The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-28
Saints Edge
COnchs Sat.
And Sun. To
Take Series

i are series
The hapless Key West Conchs
dropped the second and third
games of their three game set
with the st. Petersburg Saints
over the weekend, when the visi-
tors captured an 8-3 win Satur-
day night and came back to win
Sundays tilt by 10-7 score.
In both contests, st. Petes
gained the wins after the Conchs
found themselves in a position
where they just couldn't buy a
run when it counted.
Saturday night the Saints
came from behind with a big
five run eighth inning to over
come o two run Key West lead
and last night they did the same
thing IN the eighth to take the
verdict.
Saturday night, the Saints
coasted in on a IA hit attack that
shelled starter Dick Hack from
the mound in the 9th. st. Petes
had gone into the Lead in the
opening frame when Don Pope
singled and stole second. Neb
Wilson pushed him home with .
single.
The Conchs came back in the
fourth on singles by DeSouza
and Lutz and a pair of long flies
by Harig and Dunlap to knot the
count.
In the fifth, they picked up two
more counters to go into the lead
on singles by Mendez and De-
Souza and Nap Reyes two run
base hit.
Meanwhile, Hack was hold
ing the visitors scoreless until the
fateful eighth stanza.
Spears, Pope and Wilson start
ed off with singles to load the
sacks. Max Gnagy then pushed
Spears home with a squeeze
hunt and Hack walked Seals to
again load the sacks.
At this point Tom Mccall took
over the conch pitching duties
only to let in three more runs on
singles by Valdivia and Gallardo.
ST. Petersburg added two more
in the ninth when Pope hit his
third single OF the evening and
Gnagy walked. Gnagy then hit
base clearing double for the
scores. -
The Conchs could not score
after the fifth. The only bright
spot in the picture for the local
fans was Severino Mendez' triple
and single. Chickie DeSouza also
had good night at the plate
with a trio of safeties.
In Sundays game it was the
same old story when the Key
Westers built up a comfortable
lead only 20 see IL whitfield down
by the Saints.
Rene Soils started on the hill
for the conchs. The visitors
plated a single score in the sec
ond frame and the locals came
hack in the same inning TO plate
three and take a 81 edge. With
two gone in that inning George
Vidal singled to start things off.
Frank Dunlap Immediately scor-
cd 'svidi" with whlssling triple
10 the fence. Art Bosch drew .
pass and Rene Soils kept his stick
reputation with a clutch single
through the hole 10 score Dun
lap. Bosch scampered all the way
10 third on the hit and scored on
= double steal Soils was thrown
ont attempting = steal TO end the
uprising
ST. Petersburg came back in
the fourth with single counter
hut Key West increased their
edge In the same frame with two
more tallies,
Manager Bill Herring relieved
Hooks lott on the hill for Saint
pcies after he issued four passes
So the Conehs in the fourth. Be
sides the glfi run. Nap Reyes
pnkcd one across with q sacrifice
hlngle.
Bur i'm the fifth. The Saints
lowered the boom on the iosaas
when they took advantage al o
pslr Of bases en halls and three
hits and an tnfield error To score
= fat five runs.
Starter Rene Soils went out In
this inning in tavnr Of Dick Hack
Who faced but eight hatiers before
Clarence Alec took over.
In the sixth. 81. petershurg added
three runs 10 take q decisive lead
in the bah game.
me key West hopes were tanned
10 life In TIE eighth when the
Conchs started rsily that threat.
ened 10 upset the applicant hus n
fell three runs short ef tysng sAe
game up.
Clarence Alec started things ron.
ing in that frame with . single ard
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