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July 1 - Combines scored four runs in
the ninth to erase a 4-1 deficit and beat Saskatoon 5-4 in the first game of
a double-header. Curly Williams belted a three-run homer to tie
and Dave Moriarty singled in Art Stone with the
winner. The two catchers, Ed Tanner of the Combines and Jim
Garrett of the Gems were ejected after a home plate scuffle in the fifth
inning. Garrett, trying to score from third base, bowled Tanner
over and the Combines catcher came up swinging. Alton Arnold
tossed a six-hitter for the win. In the second game, Morris Yates
held Lloydminster-North Battleford to six hits as the Gems won, 6-2.
Crowds of better than 3-thousand watched the games at Cairns Field.
Arnold and Tanner, Ford (5)
Graves and Garrett, Fischer (6)
Kosteniuk, Richardson (6), Dayne (7) and Ford
Yates and Garrett
July 1 - Edmonton took a pair from
Williston, 11-8 and 9-3. Tom Satriano had a homer and
five runs batted in as the Eskimos won the opener. Edmonton exploded
for four runs in the eighth to break a 7-7 tie. Zoonie McLean had
three hits for the Oilers. Jim Sims
tossed a four-hitter to lead Edmonton to the win in the second game. John
Werhas clouted a two-run homer while Satriano added a double and
two singles.
Clarke, Webster (6) and Haroldson
Jones, Yaryan (8) and Campise
Kumerow and Haroldson, Williams (6)
Sims and Campise
July 2 - Norm Forsythe won his
fifth straight with a three-hitter over Williston as the Eskimos trounced
the Americans 13-1. Forsythe also contributed three hits as did Stan
Charnofsky.
Blakeslee, Dutt (8) and Williams
Forsythe and Campise
July 4 - Edmonton's four-run sixth inning was
the difference as the Eskimos beat Saskatoon 5-2 for their sixth straight
win. Esks got their
four runs on three triples, from John Werhas, Len Gabrielson
and Stan Charnofsky, and a double by Joe Campise.
Withers, Forsythe (9) and Campise
Hobson, Popkin (6) and Garrett
July 4 - Combines scored twice in the bottom
of the ninth to take a 6-5 win from Williston. Oilers lost despite
homers from Dave Smith, Miles McWilliams
and Bill Lynn. Curly Williams replied for
the Combines.
Smith and Haroldson
Richardson, Kosteniuk (9) and Tanner
July 5 - Bill Heath's
two-out, 10th inning triple gave Edmonton an 8-5 win over Saskatoon.
It was Heath's second three-bagger of the game. John Werhas
added a homer for the Esks while Eloyd Robinson had a
three-run homer for the Commodores. Roland Jones went the
distance for Edmonton allowing just six hits but he walked 10 and hit a
batter.
Jones and Heath
Gaston, Graves (7) and Garrett
July 5 - The Combines and Oilers split
a twin-bill at North Battleford. In the opener, Mark Clarke
pitched a four-hitter and got home run support from Ray Haroldson
and Miles McWilliams as Williston won 3-2. Don Buford drove in Art Stone
with the winning run in the ninth as the Combines beat Williston 4-3 in the
second game.
Clarke and Haroldson
Powell and Tanner
Kumerow and Haroldson
Dayne and Tanner
July 6 - Gary LaComb raced home
from second base on an error in the 10th inning to give Regina an 8-7
come-from-behind victory over the Combines. Ron Stillwell
and Phil Oyler each had three hits for the Senators. Cliff
Pemberton added a triple and a single. Leadoff man Don Buford
had two hits for the Combines.
Kosteniuk, Paul(10) and Tanner
Kudron, Theiss (10) and Strother
July 6 - Williston battered Saskatoon
pitchers for 14 hits, including three homers, to score an 8-5 win in the
American city. Pitchers Marvin Dutt and Bob Blakeslee
and outfielder Bill Lynn hit the homers for the Oilers. Joe
Fischer had a four-bagger for the Gems while Rennie Crittenden
had two doubles and a single.
