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Aug 1 - Frank Neri singled home
Ray Boaz in the
bottom of the ninth inning as the Regina Senators edged the Combines 4-3 at Taylor Field
in Regina. Newcomer Frank Warren, making his first start in the Can-Am League, went
the distance for the win. Alton Arnold also went the route in losing his first game
after five straight victories. Don Buford had a double and
single while Monte Bond had two singles for the Combines.
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Arnold (5-3) and Tanner, Bryson (8)
Warren and Linthicum
Aug 1 - Saskatoon scored three in the eighth
to take a 4-2 win from the league-leading Edmonton Eskimos. Singles by Jeff Williams and Len
Breckner
and doubles from Ron Boone and Jim Garrett produced the three
runs.
Sims and Heath
Popkin, Hobson (2), Crittenden (6) and Garrett
Aug 2 - Williston Oilers pounded two pitchers for
13 hits in trouncing the Combines 11-1. Ernie Kumerow scattered five hits
for the victory. Mike White led the Combines at the plate with a double.
Gord Morgan's three-run triple was the key blow for the Oilers.
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Searcy (3-3), Kosteniuk (1) and Bryson
Kumerow (3-6) and
Bach
Aug 2 - Len Breckner had three hits and three
runs batted in to lead the Commodores to a 7-4 win over
Edmonton. Saskatoon took a 3-0 lead in the first inning on
doubles by Dan Adams, Jim Garrett and Breckner and a
single by Eloyd Robinson,
Withers and Heath
Popkin, Hobson (6), Graves (7) and Garrett
Aug 3 -- Combines bounced back from two successive loses to
thump the Williston Oilers 10-3. Ted Richardson pitched a
five-hitter in gaining his
6th win. He stuck out 14 batters. Marv Dutt, relieved by
Bob Blakeslee in the
7th, was the loser. Richardson was also the big man at the plate for the winners.
He slammed a two-run homer, his 2nd of the year. Monte Bond had a double.
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Williston 000 300 000 3 5 3
Richardson (6-5) and Tanner
Dutt (4-3), Blakeslee (7) and Bach
HR Richardson (2)
Aug 3 - Wayne Tucker had a homer and
knocked in three runs as Regina defeated Edmonton 6-2. John Werhas
had a homer for the Eskimos.
Sylvester and Linthicum
Jones, Yaryan (5) and Heath
Aug 3 - In an exhibition game,
Saskatoon whipped the Drain, Oregon Black Sox 8-1. The Sox were
the 1958 semi-pro champions in the United States. Commodores had 14
hits while Lew Hobson, Morris Yates and Rennie Crittenden
combined to hold the visitors to 8 safeties. Peter Estrada
led Saskatoon with three hits while Dan Adams and Lee Murphy
each had a pair. Dick Montee went all the way for Drain.
The Black Sox, who operate independently
under owner Harold Woolley, won the National Baseball Congress title in 1958
with a seven-game sweep in Wichita. The Sox won 46 of 52 games.
It was the team's third season as an independent club. Previously, the Sox
played in the Southwest Oregon league winning the title four times in six
seasons. The loop folded in 1956. Drain played two games against
Edmonton. The first ended in a scoreless tie when called by rain after
five innings. Eskimos won the second contest 2-1.
Montee and Olson
Hobson, Yates (4), Crittenden (7) and Garrett
Aug 4 - Elwood Hahn held the
Commodores to five hits as Drain Black Sox scored a 4-1 win in an exhibition
contest in Saskatoon. Hahn fanned 11 and walked three. Saskatoon
manager Roy Taylor starter a 17-year-old junior pitcher, Ross
Stone, who went the distance. Commodores had a triple play in the
ninth.
Hahn and Olson
Stone and Garrett
Aug 4 - Williston pounded out 17 hits to edge
the Combines 9-8 at Williston. The Oilers scored the winning run in
the bottom of the ninth with Ray Haroldson driving in the winner.
Ernie Kumerow, who came
in relief of Ray Sims in the 8th, got credit for the win.
Mike Dayne, third of three
Combines pitchers was charged with his first loss. Curly Williams hit his ninth homer,
while Don Buford had a triple, Dayne a double and Ed
Tanner and Tom Bergeron three singles
apiece.
