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Eugene Church · 12-20-2014, 08:46 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Monday, October 3, 2050

2050 IPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game 4

Ruthlandian Union

VALMARA SWEEPS MIDDLEFIELD
With eight straight victories and back-to-back sweeps, the vaunted Valmara Vipers are headed back to the Pro Cup Finals and will have the opportunity to repeat as IPA champion... in game four the Vipers eliminated the Middlefield Roosters with a 3-1 victory and swept all four games, dominating them with great pitching and timely hitting... Darus Grajek (3-0/2.56) copped his third decision in the playoffs, limiting the Roosters to just one run and four hits in eight innings, fanning four batters and issuing just one walk... Mirko Musial (0-0/0.00/2 saves) claimed his second postseason save with a runless ninth... 25-game winner James Long (2-2/2.38) did his best, but was undone by faulty fielding... Long went the distance and only permitted one earned run on seven hits, while walking one and whiffing six... the Roosters committed three errors.

SS Ken Jensen (.324) went 3-for-5 , scored two runs and drove in one for the Vipers... C Karol Koska (.265) had a sac fly... and the othe run came in on an infield error... the Roosters only got five singles with 1B Cliff Patterson (.343) getting three of them... Middlefield was held to just eight runs in four games.

Speaking with the press, Valmara manager Vanya Vasylenko said, "Our pitching is hard to beat and we get enough hits to win... it's worked well the last few years and hopefully, it will continue in the Finals... that's the formula to win it."

Middlefield manager Ricky Tinker echoed those same sentiments, saying "We need home runs to win... they held us to just one in the four games... can't win that way."

Tycobbian Union

YARBROUGH GOES YARD FOR RASCAL WIN
In the top of the ninth in game five of the Tycobbian League Championship Series, White River was down 2-1 and down to its last out when Kenny Yarbrough went yard with two runners on and powered the Rascals past Bay St. Clair 4-2... the win gave White River a huge 3-1 edge in the best-of-seven affair... one more Rascal victory will put them in a rematch of last year's Pro Cup Finalists, which went to the Valmara Vipers in six games.

The White River staff did a yeoman's job of stranding 16 Buccaneer runners in the game... Butch Slattery (1-1/2.45) started and worked seven and two-thirds innings... Slattery was pelted for 11 hits and walked four, but only surrendered two runs, while striking out eight... relievers Todd Cole (1-2/4.26/1 save) and Clem Warren (2-0/0.00/1 save) got the final four outs with the win going to Cole and the save to Warren... Buc starter Scotty Hedwall (1-3/3.51) did well until the fatal ninth, allowing four runs in all on 10 hits, while going the route.

Both clubs had plenty of hits, but fizzled at clutch time... White River got 10 and were led by 3B Kenny Yarbrough (.283) with a pair of hits and three RBIs... 1B Ruben Reaves (.256) also put one out of the park, a solo job in the fourth frame... Bay St. Clair rocked out with 12 hits, paced by 3B Trace Burney (.233) with a homer in the second giving the Bucs a 1-0 edge... 1B Stan Terry (.200) singled in the other run in the third.

12-20-2014, 08:46 PM	#4501
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,900	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Monday, October 3, 2050 2050 IPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game 4 Ruthlandian Union VALMARA SWEEPS MIDDLEFIELD With eight straight victories and back-to-back sweeps, the vaunted Valmara Vipers are headed back to the Pro Cup Finals and will have the opportunity to repeat as IPA champion... in game four the Vipers eliminated the Middlefield Roosters with a 3-1 victory and swept all four games, dominating them with great pitching and timely hitting... Darus Grajek (3-0/2.56) copped his third decision in the playoffs, limiting the Roosters to just one run and four hits in eight innings, fanning four batters and issuing just one walk... Mirko Musial (0-0/0.00/2 saves) claimed his second postseason save with a runless ninth... 25-game winner James Long (2-2/2.38) did his best, but was undone by faulty fielding... Long went the distance and only permitted one earned run on seven hits, while walking one and whiffing six... the Roosters committed three errors. SS Ken Jensen (.324) went 3-for-5 , scored two runs and drove in one for the Vipers... C Karol Koska (.265) had a sac fly... and the othe run came in on an infield error... the Roosters only got five singles with 1B Cliff Patterson (.343) getting three of them... Middlefield was held to just eight runs in four games. Speaking with the press, Valmara manager Vanya Vasylenko said, "Our pitching is hard to beat and we get enough hits to win... it's worked well the last few years and hopefully, it will continue in the Finals... that's the formula to win it." Middlefield manager Ricky Tinker echoed those same sentiments, saying "We need home runs to win... they held us to just one in the four games... can't win that way." Tycobbian Union YARBROUGH GOES YARD FOR RASCAL WIN In the top of the ninth in game five of the Tycobbian League Championship Series, White River was down 2-1 and down to its last out when Kenny Yarbrough went yard with two runners on and powered the Rascals past Bay St. Clair 4-2... the win gave White River a huge 3-1 edge in the best-of-seven affair... one more Rascal victory will put them in a rematch of last year's Pro Cup Finalists, which went to the Valmara Vipers in six games. The White River staff did a yeoman's job of stranding 16 Buccaneer runners in the game... Butch Slattery (1-1/2.45) started and worked seven and two-thirds innings... Slattery was pelted for 11 hits and walked four, but only surrendered two runs, while striking out eight... relievers Todd Cole (1-2/4.26/1 save) and Clem Warren (2-0/0.00/1 save) got the final four outs with the win going to Cole and the save to Warren... Buc starter Scotty Hedwall (1-3/3.51) did well until the fatal ninth, allowing four runs in all on 10 hits, while going the route. Both clubs had plenty of hits, but fizzled at clutch time... White River got 10 and were led by 3B Kenny Yarbrough (.283) with a pair of hits and three RBIs... 1B Ruben Reaves (.256) also put one out of the park, a solo job in the fourth frame... Bay St. Clair rocked out with 12 hits, paced by 3B Trace Burney (.233) with a homer in the second giving the Bucs a 1-0 edge... 1B Stan Terry (.200) singled in the other run in the third. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 12-25-2014 at 11:13 AM.