Show chemical still team to beat drops st john 26 to 8 western chemical center picked up right where they left off as they thoroughly trounced st john 26 to 8 to get play under kayin way in the second half of the cou county nty league in a game at D asi aret ret wednesday july 7 st john got the wild scoring fray underway when they took addan tage of three errors and keith warr s single to push two runs across the plate in the top of the I 1 inning bough rough on russell with a two run lead st john took to the field in the bottom of the first and took to the clr they rattled hits all over the lot sixteen men batted in this inning they got twelve hits and twelve runs bill russell who had dese ted his shortstop position to try his hand at pitching knows from first hand experience that can really sock that nugget bill faced 10 men gave up eight hits hit and nine runs before he went bac c to the short field and pendleton re lieveld him every man on the NN LC line up got at least one hit and scored at least once from this point on it was just a matter of ofa liow how many runs would p ie le j up sin big sticker right fielder gene sin sirl was te tie big offensive show for sin siri got 5 hits in six trips to the plate the only time during the game that siri sirl missed getting a hit was his last time at bat when he bunted on his third strike and just bare ly failed to beat out the bunt at first base among his hits was a home run in the big first inning a triple in the third inning and 3 singles he stole four bases drove in three runs and person naly cros sed the plate five time jim jensen held a potent thre three a s are wild hand in the proceedings jim was at bat 3 times got 3 hits scored 3 runs batted in 3 runs and just missed getting on base 3 times via the hit batter route as he was hit twice one of jensen s hits was a home run his first of the season bus harwood wins number eight the ace of the pitching staff bus harwood started on the mound and pitched the first four innings to get credit fo for r his eighth win of the year against no losses bus gave up eight hits and seven runs five of which were earned harwood and his strike out total ito to 81 as he whiffed seven st john batters to help his cause along bus pounded out a home run in the second inning bill russell stars at shortstop bill russell t fare so good on the hill but when he went back to his regular position at shortstop he turned out to be the shinning star in the field he t make an error and at least three times robbed the chemical sluggers of certain hits with brilliant fielding plays little cal green and catcher keith warr were the bog bays at the plate for st john green had a single a boube and a triple in four trips and drove in two runs and keith warr had a pair of sing les in 3 trips deseret con can be beat undefeated in first half play and certainly the team to beat in the second half continue to hammer every pitcher that faces them As a team they are current ly batting naturally any team that clouts like that is a tough team to beat but their hits cover up their mistakes and they make a lot of both of em ern their fielding in the st john game was down right sloppy the only decent field ing they made during the game was by bob finck flack at first base he saved at least two additional errors by digging the ball out of the dirt and at least four st john hits could have been prevented with a little sharper fielding the boys in the middle of the diamond t covering the bag and once they even got a man in the hot box and then let him get away the fielders managed to catch a couple of fly balls but even that compensate for the long hit that they misjudged A team that will get out there and play ball a fighting team that wont won t rollover roll over and play dead will one of these days beat western chemical but they cant can t do it if they make six errors behind their pitcher as st john did summary R II 11 E st john 1 01 8 9 6 W C C 12 2 2408 4 0 8 x 26 25 6 winning pitcher harwood los ing pitcher B russell umpires pendleton payette and caldwell |