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Eugene Church · 10-08-2013, 10:27 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
September 17, 2039

RUTHLANDIAN UNION

CC 'CATS FIRST IN RU SOUTH
In a battle of aces, Cold Creek's top pitcher 23-game winner J. J. Gillespie got the best of Far Mountain's 25-game winner 7-0, enabling the Catamounts to move into first place of the Ruthlandian East all by themselves, a game up on the powerful Sugar Valley Rattlers with one game remaining on the schedule... Gillespie (23-9/2.64) was brilliant, holding the Redhawks, the champion of the RU North, to five hits, while striking out six and walking none... Chad Cummings (25-8/2.84) suffered the loss, surrendering four runs on eight hits in five-plus innings... the Catamounts collected 15 hits.

RATTLERS LOSE 4TH IN A ROW, DROP TO 2ND
It was a huge loss for the Sugar Valley Rattlers... for the second straight day St. John whipped them, making it four losses in a row and dropping them to second place, one game behind Cold Creek in the RU East pennant race with only one game to go... the man of the hour was Vito Sanfratello (19-13/3.42)... he hurled a 5-0 shutout, restricting the power-hitting and high-scoring Rattlers to just three hits... Sanfratello walked two batters and fanned eight... Christopher Dunsberry (17-12/2.93) was the loser, going seven innings and giving up five runs on 10 hits... tomorrow will be the tell-all day in the IPA... it could be headed for some single-game playoffs to determine who goes to the IPA Pro Cup playoffs.

SLIGO SLAMS ANCONA 14-2, NOW AHEAD IN WEST
All the Sligo Rovers need is one more win this season and they will win the RU West... a smashing 14-2 triumph over Ancona, coupled with Volusia's 7-5 loss to Forest City, gave the Rovers a one-game lead in the division... they blasted out 18 hits to overwhelm the Red Elephants, helping Tom Pierson (15-16/2.83) to an easy win.

LUMBERJACKS BEAT VIGILANTES AGAIN
For the second successive game the seventh-place Forest City Lumberjacks did a number on the Volusia Vigilantes... the 'Jacks rallied in the late innings for a 7-5 victory and knocked the V's out of first place in the Ruthlandian West... Bob Brisdon's (.306) two-run shot in the seventh inning off loser Drew Selby (24-13/2.94) was the game-winner... it was Brisdon's 28th homer of the season... it was a see-saw game with Forest City going up 4-0 in the second, falling behind 5-4 in the fifth and the winning it in the seventh.

TYCOBBIAN UNION

REDBIRDS BLANK CHAMPS AGAIN
For the second consecutive day the Denton City Redbirds shut out the Arlon Champions and put a crimp in their pennant drive... Troy McIntosh (17-15/3.13) was masterful in the 9-0 shutout, stopping them on seven hits with seven Ks and no walks... catching the loss was the IPA strikeout king Lanny Gray (16-15/3.38)... he went eight frames, struck out eight, but allowed four runs on eight hits... the Redbirds ripped five homers in the rout.

Luckily for Arlon, the second-place Kenwood Wildcats also lost and remained one game off the pace... the Wildcats were beaten 6-0 by the East Point Panthers, who are also battling for their life in the TU East... the win put East Point in a first-place tie with Tuckanarra.

PANTHERS TIE TUCKS FOR FIRST PLACE
Wily veteran Frank Blair fashioned a 6-0 victory over the Kenwood Wildcats to put the East Point Panthers into a first-place tie with the Tuckanarra Blue Jays in the Tycobbian East with only one more game left in the regular season... Blair (16-13/3.48) fired a six-hit shutout to do serious damage to playoff-hopeful Kenwood, who, with a win, could have moved up to a tie with Arlon for the lead in the TU West... Ben Abramo (11-20/3.75) was KO'ed in the seventh and took his 20th loss.

DAWSON WIN 23RD, BEATS TUCKS 3-2
What an unbelievable season for Wayne Dawson of the Hartsdale Hellcats... he chalked up his 23rd win of the year by beating Tuckanarra 3-2... the defeat dropped the Blue Jays into a two-way tie with East Point in the TU East... he beat Junior Bristow (16-18/3.12), the reigning Tycobbian MVP and Golden Arm winner... Dawson went eight innings, whiffed eight batters, walked two and limited the Tucks to two runs on just five hits... Bristow gave up 10 hits, but only three runs... he had six strikeouts and two walks.

BAYVIEW BOMBS MIDWAY 8-5
The Midway Wolves had a chance to make it a three-way tie in the TU East, but Bayview's slugging Jerry Culpepper (.312) boomed a pair of homers to sink them 8-5... Culpepper has 63 for the season and is within two of tying Jack Elliott for the all-time mark of 65, set in 2023 with the High Mesa Cowboys... Vance Codsworth (20-14/4.20) gained his 20th victory for the first time in his six seasons, while the loser was Cary Snead (15-16/3.28).

RASCALS RUIN NATS PLAYOFF HOPES
A victory today would have kept alive the Ozarka Naturals faint pennant hopes, but sadly the White River Rascals spoiled it with an 8-3 triumph... the Nats trail by two games now with only one more left in the season...Walt McKenzie's bat and Paul Sardini' pitching were too much for the Nats... McKenzie (.268) hit his 44th and 45th homers and drove in five runs... and Sardini (13-16/3.48) went the distance, permitting 11 hits, but only three runs... he had four strikeouts and walked no one... Ozarka's 20-game winner Glen Jenkins (20-14/3.35) was shelled for seven runs in less than two innings for the loss.