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Williston 301 200 021 9 17 2
Searcy, Powell (1), Dayne (4-1) (4) and Tanner
Sims, Kumerow (4-6) (8) and Bach
HR Williams (9)
Zoonie McLean Williston
Aug 4 - Regina blew a 7-0 lead and fell
to the Eskimos, 8-7. Edmonton scored five in the sixth, helped by
triples from Bill Heath and Tom Satriano. Joe Campise had three hits
for the Eskimos. Phil Oyler knocked in three for the Senators with a
bases-loaded double.
Gardner, Read (6) and Linthicum
Forsythe, Withers (4) and Heath
Aug 5 - The Combines erased a 1-0 deficit with three runs
in the bottom of the 8th to down the Regina Senators 3-1. A streak of wildness by
Roger Kudron, the Regina starter, and clutch hitting by Curly
Williams and John Ford
proved to be the difference. After getting the first man, Jerry Bryson,
to ground out, Tom Bergeron and Don Buford were issued free passes. Wayne Tucker pulled Kudron in favour of
ace reliever Darrell Read. Read walked Bond to load the sacks.
Curly Williams
brought home the tying marker with a sacrifice fly to right field. Tanner was
given an intentional walk and John Ford then poked a
sharp single over second to bring in two runs and give the Combines their 24th victory.
The Combines had only three hits off the combined
offerings of Kudron and Read.
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Kudron (4-5), Read (8) and Linthicum
Arnold (6-3),
Kosteniuk (9) and Tanner
Aug 5 - Len Gabrielson paced a 12-hit
Edmonton attack with a two-run homer in the third inning as the Eskimos downed
Saskatoon 6-3. Lee Murphy had a run-scoring triple for the Commodores.
Jim Sims went the route holding Saskatoon to five hits.
Hobson, Graves (3), Crittenden (7) and
Garrett
Sims and Heath
Aug 6 -- The Combines scored single runs in the first and
third innings and then held off an eighth inning threat by Regina to edge the
Senators 2-1. Kelly Searcy, who gave way to Dave
Kosteniuk in the 8th, took
the win. Frank Warren (1-1) went the distance for the losers. Tom
Bergeron
was the big gun for the winners with three hits. Ray Boaz had a triple and a single
for the losers. Regina
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Combines 101 000 00x 2 8 1
Warren (1-1) and Strother
Searcy (4-3), Kosteniuk (8) and Tanner.
Aug 6 -- Pete Estrada tripled
in two runs in
the ninth as Saskatoon rallied to beat Edmonton 5-4. It was Estrada's
third hit of the night. Len Gabrielson had a homer for the Eskimos.
Commodores handed Norm Forsythe the loss, his second against eleven wins.
Yates, Graves (5), Hobson (7), Crittenden (9)
and Garrett
Forsythe, Withers (9) and Heath
Aug 7 -
The Combines took advantage of the dark to score a 3-2 win over
Saskatoon. Commodores had scored two runs in the top of
the 9th but the markers were wiped out when the game was called
because of darkness. Monte
Bond rapped out a
two-run homer and a single to account for all three runs for the
Combines. Ted
Richardson went the distance for the win. Paul Springer, first
of three Saskatoon hurlers was the loser.
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3
Springer (0-3), Hobson (7), Graves (8) and Garrett
Richardson (8-5) and Tanner.
HR Bond (2)
Aug 7 - In a rare starting assignment,
right-hander Darrell Read pitched a complete game seven-hitter to lead
Regina to a 6-2 win over Williston. Ron Stillwell led the Senators at
the plate with four hits. Steve Strother added a pair of doubles.
Gord Morgan had a triple for the Oilers.
Blakeslee and Bach
Read and Strother
Aug 8 - Combines
took an early 5-0 lead over Saskatoon but watched the Commodores
score 14 runs in
the seventh inning to win 14-10. Saskatoon sent seventeen
men to the plate in the fateful inning. Grand slam homers,
by Pete Estrada and Eloyd Robinson, were among the hits. Pitcher Bill
Powell and catcher Jerry Bryson had homers for the
Combines.
