Tuesday 18 March 2008

Thursday, July 30, 1953

W L Pct. GB
Salem ....... 20 10 .667 —
Spokane ..... 21 13 .618 1
Yakima ...... 16 15 .516 4½
Vancouver ... 17 16 .515 4½
Edmonton .... 15 15 .500 5
Lewiston .... 14 15 .483 5½
Victoria .... 14 17 .452 6½
Tri-City .... 14 18 .438 7
Calgary ..... 13 18 .419 7½
Wenatchee ... 11 18 .379 8½


KENNEWICK — Pitcher-manager Bill Brenner starred at bat although a little weak on the mound Thursday night as Lewiston defeated Tri-City, 8-7, in a Western International League baseball game.
Brenner's fourth inning ground ball played the decisive role in the Bronc win. Bob Williams led off with a double in the fourth, and Ken Richardson walked. A sacrifice advanced both men.
Clint Cameron, Lewiston catcher, was walked intentionally to load the bases and Glenn Tuckett brought Williams home with a long fly. Brenner then hit his grounder to Ray Tran at third. Tran threw wild to first to let Richardson and Cameron come in.
Brenner hit safely three times in five trips, including two singles and a double. Jack Warren homered for Tri-City in the third inning with one man aboard.
Lewiston ......... 212 300 000—8 11 1
Tri-City .......... 202 200 100—7 11 3
Brenner and Cameron; Bloom, Dobernic (2), Hedgecock (5), Robertson (9) and Warren.

CALGARY, Alta. — The Edmonton Eskimos pounded the offerings of three Calgary pitchers for 20 hits and a 17-15 victory in a Western International League game Thursday night.
It was the Eskimos fourth straight victory over Calgary.
The short fences at Buffalo Stadium again were in the limelight as they were flattened for nine home runs—six by the Stampeders.
Eskimos three round-trippers— by Sam Kanelos, Clint Weaver and Dan Prentice—all came in the seventh inning off reliefer Eddie Kapp.
Ken Whitehead led the Stampeders homer parade with two and Don Bricker, Kapp, Rocky Tedesco and Charlie Mead got the others.
The Stampeders' loose play in the field was costly and they were charged with eight errors—four by Whitehead.
Edmonton ........ 030 505 400—17 20 2
Calgary ........... 011 224 140—15 14 8
Widner, Manier (5), Day (8) and Morgan. Levmson, Kapp (6), Lillard (8) and Bricker.

SPOKANE — Vancouver's 7-5 win Thursday night stalled Spokane's drive on the Western International league lead.
Vancouver Pitcher Bob Roberts tamed his former teammates on eight hits while striking out 11, although he had to be relieved by Carl Gunnarson in the ninth during the Indians' two-run uprising. Roberts now has a 6-2 record.
Manager Harvey Storey accounted for Vancouver's only home run of the night while Jim Command and Will Hafey collected round-trippers for Spokane. It was Hafey's 16th home run of the season.
Vancouver ....... 010 022 101—7 13 2
Spokane .......... 021 000 002—5 8 1
Roberts, Gunnarson (9) and Duretto; Franks, New (7), Giovannoni (9) and Ogle.

YAKIMA—The Salem Senators broke out for three runs in the top of the tenth Thursday night to defeat the Yakima Bears 5-3 in Western International League baseball. The win protects Salem's one-game lead over second-place Spokane.
Yakima managed one run in their last-ditch rally, but were stopped cold by Gene Roenspie, who pitched a brilliant four-hitter for the win. Loser Bob Edmunds also went the distance, allowing the winners eight hits.
Salem ....... 100 100 000 3—5 8 0
Yakima ..... 000 000 200 1—3 4 2
Roenspie and Nelson; Edmunds and Novick.

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