VanderLaan, Hobson (5), Popkin
(6), Crittenden (8) and Garrett
Dutt, Blakeslee (7) and Haroldson
July 7 - Williston scored two runs in
the bottom of the fifth to edge Saskatoon 3-2. The game was called
after five innings. Bill Lynn and Zoonie McLean
each had two hits for the Oilers.
Crittenden, Gaston (4), Popkin (5)
Freeman, Webster (4)
July 7 - Regina and the Combines fought
to a 1-1 tie in a game halted by rain. The teams were scheduled to finish the
contest in August. Alton Arnold and Bruce Gardner
each gave up just two hits.
Gardner
Arnold
July 8 - Norm Forsythe
was the star on the hill and at the plate as Edmonton shutout the Combines
2-0. Forsythe pitched a two-hitter and scored an insurance run in the
eighth when he doubled and came home on Fred Scott's single.
Lefty Kelly Searcy took the loss in his first game with Lloydminster-North
Battleford.
Searcy and Tanner
Forsythe and Heath
July 8 - Regina delighted the home fans
with a double-header sweep of Saskatoon, 2-1 and 13-0. Senators got
just four hits off Max Weekly in the opener, but scored two
unearned runs in the first inning and made them stand up for the win. Darrell
Read got the victory, allowing the Gems just four hits and an unearned
run. In the second game, Regina had 14 hits in trouncing the
Gems. Roger Tomlinson had four hits and Cliff Pemberton
had four runs batted in. Blaine Sylvester held the Gems
to four hits in gaining the shutout victory.
Weekly and Garrett
Read and Strother
Hobson, Popkin (5), VanderLaan (5) and Garrett
Sylvester and Strother
July 9 - Bob Kavigan and Darrell
Read combined on a two-hit shutout as Regina again blanked the Gems,
4-0. It was the seventh straight loss for Saskatoon. Phil
Oyler had three hits for the Senators who got the only run they
needed when Oyler scored on a passed ball in the second inning.
Graves and Garrett
Kavigan, Read (7) and Strother
July 9 - The Combines embarrassed the
Eskimos at Edmonton stopping the Esks eight game win streak by taking both ends of a double-header, 7-2 and
7-3. Lloydminster-North Battleford
got outstanding pitching. Mike Dayne tossed a
five-hitter in the opener and Ted Richardson allowed just four
hits in the second game. Len Gabrielson and Stan Charnofsky
had homers for Edmonton in the opener, while Dave Kosteniuk
had three hits and Don Buford chipped with in a double and a
triple. Mike Gillespie homered for the Esks in the
nightcap.
Dayne and Tanner
Sims, Withers (7) and Heath
Richardson and Tanner
Yaryan, Eikerman (6), Withers (8) and
Heath
July 10 - Regina broke a tie with five
runs in the top of the ninth inning and beat Edmonton 10-5. Senators
scored their runs on two hits and four errors. Esks committed eight
miscues overall. Bruce Gardner picked up the win in relief.
Kudron, Gardner (4) and Strother
Jones and Heath, Campise (8)
July 10 - Norm Popkin and
reliever Lew Hobson held Williston to six hits as the Gems
broke a seven-game losing streak with a 5-2 win before 14-hundred fans at Cairns Field. Eloyd
Robinson led the winners with three hits. Joe Fischer
accounted for the final Saskatoon run with a steal of home in the eighth.
Smith, Clarke (7) and Haroldson
Popkin, Hobson (8) and Garrett
July 11 - Miles McWilliams
of Williston was the new batting leader in the Canadian-American Baseball
League. McWilliams, at .375, led teammate Bill Lynn,
at .371. Pete Estrada of Saskatoon had the most homers,
4. Max Weekly of Saskatoon had the best ERA, 2.16, ahead of
Edmonton's Norm Forsythe, at 2.22. Gene Graves
of the Gems had the most strikeouts, 49.
July 11 - Jim Withers pitched a
shutout and chipped in with a three-run triple to lead Edmonton to a 7-0 win
over Regina. Tom Satriano had a homer for the
Esks. Wayne Tucker had three hits for the Senators.
Theiss and Strother
Withers and Campise
July 11 - Saskatoon beat Williston 7-6.
Eloyd Robinson led the Gems at the plate with three singles.
