Final stats: Ortonville Orators

Hitters

Name                AB     R     H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Ashburn          257   48     77    28     11    2      2     30      2    .300
Brouthers        237   36    71    35     12   4      4    19      0     .300
Cuyler             238    46     82    47     15    3      7     26      4     .345
Herman          263    45    78    22     16    4      1     13      1     .297
T Jackson       228    27     71    35       9    1      6     14       1     .311
Jacobson             6      1      2     1       0    0      1        0       0     .333
Manush           241    32    92   47     15    5      3     10       1     .382
McManus           12      1      4     1       0    1      0      1       0      .333
McMillan               5      1      2     2       0    0      0      0       0      .400
O'Rourke         248    24    76   39     19    1      5      4       2     .306
Reese              205    15    51   16       6    1      2    38       2      .257
Rice                     4      1     1     0       0     0      0      1       0      .249
Severeid              7      1      1     0       0     0      0     0       0      .143
Tobin                  26      3    11    0      1     2      0       1       0       .423
K Williams          22      3      9    4      3     0     0       2       0       .409

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Bayne            16      0     19.3      25   20    19    18    10        0      0     2      8.85
Danforth        11      0     12.6      15     6      6      6       4        8     1     2       4.26
Davis             10    10     62.6.     70   37    37    30     18       0       1     4      5.31
Jenkins          15    15   114       124   52    49    19     77       0      8     7       3.87
Kolp               18      0     28.3      53   35    33    11       9        1      0     0    10.48
G Lyons           2      0       3          2     0      0      3       2        0      0     0       0.00
Pruett            16      0     15.6     20    15    14    10       7        1      1     1      8.04
Shocker        10    10     76.3     93   41     38    11     34        0      5     4       4.48
Sutton           15    15   114.6   117   62    58     40     69        0      6     6       4.55

Vanguilder     20      0     27.6     37   13    11      8     13        3      2    1       3.58

Wingard         10    10    62.3     82   49    40    30      15        0      2     5      5.78

Series 20: Flashes take two of three from Orators

Flashes 32-28, Orators 27-33

Game One: Flashes 3, Orators 1
WP: Haines (7-4)
LP: Jenkins (8-7)
Save: Jonnard (3)
HR: Medwick (8), Bottomley (12)

Game Two: Flashes 4, Orators 3 (10 innings)
WP: Ryan (1-2)
LP: Danforth (1-2)

Game Three: Orators 7, Flashes 6
WP: Vangilder (2-1)
LP: Jonnard (2-1)
HR: Kelly (11), Lindstrom (7)

Fordham secured second place and came one bad inning from sweeping the Orators.

Joe Medwick and Jim Bottomley hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning of the opener and Jesse Haines outdueled Ferguson Jenkins. Haines went eight innings, allowing four hits and one run. Jenkins also went eight innings, allowing three runs on 11 hits.

Fred Lindstrom went 4-for-5 in the the second game and scored twice, including the winning run in the 10th inning. Heine Manush was also 4-for-5 with a pair of runs for the Orators. Rosy Ryan got the win with two innings of shutout relief.

The Flashes pummeled Dixie Davis for six runs in the third inning of the finale, getting three-run homers from Lindstrom and George Kelly. Jack Bentley, making his (and only) start, turned a 6-1 lead over to Jonnard for the ninth inning, but the Orators got six consecutive hits to open the frame and won. Pee Wee Reese opened with a single. Travis Jackson tripled, pinch-hitter Ken Williams doubled, and Richie Ashburn, Billy Herman and Dan Brouthers all singled. After a popup, Manush singled to drive home the winning run. Elam Vangilder got the win with four scoreless innings of relief.

Series 19: Orators take three of four from Black Caps

Black Caps 27-29; Orators 26-31

Game One: Black Caps 5, Orators 3
WP: Mathis (3-2)
LP: Jenkins (8-6)
Save: A Cooper (6)
HR: Perkins 2 (4), Pennington (9)

Game Two: Orators 5, Black Caps 3
WP: Davis (1-4)
LP: Holland (6-4)
Save: Danforth (7)
HR: Herman (1)

Game Three: Orators 11, Black Caps 5
WP: Wingard (2-5)
LP: Currie (3-4)

Game Four: Orators 5, Black Caps 3
WP: Sutton (6-6)
LP: Drake (5-3)
Save: Danforth (8)
HR: Palm (8), Blackwell (4), Brouthers (4), T Jackson (6)

Lincoln Park is mathematically eliminated.

Bill Perkins hit a pair of solo homers and Art Pennington hit a two-run shot in the opener for the Black Caps. Perkins was 4-for-4 and added a double. Verdell Mathis went six innings, allowing three runs on eight hits but inducing two double plays to get out of innings.

Dixie Davis got his first win of the season in his final start. Ortonville gave him a 4-0 lead after two innings, with Billy Herman hitting a two-run homer in the second, Bill Holland left after the second for Lincoln Park, and Phil Cockrell threw five innings of one run relief to give the Black Caps a chance to get back into the game. But after the Caps drove Davis from the hill in the seventh, the relief trio of Elam Vangilder, Hub Pruett and Dave Danforth allowed no hits in the final eight outs.

