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Eugene Church · 12-11-2014, 04:05 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Saturday, September 24, 2050

2050 IPA DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game 4

Ruthlandian Union

ROOSTERS RATTLE RATTLERS, UP 3-1 IN SERIES
Middlefield took a giant step at home in its postseason quest and aspirations... the Roosters went up three games to one in the Ruthlandian Division Championship Series with a 4-2 triumph over favored Sugar Valley, one of the favorites to win the IPA Pro Cup this year... 25-game winner James Long (2-0/2.65) had his good stuff today and limited the Rattlers to two runs and five hits in eight innings... he got help from closer Randy Farris (0-0/0.00/1 save), who sat down Sugar Valley 1-2-3 in the ninth to preserve the win.

The Roosters broke up a 1-1 tie with three runs in the bottom of the fifth frame... LF Russell Martin (.308) tripled in two runs and C Johnny McDonald's (.364) sacrifice fly got the third one in... Middlefield punched out 10 hits off two Rattler pitchers... Martin, McDonald and 1B Cliff Patterson (.333) all had two hits... Sugar Valley got their only runs on C Yoshino Okata's (.000) sac fly in the second and a Middlefield infield error in the seventh.

For the second time in the series, Christopher Dunsberry (0-2/4.85) had a tough outing, giving up all four runs on nine hits in six innings and getting his second loss... Middlefield can finish off the Rattlers tomorrow on their home field, Middlefield Park... if Sugar Valley survives elimination, they will have the final two games at Farmers Memorial Park and will have to win three in a row, a rarity in playoff baseball.

Teams have been down 3-1 on five occasions in the post-season and have come back to take the series... the Far Mountain Redhawks accomplished it in the 2011 Pro Cup Finals, the Kenwood Wildcats did it in the 2014 Pro Cup Finals, the Turon Typhoons pulled off the tough task in 2018 in first round play, Tuckanarra did it in the TU Final 4 in 2028 and Cold Creek came back in the 2041 RU LCS to do it.

VIPERS SWEEP CRUSADERS IN FIRST ROUND
No contest in the first round of the IPA playoffs as current Pro Cup champion Valmara easily swept past St. John in four games, pounding them 10-5 in game four at Cathedral Stadium... the Viper bats had another field day as they rattled the fences for 16 hits... they had double-digit hit totals in three of the four victories and ravaged the Crusaders for 33 runs and 49 hits.

In the fourth game Valmara disposed of St. John with a five-run outburst in the ninth inning, snapping a 5-all tie... Karol Koska doubled in the winning run, scoring Don Ritchie from second, who had also doubled to lead off the inning... the Vipers needed three pitchers to nail down the verdict with the victory going to Kasio Bajek (1-0/0.00/1 save)... Bajek came on in relief of starter Darus Grajek (1-0/3.38), who departed with the score tied at 5 after seven innings... Bajek worked a scoreless eighth and Zak Reeder (0-0/.0.00) sat down the Crusaders in order in the ninth, clinching the best-of-seven series.

At the top of the Vipers' hit parade was 3B Arnie Pliska (.500) with three hits and four RBIs... CF Don Ritchie (.588) went 4-for-4 and scored twice... LF Tomek Abramczyk (.643) pitched in with three hits, two runs and two RBIs.. 1B Jorge Aparicio (.412) collected a pair of hits, scored a run and drove one in... St. John got 10 hits with CF Skeets Blackstone (.500) getting three of them and LF Sherrill Westerfield (.273) getting a pair.

Crusader starter Frank Long had a long afternoon... he struck out eight in eight innings and was tapped for 11 hits and five runs... however, Long wasn't the losing pitcher... Liam Spears came on in the ill-fated ninth with a 5-5 score and was promptly slammed for five hits and five runs.

Losing skipper Nicky Farrugia just shook his head at the news conference, "We just got skunked by a tremendous team that hit about .350 against us... Valmara is some kind of team."

Valmara manager Vanya Vasylenko facetiously corrected Farrugia, "Actually we only batted .343 during the series... but anything close to the .350 will do just fine." The Vipers collected 49 hits in 143 at-bats with Tomek Abramczyk going 9 for 14 (.643), Don Ritchie 10 for 17 (.588) and Jorge Aparicio 7-17 (.412).

Valmara will have a tough barrier to get by to repeat as Pro Cup champion... they will meet the survivor of the Middlefield-Sugar Valley first-round matchup for the Ruthlandian League crown... the Roosters have a decided 3-1 edge after four games and look like the winner.