Miles McWilliams and Frank Neri each had two hits for the
Oilers.
Sims (Ray), Blakeslee (6) and Haroldson
Yates, Hobson (9) and Garrett
July 12 - Dan Adams' homer in
the 13th inning broke up a superb pitching duel as the Gems edged the
Combines 2-1. Max Weekly, Gene Graves and Lew
Hobson combined to limit Lloydminster-North Battleford to just six hits. Bill Powell
went all the way for the Combines allowing just eight hits.
Weekly, Graves (7) Hobson (9) and Garrett
Powell and Tanner
July 12 - It was also a day for the
pitchers at Edmonton as the Eskimos scored a 1-0 win over Regina. Norm
Forsythe threw his second consecutive shutout allowing the Senators
just six hits. The right-hander also drove in the only run with a
bases-loaded single in the fourth inning.
Sylvester and Strother
Forsythe and Campise, Heath (8)
July 13 - Curly Williams drove
in four runs with a homer, double and single as the Combines beat Saskatoon
8-6. Don Buford also had three hits, including a homer.
VanderLaan, Graves (4), Popkin (7) and
Garrett
Arnold, Kosteniuk (2), Searcy (3) (1-1), Dayne (9) and Tanner
July 13 - With three major league scouts in
the stands, Edmonton beat Regina 9-5. A parade of triples highlighted
the contest. There were eight, two each by Stan Charnofsky and Len
Gabrielson of the Eskimos. John Werhas, Cliff
Pemberton, Phil Oyler and Ray Boaz also
belted three-baggers. At least three were a result of fly balls lost
in the lights. Charnofsky had four hits to lead the
Esks.
Sims and Heath
Gardner, Theiss (9) and Strother
July 14 - Reliever Bob Blakeslee cut
short a ninth inning rally by the Meridians as Williston hung on for an 8-7
win. Trailing 8-4, Lloydminster-North Battleford scored three in the ninth before Blakeslee put
out the fire. Playing-manager Zoonie McLean drove in
four runs with a homer, double and single. Curly Williams,
Tom Bergeron and Frank Neri, who signed with the
Combines Tuesday, had doubles for the losers.
Richardson, Powell (6) and Tanner
Kumerow, Dutt (6), Blakeslee (9) and Bach
July 14 - A six-run fifth inning carried
Edmonton to a 9-6 win over the Senators in Regina. Three walks,
singles by John Werhas and Stan Charnofsky and
back-to-back triples by Bill Heath and Len Gabrielson
accounted for the six runs. Heath led the Eskimos with three hits and three
RBI.
Jones and Heath
Kudron, Theiss (5) and Strother
July 15 - Lloydminster-North Battleford scored four in the seventh
then held on to shade Williston 7-6. Don Buford led the
Meridians with a double and single. Bill Lynn had four
hits for the Oilers and Zoonie McLean had three.
Arnold, Dayne (7), Richardson (7) and Tanner
Clarke, Smith (7) and Bach
July 15 - The Senators swept a pair
from Edmonton before the home fans, 5-4 and 8-5. In a scheduled seven
inning first game, Roger Tomlinson's homer in the bottom of
the seventh forced an extra inning. In the first extra frame, Tomlinson's
long fly ball scored pitcher Darrell Read with the
winner. Cliff Pemberton was the only Senator with two
hits. Len Gabrielson led the Esks with four, including
two triples, the fourth and fifth three-baggers for the Eskimo outfielder in
three games. In the second game, Senators had thirteen hits, including
a homer from Phil Oyler and triples by Pemberton, Ron Stillwell
and Gary Linthicum. Stan Charnofsky had
four hits for Edmonton. Former Eskimo, Blaine Sylvester
went the distance for the win. There were fifteen triples in the four
game series.
Withers and Heath
Read and Strother
Yaryan and Campise
Sylvester and Linthicum.
July 16 - At Williston, the Oilers scored ten
runs in the first two innings and coasted to an 11-3 win over Lloydminster-North Battleford.
Meridians got an early taste of what was coming. Williston's leadoff
hitter, Larry Exel, blasted a homer. Bob Blakeslee
tossed a six-hitter for the win.