The Orators sliced up Rube Currie for eight runs in 1.3 innings in Game Three, getting 11 hits and a walk in 15 batters. Kiki Cuyler went 4-for-5 with three runs and three RBIs, while Richie Ashburn, Herman and Dan Brouthers each scored twice. Dave Malarcher had a bases-loaded triple for Lincoln Park

Brouthers hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the eights off Andy Cooper for the comeback win in the series finale. Charles Blackwell and Spoony Palm had each homered as the Black Caps built a 3-1 lead behind Bill Drake, who at one point retired 17 straight Orators, But Travis Jackson led off the bottom of the eighth with a homer, and one out later Ashburn walked and Herman singled, Cooper entered, and Brouthers promptly homered. Danforth allowed a pair of two-out hits in the top of the ninth before getting out of the inning.

Pitcher availability: For the Orators, Danforth went one inning in the finale, and the rest of the bullpen is fully rested. Wingard can relieve in the final game. For the Black Caps, Drake should sit three games; Currie should sit two games for either purpose; Cockrell should sit one for either purpose; Mathis should sit one game to start.

Projected rotation: Orators -- Jenkins-Shocker-Davis to end the season. Black Caps -- Streeter-Williams?-Mathis-??? to end the season.

Stat break: Ortonville Orators

Hitters

Name                AB     R     H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Ashburn          225    41    63    27       9    2      2     29      2    .280
Brouthers        209   33    61    28     10   4      3    19      0     .292
Cuyler             210    42     74    42     12    3      7     26      4     .352
Herman           236    36    69    17     15    4       0     10      1     .292
T Jackson       202    23     65    31       7    0      5     13       1     .322
Jacobson             6      1      2     1       0    0      1        0       0     .333
Manush            213   28    78   42     14    5      3       9       0     .366
McManus            10      1      4     1       0    1      0      1       0      .400
McMillan               5      1      2     2       0    0      0      0       0      .400
O'Rourke         222    24    71   37     18    1      5      4       2      .320
Reese              183    13    47   15       6    1      2    32       2      .257
Rice                     4      1     1     0       0     0      0      1       0      .250
Severeid              7      1      1     0       0     0      0     0       0      .143
Tobin                  24      3    10    0      1     2      0      0       0       .417
K Williams         19      2      8     3      2     0     0       2       0       .421

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Bayne            15      0     18.3      24   20    19    18      9        0      0     2      9.33
Danforth          8      0       8         10     5      5      4       2        6     1     1       5.63
Davis               8      8     51.3      57   28    28    24     13       0       0     4      4.91
Jenkins          13    13     99       105   45    42    19     71       0      8     5       3.82
Kolp               17      0     27.3      53   35    33    11       7        1      0     0    10.87
G Lyons           2      0       3          2     0      0      3       2        0      0     0       0.00
Pruett            15      0     14.6     20    15    14    10       6        1      1     1      8.59
Shocker          9      9     68.3     82   38     35    10     28        0      5     4       4.61
Sutton           14    14     96.6   112   59    55     38     68        0      5     6       5.12

Vanguilder     17      0     21       33   12    10      6      12        3      1     1       4.29

Wingard          9      9     54.3     76   44    35    24      15        0      1     5      5.80

Series 18: Flashes sweep three from Orators

Flashes 29-25, Orators 23-30

Game One: Flashes 5, Orators 2
WP: Nehf (4-2)
LP: Bayne (0-2)
HR: Cuyler (7), Gowdy (4), Hafey (12)

Game Two: Flashes 9, Orators 2
WP: Grimes (5-8)
LP: Shocker (5-4)
HR: Youngs (5)

Game Three: Flashes 7, Orators 4
WP: Haines (6-4)
LP: Sutton (5-6)
Save: Ryan (5)
HR: Bottomley (11)

The three-game sweep eliminated Ortonville from pennant contention.

Art Nehf threw a complete game seven-hitter in the opener, and Chick Hafey hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to put Fordham over the top. Hank Gowdy was 4-for-4 with a solo homer for the Flashes.

Burleigh Grimes matched Nehf's seven-hitter in the second game, and got considerably more run support. Ross Youngs was 4-for-5 with three runs and three RBIs; he hit a solo homer in the sixth. Fred Lindstrom also was 4-for-5. He scored twice and drove in two and had a triple.

Jim Bottomley had a big game in the finale: 4-for-five with a homer, triple and two doubles. He scored twice and drove in two. Jesse Haines allowed four runs in eight innings for the win, and Rosy Ryan worked the ninth for his fifth save. Jim O'Rourke and Heine Manush each went 3-for-4 for the Orators.

Pitcher availability: For the Flashes, Mule Watson sits one more game. Ryan worked one inning in the finale. All other bullpenners are fully rested. The Orators bullpen is fully rested; Sutton threw a complete game in the finale.

