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WM Baseball Record, 7-2;5 Game Win Streak NippedBy Paul WiedenmannCoach Eric Tipton’s varsity baseball stretched its winningU» five straight games and held a tie in the Rig Six and ^-.thern Conference race before being routed bv the Gobblers T-~eh last Saturday, 12-1.Last Tuesday the Indians defeated Washington and Lee 4-2. flowed by a victory over Davidson by a one run 8-7 count. Tech Vllectcd 12 runs on 17 hits in the Saturday afternoon contest to Snporanly dim the Tribe’s title aspirations. Tech pitcher Dwight luawig was the key factor in the Gobblers victory. Left-hander• • X 1_ . T kv /Jin 4 /v rvn I it ♦* i i r rv L» i 4 .. . . I. a .Ludwig held the Indians to only five hits in tht contest and faced,ri]v 22 batters, one over par, in the first seven innings.l' The Virginia Tech nine tallied four runs in the top of the fifthThe Virginia lech nine tamed tour runs in the top of the fifth inrung to break up a pitching duel between Ludwig and the Tribe s Slaughter.in that inning, Bobby Wolfenden, who collected four safeties ;rlt; t ie game, drove in two runs *—on a sincle followed by another run - producing single by RayStrader.The ClincherAnother Tech run was scored in*the sixth followed by a five run rally in the top of the eighth which eliminated any doubt concerning the outcome of the contest.The highlight of the Gobbler surge was Dave Kuhn’s three run homer. Kuhn was creditedwith four hits in the game.Both Kuhn and Wolfenden drove in three runs in the tilt which saw four Indian pitchers on the mound.
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Williamsburg Flat Hat
Williamsburg, Virginia, US
Tue, Apr 30, 1957
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