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(June 12) In a wild, offensive outburst
which featured 48 runs, 37 hits and 10 errors, Watertown's Eddie
Broeker crushed four home runs and teammate Paul Donovan
crushed three as the Lake Sox scored six in the 9th inning to dump
Mitchell Kernels 27-21. The game featured 12 homers, nine by the
winners. Bob Burr, Joe Lutz and
Jack Baer had four-baggers for Mitchell. Carlee
Hendrix and Bob Williams had the others for the
Sox. Donovan drove in eight runs and Brocker had seven RBI. Ted
Berner picked up the win.
Stewart, Graham (1), Berner (W) (5) and
Lindstrom
Shirley (L), VanProyen (2), Fleischer (6) and Baer
Pierre Cowboys
won their opening Basin League tilt downing Winner Pheasants 5-3 as
George Schmid and Jim Clark combined on a four-hitter.
Pierre playing-manager Jim Ransom led the Cowboys with two hits,
one of them a homer. Al Ware also had two hits,
including a triple. Outfielders John Demerit and
Tom Futch belted homers for Pierre. Ernie
Trujillo was the starter and loser for the Pheasants.
Trujillo (L), Norris (7) and Bertell
Schmid (W), Clark (6) and Welch
Yankton Terrys exploded for six runs in the 9th
inning to down Huron Elks 11-7. While out-hit 14 to 7 by the Elks,
Yankton drew 14 bases on balls from the four Huron hurlers.
Merlyn Jorgenson and Billy Branson each drove in two
runs for the winners. Dean Scarbrough was the game's
hitting star with two doubles and a homer, driving in three runs.
Bill Thurston picked up the win in relief of starter
Bob Wiltse. Bob Gosling took the loss.
Wiltse, Thurston (W) and Buckstead
Brittin, Conrad (3), Gosling (L) (3), Scarborough (9) and Larson
(June 13) Paul Dean Jr. registered
his initial Basin League victory as Chamberlain Chiefs downed Winner
10-9. Dean pitched into the 8th inning when he needed help from
reliever Bun Hays. Matt Peoples, first
of three Winner pitchers, took the loss.
Peoples (L), Norris (2), Nichols (4) and Bertell
Dean (W), Hays (8) and Tauber
(June 16)
W L GB
Yankton 3-0 --
Watertown 3-0 --
Valentine 2-1 1.0
Chamberlain 2-1 1.0
Mitchell 1-2 2.0
Pierre 1-2 2.0
Huron 0-3 3.0
Winner 0-3 3.0
(June 17) Pierre Cowboys scored the
winner on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 9th inning to edge
Yankton Terrys 5-4. Milt Welch and Tom Futch
each singled and Yankton pitcher Bill Thurston
intentionally walked Harry Messick to load the bases and
set up a potential double play. However, pinch hitter Dick
Novicki worked Thurston for a walk and Futch plated the winning
marker.
Wiltse, Thurston (W) (5) and Buckstead
Graves, Schmid (L) (7) and Welch
Playing-manager Nick Adzick drove in the winning run with a
double in the bottom of the 9th inning to give Valentine Hearts a 7-6
win over Watertown Lake Sox at Valentine. Adzick's clutch blow
followed a single by George Levitt and a sacrifice by
Vince Robinson. Eddie Broeker homered for
the Sox in the 3rd inning when Watertown scored all its six runs.
McCormick was the winner.
Mrofka (L), Berner (9) and Lindstrom
McCormick (W), French (9) and Adzick
A five-run 3rd
inning, which included a steal of home, carried Winner to an 8-5 victory
over Huron. It was the 4th straight loss for the Elks and the first win
for the Pheasants. John Vossen powered a three-run homer
and Dick Bertell had a solo shot for Winner.
Bertell sparked the Pheasants in the 3rd with a single and advanced
to third on a sacrifice and Duane Zimmer's scratch hit.
As Huron catcher Ed Tanner went to the mound to talk with
pitcher Andy Swota, Bertell raced for home. Winner
claimed the Elks had failed to ask for a time out. Dick
Jok clubbed a homer for Huron and Tanner had three hits,
including a pair of doubles.
