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Eugene Church · 06-01-2023, 11:36 PM

YESTERDAY IN THE IPA

The Islandian Times
Thursday, September 28, 2022

2022 IPA Final 4 Series
(best-of-seven)

Ruthlandian Union

Welch Humbles Sligo 3-1, Crushers Win Opener
Playing on its home grounds, Crystal Lake copped the Ruthlandian Final 4 opener from Sligo 3-1... 6'7" stringbean southpaw Duncan Welch (3-0 1.04) did his job almost to perfection, holding the Rovers to 6 hits, while fanning 10 and issuing 2 walks in a sharp performance... all the scoring took place in the first three frames... the Crushers were led by RF Augie Marshall (.360), LF Jed Franks (.280) and 2B Greg Murphy (.364), who drove in the runs... Crystal Lake got 2 in the first and one in the third... Sligo got its lone run in the third on an RBI single by SP Ralph Odakota... Odakota (1-2 4.13) went the distance in defeat, surrendering 3 runs and 9 hits with 6 walks and 4 Ks... Sligo lost its fine 2B Garlin Delk early in the game when he was injured making a diving play on a pop fly... doctors said Delk will miss 2-3 weeks and not be available for the remainder of the postseason... During the regular season Delk batted .303 with 15 homers and 101 RBIs... in the playoffs he has slumped badly with a .143 BA and only 1 RBI... Sligo needed his bat badly to repeat as Pro Cup champion. He will be sorely missed.

Tycobbian Union

Suns Squeak By Wolves 4-3 In 11 Innings
On the road in Arroyo Grande at Capet Stadium, Midway blew the first game of the Tycobbian Finals 4-3 in 11 innings... the Wolves starting pitcher Motega Wolf gave them a 3-1 lead going into the ninth, but his relief couldn't nail down the verdict... rookie 1B Rusty Vizcarra (.321) slammed a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to tie it and send it to overtime... Vizcarra now has 12 RBIs and 3 home runs in the playoffs... in the eleventh RF Buddy Bechtel's (.292) two-out single drove in PR Glen Lindsay with the winning score... Jason Patrick (1-0 9.00) got the win with a scoreless frame... left-hander Sixto Zamora started and worked 10 innings, permitted 3 runs on 5 hits, but walked 7 and struck out 8... Wolf was really sharp, giving up only one run on 3 hits, striking out 5 and walking 2... Big John Littlefeather (0-1 1.93) took the mound in the last of the eleventh and took the loss... Arroyo Grande got 8 hits to 6 for the Wolves... Bechtel had 3 hits and 2 RBIs to pace the winners.

The Islandian Times
Thursday, September 28, 2022

2022 IPA Final 4 Series
(best-of-seven)

Ruthlandian Union

Crystal Lake Edges Sligo 3-2 In Game 2
Slight underdog Crystal Lake has outpitched and outhit favored Sligo in the first two games of the RU Final 4, winning two close games... winning pitcher Ralph McCullough (2-0 1.80) got the best of Rover ace Les Patterson (1-3 3.24) 3-2... McCullough went 8 strong innings, allowed 2 runs and 6 hits with no walks and 6 strikeouts... closer Roger Bishop (3.38) finished Sligo off with a perfect ninth... Patterson hurled a complete game, yielding 3 runs on 6 hits, fanning 9 and walking one... CF Andy McGee (.267) won it with a solo homer in the last of the eighth, snapping a 2-2 tie... 2B Greg Murphy (.346) also homered in the first inning for the Crushers... CF Chris Michel (.212) and RF Clell Renshaw (.394) drove in the Sligo runs in the third and eighth.

Midway Evens Series, Dorignac Sinks Suns 5-2
A last-minute change in starters paid off for Midway manager Cochise Chandler... he gave the ball to 22-year-old Bobby Dorignac instead of the scheduled starter Dakota Dyami... Dorignac has looked better in the playoffs... Dorignac downed Arroyo Grande 5-2 to gain a split in the first two games of the TU Final 4 Series... Dorignac (2-0 1.59) bent, but didn't break... he gave up 9 hits, but only 2 runs... Dom Vilaggio blanked the Suns in the ninth for his second save in the postseason this year... Ernie Matthews was the losing pitching in a lackluster start... Matthews (1-1 4.91) was rocked for 5 runs and 6 hits in 7 innings... C Sammy Murphy (.250) collected the winning hit with and RBI single in the 4-run sixth that put the Wolves up 5-1... SS Masko Chandler (.111) then delivered the crusher, a 3-run shot that put Midway out of reach... Arroyo Grande outhit the Wolves 9 to 6, but just didn't get timely hits.

