Sunday 13 July 2008

Sunday, August 30, 1953

W L Pct. GB
Lewiston .... 37 24 .607 —
Spokane ..... 40 28 .586 ½
Salem ....... 36 28 .563 2½
Yakima ...... 33 30 .525 5
Vancouver ... 33 34 .493 7
Edmonton .... 31 32 .492 7
Calgary ..... 29 33 .468 8½
Wenatchee ... 27 35 .435 10½
Tri-City .... 28 37 .431 11
Victoria .... 27 38 .415 12


SPOKANE — The Spokane Indians were perfect hosts Sunday, booting away the second game of their split doubleheader with the Calgary Stampeders 8 to 7 after Calgary did the same in the afternoon game by bowing to Spokane 6 to 4, in Western International League play.
Spokane scored first in the evening game but fell behind after Calgary's four run effort in the fourth inning.
The Indians got back in the game in the eighth, scoring five runs on six hits, to go ahead 6 to 5.
Calgary bounced back with two runs in the ninth on a walk and a bunt—and two Spokane errors.
Spokane tied it up again in their half of the ninth but the Stampeders went ahead in the eleventh with a lone run to win the game.
The Calgary defence went to pieces in the opener as they booted three grounders in a row and then threw one away for their four errors, all in the seventh inning.
First Game
Calgary ............ 101 100 010—4 11 4
Spokane .......... 003 000 30x—6 8 1
Hittner, Stites (9) and Bricker; Giovannoni, Cordell (5) and Sheets.
Second Game
Calgary .............. 000 400 012 01—8 8 2
Spokane ............ 100 000 051 00—7 15 3
Kapp, Stites (10) and Lillard: Nemes, Cordell (9), Franks (10) and Sheets.

WENATCHEE — Tommy Munoz tripled Harry Bartolomei home with the winning run in the 13th inning Sunday night as Wenatchee shaded Tri-City 6-5 in the nightcap of a Western International League baseball doubleheader. The Chiefs also won the first game 1-0 for an even split in the four-game series.
First Game
Tri-City ............. 000 000 0—0 3 2
Wenatchee ........ 000 010 x—1 2 0
Bloom, Dobernic (6) and Warren; Beamon and Bartolomei.
Second Game
Tri-City ........... 002 010 110 000 0—5 17 1
Wenatchee ...... 500 000 000 000 1—6 11 5
Snyder and Pesut; Oubre, DeCarolis (8) ard Beamon (13) and Bartolomei.

SALEM — Salem, playing its last regular home game of the season, defeated Vancouver 4-3 in the nightcap of a Western International League doubleheader. The Caps won the opener 1-0.
First Game
Vancouver ........ 000 000 100—1 7 0
Salem .............. 000 000 000—0 8 0
Fletcher and Duretto; Dahle and Nelson.
Second Game
Vancouver ....... 200 000 1—3 4 1
Salem ............. 100 120 x—4 12 1
Hernandez and Leavitt; Nicholas, Borst (7) and Masterson.

YAKIMA — Yakima swept both ends of a Western International League doubleheader with Edmonton Sunday 11 to 4 in the first and 8 to 1 in the second.
Ted Edmunds allowed only two hits in the 7 inning second game. The right-hander struck out 11 with his fastball and walked three. He gave up one hit in the third, a single by Pat Utley, who scored on two successive walks and a fly to the outfield. The other hit came in the sixth when Clint Weaver singled to right.
A wild outburst of eight runs in the fourth inning gave the Bears their victory in the first game.
Edmonton made 14 hits, only one less than Yakima but they weren't spaced at the right time. Five errors didn't help either.
The Bears made six doubles and Len Noren got four out of five for the winners. Andy Skurski got tnree for five for Edmonton.
The Bears won the four-game series with Edmonton and also made it five straight, the longest run of the season for the valley boys.
First Game
Edmonton ........ 000 121 000— 4 14 5
Yakima ........... 000 820 10x—11 15 2
Conant, Caster (4) and St. George; Townsend and Albini.
Second Game
Edmonton ........ 011 000 0—1 2 3
Yakima ........... 011 204 x—8 8 0
Utley and St. George; Edmunds and Novick.

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