Christ Church Drops Series

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

In Game One, after taking a 1-0 lead in the first on a triple by David Stierle and a single by Mike Thompson, Harvey Browne scored two in the bottom of the inning (single, triple, single by Terry, Fred and Jim) and one in the second (a HR by Dick) to take a 3-1 lead into the fourth.  Christ Church cut into the lead with a run on David's single and a tri[le by Mike T.  Harvey Browne answered with a HR by Fred in the bottom of the fourth; a pair of HRs in the sixth (Bill and Dick) and used a pair of doubles (Fred and Bob) to lead 7-2 after seven innings.  Christ Church managed to score one in the eighth (Mike Peak singled and scored on a ripple by David) and one in the ninth (Dick Lutz and Bob Stone doubled).  Mike P. had a single in the sixth and Dick a double in the seventh,  The Final: Harvey Browne 7 - Christ Church 4. 
In Game Two, Harvey Browne led 2-0 after five innings, having scored one in the first (Terry singled and Bob tripled) and one in the third (Louise tripled and Fred singled).  In the fifth Kay Peak reached on an error and scored on a triple by Mike P. who likewise scored on a single by Jerry Hinton.  An inning later Harvey Browne restored their two run lead with a two run HR by Fred after a double by Bill,  A single by David and a two run homer by Mike T. knotted the score at 4-4.  (Previous to the eighth, David added a triple; Mike T. a double; and Dick single, none resulting in runs,) In the tenth, a one out single by Mike P. was wasted as was a single by Harvey Browne.  In the eleventh Mike T. led off with a home run for a 5-4 lead,  Charles Smith reached on an error but the extra run could not be pushed across.  In the bottom of the eleventh Harvey Browne went three up and three down.  The Final: Christ Church 5 - Harvey Browne 4. 

In Game Three,  Christ Church had 11 opportunities to drive in a base runner- after a one out single by Jerry in the fourth; a lead off error by Bob in the sixth; a lead off single by David in the seventh; and a lead off single by Mike P. in the ninth.  But all eleven at bats resulted in no runs being scored.  Harvey Browne was barely more productive, out hitting Christ Church 5-3, but managed a seventh inning home run by Fred.  The Final:  Harvey Browne 1 - Christ Church 0.