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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Sunday, October 2, 2050
2050 IPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game 3
Ruthlandian Union
HOMER HAPPY VIPERS WIN 3RD IN A ROW
On the road at Middlefield Park, Valmara crashed four homers to pound the Middlefield Roosters 9-5 in game three of the Ruthlandian LCS... the Vipers have won all three games in the series and are a perfect 7-0 in the postseason playoffs... one more triumph and Valmara will get a chance to repeat as Pro Cup champion... Karol Koska and Tomek Abramczyk walloped two homers apiece to pace the Vipers.
Darek Polaski (2-0/3.18) posted the win, thanks to 13 hits... Polaski was tagged for 11 hits, but allowed only three earned runs in a route-going performance... he struck out five batters and walked just one... loser Hollis Dale (0-2/6.06) continued to struggle in the postseason, yielding seven runs on 11 hits in seven and one-third innings... Hollis went to showers behind 7-3.
Valmara was led at the plate by C Karol Koska (.290) with two homers, three RBIs and two runs... Koska has four playoff roundtrippers... LF Tomek Abramczyk (.407) also whacked two bombs, drove in three and scored two times... RF Boyd Holmes (.348) had two doubles in a four-for-four day... RF Timothy Hayworth (.222) topped the Roosters with two hits and three RBIs, including his second home run in the playoffs... 2B Ike Gary (.258) added three hits and C Johnny McDonald (.370) a pair of singles.
Tycobbian Union
BUCS BLAST 5 HRS, ROUT RASCALS 12-0
The hometown crowd brought out the best of the Bay St. Clair Buccaneers... they blasted five homers out of Shoreline Park and routed White River 12-0 and got back into the Tycobbian League Championship Series... the Rascals had taken games one and two in White River... the Bucs also got a brilliant one-hitter from young left-hander Jerry MacIntyre (2-1/3.00), who struck out six batters and issued two bases on balls.
RF Butch Thornhill (.282) rapped two of the roundtrippers and drove in three runs... Thornhill now has hit six homers in the postseason... 1B Clive Caviness (.250) also went deep for the fourth time with a three-run shot... C Hersh Cranmore (.282) got his third homer today, a two-run shot, and three RBIs... and 2B Dwayne Mungle (.235) had a solo salvo... LF Stan Kovalenko (.244) socked three hits and scored three times with one run batted in... White River only got one hit... a lead-off single in the first by 3B Kenny Yarbrough (.271).
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