Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01
McDonaId's Pins
First z Losses
On ST. Mary's

UeSL-Ol-LIlIGG lily OerleS, o.
5, behind the heroics of
Kurt Schork and Greg AL
word, and took the Rockville
Midget Division champion
ship last week.
McDonald's widened a 4-3
margin to 5-3 in the sixth and
Schork stole home with an in
surance run that turned out to
be the margin of victory. Pat
Tyser doubled in two runs for
st. Mary's to cut the margin to
6-5, as CYO lost its second, and
most important game of the
season.
McDonald's took an early lead
in the top of the first inning
when Tommy Sheridan walked.
He scored when Kurt Schork
hit a line drive double down the
left field line to put the win
ners out in front 10.
In the second inning CYO
pitcher Tommy Horton singled
to right field but was picked
off second base by an alert
throw from McDonald's third
baseman Schork. Kurt caught
a fly ball and then doubled the
runner to retire the side for
the inning. In the third inning
Schork was Intentionally passed
and scored when Mike Multi
can singled between third and
short to run the score to 20.
CYO Goes Ahead, 3.2
In the bottom half of the in
ming st. Mary's went ahead, 3-2,
when the first batter Pat Tyser
was hit by a pitched ball, Pat
Pool got on by an error, Jay
Holiday walked to load the
bases. Larry Dickerson hunted
to the first base side and scored
Tyser. Johnny Noyes then drew
a walk and scored Pool to tie
the score and CYO still had the
bases loaded with none out.
On the next play, AL Belmont
hunted to the pitcher who threw
home and forced Holiday at the
plate for the first out as the
bases remained loaded. On an
overthrow to second Dickerson
scored to send CYO ahead, 80,
and in a run down at third,
Moves was thrown out by a good
throw from centerfielder Hickey
Glen. The rally was cut short
when the last batter struck out.
In the fourth inning McDon-
AIDS tied the score 3-3 when
Fred Downey laid down a bunt,
moved to second on John Bur-
toms grounder to first and then
scored on Sheridan's single to
right field. The side was re-
tired when Tyser made a back
handed catch of a ground ball
at second base and threw Greg
Alvord out at first. McDonald's
went in front 4-3 in the fifth
inning when Mullican got his
second hit, a double to left cen.
terrified. He scored from third
when Fred Downey grounded
to the pitcher who threw home
too late in an attempt to get
Mullican who had alrea dy
crossed the plate.
Schork Steals Home
In the top of the sixth, Jim
McCloskey of McDonald's bunt-
ed to first for a hit, Alvord
hunted to third for a hit and
then Schork, the cleanup batter,
was Intentionally passed to load
the bases. Mullican then
grounded to the pitcher as Nc
Closkey scored. Alvord was
forced at the plate and Schork
went to third. After the next
batter struck out; Schork stole
home which put the winners
ahead 6-3 and later proved to
be the winning run. In the
bottom of the inning with two
outs CYO put on a rally when
Jimmy Israel walked, Steve Di-
Pietro walked and Pat Tyser
brought both runners home with
a long triple down the leftfield
foul line. Tyser was left on
third when the last batter
grounded out to end the game.
For the winners; Greg Alvord
went all the way giving up
three hits, five walks, striking
out four to get his second win
of the series. Tommy Horton
of the losers gave up seven hits,
eight walks, and struck out
nine. Tysers' triple was the
only extra base hit for the losers
while Mullican and Schork got
doubles for the winners.
Kurt Schork of McDonald's
was the outstanding player of
the series as he stole home to
score the winning run in both of
the wins for McDonald's.
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