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Eugene Church · 06-13-2023, 08:37 PM

YESTERDAY IN THE IPA

The Islandian Times
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

2023 IPA Pro Cup Final 4 Series - Game 1

Vipers Trounce All-Stars In Final 4 Opener
The unheralded 8th-seeded Valmara Vipers picked up in the first game of the Ruthlandian Final 4 where they left off in the first round - the Vipers beat a favored team with outstanding pitching... Valmara, fresh off upsetting defending Pro Cup titleholder Crystal Lake, got another strong outing from Clem Carmouche, who stymied 5th seed Elnora 7-1 on 3 hits... Carmouche (1-1 2.22) struck out 4 and walked 4 in a complete game... the Viper bats were blazing, too... they racked up 13 hits in trouncing the All-Stars... 2B Ron Freiberg (.364) and RF Gerry Kazmarek (.240) each had 3 hits and SS Tyler Ferguson (.238) and Pete Gibbs (.389) had two apiece... Kazamarek had 2 doubles and a triple, while Gibbs got the only homer in the game... it was a bad performance by Lucien Vachon (2-1 4.76)... Valmara battered him for 10 hits and 5 runs in 4+ innings... he went to the shower behind 5-0.

Blue Jays Beat Rascals 5-1 In Game 1
The Tuckanarra Blue Jays won the first game of the Tycobbian Finals, but suffered a serious loss, when starting pitcher Dean Peterson went out with blister on his throwing hand... nonetheless, the Tucks took the game 5-1 with some fine relief pitching... They are unbeaten in five postseason games this season... Gene O'Reilly and Tom Thomas came in trailing 1-0 and stopped the hard-hitting Rascals on 3 hits and no runs over the final 5 and two-thirds innings... O'Reilly (1-0) was the winner... he worked four and two-thirds innings and allowed just 2 hits with 4 Ks and no walks... Thomas gave up a hit in the ninth, but finished off White River and sealed the win... Peterson left in the fourth, trailing 1-0... Peterson surrendered 2 hits and a run with 4 strikeouts and a walk... Peterson could be out 1-2 weeks and miss the rest of the playoffs... Rascal RF Kenneth Kent's (.292) RBI ground-out got in the first run of the game... Paul Sardini made it stand up until the bottom of the eighth when Tuckanarra tagged him for 5 runs... Sardini (2-1 2.08) walked 6 and fanned 6 in the loss... he had a 2-hit shutout for 7 innings... 3B Koora Nawajuk (.333) put the Blue Jays ahead with a 2-run single, CF Thomas Parker's (.333) sacrifice fly made it 3-1 and PH Tony Nicholson wound up the scoring with a 2-run double.

The Islandian Times
Thursday, September 28, 2023

2023 IPA Pro Cup Final 4 Series Game 2

Valmara Wins Again, Ray Stops Elnora 3-2
Underdog Valmara won its second in a row on the road in the RU Final 4 Series as Billy Ray stopped Elnora 3-2 at State Fair Park... it was Ray's third consecutive postseason victory... Ray (3-0 1.44) logged 8 innings, permitted 2 runs and 6 hits, struck out 3 and walked just one batter... closer Chris Phillips chalked his second save in the playoffs with a 1-2-3 ninth... Will Hamilton went all the way for Elnora, allowing only 1 earned run and 7 hits, while fanning 6 and walking 4... right off the bat the V's took a 2-0 lead in the opening frame, scoring on an infield error and an RBI double by 2B Ron Freiberg (.346)... Valmara added another run in the third inning on a passed ball... RF Travis Glass tripled in both All-Star runs in the last of the sixth... SS Tyler Ferguson (.320) collected 3 hits and an RBI for the Vipers and CF Teddy Szymanski (.407) had 2 hits and scored twice... Glass (.345) had 3 hits for Elnora and CF Charley Beard (.235) a pair.

Blue Jays Up By 2, Skim By WR 3-2 In Game 2
Tuckanarra topped White River for the second successive game at home on the Blue Jays home field, Central Park Stadium... Tuckanarra got another stellar start from Glynn Starr, who only gave up 2 runs and 4 hits in his 8 innings... but Starr's (2-0 1.69) control was shaky as he walked 6... Starr had 6 Ks... closer Archie Desmond struck out the side in the ninth to preserve the win... Desmond has 3 saves in the playoffs... Starr also drove in the winning run in the sixth with a sacrifice fly, snapping a 2-2 tie... Don French (2-1 2.31) was the loser... he permitted 3 runs and 6 hits in 6+ frames... 6 walks caused French a lot of trouble... not many hits in the game... 7 for the Blue Jays and just 4 for White River.

