Thursday, October 12, 2984
FT BENTON-BELAIR BEACH FOR RU TITLE
HARTSDALE-ROLLING HILLS VIE FOR TU TITLE
The Fort Benton Cannons bested the feisty Belle Plaine Musketeers in the Ruthlandian Union Title Series four games to three, taking a comeback thriller in the game-seven finale. The Cannons will tangle with Pro Cup #1 pick, the Belair Beach Sunbirds. In the Tycobbian Union first round Hartsdale polished off Turon in six games to advance to the league title series against the Rolling Hills Racers. The Racers and the Sunbirds had already qualified for the league title series by sweeping Ozarka and LaGrange in round one.
CANNONS SHOOT DOWN MUSKETEERS IN RU FIRST ROUND
Unheralded Belle Plaine took pivotal game five by the score 7-4, smacking 16 hits, paced by Jean-Paul Lacombe's 3 runs scored and 3 hits, Callum Hayford's 4 hits, plus Gib McAvoy and Dominque Roche roundtrippers. Belle Plaine took a big 3-2 lead into the final 2 games.
Then the Belle Plaine fairytale ended. There would be no Cinderella and Three Musketeers ending to the historic season, their first postseason since 2009. Fort Benton rose to the occasion and captured two white-knuckle affairs in a row at home, winning 5-4 in 11 innings and 5-4 in 10 innings.
Stosh Dusek doubled in the game winner in the sixth game. The heroes in the finale were Dwight Hogan and Don Harrelson. Hogan led off the 10th with a single, stole second and rode home on Harrelson's base hit.
