Round 2 Game 5's - Two Advance

Cartwright

• The Miners win their second straight and are making their series with the Blackbirds interesting.  Niagara scored 4 in the 7th and 8th innings to take a 4-3 lead, but Shamokin came back in the top of the ninth and took the lead for good on a Jeff Bagwell RBI double.  The Blackbirds lead 3-2 with the series heading back to Niagara.
• Fun series here.  Brighton won the first two games at home, but lost the next two at Van Nest.  In the all important game 5, Brighton wins a squeaker 4-3 and own a 3-2 series advantage.  Joe Wood was effective and Ben Zobrist homered in the win.

Barrow

• The NY Blues defeated the Colorado Green Sox 7-0, taking the series 4-1.  They advance to the round of 8 behind Frank Thomas and Albert Belle, each of whom homered and together they drove in 5.  Jack Pfiester tossed an 8-hit, 7 strikeout shutout.
• The Slam Dumps Randy Johnson struck out 13 Gossamers in 6 2/3 innings before tiring, but Frank Robinson (double, home run, 3 RBI) provided all the offense for the Big Unit to nail down the 3-0 win.  Newark leads the series 3 games to 2.

O'Malley

• Manetheren is our second team to advance, besting the Beau Brummels 6-2.  Jesse Tannehill coughed up 11 hits, but scattered them over 9 innings to capture the clincher.  Norm Cash homered and drove in two.
• After losing two in a row, Spanish Harlem has now won 2 in a row, and after winning 3-0 behind another Jesse Tannhell game.  He was a bit better for the beaters, yielding 8 hits over 9 innings.  Oscar Charleston had 2 RBI and a home run in the win.  Spanish Harlem leads the Black Sox 3-2.

Rickey

• Like the Miners, the Fishbiscuits are also making their series interesting, winning their 2nd in a row after falling behind 3-0 to Lusitania.  This one took 11 innings to decide and consecutive singles followed by a Fred Clarke double ultimately won it.
• Down 3 games to 1 to Helena, John McDonald kept their bracket hopes alive, winning handily 7-2, and scoring all their runs in the 6th and beyond.  Mickey Cochrane, Dick Allen and Jack Clark hit home runs in he win.

And finally, who needs Babe Ruth when one has Oyster Burns.  The Green Sock can hold his head high, knowing he did everything possible to win; his team lost despite herculean efforts from the third basemen.  In 10 games Burns batted .541 / .600 / .946 with 4 doubles, a triple, 3 home runs, 10 runs scored, and 18 RBI.  Teammate Ruth recorded a 1.321 OPS but that was well off the mark of Burns' 1.546