SEASON 4 WORLD SERIES

Game 1
In the 6th Childs for PFL gets on board on an error, then comes home on a wild-pitch with 2 outs to score the game's only run. (Script available)

HBB: 0r 7h 2e
PFL: 1r 3h 0e
W- Tanana
L- Radbourn
S- Koch

Game 2
In a see-saw game HBB ties it in the 8th and it goes into extra frames. Bonds for PFL unties it with a 2-run blast in the bottom of the 13th. (Script available)

HBB: 4r 13h 3e
PFL: 6r 10h 1e
W- Vaughn
L- Grove
HR- Gehrig; Baker; Bonds

(no write-up)

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Game 3
Down 2-0 in the series, Huntington returns to the beach for the middle set. In the bottom of the 3rd, Joe Jackson triples and Eddie Collins hits a sacrifice fly to plate him to put HBB up 1-0. In the 6th, with 2 outs HBB begins a rally as Vaughan WALKS, and Brouthers triples him in. Billy Wagner relieves starter Millwood for PFL, and Baker greets him with a 2-run shot off the right foul pole to put HBB up 4-0. After a Kelly pinch-hit single, on a hit-n-run single by Simmons sends Kelly plateward, but the Pinson-Childs-Freehan relay pegs him at home.

In the bottom of the 8th with 1 out Vaughan WALKS again, then after 2 outs Koch comes in to relieve Wagner. Baker greets him with a single to plate Vaughan, and then steals second. Donlin strikes out to seemingly end the inning, but Fisk lets the ball get away and Donlin is safe at 1st. Given new life he promptly steals second, and then pinch-hitter Connor doubles to complete the scoring at 7-0. Mordecai Brown tosses 3-hit ball over 8 innings, and 4 relievers mop up in the 9th to give the Blue Wave their first victory in this series.

PFL: 0r 3h 1e
HBB: 7r 10h 0e
W- Brown
L- Millwood
HR- Baker

Game 4
Radbourn comes into this game seeking some redemption after his tough loss in game 1, facing Grimes. Vaughan leads off the bottom of the 2nd with a WALK, and Medwick triples to plate him. Joe Jackson follows with a SF to put HBB on top 2-0. In the bottom of the 3rd, Collins leads off with a WALK, steals second, and then with 2 outs scores on a single by Wagner.

Phoenix gets on the board via air-mail as Schmidt launches one to left to close it to 3-1. HBB gets the run back in the 5th, as Collins singles, steals second, and comes home on a single by Keeler. They add another in the 6th, as with 2 outs Baker WALKS, and Medwick doubles him in. Radbourn tosses another 3-hitter, but this time he strikes out 7 and comes away with the victory.

PFL: 1r 3h 0e
HBB: 5r 6h 0e
W- Radbourn
L- Grimes
HR- Schmidt

Game 5
With the series now tied 2-2, game 5 would be a nail-biter as Lefty Grove took the mound against Garcia. Phoenix strikes first in the 2nd as Reggie Smith singles, Bonds doubles and Dunlap hits a SF to score a run. Garcia had HBB baffled and blanked until the 7th, when with 1 out Brouthers doubles. Sheckard comes in to pinch-hit for Medwick, and hits a grounder that SS McKean boots to put runners on 1st and 2nd. HBB has Magee pinch-run for Brouthers at 2nd, but Baker lines out. With 2 outs Connor is sent in to pinch-hit for Schreckengost, and as he did in game 3, he rips a double down the right field line to score 2 and put HBB up 2-1.

Committing the cardinal sin, Grove WALKS Dunlap to lead off the 8th. Pinson comes in to pinch-run, but Grove beans McKean to put 2 on with no outs. Grove bears down and induces Gehrig to ground into a double-play. With Pinson now on 3rd and Schmidt at the plate, HBB counters with righty Vance. Schmidt wins the battle by sending a bloop single to left, and Pinson comes into tie it 2-2.

The game goes to the bottom of the 9th, where reliever Wagner of PFL WALKS lead-off man Sheckard. After stealing 2nd, Koch comes into squelch the fire. Instead the flames are fanned as a Baker grounder is thrown away by McKean (his 3rd error in 3 games) that allows Sheckard to come around and score the winning run.

PFL: 2r 4h 2e
HBB: 3r 5h 0e
W- Vance; L- Wagner

The series now returns to the desert with HBB up 3 games to 2 over PFL.

(B. Holbrook)