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1958 Basin League Game Reports  

 

 

(June 21)   Lefthander Ben Baker held Huron to five hits as Pierre Cowboys blanked the Jims 4-0. The game was scoreless until the 8th when Pierre loaded the bases and Bill Raeshe's single scored a pair.  Ted Schreiber had three hits for the winners.

Baker (W) and Edwards
Swota (L), Higgins (8) and Buckstead

(June   Johnson held Pierre to seven hits and Mitchell downed the Cowboys 4-2.  Gene Duffy had a two-run homer for the winners and Hal Daugherty added three hits.  Fred Brenzel took the loss.

Brenzel (L) and Edwards
Johnson (W) and Janocha

(June 25)   Ken Hunt's 3rd inning homer proved to be the difference as Rapid City topped Yankton 6-4. 

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Ed Schiltz doubled in Dean Look with the winning run  in the sixth inning then scored the insurance marker on Dick Colloton's single as Mitchell Kernels handed Huron its 5th straight loss, 6-4.  Gene Duffy and Joe Lutz belted homers for the winners.  Carl Bush had a four-bagger for Huron.  Ed Hammond was the winner in relief.

Stella, Wisniewski (L) (2) and Tarr
Noose, Hammond (W) (5), Williams (9), Hammond (9) and Janocha

Rapid City   8-1
Valentine    4-3
Watertown    4-5
Huron        4-5
Mitchell     3-5
Yankton      2-4
Pierre       2-5

(June 28)   Yankton had just eight hits but three of them were homers as the Terrys downed Pierre 7-1.  Sherwood Brewer, Wilmer Fields and Bobby Klaus had the circuit blows.  Each score a pair of runs.  Frank Anderson went the distance for the win.  Ben Baker took the loss.  Bill Raehse went 2 for 2 for the Cowboys.

Baker (L), Porter and Edwards
Anderson (W) and Charles

Rapid City erupted for three runs with two out in the bottom of the 9th inning to down Huron 8-7. Daylon Todd's two-run double to centre was the key hit.  Don Quayle homered for the Chiefs.  Carl Bush led the losers with a pair of doubles.  Bruce Haroldson, the third pitcher for the chiefs picked up the win.

Thies (L) and Tarr, Buckstead
Puleo, Wiegant (6), Haroldson (W) (8) and Todd

Watertown 6 Mitchell 0

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Rapid City   9-1
Valentine    4-4
Watertown    4-4
Yankton      4-4
Huron        5-5
Mitchell     4-6
Pierre       2-7

(June

(July 8)   Valentine topped Mitchell 8-2.

Watertown shaded Rapid City 5-4 with Chuck Schaaf picking up the win.

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(July 22)    Rapid City Chiefs took advantage of six Valentine errors to shade the Hearts 3-2.  Billy Wells of the Hearts had the only homer.

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Ben Baker blanked Yankton on two hits and Pierre Cowboys notched a 4-0 victory.  The lefthander fanned five and did not issue a free pass.  John Herrnstein knocked in three runs with a double and triple. 

Heinz (L) and Adzick
Baker (W) and Edwards

2nd Half Standings
Pierre      4-0
Mitchell    3-1
Rapid City  2-2
Huron       1-2
Valentine   1-2
Yankton     1-2
Watertown   1-4

(July 23)  

YT AT RC, VH AT MK, PC AT HU

(July 24)

YT AT RC, HU AT VH, MK AT PC

(July 25)   Pierre Cowboys notched their 7th straight win in the second half of the split schedule with a 4-3, 10-inning, triumph over Rapid City Chiefs. Pierre scored in the bottom of the 9th to tie then scored in the extra frame for the win. Chiefs took a lead in the first on Dolph Regelsky's homer. They went up 3-0 in the 3rd on successive singles by Lee Carey, Regelsky and Len Hunt. Cowboys stormed back in the 3rd on Bill Raehse's two-run homer.  In the 9th, Ted Schreiber singled to scored pinch-runner Ben Baker with the tying run.  In the 10th, John Edwards' bases loaded sacrifice fly scored Carl Paylor with the winner. Hank Hamrick picked up the win.