Popkin, Hobson (3), Graves (8)
and Garrett
Powell, Kosteniuk (7), Arnold (7), Ford (7) and Bryson
Aug 8 - Regina notched a pair of runs in
the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Williston 8-7 and sweep a
double-header. Senators won the opener 8-2 behind Blaine Sylvester's
five-hitter. In the second game both the tying and winning runs were
forced in by walks. Oiler hurlers allowed nine walks in the first game
and twelve in the nightcap.
Clarke, Healy (3) and Bach
Sylvester and Strother
Kumerow, Hockenbury (9) and Bach
Barnson, Warren (8) and Strother
Aug 9 - Williston Oilers swept a
Canadian-American baseball league doubleheader from Regina
Senators, 2-1 and 6-5.
In the opener, Marv Dutt
limited the Senators to four hits. Oilers got only three hits off
losing pitcher Bruce Gardner. Williston scored a run in the
first inning on an error and Bill Lynn's single. Senators tied
the score in the second on a hit batsman and three walks.
Oilers scored the winner in the fourth as Larry Exel tripled
home Gord Morgan.
In the second game, Ray Sims was
the winning pitcher and helped out at the dish with a two-run
triple. Exel had three singles and Lynn a double and two singles.
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Gardner and Strother
Dutt and Bach
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Kudron and Strother
Sims and Bach
Aug 9 - Edmonton's Joe Campise singled
and scored on an error in the 14th inning as the Eskimos beat Saskatoon Commodores
5-4 in Canadian-American league play at Edmonton. Eskimos
jumped off to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning, but needed
a run in the bottom of the ninth for a 4-4 tie. Ralph Vold was credited
with the win, his first of the season. Lew Hobson took the loss,
his eighth.
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Crittenden, Yates (1), Graves (6), Springer (9), Hobson (9) and
Garrett
Jones, Withers (9), Vold (9) and Heath.
Aug 10 - Williston scored three
runs in each of the first and second innings and coasted to a
7-4 win over Regina. A triple by Gord Morgan and a double
by Steve Bach were the key blows for the
Oilers.
Warren and Strother
Blakeslee and Bach
Aug 11 - Norm Forsythe pitched a five-hitter in gaining his
twelfth victory of the year in downing the Lloydminster-North Battleford Combines 9-4.
The Eskimos scored seven runs in the first three innings and added one in the
fourth and fifth to coast to the win. Alton Arnold started for the Combines giving up
seven of the nine runs. Dave Kosteniuk came in with one out in the third and went
the rest of the way. Mike White was the big man for the Combines with two hits.
Don Buford had a triple for the losers.
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Arnold (6-4); Kosteniuk (3) and Bryson, Tanner (4)
Forsythe (12-2) and Heath
Aug 11 - Mark Clarke lost his bid for a no-hitter and a win on one pitch in the eighth inning. Ron
Boone's homer, his first of the season, was the only hit the Williston hurler allowed but it
was enough as the Commodores took a 1-0 victory before 1,000 fans at Cairns
Field. Up to the eighth, Clarke
had allowed just three base runners, all on walks. He fanned
ten. It was a heart-breaking loss for the 19-year-old native of
Magrath, Alberta who attends the University of Arizona. Norm Popkin pitched a five-hitter to pick up the
win.
Clarke and Bach
Popkin and Garrett
Aug 11 - Williston added veteran Negro
pitcher Sugar Cain to their pitching staff to replace Bob Smith
who had to return home.
Aug 12 - The Combines scored four runs on four hits in the
fourth inning and held on to edge the Edmonton Eskimos 4-3. Curly
Williams led the
Combines attack with his 10th homer. Tom Bergeron and Don
Buford each had three hits
in five trips. Ted Richardson went the distance picking up his eighth win of the season.
Jim Withers was charged with the loss.
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Richardson (8-5) and Tanner
Withers (7-6) and Heath
HR Williams (10)
Aug 12 - The Commodores, who had just one hit
the night before, blasted out sixteen in a 10-0 trouncing of the Oilers at Saskatoon. Rennie Crittenden tossed a six-hitter for
Saskatoon's second straight shutout win over Williston. Eloyd Robinson
had a two-run homer, a triple and three singles to pace the Commodores'
attack. He scored three times and drove in three. Danny
Adams, Jim Garrett, Len Breckner and Lee Murphy
each had two hits.
