STANDINGS
W L Pct. GB
Tacoma ..... 49 31 .613 --
Bremerton .. 49 33 .598 1
Victoria ... 45 37 .549 5
Vancouver .. 40 35 .533 6½
Spokane .... 42 39 .519 7½
Wenatchee .. 35 46 .432 14½
Salem ...... 33 49 .393 17
Yakima ..... 29 52 .358 20½
VICTORIA, July 7—The Victoria Athletics overcame a 7-0 deficit after three innings to score a 10-7 triumph over the Bremerton Bluejackets tonight at Royal Athletic Park.
Frank Logue replaced Bill Harmsen in the third inning and gave up a run, then shut the door the rest of the way.
Harmsen got roughed up in the first inning. That's when Bremerton catcher Al Ronning put the Tars ahead with a grand-slam homer run, after an intentional pass to Bill Barisoff.
Victoria started pecking away at starter John Marshall in the fourth when three hits produced two runs. Jack Palmer homered off him in the fifth after a double-play, and Russ Walseth's fly to right field produced a run in the sixth.
The A's then struck for five in the seventh inning. Barisoff misplayed Charlie Balassi's roller at third base for an error, Lou Kubiak and Palmer singled for a run and Marshall was replaced with John Conant, who gave up a walk to Archie Wilson to load the bases. Babe Jensen picked this occasion for his third home run of the season.
The game was marred by a collision between Lyle Palmer and Eddie Murphy, Bremerton outfielders, in the eighth. They ran into each other at full speed in a fruitless attempt to get Jensen's ball heading over the fence. Both were knocked cold and Palmer was taken to hospital for x-rays.
Bremerton ......... 511 000 000—7 9 2
Victoria ............. 000 211 51x—10 14 1
Marshall, Conant (7) and Ronning; Harmsen, Logue (3) and Morgan.
WENATCHEE, July 7—Shutting off two late-inning rallies, in which Salem twice loaded the bases, Wenatchee Chiefs defeated the Senators 6-2 in a Western International League contest here tonight. The win gives the Chiefs a 2-1 edge in the series.
Salem ............... 000 100 010—2 8 0
Wenatchee ........ 100 121 01x—6 9 1
Peterson, Sporer (8) and Stumpf; McCollum and Gardner.
SPOKANE, July 7—Yakima Packers outhit, but failed to outscore Spokane Indians tonight and lost a Western Interntional League contest, 5-2. It was the third Spokane win in four games.
Yakima ........... 000 000 020—2 12 2
Spokane ......... 000 200 21x—5 9 2
Ford and Constantino; Orphal and Sheely.
Tacoma at Vancouver, postponed, wet grounds.
Kittle Defiant in Fight Talk
SPOKANE, July 7—The Yakima Packers don't like the basement of the Western International League and don't intend to stay there.
"The Packers will be out of the cellar and climbing in less than two weeks," Manager Hub Kittle told the Spokane Sportswriters and Broadcasters' Association today.
Dick Richards, one of the Packers' owners, attributed part of the club's misfortune during the season to the fact it has many young and inexperienced player.
To Pay W.I.L. $50
TACOMA, July 7—Robert B. Abel, president of the Western International League, said today he had fined Richard Richards, Yakima Club President, $50 for "abusive language" directed at Umpires Frank Dehaney and Jerry Mathieu in a recent game.
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Saturday, July 7, 2007
Friday, July 2, 1948
VICTORIA, July 2—Despite Charlie Balassi's second grand-slam home run in as many nights, the Victoria Athletics fell to the Tacoma Tigers, 9-8, in a Western International League thriller tonight.
Victoria scored a pair in the ninth to come within a run but Vic Buccola stopped the rally cold when he was out attempting to steal home. An inning early, Russ Walseth ignored manager Ted Norbert's stop sign and ended an eighth-inning rally when he was out at home.
Balassi's big blow to left-centre came in the second inning to put Victoria up 4-0. Tacoma scored three in the third and went ahead with a five-run seventh. It could have been more, but Dick Greco lost credit for a home run when his clout hit one of the light gloves on the standard in left centre and fell back into play. Greco had to be content with a single instead of a homer, thanks to the ground rules.
Former infielder Hank Sciarra held the A's at bay from the second until the eight when an error started them off. After loading the bases, two balls were lost in the lights for a pair of runs, and then Walseth was cut down trying to come in from second on an error.
