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Eugene Church · 08-17-2022, 11:10 PM

YESTERDAY IN THE IPA

The Islandian Times
Sunday, October 4, 2020

2020 IPA Final 4 Series
(best-of seven)

Ruthlandian Union

Crushers In Pro Cup, Bobcats Out
Pro Cup, here comes the Crystal Lake Crushers... They made it look easy in game five of the Ruthlandian Final 4 with an 8-2 triumph over the favored Beechwood Bobcats... Baby George's boys eliminated the Bobcats four games to one and will now head to the IPA Pro Cup against the Tycobbian Union champion... Crystal Lake crashed 3 homers and 13 hits, led by its all-time great 1B Phil Gravelli (.359), who pounded out 3 hits and drove in 5 runs... his grand slammer in the second inning was the big blow of the game... 3B Herb Buck (.240) and SS Jimmy Bell (.205) also went deep... Buck also scored 3 times and posted 3 hits... the Crushers superlative southpaw Duncan Welch (4-1 3.07) fired a 5-hitter, whiffing 8 Bobcats and walking 2... Beechwood's fine 22-year-old rookie left-hander Marty Panko (2-2 4.73) did not fare well... Crystal Lake battered him for 6 runs in less than 2 innings.

Tycobbian Union

Ozarka Wins 3-2 Squeaker, Up 3-2 In Series
In a tense pitching duel at Ellie Ewing Stadium in Ozarka, the hometown Naturals won a squeaker from Luxora 3-2 as Yuka Nawajuk bested Julio Higuera... Ozarka now has the edge in the Tycobbian Final 4 three games to two... the victor will gain a spot opposite the Ruthlandian champion Crystal Lake in the Pro Cup Finals... Nawajuk (3-0 1.80) has been brilliant this postseason... today the 10-year veteran struck out 10 Zorros, walked one and limited them to just 2 runs and 6 hits in 8 innings... Nawajuk also knocked in the winning run in the fourth with a single... closer Josh Carpenter came on in the ninth and retired the Z's in order... Luxora took an early lead on a 2-run two-bagger by SS Joaquin Malagon (.303) in the second inning... that gave Malagon 12 RBIs in the playoffs... however, Ozarka quickly tied it up in the third frame, when 3B Andre Dumas (.396) walloped a 2-run roundtripper... in the fourth C Frank Kiffin (.371) doubled to lead off the inning, moved to third on a ground-out and was driven in by Nawajuk (.250)... both Nawajuk and Higuera threw goose eggs the rest of the way... Higuera (1-2 3.13) tossed a solid game, allowing 9 hits and 3 runs.

08-17-2022, 11:10 PM	#8975
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,936	YESTERDAY IN THE IPA The Islandian Times Sunday, October 4, 2020 2020 IPA Final 4 Series (best-of seven) Ruthlandian Union Crushers In Pro Cup, Bobcats Out Pro Cup, here comes the Crystal Lake Crushers... They made it look easy in game five of the Ruthlandian Final 4 with an 8-2 triumph over the favored Beechwood Bobcats... Baby George's boys eliminated the Bobcats four games to one and will now head to the IPA Pro Cup against the Tycobbian Union champion... Crystal Lake crashed 3 homers and 13 hits, led by its all-time great 1B Phil Gravelli (.359), who pounded out 3 hits and drove in 5 runs... his grand slammer in the second inning was the big blow of the game... 3B Herb Buck (.240) and SS Jimmy Bell (.205) also went deep... Buck also scored 3 times and posted 3 hits... the Crushers superlative southpaw Duncan Welch (4-1 3.07) fired a 5-hitter, whiffing 8 Bobcats and walking 2... Beechwood's fine 22-year-old rookie left-hander Marty Panko (2-2 4.73) did not fare well... Crystal Lake battered him for 6 runs in less than 2 innings. Tycobbian Union Ozarka Wins 3-2 Squeaker, Up 3-2 In Series In a tense pitching duel at Ellie Ewing Stadium in Ozarka, the hometown Naturals won a squeaker from Luxora 3-2 as Yuka Nawajuk bested Julio Higuera... Ozarka now has the edge in the Tycobbian Final 4 three games to two... the victor will gain a spot opposite the Ruthlandian champion Crystal Lake in the Pro Cup Finals... Nawajuk (3-0 1.80) has been brilliant this postseason... today the 10-year veteran struck out 10 Zorros, walked one and limited them to just 2 runs and 6 hits in 8 innings... Nawajuk also knocked in the winning run in the fourth with a single... closer Josh Carpenter came on in the ninth and retired the Z's in order... Luxora took an early lead on a 2-run two-bagger by SS Joaquin Malagon (.303) in the second inning... that gave Malagon 12 RBIs in the playoffs... however, Ozarka quickly tied it up in the third frame, when 3B Andre Dumas (.396) walloped a 2-run roundtripper... in the fourth C Frank Kiffin (.371) doubled to lead off the inning, moved to third on a ground-out and was driven in by Nawajuk (.250)... both Nawajuk and Higuera threw goose eggs the rest of the way... Higuera (1-2 3.13) tossed a solid game, allowing 9 hits and 3 runs.