The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-04
AT HARRISBURG
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monday, May -
Moving over to Harrisburg ON
Monday for a two-game series, the
Braves, behind the steady pitching
of Andy Anderson (the first Brave
pitcher to 60 the route in the short
season., won the opening game on
Monday night by a score of 8 to 2.
Jack Allen was behind the plate.
Harrisburg started Art Wood "a
left-hander) but he was taken out
for a pinch hitter in the bottom half
of the seventh, and Dick Grouberg
"a right-hander) went to the mound
in the eighth. He, in turn, was re-
lieved by Bob Yuhas, another right
handler, in the ninth. Wood was the
losing pitcher. Les Filkins was be-
hind the plate.
Jess Levan had a perfect night at
the plate, with double in the first,
a single in the fourth, a single in the
eighth and two walks, while Ander-
son, who was in trouble in the Sec
ond and eighth innings, steadied
down each time and was credited
with eight strikeouts and only walk
ed three batters, and his teammates
played errorless ball behind him
We had one double play.
Harrisburg got the opening run of
the game in the bottom half of the
second when, with one away, Don
Bell, the shortstop, slammed one
over the center field wall. The blow
seemed to rattle Anderson for a
minute or two, for Carroll, the next
batter, doubled to left and Filkins
and Wood both got walks to fill the
bases, and things didn't look too
good But Andy settled right down
after that and forced Bobzean to
hit into a double play, Simmons to
Heinbaugh to Heap, to end the in
ming.
That was all the scoring until the
top half of the fourth when the
Braves took a 2 to l lead. Heap,
first man up, walked and went to
second when Jess Levan singled to
center; Tedesco was up next and in
an attempted sacrifice he popped
up to the mound. But Wood had al
ready started toward the third base
line and could not get back in time,
and it went for an infeld single,
loading the bases. Tufano was up
next and he, grounded to Bell who
threw to Bobzean for the force out
of Tedesco at second, but Bobzean's
throw to first base was low and got
by Forbes, with both Heap and Lee
van scoring on the error, with Tu-
fano moving over to second. Helm
baugh then beat out a hit to the
shortstop, moving Tufano to third,
but Owen popped up to second and
then Allen struck out to end the in
ming.
From then on until the eighth it
was a scoreless ball game, although
the Braves had the bases loaded in
the sixth with two out.
The Braves added another run in
the top half of the eighth to make
the score 81. Levan, the, first man
up, singled to left and Tedesco sacri-
| feed him to second. Tufano then
beat out hit down the third base
line, with Levan stopping at third
Heinbaugh then flied out deep to
right, with Levan scoring easily af-
ter the catch. Owen flied to center
| for the third out.
But Harrisburg came right back
in the bottom half of the eighth and
came awful close to tying the score
Bobzean, the first man up, doubled
to center. Forbes was up next and
/ he sent one right back to Anderson
who whirled and threw to Sim
mons, trapping Bobzean between Sec
ond and third, and Tedesco finally
put the ball on him, with Forbes
moving to second on the rundown
Cox then got single to short left
and Forbes was forced to stop al
third. Links, the next batter, sin
gled to center scoring Forbes, with
Cox stopping at second. At this
point Dutch Dorman went out te
talk to Andy, and whatever he sale
must have been what the doctor
ordered, for Anderson got Finn or
fly ball to center and then forced
Bell to hit a grounder which Tedesce
fielded and put on Cox for the third
out
In the top half of the ninth the
Braves loaded the bases with two