Buccola tripled after Archie Wilson and Dick Morgan singled in the ninth to make it 9-8. On the third pitch to Walseth, Buccola went for the plate but he was out sliding.
Tacoma ......... 003 000 500—9 16 5
Victoria ......... 040 000 022—8 11 1
Sciarra and Rossi; Blankenship, Kasparovitch (9) and Morgan.
VANCOUVER, July 2—Bremerton Bluejackets kept pace two games behind the league-leading Tacoma Tigers by trimming the Vancouver Capilanos, 6-2, tonight.
Doubles by Lil Arnerich, Ed Murphy and Al Maul, coupled with three walks and an error by Buddy Hjelmaa, gave Bremerton five runs in the fifth.
Bremerton .......... 100 050 000—6 5 3
Vancouver .......... 000 200 000—2 5 1
Marshall and Volpi; Robertson and Brenner.
YAKIMA, July 2—Roaring back from a 6-0 deficit, the Yakima Packers scored three runs in the eighth and five in the ninth to shade the Wenatchee Chiefs, 8-7, and give Hub Kittle a victory in his first game as manager. Jim Estrada's triple with the bases loaded pushed over the winning runs with one out.
Wenatchee ......... 100 000 051—7 12 2
Yakima ............... 000 000 035—8 11 0
McCollum, Lierman (9) and Gardner; Drilling, Pirack (9) and Tornay.
Salem ............ 000 200 000 00—2 6 1
Spokane ........ 020 000 000 01—3 8 2
McIrvin and Stumpf, Burgher (9); Orphal and Sheely.
New Manager in Yakima
YAKIMA, Wash., July 2—Hub Kittle, veteran Western International League pitcher, was named to succeed Vern Johnson as manger of the last-place Yakima Packers in a surprise announcement from Business Manager Richard Richards today.
Victoria scored a pair in the ninth to come within a run but Vic Buccola stopped the rally cold when he was out attempting to steal home. An inning early, Russ Walseth ignored manager Ted Norbert's stop sign and ended an eighth-inning rally when he was out at home.
Balassi's big blow to left-centre came in the second inning to put Victoria up 4-0. Tacoma scored three in the third and went ahead with a five-run seventh. It could have been more, but Dick Greco lost credit for a home run when his clout hit one of the light gloves on the standard in left centre and fell back into play. Greco had to be content with a single instead of a homer, thanks to the ground rules.
Former infielder Hank Sciarra held the A's at bay from the second until the eight when an error started them off. After loading the bases, two balls were lost in the lights for a pair of runs, and then Walseth was cut down trying to come in from second on an error.
Buccola tripled after Archie Wilson and Dick Morgan singled in the ninth to make it 9-8. On the third pitch to Walseth, Buccola went for the plate but he was out sliding.
Tacoma ......... 003 000 500—9 16 5
Victoria ......... 040 000 022—8 11 1
Sciarra and Rossi; Blankenship, Kasparovitch (9) and Morgan.
VANCOUVER, July 2—Bremerton Bluejackets kept pace two games behind the league-leading Tacoma Tigers by trimming the Vancouver Capilanos, 6-2, tonight.
Doubles by Lil Arnerich, Ed Murphy and Al Maul, coupled with three walks and an error by Buddy Hjelmaa, gave Bremerton five runs in the fifth.
Bremerton .......... 100 050 000—6 5 3
Vancouver .......... 000 200 000—2 5 1
Marshall and Volpi; Robertson and Brenner.
YAKIMA, July 2—Roaring back from a 6-0 deficit, the Yakima Packers scored three runs in the eighth and five in the ninth to shade the Wenatchee Chiefs, 8-7, and give Hub Kittle a victory in his first game as manager. Jim Estrada's triple with the bases loaded pushed over the winning runs with one out.
Wenatchee ......... 100 000 051—7 12 2
Yakima ............... 000 000 035—8 11 0
McCollum, Lierman (9) and Gardner; Drilling, Pirack (9) and Tornay.
Salem ............ 000 200 000 00—2 6 1
Spokane ........ 020 000 000 01—3 8 2
McIrvin and Stumpf, Burgher (9); Orphal and Sheely.
New Manager in Yakima
YAKIMA, Wash., July 2—Hub Kittle, veteran Western International League pitcher, was named to succeed Vern Johnson as manger of the last-place Yakima Packers in a surprise announcement from Business Manager Richard Richards today.
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