The Islandian Times
Friday, September 29, 2023

2023 IPA Final 4 Series - Game 3

Elnora Salvages Game 3, Wiggles By Vipers 8-7
It was almost do or die for the Elnora All-Stars... they badly needed to win game three of the RU Final 4 with Valmara and the All-Stars did it... Elnora escaped with an 8-7 victory to cut the Vipers lead in the series to two games to one... It was Leon Carter's solo smash in the top of the ninth that put the All-Stars ahead 8-6 and they managed to survive Valmara's ninth-inning rally... Carter (.323) led Elnora with 3 hits and 3 RBIs... RF Travis Glass (.324) provided 2 RBIs and CF Charley Beard (.263) had two hits and scored twice... Valmara outhit Elnora 15 to 11 and were paced by LF Sonny Oliver (.273) with 3-5, 2 runs and 2 RBIs and CF Teddy Szymanski (.438) with 3-5, 2 runs and an RBI... it was a 1-1 pitcher's duel between Hal Wilkerson and Johnny Vasylenko for 6 innings, then Elnora piled up 6 runs in the seventh for a 7-1 advantage, but Valmara came right back with 5 in the bottom half of the inning... Wilkerson (2-1 2.75) managed to get the win, in spite of giving up 6 runs and 12 hits in 7 innings... only one of the runs was earned... Joel Bassett got the save despite allowing a run in the ninth... Vasylenko (0-1 4.32) was the losing pitcher... he allowed 7 runs and 9 hits in 6+ innings.

Tucks Take 3-0 Lead, Rascals Fall 4-3
For the third successive game Tuckanarra held the White River bats at bay and came away with a 4-3 triumph... the Blue Jays are unbeaten in 7 postseason games this year and only need one more win to wrap up the best-of-seven TU Final 4 Series and earn a trip to the Pro Cup Finals... Quinn Starr (3-0 2.86) went a strong 8 innings for the win, yielding just 2 runs on 6 hits... Starr left with a 4-2 lead... closer Archie Desmond surrendered a run in the ninth, but got the final out with the tying score on second... it was Desmond's 4th save of the playoffs... Tuckanarra socked 12 hits to 7 for the Rascals... SS Narra Gilyinju (.269) had 3 hits for the Blues Jays with an RBI... 3B Koora Nawajuk (.320) had 2 hits and a run batted in... RF Danny Redd (.227) and 1B Lynn Starr (.292) drove in the other two runs... CF Jake Doerr (.233), 1B Marty Blake (.250) and catcher P. J. Blake (.241) batted in the runs for the Rascals... Ron Hendrix (0-2 3.13) went the distance in defeat, striking out 6 and walking 2.

The Islandian Times
Saturday, September 30, 2023

2023 IPA Final 4 Series - Game 4

V's Win Third Time In 4 Games, Top Elnora 4-0
30-year-old lefty Clem Carmouche blanked Elnora 4-0 to send underdog Valmara up three games to one in the Ruthlandian Final 4... Carmouche (2-1 1.62), an 18-game winner in the regular season, was on top of his game as he sat down the All-Stars on 5 hits, fanned 6 and walked 3... 3B Teddy Rudek (.300) busted up a scoreless battle between Carmouche and Lucien Vachon with a 3-run clout in the bottom of the fifth... 2B Ron Freiberg (.343) upped it to 4-0 with a solo shot in the sixth... Vachon (2-2 5.20) was the loser... the V's tagged him for all 4 runs and 9 hits in 5 innings.