Searcy, Powell (2), Arnold (7) and Tanner
Blakeslee and Haroldson
July 16 - At Saskatoon, the Commodores rocked
Edmonton's ace starter, Norm Forsythe for sixteen hits, but
the Eskimos came away with an 8-7 victory. Forsythe picked up his 8th
win against no losses. He fanned thirteen. Edmonton had just 10
hits, only one for extra bases. Pete Estrada had two
doubles and a single for Saskatoon while Ron Boone and Jim
Garrett each had three singles.
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Weekly, Graves (5) and Garrett
July 17 - Jim Sims pitched a
one-hitter as Edmonton shutout the Commodores 5-0 at Saskatoon. Pete
Estrada's seventh inning single was the only hit off Sims. He fanned
eleven and walked four. Tom Satriano paced the Eskimos
with three hits. Saskatoon made eight errors, allowing four unearned runs.
Sims and Heath
Hobson and Garrett
July 17 - Bruce Gardner allowed
ten hits and four walks but pitched out of trouble as Regina beat Williston
7-3. Ray Boaz had four hits for the Senators while Frank
Neri, who suited up with his third team, drove in three runs with a
pair of singles and a sacrifice fly. Ray Sims went the
distance on the hill for the Oilers and had a big day at the plate with four
hits.
Sims and Bach
Gardner and Linthicum, Strother (9)
July 18 - League statistics showed Miles
McWilliams still atop the batting race with a mark of .400,
just ahead of teammate Bill Lynn at .396. Stan Charnofsky
of Edmonton was third with a .354 average and Cliff Pemberton
of Regina had a .344 mark. Norm Forsythe of Edmonton
topped the pitchers with an ERA of 1.64. Max Weekly of
Saskatoon was second at 1.74 and Blaine Sylvester of Regina
third at 2.17.
July 18 - Williston took both ends of a
double-header at Regina, 8-4 and 3-0. In the first game, the Oilers
got a six-hitter by Marvin Dutt and two, towering home runs by Zoonie
McLean. Bob Smith tossed a five-hit shutout in the second game.
McLean, who drove in four runs in the opener, had a triple and single in the
nightcap. Roger Kudron allowed just six hits for the Senators but the Oilers
took advantage of three walks and three errors.
Dutt and Bach
Theiss, Wall (5), Read (7) and Strother
Smith and Bach
Kudron and Strother
July 18 - Morris Yates out dueled
Roland
Jones as Saskatoon edged Edmonton 4-2. Pete Estrada had a double and two
singles for the Commodores. Rennie Crittenden tripled and
scored the winner on a wild pitch in the 7th. Eskimos were without Len
Gabrielson, who returned to California to enter negotiations with four
major league clubs trying to sign him.
Jones and Heath
Yates and Garrett
July 19 - Ernie Kumerow pitched a two-hitter
to lead the Oilers to a 5-1 win over the Commodores at Williston. The
lone Saskatoon run was unearned. Miles McWilliams blasted a three-run
homer for Williston in the eighth.
Popkin, Graves (7) and Garrett
Kumerow and Bach
July 19 - Eskimos and Combines split their
twin-bill at Lloydminster. Art Ersepke's homer and seven-hit pitching
by Jim Withers gave Edmonton a 6-4 win in the first game while
Kelly Searcy
held the Esks to seven hits in the second game as the Meridians won,
4-3. Searcy fanned nine and walked three.
Withers and Heath
Richardson, Powell (8) and Tanner
Yaryan and Campise
Searcy and Bryson
July 20 - Lloydminster-North Battleford handed
Norm Forsythe his first
loss after eight straight wins as the Combines downed the Eskimos 7-2.
Alton Arnold checked the Esks on seven hits and Ed Tanner gave the Combines
the early lead with a first inning homer.
Forsythe, Eikerman (8) and Heath
Arnold and Tanner
July 20 - The Oilers delighted the home fans
with five runs in the bottom of the ninth to pull out a 10-9 win over
Saskatoon. Bill Hockenbury's three-run homer was the key blow.
Gord Morgan drove in the winner with a double. Zoonie
McLean also had
a homer for the Oilers. Ron Boone contributed a triple and two singles
for the Commodores.