Projected starters: Flashes -- McQuillan-Barnes-Grimes-Haines-Nehf. Orators -- Jenkins-Davis-Wingard-Sutton-Jenkins.

Pitcher availability:

Series 17: Black Caps take two of three from Orators

Black Caps 25-24, Orators 22-25

Game One: Black Caps 15, Orators 9
WP: H Smith (1-2)
LP: Bayne (0-1)
HR: Serrell (2)

Game Two: Black Caps 14, Orators 6
WP: Currie (3-3)
LP: Sutton (5-5)
HR: Palm (7). Currie (1), T Jackson (5), Brouthers (3), Harris (4)

Game Three: Orators 4, Black Caps 3
WP: Jenkins (8-5)
LP: Cockrell (1-7)
Save: Danforth (6)
HR: Perkins (2)

The Lincoln Park Black Caps moved above .500 and into second place in the standings, but misfired on several opportunities to complete a series sweep going into a series against the first-place Guilford Quakers.

The Black Caps battered four Orators pitchers for 19 hits, 10 walks and a HBP in the opener and batted around three times. Bonnie Serrell drove in five runs, two on bases-loaded walks and three on an eighth-inning homer. Charles Blackwell (4-for-6) scored three times and had a triple. Art Pennington, Spoony Palm and Serrell each drew three walks. The Orators had 19 hits of their own and went through all four available Black Caps pitchers. Billy Herman and Kiki Cuyler each scored three runs.

The hitting continued in the second game. The Black Caps hit for the cycle in the first inning against Don Sutton -- triple by Jerry Benjamin, single by Alec Radcliff, double by Pennington, homer by Palm. Starter Rube Currie, working on one day's rest after a disastrous two-inning start to close the previous series, homered in the second and got through five innings of two-run ball. Lincoln Park had 16 hits in this one.

Ferguson Jenkins settled things down in the finale for Ortonville, He worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the first inning, and escaped the third when Heinie Manush gunned down Vic Harris at the plate. Manush broke the scoreless tie with a two-run triple in the fifth off Phil Cockrell, and while the Black Caps tied it with single tallies in the fifth and sixth, the Orators stung Cockrell for a pair of two-out runs, the last coming on a pinch-hit double by Ken Williams off reliever Sam Streeter. Bill Perkins homered in the eighth to make it a one-run game, but Dave Danforth surfed a wave of right-handed pinch hitters in the ninth to nail it down.

Pitcher availability: Ray Kolp sits the next game for the Orators. Danforth pitched one inning in the finale. For the Black Caps: Cockrell needs four games to start, two to relieve; Currie needs three to start, two to relieve; Mathis needs two to start, one to relieve; McDonald and Holland need one game for either purpose. Streeter faced two hitters in the finale.

Projected starters: Orators -- Wingard-Shocker-Sutton-Jenkins-Davis-Wingard. Black Caps -- Williams-Drake (or Streeter)-Streeter (or Mathis/Holland/Drake).

Stat Break: Ortonville Orators

Hitters

Name                AB     R     H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Ashburn           197    37    55    26       9    1      2     28      2    .279
Brouthers        183    29   53    23       6     4      2    19      0    .290
Cuyler              187   36    66     38     12    3       6     22      4     .353
Herman           208    32    64     15    14    4       0     10      1     .308
T Jackson        178   21    53     25       5    0      4     13       1     .298
Jacobson             5      1      2     1       0    0      1        0       0     .400
Manush            187   26    67   38     13    4      3       9       0     .358
McManus             9      1      4     1       0    1      0      1       0      .444
McMillan               4      1      2     2       0    0      0      0       0      .500
O'Rourke         198    23    66   35     17    1      5      3       2      .333
Reese              163    11    42   14       6    1      2    29       1      .258
Rice                     3      0     0     0       0     0      0      1       0      .000
Severeid              7      1      1     0       0     0      0     0       0      .143
Tobin                  20      3    10    0      1     2      0      0       0       .500
K Williams         17      2      6     2      1     0     0       2       0       .353

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Bayne            13      0     15.3      12     8      7    13      5        0      0     0       4.11
Danforth          7      0       7           9     5      5      4       2        5     1     1       6.43
Davis               7      7     48         48   22    22    19     13       0       0     4      4.13
Jenkins          12    12     92         94   43    40    17     68       0      7     5       3.91
Kolp               14      0     22.3      44   25    23      7      6        1      0     0       9.27
G Lyons           2      0       3          2     0      0      3       2        0      0     0       0.00
Pruett            13      0     12.6     18    14    13    10       6        1      1     1       9.23
Shocker          8      8     62.3      72   32     31   10     27        0      5     3       4.48
Sutton           12    12     84.6      92   45    43     32    59        0      5    4       4.57

Vanguilder     15      0     18.3     30   12    10      6      11        3      1     1      4.91

Wingard          8      8     47.3     66   42    33    24      13        0      1     5       6.28