CCUM Scoring Draught Gives Series to Harvey Browne

In twenty-six innings of play vs Harvey Browne Presbyterian at Christ Church Monday night, Christ Church managed to score in only three innings.

Two of those innings were in a Christ Church victory in Game One.  Trailing 1-0 in the third, Leah Bennett and Paul Hirsbrunner started the scoring with a one out single and a triple to tie the score.  With two outs, Jerry Hinton singled (RBI), David Stierle tripled (RBI) and Mike Peak singled (RBI) to give Christ Church a 4-1 lead.  In the seventh, Harvey Browne cut the lead to two, but Christ Church answered with a run on a lead-off single by Tom Bennett and a two out triple by Paul.  Dick Lutz's first inning single was Christ Church's only other hit in a 5-2 win.

Christ Church's only other scoring inning came in the fifth inning of Game Two.  David singled with Christ Church's first hit of the game and Bob Stone drove him in with an RBI triple.  That run tied the game, but Harvey Browne scored five in the sixth and one in the eighth for a 7-1 win.    Christ Church had five other singles- two by Paul (in the sixth and eighth); two by David (seventh and ninth; and one by Jerry (ninth).

Harvey Browne had seven runs on seven home runs to win Game Three and the series.  Christ Church managed only four hits- two by Mike Peak (second and seventh); a single by Paul (sixth); and a triple by David (fourth).