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Eugene Church · 08-27-2013, 03:35 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, October 5, 2038

2038 IPA FINAL 4 SERIES

Ruthlandian Union

REDHAWKS ADVANCE TO PRO CUP FINALS
It only took five games for Far Mountain to defeat favored Colfax in the Ruthlandian title series... the Redhawks outlasted the Blasters 6-5 in an extra-inning thriller that went 13 innings... back-to-back two-baggers by Gilbert Bauer and Kyle Ainslie produced the winning run... Far Mountain will be returning to the Pro Cup Finals for the first time in almost 30 years... they won the Pro Cup an unprecedented three times in a row from 2011 to 2013... this season is their first postseason appearance since 2025.

The Redhawks had a 15-13 hit advantage and were led by RF Kyle Gottwald (.500) and 3B Kyle Ainslie (.391), who each were 3-5 and drove in 2 runs... 2B Johnny Kaufman (.455) and C Lou Ranson (.256) both chipped in with 2 hits... the Blasters' best bats were LF Chet Penn (.342) with 3 hits and 3 RBIs and SS Gerry Sives (.378) with 4 hits and 2 runs scored... RF Paul Meadows (.500) also collected 2 hits.

Far Mountain leaped out to a 4-0 first-inning lead, only to have Colfax rebound with 3 in the bottom half of the inning... the Redhawks increased it to 5-3 in the top of the seventh and the Blasters cut it to 5-4 in the last of the seventh... Colfax scored a single run in the eighth to deadlock it at 5-5 and sent it to overtime.

From then on the Redhawks got splendid relief pitching as Keith Griggs and Kippy Wilhelm blanked the Blasters the rest of the game... Griggs tossed 3 innings and allowed 2 hits, while Wilhelm (1-0/0.00) chalked up the win with 2 scoreless innings, retiring all 6 men he faced... the loss went to Nilos Andris (0-1/6.75), who was tagged for 2 hits and a run in his 1.1 innings.

Far Mountain manager and IPA Hall-of-Famer Don Nichols is tremendously excited to be returning to the Pro Cup championship again after so many years. He was a standout shortstop for the three-time IPA title winners. "Winning the Pro Cup as a player three years in a row was a once-in-a-lifetime experience... I never dreamed I would return as a manager... I just hope we can keep playing good ball and bring the Pro Cup trophy back to Far Mountain again."

Tycobbian Union

MCDERMOTT'S 3-RUN HR PUTS HAWKS IN LEAD
Thanks to Jim McDermott's 3-run home-run smash in the top of the seventh North Hills now has a 3-2 edge in its Tycobbian title series with La Claire... until then, the Hawks' hopes were looking thin as they trailed 3-1 after 6 innings, held in check by the Lynx's ace Pat Kovacs... McDermott's clutch hit gave the Hawks a 4-3 lead in game five, played at Capitol Park Stadium in La Claire... in the same inning Norris Henry's double and Kiril Ivonoski's RBI single gave the Hawks an insurance run on the way to a 5-3 victory.

David Michael (3-1/1.73) continued to thrive in the playoffs with a solid outing... he worked 8 innings, fanned 5, walked none and allowed 3 runs on 7 hits... Joey Santini (1-0/0.00/3 saves) registered his third save with a perfect ninth... losing pitcher Kovacs (0-1/4.68) had a rough time as he was tagged for 8 hits and 5 runs in 7 innings... Kovacs posted 6 Ks and walked one.

The Hawks chalked up 8 hits to 7 for the Lynx... McDermott (.375) delivered 2 of them along with 3 runs batted in... Ivonoski (.353) and C Michael Romanovsky (.167) drove in a run apiece for the winner... 3B Rog Clemens (.297) had a 2-run homer for La Claire... RF Billy Holland (.333) had the other RBI.

08-27-2013, 03:35 PM	#3678
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,918	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Tuesday, October 5, 2038 2038 IPA FINAL 4 SERIES Ruthlandian Union REDHAWKS ADVANCE TO PRO CUP FINALS It only took five games for Far Mountain to defeat favored Colfax in the Ruthlandian title series... the Redhawks outlasted the Blasters 6-5 in an extra-inning thriller that went 13 innings... back-to-back two-baggers by Gilbert Bauer and Kyle Ainslie produced the winning run... Far Mountain will be returning to the Pro Cup Finals for the first time in almost 30 years... they won the Pro Cup an unprecedented three times in a row from 2011 to 2013... this season is their first postseason appearance since 2025. The Redhawks had a 15-13 hit advantage and were led by RF Kyle Gottwald (.500) and 3B Kyle Ainslie (.391), who each were 3-5 and drove in 2 runs... 2B Johnny Kaufman (.455) and C Lou Ranson (.256) both chipped in with 2 hits... the Blasters' best bats were LF Chet Penn (.342) with 3 hits and 3 RBIs and SS Gerry Sives (.378) with 4 hits and 2 runs scored... RF Paul Meadows (.500) also collected 2 hits. Far Mountain leaped out to a 4-0 first-inning lead, only to have Colfax rebound with 3 in the bottom half of the inning... the Redhawks increased it to 5-3 in the top of the seventh and the Blasters cut it to 5-4 in the last of the seventh... Colfax scored a single run in the eighth to deadlock it at 5-5 and sent it to overtime. From then on the Redhawks got splendid relief pitching as Keith Griggs and Kippy Wilhelm blanked the Blasters the rest of the game... Griggs tossed 3 innings and allowed 2 hits, while Wilhelm (1-0/0.00) chalked up the win with 2 scoreless innings, retiring all 6 men he faced... the loss went to Nilos Andris (0-1/6.75), who was tagged for 2 hits and a run in his 1.1 innings. Far Mountain manager and IPA Hall-of-Famer Don Nichols is tremendously excited to be returning to the Pro Cup championship again after so many years. He was a standout shortstop for the three-time IPA title winners. "Winning the Pro Cup as a player three years in a row was a once-in-a-lifetime experience... I never dreamed I would return as a manager... I just hope we can keep playing good ball and bring the Pro Cup trophy back to Far Mountain again." Tycobbian Union MCDERMOTT'S 3-RUN HR PUTS HAWKS IN LEAD Thanks to Jim McDermott's 3-run home-run smash in the top of the seventh North Hills now has a 3-2 edge in its Tycobbian title series with La Claire... until then, the Hawks' hopes were looking thin as they trailed 3-1 after 6 innings, held in check by the Lynx's ace Pat Kovacs... McDermott's clutch hit gave the Hawks a 4-3 lead in game five, played at Capitol Park Stadium in La Claire... in the same inning Norris Henry's double and Kiril Ivonoski's RBI single gave the Hawks an insurance run on the way to a 5-3 victory. David Michael (3-1/1.73) continued to thrive in the playoffs with a solid outing... he worked 8 innings, fanned 5, walked none and allowed 3 runs on 7 hits... Joey Santini (1-0/0.00/3 saves) registered his third save with a perfect ninth... losing pitcher Kovacs (0-1/4.68) had a rough time as he was tagged for 8 hits and 5 runs in 7 innings... Kovacs posted 6 Ks and walked one. The Hawks chalked up 8 hits to 7 for the Lynx... McDermott (.375) delivered 2 of them along with 3 runs batted in... Ivonoski (.353) and C Michael Romanovsky (.167) drove in a run apiece for the winner... 3B Rog Clemens (.297) had a 2-run homer for La Claire... RF Billy Holland (.333) had the other RBI. Last edited by Eugene Church; 08-27-2013 at 04:03 PM.