The Islandian Times
Saturday, October 1, 2022

2022 IPA Final 4 Series
(best-of-seven)

Rovers Awake, Clobber Crushers 13-4 In Game 3
Trailing 3-2 after 4 innings, the Sligo Rovers roared back with a vengeance and clobbered Crystal Lake 13-4 to finally win a game in the RU Final 4, cutting the Crushers lead to 2-1... leading the Sligo hit parade were 3B Matty Alou (.229) with two hits and 4 RBIs, RF Clell Renshaw (.405) with 2 hits and 2 RBIs, LF Biff Blauer (.257) with 2 hits and 2 RBIs and SS Vic Carlin (.188) with 2 hits and 2 RBIs... the Rovers racked up 12 hits off four pitchers with Alou and Carlin going deep... Luka Abromowitz (3-0 2.16) continued his postseason success with his third win... he was touched for 4 runs and 9 hits, but only one was earned... it was sloppy game with each team committing four errors... losing pitcher Dean Taylor (1-2 4.87) was battered for 7 runs in 5+ innings.

Midway Mauls Suns 17-1, Goes Up 2-1 In Series
It was a runaway in the Tycobbian Final 4, too... Midway mauled Arroyo Grande before the happy home fans at Joe Wolf Stadium 17-1, bashing 16 hits and 3 roundtrippers... SS Maska Chandler (.125) cracked a grand slam and drove in 4 runs to lead the pack... brother LF Chitto Chandler (.194) had 3 hits and 4 RBIs, including a 2-run homer... 2B Frank Reinhard (.258) had 2 hits and 3 RBIs... CF Johnny Lee (.333) collected 3 hits, homered and drove in a pair of runs... Dakota Dyami (2-1 3.27) had a strong outing, limiting the Suns to just 4 hits with 7 Ks and 3 walks... Cesar De Leon (2-1 4.74) was knocked out after 2 innings... he left trailing 5-0.

The Islandian Times
Saturday, October 1, 2022

2022 IPA Final 4 Series
(best-of-seven)

Crushers Clip Rovers 6-4 In Game 4
5 errors gifted Crystal Lake with 6 runs in its 6-4 victory over Sligo in game four, pushing the Crushers lead to 3-1 in the RU Final 4 series, bringing the defending Pro Cup champ to the brink of elimination... Duncan Welch (4-0 1.29) struggled, but went the route, permitting only 2 earned runs and 5 hits with 4 walks and 5 strikeouts... 2B Greg Murphy (.400) sparked the Crushers with 2 hits and 2 RBIs... his second-inning two-bagger gave Crystal Lake a 4-2 lead... 3B Tommy Gompers (.333) also had 2 hits and scored twice... RF Augie Marshal (.324) and LF Jed Franks (.265) batted in the other runs... Ralph Odakota (1-3 3.41) was the victim of the shoddy defense... Odakota worked 5 innings, gave up 5 hits and 6 unearned runs... he departed behind 6-2 and Welch made the lead hold up... C Sherman Albert (.256) doubled in 2 runs in the first inning giving the Rovers a short-lived 2-1 edge... RF Clell Renshaw (.400) homered in the seventh and narrowed the score to 6-4... there were only 11 hits in the game, 6 for the Crushers and 5 for the Rovers.

Wolves Skim By Suns 6-5 In 12 Innings
In game four of the Tycobbian Final 4 Midway's Sammy Murphy stepped up to lead off the bottom of the 12th and slammed it into the stands for a 6-5 victory over favored Arroyo Grande... the Wolves only need one more win to advance to the Pro Cup Finals for the first time in the club's 21-year history... Midway blew a 5-3 lead in the ninth, but came back in extra innings to triumph... the Wolves got 17 hits, but had a tough time putting away Arroyo Grande... they left 13 baserunners on base... Motega Wolf shut out the Suns 2-0 for the first five frames, but was stung by 1B Rusty Vizcarra's 3-run homer in the sixth... single runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth gave the Wolves a 5-3 lead, but the Suns tied it with 2 unearned runs in the top of the ninth... in all Midway committed 4 errors... Big John Littlefeather (1-0 1.35) worked 2 scoreless innings for the win, with the defeat going to Steve Sampson (0-2 5.73)... Murphy (.364) topped the Wolves with 4 hits... RF Kyle Rigney (.381) had 3 hits and scored 2 runs... 2B Frank Reinhard (.314) smacked 3 hits and batted in a pair of runs... and CF Johnny Lee (.333) homered and drove in 2 runs... Arroyo Grande managed only 8 hits with Vizcarra (.325) getting 3 of them... the rookie has hit 4 out of the park in the postseason, after topping the IPA with 58 in the regular season.

