American League Baseball 8/30/1950

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American League Baseball 8/30/1950

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Statistical Leaders;

The Kansas City Sharks' Earl Coulson's bid to win the Triple Crown in the American League is under going some stiff competition at the moment. Coulson has dropped into a tie with Mickey Godwin of Baltimore in the homerun derby with 13. Seattle's Jim Naymick has hit.344 over his last ten games and taking the lead .370 to .358 over Coulson. Coulson still leads in runs batted in with 38 but Jim Naymick and Don Marquez now have 33 and trail by five.

Bobby Sheldon won his eighth straight decision this season and is a league best 8-0. His 2.29 ERA trails teammate Steve Black's 1.62 by a considerable margin and Sheldon took over the strikeout lead with 90 after Fred Meinert (Baltimore) only struck out five in his outing to reach 84. Sheldon has 81 and Black 74.

Kansas City split its first two games with Baltimore to go 30-20 (600) and lead hard charging Seattle (28-22 .560) by two games.

Washington stopped it thirteen game skid with a 10-1 shellacking of Minnesota.

Detroit's four game slide now tops the league as the longest. Chicago's three wins in a row is the longest winning streak in the league.

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Seattle 9 Detroit 8

Seattle has clawed its way up from the celler in the early part of the season to second place two games out of first place. The team's success have been based highly on its offensive production. Seattle's team batting average (.268) leads the league and the Mariner's bats men also lead in homeruns, runs batted in, OPS, OBP, and Slugging Pct.

The Seattle pitching has improved but the statistics still reflect the earlier problems.

Mike Moore started game one for Seattle and gave up 12 hits over 7 innings, which padded the Seattle pitching staff's lead in hits allowed, gave up 7 runs, 6 earned, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts.

Moore gave way to Doug Quinby who pitched the 8th inning, one hit one run one walk and Chuck Estrada Jr. picked up his second save with a scoreless 9th inning.

Boston took a 1-0 lead when lead off batter Larry Jordan homered.

Buck Velazquez initiated the Seattle scoring with a game tying homer (8th). Paul Hunts added a run scoring single and Andy Pendergast drove in two run double. 4-1 Seattle.

Jim Naymick, the league's leading hitter, singled in Paul Atwood (single-stolen base) with an additional run in the third. 5-1 Seattle.

Detroit made it 5-2 in the 4th on Don Marquez' solo homer (9th).

Seattle cashed in three runs in the 6th. Jake Aylward hit Naymick to start the inning. Sweeney singled Naymick to third base.

Huntz doubled to center field driving in two runs (Naymick and Sweeney)

8-2 Seattle.

Detroit added two one earned and one in-earned due to an error in the 7th. 8-4 and three in the 9th to make the final 9-8 .

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Seattle 7 Detroit 3

Roy Grand made his return to the starting rotation a success going eight innings giving up four hits three runs, all earned, walked three and sruck out three.

Johny Meyer finished it off with a hitless ninth with one strikeout.

Tom Miller hit his 8th in the second and Naymick singled in a run in the 3rd to make it 2-0.

Detroit took a 3-2 lead in the 5th on a pair of homeruns by Mert Cruz (8th solo) and Larry Jordon (5th with one on).

Naymick put Seattle back in front in the 7th with a three run shot (#11) off Charlie Taylor and George Pappas drove in the final two with a 8th inning single.

Final Seattle 7 Detroit 3
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