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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Saturday, October 1, 2050
2050 IPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game 2
Ruthlandian Union
VALMARA WINS 6TH STRAIGHT
So far, defending champ Valmara is on a roll in this year's Pro Cup playoffs... in game two at home at War Memorial Stadium, the Vipers rang up their second consecutive victory over the Middlefield Roosters in the Ruthlandian LCS and sixth straight in the postseason.
On a rainy and chilly afternoon they blanked the Roosters 3-0 behind the four-hit pitching of Primo Sirak and Mirko Musial... Sirak (2-0/0.63) collected the win, but went only five and one-third innings because of the long rain delay... Sirak struck out four walked none and allowed four hits... in a super performance Musial retired 11 of the 12 batters he faced and struck out six of them... he walked one in his three and two-thirds innings' stint and chalked up his first save of the postseason... Middlefield starter and loser Carroll Collier (1-1/1.54) did not fare well, giving up three runs on four hits in his four and one-third innings.
Valmara got an unearned run in the opening frame when LF Tomek Abranczyk (.409) reached base on an error by shortstop Jimmy Beach (.280), moved to third on a single by CF Don Ritchie (.500) and scored on C Karol Koska's (.269) sacrifice fly... the Vipers added two more runs in the second frame on a walk to 1B Jose Vargas (.154), a two-bagger by 2B Jorge Aparicio (.154) and a two-run base hit by SS Ken Jensen (.250)... Jensen has now driven in 10 runs in the playoffs.
Tycobbian Union
PALMER STOPS BAY BUCS 5-1, RASCALS WIN FIRST TWO
Last year's IPA Pro Cup runner-up White River is up two-to-nothing in the Tycobbian League Championship Series with Bay St. Clair after Nicky Palmer stopped them 5-1 in game two at White River Stadium... Palmer (2-0/1.67) went all the way and stymied the Buccaneers on six hits, while striking out four and walking two... for the second day in a row the Rascals held the high-octane Bucs at bay... leading the attack was Billy Joe Hickman with a three-run homer... it was his fourth circuit clout in the playoffs.
Losing pitcher Dion Hawkins (0-2/2.79) also went the distance, giving up five runs on nine hits, striking out four and walking three... SS Kunta Burton (.405) socked three hits and an RBI for the winners... LF Hickman (.188) led the White River with four RBIs... SS Pip Blaylock (.250) notched three hits in defeat and drove in the only Buccaneer run.
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