The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-20
Play By Play OF
Key West, Augusta
Championship Tilt
FIRST INNING

KEY WEST - The "big mo-
ment" had arrived. Gates goes
down swinging. r. Lastres, in his
last game for the locals, flies out
to left. Eloy Rodriguez. right
fielder, walks on four straight
balls. Don Cruz forced Rodriguez
out at second on ground ball to
shortstop, who touched the middle
sack. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors.
GEORGIA - LaStres pitching
for Key West. Miles flies out to
right. Adams walks. Grice up.
Adams steals second. Grice singles
to right, scoring Adams. On the
throw-in to home plate, Grice goes
to second. Minger then goes
down swining. Lastres, playing his
run hitter of the Georgia team,
strikes out. / run, / hit, 0 errors.
SECOND INNING
KEY WEST = Henriguez out
short to first. Salgado strikes out
G. Lastres out on pop fly taken
by second baseman. runs, 0 hits.
0 errors.
GEORGIA - Farris walks. B.
Ford up. Farris steals second. B.
Ford struck out. j. Ford up. Far.
ris goes to third on wild pitch. J.
Ford flies out to right, Farris
scoring after the catch. Shead,
who pitches righthanded and bats
lefthanded, walks. Gates replaces
G. Lastres on mound and Lastres
goes to centerfield. Miles takes
first on four straight balls. Adams
out, short to first. / run, 0 hits, 0
errors.
THIRD INNING
KEY WEST Solomon goes
down swinging. Catala but Ord 10
first. Gates out, third to first. o
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors.
GEORGIA - Grice walks. Min
ger up. Grice steals second. Min.
ger out, short to first, Grice going
down to third. Allan walks. Far
ris up. Allan attempts to steal Sec
ond and catcher throws ball into.
outfield, Grice scores from third
and Allan crosses home plate from
second. All Georgia runs have
been scored by runners who were
walked Farris hit to third base.
man, who fumbles, allowing run
ners to reach first. B. Ford lines
to third baseman, who throws to
first for double play. 2 runs, 0 hits,
error.
FOURTH INNING
KEY WEST - r. Lastres Out.
short to first. Rodriguez hits slow
roller down 1st base line, pitcher
gets bali and in. throw to first
runner Is hit, automatically safe,
Cruz singles along left field line,
sending Rodriguez to second. Hen
riquez doubles to left, scoring Rod.
riguez and sending Cruz to third.
Salgado out, short to first. Cruz
scores on play. G. Lastres out,
second to first. ? runs. 2 hits. 0
errors.
GEORGIA - ]. Ford doubles to
center. Shead up. Gates commits
halk, runner sent to third. Shead
goes down swinging. Miles doubles
to left, scoring ]. Ford. Adams
flies out to left. Grice forces Miles
out at third. / run, 2 hits, O errors.
FIFTH INNING
KEY WEST ~ solomon out on
line drive to shortstop. Catala flies
out TO center. Gates hit by pitcher,
automatically goes 10 first, r. Las
tres flies out to right. 0 runs, Q
hits. O errorS.
GEORGIA ~ G. L.astres returns
to mound, which is allowed when
q pitcher remains In game al an
other position. Minger out, short TO
first. Allan hunts. pitcher did not
field bah aud runner Is safe On
pick.olf al first, pitcher throws
Wild and runner held at second by
ground rule. Farris up, On passed
ball, Allan goSe 10 third. FarriS
singles 10 eeater, scoring Allan.
and rs ball gets away from center
fielder, Farris lands on second. b
Ford up. Ball gets away from
catcher and Rarris goes TO third.
b. Ford biz 10 short. who fumhled,
allowing Farrts 10 score and bat
ter to reach first safely, j. Ford
up. n. Ford steals second, J. Ford
hits d eengergielder. who drops
bali. passsng runner or Sga. Sllea1
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