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BY UNITED PRESS

Runs seem to come in punches.
like bananas. this Pacific Coast
league season. Oakland beats Sac
ramento with a seven run rally:
the Seals thump Portland with
three runs In each OF three innings:
Seattle tumbles Los Angeles with
n four run splurge. and San Diego
puts on a five run parade to over
haul Hollywood. It's a tough life
for the pitchers but tonic to the
hitters.
Seattle opened its home season
with rs win over Los Angeles,
scoring four runs In the sixth. The
Rainiers scored three in the first
on 10 10 Whites triple. singles by
Niemic and Archie. a wild pitch
and Ed Kearse's double.
ANGELS SCORE
The Angels scored a run in the
second when Eddie cihocki homed.
Seattle got well In front with its
sixth inning splurge. featured by
kearse's homer, then the Angels
came back In the seventh with a
four run rally. In that inning
chockis double. four singles and
walk turned the trick. Kearse.
second catcher. drove in five runs.
Oalxland's solid comeback
which earned n 9-3 win over
Sacramento, maintained the
Oaks In first place. Up to the
eighth inning, BIZ Schmidt
had the Acorns fairly nibbling
In his glove. Then Lloyd Chris
TOPPER doubled, Marvin Gudat
popped out, Cecil Dunn walked
and Mike Christoff doubled
Christopher home.
Bill Conroy was hit by a pitched
ball, Milo Candini doubled. Bill
Lyman also caught a ball In the
ribs and Hugh Luby singled.
Schmidt retired in favor of Warren
Lilly. Lilly walked two men and
hit another, forcing In two runs,
then let Oscar Judd have his fling.
Oscar walked one more batter be-
fore retiring the side.
Candini pitched good ball for
Oakland. Only in the eighth. when
the solons put Larry Barton's dou-
BILE and Bib williams single to-
gether for their third run did they
get more than one hit an inning for
total of six blows. Five of the
IS hits given up by Schmidt were
doubles.
PADRES WIN CLOSE ONE
San Diego scored a close 9-s win
over Hollywood with five-run
flourish in the eighth. and almost
lost the game in the ninth when
the Stars sent three runs across
the plate after two were out.
Dick Newsome gave up II hits
to the Stars before he was yanked
In the eighth for Williams to pinch
hit. Jim Morris, who relieved him,
permitted two hits, walk and
three runs.
He retired In the ninth In
favor of Pat Tobin. who WAS
touched for four hits before
he could quell the uprising.
Rugger Ardlzoia lasted until
the happy eighth for Holly
wood, giving way to Johnny
BIttner and Charlie Moncrief.
The Stars outhit the Padres,
Is TO 10.
San Francisco at last made an
exit from the league cellar. to be
replaced by Portland. The Seals
almost didn't do 1t. They blew a
nine-run lead. eventually to win
I1-e. and 1t took some smart pitch
ing by wyn Ballou to subdue the
Beavers In the ninth when they
scored two runs.
NORBERT STARTS THINGS
Ted Norbert started the parade
In the first inning with a home
run, scoring Johnny Barrett and
Ted Jennings. Jennings singled
In the third to score Wilford Lee
febvre, and Norbert then drove In
Barrett and Jennings with a double.
Ad Liska left for the showers and
Oscar Miller replaced him. The
Seals scored three more In the
fourth when Harvey Storey poled
one into the bleachers with Jackie
Warner, Brooks Holder and Nor
bert on the bags. 1t was ruled a
/ two-base hit. Storey made up for
1t in the sixth by hitting a home
run with Norbert again ahead of
him.
Portland got one each in the first
and second off Lefebvre. but in the
seventh Harry Rosenberg hit a
home run with Lindsay Brown
ahead. A walk, two hits and two
errors gave the Beavers three
more in the eighth. With one away
in the ninth. Frank Hawkins and
Ed Coleman hit doubles, and Bal
lou came to the rescue of Le'