Kumerow, Blakeslee (2) and Bach
Crittenden and Garrett
Aug 13 - The Combines edged the Saskatoon Commodores 2-1 in
a game called at the end of eight innings by darkness. Kelly Searcy, who was
relieved by Bill Powell at the start of the sixth, was credited with the win.
Morris
Yates went the distance and absorbed his second loss against three wins.
Yates
allowed only three hits.
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Yates (3-2) and Garrett
Searcy (5-3), Powell (6) and
Tanner
Aug 13 - Williston erupted for five runs in
the second and made them stand up for a 5-2 win over Regina. After Zoonie
McLean had led off with a single, Blaine Sylvester
walked three straight batters to force in the first run. Roger Kudron
relieved and was greeted with a single, a ground out and a sac fly which
accounted for four more runs. Marv Dutt went the
distance for the win. Cliff Pemberton, of the Senators,
let the hitters with three hits.
Sylvester, Kudron (2) and Strother
Dutt and Bach
Aug 14 - Saskatoon lashed out fifteen
hits, including five homers, to crush the Combines 15-4 at North
Battleford. Commodores hit for the "homer" cycle -- Danny
Adams had a grand slam, Eloyd Robinson and Joe Fischer had a
three-run homers, Lee Murphy had a two-run blast and Pete
Estrada added a solo shot. Three of the homers came in the
second inning when the Commodores scored seven runs. Robinson
also had a double and two singles to give him 11 hits in his last three
games. Jerry Bryson
had given the Combines an early lead with the first inning homer.
Hobson, Graves (1) and Garrett
Kosteniuk, Powell (2) and Tanner
Aug 14 - Zoonie McLean's
three-run homer in the first frame was a key hit as the Oilers whipped
Regina 11-5.
Read, Barnson (8) and Linthicum
Sims and Bach, Haroldson (8)
Aug 14 - Bill Lynn maintained
his lead atop the batting race with a .397 average, forty-one points better
than the runner-up, Pete Estrada of Saskatoon. Curly
Williams of Lloydminster-North Battleford took over the lead in
homers with nine, and RBI with 50. Blaine Sylvester of
Regina was the ERA leader at 2.97
Aug 15 - The Williston Oilers scored five
runs in the first inning and made them stick for a 5-3
victory over the Edmonton Eskimos in a Canadian-American league
game at Edmonton.
Oilers collected four unearned
runs in the first as a result of two errors by Edmonton
shortstop Freddie Scott and two walks and two hits given up by
Esk's hurler Norm Forsythe. Jim Sims took over from Forsythe in
the second and did not allow another run. He was relieved by
Ralph Vold in the seventh.
Winning pitcher was Marv Dutt,
who came on in the second to relieve starter Mark Clarke.
Gord Morgan smashed three hits for Oilers and manager
Zoonie McLean
hit twice.
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Clarke, Dutt (2) and Bach
Forsythe, Sims (2), Vold (7) and
Heath
Aug 16 - Regina and Lloydminster-North Battleford
battled to a scoreless tie that was halted by rain in the 12th inning. Frank
Warren pitched the 11 scoreless innings for the Senators allowing just
seven hits, while Ted
Richardson and Dave Kosteniuk combined to pitch 12 innings
of shutout ball for the Combines.
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Warren and Linthicum, Strother (7)
Richardson, Kosteniuk (11)
and Tanner
Aug 16 - Williston clobbered Edmonton hurlers
for 22 hits and took advantage of seven Eskimos errors as they coasted to a
16-3 win at Renfrew Park. After the game, Edmonton general manager John
Ducey imposed a midnight curfew for players terming the club's play
"outrageous". Bill Lynn and Ray Haroldson
each had four hits for the winners while Gord Morgan, Bill
Hockenbury and Zoonie McLean each had three.
Kumerow and Bach
Jones, Yaryan (3), Withers (5) and Heath
Aug 17 - Williston, making a late charge for
the playoffs posted their fifth straight win, 7-4 over the
Combines. Gord Morgan's
two-run homer in the fourth was a key blow for the Oilers. Mike
White had three hits for the Combines including a homer and a triple.
