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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Thursday, October 10, 2052
IPA PRO CUP SERIES: Game 5 at Armed Forces Park in East Point
PANTHERS LIVE, FEND OFF ROOSTERS IN GAME 5
The East Point Panthers stayed alive in the IPA Pro Cup Series with a stirring 4-3 triumph on their own home field in game five at Armed Forces Park and narrowed the Middlefield margin to three games to two in the best-of-seven series... the Panthers snapped a 3-3 tie in the last of the 6th frame when a single by Jakie Spears (.421), walk to Kenny Bailey (.282) and a force out at second put runners on the corners... East Point got the winning run on an RBI groundout by SS Thomas Crawford (.163/2 RBI)... starter Ralph Wallace (3-3/4.54) registered the win... he hurled seven innings, allowed three runs on five hits with five walks and four Ks... Pudgy Putnam (1-0/3.52/3 saves/8 G) logged the save with two scoreless frames, pinning the loss on Rooster starter James Long (1-4/3.80)... the Panthers touched him for four runs and seven hits in seven innings... Long fanned four and walked four... Crawford and 1B Alvaro Cavacos (.234/10 RBI) had two RBIs apiece to lead the winners... LF Trip Agarn (.301/17 RBI) hit a homer for Middlefield, his 7th of the postseason and 17th RBI... game six is scheduled for this afternoon at Middlefield Park... game seven, if necessary, will also be played there.
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