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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Thursday, October 13, 2039
2039 IPA PRO CUP SERIES - GAME SIX AT DERBY DOWNS IN ARLON
WALESKA WINS IT ALL, PRO CUP CHAMP
Waleska's Jeff Woodruff saved the best for last... the 24-year-old right-hander hurled one of the best games of his career by shutting out Arlon on five hits 1-0 in game six of the IPA Pro Cup Finals to give the Westerners the Islands' championship four games to two... it's the third time Waleska has won the IPA crown... they also won it in 2037 and 2028... Woodruff (2-2/2.06) went all the way, struck out five and walked three... Lanny Gray (4-1/2.18) was very sharp, too... Gray only allowed one run and eight hits and finished with six strikeouts and one walk.
Waleska snapped a scoreless tie in the top of the ninth... with two away, Rodney Hanson and Joey Harris singled, putting runners on first and second... Bobby Denton then ripped a double past third base and down the left field line to score Hanson with the winning run.
SS Bobby Denton (.358) sparked the Westerners with 3-for-4... C Rodney Hanson (.314) and pitcher Jeff Woodruff (.235) chipped in with two hits apiece... LF Charley Hastings (.231) had two hits to lead the Champions.
At the post game press conference, winning manager Roy Hobbs was elated at winning his second Pro Cup in three seasons. He told the reporters, "We thought we had a real good chance of winning it all going into the playoffs because of our pitching and that proved to be the key... Craig Nash (5-1/1.74), Tony Haskell (2-1/2.25) and Jeff Woodruff (2-2/2.06) were unreal all season long and in the playoffs, too... and Shayn Lambert (.362 BA/4 HR/13 RBI), Bobby Denton (.358 BA/1 HR/10 RBI) and Rodney Hanson (.314/1 HR/10 RBI) all came through in the postseason with the bats for us."
Disappointed Arlon skipper Rocco Belasario said, "We had faith in our starters and they did well... however, Waleska's offense was just a little better than ours... it's tough to win when you only score 11 runs in six games."
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