The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-06-04
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Thursday Night

Lynchburg down on five hits to
chalk up his third straight win Che
has yet to lose), the Braves went on
another hitting spree on Thursday
night against Walt Bauman, a left
handler who used to pitch for Allen
town in the Interstate League, with
everyone in the lineup getting at
least one hit.
Bill Barrett led the parade With
4 for 5 and Blake had for 4. Loos
smacked one out of the park with
two on base in the fifth and Jordon
followed suit in the sixth with one
on.
The catchers were Hersom for the
Braves and Sanders for the Cardi-
nails.
Earl Hersh, bonus rookie, made
his first appearance in the Braves
uniform, taking Morelli's place in
rightfield. He got solid double, in
addition to getting two bases on
balls, and made two putouts.
The Braves went ahead 20 in the
first. With one away, Hersh walked
and then, with the hit and run on,
went to third on Barrett's single to
right, from where he scored after the
catch when Davis flied to right. Jor-
don and Loos both walked filling
the bases, and when Blake also got
a free ticket to first, Barrett scored
the second run. Hersom then popped
up to retire the side. 1t was II Ha-
gerstoWn in the fifth.
In the top half with one away,
Wallace walked and Sanders also
walked. Bauman popped up to short
for the second out, but Demarse got
a lucky hit to short right when Jor-
don went back on his fly, with
Hersh charging in, and then both of
them stopped and the ball fell dead
between them, with Wallace scoring
on the play. Sullivan also got a
base on balls, but the inning ended
when Dean popped to short.
In the bottom half, with one away,
Hersh walked and again, with the
hit and run on, he went to third on
Barrett's single to center. Davis
was then given an intentional pass,
filling the bases. Jordon flied out to
right, with Hersh scoring after the
catch and Barrett taking third on the
throw to the plate Loos then step
ped up and sent one high and wide
over the rightfield wall, scoring be-
hind Barrett and Davis. Blake beat
out hit to short, but Hersom forced
him at second for the second out of
the inning. Ed Lenthe kept the raj
ly going with a double to center,
scoring Hersom with the fifth run
of the inning, but Damiano, the
ninth man to bat, grounded out to
retire the side
1t was 81 Hagerstown in the sixth.
With one away, Barrett beat out an
infield hit and went to second after
the catch when Davis fouled out to
short right. Jordon then smacked
his homer, also over the rightfeld
wall, scoring Barrett ahead of him.
In the top half of the eighth,
Davidson, the Cards rightfelder, was
the first man up and he smacked one
over the rightfeld wall for Lynch
burg's second and final run.
The Braves batted around again
in the bottom half and scored five
more runs. Barrett, the first man
up, got an infield hit when the third
baseman knocked his smash down
but couldn't hold it. Davis followed
with a three-bagger to right, scoring
Barrett with the first run of the in
ming. Jordon walked but was fore
ed at second by Loos, with Davis
holding third Blake followed with
a single to left, scoring Davis, and
Loos and Blake scored on Hersom's
double to left. Lenthe popped up
for the second out, but Damiano got
the fifth hit of the inning, single
to left, scoring Hersom with the
fifth run. Hersh then grounded out
and the inning was over.
Summary; Lynchburg, 2R, 5H, DE,
IL Left. Hagerstown, AR, 14H, 1E,