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Old 03-25-2021, 04:02 AM   #87
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1950 Week 17 Recap

Thursday June 29th, 1950

BOX SCORES
  • Navy’s Alex Pearson shuts out Brown on 4 hits with 6 K as the Black Knights beat the Bears 3-0. LF Eric Mumford cracks his first homer of the season and drives in 5 runs the following day as Navy completes the sweep with a 13-7 win.
  • An absolute beaut of a game as Princeton travels to Cornell. Looking down and out for the count, the Tigers get up off the canvas and look to have stolen the game with a 6-run knockout punch in the 8th, only for the hosts to score a run in the home half and tie it. But the Tigers rally again with 2 in the top 12th and this time lock it down. Catcher Rob Radcliff has a huge game for the home side, bashing 2 home runs [6] and driving in 5, while Princeton 1B Ruben Ruiz also parks 2 [4] into the stands. The Tigers win the Friday game 7-1, as Tyler Korte has 2 trips and a dinger [9], and drives in 5.
  • A 5-hit, 13 K CG masterpiece by Ohio State’s Bill Hill gets the Buckeyes their 40th win of the season, 4-0 at home to Yale. Their 41st is more difficult to procure, requiring them to see off Bulldog Mat Davis’s 2 HR [14] / 4 RBI game and walk it off 9-8 in the 10th on a bases-loaded walk by 3B Bill Hinchman.
  • Wazzu CF Jake Stahl goes deep twice [13] and drives in a team-record 7 to help the Huskies to a 9-4 road win over Michigan State. Kenny Rose’s 2 dingers for the home side – his first of the year – are a wasted effort.
  • Minnesota continues its late resurgence as LF Bob Taylor’s 2 solo shots [6] help them overcome Holy Cross 9-4, the Gophers’ 5th straight win. The streak ends there, however, as Crusaders hurler Brian Hendricks shuts them out the next day on 3 hits in a 1-0 victory.
  • Saint Louis starter Vic Willis pitches a gem, one-hitting Western Michigan while fanning 13, to give the Billikens a 2-0 home win. They follow that up on Friday with a much tougher 7-6 win in 11, walking it off on an error.
  • Washington RF Baby Doll Jacobson’s 2 solo jacks [6] are the only runs his side can muster in a 7-2 road loss to Oregon State.
  • Georgia puts a good old-fashioned whuppin’ on Tennessee, romping home 18-0 as shortstop Matt Bowsher has 4 hits including his first 2 dingers of the year and knocks in 6, and 3B Eric Fontana goes 5-for-6 with 2 doubles, a homer [6] and 3 ribbies. Bulldogs pitcher Claude Hendrix allows just 3 hits over the full 9 and fans 11 for his 13th win. They punish the Vols again the next day, though not quite to the same extent, with an 8-1 win soured by the loss of starter Nick Strincevich for the season to a shoulder injury.
  • 6 hits and 3 RBI by first-baseman Dave Yeiser help LSU get a 10-8 road win at Rice. The Tigers follow this up with a tight win on Friday, scoring 5 runs late to pinch it 6-5.
  • Houston, paced by RF Dylan Roth’s 2 homers [9] and 3 ribbies, scrapes past Texas 8-7 for their 8th straight win. Another 2-homer effort [10] the next day by CF Joe Wyatt, who also drives in 5, gets the Cougars the sweep with an 8-4 triumph.
  • More fun in the sun at Phoenix Municipal Stadium as the Sun Devils and SJ State duke it out for a 27-run fiesta. Spartans RF Mark Wells clears the fence 3 times [16] and drives in a JDL record-tying 8 runs for the visitors (taking his consecutive hit streak to 20 games in the process), who win it 16-11. AZ State 3B Larry Bettencourt hits his 30th dinger of the campaign, while RF Fielder Jones also homers [12] and has 5 ribsters for the hosts, who fall to 25-40 with the loss. After that, the Sun Devils’ 4-3 Friday win is a veritable study in anti-climax.
  • San Diego State score 13 in the final two innings to stun Fresno 15-5 at Bob Bennett Stadium, with 2B Sam Lambert’s 4 RBI integral to their comeback win. The Bulldogs don’t make the same mistake the following day, nailing down a solid 10-2 win.
  • A homer [21] and 5 RBI by 3B Fred Thomas powers the Arizona offence in a 9-2 home win over BYU. Al Simmons goes yard twice [16] and has 3 RBI on Friday as BYU turns the tables with an 11-3 coast.

