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CHIEFS WININ JUNIORWORI 0 SERIESSYRACUSE. N.Y. (AP) -Rob Gardner, who spent time on the pitching staffs of three major league baseball clubs during the 1966 - 68 seasons, pitched a one - hit shutout Tuesday night and led the Syracuse Chiefs to a 2-0 victory over omaha in the Junirr World Series.The Chiefs, International League champions , gained the first victory in the best-of-sevenseries against the American Association club on t.wn hits a sFor most of the game, however, Gardner, who had 16 victories against five defeats during the regular season, and Mike Hediund of Omaha bareddown on the hitters.Hediund, before giving way for a pinch hitter in the eighth,struck out 12. allowed four hitsXFOBYrifice and the help of a wild 1 E pitch.and walked but two. Gardner fanned six Royals and walked two gaining his third straight victory in post - season games, j S The pitchers were roommates i t briefly in 1868 at Cleveland. FChiefs’ third baseman Ossie l■Chavarria set‘fifth inning rally with a leadof'ingle. A double by catcherGeorge Pena moved the runnerto third and the first score came on a sacrifice bunt by Matt Ga-iante. Hedlund’s wild patch al-I lowed Pena to score the final Irim. I
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Saranac Lake Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Saranac Lake, New York, US
Wed, Sep 16, 1970
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