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Eugene Church · 02-19-2015, 04:33 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Monday, October 2, 2051

IPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: Game 1

Ruthlandian Union

RATTLERS GRAB OPENER 2-0 OVER WESTERNERS
Strong pitching and strong defense sparked the Sugar Valley Rattlers past the Waleska Westerners in the opening game of the Ruthlandian League Championship Series... winning pitcher Christopher Dunsberry (1-1/2.57) fired eight shutout innings, holding the Westerners to just four hits... he got help from closer Davey Brennan (0-0/0.00/3 saves), who chalked up his third save of the postseason with a scoreless ninth... five double plays greatly helped the Rattler cause... the losing hurler was Trey Earnest (2-2/3.94)... he had a fine outing, giving up only two runs on four hits with five strikeouts and two walks... Earnest went the distance.

2B Richie Fry (.444) put Sugar Valley in the lead 1-0 with a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth... the Rattlers got their other score in the seventh on a double by 1B Smokey Nix (.333), single by CF Carl Ramsey (.464) and a RBI sacrifice fly by RF Tyler Alban (.276)... Waleska was limited to five hits and rarely threatened in the game.

Tycobbian Union

ARLON'S BRANHAM BEATS RASCALS 8-3 IN FIRST GAME
Arlon's rookie sensation Erik Branham was stung for a lot of hits, but he managed to keep White River out of pay dirt most of the time... Branham beat the Rascals 8-3 in game one of the Tycobbian LCS at White River Stadium despite being tagged for 13 hits... Branham walked none and fanned four while going the route for his fourth consecutive postseason win.

LF Davey Allen (.171) got his third homer in the playoffs for the Champions and CF Ferdie Freese (.243) hit his second... both of them were one-run clouts... Freese had two hits and drove in two runs for the winners... 3B Todd Grant (.3330 also had two hits and two RBIs... and Arlon 2B Carlo Campanella (.306) rapped two hits and scored three times... LF Billy Joe Hickman (.259) had two hits and two runs batted in for White River... RF Ryne Hyland (.296) went 3 for 5, SS Kunta Burton (.483) was 2 for 5 and 3B Kenny Yarbrough (.448) was 2 for 4.

White River ace Nicky Palmer (1-2/3.75) did not have a good day... the Champs clipped him for eight runs and nine hits... nonetheless Palmer pitched the whole game, fanned seven and walked three.

02-19-2015, 04:33 PM	#4573
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,900	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Monday, October 2, 2051 IPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: Game 1 Ruthlandian Union RATTLERS GRAB OPENER 2-0 OVER WESTERNERS Strong pitching and strong defense sparked the Sugar Valley Rattlers past the Waleska Westerners in the opening game of the Ruthlandian League Championship Series... winning pitcher Christopher Dunsberry (1-1/2.57) fired eight shutout innings, holding the Westerners to just four hits... he got help from closer Davey Brennan (0-0/0.00/3 saves), who chalked up his third save of the postseason with a scoreless ninth... five double plays greatly helped the Rattler cause... the losing hurler was Trey Earnest (2-2/3.94)... he had a fine outing, giving up only two runs on four hits with five strikeouts and two walks... Earnest went the distance. 2B Richie Fry (.444) put Sugar Valley in the lead 1-0 with a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth... the Rattlers got their other score in the seventh on a double by 1B Smokey Nix (.333), single by CF Carl Ramsey (.464) and a RBI sacrifice fly by RF Tyler Alban (.276)... Waleska was limited to five hits and rarely threatened in the game. Tycobbian Union ARLON'S BRANHAM BEATS RASCALS 8-3 IN FIRST GAME Arlon's rookie sensation Erik Branham was stung for a lot of hits, but he managed to keep White River out of pay dirt most of the time... Branham beat the Rascals 8-3 in game one of the Tycobbian LCS at White River Stadium despite being tagged for 13 hits... Branham walked none and fanned four while going the route for his fourth consecutive postseason win. LF Davey Allen (.171) got his third homer in the playoffs for the Champions and CF Ferdie Freese (.243) hit his second... both of them were one-run clouts... Freese had two hits and drove in two runs for the winners... 3B Todd Grant (.3330 also had two hits and two RBIs... and Arlon 2B Carlo Campanella (.306) rapped two hits and scored three times... LF Billy Joe Hickman (.259) had two hits and two runs batted in for White River... RF Ryne Hyland (.296) went 3 for 5, SS Kunta Burton (.483) was 2 for 5 and 3B Kenny Yarbrough (.448) was 2 for 4. White River ace Nicky Palmer (1-2/3.75) did not have a good day... the Champs clipped him for eight runs and nine hits... nonetheless Palmer pitched the whole game, fanned seven and walked three. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 02-23-2015 at 11:45 PM.