Springer, Hobson (5), Yates (9) and Garrett
Clarke, Blakeslee (3) and Bach
July 22 - Behind the three-hit pitching of
Roland Jones, Edmonton stopped Williston 5-1 before 14-hundred fans at
Renfrew Park. Eskimos did all their scoring in the first inning.
Oilers' Ray Sims, who allowed just five hits in going the distance,
walked
four straight to force in the first run. A sac fly scored another, and
two more scored on an error. A single drove in the fifth run.
Sims and Bach
Jones and Heath
July 22 - Saskatoon took a pair from the
Senators at Regina, 11-2 and 6-0, before 12-hundred fans at Taylor
Field. Commodore pitching allowed just six hits, three in each
game. Max Weekly, Morris Yates and Norm
Popkin combined to win the
opener while Gene Graves and Popkin pitched the nightcap. Saskatoon
newcomer Jeff Williams belted a three-run homer in the second inning and
another in the seventh with a man aboard to lead the first game offensive.
Dan Adams contributed a triple and two singles and Jim Garrett had three
hits. In the second game, Eloyd Robinson was the big gun with a triple
and two singles. Pete Estrada and Garrett each had two hits.
Graves was bounced from the game for protesting a pitch in the second
inning. Regina lost the services of left-handed pitcher Bob Theiss
who returned to Cleveland after learning of the death of his father.
Weekly, Yates (6), Popkin (6) and Garrett
Read, Gardner (7) and Strother
Graves, Popkin (2) and Garrett
Sylvester, Gardner (4) and Linthicum
July 22 - Williston reported that its
slugging first baseman, Miles McWilliams, had signed a pro contract
with Cincinnati Reds.
July 23 - Curly Williams smashed a three-run
homer in the first inning and the Combines went on to a 9-3 victory over
Regina. It was the Senators fifth straight defeat. Williams had
five runs batted in. Don Buford had three hits and scored three
times. Ted Richardson picked up the win holding Regina to seven hits.
Richardson and Tanner
Kudron, Read (7) and Strother
July 23 - Edmonton scored twice in the bottom
of the ninth to beat Williston 4-3. It was the Eskimos' eleventh
consecutive win over the Oilers. Edmonton scored the tying and winning
runs on a walk, wild pitch and two errors.
Dutt and Bach
Sims and Heath
July 24 - Lloydminster-North Battleford scored on an error in the 11th
inning to hand Regina its sixth straight defeat, 6-5. Combines had
came from behind with a run in the ninth to send the game into extra
innings. Curly Williams' third inning triple knocked in three runs.
Williams was ejected in the seventh for protesting a call at second
base. Jerry Bryson, who scored the winning run, allowed the Senators'
first run to score when he lost Frank Neri's fly ball in the lights and it
went for an inside-the-park homer. Neri had three hits for
Regina. Dave Kosteniuk picked up the win in relief. He retired
all seven batters he faced.
Powell, Kosteniuk (9) and Tanner
Sylvester, Read (9) and Strother
July 24 - Bill Lynn of Williston took over
the lead in the batting race with a .415 average. Miles McWilliams
slipped into a tie for second with Edmonton's Stan Charnofsky, both at
.398. Cliff Pemberton of Regina was fourth, at .354.
McWilliams
and Curly Williams of Lloydminster-North Battleford led in homers, each with five.
Norm
Forsythe of Edmonton continued to lead the pitchers, with an ERA of
2.04.
July 24 - Norm Forsythe held Williston
to just three hits as Edmonton defeated the Oilers 3-0 in a game called
after six innings by rain. Forsythe also singled in the first
Eskimo run. Art Ersepke doubled in the second run and
scored the third on a wild pitch. It was Forsythe's ninth win against
one defeat.
Blakeslee and Bach
Forsythe and Heath
July 25 - The Combines scored their fifth
consecutive win shading the cellar-dwelling Williston
Oilers 2-0 before 600 fans at Sportsman's Park. Lefty Alton Arnold won his fourth
straight tossing a four-hitter. Arnold stuck out
three while issuing only one free pass. Ed Tanner knocked in both
runs,
tripling home John Ford in the third and pushing Curly Williams home with a two-out single
in the fifth. The Combines had six hits off loser Bob Smith.
