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After taking two of three from Montreal and sweeping Houston the high flying Colorado Mockingbirds began a three game series at home with the Los Angeles Dockers their top rival in the National League at this time.
Relief pitcher Bill Campbell got the win in game one
which went eleven innings with Colorado emerging with a 4-3 win.
Campbell, 3-1, has figured in the decision in all four of Colorado's extra inning games this season.
Bobby Newkirk started the game for Colorado, went eight inning allowed nine hits and three runs walked one and struck out eight.
Campbell took over for the final two innings and retired all six batters he faced striking out one.
Newkirk escaped a jam in the first inning. after striking out the first tow Los Angeles batters, Kent Tate and Dan Boyd, RAY Brower ad Gen Pena hit singles putting runners on first and third with two outs. Newkirk struck out Glenn Milner to end the inning.
Los Angeles took a 2-0 lead in the 3rd sending seven batters to the plate and roughing up Newkirk in that inning for three hits.
Kent Tate doubled, advanced to third base on a ground out to second base man Bobby Lynn by Dan Boyd, scored on another ground out by Brower.
Gene Pena's two out double reignited the inning for LA and Glenn Milner singled in the second run.
Rookie shortstop Johnny Gonzalez' two base throwing error put Merlin Walton on second but Sam Harris flied out to left fielder Willie Hughes to end the inning.
The Dockers extended the lead to 3-0 in the 5th inning.
Dan Boyd and Ray Brower singled putting runners on first and third.
Glenn Pena picked up the RBI on another infield ground out. Pena line to third for the second out and Newkirk struck out Walton to end the threat.
The Mockingbirds took flight in the bottom of the 5th. Los Angeles starter Joe Cockman struck out pitcher Bob Newkirk to start the 5th, then walked Gonzalez. Jacinto Bazzara
doubled in the rookie shortstop with Colorado's first run.
An error by shortstop Glenn Pena put Bobby Lynn on second base and Barraza scored on the play.
Colorado tied the game the next inning when Cockman walked Seth Bristell and when the pitcher ignored him on first, Bristell stole second base. and was in position to score on a single by catcher Joe Fiene's single.
Neither team scored until Colorado put together two doubles by Harold Parent to set up a scoring chance and a clutch game winning double by Tom Smalley that gave the M-Birds the first game of the series 4-3, and put them in first place by one game over Los Angeles.
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Game two...
Colorado 3 Los Angeles 0
Good pitching has been the foundation of Colorado's seven game winning streak and has allowed the Mockingbird to take the first two games of a big series.
Colorado has outscored opponents 31-17 over the seven game winning streak. The Mockingbirds have held other teams to one run three times and had one shutout.
Jim Brandon allowed just two hits, the first one a first inning one out single by Dan Boyd. Brandon brought the inning to a close by getting Gene Pena to rap into a 6-4-3 double play.
Walks were a problem for the Mockingbird starter. The thirty-five year old right hander from Grass Range, Nebraska, walked five over his eight innings.
Brandon walked two in the second inning but the second double play bailed him out again. Again shortstop Walt Johnson started the twin killing.
Brandon allowed a two out triple by Kent Tate in the eight and was then replaced by Denny Leheny who face Verle Olivares and got him to ground out to Johnson.
Colorado scored two runs in the first inning off Los Angeles starting pitcher Jose Lawrence (8 IP 7H 3R/3ER 2BB/6SO LP 1-1).
Lawrence walked Bobby Lynn and Tony Caudill singled. Willie Hughes' ground ball single by diving second baseman Ray Brower drove in Lynn and put Caudill on third where he tallied the second run on a bouncing ball slowly hit to Brower.
Caudill launched his 2nd homerun deep over the left field wall of Lawrence in the 6th inning to make the final score 3-0.
Lance Holbert picked up his 5th save of the season in the 9th. The win secures the series win for Colorado and puts them in first place by two games insuring them off being in first if they do not sweep, the goal now for the M-Birds.
