The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-18
FIRST INNING

SELMA - Ken Chambers walks
Zone of balls, a wild Pitch.
Catcher drops ball on attempted
bunt by Morrer (pasSed ball) and
on attempted steal to second,
Chambers is thrown out. Morrer
goes down swinging. James Stag
ger follows suit. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
KEY WEST - Gates, with a
full count of three and two Zone a
wild piteh) doubles to rightfield.
Robert LastreS strikes out. Catch
er drops ball on third strike but
throws to first to retire LaStres.
Gates advances to third on play.
Rodriguez walks and advances to
second on wild pitch. Gates scores
on wild pitch and Rodriguez
goes to third, with Cruz in the bat
ter'S box. Cruz walks. Henriquez
is up. Cruz steals second. Henri
quez attempts bunt when Rodri-
guez tries to steal at home and
Henriquez is automatically called
out. Rodriguez returns safely to
third. Delgado up. Henriquez
scores on passed ball. Cruz adj
vances to third. Salgado walks =
third base on balls of inning. G..
LastreS up. Salgado steals second.
Cruz scores on passed ball. La
tres strike out. 3 runs, / hit. 0
error.
SECOND INNING
SELMA Jim Shanahan
grounds out to first. Ben Crane
strikes out. Dick Bond pops out to
first. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors.
KEY WEST - Pita strikes out.
Catala follows suit bu: catcher
drops third strike and throws to
first for out. Gates safe on first on
error by thirdbaseman. R. I.aStres
up. On wild throw to first by pitch
er, Gates goes all the way home
but is called back to second base
by virtue of ground rule. Gates
advances to third standing up on
passed ball. r. Lastres walks and
Gates scores on fourth bail, a
passed ball. Rodriguez up. Lastres
goes to second on passed ball.
Catcher unable to hold pitcher by
Moore. LaStreS scores all the way
to third on passed ball. On third
strike, catcher misses ball, allow
ing Rodriguez to score and Cruz
to reach first safely. Rodriguez
hurt on slide into home plate.
Crane, starting at shortStop, re-
places catcher. Shannahan comes
in from right to short and Cozel
is sent to right. Henriquez up.
Cruz goes to third on wild pitch.
Henriquez walks. Salgado up. On
a pitch-out in attempt to catch
Henriquez stealing second, Cruz
scores and Henriquez makes sec.
ond safely. Salgado strikes out, 4
runs, 0 hits, ---errors.
THIRD INNING
SELMA - Nick walks, Cozel
up. Nick steals second. Cozel gets
free ticket to first. Moore up. On
try by Lastres to catcher Nick off
second, ball goes into outfield and
both runners advace a base. Moore
walks - third base on balls in row.
Bases now loaded. Chambers
strikes out. Morrer called out on
strikes. Lastres pulling himself out
of tough spot. Stagger strikes out
swinging, retiring side on three
straight strike-outs after three
bases on balls in row. runs. 0
hits, 0 errors.
KEY WEST G. Lastres
doubles to left. Plat sacrifices Las
tres to third. Catala out, pitcher
to first. Gates out, third to first.
0 runs, hit, 0 errors.
FOURTH INNING
SELMA - Gates now pitching
for Key West. Shannahan up. Las
tres replaced by Gates in appar-
ent attempt to save Lastres for
tougher opposition. Shannahan
strikes out. Crane on first on er-
TO by shortstop. Bond hit fly ball
to left, missed by outfielders Pita
and G.. Lastres. Bond safe at first
and Crane pulls up at third. Err
ror on leftfielder. Nick walks.
Bases loaded. cozel strikes out.
Catcher drops third strike but as
bases are loaded. batter is auto
matieally out. Moore called ont on
strikes, pulling locals out Of tough
spot. 0 runs, 0 hits. 2 errors.
KEY WEST - r. L.asires walks.
Rodriguez walks. Cruz up. LastTeS