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H: it stands for Harvey, and Hit!Brandon Cloverleafs got some raw power from an unexpected source Wednesday night in blasting out an 11-3 triumph over the host Neepawa Cubs in one of four Manitoba Senior Baseball League games.In other battles, Hamio-ta Red Sox nipped Grandview Lakers 6-5, Dauphin Red Sox spoiled Dave Rott-man’s homecoming, beating Binscarth Orioles 3-2 and McAuley Blazers moved into a first-place tie with the North Division -leading Orioles by virtue of a 5-3 hometown win over Riverside Canucks.Bran. 11 Nee. 3Light-hitting Mel Harvey was the undisputed Brandon hero of the game, and may have set some league records in the process, as he unleashed three home runs in four trips to the plate, driving in seven runs and leading the Cloverleafs to their onesided win.The victory also moved the Leafs to within one-half game of the pace-setting Souris Cardinals, leaders of the South Division with a 9-4 record.Harvey, batting .278 with no home runs going into the contest, connected for his first homer of the night off losing pitcher Ron McKinnon, a two-run blast in the first inningIn the sixth, during a five-run Brandon uprising, he clouted a grand-slam homer off reliever Don McGorman and in theeighth, he cracked a solo shot.All three round-trippers were hit to almost the same spot in right field. “The first one was a curve, the second a change-up and the last one a fastball,” said Norm Hemstad, Cub catcher, following the game.The output raised Harvey’s average to .325, 12th best in the league.MSBL statistician Don Sumner didn’t know for sure whether or not the seven RBI was a league record or not, but the three - home - run performance isn’t. During the 1960s when Tommy Town was enjoying productive years with the Cloverleafs, the Brandon first-baseman slammed three homers against Riverside Canucks as the Leafs beat the host club 17-15.Brian Hodgson was the beneficiary on the mound for the Cloverleafs, going the distance and checking the Cubs on four hits, solo homers by Don Martin and Pat Angers and singles by Hemstad and Dan Secun-diak.Hodgson, 4-2, struck out seven and walked the same number.McKinnon, the Neepawa starter, lasted until one was out in the fourth, moments after Brandon’s Rick McFadyen had belted his first home run of the season to give the Cloverleafs a 4-1 lead Don IfcGorman went the rest of the way, giving up the final seven runs.MEL HARVEYMcFadyen added a single to his home run, while Bob Wilson, Doug Fraser and Bill Chappie managed two singles each for Brandon. Hodgson and Dale Harvey, with doubles, and Rick Hlady with a single, completed the Brandon hitting.Gran. 5 Ham. 6An error by Lakers’ third baseman. Dwayne Lawless, allowed the tying and winning runs to score in the ninth inning as Hamiota came back from a 5-3 last-inning deficit to pick up the win.The error was the second of the inning and fourth of the game for Grandview. Jerry Araujo was the first Red Sox base-runner in the ninth when he got to second on an outfield error. Laurie Andrews and Bob Caldwell each drew walks to load the bases and Bill O’Sullivan was summoned to the mound to bail out loser Jim Deaver. O’Sullivan then walked the first bitter he faced, pinch-hitter A1 Robertson,to force in a run, making it 5-4. Then, following the second out of the inning, Dennis Anderson’sstrikeout, Brent Montague laced a grounder towards Lawless that the Grandview third-basemanmisplayed, allowing the two crucial runs to come across.Ron Ramsey of Hamiota went the route for his third win in eight decisions this season. The tall righthander struck out 10 and walked only three, while giving up 13 hits. Hamiota mustered only six hits off Deaver, 2-3, O’Sullivan and starter Gerry Asselstine, but received 11 bases-on-balls.Ellis Woods clicked for three singles to lead the Red Sox. Other Hamiota hits were singles by Montague, Caldwell and Araujo.Mike Ongarato took over the league batting leadership with a 3-for-5 night at the plate, all singles, lifting his average to .489. Tony Kalechyn had a single and double, while Don Luhowy and Asselstine managed two singles each. Glen Ortinski, Lawless, Dennis Martin and Wayne Keeler completed the Grandviewhitting with one single apiece.Bln. 2 Dau. 3Dave Rottman, the ex-Redbird making his first start of the season against his former mates, went the distance and gave up only four hits, but was touched for single runs in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to suffer his second loss in four decisions.Ross Stone, who joins the Redbirds every year at the first of July, made his 1974 inauguration victorious, striking out six Orioles and walking only one. He gave up eight hitsVeteran Rollie Secord, pinch-hitting in the seventh inning, drove in Ken Buchy with the winning run by stroking a single off Rottman.Other hits for Dauphin were singles collected by Ken Buchy, Bert Ready and Siggi Sigurdson.Don Gies slammed a double and triple to lead the Orioles’ .offence. Dale Gies bashed a first-inning homer, his fourth of the season, best in the league, while singles were hit by Rottman, Herb Andres, manager Bob Wasslen, Bill Derlago and Garth Neville.Wasslen appeared in a game for the first time thisseason when he took over catching duties in the fourth inning when regular receiver, Lyle Gallant, suffered an ankle injury.Riv. 3 McA. 5Jon Langston, 3-0, went only five innings for the Blazers, but left the mound chores in the capable hands of Sam Jamieson throughout the final four innings. The score was 4-3 when Langston made his exit, and the Blazers got their insurance run in the seventh.Rob Medoff, who was touched for three runs in the first two innings, suffered the loss. He’s now 2-2.Jamieson, Wayne Poole, Dale Lowes and Brian Rose cracked out two singles apiece for McAuley, with each of them driving in one run. Langston had the other RBI, with a single. The other Blazer safety, a double, came off the bat of Jerry Coppicus.Danny Cassils knocked in ail three Riverside runs with a pair of singles. Cliff Seafoot also had two singles for the Canucks, with Morley Hartel, Bob Williamson, Mark Fisher and Grant Everard rounding out the attack with one single apiece.LEAN SWEEPm a ■ r
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Brandon Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jul 04, 1974
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