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Eugene Church · 03-25-2014, 02:25 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Saturday, October 15, 2044

2044 IPA PRO CUP FINALS - Game 6

W'MACS WIN 7-6, PRO CUP GOES TO 7TH GAME
The Wynnamac Sundowners are not intimidated by the potent pitching of the Southport Sun Sox... for the fourth straight game they cracked double-digit hits... the W'Macs smacked 10 hits in capturing a "must win" game six 7-6 by rallying from an early 5-2 deficit, thus forcing the Pro Cup Series to go to a seventh and decisive game... the Sun Sox suffered their first home loss in this year's playoffs... they had won seven in a row... Wynnamac last won the Pro Cup in 2008 and Southport garnered their only trophy in 2027... one of the long droughts will end tomorrow.

Winning pitcher Shirai Nakamura delivered the game-winning hit... with score tied 6-all in the top of the seventh, Jeff French singled with one out, stole second and rode home on Nakamura's single... Nakamura (1-0/5.40) relieved starter Sammy Hayes in the fifth with the game tied 6-6 and hurled 3 shutout innings... then Johnny Mitchell closed it out with 2 more scoreless frames for his third save in the postseason... in a terrible outing Sun Sox starter Gordon Forbes (3-2/5.75) caught the loss... he was pounded for 7 runs and 10 hits in 7 and two-thirds innings... Forbes also gave up 7 bases on balls.

LF Robby Booth (.231) and 1B Jack Pope (.333) homered for the Sundowners... Booth banged a 3-run shot in the fourth and Pope smacked a solo shot in the second... it was Pope's fifth homer in the playoffs, best in the IPA this season, and his 15th RBI... Booth and 3B Duane Hudson (.410) led the 10-hit attack with 2 hits each... Southport got 12 hits, led by C Vasilis Vlachos (.294) with 3-for-5... and 2B Owen Wallace (.268) and RF Chris Jones (.197) socked 2 hits apiece... 1B Eddy Douglas (.220) went deep for the Sun Sox with a solo clout and CF Barney Lewis (.385) had 2 runs batted in, giving his 20 for the playoffs, tops in the IPA.

The game-seven finale will also be at Southport's Pleasure Beach Park... for the third time in the Finals, it will be Southport's Billy Hoover and Wynnamac's Jimmy Willard on the hill... Hoover won game one 5-3, while Willard gained an 8-5 decision in game four... neither has been particularly effective in the series... both the Sun Sox and Sundowners' offense has had the edge so far... they are both averaging over 6 runs a game.

Willard was 24-10 with a fine 2.93 ERA during the regular season and Hoover was 21-14 with a splendid 2.38 ERA... only Hoover has prospered in the playoffs... Willard is 3-4 with a modest 3.90 ERA, while Hoover is 4-2 with a 2.22 ERA.

03-25-2014, 02:25 PM	#4106
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,905	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Saturday, October 15, 2044 2044 IPA PRO CUP FINALS - Game 6 W'MACS WIN 7-6, PRO CUP GOES TO 7TH GAME The Wynnamac Sundowners are not intimidated by the potent pitching of the Southport Sun Sox... for the fourth straight game they cracked double-digit hits... the W'Macs smacked 10 hits in capturing a "must win" game six 7-6 by rallying from an early 5-2 deficit, thus forcing the Pro Cup Series to go to a seventh and decisive game... the Sun Sox suffered their first home loss in this year's playoffs... they had won seven in a row... Wynnamac last won the Pro Cup in 2008 and Southport garnered their only trophy in 2027... one of the long droughts will end tomorrow. Winning pitcher Shirai Nakamura delivered the game-winning hit... with score tied 6-all in the top of the seventh, Jeff French singled with one out, stole second and rode home on Nakamura's single... Nakamura (1-0/5.40) relieved starter Sammy Hayes in the fifth with the game tied 6-6 and hurled 3 shutout innings... then Johnny Mitchell closed it out with 2 more scoreless frames for his third save in the postseason... in a terrible outing Sun Sox starter Gordon Forbes (3-2/5.75) caught the loss... he was pounded for 7 runs and 10 hits in 7 and two-thirds innings... Forbes also gave up 7 bases on balls. LF Robby Booth (.231) and 1B Jack Pope (.333) homered for the Sundowners... Booth banged a 3-run shot in the fourth and Pope smacked a solo shot in the second... it was Pope's fifth homer in the playoffs, best in the IPA this season, and his 15th RBI... Booth and 3B Duane Hudson (.410) led the 10-hit attack with 2 hits each... Southport got 12 hits, led by C Vasilis Vlachos (.294) with 3-for-5... and 2B Owen Wallace (.268) and RF Chris Jones (.197) socked 2 hits apiece... 1B Eddy Douglas (.220) went deep for the Sun Sox with a solo clout and CF Barney Lewis (.385) had 2 runs batted in, giving his 20 for the playoffs, tops in the IPA. The game-seven finale will also be at Southport's Pleasure Beach Park... for the third time in the Finals, it will be Southport's Billy Hoover and Wynnamac's Jimmy Willard on the hill... Hoover won game one 5-3, while Willard gained an 8-5 decision in game four... neither has been particularly effective in the series... both the Sun Sox and Sundowners' offense has had the edge so far... they are both averaging over 6 runs a game. Willard was 24-10 with a fine 2.93 ERA during the regular season and Hoover was 21-14 with a splendid 2.38 ERA... only Hoover has prospered in the playoffs... Willard is 3-4 with a modest 3.90 ERA, while Hoover is 4-2 with a 2.22 ERA. Last edited by Eugene Church; 11-26-2017 at 08:16 PM.