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Old 11-03-2014, 10:41 PM   #4438
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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Friday, October 1, 2049

2049 IPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game 1

Ruthlandian Union

VIPERS TAKE OPENER 14-10 OVER RATTLERS
So much for the pitching duel - it's never materialized as the mighty bats of the Valmara Vipers prevailed over hard-hitting Sugar Valley Rattlers in the opening game of the Ruthlandian League Championship Series... the Vipers socked four homers and 18 hits en route to a 14-10 slugfest victory over the Rattlers at Farmers Memorial Park in Sugar Valley... and they did it off of the recording-setting staff of the Rattlers, who posted a brilliant 2.41 team ERA this year, a new IPA mark.

Valmara piled up a 14-0 lead after seven innings and then had to withstand a belated 10-run rally by Sugar Valley in the last of the eighth... Viper starter Primo Sirak (2-1/2.28) looked great for seven innings, but faltered badly in the eighth... still he salvaged the win... closer Mirko Musial retired the last four men in order to end the game... Cullen Winslow (2-1/3.48) struggled, too... he was slammed for seven runs and nine hits in just four-plus innings... Domenico Renterias didn't do any better... actually he was worse... he was banged around for seven runs in just two innings.

Leading the Valmara attack were LF Tomek Abramczyk (.333) with four hits, three runs and three RBIs... SS Ken Jensen (.481) with four hits and two runs scored... and C Karol Koska (.217) had a two-run homer and 1B Jacek Prusak (.500) belted a grand slammer... Abramczyk and RF Boyd Holmes (.364) also went deep for the Vipers... the Rattlers was paced by C Yoshina Okada (.214), who blasted a four-run four-bagger... Okada, 3B Roger Hobbs (.348) and pinchhitter Kent Rasmus (.381) each had a pair of hits.

Tycobbian Union

BLUE JAYS BLANK RASCALS BEHIND LESLIE
Opening up on the road at White River Stadium, the underdog Tuckanarra Blue Jays jolted heavily-favored White River 7-0 behind the standout pitching of Ozzie Leslie (2-0/2.10), who charmed the Rascals on six hits and posted six Ks and three walks.

The Tucks' Ricky Vincent (.259) blasted three doubles and batted in three runs and Frank Mason (.367) smashed two doubles and drove in two runs in the one-sided affair... and 1B Rodger Parsons (.391) added two hits and an RBI... in all the Blue Jays hammered six doubles and 12 hits... Nicky Palmer (2-1/3.28) toiled in defeat for White River... he was slammed for six runs and nine hits in six and two-thirds innings.
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