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Old 05-10-2024, 05:13 PM   #9913
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Saturday, October 18, 2081

SENSATIONAL IPA PRO CUP SERIES SET TO START SUNDAY
The public couldn't hardly get a better matchup than Crystal Lake and Rolling Hills in the 2081 edition of the Islandian Pro Alliance Pro Cup Series set to start this Sunday afternoon at beautiful Lakefront Park in Crystal Lake. In The Islandian Times Pro Cup Poll Rolling Hills was the #2 choice to win it this year, while Crystal Lake was the #3 pick. Both clubs are primed and ready to go. Together they have won 13 Pro Cups between them. The Racers have chalked up 9 Pro Cup trophies, the Skippers have collected 4. Rolling Hills is the most recent winner. The Racers won it in 2079 and 2075, while the Skippers most recent IPA title was in 2074.

The Pro Cup Series will open up in Crystal Lake at Lakefront Park with Ivan Malek (14-12/3.85 ERA) and Augie Augustus (14-6/3.61 ERA) drawing the first-game assignments. It will be a best-of-seven series. Crystal Lake will host the first two games, Rolling Hills will get games three, four and five, then it will conclude in Crystal Lake for games six and seven.

Crystal Lake depended on it pitching in the first two rounds of the playoffs to get by LaGrange and Fort Benton. Lloyd Mason, Angelo Marinello and Augie Augustus stood out. That trio will have to be just as good to shut down the lads in Rolling Hills, a very potent arsenal. Manager Paul Dillon is hoping the bats of Jake Osborne, Cookie Garland and Gino Lorenzetti will perk up a bit against Rolling Hills. The Racers, skippered by Hugo Sutton, sports a strong offense and some solid hurlers, too. Their top guns are Clifford Stratton, Jaron Shufford and Emmett Spangler. They beat East Point with fine pitching from Skeets Kazlauskas, Ivan Malek and Elvis Hutton and toppled Pro Cup champion White River with their bats. Basebase pundits are expecting a lot of fireworks in the Pro Cup Finals. The media are choosing Rolling Hills in a hard-fought seven-game series. The Racers have a decided edge in the bullpen with Linc Dickens, Ron Halloran and Bobby Maranto.
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