THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, October 8, 2052
IPA PRO CUP SERIES: Game 3 at Armed Forces Park in East Point
ROOSTERS NAB PRO CUP LEAD
Game three of the IPA Pro Cup Finals went to favored Middlefield... the Roosters won a seesaw battle on the road at Armed Forces Stadium 9-8 in 10 innings... behind 7-4 in the 6th Middlefield fought back and took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series... the Roosters tied it up 8-all in the top of the 7th on an RBI single by CF Johnny Wyatt (.271/17 RBI) and a sacrifice fly by SS Stan Radzikowski (.250/6 RBI)... Middlefield won it in the 10th on another sacrifice fly by 2B Rupert Forbest (.375/9 RBI)... the Roosters got fine work from their bullpen... Ken Willis blanked the Panthers for three innings and Ricky Farris held them runless in the bottom of the 10th... Willis (1-0/5.40/5 G) notched the win and Farris (0-0/4.91/1 save/4 G) got the save... Chip Dowler (1-1/0.82/7 G) was the loser... he came on in the 10th.... Middlefield was paced at the plate by Johnny Wyatt with three RBIs... his 5th postseason homer was good for a pair of scores... Forbest also batted in three runs... the top gun for East Point was 1B Alvaro Cavacos (.232/8 RBI) with a three-run homer and four RBIs... it was homer #3 in the playoffs for Cavacos... RF Doug Dennhardt (.242/14 RBI) pitched in with two runs batted in... and CF Pokie Ash (.247/7 RBI) socked three hits and scored twice for the Panthers, who outdid the Roosters 13 hits to 11... games four and five will also be played in East Point.
Last edited by Eugene Church; 02-02-2017 at 03:53 PM.
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