The Islandian Times
Monday, October 3, 2022

2022 IPA Final 4 Series
(best-of-seven)

Sligo Survives, Beats CL 5-3 In Game 5
The Sligo Rovers lived to play another day... they survived elimination with a clutch pitching performance from Les Patterson, who stopped Crystal Lake 5-3 in game five of the RU Final 4 Series... the Crushers still have a 3-2 edge in the series and need just one more victory to wrap it up... Patterson (2-3 2.76) went the route and only allowed one earned run and 5 singles with 2 walks and 7 strikeouts... Sligo built up a 5-1 lead after 4 innings and held on... CF Chris Michel (.277) led them at the plate with 3 hits and 3 runs scored... Rover 1B Johnny Lee Harder (.297) drove in 2 of the runs and 3B Matty Alou (.214) and SS Vic Carlin (.154) had one apiece... Ralph McCullough (2-1 2.32) lost for the first time in the postseason, permitting 5 hits and 5 runs, 3 earned, in 6 innings... he walked 7 and fanned 4 in a poor effort... for Sligo to defend its Pro Cup title, it will have to win the final two games at home at Silver Mountain Park.

Midway Wins TU In 5 Games, Pro Cup Finalist
In a surprise, seventh-seeded Midway upset fourth seed Arroyo Grande in the TU Final to advance to the IPA Pro Cup for the first time in its history... The Wolves captured the series in five games... 22-year-old Bobby Dorignac clinched the league crown by blanking the Suns 2-0 on 6 hits... It was his third straight strong outing in the postseason... Dorignac (3-0 1.04) whiffed 8 and walked just 2 in going the distance... Ernie Matthews (1-2 3.90) was sharp, too, yielding only one earned run and 5 hits, also in a complete game... two errors led to the Wolves first run in the third inning... RF Kyle Rigney (.386) got the last run in on a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Midway will now get ready for an IPA showdown with Crystal Lake or Sligo for the Island baseball championship... the Pro Cup is slated to start Friday afternoon. Games one and two will be played at the Ruthlandian Union's home field... Crystal Lake was 97-57 during the year, Sligo wound up 95-59 and Midway was 92-62... Both the Crushers and the Rovers will have home field advantage over the Wolves.

The Islandian Times
Monday, October 3, 2022

2022 IPA Final 4 Series
(best-of-seven)

Crushers Dethrone Rovers in 6 Games
After a year's absence, the Crystal Lake Crushers are headed back to the IPA Pro Cup... the Crushers upended the defending IPA champ, the Sligo Rovers, finishing them off 6-3 in the deciding game in the Ruthlandian Final 4... Crystal Lake copped the series four games to two... in his first playoff start this year left-hander Vic Bauer got an unexpected start and got the job done... Bauer (1-0 2.53) held the Rovers to 3 runs and 8 hits, giving up only one earned score... Bauer had 5 Ks and 3 walks... Luka Abromowitz (3-1 3.64) dropped his first postseason game this year... he gave up 6 runs and 10 hits in 4+ frames... it just wasn't his day... C Ross Kent (.233) paced the Crusher 13-hit attack with 2 hits and 3 RBIs... 1B Phil Gravelli (.289) had a perfect 4-4 day and batted in 2 runs... 2B Greg Murphy (.390) had 2 hits and scored twice for the winners... manager Baby George chose southpaw Bauer over right-hander Dennis Taylor, who has performed poorly in the playoffs with a 1-2 mark and a high 4.87 ERA... during the regular season Sligo had trouble against lefties... Sligo started off like champs with a 3-0 lead after three innings... but it didn't last long as the Crushers tore into Abromowitz for 2 in the fourth and 4 more in the fifth to wrap up the RU title.

Crystal Lake won the IPA Pro Cup two years ago in 2020. This year's opponent is the Midway Wolves, who have played sterling baseball in whipping the number one seed Rolling Hills and the number four seed Arroyo Grande. Third seed Crystal Lake should take nothing for granted. It should be a fine series.

