Red Sox Bunt Breaks Open Wins Over Bunning
Boston uses the sacrifice bunt as a spark in a 3-2 win over Detroit ace Jim Bunning. Don Gile delivers the sign and bunt as Pete Runnels and Frank Malzone drive in the decisive runs in the ninth.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1960
Page
5
Boston uses the sacrifice bunt as a spark in a 3-2 win over Detroit ace Jim Bunning. Don Gile delivers the sign and bunt as Pete Runnels and Frank Malzone drive in the decisive runs in the ninth.
President Philip Graves announced tryouts for Saco Old Orchard Beach Little League. Eleven and twelve year olds will pass at 6 30 Monday, while nine and ten year olds work out at 6 30 Tuesday at Saco Little League Park.
An appeal urges revive summer twilight baseball in Biddeford Saco with local community help. Calls to donate usable uniforms and join a meeting at the Saco municipal courtroom next Tuesday at 7 50 pm accompany notes on weather and related local sports events and figures.
The San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 at Candlestick Park with home runs by McCovey Kirkland and Mays as Sad Sam Jones pitched a three hitter. In Louisville Kentucky the 86th Kentucky Derby features 12 three year olds led by Tompion and Bally Ache with Henry Elmore and Hillsborough scratches.
Southpaw Herb Score edges back from injury with a three hit shutout effort alongside Gerry Staley as the Chicago White Sox defeat Washington 3-0. Score walks two and fans four in his third start since being traded from Cleveland to rejoin the Sox.
Freshman pitcher Bobby Bourque faltered with seven runs allowed in the pivotal sixth inning as Thornton topped Biddeford 9 to 2 at Saco field. Bourque walked 11 and yielded only nine hits while teammates fought errors and wild plays in a costly late frame.
Racing fans with rain-checks from Beechridge Speedway join hundreds for a 100-lap open event worth 1000 dollars. Warren Sanborn of MASCAR notes safety concerns after last week's rain halted action. Scheduled entrants include Roger Cote and Dick Garrett among a prime field.
Notre Dame defeated Boston College by 23 pins to win the two half league playoff at Pastime lanes. Stun Flavin led with 291 and Geo Garnache posted 289 as top efforts in a tense finish.
Notre Dame leads with 1 374 A Gilstorf 247 and 285 scores while Boston College posts 1 351 A Brousseau 243 and 277. The five-string roll-off is set for Monday at Pastime lanes, 7 30 p m, to settle league standings as Journal Wants Are Helpful.
Bobby Yow told police burglars took items valued at 150 dollars from his home. He notes one item of the loot was his watch dog. The report mentions the 1959 Pirates had 19 wins in 21 extra inning games.
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