Weigand, Haroldson (9), Bristol (L) (9) and Todd
Brenzel, Walker (10), Hamrick (W) (10) and Edwards

(July 25)  

HU AT VH, MK AT WLS

(July 26)   Watertown got homers from George Blash and Lee Bohlender in a 7-2 victory over Mitchell. 

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(July 26) 

RC AT HU, VH AT YT, PC AT MK

(July 27)  

RC AT WLS, HU AT MIK, YT AT PIC

(July 28) 

YT AT MK

(July 29) 

HU AT RC, WLS AT MK, VH AT PC

(July 30)

HU AT RC, WLS AT MK, VH AT PC

(July 31)  

HU AT RC, YT AT VH, PC AT WLS

(August 1)  

HU AT MK, VH AT RC, PC AT YT

(August 2)

YT AT HU, MK AT WLS

(August 3) 

VH AT YT, RC AT WLS, PC AT MK

(August 4)  

RC AT HU, WLS AT PC

(August 5)  

WLS AT VH, MK AT RC, PC AT YT

(August 6) 

HU AT YT, WLS AT VH, MK AT RC

(August 7)  

PC AT RC, HU AT WLS, YT AND VH

(August 8)

VH AT PC, HU AND YT

(August 9) 

PC AT HU, MK AT VH, WLS AT YT

(August 10)  

WLS AT RC, MK AT HU, PC AT VH

(August 11)  

WLS AT RC

(August 12)   It was a night of offense in the Basin League.  Carl Bush clubbed three homers and drove in seven runs to pace Huron to a 10-2 win over Watertown.  The outburst gave Bush 14 homers and 42 runs batted in.  Jack Tarr held the Lake Sox to seven hits in registering the win.  Len Van De Hey had three hits and scored three runs for the Jims. Purn Goldy had three hits for the Sox.

Russell (L), Bryja (7) and Conlin
Tarr (W) and Buckstead

Doc Daugherty belted a grand slam homer and Gene Duffy had a three-run shot as Mitchell trounced Yankton 13-3.  Dean Look also had a four bagger for the winners.  The Terrys twins, Bill and Bob White, had homers for Yankton. 

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Rapid City pounded out 20 hits in whipping Valentine 15-3. Don Plaster of the Chiefs had the only homer.

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2nd Half Standings
Pierre      14-06
Mitchell    11-08
Rapid City  10-08
Valentine    9-10
Huron        9-11
Yankton      7-11
Watertown    7-12

(August 12) 

RC AT VH, MK AT YT

(August 13)  

RC AT YT, VH AT WLS, MK AT PC

(August 14)  

VH AT HU, RC AT MK, YT AT WLS

(August 15) 

VH AT RC, YT AT MK, WLS AT HU

(August 16)

YT AT WLS, VH AT PC

(August 17) 

HU AT YT, VH AT MK, RC AT PC

(August 20)   Don Montgomery's single with two out in the bottom of the 9th inning scored Fred Boiko with the winning run as Pierre Cowboys captured the Basin League championship with a thrilling 8-7 win over Valentine Hearts in the final game of their three-game playoff series.  Boiko had doubled to lead off the frame. Pierre had a 7-6 lead into the final frame but the Hearts tied the match on Ron Cronan's double scoring Bobby Burr who had singled.

Valentine had taken a 3-0 lead in the first inning on a walk and singles by Jerry Vodicka, John Feldman and Burr.  Cowboys got a pair in the bottom of the first and tied it in the 3rd on hits by Boiko and John Herrnstein.After Pierre had taken a 5-3 lead, Valentine erupted for three runs in the 7th on a two-run homer by Cronan and a single shot by Ike SeaoneHerrnstein's homer in the bottom of the 7th again evened the count. Another homer, a bases-empty smash by Lamar Jacobs, gave Pierre the lead after eight. Ben Baker was the winner in relief.

Anderson, Betzen (1), West (4), Hale (L) (7) and Seaone
Brenzel, C Anderson (8), Baker (W) (9) and Edwards

 

 

 

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