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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Friday, September 23, 2039
RUTHLANDIAN UNION DIVISION SERIES
ROVERS TRIM CC 'CATS 8-6, SERIES EVEN
On the road for game two of the Ruthlandian Division Series, the Sligo Rovers roughed up the Cold Creek Catamounts 8-6 to even up the series at one game apiece... the Rovers ripped them for 12 hits as they came back from a 6-4 deficit after four innings... reliever Joey Hicks (1-0) registered the win with three scoreless innings... Denny Simmons led the attack with four RBIs, including a three-run first-inning homer.
Losing pitcher Joey Baker (0-1) came on for starter Peter Heller in the seventh and was shelled for three runs in two-plus innings... Heller departed with a 6-5 lead.
RF Pat Foreman (.667) paced the Sligo attack with four hits, two runs and an RBI... 1B Denny Simmons (.375) cracked two hits and batted in four runs with a double and a homer... SS Neil Mitchell (.375) went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs... and CF Joe McGarrett (.286) swatted a solo homer.
Cold Creek got eight hits and were sparked by 3B Rodney Marshall (.429) with two hits and four runs batted in... Marshall had a two-run homer in the fourth to give the Catamounts a short-lived 6-4 lead.
WERNSTEDT'S HR WALLOPS WALESKA 4-3, FM TIES SERIES
At Westerner Field in Waleska, the visiting Far Mountain Redhawks tied the Ruthlandian Division Series at one game each with Wes Wernstedt's two-run blast in the ninth inning... the Redhawks walked away with a 4-3 victory... Karl Nordheim and Ryan Kolb combined for the win... Nordheim (1-0) tossed eight frames, permitted three runs on five hits and notched the win, while Kolb got his save with a runless ninth, although the Westerners threatened with two hits, but left them on first and second.
Jeff Woodruff started for Waleska and was touched for three runs on six hits in his eight and two-thirds innings... Woodruff had 6 strikeouts and walked three... yesterday's winner Vernon Bass (1-1/3.38)) caught the lost today... he was tagged for Wernstedt's clutch homer.
Both clubs collected seven hits each... Wernstedt (.300) was 3-5 for the Redhawks... Waleska was led by C Rodney Hanson (.429) with a two-run triple.
TYCOBBIAN UNION DIVISION SERIES
HENDRIX'S HR PUTS PANTHERS UP BY TWO GAMES
For the second day in a row East Point got standout pitching in a fourteen-inning 2-1 struggle with the Arlon Champions... four pitchers did the job on the mound and Bert Hendrix did the job at the plate with a home run... the Panthers now have a 2-0 lead in the Tycobbian Division Series.
Johnny Moore worked the first seven innings for the Panthers, stopping the Champs on six hits and one run... Scotty Bentley retired all six batters he faced in the eight and ninth... Tuck Tawney then blanked them for the next three and two-third inninngs... and youngster Darnell Slaughter (1-0) got the win, permitting no runs in his one and one-third frames.
Arlon's pitching was almost as good... starter Pat Stuyvesant worked into the ninth and was outstanding... he permitted only one run on five hits, fanned 10 and walked only 2... Lanny Gray held the Panthers runless in his inning and a third... Pat Shannon (0-1/2.25) was on the hill for the next four innings, gave up four hits and the game-winning homer by Hendrix.
Arlon had an 11-9 advantage in hits... C Nick Shafer (.400) went 3-for-6 and doubled in the Champs only run in the first... SS Ronnie Duvernet (.500) also had three hits.
No one got more than one hit for East Point... the Panthers tied the score at 1-all in the fifth on Ricky Urbina's RBI groundout.
TYPHOONS BLOW AWAY HAWKS 8-3, TIES SERIES
The Turon bats were booming today at the Hawk's Nest in North Hills... they rocked them for 13 hits, smacking five doubles, a triple and a homer to blow away the Hawks 8-3 and tie up the Tycobbian Division Series at a game each.
Leading the way was CF Alex Crosetti (.600) and 1B Little Mac McCurnan (.750) with three hits apiece... Crosetti doubled in two runs and scored twice, while McCurnan scored a pair of runs... LF J. P. Trevenot went deep with a two-run clout in the sixth to increase the lead to 7-3... 1B Ric Hamilton slugged a three-run homer for the Hawks and cut Turon's margin to 4-3 in the last of the fourth.
Nate Scottsdale (1-0/3.00) got the win in a complete-game outing... the Hawks got three runs on five hits... Scottsdale walked five and fanned four... Jeff Owens (0-1/9.00) was pounded for seven runs and 11 hits in his seven innings.
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