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Texas knocked off favored Washington in five games. St Louis took six to finally edge the Houston Titans.
St. Louis and Houston waged a torrid race don the stretch in the regular season with St Louis winning its last three and Houston dropping three straight to create a tie for first with both teams sporting a 45-36 regular season record. Houston won five of the nine games played head to head during the season and therefore got home field.
Texas and first place Washington were both hot coming to the finish line in the AL. Washington won its last five to take the flag by two games. Texas gave them no quarter winning eight in a row to finish second.
One streak had to end in Game One. The visiting Owls carried over their momentum to add one more win to their streak.
Texas Owls SP Jeff Moore went eight innings, allowed one run on four hits with eight strikeouts, to best Charlie Rigney, who was knocked out after just five innings giving up four runs on six hits.
Washington rebounded to take a close Game Two, 2-1.
Bruce Menosky pitched and hit his way to the win that tied the series at a game apiece.
Single's by Menosky and Harry Purnell's in the fifth inning off AL CYA winner Gene Tyson put Washington in front 1-0. Tyson gave up just one run on five hits in six innings.
Texas tied it 1-1 in the sixth.
Menoski walked Jason Russo and Irv Lunte drilled his second triple of the series to get Texas even.
Texas relief ace Roy Rosenthal gave up two hits and a run in the 7th and Menosky contributed a sacrifice bunt. Angel Gionfriddo drove in the go ahead run.
Texas hitters began their 14 home run barrage in the series in ernest in game three.
Kevin Strief went 7.1 innings for the win allowing four runs on five hits striking out six. Strief walked seven and two of them came in the eight inning with the bases loaded prompting his exit.
Vladimer Mack came in to get the final out and a save as he finished the game.
Mike Buckley had a two run homerun in the second inning fior Washington and drew one of the two bases loaded walks in the eighth inning.
Irv Lunte, Tim Wright (back to back), Charlie Friday singled and Miguel Paktenis hit a two run shot in Washington five run sixth inning that put them ahead 5-2.
After Washington clawed back with two in the eighth Hoge Freese hit a clutch two run home run off Doc Diering in the bottom of the eight to put Texas in control.
The final two games saw the Texas bats explode for 26 runs on 27 hits and eight home runs. Lunte 2, Wright 1, Trekell 1, Paktenis 1, Russo 2, Friday 1.0 to convincingly punch their tickets to the World Series.
In the NLCS St. Louis and the Houston Titans continued their rivalry in this close hard fought series that took six games to settle.
In game one Jack Walker's fourth inning home run was the only run mustered by the Titans off winning pitcher Roy Figueroa (6 innings 2 hits 1 run 2 walks 6 strikeouts).
St Louis roughed up Titans closer Steve Pittinger in the ninth for three runs to come from behind and win 3-1. Max Wells drove in the tying run with a single and Jim Thomas' two run home run was the winner.
In game two the Cardinals came from behind to win 2-1. Max Wells homered in the second and drove in the winning run in the ninth with a double off LP Buddy Coquilette.
Houston took games three and four to climb back even 2-2 in the series.
Game three went 10 innings with Houston prevailing on two run scoring triples by Pat Carresqual and Roberto Webb in the top of the tenth inning off Fred Maas, who at this point had a win, loss and save in his stat line.
Game four was a slug fest dominated early by Houston early with Pat Carresquel hitting a solo home run and Lady Morgan a two run bomb for three runs.
Jimmy Klepfer hit a solo blast in the second to make it 4-0.
Houston took an 8-2 lead in the fifth scoring four times. Three of the runs came on a three run home run by George head off Juan Sturgis.
Scott Fiore's two run home run in the bottom of the fifth for St Louis made it 8-4.
Pitcher Clarence (WP 6.1 IP 8 Hits 8 runs) went two for three at bat and his RBI single in the seventh proved to be the winning run. Harry Smithson reached on an error and scored on the play to make the score 10-4.
St Louis scored four in the seventh and one in the ninth to come up one run short 10-9.
In game five St Louis catcher Charlie Warwick hit a lead off home run in the bottom of first inning to tie the game 1-1 for St Louis. Bobby Burich hit a two run home run in the Cards two run second inning to make it 3-1, plenty of runs for Roy Figueroa who went nine innings and allowed just one run on four hits for the win.
St Louis scored two runs in this game, a single run in the first on a ground out by Max Wells and the final run in the ninth on a single by Floyd Hemsley for a 2-0 win.
Walter Montefusco went eight shutout innings allowed two hits walked two and struck out six for the win.
Fred Maas, a big factor in the series, saved it in the ninth for the World Series bound Redbirds.
[Edited on 10-13-2016 by criscross2]
[Edited on 10-14-2016 by criscross2]
World Series set; It w/b a Volery of Birds and a Parliament of Owls
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Congratulations to the Texas Owls of the American League and the National League representative St. Louis Cardinals.Texas knocked off favored Washington in five games. St Louis took six to finally edge the Houston Titans.