Rascals Torch Tucks 15-4, WR Still Alive
White River took advantage of Tuckanarra's number four starter and torched the Blue Jays 15-4 to remain alive in the Tycobbian Final 4... the Rascals snapped the Blue Jays playoff-winning streak at 7... Tucknarra still has a huge 3-1 edge in the series and needs only one win to capture the TU championship and advance to the Pro Cup Finals against the Ruthlandian champ... White River chalked up 10 hits, 6 homers and 8 walks in the runaway... the Rascals scored only 6 runs in the first three games of the series... 1B Marty Blake (.286) and catcher P. J. Blake (.303) each hammered 2 homers... RF Kenneth Kent (.281) and 3B Sammy Tucker (.316) also went deep... Marty Blake and Kent drove in 4 runs apiece and P. J. Blake had 3 RBIs... Blue Jay 20-game winner Dean Peterson had to skip this start because of a bad blister... Apari Churchill (0-1) started in his place and lasted only 4 innings...Churchill was the loser as he was slammed for 5 runs in 4 innings... he departed trailing 5-3... White River starter Paul Sardini (3-1 2.60) copped the win, but struggled with 7 walks... Sardini went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs and 5 hits with 6 Ks... Sardini was ahead 7-3 at the time... the Rascals put the game out of reach with 6 runs in the seventh.

The Islandian Times
Sunday, October 1, 2023

2023 IPA Final 4 Series - Game 5

Valmara Pro Bowl Bound
After 20 years of frustration and failure, the Valmara Vipers will get another chance for a Pro Cup, symbolic of pro baseball supremacy in Islandia... Billy Ray pitched a whale of a game, stopping Elnora 2-1 in game five of the Ruthlandian Final 4 Series to take the series four games to one and advance to the IPA Pro Cup Finals... Ray (20-11 2.21) was obtained in a trade with the Beechwood Bobcats and the stubby 30-year-old right-hander has made a huge difference in his first season with the Vipers and was one of the main reasons they made the playoffs... in the playoffs Ray (4-0 1.36) has been even better... he worked 8 strong innings for the win, yielded 5 hits and a run with 5 strikeouts and 5 walks... closer Chris Phillips got his 3rd postseason save with a scoreless ninth... LF Sonny Oliver (.282) saved the day for Valmara with a 2-run double in the last of the eighth that wiped out a 1-0 Elnora lead... Will Hamilton (1-3 2.03) pitched very well, too, but suffered another hard-luck loss... Hamilton held Valmara to 5 hits and 2 runs with 5 Ks and 4 walks... in the top of the eighth, the All-Stars broke the scoreless tie when 2B Michael Griffin worked Ray for a bases-load base on balls... but Hamilton couldn't hold it... Valmara last played in the Pro Cup in 2003, when they were swept by the Turon Typhoons... the Vipers will meet the winner of the Tuckanarra-White River series.

Tucks Take Rascals In 5, Play V's In Pro Cup
For the first time in a decade, Tuckanarra will be in the IPA Pro Cup Finals... the Blue Jays finished off the White River Rascals 5-2 in game five to win the Tycobbian title four games to one... the Tucks snapped a 2-2 deadlock in the top of the ninth on PH Vince Di Lazzaro's 2-run homer and back-up SS Kevin Morris' solo blast... they came back-to-back off loser Arnie Montel (0-1 7.50) and made a winner out of Blue Jay bullpen ace Archie Desmond (1-0 1.59), who logged a perfect eighth... Gene O'Reilly recorded his 2nd save by retiring the Rascals in order in the last of the ninth... Tuckanarra starter Glynn Starr gave them 7 good innings, holding White River to 5 hits and 2 runs with 5 strikeouts and no walks... Don French started for the Rascals, but left early because of a long rain delay... French pitched 4 and two-thirds innings, gave up 2 runs and 3 hits with 4 Ks and 2 walks... the teams were tied 2-2 when French left the game... White River took an early lead on a double by Kenneth Kent (.278) in the top of the second frame... Kent went to third on a ground-out and scored when 2B Vinny Uhrich (.200) grounded out to second base... Tuckanarra took a 2-1 lead on 3B Koora Nawajuk's (.290) 2-run double in the bottom half of the inning... in the fourth the Rascals evened the score at 2-2 when RF Hal Littleton (.318) doubled and scored on catcher P. J. Blake's (.297) two-bagger... the top-seeded Blue Jays will be challenged by the eighth-seeded Valmara Vipers, who have come into their own in the postseason... the Pro Cup Finals will get underway Tuesday afternoon at Central Park Stadium in Tuckanarra... the Blue Jays have played in only one Pro Cup and lost it in a sweep to the powerful Far Mountain Redhawks in 2012... the Redhawks won the Island championship three years running 2011-2013.

