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Eugene Church · 07-12-2016, 06:54 PM

THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE
Saturday, April 26, 1947

ONLY 2 GAMES IN SA, VOLS MOVE UP TO 2ND PLACE TIE

VOLS WIN 6TH STRAIGHT, TIED FOR 2ND PLACE
At home at the Dell, Nashville blew an early 7-3 lead, but still managed to overcome New Orleans 9-8 and rack up their 6th straight triumph and improve to 14-11 in the Southern Association standings... the Vols are tied for second now with Chattanooga and Atlanta, three games behind first place Birmingham (17-8).

C Rube Walker and PH Hal Jeffcoat led the comeback in the seventh frame... Walker (.400) singled in the tying run and Jeffcoat (.320) walked with the bases loaded for the win... Walker, 3B Mel Serafini (.294) and 1B Joe Stringfellow (.253) all drove in a pair of runs for Nashville... and LF Doc Greene (.354) and RF Buster Maynard (.330) chipped in with three hits apiece... both teams collected 14 hits each.

New Orleans LF Red Lavigne (.316) had a terrific game with a perfect 4-for-4 day at the plate and drove in two runs... CF George Stumpf (.295) rapped three hits and had two RBIs, while RF Tom Wright (.284) got his 5th homer of the year... the loss put the Pels at 12-14... they fell back into a tie with Memphis for the sixth spot and trail by five and a half games.

DEAL TOO MUCH FOR CRACKERS
The Memphis Chicks downed the Atlanta Crackers 7-6 at Russwood Park... but they had to rally from a 6-2 deficit to do it... Memphis LF Lindsey Deal (.352) sparked the comeback victory with three RBIs in the late innings... he tied it up 6-6 with a two-RBI single in the seventh, then won it in the last of the ninth with a game-winning hit that scored SS Bill Adair (.125) from second base... Deal has an 11-game hitting skein going.

Regular starter Ray Harrell was forced into service in relief... the Chicks' staff is worn out... Harrell (4-1/3.94) was brilliant and got the win, retiring all six batters in order and fanning three of them... Atlanta was led by 1B Jimmy Blair (.139) with a two-run homer in the fourth and CF Bill Rabe (.370) with a two-run hit in the seventh... Memphis put an end to a three-game losing streak... they are now 12-14... Atlanta dipped to 14-11... they are three games back of the top team Birmingham and tied for second place with Chattanooga and Nashville.

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07-12-2016, 06:54 PM	#98
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,226	THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE Saturday, April 26, 1947 ONLY 2 GAMES IN SA, VOLS MOVE UP TO 2ND PLACE TIE VOLS WIN 6TH STRAIGHT, TIED FOR 2ND PLACE At home at the Dell, Nashville blew an early 7-3 lead, but still managed to overcome New Orleans 9-8 and rack up their 6th straight triumph and improve to 14-11 in the Southern Association standings... the Vols are tied for second now with Chattanooga and Atlanta, three games behind first place Birmingham (17-8). C Rube Walker and PH Hal Jeffcoat led the comeback in the seventh frame... Walker (.400) singled in the tying run and Jeffcoat (.320) walked with the bases loaded for the win... Walker, 3B Mel Serafini (.294) and 1B Joe Stringfellow (.253) all drove in a pair of runs for Nashville... and LF Doc Greene (.354) and RF Buster Maynard (.330) chipped in with three hits apiece... both teams collected 14 hits each. New Orleans LF Red Lavigne (.316) had a terrific game with a perfect 4-for-4 day at the plate and drove in two runs... CF George Stumpf (.295) rapped three hits and had two RBIs, while RF Tom Wright (.284) got his 5th homer of the year... the loss put the Pels at 12-14... they fell back into a tie with Memphis for the sixth spot and trail by five and a half games. DEAL TOO MUCH FOR CRACKERS The Memphis Chicks downed the Atlanta Crackers 7-6 at Russwood Park... but they had to rally from a 6-2 deficit to do it... Memphis LF Lindsey Deal (.352) sparked the comeback victory with three RBIs in the late innings... he tied it up 6-6 with a two-RBI single in the seventh, then won it in the last of the ninth with a game-winning hit that scored SS Bill Adair (.125) from second base... Deal has an 11-game hitting skein going. Regular starter Ray Harrell was forced into service in relief... the Chicks' staff is worn out... Harrell (4-1/3.94) was brilliant and got the win, retiring all six batters in order and fanning three of them... Atlanta was led by 1B Jimmy Blair (.139) with a two-run homer in the fourth and CF Bill Rabe (.370) with a two-run hit in the seventh... Memphis put an end to a three-game losing streak... they are now 12-14... Atlanta dipped to 14-11... they are three games back of the top team Birmingham and tied for second place with Chattanooga and Nashville. Click the Line Scores to Enlarge Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-14-2016 at 01:52 PM.