Thursday, October 24, 2080
WR RASCALS MOVE AHEAD OF MACS IN 12-INNING HITFEST
The bats were booming again in the IPA Pro Cup Series... White River walloped Wynnamac 9-8 in 12 innings and moved ahead in the series two games to one... shortstop Jake Bourland boomed a game-winning bomb in game three at Granger Field in Wynnamac and gave the Rascals a one-game edge over the Sundowners.
Bourland led the White River 17-hit parade with 3 hits, 3 runs scored and the game-winning blast... but he had plenty of help from Viggo Frandsen with a 3-run smash... 4 hits, 2 RBIs and 2 runs from James Lundin... 3 hits by Denny Schlesinger... and 2 RBIs from J.R. North.
There wasn't a whole lot of pitching, but Elizar Belasario and T.D. Calkins held Wynnamac runless the last 3 and two-third frames... a key element in the win.
The Sundowners never gave up... the Macs fought back from an 8-4 deficit in the late innings... they pounded out 16 hits, led by Jamie Blevins with a homer, double and 4 RBIs... Max Crossman added 2 hits and 2 runs batted in... and Jurgen Rainer had another great day with 4 hits and 2 runs scored.
The next two ball games are set for Granger Field in Wynnamac... portsider Fuzzy Swearingen (5-4/4.77 ERA) will twirl for White River and manager Butch Slattery... Wynnamac manager Nioka Inkamara will counter with another lefty Shotgun Clayburn (9-9/4.02 ERA)... the Rascals are 18-15 this season against southpaws, while the Macs handle them very well... the Sundowners are 44-22.
Should they be necessary, game six and seven will be played at White River Stadium.