Art Stone and Tanner each had two hits while Arnold and
Tom Bergeron had one apiece.
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Smith (2-5) and Bach
Arnold (4-2) and Tanner
July 25 - Jim Withers hurled a
five-hitter as Edmonton shutout Saskatoon 5-0. One of the Eskimos six
hits was an inside-the-park homer by Tom Satriano.
Hobson, Yates (7) and Garrett
Withers and Heath
July 26 - A grand slam homer by Curly
Williams sparked the Combines to a 10-4 win over Williston in Canadian-American
League action at Abbott Field at North Battleford. The Beaver-Meridians, who
won for the sixth straight time, pounded home five runs in each of the fifth and eighth innings to walk off
with the win. Lefty Kelly Searcy went the distance for his third win,
allowing only six hits. He struck out nine and walked
seven.
After the teams had played
through four and a half scoreless innings, the Combines loaded the bases on consecutive singles
by Don Buford and Ken Nelson and a walk to Monte
Bond. Williams then
cleared the bases. Before reliever Ray Sims could put out
the fire the Combines scored another as Searcy singled home John Ford. The Oilers pushed across four
runs in the seventh but the Combines scored five more in the eighth.
All the runs against Searcy
were unearned. Bill Hockenbury had a homer for Williston.
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Searcy (3-2) and Bryson
HR Williams (7)
Hockenbury
July 26 - Art Ersepke's three-run
homer in the bottom of the ninth gave the Eskimos a 14-11 win in a slugfest
at Edmonton. It was one of seven home runs in the game. Rennie
Crittenden had a grand slam for the Commodores. John Werhas
and Fred Scott also had four-baggers for Edmonton while Pete
Estrada, Dan Adams and Joe Fischer added
homers for Saskatoon. Graves,
Popkin (4), Hobson (8), Springer (9) and Garrett
Vold, Sims (5), Forsythe (8) and Heath
July 27 - Lefty Ted Richardson
allowed just six hits in winning his fifth game and he helped at the plate
with a homer as the Combines downed Regina 5-1. The Senators had
earlier stopped the Combines six game win streak with a 2-1 victory in the completion of the July 7th contest which
was called after five innings by rain.
A four-run fifth inning carried the Combines
to their win. Bruce Gardner walked the first three batters in the
fifth. Reliever Roger Barnson, in his first game in the circuit,
struck out Tom Bergeron but gave up back-to-back doubles to Curly
Williams
and Monte Bond. The two runs batted in for Williams gave him
thirteen runs batted in over the last four games.
Richardson's homer cleared both fences and
traveled an estimated 400 feet.
The Senators pushed across their single tally in the seventh as fleet centrefielder
Ray
Boaz doubled to score pinch hitter Gary LaComb who had walked.
In the completion contest, the Senators broke the 1-1 deadlock
as Frank Neri singled in Phil Oyler in the sixth.
Gardner, who had pitched the
previous five innings on July 7th, picked up where he left off and gained
his fifth win. Dave Kosteniuk, who took over for Alton
Arnold, was the loser.
Completion game
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Arnold, Kosteniuk (6) (3-2) and Tanner
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July 27 - Williston
scored five unearned runs in the fourth inning and held on to beat Saskatoon
6-4. Mark Clarke went the distance for the win. He gave up eight
hits, fanned six and walked ten.
Clarke and Bach
Crittenden, Graves (4) and Garrett
July 28 - The Regina Senators broke
their seven game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Combines at North
Battleford. Wayne Tucker and Gary Linthicum each poked solo homers in the fourth to give the
Senators their margin of victory. Roger Kudron took the win to even his season's
record at 4-4. Bill Powell was
charged with the loss, his fourth straight after winning two. Curly
Williams blasted his eighth homer of the year in the
sixth. He collected two RBI.
