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Eugene Church · 03-24-2014, 08:02 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Friday, October 14, 2044

2044 IPA PRO CUP FINALS - Game 5

SUN SOX TORCH SUNDOWNERS 13-6 IN 14 INNINGS
The Pro Cup favorite Southport Sun Sox are now within one win of their first Pro Cup since 2027... they torched Wynnamac 13-6 in 14 innings to take a 3-2 edge in the Pro Cup Finals... a massive 7-run barrage in the 14th carried them to victory... it was a comedy of errors by the Sundowners, who committed 2 miscues and walked 2 batters to start off the critical inning... the winning score came in on an infield error... Barney Lewis also clubbed a grand slammer in the inning.

The Sun Sox got a great relief job from Hal Combs (1-0/1.23), who fired 4 and one-third shutout innings, striking out 5 and giving up 2 hits... the fifth Sundowner hurler Ernie Hodges (0-1/0.00) was victimized with the 7 unearned runs.

Southport scored first in the opening frame on a single by CF Barney Lewis (.400)... they made it 2-0 in the top of the second on RF Pat Kinney's (.328) RBI single... Wynnamac cut it to 2-1 in the last of the second on a double by 3B Duane Hudson (.411) and a single by 1B Jack Pope (.333)... in the fifth the Sun Sox put 3 on the board on 3B Ricky Whitaker's (.311) 2-run single and Kinney's RBI hit... the W'Macs narrowed it to 5-3 in the bottom of the inning on 2B Dale Fisher's (.238) 2-run triple... in the sixth Whitaker put Southport up 6-3 on an RBI single... the Sundowners rallied with back-to-back homers in their sixth by Duane Hudson (.411) and Jack Pope (.333), making it 6-5... and then sent the game into extra innings in the bottom of the ninth on doubles by Hudson and C Edward Williams (.361).

Southport collected 19 hits with Barney Lewis (.400) leading the way with 4 hits and 5 RBIs... Lewis now has 18 RBIs in the playoffs with 4 homers... Pat Kinney (.328) also had 4 hits and 2 RBIs... and Whitaker (.311) posted 2 hits and 2 RBIs... Wynnamac totaled 14 hits with Hudson (.411) getting 4 of them and Pope (.333) 3... Pope has socked 4 roundtrippers and driven in 13 in the postseason, both tops for the Sundowners.

The Sundowners also got excellent some relief work from Ciaran Gallagher (0.73), Shirai Nakamura (8.44) and Johnny Mitchell (0.00)... they blanked the Sun Sox from the 6th through the 13th on 4 hits... the starters were banged around a lot... Southport's Johnny Swanson (2-1/2.90) pitched into the 10th, surrendered 6 runs on 12 hits... and W'Macs' Geoff Hobart allowed (2-1/3.24) gave up 6 runs and 12 hits in just 5 and one-third innings... Hobart struck out 6 and issued 4 walks... he was down 6-3 when he departed.

Southport has the homefield advantage... the final two games, if needed, are slated for Pleasure Beach Park... Sun Sox skipper Charley Oscar will send his number-three starter Gordon Forbes (18-10/3.43) to the hill in game six, while Wynnamac's Matt Donnelly will counter with Sammy Hayes (22-12/3.54), who was the number-two man in his regular-season rotation... Forbes is 3-1 in the postseason with a 5.18 ERA in 4 starts... Hayes is 3-2 in 5 starts with a 4.37 ERA... Hayes beat Forbes handily in game three 9-2.

03-24-2014, 08:02 PM	#4102
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,944	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Friday, October 14, 2044 2044 IPA PRO CUP FINALS - Game 5 SUN SOX TORCH SUNDOWNERS 13-6 IN 14 INNINGS The Pro Cup favorite Southport Sun Sox are now within one win of their first Pro Cup since 2027... they torched Wynnamac 13-6 in 14 innings to take a 3-2 edge in the Pro Cup Finals... a massive 7-run barrage in the 14th carried them to victory... it was a comedy of errors by the Sundowners, who committed 2 miscues and walked 2 batters to start off the critical inning... the winning score came in on an infield error... Barney Lewis also clubbed a grand slammer in the inning. The Sun Sox got a great relief job from Hal Combs (1-0/1.23), who fired 4 and one-third shutout innings, striking out 5 and giving up 2 hits... the fifth Sundowner hurler Ernie Hodges (0-1/0.00) was victimized with the 7 unearned runs. Southport scored first in the opening frame on a single by CF Barney Lewis (.400)... they made it 2-0 in the top of the second on RF Pat Kinney's (.328) RBI single... Wynnamac cut it to 2-1 in the last of the second on a double by 3B Duane Hudson (.411) and a single by 1B Jack Pope (.333)... in the fifth the Sun Sox put 3 on the board on 3B Ricky Whitaker's (.311) 2-run single and Kinney's RBI hit... the W'Macs narrowed it to 5-3 in the bottom of the inning on 2B Dale Fisher's (.238) 2-run triple... in the sixth Whitaker put Southport up 6-3 on an RBI single... the Sundowners rallied with back-to-back homers in their sixth by Duane Hudson (.411) and Jack Pope (.333), making it 6-5... and then sent the game into extra innings in the bottom of the ninth on doubles by Hudson and C Edward Williams (.361). Southport collected 19 hits with Barney Lewis (.400) leading the way with 4 hits and 5 RBIs... Lewis now has 18 RBIs in the playoffs with 4 homers... Pat Kinney (.328) also had 4 hits and 2 RBIs... and Whitaker (.311) posted 2 hits and 2 RBIs... Wynnamac totaled 14 hits with Hudson (.411) getting 4 of them and Pope (.333) 3... Pope has socked 4 roundtrippers and driven in 13 in the postseason, both tops for the Sundowners. The Sundowners also got excellent some relief work from Ciaran Gallagher (0.73), Shirai Nakamura (8.44) and Johnny Mitchell (0.00)... they blanked the Sun Sox from the 6th through the 13th on 4 hits... the starters were banged around a lot... Southport's Johnny Swanson (2-1/2.90) pitched into the 10th, surrendered 6 runs on 12 hits... and W'Macs' Geoff Hobart allowed (2-1/3.24) gave up 6 runs and 12 hits in just 5 and one-third innings... Hobart struck out 6 and issued 4 walks... he was down 6-3 when he departed. Southport has the homefield advantage... the final two games, if needed, are slated for Pleasure Beach Park... Sun Sox skipper Charley Oscar will send his number-three starter Gordon Forbes (18-10/3.43) to the hill in game six, while Wynnamac's Matt Donnelly will counter with Sammy Hayes (22-12/3.54), who was the number-two man in his regular-season rotation... Forbes is 3-1 in the postseason with a 5.18 ERA in 4 starts... Hayes is 3-2 in 5 starts with a 4.37 ERA... Hayes beat Forbes handily in game three 9-2. Last edited by Eugene Church; 09-03-2015 at 06:13 PM.