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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, October 13, 2048
2048 IPA PRO CUP FINAL SERIES - Game 3
DIAMONDS END REDS' 9-GAME SKEIN 5-2
Three homers and Stan Yudash's solid mound performance put Claxton back in business in the IPA Pro Cup Finals...they put an end to Rolling Hills nine-game win string with a 5-2 victory before the home crowd at Avalon Stadium and narrowed the Reds' lead to two games to one.
CF Darryl Daniels (.367) put Claxton up in the first with a lead-off homer... LF Whit Miley (.424) made it 4-2 with a two-run shot in the fifth... and RF Roger Jackson (.260) finished off the scoring with a solo clout in the sixth that completed the day's scoring.
Yudash (2-2/5.18) went the distance, holding the Reds to just two runs on seven hits... he had six Ks and walked two batters... losing pitcher Steve Adams (2-1/3.81) also went all the way, giving up five runs on seven hits, while walking two and fanning three.
Miley and Jackson had two hits apiece to top Claxton... SS Dustin Thibodeau (.355) and LF Orin Phillips (.260) both had two hits to lead Rolling Hills... Claxton's Miley now has 3 homers and 19 RBIs in the postseason, while Phillips has 3 home runs for the the Reds.
Last edited by Eugene Church; 11-01-2016 at 07:00 PM.
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