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Old 02-11-2015, 09:08 PM   #4567
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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Sunday, September 24, 2051

IPA DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: Game 3

Ruthlandian Union

WHEELHOUSE FIRES 3-HIT SHUTOUT
In a very sharp outing left-hander Larry Wheelhouse got Middlefield back into the Ruthlandian Division Championship Series with a three-hit shutout, blanking Sugar Valley 6-0 in game three at Middlefield Park... Wheelhouse (1-0) struck out four and walked four and stranding 11 Rattler baserunners, cutting Sugar Valley lead to two games to one... Chris Dunsberry (0-1) was the loser... he gave up four runs on six hits in six innings.

1B Cliff Patterson (.250) led the Rooster bats with two hits and two RBIs... 3B Cramer Landis (.500) went 3 for 4 and scored twice... CF Johnny Wyatt (.211) also drilled a pair of hits... RF Tyler Alban (.294) got two of the Rattlers three base hits... 2B Richie Fly (.417) got the other one.

VALMARA WINS AGAIN! 16TH STRAIGHT!
Strong pitching by Darek Polaski sparked the Valmara Vipers to its 16th straight postseason victory and a huge 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series... Polaski (1-0) shut out the Waleska Westerners 4-0, limiting them to just seven hits... Waleska starter Niles Neilsen (0-1) bit the dust as he was shelled for four runs and 12 hits in his eight innings by the defending IPA champion... Neilsen fanned eight and walked two batters.

Wayland Stetson (.353), Jorge Aparicio (.625) and Ken Jensen (.313) paved the way for the Vipers... 1B Stetson drilled three hits and drove in a run... 3B Aparicio socked three hits and batted in a run... and SS Ken Jensen (.313) was 2 for 5 and scored twice in the game.

Tycobbian Union

BLAZERS BACK IN IT, WIN 9-4 IN GAME 3
Strong bats and stout relievers got Hillsboro back in business in the Tycobbian Division Championship Series... a 9-4 victory cut the gap to two games to one in the best-of-seven series... the Blazers blitzed Arlon pitching for 11 hits, led by C Harry McGuire (.333), 2B Bob Foster (.133) and Jurrien Bellini (,467)... McGuire had a pair of hits and 3 RBIs...he has driven in 8 so far in the series... Foster got two hits and drove in two runs... and Bellini socked two hits and had two runs batted in... Bellini has five RBIs in three games... starter Scott Cole (1-0) got credit for the victory, but allowed four runs and 10 hits in just five frames... Bailey Bilbow worked three scoreless innings and gave up two hits... the save went to closer Hank Greenberry, who set the Champs down in order in the ninth... J. C. Hilburn (0-1) went the route for the Champions... he was rocked for nine runs on 11 hits with five Ks and four walks.

Arlon got a dozen hits with LF Davey Allen (.150) getting a two-run roundtripper and CF Cory Rockwell (.600) socking three hits and driving in a run.

WHITE RIVER BOMBS SAN ALEJO 12-4, UP 3-0
The White River Rascals bombed San Alejo 12-4 in game three of the Tycobbian DCS, taking their third consecutive victory over the Montaneros... Josh Groveland belted a grand slam homer and Billy Joe Hickman clouted a two-run shot to sparked the easy victory... Keil Trickett (1-0) struck out nine batters, walked one and didn't give up an earned run... San Alejo got eight hits off of him...LF Royce Grantham stroked a two-run homer for the Monties... a four-run seventh highlighted by Groveland four-bagger busted open the game, putting them in front 8-3... San Alejo starter Bernie Bernhoffer (0-1) was the losing pitching... he was blistered for four runs on four hits in five and one-third innings... six walks did him in... he left the game behind 4-3.
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