Colorado Mockingbirds flying high
April 13, 2017 at 08:15PM View BBCode
Colorado - Los Angeles series recap of game one and twoAfter taking two of three from Montreal and sweeping Houston the high flying Colorado Mockingbirds began a three game series at home with the Los Angeles Dockers their top rival in the National League at this time.
Relief pitcher Bill Campbell got the win in game one
which went eleven innings with Colorado emerging with a 4-3 win.
Campbell, 3-1, has figured in the decision in all four of Colorado's extra inning games this season.
Bobby Newkirk started the game for Colorado, went eight inning allowed nine hits and three runs walked one and struck out eight.
Campbell took over for the final two innings and retired all six batters he faced striking out one.
Newkirk escaped a jam in the first inning. after striking out the first tow Los Angeles batters, Kent Tate and Dan Boyd, RAY Brower ad Gen Pena hit singles putting runners on first and third with two outs. Newkirk struck out Glenn Milner to end the inning.
Los Angeles took a 2-0 lead in the 3rd sending seven batters to the plate and roughing up Newkirk in that inning for three hits.
Kent Tate doubled, advanced to third base on a ground out to second base man Bobby Lynn by Dan Boyd, scored on another ground out by Brower.
Gene Pena's two out double reignited the inning for LA and Glenn Milner singled in the second run.
Rookie shortstop Johnny Gonzalez' two base throwing error put Merlin Walton on second but Sam Harris flied out to left fielder Willie Hughes to end the inning.
The Dockers extended the lead to 3-0 in the 5th inning.
Dan Boyd and Ray Brower singled putting runners on first and third.
Glenn Pena picked up the RBI on another infield ground out. Pena line to third for the second out and Newkirk struck out Walton to end the threat.
The Mockingbirds took flight in the bottom of the 5th. Los Angeles starter Joe Cockman struck out pitcher Bob Newkirk to start the 5th, then walked Gonzalez. Jacinto Bazzara
doubled in the rookie shortstop with Colorado's first run.
An error by shortstop Glenn Pena put Bobby Lynn on second base and Barraza scored on the play.
Colorado tied the game the next inning when Cockman walked Seth Bristell and when the pitcher ignored him on first, Bristell stole second base. and was in position to score on a single by catcher Joe Fiene's single.
Neither team scored until Colorado put together two doubles by Harold Parent to set up a scoring chance and a clutch game winning double by Tom Smalley that gave the M-Birds the first game of the series 4-3, and put them in first place by one game over Los Angeles.
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Game two...
Colorado 3 Los Angeles 0
Good pitching has been the foundation of Colorado's seven game winning streak and has allowed the Mockingbird to take the first two games of a big series.
Colorado has outscored opponents 31-17 over the seven game winning streak. The Mockingbirds have held other teams to one run three times and had one shutout.
Jim Brandon allowed just two hits, the first one a first inning one out single by Dan Boyd. Brandon brought the inning to a close by getting Gene Pena to rap into a 6-4-3 double play.
Walks were a problem for the Mockingbird starter. The thirty-five year old right hander from Grass Range, Nebraska, walked five over his eight innings.
Brandon walked two in the second inning but the second double play bailed him out again. Again shortstop Walt Johnson started the twin killing.
Brandon allowed a two out triple by Kent Tate in the eight and was then replaced by Denny Leheny who face Verle Olivares and got him to ground out to Johnson.
Colorado scored two runs in the first inning off Los Angeles starting pitcher Jose Lawrence (8 IP 7H 3R/3ER 2BB/6SO LP 1-1).
Lawrence walked Bobby Lynn and Tony Caudill singled. Willie Hughes' ground ball single by diving second baseman Ray Brower drove in Lynn and put Caudill on third where he tallied the second run on a bouncing ball slowly hit to Brower.
Caudill launched his 2nd homerun deep over the left field wall of Lawrence in the 6th inning to make the final score 3-0.
Lance Holbert picked up his 5th save of the season in the 9th. The win secures the series win for Colorado and puts them in first place by two games insuring them off being in first if they do not sweep, the goal now for the M-Birds.
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