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Show National League Lions Involved In Three 1-Run Games TEAM STANDINGS Won Lost Pet. Arctic Circle .... 6 0 1.000 Elks 5 1 .833 Jaycees 1 4 .200 Jones Motor 1 4 .200 Lions 1 5 .166 Lions gave the league leaders lead-ers a run for their money this past week but couldn't make the hurdle. Lions were involved in three one point games during the Week, losing two anrl win. ning one. The victory came at the hands of Jaycees in a tight 2 to 1 game. Loses were against Elks, 4 to 3 in nine innings three extra innings, and against Arctic Circle, 10 to 9 with Arctic Circle scoring five runs in the final half of the final inning for the victory. Elks and Lions marathon was a battle of pitching as both teams scored one run each in the second and the game regulation play knotted at 1 all. Neither scored in the seventh or eighth. In the top of the ninth Elks pushed in three runs, and in the bottom bot-tom of the frame Lions came back with two runs and the tieing run on third before the final out was recorded. Mike Rice of Lions and Kevin Cox of Elks went the regulation distance, giving way In the extra innings to Kim Lamo-reaux Lamo-reaux for Elks and Robert Sherratt for Lions. Against Arctic Circle, Lions pushed in five big runs in the first inning, the game was tied in the fourth at 5 all, and going into the bottom of the sixth Lions had gone back into the lead 9 to 5. Arctic Circle pushed in five runs in that final frame for the victory. vic-tory. Lions collected 12 hits in the contest but lost to Arctic Arc-tic Circle with only five hits. In other action of the week, Arctic Circle sent three pitchers pitch-ers to the mound in winning over Jones Motor by a score of 14 to 1, and Elks stayed in the race for honors with a 5 to 3 win over Jaycees. Mark Slack was the winning pitcher and Steven Hair of Jaycees suffered the loss. In Lions's 2 to 1 victory over Jaycees, Tommy Torres took the mound victory and Robert Laird suffered the loss. Jaycees Jay-cees were held to just two hits. |