Day 39

The standings                              
                                                W      L    Pct.     GB
Walleyes                                19     12    .613     ---
Herons                                   18     12    .600     0.5
Loons                                     16     13    .552     2
Conifers                                 13     16    .448     5
Tourists                                    8     21    .276   10

Day 39 results

Conifers 10, Loons 5

WP: Byrd (3-3)

LP: Drake (6-3)


Herons 4, Walleyes 0
WP: Manning (7-1)
LP: Paige (4-4)
HR: Dixon (5), CJ Taylor (1)

Day 40: Greenlee Field
Conifers (Rogan 3-3) at Herons (Smith 2-0)
Tourists (Dismukes 0-2) at Walleyes (Day 5-3)

Conifers 10, Loons 5
Bullet Rogan, playing second base, went 4-for-4 with two runs, two RBIs, a double and a walk to help power the Conifers past the slumping Loons. Bill Byrd went the distance for the pitching-short winners, allowing nine hits.

Herons 4, Walleyes 0
Max Manning threw a three-hit shutout, while Rap Dixon and Candy Jim Taylor each hit two-run homers off Satchel Paige. Manning walked on and struck out four. Paige allowed nine hits in his complete game.

Pitcher use notes

Herons:  Williams and Manning rest until Day 43.

Conifers:  Williams and Foster rest until Day 41. Cooper and Matlock rest until Day 42. Byrd rests until Day 43.

Walleyes:  Redding and Wickware rest until Day 41. Brown and Davis rest until Day 42. Paige rests until Day 43.

Tourists:  R Brown rests until Day 41. Foster rests until Day 42.

Loons:  Winter, Currie and McDonald rest until Day 41. Drake rests until Day 43