The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-14
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Friday, July 81

Tense from his teammates, the Owls
won the opening game of their five
game series with Lancaster at the
Stadium on Friday night. Gene
Crumling did the catching.
Mike Munsinger, a right handler
(the losing pitcher), started for the
Red Roses, but the Umpire objected
to his remarks from the dugout in
the top half of the eighth and threw
him out. Bill Glane, a left handler,
pitched in the bottom half of the
eighth. Frank O'Neill was behind
the plate.
The Owls took one-run lead in
the bottom half of the second. Helm
baugh, the first man up, walked and
Hixson followed with a single to
right, and when Collins booted the
ball, Heinbaugh went all the way 20
third and Hixson pulled up at sec
ond. Crumling then flied to left,
scoring Heinbaugh. Pickell ground
ed to short, and Hixson was caught
in a rundown between second and
third and was tagged out by Freese.
Dykes was up next, and he singled
to center, sending Pickell to second.
but Chaser ended the rally when he
flied out to right.
That was all the scoring until the
fifth inning, when the Red Roses
went ahead I'll. Collins, the first
man up grounded to Dykes at third
who made a beautiful stop, but
then made bad throw to first, and
Collins was safe on the error. O'Neill
flied to left, but Munsinger CO ne
through with a single to centre,
with Collins stopping at second.
Massar then grounded to Chaser,
who let the ball go through him,
and Collins scored on the error, with
Munslnger going to third and Mas
sar to second. Freese was up next,
and he hit hot grounder towards
second. Heinbaugh charged in, but
over-ran the ball, and by the time
Keller could come n and field it,
Munsinger had scored, Nassau NOV
ed to third and Freese was on second.
1t was officially scores as two-base
hit. But in spite of these bad breaks,
Pickell settled right down and fore
ed Ripken to pop up to Chaser, and
Astbury to ground out short to first
for the third out
/ Wallis opened the sixth frame with
a single to center, ard Glica got a
base on balls, but that threat was
erased when Collins lined to Hix-
son in center field, and his perfect
peg to Heinbaugh at second got
Wallis before he could get back.
Again in the eighth frame the Red
Roses had men on first and second
with none out, when Astbury and
Wallis came through with successive
singles. Glica, the next man up,
grounded out third to first. with Asst
bury moving to third and Wallis to
second, and things looked pretty bad
at that point. However, Collins, the
next man up, grounded to Chaser at
short, and Astbury was trapped be-
tween third and home and was Jag
ged out by Dykes for the second out.
/ O'Neil then came through with sin
gle to left, but Kelly bounced on the
ball and whipped it to the plate and
Wallis was out trying to score on
the hit, with the assistance of a per-
feet block of the plate by Gene
Crumling 1t was one of the best
defensive innings the Owls have had
in long time.
Now, getting back to the Owls,
they won the ball game in the sew
enth frame. Chaser, the first man up,
hea. out a hit to third, and Kelly
promptly sacrificed him to second.
Keller was up next, and he went
out second to first, with Chaser NOV
ing to third. Harbaugh then worked
Munsinger for base on balls, and at
this point Heinbaugh stepped to the
plate and slammed a solid double to
center, scoring Chaser and Harbaugh,
Hixson fouled out to end the inning.
Pickell, with that one-run lead go
ing into the ninth. wasted no time in
making sure of the win. The first
man to face him was pinchhitter,
Bruce Smith, and he took a third
called strike. Massar was up next,
and he grounded out short to first.
and then Pickell finished the game
as it should be finished, by striking
out the next batter to face him
George Freese, who had already had
a single, double and triple.