Tuesday 18 March 2008

Sunday, July 19, 1953

W L Pct GB
Spokane ..... 15  6 .714 —
Salem ....... 14  6 .700 ½
Calgary ..... 11  9 .550 3½
Lewiston .... 10  9 .526 4
Vancouver ... 10 10 .500 4½
Tri-City .... 10 11 .476 5
Yakima ....... 9 12 .429 6
Edmonton ..... 8 13 .381 7
Wenatchee .... 8 13 .381 7
Victoria ..... 7 13 .350 7½


SALEM — Salem and Spokane split a Western International League doubleheader here Sunday, Spokane winning the opener 4-2 but dropping the nightcap 3-1.
That left Spokane with a half game lead in league standings.
Jim Brown scored Spokane's lone run in the nightcap. He singled, went to second on a wild pitch and came home on a single by Carl Bush. Salem scored in the first on three hits and a bases loaded walk. Bob Nelson drove in Salem's third inning run with a single. Les Witherspoon singled in Jerry Ballard, who had doubled for Salem's final run in the fifth.
First Game
Spokane ......... 200 001 1—4 6 0
Salem ............. 000 000 2—2 5 1
Franks, Cordell (7) and Sheets; Dahle and Masterson.
Second Game
Spokane ........ 000 000 100—1 5 0
Salem ............ 101 010 00x—3 8 0
Romero and Ogle; Nicholas and Nelson.

KENNEWICK — Len Tran blasted out a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning Sunday night to give the Tri-City Braves an 8-6 Western International League decision over the Victoria Tyees.
The Tyees looked like sure winners as they pushed across six runs in the second frame to grab a 6-1 lead, but the Braves came back with two in the bottom of the second and singles in the fourth, seventh and eighth to throw the game into overtime.
Six Victoria errors paved the way for three of Tri-City's runs.
The win went to Jess Dobernic, who took over mound chores for Dale Bloom in the third and blanked the Tyees on three hits the rest of the way.
Victoria .......... 060 000 000 0— 6 8 6
Tri-City .......... 120 010 110 2— 8 13 2
Dollins, Prior (8) and Martin; Bloom, Dobernic (3) and Warren.

YAKIMA — The Calgary Stampeders swept both ends of a Western International League doubleheader from the Yakima Bears Sunday night, 6-0 and 3-1.
Stites won the opener for Stamps with a one-hitter.
The only safety earned off Stites was Andy Anderson's hot line single to left field in the third inning Stites fanned five and walked three.
The Stampeders got one run in the second and added five more in the seventh on two walks, three singles and Rocky Tedesco's two-run triple.
Unearned runs in the sixth and seventh innings decided the second game in Calgary's favor.
Jim Whitehead led off the sixth inning with a single. Yakima pitcher Don Carter fielded Jim Mellinger's bunt but threw late to second trying to nab Whitehead. Then Tedesco hit a short grounder which went through the shortstop's legs into the outfield and Whitehead scored from second.
In the second, Bob Bonebrake's long fly to center was dropped by Al White and Bonebrake wound up on second. He went to third on Joe Orrell's single and scored on Whitehead's single.
First Game
Calgary ............ 010 000 5—6 12 9
Yakima ............ 000 000 0—0 1 0
Stites and Bricker; Del Sarto, Tanner (7) and Novick.
Second Game
Calgary ............ 100 001 100—3 9 0
Yakima ............ 010 000 000—1 6 3
Orrell and Bricker; Carter and Novick.

LEWISTON — The Lewiston Broncs and the Eskimos from Edmonton split a Western International League doubleheader Sunday, the Eskimos taking a 7-0 victory in the second game and the Broncs winning the quickie opener 4 to 1.
It was Edmonton all the way In the second game as they opened up with one run in the first inning when Bobby Thompson singled, moved to second on a single by Sam Kanelos. and scored on a fielder's choice.
Dan Prentice singled to open up the five run second inning. He scored on a single by Bob Sturgeon. Thompson walked, and Vern Campbell doubled, sending in Sturgeon and Thompson. Clint Weaver doubled in Kanelos and Campbell.
Prentice ended the scoring in the third inning when he singled and scored on a fielder's choice.
Bill Brenner was the losing pitcher.
First Game
Edmonton .......... 000 010 0—1 5 1
Lewiston ............ 000 310 x—4 8 0
Conant and Morgan; Kime and Garay.
Second Game
Edmonton ......... 151 000 000—7 13 0
Lewiston ........... 000 000 000—0 4 0
Tisnerat and Morgan; Brenner, Butler (2) and Cameron.

WENATCHEE — Van Fletcher had a cosy 3-0 lead for Vancouver in the first game but saw it evaporate as the Wenatchee Chiefs pulled out a 4-3 win before taking the nightcap, 5-3.
He gave up three runs in the sixth inning before Bob Roberts came on to stop the damage.
Bob Duretto singled in two Vancouver runs.
In the finale, Dale Thomason and Rod MacKay struggled for Vancouver as Thomason was saddled with the loss. Frank Mascaro's singled was responsible for two Vancouver runs in the third inning.
First Game
Vancouver ....... 003 000 0— 3 5 1
Wenatchee ...... 000 013 x— 4 8 1
Fletcher, Roberts (6) and Leavitt; Monroe, Beamon (3) and Bartolomei.
Second Game
Vancouver ....... 000 200 000—2 4 1
Wenatchee ...... 012 011 00x—5 10 0
Thomason, MacKay (9) and Leavitt; Botelho and Bartolomei.

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