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The Paris Swingers got the sweep they needed in Norway against the Oslo Walruses to improve to 9-6 and now they will host another bad team in the Saginaw Dragons.


Game #13 - Paris Swingers 12 Oslo Walruses 0

WP - Lee Richmond (1-0)
LP - Phil Leftwich (0-1)

Star of Game - Lee Richmond (8.1 IP, 3 hits, 0 ER 11 K's)

Homers
Paris - Gail Hopkins (2), Sean Lewis (1)

Recap - Paris gets a much needed easy game as Richmond was dominant. Paris got 5 runs off of Leftwich in 4 innings. Cal McVey was on fire with 4 hits and 4 RBI's. Richie Ashburn, Steve Evans and Lewis had 3 hits apiece in the barrage. Everett Scott collected two of the three hits for Oslo


Game #14 - Paris Swingers 4 Oslo Walruses 3

WP - Bob Lee (1-0)
LP - Camilo Pascual (0-1)
Save - Ben DeMott (3)

Star of Game - Paul Thormodsgard (5 IP, 3 hits, 2 ER, 3 K's)

Homers
Oslo - John Castino (3)

Recap - Paris scored twice in the 9th to get the win as Bob Elliott drove in 2 runs with a pinch hit single. Thormodsgard had a decent start which was encouraging but got little run support. Bruce Robbins started for Oslo and allowed just one earned run over 5 innings. Richie Ashburn had 3 hits while Kevin Nicholson had 2 hits and 2 RBI's for Paris in the contest. Oslo was limited to 5 hits but Castino hit a big 2 run shot in the game.


Game #15 - Paris Swingers 8 Oslo Walruses 4

WP - Sean Douglass (3-0)
LP - Cannonball Titcomb (0-3)

Star of Game - Bob Elliott (3-4 HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Bob Elliott (3)
Oslo - Hank Edwards (2)

Recap - Douglass continues to surprise this season as he went 5 innings and allowed just 2 runs. Paris got to Titcomb for 5 runs in 3 2/3 innings. Elliott had the big game and was a huge part of the offense and as 15 RBI's in 15 games. Oslo had 2 hits each from Everett Scott and Ziggy Stardust himself David Bowie. Bowie hit a clutch double in the 9th off of Don Ferrarese in a failed comeback


Standing - Paris Swingers are 9-6 in 4th place the NL World Division trailing the first place Moscow Battalion by 4 games.

Looking Ahead - Paris heads home to play the Saginaw Dragons - Saginaw is 1-14 and in last place in the NL Central. Then Paris heads to my neck of the woods and plays the Hicksville Comets on the road, happy to be heading to Long Island.


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