The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-15
DODGERS BOOST LEAD TO FOUR
AND A HALF GAMES; BEAT BRAVES,
10, AS PIRATES TOP CARDS, So

Wild Uame from
Merchants, I'LL
Naval Hospital overcame a "a
lead to defeat the Key West Mer-
chants, IL to IL, in a Class B city
softball league game last night.
1t was the third defeat for the
first-half champions. In an eX-
hibition, the USS. Gilmore won
over Jerry's Half-Acre. 7 to S.
In the first game of the eve
ming at the Bayview Park field,
an error, two wild pitches and a
single by Stinnett scored Curry
for the Gilmore's first tally. In
the second frame, a walk and a
homer by Curry gave the Sailors
two more runs. Three singles,
a bases on balls and three errors
produced three other tallieS in
the third and a single. sacrifice
and a wild pitch gave the Gilmore
its final run in the fifth.
Meanwhile, Jerry's Half-Acre
scored once in the first on a walk,
a bunt and a double by Walker.
AL Acevedo doubled and Joe Mira
singled to put one more over in
the third. Then came two singles,
a free ticket to first and an error
that gave the Half-Acres their
last three runs.
At bat, Al. Acevedo poled three
out of three for the victorS. Curry
hit two to lead them in hitting.
In the field, Fallon and Meason
were the best for the winners,
Higginbotham and Walker for the
losers.
Second Game A Merry -go-round
The second game witnessed a
total of % runs scored on IL hits.
six errors, Is bases on balls and
Is wild pitches.
Naval Hospital Scored four runs
in the first inning on two hit bats
men, an error and a homer by
Miller. In the second, the Mer-
chants outdid the Hospitalmen by
crossing home plate nine times
on five hits (three off Miller and
two off Martin), three walks and
three errors, plus a home run by
Fernandez.
Hospital whitfield down some of
that lead by tallying three times
in the third on a hit, three bases
on balls and an error. The Men
in White added two more in the
fourth on Wells single and a
second homer by Miller.
In the fifth, Skaggs walked and
Martin overthrow first, allowing
two runs to score. Martin went
to the showers and Miller came
in to pitch for the second time.
Hospital knotted the score in
the fifth on a triple by Rogers
and three wild pitches and won
The game in the sixth on a walk
to Rogers, who stole second and
went home on two wild pitches.
At bat, Miller hit a single and
two homers in four times up. He
scored three runs and drove home
three. Fernandez poled a homer
for the losers, scored a run and
drove home two.
In the field. the best were
Alonzo, Fernandez and Pazo for
the losers, Wells and Bresnecky
for the winners.
Score by innings:
First Game
r. H.. E.
Gilmore --------- 1913 001-7 6 |
Jerry's -------- 101 030-5 6 3
Rodenberr yand Fallon; F.
Tynes and Walker.
Home run: Curry; two-base
hits: A. Acevedo, Walker; stolen
bases: Stinett 2, Means, Kozel,
Curry; struck out: by Tynes |, by
Rodenberry 7; bases on balls: off
Rodenberry 3, off Tynes 6; time
of game: l20.
Second Came
r. H. E.
Merchants --- 900 200-l1 6 2
Hospital ----.- 403 221-12 6
q out when winning run scored)
Vidal and FleitaS; Miller, Mar
lin, Miller and Wells.
Home runs: Miller 2, Fernan-
DEE; three-base hit: Rogers; two
base hits: Rodriguez. Brost; Stol-
en- bases: Brost, Fleitas, Alonzo,
Pazo, r. Garcia, Vidal, Miller,
Bresnecky, Rogers; sacrifice hit:
Wells; bases on balls: off Miller
3 off Martin 4, off Vidal 9; struck
out: by Miller 5, by Vidal 5; time
of game: ITO; umpires: c. Griffin
and James Mira; scorer: Aguilar