Tommy LaSorda League Recaps for August 22, 1950

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The American League of this league has a good pennant race going in late August involving four teams and has six teams within four games of first place.
The Chicago Thunder (25-18) are a gamw ahead of the New York Hammerheads and two games ahead of Boston and Detroit, both 23-20.

TORONTO 7 CHICAGO 5

10 INNINGS

In Chicago.

Chicago is 1-4 in extra innings and Toronto 1-1.

Chicago has a tenuous grip on first place despite being just 5-5 in their last ten games. The Thunder has lost five of their last eight games.

Toronto owned the early momentum in the game, took a 2-0 lead in the top of the 1st inning on a long blast to centerfield by Bob Lutz (5th), off Landon Collins (5th off Collins in 73.1 innings). An error by shortstop Rick Holbrook allowed joe Herrera to reach with one out in the inning and he scored an unearned run in front of Lutz.

Lutz drove in two more runs in the 3rd inning with a two out double scoring Tommy Youngs (one out single) and Herrera (one out walk) to make it 4-0.

Chicago cut the lead in half in the bottom of the 4th inning.

Chas Wright had a lead off single to right field. Centerfielder Larry Shilling robbed Chris Martinez of an extra base hit with a leaping catch at the wall. Wright did not tag up and there was no advance on the play. Second baseman Tim Terrel threw away a ground ball hit up the middle by slow footed catcher Bobby Simmons for a two base error putting runners on second and third.

Kris Judge walked to load the bases.

Roy Lowry singled to left field scoring Wright. 4-1.

Derek Dent struck out for the second out but pitcher Landon Collins had a very good at bat waiting out a walk to force in the dsecond run od the inning. (Simmons) Moss flied out to end the inning. 4-2 Toronto.

Toronto added a run in the top of the 6th inning to go ahead 5-2, a commanding lead at that point. A one out walk, by Collins, to Lady Lawton, started Toronto rally.Lawton stole second base ( his 1st of season) and scored on a single to centerfield by Larry Stallings.

Chicago began to chip away at the Toranto lead in the 7th inning. Darius Moss tripled of Toronto starting pitcher Hal Terry. Righthander Sadie Davis replaced him. Moss scored on a ground out by Rick Holbrook. 5-3.

Chicago added another run in the 8th on a two out single by pinch hitter Moises Sierra, batting for the pitcher, Davis and the second triple of the game for Darius Moss. 5-4.

The 9th inning saw Chicago make a new game of it scoring the tying run on Martinez' triple, off Roger Sale. Martinez scored on a ground out by Simmons.

Fred Johnson replaced Roger Sale and got the final out of the inning.

5-5 after nine innings.

Toronto thwarted Chicago momentum by scoring twice in the 10th inning. Bob Lutz, the early hero in the game, came through late as well, with a leadoff single (7 total bases in the game … (single/double/homerun, two runs scored, four runs batted in … great game!)

Chicago pitcher Wayne Abreu walked both Randy Griffith and Lady Lawton, to load the bases with no outs. Abreu struck out Larry Shillings. John Haynes singled to right field driving in Lutz with the go ahead run and Griffith with an insurance run..7-5 Toronto.

Fred Johnson, who got the final out of the 9th inning pitched the 10th and got the win to go 5-1 out of the bullpen. Abreu took the loss, 1-1.

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NEW YORK 4 ANAHEIM 3

The Hammerhead won their third straight game. Mark Demeter (2-5) went eight innings gave up nine hits and three runs walked two and struck out five for the win. Jeff Ingram's scoreless inning in the ninth inning earned him his 12th save. New York scored the first two runs of the game in the 6th inning on Turk Thomas' (3rd) two run homerun, coming with two outs, off Anaheim starting pitcher Pablo Larmore, (3rd off Larmore in 59.1 innings.)

Anaheim came back to take a 3-2 lead in the 7th inning on a key bunt single by pitcher Pablo Larmore. Demeter issued a lead off walk to Rusty Ford, Ford stole second base (3rd) and scored on Bobo Ran's single to leftfield. Ryan scored on a double off the centerfield wall by Randy Aguino. Demeter issued his second walk of the inning to Bill Hoffman. A key play in the inning was pitcher Pablo Larmore beating out a sacrifice bunt attempt for a single loading the base with no outs. The second run of the inning then came in on a ground out by Hal Moore. Demeter got the final two outs without any further scoring. George Vinton flied out to short centerfield and Charley Sanberg grounded back to the mound.

Del Vangilder hit a lead off homerun (his 7th) in the 7th to tie the game 3-3. (4th off Larmore in 60.1 innings pitched).

Dutch Clemons drew a one out walk, by Larmore, and the next batter, Elmer Rath, doubled past right fielder Bill Hoffman to score Clemons and give New York a 4-3 lead.

Jeff Ingram protect that lead in the 9th for his 12th save.

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BOSTON 5 DETROIT 1

A key series for both teams as they now have identical record 23-20 record, just two games behind Chicago and one behind New York. Boston, began a very important six game road trip to Detroit and Toronto, at a time when the team has been its most consistent baseball of the season over its last twenty one games going 13-8.

Shortstop Jeff Young, rookie outfielder Pete Reichardt, and starting pitcher Russ North were the stars of this game for Boston.


Young hit his 4th homerun leading off the game and Reichardt, a rookie, hit the first of his career to allow Boston to jump in front 2-0 in the first ining.

After giving up the two homerun, Brian Ojeda, the staring pitcher for Deroit retired the next seven straight batter before he faced Young again in the 3rd innkng. Young lined a triple off the base of the left field wall this time and scored on Reichart's second straight hit of the game, a single, to put Boston up 3-0. Juan Robles grounded out to third baseman Dave Scott. Reichardt was running on the pitch and advanced to second base and advanced to third base on first baseman Chris Koch's infield single off the leaping pitcher, Ojeda's glove, that redirected it past shortstop Dan Green.Phil Shore's single to right field scrored Reichardt with the second run of the inning. 4-0 Boston.

It was 5-0 Boston after five innings. Young hit his second triple of the game (10 total bases!) with one out and Reighardt hit a ground ball to score him (3rd RBI of game and season for the rookie).

Deroit got its lone run of the game in the bottom of the 5th off North spoiling his shutout bid. Dave Scott singled to rightfield with no one out and stole second (10th). North walked Marty Bahr. Two on - no outs. Phil Scott made the key defensive play of the inning by robbing Randy Nash of a hit with a diving stop and threw him out. One out... Benny Gilkey flied out to Reichardt in rightfield. No advance by the runners.... Two outs. North could not get pinch hitter Ernie Costo, batting for the pitcher, out. Costo ruined the shutout with asingle just past a diving shortstop Jeff Young to score Scott. Billy Patton popped out to second baseman Jule Caldwell to end the inning.

Detroit mounted another threat in the 6th inning. The lead off batter Dan Green gronded a single up the middle. Bahr walked to put two on again with no outs. Gilkey hit into a force out on a tap down the third base line fielded by North who got the force out at second with Young covering. Herb Ketlow flied out to Reichardt for the secodn out and Dave Scott popped out to young in hort centerfield to end the inning.

Detroit went down in order in the 7th and 8th innings, but put their lead off batter on to start the ninth and warm up action began in the Boston bullpen which had been quite most of the gsame. North settled things down a bit by striking out Kretlow. Scott hit into a fielders choice (3-6) for the second out and Nash grounded out to third baseman Phil Shore to end the game.