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Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,944	YESTERDAY IN THE IPA *The Islandian Times* Thursday, September 28, 2022 2022 IPA Final 4 Series (best-of-seven) Ruthlandian Union Welch Humbles Sligo 3-1, Crushers Win Opener Playing on its home grounds, Crystal Lake copped the Ruthlandian Final 4 opener from Sligo 3-1... 6'7" stringbean southpaw Duncan Welch (3-0 1.04) did his job almost to perfection, holding the Rovers to 6 hits, while fanning 10 and issuing 2 walks in a sharp performance... all the scoring took place in the first three frames... the Crushers were led by RF Augie Marshall (.360), LF Jed Franks (.280) and 2B Greg Murphy (.364), who drove in the runs... Crystal Lake got 2 in the first and one in the third... Sligo got its lone run in the third on an RBI single by SP Ralph Odakota... Odakota (1-2 4.13) went the distance in defeat, surrendering 3 runs and 9 hits with 6 walks and 4 Ks... Sligo lost its fine 2B Garlin Delk early in the game when he was injured making a diving play on a pop fly... doctors said Delk will miss 2-3 weeks and not be available for the remainder of the postseason... During the regular season Delk batted .303 with 15 homers and 101 RBIs... in the playoffs he has slumped badly with a .143 BA and only 1 RBI... Sligo needed his bat badly to repeat as Pro Cup champion. He will be sorely missed. Tycobbian Union Suns Squeak By Wolves 4-3 In 11 Innings On the road in Arroyo Grande at Capet Stadium, Midway blew the first game of the Tycobbian Finals 4-3 in 11 innings... the Wolves starting pitcher Motega Wolf gave them a 3-1 lead going into the ninth, but his relief couldn't nail down the verdict... rookie 1B Rusty Vizcarra (.321) slammed a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to tie it and send it to overtime... Vizcarra now has 12 RBIs and 3 home runs in the playoffs... in the eleventh RF Buddy Bechtel's (.292) two-out single drove in PR Glen Lindsay with the winning score... Jason Patrick (1-0 9.00) got the win with a scoreless frame... left-hander Sixto Zamora started and worked 10 innings, permitted 3 runs on 5 hits, but walked 7 and struck out 8... Wolf was really sharp, giving up only one run on 3 hits, striking out 5 and walking 2... Big John Littlefeather (0-1 1.93) took the mound in the last of the eleventh and took the loss... Arroyo Grande got 8 hits to 6 for the Wolves... Bechtel had 3 hits and 2 RBIs to pace the winners. The Islandian Times Thursday, September 28, 2022 2022 IPA Final 4 Series (best-of-seven) Ruthlandian Union Crystal Lake Edges Sligo 3-2 In Game 2 Slight underdog Crystal Lake has outpitched and outhit favored Sligo in the first two games of the RU Final 4, winning two close games... winning pitcher Ralph McCullough (2-0 1.80) got the best of Rover ace Les Patterson (1-3 3.24) 3-2... McCullough went 8 strong innings, allowed 2 runs and 6 hits with no walks and 6 strikeouts... closer Roger Bishop (3.38) finished Sligo off with a perfect ninth... Patterson hurled a complete game, yielding 3 runs on 6 hits, fanning 9 and walking one... CF Andy McGee (.267) won it with a solo homer in the last of the eighth, snapping a 2-2 tie... 2B Greg Murphy (.346) also homered in the first inning for the Crushers... CF Chris Michel (.212) and RF Clell Renshaw (.394) drove in the Sligo runs in the third and eighth. Midway Evens Series, Dorignac Sinks Suns 5-2 A last-minute change in starters paid off for Midway manager Cochise Chandler... he gave the ball to 22-year-old Bobby Dorignac instead of the scheduled starter Dakota Dyami... Dorignac has looked better in the playoffs... Dorignac downed Arroyo Grande 5-2 to gain a split in the first two games of the TU Final 4 Series... Dorignac (2-0 1.59) bent, but didn't break... he gave up 9 hits, but only 2 runs... Dom Vilaggio blanked the Suns in the ninth for his second save in the postseason this year... Ernie Matthews was the losing pitching in a lackluster start... Matthews (1-1 4.91) was rocked for 5 runs and 6 hits in 7 innings... C Sammy Murphy (.250) collected the winning hit with and RBI single in the 4-run sixth