Bishops Win Second Diamond Battle

April H, 1962
THE WESLEYAN DECREE
P ag e 3
Bishops Win Second Diamond Battle
Brady's Single In 9th Inning
Tops Ferrum Institute, 7 To 6
PITCHER DON SESSOMS, credited with Friday’s gam e, exhibits
skill on the mouitd.
m
W esleyan’s Battling Bishops tooli
th e ir firs t b aseb all win of the se a­
son—and the second sports triu m p h
in their b aseb all history, as - tliey
d efeated F e r ru m Institute, 7-6, F r i­
d ay on cam pus.
The winning ru n ca m e on a pinch
liit single by D ave B rady in the
bottom of the nintli inning with
two imen out.
At the end of the second inning,
W esleyan hold a 1-0 lead. F e rru m
tied it U(p with an un ea rn ed run in
the top of the seventh, bu t the Bislio(ps b attled b a c k with fo u r in the
b o ttom of th e inning.
T he four-irun seventh (featured
tliree walks, a c a tc h e r ’s in terfe r­
ence ruling, a single by Don E vere tte and a two-run single by L\ndy
Neville.
In a nightmaz'ish ninth inning,
F e r ru m scored five ru n s without
(getting a liit to igo ahead by five.
T h ere w ere six walks, a sacrifice
fly and an error.
Then cam e the W esleyan rally in
the bottom of the ninth. Dickie
Moore and Wayne Cooper drew
walks to open the surge, and after
a pop up, P e te House was safe on
e r r o r to load the bases. Neville
w alked to force in the tying run,
and after a s'rikeout, B rad y cam e
llirough witli his big hit to win the
g am e.
The Bishops’ six hits w ere all
shigles, by six different p lay ers.
F e r ru m w as limited to four liits,
three of them by c a tc h e r Steve
H arriss.
Don Sessoras, who relieved G arlow in the ninth inning with the
bases loaded and one out, w as the
winning pitcher.
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