|
THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Sunday, September 27, 2048
2048 IPA DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game 5
Ruthlandian Union
LUMBERJACKS TOP RATTLERS 5-3, STILL TRAIL 3-2
After losing the first three games of the RU Division Championship Series, Forest City has fought back and captured the last two games from Sugar Valley... in game five the Lumberjacks tallied five runs in the sixth frame to wipe out a three-run deficit... CF Raphael Moyers (.263) belted a two-run single that gave the Lumberjacks a 5-3 victory... starter Omar Cordero (1-1/4.11) notched the win... he was touched for three runs on seven hits in eight and one-third innings... Richie Meyers came in and got the final two outs for the save... Joe Snow (1-1/2/63) was the loser... he worked six frames and allowed five runs on seven hits.
Forest City SS Timmy Tarbell (.211) had two hits, while Richie Fry (.400) had a pair for Sugar Valley... the Rattlers jumped in front 1-0 in the opening frame... Fry doubled and scored on 1B Smokey Nix's (.333) two-bagger... in the fourth SS Pete McCormick (.150) walloped a two-run homer to make it 3-0.
In the five-run sixth, the Lumberjacks got some gift scores... Otto Glintmeyer (.286) singled in the first run... the other two came in on a wild pitch and catcher's interference.
YUDASH KO'S VALMARA 6-2, DIAMONDS ADVANCE
The regular season records and Pro Cup predictions didn't mean anything to the Claxton Diamonds... they may have been a heavy underdog to Valmara, but they didn't play that way... they played like champions and KO'ed the Vipers in just five games to advance to the Ruthlandian League Championship round... Stan Yudash (1-1/5.82) made up for a poor game-two performance by finishing off Valmara 6-2 in game five at Avalon Stadium in Claxton... in a route-going job Yudash permitted only two runs on eight hits with four walks and five Ks... Primo Sirak (1-1/2.25) started for the Vipers but lasted only two innings... he was sacked for six runs on four hits, however only one of them was earned.
The Claxton bats were sparked by rookie LF Whit Miley (.429) with two hits in four tries, three RBIs and two runs scored... Miley homered in the second inning... 1B Jojo DeLucca (.222) drove in two runs for the Diamonds... Valmara had more hits than Claxton, 8 to 6, but stranded 11 baserunners... CF Don Richie (.316), LF Tomek Abramczyk (.444) and 1B Cain Greene (.444) all had a pair of hits in defeat.
Diamond skipper Dixie Baker was elated with the win, "In a short series, you never know who's gonna win... we had a good series, the Vipers didn't... so we won."
Vanya Vasylenko, the Vipers' manager, gave no excuses. "We were fired up for the playoffs... we were coming off a great season with 102 wins... we were actually a stronger team than the 2043 Pro Cup championship team... but we got outplayed."
Tycobbian Union
RASCALS CLIP SUN SOX 2-1 IN 11 ON YARBROUGH HR
Game five in White River was a fan's delight... it was a nail-biter that went 11 innings before 20-year-old rookie Kenny Yarbrough decided it with a fly ball that just barely made the stands 310 feet away... White River prevailed 2-1 over the defending Pro Cup champ Southport to take a three to two edge in the best-of-seven Tycobbian DCS.
Nicky Palmer hurled a brilliant game... and he had to to beat Johnny Swanson... Palmer tossed 10 splendid innings, limited the Sun Sox to just one run on six hits, struck out six and walked only one... Carlo Grimaldi, however, picked up the win... he retired Southport in order in the top of the 11th... Swanson went into the 11th, gave up only two runs and 10 hits and got beat by a little more than a pop fly.
The Rascals were led at the plate by 3B Kenny Yarbrough (.381) and C Josh Groveland (.200) with solo homers each... it was Yarbrough's second roundtripper of the playoffs and seventh RBI... rookie RF Tony Pastrano (.250) drove in the Sun Sox's only score in the sixth frame when he singled in CF Ross Good (.500)... White River had a 10-6 advantage in hits.
REDS ROCK COWBOYS 10-1, WIN SERIES IN 5
High Mesa never had a chance... the Rolling Hills Reds destroyed them 10-1 in game five of the Tycobbian Division Championship Series to win it easily four games to one... the Reds now move to the League Championship round against the winner of Southport-White River series.
The Reds rocked High Mesa for 14 hits with a trio of them driving in a pair of runs each... CF Will Sanders (.316), 2B Miguel Romeros (.188) and 1B Darwin Tard (.285) led the run brigade... RF Vic Scott (.375) was a perfect four-for-four with two runs scored and an RBI.
Rolling Hills got another fine start from Johnny Howard (2-0/0.53), who held the Cowboys to just one run and five hits in his eight innings... Jarrod Coleman came on in the ninth and wrapped up the game with a runless ninth... Howard was also outstanding in game two with a 2-1 victory... the Reds pinned the loss on Lloyd Armstrong, who was bashed for six runs in five innings, but none of them was earned as the Cowpokes committed three errors in the game.
Jack Elliott, the High Mesa manager, told reporters, "We played terrible defense... 12 errors in 5 games... our pitchers never had a chance... no defense and no offense... we didn't hit a lick... 11 runs in 5 games won't cut it... but even if we had played better and hit better, they were still the best team... the Reds beat our butts bad."
The Rolling Hills manager Matty Christianson was beamingly proud of his club. "My pitchers were super... the bats, too... we played very well... it all came together for us this week... I'm looking forward to the next round."
|