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Kudron (4-4), Read (6), Sylvester (7), Barnson (7) and Linthicum
Powell (2-4), Kosteniuk
(5) and Tanner
HR Williams (8)
Tucker
Linthicum
July 28 - Saskatoon pounded out sixteen hits,
including four triples, to down Williston 8-2. Pete Estrada had three hits for the
Commodores. University of Arizona lefty Norm Popkin pitched a
seven-hitter for the win and added a triple and single at the plate. Ernie
Kumerow drove in both Oilers' runs with a triple and two
singles.
Dutt, Kumerow (4) and Bach
Popkin and Garrett
July 29 -- Mick Mousalam and
Mike
White each had three hits to lead the Combines to a comeback 4-3 win
over Saskatoon. The Combines took the lead in the second inning on Don
Buford's two-run triple.
The Commodores bounced back in the fourth to tie and Len Breckner's solo
homer in the sixth gave the Commodores the lead. Combines scored the tying
and winning runs in the seventh on a walk to Curly Williams, and successive
singles to Ken Nelson and Mousalam. Alton
Arnold, who needed help from
Dave Kosteniuk in
the eighth, took the win. It was the lefthander's fifth straight
victory. Saskatoon catcher Jim Garrett picked three men
off base with pin-point throws.
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Arnold (5-2), Kosteniuk (8) and Tanner, Bryson (9)
Springer (0-2) and Garrett
HR Breckner
July 29
- Bill Hockenbury blasted a pair of two-run homers to lead the Oilers
to an 8-6 win over Edmonton at Williston. It was the first time the
Oilers had beaten the Eskimos. Hockenbury added a single, good for his
fifth RBI. Joe Campise had a homer for Edmonton.
Jones and Heath
Smith, Sims (9) and Bach
July 30 - Speedy Don Buford
scored on an error in the 14th inning to give the Combines a 7-6 win over
Saskatoon. Buford had been caught in a "hot box" between
third and home but pitcher
Gene
Graves threw the ball well over the head of catcher Jim Garrett. Combines had
tallied one in the ninth to tie. Commodores threatened in the bottom
of the 14th as Lee Murphy sent a long fly ball to deep centre field only to
have Buford make a spectacular catch. Mike Dayne, third of four Combine pitchers, picked up the victory. Dayne pitched 5
1/3 innings of scoreless relief to gain his fourth win of the campaign.
Gene
Graves who pitched 11 2/3 innings in relief was charged with the loss.
Mike White, brilliant in the field, collected three
hits. He also had three Wednesday night. The Commodores outhit
the Combines 16 to 8. The game featured several defensive gems.
Third baseman Curly Williams robbed Garrett from driving in
the winning run in the 9th and White made game-saving catches off Jeff
Williams in the 9th and Garrett in the 13th.
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Searcy, Powell (6), Dayne (4-0) (9), Kosteniuk (14) and Bryson
Hobson, Graves (4-7) (3)
and Garrett
July 30 - Williston scored five in the eighth
to edge Edmonton 12-11. Mike Gillespie, Joe Campise
and Art Ersepke homered for the Eskimos. Bill Lynn
led the Oilers with a pair of doubles.
Vold, Yaryan (3), Withers (8), Jones (8) and
Heath
Blakeslee, Dutt (8), Sims (9) and Bach
July 31 - The Regina Senators pounded out 22 hits to wallop the Combines 20-9. The Senators had a 19-1 lead after six innings.
Regina's Phil Oyler drove in six runs with a grand slam homer and three singles.
Ed Tanner had a bases empty homer for the Combines. Don Buford had a triple, while
Tom Bergeron added a double and three singles and
Monte Bond picked
up three singles. Roger Barnson, although tagged for 15 hits, went the distance and
picked up the win. The loss kept the Combines in second place, one and a half games
behind the Edmonton Eskimos.
Combines 100 000 215 9 15 4
Regina 514 414 010 20 22 2
Richardson (5-5), Powell (3), Dayne (7) and
Tanner
Barnson and Linthicum
HR Oyler
Tanner (3)
July 31 - Norm Forsythe scattered seven hits
to post his 11th victory as Edmonton beat Williston 6-1. Mark Clarke
pitched a six-hitter for the Oilers and fanned 13, but also walked 13.
Joe Campise had a two-run homer for the Esks in the first
inning.
Forsythe and Heath
Clarke and Bach
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