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The Paris Swingers got off to a good start by sweeping the Allentown Chiefs on the road. The games were not easy but Paris showed character in winning some tight games


Game #1 - Paris Swingers 4 Allentown Chiefs 1

WP - Bill Gogolewski (1-0)
LP - Tony Armas Jr (0-1)
Save - Ben DeMott (1)

Star of Game - Bill Gogolewski (8.2 IP, 2 hits 1, ER 2 K's)

Homers
Paris - Cal McVey (1), Steve Evans (1)


Recap - Paris scored 3 in the 6th to expand the leaad to 4-0 and Gogolewski was one out from a shutout before having to give way do DeMott. Paris got their 3 additional runs off of Early Wynn in relief. Jack Dawson had 2 hits and Evans drove in 2 runs for the offense. Ray Blades droves in the lone Allentown run.


Game #2 - Paris Swingers 9 Allentown Chiefs 3 (14 innings)

WP - Garrett Mock (1-0)
LP - Sun-Woo Kim (0-1)

Star of Game - Cal McVey (5-8, Homer, RBI)

Homers
Paris - Cal McVey (2)
Allentown - Adam LaRoche (1)

Recap - Paris blew the 3-2 lead in the 8th inning, but came back with 6 runs in the 14th to win the game. Jarrod Parker looked solid enough in his Paris debut allowing 3 runs in 7 2/3 innings. DeMott got the blown save but Mock pitched 3 1/3 innings of shutout relief. Jesse Foppert only lasted 4 2/3 innings for Allentown but their pen was really solid until Kim was overused. Huge game for McVey, and Gail Hopkins and Harlond Clift had 2 RBI's each. Billy Shindle had 3 hits and an RBI for Allentown


Game #3 - Paris Swingers 1 Allentown Chiefs 0 (10 innings)

WP - Michael Tejera (1-0)
LP - Larry Gura (0-1)
Save - Bob Lee (1)

Star of Game - Lee Richmond (7 IP, 3 hits, 0 ER 8 K's)

Homers None

Recap - great pitchers duel between solid Richmond and Mike Norris who pitched 5 scoreless innings for Allentown. Don Ferraresa, Tejera and Lee each got a scoreless relief inning. Bob Elliott hit the game winning single in the 10th inning off of Gura to score Cal McVey and that was the game


Standing - Paris Swingers are 3-0 in a 4 way tie for first place in the NL World with the London Cyclones, Lagos Hammerheads and the Rome Thoroughbreds.

Looking Ahead - Paris will host the Savannah Thunder who are 3-0 and sit alone atop the NL Atlantic, then Paris heads back to the Keystone state to play the Philadelphia Phillies

Transactions - None