The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-02
HARRISBURG HERE
(Thursday, August 26)

With Ted Kapucinski pitching no
hit ball through the first five innings,
the Owls took the final game of their
three-game series with the Senators
on Thursday night, to give them the
series 81. The score was to 2. The
win put the Owls one full game
ahead of the ellar-dwelling Lam
caster Red Roses, who lost to Tren-
ton.
Kapucinski, who was the win
ming pitcher, was lifted for a pinch
hitter in the seventh and Poffen-
berger pitched the last two innings
Crumling was behind the plate
Herb Benzel (the losing pitcher), a
Highlander, started for Harrisburg
but was belted out in the eighth and
Joe Colone, also a Highlander, fin
ished the inning. Naragon did the
catching.
During the time Benzel was in
there, he cut loose with no less than
four wild pitches, every one of which
produced a run, and to make MAJ
ters worse, his teammates commit
ted six errors behind him.
The Owls took a one-run lead in
the first. Cal Ermer opened the in
ming with a single over second.
Jenis flied to left and with Keller
at bat, Ermer stole second and then
went to third on a passed ball. KEEL
Ter walked and then Benzel cut
loose with the first of his four wild
pitches and Ermer scored, with KEEL
Ter taking second. Christie took a
third called strike and Daddario
went down swinging to end the in
ming.
1t was 20 Hagerstown in the
third. With one away, Jenis walk
ed, stole second, and went to third
when Naragon threw the ball into
centerfeld Keller then flied to
right, but Sanders dropped the ball
for the second error of the inning
and Jenis scored, with Keller pull
ing up at second. Christie ground
ed out, third to first, for the second
out, with Keller holding up, but he
went to third on a wild pitch. Dad
dario then grounded out to end the
inning.
Only sixteen batters faced Kapu-
cinSki in the first five innings. En-
cry walked in the first, but was
erased by double play. Naragon
got on in the third on an error and
Benzel walked, but the Owls sec
ond double play took care of that
situation. The Red Roses first run
came in the sixth. Naragon, the
first man up, singled to center and
when Keller let the ball get away
he went all the way to third on the
error. Benzel then tapped one
along the third base line but Ermer
booted it. He recovered it in time
to stop Naragon from scoring, but
Benzel was safe at first. Emery
then flied to Christie, with Naragon
scoring after the catch. Spackman
walked and Koerner fouled to
Crumling for the second out. San
ders then singled to right, but per-
feet peg from Christie to Crumling
nailed Benzel at the plate for the
third out.
Polinski went to leftfeld in the
seventh, the inning in which Har-
risburg tied the score at %.
Sivinski, the first man up, singled
| to left. Ballard flied to Keller, and
Riddle, pinch hitting for Rakar,
grounded out, with Sivinski taking
second on the play, from where he
scored on Naragon's single to CEN
ter. Benzel grounded out to end
the inning.
Hagerstown made it 80 in the bot
tom half. Poffenberger, pinch hit
ting for Kapucinski, grounded out
short to first Ermer walked and
with Jenis at bat he broke for sec
ond. Benzel chose that moment to
cut loose with his third wild pitch
and Ermer went all the way to
third, getting credit for a stolen
base and making the extra base on
the wild pitch. Jenis lined to Koer-
ner in centerfeld and Ermer scored
after the catch-it was plenty close.
Keller grounded to Ballard who
booted the ball and Hal was safe at
first, but Christie forced him at sec
ond for the third out
/ Poffenberger went to the mound
in the eighth and shut out the Red
Roses in the last two innings. But
the Owls came up with big eighth
inning scoring six more runs.
! Daddario, the first man up, flied
out to Koerner. Polinski walked
and Crumling grounded to Sivinsky