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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Friday, September 25, 2059
ROVERS RALLY PAST NINE IN 11TH
In an up-and-down affair at Legends Field in Marston, Sligo rallied past the Nine 9-8 in 11 innings... Gerald Porterfield and Dallas Patton teamed up to topple powerful Marston in the first game of the RU Division Championship Series... in the decisive inning Porterfield singled and then came around to score on Patton's three-bagger... reliever Denver Brickman (1-0) notched the victory with 2 scoreless innings... Buddy Wilkes (0-1) took the loss... Patton went 4 for 7 in the game and drove in 4 runs... Porterfield scored 3 times and had 3 hits... Sligo outhit Marston 12-10.
The Rovers jumped out 5-0 in the first 2 innings, but then fell behind 8-5 after 8 innings... they rallied against Marston's superb closer Robert Tringle for 3 runs in the top of the ninth and forced extra innings.
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