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YESTERDAY IN THE IPA
The Islandian Times
Friday, October 13, 2017
2017 IPA Pro Cup Finals (Best-of-Seven)
Game 7 At Kraft Stadium in Eastshore
Elegants Rally In 13th, Win Pro Cup Again
Friday the 13th was Eastshore's lucky day... the Elegants rallied from 2 runs down in the last of the 13th to cop the IPA Pro Cup for the second consecutive season... Turon took a 7-5 lead in the top half of the inning, but couldn't hold it... in a heart-pounding finish Eastshore took the seventh game 8-7 at its home park Kraft Stadium... this was an intensely-fought Pro Cup Finals... it was a shame for either club to lose it... the heavily-favored Elegants won the series four-games-to-three over the feisty Typhoons.
The Elegants came back from a 3-2 deficit in games to take the Island crown again... with Melvin Key on the hill, Eastshore put up a 5-2 lead after 5 innings, but allowed Turon to tie it up with a run in the 6th and 2 more in the top of the 9th... Key pitched a strong game, holding the Typhoons to just one earned run in 8 innings... Key allowed 6 hits, whiffed 4 and walked 3, leaving with a 5-3 lead, but his bullpen couldn't close it out... Les Irwin (1-0) got the win, but allowed 2 runs and 4 hits in his 2 innings... the loser was Jeb Pickett (0-1), who was blistered for 3 runs in the 13th... James Stuart started for Turon... he was rocked for 5 runs and 8 hits in 5 innings.
Both clubs had 12 hits each... backup C Fran MacIntyre led the Elegants at the plate with a homer and 3 RBIs... 3B Bob Leach also homered... 2B Gerry Garner drove 2 runs for the winners... C Cory Moore led the Typhoons with 3 hits and a pair of RBIs... RF Dominick DiCaprio added 2 RBIs.
This was Turon's record fifth time in the finals... the Typhoons also lost a heartbreaker in 7 games to Colfax in 2010... they have won the Pro Cup trophy three times in its history, tied with Far Mountain for the most titles.
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