Rohan takes series from Stars
ROHAN - The Rohan RoughRiders are heading to the Mordor Conference finals for the first time since 2006. They defeated the Grey Havens Stars in 5 games to advance to the Two Towers Series with a 13-inning win sealing the title.
Game 1 had Rohan's Andrack Antslammer pitching a dandy, going 7 innings, allowing just 2 runs and striking out 6. The Stars' Phanth Fimir only allowed 3 earned runs, but with 2 outs in the 3rd, he mishandled a ball off the bat of Krom Duhm-Krom, loading the bases for a 2-run Posco Sackville single. Rohan won the game, 5-2.
In Game 2, the Stars fought back, as Born Long Cleve only allowed 2 runs in 7 innings of work. Duhm-Krom returned one of the unearned runs from the prior game, allowing Golligast Gandulbo to score on a throwing error in the 1st inning. Grey Havens won 4-3.
When the series went to Rohan for Game 3, the RoughRider bats came alive. They knocked out Grey Havens starter, Glosil Foerender, in the 4th. Despite losing the game, 8-7, the Stars' Golligast Gandulbo was named player of the game after going 3-for-4 with a double, a homer and 4 RBI.
Game 4 was yet another one where a mistake that led to an unearned run decided the outcome. Rohan's Libur Irontearer went 6 scoreless innings, striking out 7. The Stars pitchers did not allow a single earned run, but Begrin Starsley's throwing error in the 4th led to a 3-run double by Rohan's Inadora Tovar, and the RoughRiders won the game, 3-1.
Finally, in Game 5, the two teams hooked up for a mighty struggle that lasted 13 innings and saw 14 pitchers. Fimir and Mathilda the Sling held each other in check, allowing just 2 runs each, for the first 7 innings. In the 9th, Grey Havens' Marroc Gamwich hit a single that scored Starsley to take a 3-2 lead, but Rohan struck back in the bottom of the inning when Duhm-Krom scored on a Sackville RBI single. In the bottom of the 13th, Ulaf Silverglove hit a double to the gap in left-center, and Duhm-Krom drove him in with a 1-out single, giving Rohan the 4-3 victory.
Posted at January 20, 2006 07:19 AM | more from Grey Havens, more from League News, more from Ravenhill