06-13-2023, 08:37 PM	#9563
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,906	YESTERDAY IN THE IPA *The Islandian Times* Wednesday, September 27, 2023 2023 IPA Pro Cup Final 4 Series - Game 1 Vipers Trounce All-Stars In Final 4 Opener The unheralded 8th-seeded Valmara Vipers picked up in the first game of the Ruthlandian Final 4 where they left off in the first round - the Vipers beat a favored team with outstanding pitching... Valmara, fresh off upsetting defending Pro Cup titleholder Crystal Lake, got another strong outing from Clem Carmouche, who stymied 5th seed Elnora 7-1 on 3 hits... Carmouche (1-1 2.22) struck out 4 and walked 4 in a complete game... the Viper bats were blazing, too... they racked up 13 hits in trouncing the All-Stars... 2B Ron Freiberg (.364) and RF Gerry Kazmarek (.240) each had 3 hits and SS Tyler Ferguson (.238) and Pete Gibbs (.389) had two apiece... Kazamarek had 2 doubles and a triple, while Gibbs got the only homer in the game... it was a bad performance by Lucien Vachon (2-1 4.76)... Valmara battered him for 10 hits and 5 runs in 4+ innings... he went to the shower behind 5-0. Blue Jays Beat Rascals 5-1 In Game 1 The Tuckanarra Blue Jays won the first game of the Tycobbian Finals, but suffered a serious loss, when starting pitcher Dean Peterson went out with blister on his throwing hand... nonetheless, the Tucks took the game 5-1 with some fine relief pitching... They are unbeaten in five postseason games this season... Gene O'Reilly and Tom Thomas came in trailing 1-0 and stopped the hard-hitting Rascals on 3 hits and no runs over the final 5 and two-thirds innings... O'Reilly (1-0) was the winner... he worked four and two-thirds innings and allowed just 2 hits with 4 Ks and no walks... Thomas gave up a hit in the ninth, but finished off White River and sealed the win... Peterson left in the fourth, trailing 1-0... Peterson surrendered 2 hits and a run with 4 strikeouts and a walk... Peterson could be out 1-2 weeks and miss the rest of the playoffs... Rascal RF Kenneth Kent's (.292) RBI ground-out got in the first run of the game... Paul Sardini made it stand up until the bottom of the eighth when Tuckanarra tagged him for 5 runs... Sardini (2-1 2.08) walked 6 and fanned 6 in the loss... he had a 2-hit shutout for 7 innings... 3B Koora Nawajuk (.333) put the Blue Jays ahead with a 2-run single, CF Thomas Parker's (.333) sacrifice fly made it 3-1 and PH Tony Nicholson wound up the scoring with a 2-run double. *The Islandian Times* Thursday, September 28, 2023 2023 IPA Pro Cup Final 4 Series Game 2 Valmara Wins Again, Ray Stops Elnora 3-2 Underdog Valmara won its second in a row on the road in the RU Final 4 Series as Billy Ray stopped Elnora 3-2 at State Fair Park... it was Ray's third consecutive postseason victory... Ray (3-0 1.44) logged 8 innings, permitted 2 runs and 6 hits, struck out 3 and walked just one batter... closer Chris Phillips chalked his second save in the playoffs with a 1-2-3 ninth... Will Hamilton went all the way for Elnora, allowing only 1 earned run and 7 hits, while fanning 6 and walking 4... right off the bat the V's took a 2-0 lead in the opening frame, scoring on an infield error and an RBI double by 2B Ron Freiberg (.346)... Valmara added another run in the third inning on a passed ball... RF Travis Glass tripled in both All-Star runs in the last of the sixth... SS Tyler Ferguson (.320) collected 3 hits and an RBI for the Vipers and CF Teddy Szymanski (.407) had 2 hits and scored twice... Glass (.345) had 3 hits for Elnora and CF Charley Beard (.235) a pair. Blue Jays Up By 2, Skim By WR 3-2 In Game 2 Tuckanarra topped White River for the second successive game at home on the Blue Jays home field, Central Park Stadium... Tuckanarra got another stellar start from Glynn Starr, who only gave up 2 runs and 4 hits in his 8 innings... but Starr's (2-0 1.69) control was shaky as he walked 6... Starr had 6 Ks... closer Archie Desmond struck out the side in the ninth to preserve the win... Desmond has 3 saves in the playoffs... Starr also drove in the winning run in the sixth with a sacrifice fly, snapping a 2-2 tie... Don French (2-1 2.31) was the loser... he permitted 3 runs and 6 hits in 6+ frames... 