that put the Wolves up 5-1... SS Masko Chandler (.111) then delivered the crusher, a 3-run shot that put Midway out of reach... Arroyo Grande outhit the Wolves 9 to 6, but just didn't get timely hits. The Islandian Times Saturday, October 1, 2022 2022 IPA Final 4 Series (best-of-seven) Rovers Awake, Clobber Crushers 13-4 In Game 3 Trailing 3-2 after 4 innings, the Sligo Rovers roared back with a vengeance and clobbered Crystal Lake 13-4 to finally win a game in the RU Final 4, cutting the Crushers lead to 2-1... leading the Sligo hit parade were 3B Matty Alou (.229) with two hits and 4 RBIs, RF Clell Renshaw (.405) with 2 hits and 2 RBIs, LF Biff Blauer (.257) with 2 hits and 2 RBIs and SS Vic Carlin (.188) with 2 hits and 2 RBIs... the Rovers racked up 12 hits off four pitchers with Alou and Carlin going deep... Luka Abromowitz (3-0 2.16) continued his postseason success with his third win... he was touched for 4 runs and 9 hits, but only one was earned... it was sloppy game with each team committing four errors... losing pitcher Dean Taylor (1-2 4.87) was battered for 7 runs in 5+ innings. Midway Mauls Suns 17-1, Goes Up 2-1 In Series It was a runaway in the Tycobbian Final 4, too... Midway mauled Arroyo Grande before the happy home fans at Joe Wolf Stadium 17-1, bashing 16 hits and 3 roundtrippers... SS Maska Chandler (.125) cracked a grand slam and drove in 4 runs to lead the pack... brother LF Chitto Chandler (.194) had 3 hits and 4 RBIs, including a 2-run homer... 2B Frank Reinhard (.258) had 2 hits and 3 RBIs... CF Johnny Lee (.333) collected 3 hits, homered and drove in a pair of runs... Dakota Dyami (2-1 3.27) had a strong outing, limiting the Suns to just 4 hits with 7 Ks and 3 walks... Cesar De Leon (2-1 4.74) was knocked out after 2 innings... he left trailing 5-0. *The Islandian Times* Saturday, October 1, 2022 2022 IPA Final 4 Series (best-of-seven) Crushers Clip Rovers 6-4 In Game 4 5 errors gifted Crystal Lake with 6 runs in its 6-4 victory over Sligo in game four, pushing the Crushers lead to 3-1 in the RU Final 4 series, bringing the defending Pro Cup champ to the brink of elimination... Duncan Welch (4-0 1.29) struggled, but went the route, permitting only 2 earned runs and 5 hits with 4 walks and 5 strikeouts... 2B Greg Murphy (.400) sparked the Crushers with 2 hits and 2 RBIs... his second-inning two-bagger gave Crystal Lake a 4-2 lead... 3B Tommy Gompers (.333) also had 2 hits and scored twice... RF Augie Marshal (.324) and LF Jed Franks (.265) batted in the other runs... Ralph Odakota (1-3 3.41) was the victim of the shoddy defense... Odakota worked 5 innings, gave up 5 hits and 6 unearned runs... he departed behind 6-2 and Welch made the lead hold up... C Sherman Albert (.256) doubled in 2 runs in the first inning giving the Rovers a short-lived 2-1 edge... RF Clell Renshaw (.400) homered in the seventh and narrowed the score to 6-4... there were only 11 hits in the game, 6 for the Crushers and 5 for the Rovers. Wolves Skim By Suns 6-5 In 12 Innings In game four of the Tycobbian Final 4 Midway's Sammy Murphy stepped up to lead off the bottom of the 12th and slammed it into the stands for a 6-5 victory over favored Arroyo Grande... the Wolves only need one more win to advance to the Pro Cup Finals for the first time in the club's 21-year history... Midway blew a 5-3 lead in the ninth, but came back in extra innings to triumph... the Wolves got 17 hits, but had a tough time putting away Arroyo Grande... they left 13 baserunners on base... Motega Wolf shut out the Suns 2-0 for the first five frames, but was stung by 1B Rusty Vizcarra's 3-run homer in the sixth... single runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth gave the Wolves a 5-3 lead, but the Suns tied it with 2 unearned runs in the top of the ninth... in all Midway committed 4 errors... Big John Littlefeather (1-0 1.35) worked 2 scoreless innings for the win, with the defeat going to Steve Sampson (0-2 5.73)... Murphy (.364) topped the Wolves with 4 hits... RF Kyle Rigney (.381) had 3 hits and scored 2 runs... 2B Frank Reinhard (.314) smacked 3 hits and batted in a pair of runs... and CF