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THE NASHVILLE BANNER
Friday, June 20, 1947
VOLS VAULT PAST BARONS LATE
It took key hits from Buster Boguskie and George Byam for the Nashville Vols to vault past Birmingham 7-6 in the late innings... Boguskie's (.211) two-run clout tied the score 6-6 in the 6th and Byam (.317) won it in the 8th, when he tripled in Hal Jeffcoat (.361), who had doubled... in relief Ben Wade (9-7/5.86) got credit for the win, holding the Barons scoreless over the last two innings... Nashville had the edge over Birmingham in hits 14 to 11... Birmingham first sacker Robert Reid (.263) had a terrific day in defeat with three hits... he homered twice, #15 and #16, and batted in four runs... Nashville (51-30) maintained their 2 and a half game lead over second place Mobile (49-33)... the Barons had won the first two games of the series at Sulphur Dell... they are 44-37 and trail the Vols by 7 games in the Southern Association standings.
BEARS BOLES OVER CRACKERS
The torrid Mobile Bears continued to get standout mound performances... this time it was Roy Boles (9-7/5.53), who sacked Atlanta 4-1, hurling a complete game, scattering eight hits, striking out four batters and walking only one... it was his 6th straight victory... Mobile was held to six hits... lefty George Mistos (3-5/4.05) only allowed four hits in eight innings... the Crackers committed three miscues and only one of the four runs were earned... Mistos fanned four and walked none in the loss... CF Cal Abrams (.345/6 HR) homered and drove in two runs for the winning Bears... Mobile is 49-33, second in the SA and 2 and a half games back of first place Nashville... despite the defeat Atlanta (42-39) held on to the fourth spot in the league... the Crackers are 9 games out of first.
'NOOGA RALLIES, NIPS CHICKS
Chattanooga did it the hard way... the Lookouts had to rally from five runs down to put an end to their 5-game losing string... they pulled out the win 6-5 over Memphis in the last of the 9th on LF Al Kvasnak's (.251) game-winning hit... Chattanooga reliever Alex Zukowski (1-6/4.06) finally dented the win column this season after dropping his first six decisions... Zukowski was flawless and retired all six batters he faced in his two innings... the sixth place Lookouts (40-41) lashed out 13 hits, while the fifth place Chicks (43-40) got 8.
PELS COME BACK AND BEAT TRAVELERS
On a rainy Thursday afternoon in Little Rock, the umbrellas were out in full force as seventh place New Orleans came back and beat the eighth place Travelers 4-3... Little Rock (18-64) was rolling along with a 2-0 lead after seven innings, but couldn't hold off the Pelicans (40-43), who captured the game with a four-run eighth, highlighted by CF George Stumpf's (.278) base-clearing three-run double... it was his third two-bagger in the game... with the help of reliever Jim Shea (2-3/4.84/21 G), Tom Sunkel (9-6/3.50) was the winner... he worked seven frames, permitted four hits and two runs... in the 8th Little Rock reliever Milo Johnson (2-10/6.15) caved in and was tagged with the loss.
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