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hits.A slim Sunday crowd of 761 fans0 watched Rudy Minarcin, Vander-0 grift’s $15,000 rookie, scatter five j; Oil City hits yesterday to lead thePioneers to a 4-1 victory.Jim Pierce. Refiner southpaw went all the way. and although he was touched for 10 hits he hurled one of hi best games of the year. Pierce, who had been bothered by a sore arm until several days ago, allowed single tallies in the first and fifth inning and two more inthe seventh.Pierce had Oil City’s only extra base hit a double. George Verespy rapped out two singles for Oil CityGeorge Gasdaska sparked thiPioneers' attack with three doubles in four trips. Minarcin aided his own cause with a single andbledouGaadaska's double to right and Rocky Tedesco'a single to left accounted for the Pioneers’ firat run in the first inning.Minarcin’s single, a stolen base and Gasdaskas third double gave th*. loop-leaders another tally in thefifth Inning.Doubles by Minarcin and Joe Bernard plus Earl LettenbergerVfly to center plated two rune for'Vandergrift in the seventh.Bernard’s blow hit Moore on the back of the head and fell for twobase.*. Malkasian replaced the Injured Moore in right field.Oil City scored its lone marker in the seventh when Jack Selten-1 retch opened with a walk, went to third on Pierce’* double and scored when Shortstop Joe Mayer booted Paoliaso's grounder at short. Vandergrift and Oil City willmeet in the second game of their current series tonight in a singlegame in Vandergrift,Soils, If ........ 4 a o g 0 0Seltenreieh, cf .. * | o 5 0 0Weis*, ss ....... 4 § 1 1 | aPierce, p .......4 • 1 I a aTotal* ........n I 5 S4 t IVANDERGRIFT AB R H PO A EGasdaska, lb ... 4 I 3 1 | aBernard, cf 4 1 1 3 a oLettenberger, e . 4 • 0 S 1 0Tedeaco, 3b .... 4 0 * I 4 0Hill, lb ........ 4 0 j 13 o 0Ke4l. rf ........4 0 1 10 0Merola, If ...... 3 0 0 3 0 0Mayer, ss ...... 3 0 0 12 1Minarcin, p ... 4 2 2 1 SOTotals ....... 34 4 10 27 11 IOil City ...... 000 000 100—1 5 1Vandergrift , 100 010 20x—I 10 1Rims hatted In — Gaidaska, Bernard, Lettrnberger, Tedetco.Doubles—Gasdaska 3, Bernard, Minarcin, Pierce.Stolen hasee—Minarcin, Tedeaco. Passed bail—Lettenberger.Left on bases — Oil City 7,Vandergrift 7.Double plays—Minarcin to Uas-daaka.Base on balls—Off Pierce 2,Minarcin 4.Strike out*—By Pierce 0, Minarcin S.Wild pitch—Mlnar in.Umpires—Stupl and Roe.Time—2 hours.AMERICAN ASSOCIATION j biMilwaukee 14-2; Columbus 6-3. j thIndianapolis 7-10; Minneapolis th-1. ' paLouisville 6-4, St Paul 5-1. iZsKansas City 11-7; Toledo 0-6 thii a mil
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Oil City Blizzard
Oil City, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Aug 16, 1948
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