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Whatever chance the Owls had of
winning the game was ruined, first
by five double plays completed by
the Red Roses infield, and second,
by the makeshift infield, which was
directly responsible for the scoring
of what turned out to be the win
ming run in the sixth.
Lancaster scored their first run
in the first inning, on a walk and
two singles, and Armstrong made it
20 in the second, when he knocked
one over the short leftfeld fence.
In the top half of the fourth Obey
walked Jenis, Keller and Christie,
the first three men to face him. Dad
dario was up next and he forced
Christie at second, with Jenis scoring
on the play. But when Keller tried
to go to third, he was thrown out,
Armstrong to Zack. Yeash then
ended the inning by taking third
called strike.
The Red Roses made it 81 in the
hectic fourth Prosk opened the in
ming with a triple to right. Nc
Carthy then grounded to Daddario,
who bluffed Prosk back to third and
then threw out Mccarthy at first.
Armstrong then singled to center,
scoring Prosk. Obey then grounded
to Bobbie Martin at second, who
threw to Daddario to force Arm
strong. Both of them went down on
the play and came up swinging
fists, with the result that they were
thrown out of the game. This re-
suited in Don Meyers going to right
field; Christie moving from right
field to second, and Martin moving
from second to short. Uzciak was up
next and he singled to left, with
Obey stopping at second, and then
Astbury flied to left to end the in
ming.
1t was 81 in the fifth. With one
away, lack singled to right and
Rusher scored him with double to
right and then advanced to third
on wild pitch, from where he
scored after the catch, when Nc
earthly flied to left.
The Owls made it So in the top
half of the sixth. With one away,
Keller singled to left and then Obey
had another wild streak and walked
Christie and Meyers to fill the bases.
Yeash then forced Meyers at second,
the play going from Uzciak to Prosk
But when Prosk made a wild throw
to first trying for the double play,
both Keller and Christie scored and
Yeash went to second, but the ball
was finally recovered and Yeash,
trying to go to third, was thrown
out.
Lancaster made it 6-3 in their half.
With one out Uzciak hit a fly just
back of short, Bobbie Martin (noW
playing short) went back on the grass
for it, but dropped it and Uzciak
pulled up at second on the error,
from where he scored on Astbury's
single to center.
The Owls picked up their fourth
run in the seventh. With one away,
Gene Crumling grounded to Uzciak,
who made bad throw to first and
Gene was safe on the error. Fauth
then doubled to left, scoring Crum-
ling. Cal Ermer was up next and
he also got life when Prosk made
a high throw to first, with Faust 60
ing to third. But the rally died
when Jenis hit into the Red Roses
fourth double play.
HagerstoWn's fifth run came in
the eighth. Keller opened with a
triple. Christie followed with a
single to short left field and Keller
scored. But Libhart, who took over
when Obey was taken out for pinch
hitter in the sixth, got Meyers on a
grounder, Yeash on a fly to right and
Martin on grounder.
Crumling opened the ninth with a
single, went to second on Fauth's
sacrifice and moved to third on Err
mer's single to short left field, but
Rolinski, batting for Wigle, who
had replaced Jenis when he was
thumbed out of the game in the
seventh, ended the game when he
hit into Lancaster's fifth double
play
Here is the box score, furnished
me by George Kirshner, sports ed