Saturday, November 25, 2079
RACERS RALLY AND BEAT CANNONS IN 10 INNINGS IN PRO CUP OPENER
The opening game of the IPA Pro Cup Series started off with a bang... it lived up to the pre-game hype with a rousing 10-inning affair won by the explosive bats of the Rolling
Hills Racers... Deke Cronin stroked a go-ahead hit in the top of the 10th to topple the Fort Benton Cannons 8-6... the Pro Cup Finals is the best-of-seven games.
Fort Benton took an early 5-2 lead at the end of 4 innings, but couldn't hold it... in fact, they lost the lead 6-5 after 6 frames and had to come back and tie it to go extra innings...
the Cannons' relief corps failed to do their job, while the suspect Racers' bullpen did their job... Ivan Malek, Benton Garrett and Orin McGinnis only allowed one run in their 5
innings... Fort Benton's pen was smacked for 4 runs in its 5 innings... Monty Gulliver and Fletch Redmond each gave up 2 runs each in the loss.
There were hits galore, 11 by each club... Liam Geraghty led the Racers with 2 hits and 2 RBIs... Stosh Dusek paced the Cannons with 2 hits and a run batted in... Greg
Hammerstein and Dwight Hogan drove in a pair of runs early in the game.
