Christ Church Takes Series From Harvey Browne

Christ Church took two out of three Monday night at Harvey Browne.

In Game One, neither team scored until Christ Church struck for two runs in the fifth inning.  Christ Church wasted a lead-off single by Mike Peak in the first; a two out double by Kay Peak in the second; and a two out double by Jerry Hinton in the third.  In the fifth, Kay  reached on an error and advanced to third on Terry Waddle's double.  Frank Preston drove Kay in with a single and Frank scored on a single by Jerry.  Harvey Browne tied the game with a run in the fourth and one in the seventh.  Paul Hirsbrunner homered in the eighth and Kay homered in the ninth for a 4-2 lead.  But that lead was erased by Harvey Browne in the bottom of the ninth.  Christ Church failed to score in the tenth after a double by Jerry.  Things got worse in the eleventh when Bob Stone doubled and Jenny Peak singled both with no outs.  But Christ Church could not get the single needed for the run.  In both the twelfth and thirteenth one out doubles by Jerry and Jenny but both were stranded.  Finally in the fourteenth Jerry homered to give Christ Church the lead and the victory 5-4.

In Game Two, Christ Church opened the scoring in the first when Jerry singled and David Stierle tripled.  Harvey Browne tied the game in the fourth but Christ Church regained the lead in the fifth.  Terry singled, Frank doubled and Mike P. singled for a 2-1 lead. David was stranded on first after a single in the sixth.  Harvey Browne made the score 2-2 with a sixth inning home run. Terry doubled in the seventh but was left on.  Jerry's lead-off triple was wasted.  And in the bottom of the ninth, a one out home run won the game for Harvey Browne.  In the game, Christ Church out hit Harvey Browne 8-4 but had fourteen chances to drive men in but failed twelve of those times.

In the rubber game, Christ Church scored two in the first, four in the third and one in the fifth for a 7-1 lead.  In the first, Mike P., Jerry, and David went single, double, single.  In the third, Mike P., Jerry, and David repeated for a 4-0 lead but this time they were followed by a sacrifice by Mike Thompson, a double by Dick Lutz and a triple by Paul.  The run in the fifth was the result oh Mike T's home run.  Jenny added a triple in the sixth and a single in the ninth.  Trailing 7-3, Harvey Browne began the ninth with a double, and a pair of singles but three straight outs ended Game Three with a 7-4 Christ Church win and a 2-1 series victory.