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Syracuse ChiefsChalk up FourthI11\Consecutive WinBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSIt was one af those nights a iast-place ball club seldom enjoys.Each man in starting lineup Wednesday had at least one hit, a run scored and an RBI. The first eight men in the lineup had two or more hits and the team batting average for the night totaled a lofty .468.And all against a baseball team solidly entrenched in first place. The final: Jacksonville 17. Rochester S.The run total was the highest this year in International League play. The top performers for the Suns were Greg Goossen with four hits and four runs scored and John Stephenson and Amos Otis, each with four RBI and three hits.It'Meanwhile, at Syracuse, the Chiefs scored their fourthstraight win. downing Richmond 5-4 in a game decided in the bot-tom of the ninth when Chet Trail scored on Tom Shopay's double.Three home runs sparked Ruffalo to a 7-3 victory over Columbus in the only other action Wednesday, Toledo's scheduled contest at Toronto was rained out.The Suns* game at Rochester was decided in the second inning when the visitors sent 14 men to the plate and scorednine of them against three Red Wing pitchers. Nolan Ryan, arookie, struck out nine Red Wing batters in four innings of relief en route to his first victory of the year.’* game winning double against Richmond gave him three RBIs for the game, the first two coming on his second home run of the year in the I third inning.Home runs by Frank Obre-gon, Steve Boros and John#Bench sparked Buffalo to itsvictory over Columbus. Bison pitcher Don Secrist went the distance to pick uy his fourt victory in seven decisions.! The Jets pulled off a tripleplay in the fourth when, with the bases loaded, Bench flied to center for the first out. A second Bison was nailed in a rundown and the third was caught trying to score from third.ii
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Oswego Palladium Times
Oswego, New York, US
Thu, Jun 08, 1967
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