The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-07-27
Keeping Up
With The Braves
Continued from Page 81
WILMINGTON HERE
(Snnday, JulY 23)

(Snnday, July 23)
The Blue Rocks evened the series
at IL on Sunday afternoon, win
ming by score of to
The game was one of the most
listless that has been played here all
season. Neither team seemed to
have any pep and you would never
have thought the two clubs were
battling for the league leadership.
Al Bennett (the losing pitcher)
started for Hagerstown but Just
didn't have his stuff and was taken
out at the end of the fourth inning
after allowing six runs. He was
relieved by Ray Bradford, and he
in turn was relieved by Pete Perrin
in the seventh. Lou Soscia caught
the first eight innings and then was
relieved by Pottenger.
Dick Smullen, the Blue Rocks
left-hander, started the game but
he was as wild as a march hare and
was taken out in the third and Dick
England, highlander, took over
and got credit for the win. Lou Hey
man was behind the plate.
The Blue Rocks jumped on Ben
nett for three runs In the first frame.
The two first batters, Loos and
Young, both walked, and Command
followed with single to short right,
filling the bases. Schell was up
next and he singled to right, scor-
ing Loos and Young, with Command
moving to third. Heyman flied to
center for the first out and Schluke-
Dir struck out Newsome got base
on balls and then Waytula grounded
to Heinbaugh at second, who boot
ed the ball, with Command scoring
on the error and Schell moving to
third. Smullen ended the inning
by striking out.
The Braves got two runs in the
bottom half of the second without
hit. Perrin, the first man UP, was
hit by a pitched ball. Heinbaugh
flied to left, but Smullen then walk
ed DePalma and Soscia filling the
bases. Bennett struck out, but Sim
mons also walked, forcing in Perrin
with the first run of the inning.
Then, with Tedesco at bat, Smullen
uncorked wild pitch, scoring De-
Palma with the second run, with
Soscia moving to third and Simmons
to second. But Tedesco ended the
inning by grounding out second to
first.
1t was Az Wilmington in the top
half of the third, but the Braves tied
it up in the bottom half.
In the top half with one away,
Heyman doubled to left and scored
on Schlukebir's double to center.
Newsome got a base on balls, but
Bennett then retired Waytula and
Smullen without any further dam
age.
In the bottom half Beard, the first
man up, walked, went to second
while Levan was grounding out and
moved to third on a wild pitch.
Perrin flied to short right and then
Heinbaugh grounded to Waytula at
short who made a bad throw, with
Beard scoring on the error and Helm
baugh being safe at first. DePalma !
walked That was all for Smullen
and England went to the mound
Soscia, the first man to face him,
singled to left Git was the Braves
first hit of the game) scoring Helm
baugh and sending DePalma to third. |
Bennett got hit with pitched ball
filling the bases, but the rally end
ed when Simomns grounded out |
third to first.
Wilmington took the lead again
6 to in the fourth. Loos, the first |
man up, singled to center. Young |
then grounded to Beard who made !
a beautiful stop but fell in doing so.
He still had time, however, to get
Loos going into second, but he made !