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the catching. The score was 5-3.
After allowing two hits in the
first inning that scored two of Ian
casters three runs, Poffenberger
pitched no-hit ball until the sixth,
when the third hit off him scored the
final tally for the Red Roses.
The Owls attack was featured by
the batting of Ermer, who got two
hits, one a home run, and Yeash,
who also got two, including a four
Dagger. Yeash drove in two runs,
Ermer one and Poffenberger one,
with the fifth coming as the result of
Lancaster errors.
Summary: Hagerstown, 5R. TIL
1E., left on base, 7; Lancaster, 3R.
3H. BE-, left on base, 5.
Second Game
Lawrence pitched the nine inning
second game, with Crumling again
behind the plate, while Len Kelley
went the route for Lancaster, with
Armstrong doing the catching. The
score was 7-3.
The features of the second game
were: first, the fine clutch pitching
of Jim Lawrence; and second, the
outstanding fielding of Bill Ripken,
the Lancaster center fielder Des-
pite the fact that Jim made two er
rors himself, and his teammates made
five more, Jim refused to get ratified
and pitched himself out of almost
every hole. This was particularly
noticeable in the fourth inning, when
despite single and two errors, Jim
retired the side without a rum.
Bill Ripken covered center field
like a hawk, and time and again
brought the crowd to their feet with
his remarkable fielding. He was
credited with eight put-outs.
Lancaster went ahead 10 in the
third. Usciak, the first man up,
singled to center. lack followed
with a single to right, sending Us
ciak to second, Ripken then reach
ed first on Lawrence's error, filling
the bases. Ringler then went odt to
Jenis unassisted, with Usciak scor-
ing on the play But Jim then struck
out Ruscher and forced Prosk to
ground out to end the inning.
/ The Owls went ahead 81 in the
fourth Daddario and Yeash both
singled to center, putting men on
| first and second. Crumling then
forced Daddario at third, but Bobby
Martin came through with a single
to right, scoring Yeash and sending
Crumling to third, with Bobby go
| ing to second on the throw-in.
Lawrence then flied out to right, with
Crumling scoring after the catch.
Ermer then doubled to left, scoring
Martin with the third run. Jenis
walked, and Keller ended the inning
/ by flying out to Ripken.
1t was 81, Hagerstown, in the
sixth. With two away, Lawrence
walked. Ermer followed with his
second straight double to left, with
Lawrence stopping at third, and JeniS
came through with a single to left,
scoring Lawrence and Ermer, with
| Jenis taking second on the throw-in.
Keller also singled to left, and Ring
made a perfect peg to the plate in
plenty of time to get Jenis, but Arm
strong let the ball get away from
him, and the run scored on his err
ror, with Keller moving to second.
Christie then grounded out to end
the inning.
Lancaster got their second run in
the eighth inning. Two walks and
an infeld off Lawrence's shin filled
! the bases, with one out. Kelley then
| hit one back to Lawrence, who
knocked it down, but recovered in
time to get Kelley at first, with
Ruscher scoring, and Usciak then
popped up to Ermer for the third out
The Owls made it To in the top
half of the ninth. Jenis, the first man
up, got his third hit of the night
when he beat out a bunt along the
third base line. lack fielded the
ball, but then made a wild throw to
first, with Jenis going all the way to
third on the error, from where he
scored on balk by Kelley. Then
Keller, Christie and Daddario all
flied out to Ripken in center field tc
end the inning.
The Red Roses got their third and
final run in the bottom half of the
ninth. when with two out, Ringle1
walked and went all the way to third
when Lawrence threw to first base
trying to pick off Ringler, but there
was no one covering the bag and the
ball went into right field. Ruscher
then grounded to Daddario, who
/ made tho cpeO17d arro1- of tho iI1pioo