Friday June 30th, 1950

BOX SCORES
  • RF Robby King has a homer [12] and 6 RBI to help Ball State overpower Kent State 9-3.
  • FSU’s Matias Grange pitches a 6-hit shutout as the Seminoles beat Clemson 6-0 at Doug Kinsmore Stadium.
  • North Carolina comes from 7-2 down entering the 8th to squeak past Ole Miss by 9 to 7, wasting an excellent outing by Rebels SP Chris Eastman, who limits them to a run on 4 hits over those first 7.
  • After dropping the Thursday game 8-3, Auburn explodes for a bunch of runs to wallop Mississippi State 16-5. Jerrod Knospe goes 3-for-5 with a homer [13] and 4 RBI, while Jay Donohue’s 8th-inning grand slam [2] puts the Bulldogs away for good after they narrow the gap to 5 on a 3-run tater by SS Jeff Padua [4].
  • ORU CF Sam Chapman goes 3-for-4 with 2 home runs [20] and 4 RBI as the Golden Eagles thump LMU 10-1 at Page Stadium.

Saturday July 1st, 1950

BOX SCORES
  • Steve Renner has 4 hits including a triple and a home run [14] while driving in 2 as Maryland cruises to a 6-1 road win over Holy Cross.
  • 8 scoreless 4-hit innings by Randy Taylor lead Villanova to a 3-0 shutout win at Indiana. The Hoosiers pay them back in spades on Sunday with a 13-2 thrashing led by Cliff Heathcote’s 2 HR [15] / 6 RBI game.
  • GWU, like good sides do, keeps finding the way to win as they pip Virginia 7-6. The Colonials take a 2-1 lead into the 8th then fall behind 5-2, only to respond with 4 of their own to get their noses back in front. The Cavaliers tie it up with a run in the 9th, but the home side walks it off thanks to a run-scoring triple by Roberto Vazquez. They repeat the dose the next day in an enthralling contest that sees them score one in the 9th to tie it, concede and score one in the 11th to keep it alive, then walk it off in the 12th on a John Rollin single. Vazquez stars again in this one as both he [6] and Rollin [8] homer and drive in 4.
  • Harvard runs their win streak to 13 with a hard-fought 7-6 win against Michigan, despite Wolverines 3B Dan Godfrey going 3-for-4 with a dinger [9] and 4 driven in. They finally drop one the next day, although they nearly pull it out of the fire with runs in each of the last three innings before coming up short 7-6.
  • Another costly loss for Illinois, who let a 9th-inning 8-4 lead slip in their game against Cornell and end up losing it 9-8 in 10. That makes it 6 losses in their last 8 for the Illini, who find themselves in a 4-way tussle in the North Conference. One of those sides is Bradley, who also drop one they were expected to win, felled 6-3 at home by Minnesota. When Illinois drops their Sunday game 4-3 and Bradley wins 12-7 behind Ryuji Nago’s 2 homer [7] / 6 RBI and Amos Strunk’s 2 homer [2] / 4 RBI efforts, the Braves sit alone atop the conference by a single game.
  • SS Jamie Barry hits his first two home runs of the year and drives in 5 as Northern Colorado thrashes Wazzu by 10 to 2. The surging Bears smash them again on Sunday by 11 to 4 to move to 41-27, 3 games behind the sputtering Beavers – who lose both home games against Dartmouth, in the second of which they are shut out on 3 hits by Adam Schupbach – in the Northwest.
  • Jon Garboski’s 2 dingers [15] and 4 ribbies are instrumental in Georgia seeing off a dogged North Carolina by 11 to 9. He then doubles home the go-ahead runs in the Sunday game as the Bulldogs complete the sweep with a 4-2 victory.
  • SJ State 1B Fred Luderus goes yard twice [7] and drives in 4 in a 10-3 drubbing of NC State. Wolfpack catcher Yogi Berra hits 2 homers [4] and brings home 3 for the losing side. Berra goes deep again on Sunday as the Wolfpack square the series with a 7-4 win.
  • Auburn 2B Jerrod Knospe continues his hot run of form with 2 homers [15] and 4 RBI and Homer Smoot gets his 20th longball of the campaign, but it isn’t enough to stop the Tigers losing at home to Vandy by 10 to 9. Same goes for Baylor’s Jai Owens, who mashes two taters [5] and drives in 3 in a 7-4 home defeat to TCU and goes yard again the following day in another narrow loss for the Bears. Auburn’s Dale Alexander ups his home run tally for the season to 30 as his side evens the series with a 5-2 Sunday win.
  • Jim Hughes allows just one run on 4 hits over 8 as BYU sneaks past Santa Clara 2-1 at Stephen Schott Stadium. Their 16-5 massacre the next day is a far less stressful way of doing it, with Azariah Sofyan (4 hits / HR [3] / 4 RBI) and Brendan Poland (4-for-6 / 2 doubles / 3 RBI) starring for the Cougars, who now comfortably lead the Pacific Conference by 7 games and seem assured of post-season action.
  • Saturday ends up being a tough day all round for home teams, with the visitors winning 34 of the 50 games played by a combined margin of 75 runs.

