Len Okrie News Today

Result As in Game 2, the Game 6 rematch between aces Brad Havens and Ray Scarborough was decided by one bad inning. In this case, the bad inning came earlier. And it was much, much worse. ‘81 batted around in the first, sending 11 men to the plate and scoring seven runs to take a dominant lead they would not lose, claiming victory by an 8-1 tally and knotting the series at three. Scarborough’s struggles started one batter into the game, as Gary Ward sent a fly ball over the left field wall ...

Smalley’s ninth-inning two-run home run turned a 9-8 defeat into a 10-9 victory as ‘81 pushed the Selig Sectional to a fifth game. ‘56, trailing 8-6 in the bottom of the eighth, had taken the lead on Lou Berberet’s three-run double, unwittingly setting up Smalley’s heroics. Before the late-inning chaos, there was early- and middle-inning chaos as ‘81 saw a 6-1 lead turn into a 6-6 tie. Having taken the lead on a Dave Engle three-run homer and extended it through the third and four...