Johnny Lee (.333) homered and drove in 2 runs... Arroyo Grande managed only 8 hits with Vizcarra (.325) getting 3 of them... the rookie has hit 4 out of the park in the postseason, after topping the IPA with 58 in the regular season. *The Islandian Times* Monday, October 3, 2022 2022 IPA Final 4 Series (best-of-seven) Sligo Survives, Beats CL 5-3 In Game 5 The Sligo Rovers lived to play another day... they survived elimination with a clutch pitching performance from Les Patterson, who stopped Crystal Lake 5-3 in game five of the RU Final 4 Series... the Crushers still have a 3-2 edge in the series and need just one more victory to wrap it up... Patterson (2-3 2.76) went the route and only allowed one earned run and 5 singles with 2 walks and 7 strikeouts... Sligo built up a 5-1 lead after 4 innings and held on... CF Chris Michel (.277) led them at the plate with 3 hits and 3 runs scored... Rover 1B Johnny Lee Harder (.297) drove in 2 of the runs and 3B Matty Alou (.214) and SS Vic Carlin (.154) had one apiece... Ralph McCullough (2-1 2.32) lost for the first time in the postseason, permitting 5 hits and 5 runs, 3 earned, in 6 innings... he walked 7 and fanned 4 in a poor effort... for Sligo to defend its Pro Cup title, it will have to win the final two games at home at Silver Mountain Park. Midway Wins TU In 5 Games, Pro Cup Finalist In a surprise, seventh-seeded Midway upset fourth seed Arroyo Grande in the TU Final to advance to the IPA Pro Cup for the first time in its history... The Wolves captured the series in five games... 22-year-old Bobby Dorignac clinched the league crown by blanking the Suns 2-0 on 6 hits... It was his third straight strong outing in the postseason... Dorignac (3-0 1.04) whiffed 8 and walked just 2 in going the distance... Ernie Matthews (1-2 3.90) was sharp, too, yielding only one earned run and 5 hits, also in a complete game... two errors led to the Wolves first run in the third inning... RF Kyle Rigney (.386) got the last run in on a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Midway will now get ready for an IPA showdown with Crystal Lake or Sligo for the Island baseball championship... the Pro Cup is slated to start Friday afternoon. Games one and two will be played at the Ruthlandian Union's home field... Crystal Lake was 97-57 during the year, Sligo wound up 95-59 and Midway was 92-62... Both the Crushers and the Rovers will have home field advantage over the Wolves. *The Islandian Times* Monday, October 3, 2022 2022 IPA Final 4 Series (best-of-seven) Crushers Dethrone Rovers in 6 Games After a year's absence, the Crystal Lake Crushers are headed back to the IPA Pro Cup... the Crushers upended the defending IPA champ, the Sligo Rovers, finishing them off 6-3 in the deciding game in the Ruthlandian Final 4... Crystal Lake copped the series four games to two... in his first playoff start this year left-hander Vic Bauer got an unexpected start and got the job done... Bauer (1-0 2.53) held the Rovers to 3 runs and 8 hits, giving up only one earned score... Bauer had 5 Ks and 3 walks... Luka Abromowitz (3-1 3.64) dropped his first postseason game this year... he gave up 6 runs and 10 hits in 4+ frames... it just wasn't his day... C Ross Kent (.233) paced the Crusher 13-hit attack with 2 hits and 3 RBIs... 1B Phil Gravelli (.289) had a perfect 4-4 day and batted in 2 runs... 2B Greg Murphy (.390) had 2 hits and scored twice for the winners... manager Baby George chose southpaw Bauer over right-hander Dennis Taylor, who has performed poorly in the playoffs with a 1-2 mark and a high 4.87 ERA... during the regular season Sligo had trouble against lefties... Sligo started off like champs with a 3-0 lead after three innings... but it didn't last long as the Crushers tore into Abromowitz for 2 in the fourth and 4 more in the fifth to wrap up the RU title. Crystal Lake won the IPA Pro Cup two years ago in 2020. This year's opponent is the Midway Wolves, who have played sterling baseball in whipping the number one seed Rolling Hills and the number four seed Arroyo Grande. Third seed Crystal Lake should take nothing for granted. It should be a fine series.