Rose Nearly Reaches Glove as Reds Blank Colts
Cincinnati won 3-0 for its second straight shutout over the Colts as Rose races toward the tag and the play at home plate.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1963
Page
12
Cincinnati won 3-0 for its second straight shutout over the Colts as Rose races toward the tag and the play at home plate.
Bob Friend earned his ninth win as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 3-0. Dick Schofield hit a two run homer, Bailey and Clemente added runs, while Ellsworth took the loss. Santo led Chicago with three hits as 19 runners left on base.
Cincinnati pitcher John Tsitouris blanked the Houston Colts on a 3-0 game as Pete Rose led the offense with three hits backing his third start win. Rose scored twice and added a run batted in as Gordon Coleman hit a first inning single and Tsitouris drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.
St Louis nudged ahead in the National League lead as Charlie James homered in the sixth to lift the Cardinals 2-1 over Los Angeles. Rob Gibson earned his fifth straight win and Nick Wilhelmite balked to tie the game in the fifth. Tommy Davis hit his eighth homer for the Dodgers, while Doug Camilli’s eighth-inning double gave a late threat but was quelled by Ron Taylor.
Wilson North Carolina AP Former Pittsburgh player Pupa led the Wilson Country Club Invitational after 18 holes with a four under par 62, scoring five birdies and one bogey. Greensboro trio Smith Harvey Hughes tied for second with 71, while Ed Justa of Rocky Mount stood at 272 as leaders press for the weekend.
Lexington beat Statesville 4-1 in Western Carolina League action. Bernie Crawford started the decisive seventh with a walk and scored on a wild pitch after advancing on a walk and a single. Tom Abbott pitched six scoreless innings before a seventh inning reliever relieved him.
Dublin Ireland AP high American owned thoroughbreds are among 26 probable runners for the Irish Sweeps Derby on Saturday. Bookies favor Relko owned by Francois Dupre as even money favorite for the 14 mile Curragh turf race. French-owned Belko and Tagetes listed, but Tagetes was later deemed a mistake and removed. Cervaina Philemon Ragusa and Targogan follow at about 12 to 1.
New York AP report: Ray Culp, 21, rookie ace for Philadelphia, allowed five hits, struck out 11, and earned his ninth victory as the Phillies beat the Mets 2-0. Dalrymple drove in the first run with a fourth inning single after Callison and Sievers reached on infield beats, Demeter opened the ninth with a hit for insurance off Rainey.
In Milwaukee, Bob O'Dell pitched a two-hitter to back the Giants in a 3-0 victory over the Braves. Billy Francisco drove in the decisive runs with key hits, as Willie Mays and Hank Fischer were stymied. The win improves O'Dell to 10-? with support from Chuck Shaw and Ed Bailey's bases-loaded single.
The article notes finalists in a Southern tennis and baseball context with players from Greensboro Shreveport and Los Angeles, including Lloyd from Shreveport and Braver Club in Greenville, with earlier results and runs batted in leaders leading toward finals, naming multiple players and teams across the season.
Salisbury beat Greenville 4-2 to stay within a game and a half of the Western Carolinas League lead with five games left in the first half. Glen Davis earned his eighth win with seven strikeouts, supported by John Mays in the ninth. Levi Brown hit a solo homer for Greenville.
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