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Show J ,r,,1,-.tei'' ' ; . v 4 I ; '" X t- ; ' 1 1 ' t ' i t .. 1 ' i ' ; j''" I, ; ' J : '"V . 1 V... V i X ' 1 k ' . ' "' " " . : ' '""'- : i t-i ' - . : h ! "; " ' i BASEBALL WORDS of wisdom are discussed by Cubs' coach Nolan Jackson during a time out meeting with baseballer, Lee Jenkins. The Cubs jumped out to an 8-0 lead, but the Braves and he walked Hadlock and Young to increase the Cub lead to six runs at 6-0. Powell scored on a balk and Jenkins reached first base on an error. Hadlock scored to present an 8-0 lead to the Cubs. Jenkins was involved involv-ed in a run down between first and second se-cond then the infielder fired the ball to the catcher to get Young for the final out at home plate. Two runs were scored by the Braves in the bottom of the first inning to cut the Cub lead to six runs at 8-2. John Sadlier was hit by the pitcher, Jenkins and Roberts ripped the ball for a double dou-ble to score Sadlier. Anderson motored to first base on an error. Marty Wood flied out, but Anderson scored the Braves' second run of the game. Jamie Thacker struck out and Steve Labrum got on the bases when the third strike was dropped. Jerry Hard-man Hard-man was walked to fill up the bases, but Danny Fountaine struck out for the third out of the inning. The Cubs grabbed an 11-2 lead in the top of the second when they scored three counters. Jackson led off with a double and stole third base. Bennion singled as the outfielder tried, but failed fail-ed to perform a shoestring catch. Jackson scored on the play. Carroll singled up the middle and Quinn Bennion Ben-nion scored on a ground out by Kyle Bennion. Kavanaugh grounded out. , ... I 0 V f . . ,- , ..... i 9 THE BASE RUNNER, Danny Fountaine becomes a non-believer non-believer of the umpire as he refuses to agree with the out call. Braves rallied for a 19 to 13 triumph. Also in the picture is umpire, Jim Abegglen. v ) i . . . ... ( ) i i ,-( ) T 7 1- -,v B I ,! J the y x sch 1 of t tioi bar ny Jer Jal MO BOTH HANDS greet the sky as Cub pitcher, Lee Jenkins - at : ready to fire the ball to a Brave batter at home piate 511 r ' t , v ba: f th I i ' to I 5 1 w j - -- . . ' ' in THE BRAVES win the battle for home plate as the manr 51 the bottom, Jerry Hardman, is safe during an encounter? F the Cubs' Travis Carroll. (Drakes roDDy dlefe'u" EyLbs, One win by the Cubs over the Braves would mean first place for the basebaUers and the chances of this occurring oc-curring looked good as the Cubs grabbed grab-bed an 8-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but the world of baseball caved cav-ed in for the Cubs as the Braves rallied for a 19 to 13 win, Wednesday to force the battle to break the three-way tie for first place in the Bronco League between the Yankees, Cubs and Braves into a double elimination tournament. tour-nament. The Cubs beat the Yankees, 7 to 5, July 5. Games are set for Friday Fri-day and Saturday. A victory seemed bleak for the Braves as the Cubs erupted for an 8-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Stacy Hadlock doubled as he stretched a single into a two bagger on a close play at second base. Greg Young was walked. walk-ed. Hadlock was tagged out at third base and Lee Jenkins singled. Jeff Jackson drilled the ball into the outfield out-field and it bounced over the fence for a double. Young and Jenkins scored to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead. Quinn Bennion singled and drove in Jackson with a 3-0 lead. Travis Carroll and Kyle Bennion were walked to load up the bases. Shane Kavanaugh struck out, but Jamie Powell was walked to send home Bennion with run number four. Bobby Roberts replaced Chad Anderson out on the mound for the but Carroll scored to give the Cubs an 11-2 lead. Powell hit the ball hard, but a Brave infielder turned in an excellent ex-cellent catch to take a base hit away from the Cub batter. A mighty home run blast by Bobby Roberts in the bottom bot-tom of the second inning made the score 11 to 3 in favor of the Cubs. An outstanding defensive play by-Danny by-Danny Fountaine kept the Cubs from scoring any runs in the top of the third inning. Jenkins walked with two out. Jackson singled and Bennion walked to load up the bases. Carroll put all of his power into his swing at the ball as he ripped it toward the left field fence. Outfielder, Fountaine ended Carroll's grand slam dreams