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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1962
Page
9
In the state high school baseball tournament opener Parkersburg City Park hosts saw St Albans defeat Logan 5 to 1 as Downing hurled a strong win. Bluefield beat Fairview 3 to 3 in the day’s other action while Wellsburg and Parkersburg won their games to advance to semifinals.
The Red Dragons held off the Beavers with a late rally, scoring two runs in the sixth and one in the final frame. Coach Carl Marion praised the win while naming Jim Marsh to start, aiming for another tough game. West Virginia's Steve Harrick attended the tournament to talk with Downing and Kindersmoen.
St Louis edge Cincinnati 4-3 as Larry Jackson works out of a ninth inning jam caused by an error on a double play grounder. Don Blasingame and Julio Gotay misplayed plays in a tense late frame before Cardinals secure their second straight win over the Reds.
Beckley scored six runs in the fifth to beat Truman's Drive-In 9 to 4 at Market in the Kana wha Valley League. Eddie Kasko ended the game with a double play after bases loaded. Louisville Cardinals? Not relevant as per readable text.
New York pitchers held Cleveland to four hits as the Yankees edged ahead in the standings. Roger Maris backed by Johnny Blanchard homered twice, including a ninth of the year, to fuel a 5-0 victory that moved New York ahead of Cleveland in the race for first place.
Los Angeles Dodgers halted a ninth inning Pirates rally to win 5-3 in Pittsburgh. Don Drysdale earned his ninth win against three defeats as LA moved within a half game of the league leading Giants. The Dodgers swept the suspended game and extended Pittsburgh’s losing streak to five.
Jim Bunning returned from the disabled list to author an eight inning start as Dick Brown drives in the winning run in the eleventh in Detroit’s 3 2 night win after Boston edged the Red Sox 2 1 in the day game. The twin bill ended with Detroit and Boston splitting the pair.
Elmira defeated Williamsport 6 3 to 0 4 and Binghamton won 5 4 while York lost 4 3 The standings show Williamsport 30 15 .667 and York 21 21 with other clubs Springfield 20 20 500 Charleston 21 19 .525 Elmira 18 26 .409 The schedule lists Binghamton at Charleston 7130 p m York at Elmira and Williamsport at Springfield
American League scores include New York Cleveland Boston Detroit Washington Baltimore Minnesota Kansas City Los Angeles Chicago. varying night and day games. National League notes show Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Houston, Cincinnati, and Milwaukee with mixed results. several games postponed or suspended as June reports lag.
The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets in both games of a Wednesday doubleheader 2-0 and 2-1, extending the Mets' losing streak to 17, the longest in New York major league history. The box scores reference Chacon, Callison, Covington, and Thomas among others as Philadelphia avoided further slide.
WKLC in St Al bans will broadcast. A Buuefield game begins at 1 p m today.
Incomplete box score shows Los Angeles and Pittsburgh with players Wills Virdon Moon Oliva Snider Drysdale and Koufax involved. Errant Moon error noted in 7th, Oliva singled in 7th, Drysdale doubled in the 7th. final lines incomplete with pitching credits to Drysdale and Friend.
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