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YESTERDAY IN THE IPA
The Islandian Times
Friday, October 2, 2020
2020 IPA Final 4 Series: Game 3
(best-of seven)
Ruthlandian Union
Crushers Homer Past Bobcats 6-3
In game three of the Ruthlandian Final 4 Crystal Lake blasted its way past Beechwood 6-3 with 3 homers and rode the good left arm of Vic Bauer to victory and a 2-1 lead in the series... Bauer (1-1 3.52) struck out 11 batters, walked 3 and held the Bobcats to 3 runs and 5 hits, shutting them out until the ninth... 2B Greg Murphy (.256), C Eddie Robertson (.343) and 3B Herb Buck (.214) unloaded home runs to led the Crushers... Each club could manage only 5 hits each... the loss went to Stephen Ladd (0-1 6.75), who was rocked for 6 runs and 5 hits in 4 innings.
Tycobbian Union
Luxora Grabs Series Lead 5-4
After splitting the first two games in Luxora, the Zorros grabbed a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Tycobbian Final 4 by skimming by Ozarka 5-4 at Ellie Ewing Stadium... The Zorros could only get 6 hits off three Nats pitcher, but that was enough... the Z's took the lead 4-3 in the seventh on RF Rick Shaffner's (.294) 2-run swat, then held on... Steve Aaron (2-1 4.50) came through for Luxora, holding the Naturals to 4 runs in 8 innings... Aaron allowed 9 hits, struck out 5 and walked 2... 2 of the runs were not earned... Jay Brewer worked a scoreless ninth for the save... 3B Andre Dumas gave Ozarka a brief 3-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth with a solo homer... Howard Hutch (0-2) relieved starter Eddie Roberts in the seventh, blew the save and took the loss, giving up 3 runs in 1 and two-thirds innings... Ozarka had a 10-6 hit advantage... Dumas (.390) went 3-4 and scored twice, while SS James Couch (.343) had 2 hits and 2 RBIs in defeat.
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