Sunday July 2nd, 1950

BOX SCORES
  • Stanford’s freefall continues as the Cardinal lose their 9th straight, 11-5 at Louisville. The loss leaves them at 21-47 and precariously close to the dreaded #100 spot in the rankings.
  • After an 8-6 Saturday win, Richmond completes a road sweep when they embarrass Miami 10-0 behind a sterling effort by Justin Adham. The Spiders hurler goes 8+ and allows just 4 hits, while battery-mate Elijah Boateng chimes in with a homer [6] and 5 RBI.
  • The Ohio-Iowa game sees two of the league’s brightest prospects shine and go toe-to-toe, as Bobcats RF Harry Lumley has 4 hits including his 26th HR and drives in 5 to lead his side past the Hawkeyes 12-6. Iowa 3B Frankie Frisch does all he can for the home team, banging one out [15] and plating 4.
  • 2 homers [6] by SS Marcus Cameron aren’t enough to stop Washington from falling 8-7 to a dogged Nebraska.
  • Tim Keefe fans a team-record 18 hitters as navy puts away Berkeley 7-2.
  • Dustin Harris goes yard twice [12] and brings home 5 as The Citadel easily handles FSU 11-1.
  • South Carolina scores 7 in the 9th but still come up a run short as they lose at home 10-9 to Florida.
  • Mississippi State’s Wayne Bell doubles, bashes 2 homers [14] and drives in 3, but it is all in vain as his Bulldogs drop a close one to Rice, by 6 to 5.
  • Larry Bettencourt goes 4-for-4 and preserves his lead atop the JDL home run table with his 31st of the season as AZ State beats Utah 9-5.
  • 2B Chris County has 2 doubles and his 6th round-tripper of the season while driving in 5 as UNLV routs Arizona 20-5 at Hi Corbett Field. 1B Zach Alvarez also homers [17] and has 4 ribbies for the Rebels, who move to 33-35 with the win.
  • Two homers [15] and 4 ribsters by Sherry Magee help SD State get past Cal Poly 7-4 on the road.

HML Player of the Week: Tyler Korte (Princeton) .474 / 2 HR / 12 RBI.

JDL Player of the Week: Matt Bowsher (Georgia) 1.000 (4-for-4) / 2 HR / 6 RBI.



HML Batter of the Month: Jim Hewitt (Oregon) .413 / 5 HR / 20 RBI.

HML Pitcher of the Month: Jamie Knox (Michigan) 5-0 / 1.45 / 31 K / 37 IP.

JDL Batter of the Month: Mark Wells (San Jose State) .446 / 7 HR / 20 RBI.

JDL Pitcher of the Month: Matt Kilroy (Clemson) 5-0 / 2.63 / 65 K / 41 IP.


Here is this week’s rundown of major injuries:
  • Mizzou SP Desmond Hoard: torn meniscus; season
  • Purdue CF Chris Dunn: PCL strain; season
  • LMU SP Josiah McCart: sprained ankle; season
  • Saint Louis C Alan Glass: torn PCL; season
  • Mississippi CL Tom Helwig: shoulder bursitis; 4 weeks
  • Mississippi SP Mike Carow: fractured foot; 3-4 weeks
  • OSU CL Eric Van der Beek: torn UCL; career
  • Washington RF Baby Doll Jacobson: hip strain; season
  • UCSB SP Danny Urbach: rotator cuff strain; season
  • Houston CF Joe Wyatt: separated shoulder; 2-3 weeks
  • Brown CF Matt Frenchik: groin strain; 5 weeks

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