Blakeslee, Dutt (7) and Bach
Arnold, Kosteniuk (7) and Bryson
Aug 17 - Regina swept a double-header from
Saskatoon, scoring early in the first game and late in the second.
Senators plated five runs in the first two innings of the opener and won,
7-4. In the nightcap, Regina fell behind 11-7 in the top of the tenth,
but erupted for five runs in the bottom of the extra frame to take a 12-11
victory.
There were four homers in the first game, two for each team. Cliff
Pemberton and Ron
Stillwell for Regina, Lee
Murphy and Joe
Fischer for Saskatoon. Phil
Oyler and Roger Tomlinson each had five hits on the day
for the Senators. Eloyd Robinson had three doubles and a
single in the second game for the Commodores.
Popkin, Graves (2) and Garrett
Sylvester and Strother
Crittenden, Graves (3), Hobson (9),Yates (10),
Popkin (10) and Garrett
Gardner, Read (10) and Strother
Aug 18 - A five-run eighth inning carried
Regina to an 8-4 win over Saskatoon in a game at Taylor Field.
Senators scored on singles by Lionel Ruhr and Steve Strother,
doubles by Roger Kudron and Ron Stillwell, a
walk, a sacrifice and two Saskatoon errors. Stillwell led the
offensive with a triple, double and two singles. Saskatoon manager Roy
Taylor was ejected in the fifth inning after disputing a call at
second base.
Hobson, Crittenden (8) and Garrett
Kudron and Strother
Aug 19 - Combines swept a pair from Williston
in double-header action at North Battleford. Kelly Searcy held
the Oilers to eight hits as the Combines won the opener 11-2. Mick
Mousalam led the winners with three hits. Don Buford and Johnny
Ford hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning of the second game
to lead the Combines to 10-6 win. Ford had four hits. Williston
starter Mark Clarke issued ten bases on balls before being
relieved in the fourth inning. Gord Morgan homered for the
Oilers.
Dutt, Blakeslee (6) and Bach
Searcy and Tanner
Clarke, Hockenbury (4) and Bach
Powell, Kosteniuk (5) and Bryson
Aug 19 - Jim Sims allowed 16 hits but
went the distance as the Eskimos outlasted Saskatoon 7-6 in the first game
of a twin-bill at Edmonton. Art Ersepke had a homer and
single for the Esks. Danny Adams had four hits for Saskatoon. Commodores scored twice in the eighth on a walk,
infield single and two errors to win the second game 6-5. Eloyd
Robinson had two doubles and a single for Saskatoon, Len Gabrielson
belted a two-run triple for Edmonton
Yates, Popkin (2) and Garret
Sims and Heath
Withers, Vold (8) and Heath
Springer, Yates (6) and Garrett
Aug 20 - Ted Richardson allowed
only two hits to lead Lloydminster-North Battleford to a 4-1 win over
Williston. Combines scored three in the ninth to take the
victory. Bill Lynn's solo homer had given the Oilers a
1-0 lead in the seventh inning. Gord Morgan's single was
the only other Williston hit.
Richardson and Tanner
Kumerow and Bach
Aug 21 - Regina's Frank Warren
lost a bid for a no-hitter with one out in the seventh as the Senators took
the seven-inning opener of a twin-bill with Edmonton, 3-1. Tom Satriano's
single was the first blow off Warren. Bill Heath
followed with another single and Len Gabrielson accounted for
the lone Eskimo run with a sacrifice fly. Edmonton bounced back to win
the second game 12-2 as Satriano had four hits and Mike Gillespie
had three. Norm Forsythe picked up the win.
Vold and Heath
Warren and Strother
Forsythe and Heath
Sylvester, Kudron (6) and Strother
Aug 22 - Gene Graves pitched
five-hit, shutout ball as Saskatoon beat Regina 3-0. Graves fanned
ten. Lefty Bruce Gardner was working on a one-hitter when
Saskatoon broke loose for two runs in the 6th. Jeff Williams'
triple scored Eloyd Robinson and Williams scored on a
sacrifice fly. Commodores scored an insurance run in the 8th on Jim
Garrett's single.