St. Louis and Houston waged a torrid race don the stretch in the regular season with St Louis winning its last three and Houston dropping three straight to create a tie for first with both teams sporting a 45-36 regular season record. Houston won five of the nine games played head to head during the season and therefore got home field.
Texas and first place Washington were both hot coming to the finish line in the AL. Washington won its last five to take the flag by two games. Texas gave them no quarter winning eight in a row to finish second.
One streak had to end in Game One. The visiting Owls carried over their momentum to add one more win to their streak.
Texas Owls SP Jeff Moore went eight innings, allowed one run on four hits with eight strikeouts, to best Charlie Rigney, who was knocked out after just five innings giving up four runs on six hits.
Washington rebounded to take a close Game Two, 2-1.
Bruce Menosky pitched and hit his way to the win that tied the series at a game apiece.
Single's by Menosky and Harry Purnell's in the fifth inning off AL CYA winner Gene Tyson put Washington in front 1-0. Tyson gave up just one run on five hits in six innings.
Texas tied it 1-1 in the sixth.
Menoski walked Jason Russo and Irv Lunte drilled his second triple of the series to get Texas even.
Texas relief ace Roy Rosenthal gave up two hits and a run in the 7th and Menosky contributed a sacrifice bunt. Angel Gionfriddo drove in the go ahead run.
Texas hitters began their 14 home run barrage in the series in ernest in game three.
Kevin Strief went 7.1 innings for the win allowing four runs on five hits striking out six. Strief walked seven and two of them came in the eight inning with the bases loaded prompting his exit.
Vladimer Mack came in to get the final out and a save as he finished the game.
Mike Buckley had a two run homerun in the second inning fior Washington and drew one of the two bases loaded walks in the eighth inning.
Irv Lunte, Tim Wright (back to back), Charlie Friday singled and Miguel Paktenis hit a two run shot in Washington five run sixth inning that put them ahead 5-2.
After Washington clawed back with two in the eighth Hoge Freese hit a clutch two run home run off Doc Diering in the bottom of the eight to put Texas in control.
The final two games saw the Texas bats explode for 26 runs on 27 hits and eight home runs. Lunte 2, Wright 1, Trekell 1, Paktenis 1, Russo 2, Friday 1.0 to convincingly punch their tickets to the World Series.
In the NLCS St. Louis and the Houston Titans continued their rivalry in this close hard fought series that took six games to settle.
In game one Jack Walker's fourth inning home run was the only run mustered by the Titans off winning pitcher Roy Figueroa (6 innings 2 hits 1 run 2 walks 6 strikeouts).
St Louis roughed up Titans closer Steve Pittinger in the ninth for three runs to come from behind and win 3-1. Max Wells drove in the tying run with a single and Jim Thomas' two run home run was the winner.
In game two the Cardinals came from behind to win 2-1. Max Wells homered in the second and drove in the winning run in the ninth with a double off LP Buddy Coquilette.
Houston took games three and four to climb back even 2-2 in the series.
Game three went 10 innings with Houston prevailing on two run scoring triples by Pat Carresqual and Roberto Webb in the top of the tenth inning off Fred Maas, who at this point had a win, loss and save in his stat line.
Game four was a slug fest dominated early by Houston early with Pat Carresquel hitting a solo home run and Lady Morgan a two run bomb for three runs.
Jimmy Klepfer hit a solo blast in the second to make it 4-0.
Houston took an 8-2 lead in the fifth scoring four times. Three of the runs came on a three run home run by George head off Juan Sturgis.
Scott Fiore's two run home run in the bottom of the fifth for St Louis made it 8-4.
Pitcher Clarence (WP 6.1 IP 8 Hits 8 runs) went two for three at bat and his RBI single in the seventh proved to be the winning run. Harry Smithson reached on an error and scored on the play to make the score 10-4.
St Louis scored four in the seventh and one in the ninth to come up one run short 10-9.
In game five St Louis catcher Charlie Warwick hit a lead off home run in the bottom of first inning to tie the game 1-1 for St Louis. Bobby Burich hit a two run home run in the Cards two run second inning to make it 3-1, plenty of runs for Roy Figueroa who went nine innings and allowed just one run on four hits for the win.
St Louis scored two runs in this game, a single run in the first on a ground out by Max Wells and the final run in the ninth on a single by Floyd Hemsley for a 2-0 win.
Walter Montefusco went eight shutout innings allowed two hits walked two and struck out six for the win.
Fred Maas, a big factor in the series, saved it in the ninth for the World Series bound Redbirds.
[Edited on 10-13-2016 by criscross2]
[Edited on 10-14-2016 by criscross2]
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