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Old 12-22-2022, 11:33 PM   #63
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ACBA 1951 Week 21 Recap

Hofstra Results

Not a pretty penultimate week - or, more particularly, weekend - for the Dutchmen, but they win all four and clinch the North Conference title in the process.


Thursday, July 26 - Game 81




Friday, July 27 - Game 82




Saturday, July 28 - Game 83




Sunday, July 29 - Game 84




Around the Grounds

Thursday
  • Of the 50 games played today, an amazing 20 are decided by one run, with 10 more decided by two.
  • Virginia escapes their home game against Louisville by the skin of their necks, scoring 3 in the 9th to lock down a walkoff 4-3 win, with Troy Townsend’s 2-run single the game-winner.
  • Saint Louis also gets a dramatic victory with the final play of their game against Wazzu, as a throwing error plates the winning run in a 5-4 final.
  • Two dingers by Ricky Nolasco help LSU squeeze past Ole Miss 4-3 at Swayze Field.
  • Gene Krapp fans a school record 18 over 8+ scoreless as Long Beach State blanks LMU 5-0.

BOX SCORES


Friday
  • Ohio’s Bill Hill is magnificent against Notre Dame, one-hitting the Irish and fanning 15 of them in a 3-0 Buckeyes win.
  • A flurry of late runs sees Michigan come back from 0-3 for a 4-3 win in 10 over Miami that keeps their slim hopes of nabbing a WC slot alive.
  • Mizzou sees off a dogged Oregon 4-2 in 12 to reduce their magic number to 3.
  • A Jesse Wolff two-hit spesh gets Washington past Illinois 3-0 at Husky Ballpark.
  • Oregon State and Yale play out a ripper that the home side Beavers eventually win 10-9 on a walkoff bases-loaded walk by Cesar Ruiz to put them on the cusp of playoff qualification.
  • Gary Sagle of Virginia continues his fine sophomore season, moving to 12-3 with a sublime one-hitter against Louisville, striking out 14 in the 3-0 win.
  • FSU’s Earl Marshall hits for the cycle in his side’s 7-2 home win against Stetson.
  • After 13 scoreless frames, Texas A&M finally breaks the deadlock and holds on for a 1-0 win at Oklahoma, putting the Aggies in sole top spot in the JDL Southwest.
  • Despite it being a dead rubber, Long Beach fans go home happy after their boys score 4 in the bottom 9th to pinch their game against LMU by 7 to 6, with LF Zane Lentz racking up 5 hits to lead their offence.
  • Aaron Rucker’s 4-hit / 2-homer / 5-ribbie game leads CSUN past TCU 13-6 at Matadors Stadium.

BOX SCORES


Saturday
  • Oklahoma’s Carl Lundgren one-hits Texas Tech while fanning a baker’s dozen in a 2-0 win.
  • Red Kress goes yard twice to take his season tally to 24 and power Dartmouth to an 8-4 win at Princeton.
  • Kansas State rallies with 3 in the 9th and 1 in the 10th to sneak past VT 9-8 at English Field.
  • Iowa scores all of its runs in a frenzied 8th to stun Bradley 6-5 at Dozer Park.
  • Virginia locks down the HML Atlantic title with a 5-2 home win over GWU.
  • Johnathan Garcia has 5 hits as Tennessee humiliates The Citadel 17-1 in front of their home fans.
  • A ripper at Doak Field sees most of the action over the late innings as the visiting Stetson gets an 8-4 win in 10 over North Carolina State, who had scored a pair in each of the 8th and 9th to send the game into spares.
  • A similarly thrilling contest across town as North Carolina and Tulane duke it out over 13, with the Green Wave eventually getting home 13-9.
  • Despite losing 10-3 to rivals Ole Miss, MSU clinches top spot in the JDL Southeast after Auburn drops its game against South Carolina, for whom John Sneed has a 5-hit game including a solo HR.

BOX SCORES


Sunday


  • Andy Seminick belts two homers to help Notre Dame get a 6-4 road win at Saint Louis.
  • Catcher Yogi Berra goes yard twice in a 10-3 romp for North Carolina State over Stetson.
  • South Carolina frosh Al Atkinson dominates Auburn, whiffing 18 and giving up just 2 hits in a 10-1 laugher at Plainsman Park.
  • Waylon Winn is the walkoff hero for Oklahoma, belting a 2-run homer to get the Sooners past TTU by 2 to 1.
  • Santa Barbara CF Ken Hart has a literal field day in his side’s 13-1 road demolition of San Diego, hitting for the cycle and driving in 5.
  • Oregon State clinches the Northwest title in the best possible way, with a 10-4 home win over arch rivals Oregon in this year’s Platypus Plate.

BOX SCORES


Players of the Week

Horace Mann League

Rebel Oakes (Stanford) 529 / 3 HR / 7 RBI


John Dewey League

Al Simmons (BYU) 529 / 3 HR / 8 RBI



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