The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-31
Adams Dairy Wins Two Games
From Merchants; Need Only /
Contest 10 Clinch Glass B FLAG
KEY WEST MERCHANTS
TRY HARD, BUT RUN
UP AGAINST GOOD
PITCHING


Merchants in the playoff series
and need only one more game to
cinch the flag and become Glass
B champions of Key West.
u In the first game it developed
into a pitchers duel between
Johnny Walker and Richard
Perez. Walker allowed six hits
and two came in the last frame.
Richard allowed five, three in
the first two and two in the
sixth.
The Merchants scored two
runs in the first on a walk to
Kerr, singles by Valdez and
Alonzo. The Dairy came right
back and scored two in the
first, Ingram and Villareal hit
safely, Ingram was thrown out
at second and Lewis walked and
y Sterling doubled for two runs.
In the fourth the Merchants
scored one. Fleitas was safe on
an error, a wild pitch and a
double by Fernandez. The stub
: born Dairy came back and tied
! the score. Jasper Walker walk
ed, sacrifice hit and an error
q turned the trick.
In the sixth Walker was again
was given a free ticket to first.
then Malgrat singled to left,
Cruz flied out to center and
Walker scored, Sands hunted
safely and Malgrat scored.
In the last the Merchants
tried hard, when Alonzo singled,
an infield out and Blanco's
single put Alonzo on third.
Then Fleitas flied out to short
and Alonzo came home, but the
ball was relayed to the hot cor
ner and Alonzo was declared
out for leaving the base too soon.
.At Bat Alonzo hit two safely
and Ingraham and Malgrat each
hit one in two times at bat. In
the field, Lewis, Frank Sands
and Malgrat played great
game; for the losers the best
were, Valdez, Kerr, Blanco and
Fernandez.
q Score of first game: r. H. E.
9 Merchants 200 100 0-3 6 2
q Adams - 200 102 KS 5 /
Orr. Perez and Fleitas; Johnny
walker and F. Sands.
Two base hits: Fernandez, Ster-
ling, Ingraham; stolen bases:
None; sacrifice hit: Malgrat;
struck out: by Walker 2, by Perez
D. bases on balls: off Walker z,
off Perez g.; hit by pitcher: In
graham; time of game: 100; UNI
pires: Mira and Griffen; scorer:
Aguilar.
In the second game the Adj
ans Dairy won by a 6 to 3 score.
Little Joe Lewis also held the
winners to six hits and Vidal
held the losers to five hits.
The Dairy boys scored two in
the second on a walk, a bunt
and wild pitch and fly to left
and a stolen base.
A walk, a bunt and an out
gave them one more and one in
). the fifth when Ingraham was
hit by pitched ball, a wild
pitch and a single by Lewis and
lngraham crossed the plate.
In the fifth the Merchants
scored one on a walk, stolen
second base and a single by
Alonzo put him over the plate.
In the sixth Blanco singled and
Pao hit a homer to center and
that was the last of the runs for
the Merchants.
At bat Fernandez hit two for
the losers. Sands hit one in one
time up, and Villareal hit one in
two chances.
In the field, Ingraham, Villa
real and Joe Lewis were the
best, and for the losers, Kerr,
Alonzo, Vidal and Fleitas were
the stars. Abston made a catch
for the Adams boys that really
saved the gam. for them.
Score of second game: r. H. E.
Adams ---------- 020 Ill Is 5 3
Merchants - 900 OH 0E3 6 2
Joe Lewis, Villareal and Sands;
Vidal and Fleitas.
Home run: Pazo; stolen bases:
Kerr 2, Blanco, Malgrat; hit by
pitcher: Ingraham, Yewis; sacri-
flee hit: Ingraham: double plays:
Alayon to Fleitas, Blanco to Alon-
20 to Fernandez, AL Cruz (unas-
sisted; struck out: by Vidal 4,
by Lewis 2; bases on balls: off
Lewis A, off Vidal 6; time of
game. 100; umpires: Griffen and
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