Tycobbian Union

SUN SOX EVEN SERIES WITH RASCALS
In a see-saw struggle Southport finally got the best of White River 5-4 in 11 innings to even up the Tycobbian Division Series at two games each... the Rascals were up 3-0 after the top of the fourth... the Sun Sox deadlocked it on Barney Lewis' 3-run clout in the bottom of the inning... the Rascals sneaked back into the lead with a run in the sixth, only to have Southport tie it up again in the eighth... in the 11th a walk to pinchhitter Eddy Douglas (.286) and a two-bagger by pinchhitter Robert Martin (.284) place runners on second and third with one away... an intentional walk filled the bases for Ricky Whitaker (.294), who singled in the winning run.

The victory went to Brandon Delmore, working in relief of starter Billy Hoover (1-0/3.12)... Delmore (1-0/0.00) in his first action in the series held the Rascals scoreless for two and two-thirds innings, striking out four of them... the defeat went to Todd Cole (0-1/3.86/1 save), who came on for starter Bruce Slattery (0-1/3.79) in the 11th.

Southport was outhit by White River 10-8... in addition to CF Barney Lewis' (.333) three-run smash, C Vasilis Vlachos (.353) lashed three hits and drove in a run for the Sun Sox... Bruce Slattery (.667) had two hits for the Rascals and batted in two runs... C Duke Sims (.250) and 2B Ryan Byrd (.353) also added two hits apiece... SS Kenta Burton (.412) and RF Ryne Hyland (.294) each chipped in with a run batted in.

PANTHERS TAKE 3-1 LEAD OVER BUCS
Milt Easterling hit a game-winning homer in the sixth inning and pitched the East Point Panthers to a 2-1 decision over Bay St. Clair in game four of the Tycobbian DCS, putting them up three to one in the best-of-seven series... Easterling (1-0/3.38) outdueled Scotty Hedwall (0-1/4.20), stopping the Buccaneers on one run and three hits in seven and two-thirds innings... Pudgy Putman (0-0/0.00/2 saves) got the last four outs for him and logged his second playoff save this year... Hedwall went the distance in defeat and hurled a strong game, too, yielding only two runs on four hits.

In the opening frame the Bucs got to Easterling for their only run of the game... 2B Dwayne Mungle (.286) singled and LF Stan Kovalenko (.188) doubled him to third... 1B Clive Caviness' (.188) deep drive to center scored Mungle... Panther RF Doug Dennhardt's (.308) solo homer knotted the score in the fourth.

Game five will be played at Armed Forces Park in East Point... if needed, games six and seven will be at Shoreline Park in Bay St. Clair.