Swota (L), Gosling (3) and Tanner
Trujillo (W) and Bertell
(June 19) Harry Wise chalked up his 3rd
straight win as Yankton moved into first place in the Basin League
standings with a 13 to 6 win over Winner. After the Pheasants had
taken a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on home runs by Al
Ware and Jim Ransom, Phil Hunt belted
Hal Norris' first pitch for a homer in the bottom of the
inning to spark a three-run inning for the Terrys. A five-run 4th
inning iced the win for Yankton as Fred Frickie provided
the big blow, a three-run homer. Bill Jorgenson and Joe
Buckstead also had circuit blows for the winners while Tom
Clarkson replied for the Pheasants.
Norris (L), Trujillo (4), Ransom (8) and Bertell
Wise (W) and Buckstead
(June 20) Watertown Lake Sox moved into a
tie for first place in the Basin League with a 13-12 victory over
Chamberlain. Bill Horning, a local player who was married
Saturday, singled in Paul Donovan with the winning run in
the bottom of the 9th inning after the Chiefs had taken the lead with a
five-run outburst in the top of the 9th. Horning captained the
Minnesota Gophers to the NCAA college baseball title this season.
O'Toole, Dean, Moriarty (L) and Tauber,
Brzenke
Berner, Stewart (W) and Lindstrom
(June 20) Connie Juelke marked his
return to the Basin League with a game-winning, two-out, single in
the bottom of the 11th inning to give Huron a 7-6 victory over Pierre.
Juelke, who left Bismarck of the Mandak League Saturday, drove in
Dean Scarborough with the deciding run. Andy Swota,
who relieved starter Gosling with the bases loaded and nobody out in the
first inning, went the rest of the way for the win. Swota scored
the tying run in the 9th inning on Scarborough's single. After
Pierre took a 4-0 lead in the first inning, on a bases-loaded walk and
John DeMerit's three-run double. Hank
Ertman belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the first to draw
the Elks to within a run.
Schmid, Graves (L) (10) and Welch
Gosling, Swota (W) (1) and Tanner
(July 20) Catcher Dick Bertell clouted a bases-loaded
homer in the 1st inning to jump start the Winner offense as the
Pheasants went on to trounce Yankton 17-10 Friday. A 10-run
explosion in the 6th inning put the game out of reach. Al
Ware's two-run homer highlighted the big inning. Yankton
erupted for seven runs in the 9th inning before Don Hyman
relieved to put out the rally. Bertell drove in five runs for
Winner and Bill Thurston had three for the Terrys.
Wyman Carey picked up the win, Dick Griffin
was the loser.
Carey (W), Hyman and Bertell
Griffin (L), Mills (6), Wiltze (7), Wise (9) and Buckstead
(July 20) Bill Graham fired a four-hitter as
Watertown topped Chamberlain 6-2. The Lake Sox took a 3-0 lead after two
innings and were never headed. Gary Anderson
of Chamberlain had the only homer. Bruce Haroldson
took the loss.
Graham (W) and xxx
Haroldson (L) and xxx
(July 20) A big first inning carried Valentine to a 13-7 win
over Mitchell. The Hearts erupted for six runs as they sent 12 men
to the plate and had the bases loaded when reliever Dee
Seagraves finally retired the side. Frank Stanek
struggled through five innings to capture the win. Curtis
French came on in the 6th and pitched no-hit ball the rest of the
way. Catcher Nick Adzick belted a two-run homer for
the Hearts.
Van Proyen (L), Seagraves (1), Berger (8) and Baer
Stanek (W), French (6) and Adzick
(August 21) Watertown Lake Sox used an unearned run in the
8th inning to shade Valentine 1-0 to capture the Basin League
championship. Dick Howser opened the frame with a walk and
moved to second on a wild pitch. Bill Horning
singled to left and, as outfielder Gabby Hormann had
trouble with the drive, Howser streaked home with the game's only run.
Lefty Ron Perranoski scattered ten hits in blanking the
Hearts. Frank Stanek allowed just six hits in a
losing cause.
Perranoski (W) and Lindstrom
Stanek (L) and Adzick
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