10-08-2013, 10:27 PM	#3749
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,944	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES September 17, 2039 RUTHLANDIAN UNION CC 'CATS FIRST IN RU SOUTH In a battle of aces, Cold Creek's top pitcher 23-game winner J. J. Gillespie got the best of Far Mountain's 25-game winner 7-0, enabling the Catamounts to move into first place of the Ruthlandian East all by themselves, a game up on the powerful Sugar Valley Rattlers with one game remaining on the schedule... Gillespie (23-9/2.64) was brilliant, holding the Redhawks, the champion of the RU North, to five hits, while striking out six and walking none... Chad Cummings (25-8/2.84) suffered the loss, surrendering four runs on eight hits in five-plus innings... the Catamounts collected 15 hits. RATTLERS LOSE 4TH IN A ROW, DROP TO 2ND It was a huge loss for the Sugar Valley Rattlers... for the second straight day St. John whipped them, making it four losses in a row and dropping them to second place, one game behind Cold Creek in the RU East pennant race with only one game to go... the man of the hour was Vito Sanfratello (19-13/3.42)... he hurled a 5-0 shutout, restricting the power-hitting and high-scoring Rattlers to just three hits... Sanfratello walked two batters and fanned eight... Christopher Dunsberry (17-12/2.93) was the loser, going seven innings and giving up five runs on 10 hits... tomorrow will be the tell-all day in the IPA... it could be headed for some single-game playoffs to determine who goes to the IPA Pro Cup playoffs. SLIGO SLAMS ANCONA 14-2, NOW AHEAD IN WEST All the Sligo Rovers need is one more win this season and they will win the RU West... a smashing 14-2 triumph over Ancona, coupled with Volusia's 7-5 loss to Forest City, gave the Rovers a one-game lead in the division... they blasted out 18 hits to overwhelm the Red Elephants, helping Tom Pierson (15-16/2.83) to an easy win. LUMBERJACKS BEAT VIGILANTES AGAIN For the second successive game the seventh-place Forest City Lumberjacks did a number on the Volusia Vigilantes... the 'Jacks rallied in the late innings for a 7-5 victory and knocked the V's out of first place in the Ruthlandian West... Bob Brisdon's (.306) two-run shot in the seventh inning off loser Drew Selby (24-13/2.94) was the game-winner... it was Brisdon's 28th homer of the season... it was a see-saw game with Forest City going up 4-0 in the second, falling behind 5-4 in the fifth and the winning it in the seventh. TYCOBBIAN UNION REDBIRDS BLANK CHAMPS AGAIN For the second consecutive day the Denton City Redbirds shut out the Arlon Champions and put a crimp in their pennant drive... Troy McIntosh (17-15/3.13) was masterful in the 9-0 shutout, stopping them on seven hits with seven Ks and no walks... catching the loss was the IPA strikeout king Lanny Gray (16-15/3.38)... he went eight frames, struck out eight, but allowed four runs on eight hits... the Redbirds ripped five homers in the rout. Luckily for Arlon, the second-place Kenwood Wildcats also lost and remained one game off the pace... the Wildcats were beaten 6-0 by the East Point Panthers, who are also battling for their life in the TU East... the win put East Point in a first-place tie with Tuckanarra. PANTHERS TIE TUCKS FOR FIRST PLACE Wily veteran Frank Blair fashioned a 6-0 victory over the Kenwood Wildcats to put the East Point Panthers into a first-place tie with the Tuckanarra Blue Jays in the Tycobbian East with only one more game left in the regular season... Blair (16-13/3.48) fired a six-hit shutout to do serious damage to playoff-hopeful Kenwood, who, with a win, could have moved up to a tie with Arlon for the lead in the TU West... Ben Abramo (11-20/3.75) was KO'ed in the seventh and took his 20th loss. DAWSON WIN 23RD, BEATS TUCKS 3-2 What an unbelievable season for Wayne Dawson of the Hartsdale Hellcats... he chalked up his 23rd win of the year by beating Tuckanarra 3-2... the defeat dropped the Blue Jays into a two-way tie with East Point in the TU East... he beat Junior Bristow (16-18/3.12), the reigning Tycobbian MVP and Golden Arm winner... Dawson went eight innings, whiffed eight batters, walked two and limited the Tucks to two runs on just five hits... Bristow gave up 10 hits, but only three runs... he had six strikeouts and two walks. BAYVIEW BOMBS MIDWAY 8-5 The Midway Wolves had a chance to make it a three-way tie in the TU East, but Bayview's slugging Jerry Culpepper (.312) boomed a pair of homers to sink them 8-5... Culpepper has 63 for the season and is within two of tying Jack Elliott for the all-time mark of 65, set in 2023 with the High Mesa Cowboys... Vance Codsworth (20-14/4.20) gained his 20th victory for the first time in his six seasons, while the loser was Cary Snead (15-16/3.28). RASCALS RUIN NATS PLAYOFF HOPES A victory today would have kept alive the Ozarka Naturals faint pennant hopes, but sadly the White River Rascals spoiled it with an 8-3 triumph... the Nats trail by two games now with only one more left in the season...Walt McKenzie's bat and Paul Sardini' pitching were too much for the Nats... McKenzie (.268) hit his 44th and 45th homers and drove in five runs... and Sardini (13-16/3.48) went the distance, permitting 11 hits, but only three runs... he had four strikeouts and walked no one... Ozarka's 20-game winner Glen Jenkins (20-14/3.35) was shelled for seven runs in less than two innings for the loss. Last edited by Eugene Church; 10-08-2013 at 10:33 PM.