12-11-2014, 04:05 PM	#4493
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,906	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Saturday, September 24, 2050 2050 IPA DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game 4 Ruthlandian Union ROOSTERS RATTLE RATTLERS, UP 3-1 IN SERIES Middlefield took a giant step at home in its postseason quest and aspirations... the Roosters went up three games to one in the Ruthlandian Division Championship Series with a 4-2 triumph over favored Sugar Valley, one of the favorites to win the IPA Pro Cup this year... 25-game winner James Long (2-0/2.65) had his good stuff today and limited the Rattlers to two runs and five hits in eight innings... he got help from closer Randy Farris (0-0/0.00/1 save), who sat down Sugar Valley 1-2-3 in the ninth to preserve the win. The Roosters broke up a 1-1 tie with three runs in the bottom of the fifth frame... LF Russell Martin (.308) tripled in two runs and C Johnny McDonald's (.364) sacrifice fly got the third one in... Middlefield punched out 10 hits off two Rattler pitchers... Martin, McDonald and 1B Cliff Patterson (.333) all had two hits... Sugar Valley got their only runs on C Yoshino Okata's (.000) sac fly in the second and a Middlefield infield error in the seventh. For the second time in the series, Christopher Dunsberry (0-2/4.85) had a tough outing, giving up all four runs on nine hits in six innings and getting his second loss... Middlefield can finish off the Rattlers tomorrow on their home field, Middlefield Park... if Sugar Valley survives elimination, they will have the final two games at Farmers Memorial Park and will have to win three in a row, a rarity in playoff baseball. Teams have been down 3-1 on five occasions in the post-season and have come back to take the series... the Far Mountain Redhawks accomplished it in the 2011 Pro Cup Finals, the Kenwood Wildcats did it in the 2014 Pro Cup Finals, the Turon Typhoons pulled off the tough task in 2018 in first round play, Tuckanarra did it in the TU Final 4 in 2028 and Cold Creek came back in the 2041 RU LCS to do it. VIPERS SWEEP CRUSADERS IN FIRST ROUND No contest in the first round of the IPA playoffs as current Pro Cup champion Valmara easily swept past St. John in four games, pounding them 10-5 in game four at Cathedral Stadium... the Viper bats had another field day as they rattled the fences for 16 hits... they had double-digit hit totals in three of the four victories and ravaged the Crusaders for 33 runs and 49 hits. In the fourth game Valmara disposed of St. John with a five-run outburst in the ninth inning, snapping a 5-all tie... Karol Koska doubled in the winning run, scoring Don Ritchie from second, who had also doubled to lead off the inning... the Vipers needed three pitchers to nail down the verdict with the victory going to Kasio Bajek (1-0/0.00/1 save)... Bajek came on in relief of starter Darus Grajek (1-0/3.38), who departed with the score tied at 5 after seven innings... Bajek worked a scoreless eighth and Zak Reeder (0-0/.0.00) sat down the Crusaders in order in the ninth, clinching the best-of-seven series. At the top of the Vipers' hit parade was 3B Arnie Pliska (.500) with three hits and four RBIs... CF Don Ritchie (.588) went 4-for-4 and scored twice... LF Tomek Abramczyk (.643) pitched in with three hits, two runs and two RBIs.. 1B Jorge Aparicio (.412) collected a pair of hits, scored a run and drove one in... St. John got 10 hits with CF Skeets Blackstone (.500) getting three of them and LF Sherrill Westerfield (.273) getting a pair. Crusader starter Frank Long had a long afternoon... he struck out eight in eight innings and was tapped for 11 hits and five runs... however, Long wasn't the losing pitcher... Liam Spears came on in the ill-fated ninth with a 5-5 score and was promptly slammed for five hits and five runs. Losing skipper Nicky Farrugia just shook his head at the news conference, "We just got skunked by a tremendous team that hit about .350 against us... Valmara is some kind of team." Valmara manager Vanya Vasylenko facetiously corrected Farrugia, "Actually we only batted .343 during the series... but anything close to the .350 will do just fine." The Vipers collected 49 hits in 143 at-bats with Tomek Abramczyk going 9 for 14 (.643), Don Ritchie 10 for 17 (.588) and Jorge Aparicio 7-17 (.412). Valmara will have a tough barrier to get by to repeat as Pro Cup champion... they will meet the survivor of the Middlefield-Sugar Valley first-round matchup for the Ruthlandian League crown... the Roosters have a decided 3-1 edge after four games and look like the winner. Tycobbian Union SUN SOX EVEN SERIES WITH RASCALS In a see-saw struggle Southport finally got the best of White River 5-4 in 11 innings to even up the Tycobbian Division Series at two games each... the Rascals were up 3-0 after the top of the fourth... the Sun Sox deadlocked it on Barney Lewis' 3-run clout in the bottom of the inning... the Rascals sneaked back into the lead with a run in the sixth, only to have Southport tie it up again in the eighth... in the 11th a walk to pinchhitter Eddy Douglas (.286) and a two-bagger by pinchhitter Robert Martin (.284) place runners on second and third with one away... an intentional walk filled the bases for Ricky Whitaker (.294), who singled in the winning run. The victory went to Brandon Delmore, working in relief of starter Billy Hoover (1-0/3.12)... Delmore (1-0/0.00) in his first action in the series held the Rascals scoreless for two and two-thirds innings, striking out four of them... the defeat went to Todd Cole (0-1/3.86/1 save), who came on for starter Bruce Slattery (0-1/3.79) in the 11th. Southport was outhit by White River 10-8... in addition to CF Barney Lewis' (.333) three-run smash, C Vasilis Vlachos (.353) lashed three hits and drove in a run for the Sun Sox... Bruce Slattery (.667) had two hits for the Rascals and batted in two runs... C Duke Sims (.250) and 2B Ryan Byrd (.353) also added two hits apiece... SS Kenta Burton (.412) and RF Ryne Hyland (.294) each chipped in with a run batted in. PANTHERS TAKE 3-1 LEAD OVER BUCS Milt Easterling hit a game-winning homer in the sixth inning and pitched the East Point Panthers to a 2-1 decision over Bay St. Clair in game four of the Tycobbian DCS, putting them up three to one in the best-of-seven series... Easterling (1-0/3.38) outdueled Scotty Hedwall (0-1/4.20), stopping the Buccaneers on one run and three hits in seven and two-thirds innings... Pudgy Putman (0-0/0.00/2 saves) got the last four outs for him and logged his second playoff save this year... Hedwall went the distance in defeat and hurled a strong game, too, yielding only two runs on four hits. In the opening frame the Bucs got to Easterling for their only run of the game... 2B Dwayne Mungle (.286) singled and LF Stan Kovalenko (.188) doubled him to third... 1B Clive Caviness' (.188) deep drive to center scored Mungle... Panther RF Doug Dennhardt's (.308) solo homer knotted the score in the fourth. Game five will be played at Armed Forces Park in East Point... if needed, games six and seven will be at Shoreline Park in Bay St. Clair. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 12-25-2014 at 11:05 AM.