The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-14

ager Albio Acevedo scored the
run which gave his club a to 4
win.
The Raiders win was heart
breaker for the veteran Mario
Sanchez. who hurled four-hit ball
for the Pirates. Mario was head
ing for no-hit game when he
ran into trouble in the fourth af-
ter two were away.
The veteran Cyril ''Beliss"
Griffin. pilfered second. Myers
walked. Charles Walker, rookie
Red Raider catcher, who had
whitfield on his first appearance
at bat, sailed one of Sanchez's
curve balls into right field for a
double, scoring Domenech and
Myers. Meador grounded out,
short to first, to end the inning.
From that time on, Sanchez sat
the Pirates down in order with
the exception of the eleventh in
ming when Haskins singled into
center, after Machine had skied
out to Santana. HaSkinS moved
on to second while Arnold was
throwing Acevedo out at first.
Arnold took Villarears pop fly to
end the inning.
Came the last half of the 18th
and Mario was a little skeptical.
Not that he was superstitious he
explained, but 13 was unlucky
for him. He pitched carefully to
DO" Meador. He had two strikes
on his rival moundsman when
"Bo" sent a sizzling grounder
toward shortstop.
Ralph Arnold set himself to
make the pickup. The ball took
bad bounce, struck Arnold in
the face and rolled into the out
field as Meador raced safely to
second. Machin sacrificed neatly,
Alonzo to Santana. When Haskins
Skied out to J. Garcia in center,
Meador raced home with the
winning run, after the catch.
The Pirates nicked MeadOr for
II safeties but sparkling inficld
support saved him on several oc-
casions. The Pirates tailed first
in the third when Santana walk
ed, was sacrificed on to second
by Arnold. Tony Alonzo bounced
a single off Meador's glove. San
tana maving on to third. Anthony
Alonzo grounded to Villareal,
who threw to second to force
Tony Alonzo, Armando Acevedo
dropped the ball, both runners
were safe, Santana scoring. G..
Garcia flied out to Walker. Dom
,enech took in Rodriguez'S foul
fly to end the inning.
1t was not until the seventh
that the Pirates knotted the
count and it was the fleet-footed
Santana who was on the scoring
end again. The Pirate second
Sacker dumped a single into CEN
tel and proceeded to steal second.
He raced all the way home on
Ralph Arnold's second hit of the
game, single through second.
That ended the Pirates scoring.
Cascade, speedy Blue Sox left
fielder. first man to face the vet
eran Rubber Sweeting, making
his first appearance with San
! Carlos club, scored on a fluke
play. Cascade singled into right
When the right fielder fumbled
the ball he raced on to second
and kept going to third. Navarro,
who took the relay from the out
field, threw wild to third and Ca
sado continued all the way home.
They showed across three more
runs in the eighth when Claude
Valdez, San Carlos third-sacker
made two successive errors. Ace
vedo singled. Duke singled and
two runs were across the plate
Lopez hit into a double play ball
short to second to first, but Ace
vedo scampered across the plate
with the third and tying run.
With the score knotted four
all going into the tenth. juan
Navarro, San Carlos shortstop
playing his first game in more
than a wear sent q 6ri,,o int