6 walks caused French a lot of trouble... not many hits in the game... 7 for the Blue Jays and just 4 for White River. *The Islandian Times* Friday, September 29, 2023 2023 IPA Final 4 Series - Game 3 Elnora Salvages Game 3, Wiggles By Vipers 8-7 It was almost do or die for the Elnora All-Stars... they badly needed to win game three of the RU Final 4 with Valmara and the All-Stars did it... Elnora escaped with an 8-7 victory to cut the Vipers lead in the series to two games to one... It was Leon Carter's solo smash in the top of the ninth that put the All-Stars ahead 8-6 and they managed to survive Valmara's ninth-inning rally... Carter (.323) led Elnora with 3 hits and 3 RBIs... RF Travis Glass (.324) provided 2 RBIs and CF Charley Beard (.263) had two hits and scored twice... Valmara outhit Elnora 15 to 11 and were paced by LF Sonny Oliver (.273) with 3-5, 2 runs and 2 RBIs and CF Teddy Szymanski (.438) with 3-5, 2 runs and an RBI... it was a 1-1 pitcher's duel between Hal Wilkerson and Johnny Vasylenko for 6 innings, then Elnora piled up 6 runs in the seventh for a 7-1 advantage, but Valmara came right back with 5 in the bottom half of the inning... Wilkerson (2-1 2.75) managed to get the win, in spite of giving up 6 runs and 12 hits in 7 innings... only one of the runs was earned... Joel Bassett got the save despite allowing a run in the ninth... Vasylenko (0-1 4.32) was the losing pitcher... he allowed 7 runs and 9 hits in 6+ innings. Tucks Take 3-0 Lead, Rascals Fall 4-3 For the third successive game Tuckanarra held the White River bats at bay and came away with a 4-3 triumph... the Blue Jays are unbeaten in 7 postseason games this year and only need one more win to wrap up the best-of-seven TU Final 4 Series and earn a trip to the Pro Cup Finals... Quinn Starr (3-0 2.86) went a strong 8 innings for the win, yielding just 2 runs on 6 hits... Starr left with a 4-2 lead... closer Archie Desmond surrendered a run in the ninth, but got the final out with the tying score on second... it was Desmond's 4th save of the playoffs... Tuckanarra socked 12 hits to 7 for the Rascals... SS Narra Gilyinju (.269) had 3 hits for the Blues Jays with an RBI... 3B Koora Nawajuk (.320) had 2 hits and a run batted in... RF Danny Redd (.227) and 1B Lynn Starr (.292) drove in the other two runs... CF Jake Doerr (.233), 1B Marty Blake (.250) and catcher P. J. Blake (.241) batted in the runs for the Rascals... Ron Hendrix (0-2 3.13) went the distance in defeat, striking out 6 and walking 2. *The Islandian Times* Saturday, September 30, 2023 2023 IPA Final 4 Series - Game 4 V's Win Third Time In 4 Games, Top Elnora 4-0 30-year-old lefty Clem Carmouche blanked Elnora 4-0 to send underdog Valmara up three games to one in the Ruthlandian Final 4... Carmouche (2-1 1.62), an 18-game winner in the regular season, was on top of his game as he sat down the All-Stars on 5 hits, fanned 6 and walked 3... 3B Teddy Rudek (.300) busted up a scoreless battle between Carmouche and Lucien Vachon with a 3-run clout in the bottom of the fifth... 2B Ron Freiberg (.343) upped it to 4-0 with a solo shot in the sixth... Vachon (2-2 5.20) was the loser... the V's tagged him for all 4 runs and 9 hits in 5 innings. Rascals Torch Tucks 15-4, WR Still Alive White River took advantage of Tuckanarra's number four starter and torched the Blue Jays 15-4 to remain alive in the Tycobbian Final 4... the Rascals snapped the Blue Jays playoff-winning streak at 7... Tucknarra still has a huge 3-1 edge in the series and needs only one win to capture the TU championship and advance to the Pro Cup Finals against the Ruthlandian champ... White River chalked up 10 hits, 6 homers and 8 walks in the runaway... the Rascals scored only 6 runs in the first three games of the series... 