Christ Church Wins Series

Christ Church beat Harvey Browne Presbyterian two games to one Monday night.

Christ Church scored two runs in the first and two runs in the second in posting a 4-3 win.  In the first, Jerry Hinton doubled; Mike Peak tripled (RBI); and Bob Stone singled (RBI) for a 2-0 lead.  That lead was built to 4-0 in the third on a single by Paul Hirsbrunner; another RBI triple by Mike P. ; and an RBI single by David Stierle.  Harvey Browne had solo home runs in the fifth, seventh and ninth innings to fall a run short.  Bob and Mike Thompson added singles in an eight hit Christ Church attack.

After going scoreless in the last five innings of Game One- Christ Church did not have to bat in the ninth- that scoreless streak was stretched to fourteen innings as Christ Church went scoreless in Game Two.  Harvey Browne scored in the first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth innings for a 5-0 win.  Christ Church had only two hits- Jerry doubled in the first and Dick Lutz singled in the eighth.

In Game Three, after the scoreless streak reached fifteenth innings, Bob and Dick both doubled in the second with Dick picking up the RBI for a 1-0 lead.  Harvey Browne tied the game in the fourth.  In the seventh, Paul singled and scored on an RBI triple by Bob.  Dick  followed with an RBI triple for a 3-1 lead.  A solo home run by Jerry in the eighth accounted for the final 4-1 win.  There were no non-scoring hits for Christ Church.

Next week: Portland at Christ Church.