as he reached back and caught the ball just as it was about to sail over the fence. The Braves were blanked in the bottom bot-tom of the third inning and the Cubs were shutout in the top of the fourth inning. in-ning. Three runs were scored by the Braves in the bottom of the fourth inning in-ning to narrow the gap to five runs at 11 to 6. Hardman was walked and scored on a single by Hardman. Fountaine Foun-taine was tagged out at third base and Sadlier motored to first base on a fielder's choice. Roberts blasted the ball for a double and knocked in Sadlier. Roberts scored on an error and Anderson flied out to end the inning. Two runs were scored by the Cubs in the top of the fifth a 13 to 6 lead. Young was walked and moved to third base on a double by Jenkins. Jackson's base hit hit the fence for a double and Young and Jenkins stomped on home plate for a 13-6 advantage. Bennion and Kavanaugh were walked but the runners run-ners died on the base paths as the final batter struck out. The Braves were waiting and hoping hop-ing for an uprising in the scoring department and the run scoring fireworks exploded two days late on July 6 in the bottom of the fifth inning as the Braves scored nine runs to take a 15 to 13 lead. Wood and Thacker singled and Labrum walked to load up the bases. The ball darted between the shortstop's legs and Hardman got on base on an error and Wood and Thacker scored. Fountaine had his base hit bounce over the infielder's head for a single and Labrum and Hardman scored to cut the Cub lead to three runs at 13-10. Two more runs were scored by the Braves as Sadlier reached first on an error to score Fountaine and another error allowed Shawn Floyd to score, who got on the bases on a free pass to first base. Roberts was shut down in the hitting department as he grounded ground-ed out, but it was a valuable out for the Braves as Sadlier scored to tie up the game at 13-13. Anderson grounded ground-ed out for the second out and Wood struck out, but reached first base on a dropped third strike. Thacker was walked and Jenkins was replaced on the pitching mound by-Greg by-Greg Young. Young walked Labrum and Wood gave his team a 14-13 lead when he scored on a wild pitch. Hard-man Hard-man was walked to load up the bases. A free pass to first base gained by Fountaine sent home Thacker with a 15-13 lead. Floyd ground out for the final out. The Cubs were shutout in the top of the sixth inning, but the Braves were blanked in their half of the inning as they scored four runs to take a 19 to 13 advantage. Sadlier singled and moved mov-ed to third base on a fielder's choice by Roberts. A new pitcher entered the game and Anderson greeted him with a double to knock in Sadlier and Roberts. Wood singled and a base hit by Thacker drove in Anderson and Wood with a 19-13 lead. Labrum and Hardman were walked and the Braves were declared the winner as the game had gone over the two hour time limit . A 7-5 win was gained by the Cubs over the Yankees. July 5. The Cubs netted a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning due to runs by Ycc. Jackson. Goodrich scored iii the second inning to cut the t ; to one run at 2-1. DusSn Wsr. scored in the top of the thirds the Yankees to tie up the go; One run was acquired by it in the bottom of the third for sK : Jackson led off with a scored Cub run number $ ': teams were shutout in thexc;. ing. but the Yankees erupted::: runs in the top of the fifth t a lead of 5-3. John Weber aa:.-Stricker aa:.-Stricker were walked and sck: double by Selwyn Simper, fc: was walked and Simper sec?:' number five. The Cubs scored onecouK bottom of the fifth inning to-. Yankee lead to one run at 5-1: ed three runs in the bottom a':-: inning for a 7-5 advantage. K nion was walked and scored tp inning. Young led off with a sixth inning and scored on a i-Jenkins. i-Jenkins. Quinn Bennion siiu-Jenkins siiu-Jenkins scored. Carroll siK scored. Kyle Bennion was wii Kavanaugh singled. The Weber singled with one out t-of t-of the seventh inning, but the batters committed outs and" score was: Cubs. 7 and YarJ r - - , ' r ' ' ' i ' ; ' - ' -' . ... .. - I ...' - 4 u 1 .. ,"' i . . . -"'! DANNY FOUNTAINE loses in his bid to reach third base as he gets tapped out by the Cubs' Jeff Jackson. However, Fountaine played a key role in the pa me as he backed up to the fenro, caupht the ball and Uvk a :''1iu1 sl,n1 Jtt'1' the Cubs' Tmvis Cat toll. |