Gardner and Strother
Graves and Garrett
Aug 22 - Edmonton pounded out 18 hits in an
11-8 win over Williston. John Werhas led the attack with a
double and three singles. Bill Lynn homered for the
Oilers.
Jones, Vold (9) and Heath
Dutt, Blakeslee (6), Kumerow (7) and Bach
Aug 23 - Edmonton had just five hits off
Williston's Mark Clarke but took advantage of eleven walks, a
hit batsman, a balk and four wild pitches to score a 7-1 victory. Jim
Withers went the distance for the win.
Withers and Heath
Clarke and Bach
Aug 23 -- Regina scored four in the eighth to
beat Saskatoon 7-4. John Regoli and Phil Oyler
each had a triple and a single for the Senators. Darrell Read,
with hitless relief from Frank Warren, got the win.
Read, Warren (8) and Strother
Crittenden, Hobson (8) and Garrett
Aug 24 - Lloydminster-North Battleford
exploded for seven runs in the sixth inning enroute to an 11-2 win over
Edmonton and sole possession of first place, one game up on the Eskimos. Don Buford and Johnny Ford hit
homers for the Combines. John Werhas had a homer for the
Eskimos. Alton Arnold spaced seven hits to gain the
pitching victory.
Sims, Vold (6), Yaryan (8) and Heath
Arnold and Tanner
Aug 24 - In a wild ending in Williston,
Saskatoon scored four times in the top of the 10th then held on as the
Oilers got three in the bottom of the inning to escape with a 10-9
triumph. The win gave Saskatoon a one game lead over the Oilers in the
battle for the final playoff spot. Jeff Williams, Pete Estrada and Dan
Adams hit homers for the Commodores. Adams also added
three singles while catcher Jim Garrett contributed a pair of
doubles. Garrett ended the contest with a sparkling
defensive play, as he leaped high against the back screen to snag Zoonie
McLean's pop fly for the final out with the tying run on second base.
The Saskatoon general manager, Spero
Leakos,
revealed that pitcher-outfielder Rennie Crittenden might be lost for
the season. Crittenden injured his knee on Sunday and wasn't able to
play Monday.
Popkin, Graves (8) and Garrett
Sims, Hockenbury (8) and Haroldson, Bach (8)
Aug 25 - Norm Forsythe pitched
a three-hitter to win his 14th game of the season as Edmonton shaded the
Combines 4-2 in Lloydminster to regain a share of top spot in the league
standings. Forsythe and Tom Satriano
each had two hits for the Esks. Curly Williams drove in
both Combines' runs with a double.
Forsythe and Heath
Richardson and Tanner
Aug 25 - Williston kept its playoff hopes
alive pounding two Saskatoon
hurlers for 17 hits to beat the Commodores 9-7. Dennis Healy
had a grand slam homer and double for the Oilers. Zoonie McLean
added a homer and a single while Bill Lynn and Larry Exel
each had four hits. Eloyd Robinson had a bases-loaded homer
for Saskatoon. Commodores lost the services of Pete Estrada who
suffered a twisted knee in the warmup. It was feared he would be lost for
the season.
Hobson, Graves (7) and Garrett
Dutt and Haroldson
Aug 26 - Jim Garrett and Eloyd
Robinson each had three hits and Ron Boone had a pair
of doubles as Saskatoon whipped the Combines 10-4. Garrett,
batting in the cleanup spot in the absence of Pete Estrada, drove in three
runs. Tom Bergeron
and Johnny Ford each had two hits for Lloydminster-North Battleford.
The triumph lifted Saskatoon into sole possession of fourth spot, a full
game up on the Williston Oilers. Commodores had four games remaining,
the Oilers had three.
Searcy, Kosteniuk (3) and Tanner
Yates and Garrett
Aug 26 - Williston had 13 hits but stranded
14 and lost, 6-3, to Regina. Twice the Oilers left the bases
loaded. Ron Stillwell had a triple and double for the
Senators. The loss dropped the Oilers a full game back of the Commodores in
the fight for the final playoff spot.
