Oilers Rally Past Rockets 11-8 Behind Quintana Fifth Win
Odessa Oilers came from behind to beat the Roswell Rockets 11-8 as Ben Quintana earned his fifth win with relief help from Wes Ortiz. Ortiz held Roswell hitless in the last two innings after Odessa built a four-run eighth inning to erase an 8-6 deficit. Roswell starter Andy Alonso took the loss, with Loyko and Lemmel sparking Odessa’s offense on 19 hits the night of the game.
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Roswell Rockets
Ben Quintana
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Rocket
Andy Alonso
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Bob Weaver
Audie Malone
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Bobby Lemmel
Roswell
Rockets
Charley Weber
Evelio Ortega
Raul Dieppa
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Leo Eastham
Robert Fabian
Lemmel
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Elwood Grantham
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Baseball and league results across Texas and neighboring cities
Scores from the Longhorn League in San Angelo and nearby towns show Artesia, Midland, Sweetwater, Big Spring, Vernon, Odessa, Roswell, and Lubbock with varied outcomes. National and minor leagues list Detroit, New York, St Louis, Brooklyn, Toronto, Springfield, Rochester, Baltimore, Montreal, Dallas, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Birmingham, Memphis, New Orleans, Wichita, Omaha, Pueblo, and others with multiple games and rain delays.
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Sweetwater
Big Spring
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Odessa
Roswell
West Texas
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Phoenix
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American Association
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Rochester
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Montreal
Dallas
Houston
Ft. Worth
San Antonio
Oklahoma City
Beaumont
Tulsa
Shreveport
Birmingham
Memphis
New Orleans
Mobile
Wichita
Omaha
Pueblo
Des Moines
Colorado Springs
Lincoln
Denver
Sioux City
Vernon Beaten by Big Spring 7 0 in Opening Night
Big Spring dominates Vernon 7 to 0 as Arencibia shuts out the Dus, Bakas earns the win after a rough start. The Steeds send 11 batters in the first inning and collect 11 hits, all singles, with Quintana blasting his 16th homer. Gonzalez makes a leaping catch to end the ninth.
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Big Spring
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Cibia
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Arencibia
Big Springers
John Bakas Toy
Steeds
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Rick Gonzales
Witty Quintana
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Washington
Chicago
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Grounded out for Monchak in 9th leads Roswell win
Odessa 9 Roswell 8 in a high scoring game. Quintana earned the win with 7 innings, Alonso took the loss after allowing 19 hits. Dieppa 2, West 2 RBIs, Grantham 4, Crawford 2, Loyko 2, Fabian 2, Martin 2, Weber 3 driven in. Loyko 3 base hits, Weber 2, Quintana 2. Left on base 9 each side. Umpires Helki and Sadowski. Time 2:45.
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Roswell
Dieppa
West
Martin
Loyko
Weber
Fabian
Quintana
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Grantham
Crawford
Ortiz
Eastham
Odessa
Alonso
Malone
Helki
Sadowski
Merchants Fall 11 to 3 at Carlsbad
Roswell Merchants lost to Carlsbad 11 3 Sunday afternoon in Carlsbad. Bud Eberhart hit a three run homer in the third to give Roswell a 3 1 lead before Carlsbad answered with steady hitting. The Merchants travel to Carizzozo next Sunday.
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Roswell Merchants
Oden Motors
Carlsbad
Bud Eberhart
Merchants
Carrizozo
Managers Plead For More Mound Help As Pennant Races Tighten
Associated Press report notes Charlie Dressen of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Casey Stengel of the New York Yankees urging management for more pitching after leads shrank six days of sour results. Yankees fall to Detroit 12-2 and Dodgers lose 3-2 to St Louis, narrowing wide gaps in both leagues. Cardinals close to 9 and 4. Dodgers’ 7.2 game bulge down to four. Yankees' five game AL lead down to three over Indians and three over Red Sox. Staley throws four-hitter as Cardinals beat Dodgers. Musial, Rice power Cards past Wade in a win that tightens the race.
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Charlie Dressen
Brooklyn Dodgers
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Dodgers
Yankees
Yankee
Detroit
Dodger
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston
Cleveland
Indians
Red Sox
New York Giants
Cardinals
Eddie Stanky
Redbirds
Ebbets’ Field
Gerry Staley
St. Louis
Ben Wade
Staley
Stan Musial
del Rice
Brooklyn
Indians rout Sweetwater in first game under new manager
Midland Indians hammer Sweetwater Braves 11 to 1 as Keith Nicolls pitches eight strong innings for his 18th win. Bill Brown belts two home runs, and Midland nets 11 hits while turning four double plays. Braves starter John Miller takes the loss, Bobby Merritt relieves in the sixth.
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Jay Haney
Midland Indians
Sweetwater Braves
Keith Nicolls
Braves
Nicolls
Tribe
Indians
Sweetwater
Bill Brown
John
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Miller
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Barbour
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Longhorn Clubs Make Player Deals
In Abilene Longhorn League transactions show Edward Cholakian returning to Pine Bluff in the Cotton States League and Joseph Decker sent back to Borger in the West Texas New Mexico League. Curt Schmidt signs as free agent in Odessa. Harold Frech contract assigned to Vernon with Albuquerque option. Parks E. Thomas returned from Lamesa to San Angelo. Henry F. Walters returns to Amarillo and Salvatore P. Lupo moves via optional assignment from Austin in the Big State League.
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Midland
Edward Cholakian
Pine Bluff
Joseph Decker
Borger
Odessa
Curt Schmidt
Roswell
Harold Frech
Vernon
Albuquerque
San Angelo
Parks E. Thomas
Lamesa
Henry F. Walters
Amarillo
Salvatore P. Lupo
Austin
Candle Power Visibility Across Darkness
A standard candle with one candle power can be seen in complete darkness and under optimal conditions from about 50 miles away, illustrating the limits of human perception and light propagation in ideal scenarios.
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