in defeat, allowed six runs with four of them earned... Pat Kovacs left after 6 innings trailing 4-3... he gave up 3 earned runs and 9 hits with 9 Ks... Sven Bendixen (2-0/0.00) got his second win in the series... he held the Tucks hitless and without a run in the seventh and eighth... closer Terry Baird (1.80) retired the Blue Jays in order in the ninth for this third save. Tuckanarra outhit La Claire 10-9... 2B Nicky Weill (.588) went 2-for-3 in game five and drove in all four Blue Jay scores... Weill had a fabulous series in defeat with 2 homers and 10 RBIs.
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