Blakeslee and Bach
Warren and Strother
Aug 27 - Len Breckner belted
two homers as Saskatoon defeated the Combines 6-2. Gene Graves
tossed a seven-hitter and fanned 13 in gaining his third win in the last six
days.
Powell and Tanner
Graves and Garrett
Aug 27 - Regina erased a 6-2 deficit with
five runs in the sixth inning and beat Williston 7-6. Ron
Stillwell opened the inning with his third hit of the night. Roger
Tomlinson followed with a single and John Regoli drove
one to centre field for what looked like another single, but the ball hopped
over the head of Bill Lynn and rolled to the fence for a three-run
homer. With the bases loaded on walks, newcomer Mike Noakes,
slapped a single to score two more.
Kumerow, Clarke (6),Sims (6) and Haroldson
Kudron and Strother
Aug 28 - The Senators scored all their runs
in the second inning and went on to beat Saskatoon 6-2. Hits by John
Regoli, Wayne Tucker, Gary Linthicum, Steve
Strother and Mike Noakes and two errors accounted for
the half dozen runs. Lee Murphy had a homer for the
Commodores.
Read and Strother
Popkin, Hobson (2) and Garrett
Aug 29 - Edmonton clinched first place in the
league standings as the Eskimos pounded out 24 hits on the
day to sweep a twin-bill from the Combines at Renfrew Park, 9-3 and 12-0. Bill Heath had four hits, including a triple, and Len
Gabrielson had three hits as the Esks won the opener. In the
second game, Norm Forsythe and Ken Yaryan
combined on a one-hitter as Edmonton whipped the Combines 12-0. John
Werhas and Tom Satriano each had three hits for the
winners. The defeats ran the Combines losing streak to five games.
Arnold, Powell (3) and Tanner
Jones, Vold (6) and Heath
Richardson, Kosteniuk (4) and Bryson
Forsythe, Yaryan (8) and Heath
Aug 29 - Shortstop Danny Adams belted
a first inning homer and added three singles to lead Saskatoon to a 10-5 win
over Regina in a sloppy contest that had thirteen errors. The win
clinched the final playoff spot for the Commodores. Reliever Gene
Graves allowed just two hits in 4 1/3 innings to pick up the
win. He fanned seven and walked just one. Commodores announced
that two stars from Williston, outfielder Bill Lynn and pitcher Marvin
Dutt, would be joining the club for the playoffs. The recruits
replaced two injured players, Pete Estrada and Paul Springer.
Saskatoon also lost Len Breckner, who suffered a sprained
ankle, and Ron Boone, who had to return to a California
teaching assignment.
Gardner and Strother
Yates, Graves (5) and Garrett
Aug 30 - Mike Dayne threw a
five-hitter as the Combines avoided a double sweep at the hands of the
Eskimos with a 8-4 win in the second game of a twin-bill in
Lloydminster. Ken Nelson had a single, two doubles and a
triple for the Combines while Don Buford chipped in with three
singles. Edmonton won the opener 5-0 as Jim Withers tossed a
three-hitter.
Withers and Heath
Searcy, Kosteniuk (2) and Tanner
Yaryan and Demeriez
Dayne and Bryson
Aug 30 - Marv Dutt won his
seventh game on a seven-hitter as Williston beat Regina 9-6. Dennis
Healy led the Oiler attack with a double and single. Gary
Linthicum had a three-run homer for Regina.
Sylvester, Kudron (6), Warren (8) and
Linthicum
Dutt and Haroldson
Aug 31 - Edmonton wound up the regular
schedule on a winning note, trouncing the Combines 17-5 at North
Battleford. Eskimos pounded out 19 hits including homers by Tom
Satriano, Len Gabrielson and Ralph Vold.
Satriano also had a triple and two singles.
Jones, Vold (6) and Demeriez
Powell, Ford (2), Nelson (5) and Tanner
Aug 31 - Regina closed out the regular
schedule with a 10-7 win over Williston. Senators pounded out sixteen hits
including home runs by Gary Linthicum and John Regoli.
Ron Stillwell had a triple and two singles. Steve
Bach
had a homer and four runs batted in for the Oilers.
Barnson, Sylvester (6)
Sims, Kumerow (1), Blakeslee (8)
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