1B Marty Blake (.286) and catcher P. J. Blake (.303) each hammered 2 homers... RF Kenneth Kent (.281) and 3B Sammy Tucker (.316) also went deep... Marty Blake and Kent drove in 4 runs apiece and P. J. Blake had 3 RBIs... Blue Jay 20-game winner Dean Peterson had to skip this start because of a bad blister... Apari Churchill (0-1) started in his place and lasted only 4 innings...Churchill was the loser as he was slammed for 5 runs in 4 innings... he departed trailing 5-3... White River starter Paul Sardini (3-1 2.60) copped the win, but struggled with 7 walks... Sardini went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs and 5 hits with 6 Ks... Sardini was ahead 7-3 at the time... the Rascals put the game out of reach with 6 runs in the seventh. *The Islandian Times* Sunday, October 1, 2023 2023 IPA Final 4 Series - Game 5 Valmara Pro Bowl Bound After 20 years of frustration and failure, the Valmara Vipers will get another chance for a Pro Cup, symbolic of pro baseball supremacy in Islandia... Billy Ray pitched a whale of a game, stopping Elnora 2-1 in game five of the Ruthlandian Final 4 Series to take the series four games to one and advance to the IPA Pro Cup Finals... Ray (20-11 2.21) was obtained in a trade with the Beechwood Bobcats and the stubby 30-year-old right-hander has made a huge difference in his first season with the Vipers and was one of the main reasons they made the playoffs... in the playoffs Ray (4-0 1.36) has been even better... he worked 8 strong innings for the win, yielded 5 hits and a run with 5 strikeouts and 5 walks... closer Chris Phillips got his 3rd postseason save with a scoreless ninth... LF Sonny Oliver (.282) saved the day for Valmara with a 2-run double in the last of the eighth that wiped out a 1-0 Elnora lead... Will Hamilton (1-3 2.03) pitched very well, too, but suffered another hard-luck loss... Hamilton held Valmara to 5 hits and 2 runs with 5 Ks and 4 walks... in the top of the eighth, the All-Stars broke the scoreless tie when 2B Michael Griffin worked Ray for a bases-load base on balls... but Hamilton couldn't hold it... Valmara last played in the Pro Cup in 2003, when they were swept by the Turon Typhoons... the Vipers will meet the winner of the Tuckanarra-White River series. Tucks Take Rascals In 5, Play V's In Pro Cup For the first time in a decade, Tuckanarra will be in the IPA Pro Cup Finals... the Blue Jays finished off the White River Rascals 5-2 in game five to win the Tycobbian title four games to one... the Tucks snapped a 2-2 deadlock in the top of the ninth on PH Vince Di Lazzaro's 2-run homer and back-up SS Kevin Morris' solo blast... they came back-to-back off loser Arnie Montel (0-1 7.50) and made a winner out of Blue Jay bullpen ace Archie Desmond (1-0 1.59), who logged a perfect eighth... Gene O'Reilly recorded his 2nd save by retiring the Rascals in order in the last of the ninth... Tuckanarra starter Glynn Starr gave them 7 good innings, holding White River to 5 hits and 2 runs with 5 strikeouts and no walks... Don French started for the Rascals, but left early because of a long rain delay... French pitched 4 and two-thirds innings, gave up 2 runs and 3 hits with 4 Ks and 2 walks... the teams were tied 2-2 when French left the game... White River took an early lead on a double by Kenneth Kent (.278) in the top of the second frame... Kent went to third on a ground-out and scored when 2B Vinny Uhrich (.200) grounded out to second base... Tuckanarra took a 2-1 lead on 3B Koora Nawajuk's (.290) 2-run double in the bottom half of the inning... in the fourth the Rascals evened the score at 2-2 when RF Hal Littleton (.318) doubled and scored on catcher P. J. Blake's (.297) two-bagger... the top-seeded Blue Jays will be challenged by the eighth-seeded Valmara Vipers, who have come into their own in the postseason... the Pro Cup Finals will get underway Tuesday afternoon at Central Park Stadium in Tuckanarra... the Blue Jays have played in only one Pro Cup and lost it in a sweep to the powerful Far Mountain Redhawks in 2012... the Redhawks won the Island championship three years running 2011-2013.