Bill Reidy of the Southern California Hornets salvaged the series against the Asheville Snot Otters, as he tossed his second consecutive shutout, and his third of the season. SoCal took one of three games to move to 14-24 with six games left in the campaign.
After scoring three runs in the first two games, the Hornets exploded for 10 in the finale. Herman Long had three of his five hits in the final contest and he batted a team-best .500 (5-for-10) in the series.
Herson Division Standings: Ocala 23-15 (.605), Asheville 21-17 (.553), Guests 16-16 (.500), Carolina 16-22 (.421), SoCal 14-24 (.368)
Game #36 — Asheville 4, SoCal 2
The Hornets got out to a 2-0 lead thanks to Roger Bresnahan’s RBI double in the second inning and Herman Long’s sacrifice fly in the third. But Asheville put together a three-run fifth inning thanks to the bottom half of the lineup, then added an insurance run in the eighth inning. The Hornets managed just two hits in the final five innings. Eddie Plank fell to 5-7.
ASHEVILLE SNOT OTTER AB R H BI SOCAL HORNETS AB R H BI
Jimmy Barrett 4 0 0 0 Fred Tenney 4 1 1 0
Bobby Wallace 4 1 1 0 Roger Bresnahan 3 0 1 1
Topsy Hartsel 4 0 1 1 Fred Clarke 4 0 0 0
Chick Stahl 3 0 1 0 Harry Steinfeldt 4 0 0 0
Pop Dillon 4 1 2 0 Algie McBride 4 1 1 0
Charlie Dexter 4 1 2 1 Tommy Dowd 4 0 3 0
Billy Sullivan 4 0 0 0 Dick Padden 3 0 0 0
Bill Hallman 4 1 1 1 Herman Long 3 0 0 1
Chick Fraser B 3 0 1 1 Eddie Plank BZ 3 0 0 0
Bill Richardson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 4 9 4 TOTALS 33 2 6 2
ASHEVILLE SNOT OTTERS 000 030 010 -- 4
SOCAL HORNETS 001 100 000 -- 2
LOB--ASHEVILLE SNOT OTTERS 4, SOCAL HORNETS 7. ERR--Bill
Hallman (2). 2B--Pop Dillon, Bill Hallman, Roger Bresnahan.
3B--Bobby Wallace. SACF--Herman Long. SB--Pop Dillon, Fred
Tenney.
ASHEVILLE SNOT OTTERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Chick Fraser B [W] 9.00 6 2 1 2 2 0
SOCAL HORNETS
Eddie Plank BZ [L] 9.00 9 4 4 1 4 0
Game #37 — Asheville 10, SoCal 1
Fred Clarke had an RBI triple in the first inning to tie the game at one. That would be the extent of the Hornets’ offense, as the Otters scored the next nine runs. Winning pitcher Bill Dinneen retired the final 15 batters he faced. Bill Bernhard fell to 2-6.
ASHEVILLE SNOT OTTER AB R H BI SOCAL HORNETS AB R H BI
Jimmy Barrett 4 3 2 0 Fred Tenney 4 0 0 0
Bobby Wallace 5 3 3 1 Roger Bresnahan 4 1 1 0
Topsy Hartsel 5 1 4 0 Fred Clarke 4 0 1 1
Chick Stahl 3 1 1 3 Harry Steinfeldt 4 0 1 0
Jimmy Hart 4 0 1 2 Algie McBride 4 0 1 0
Charlie Dexter 4 0 1 1 Tommy Dowd 3 0 0 0
Billy Sullivan 5 2 2 0 Dick Padden 3 0 0 0
Bill Hallman 5 0 2 3 Herman Long 3 0 2 0
Bill Dinneen BZ 5 0 0 0 Bill Bernhard CZ 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 10 16 10 TOTALS 31 1 6 1
ASHEVILLE SNOT OTTERS 102 100 105 -- 10
SOCAL HORNETS 100 000 000 -- 1
LOB--ASHEVILLE SNOT OTTERS 8, SOCAL HORNETS 4. ERR--Bill
Hallman, Dick Padden. 2B--Bill Hallman, Billy Sullivan,
Harry Steinfeldt, Algie McBride. 3B--Bobby Wallace, Fred
Clarke. SACF--Charlie Dexter, Jimmy Hart. SACB--Chick Stahl,
Bill Bernhard CZ. SB--Jimmy Barrett, Herman Long.
ASHEVILLE SNOT OTTERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Dinneen BZ [W] 9.00 6 1 1 0 0 0
SOCAL HORNETS
Bill Bernhard CZ [L] 9.00 16 10 10 2 2 0
Game #38 — SoCal 10, Asheville 0
Bill Reidy (4-4) was unbelievable again, as he gave up just four hits and zero walks. The Otters were still able to put runners in scoring position in four different innings, but Reidy pitched out of every jam. The Hornets had a 3-0 lead after six innings and then put together a seven-run, six-hit seventh inning, which included two-run doubles by both Fred Clarke and Dick Padden. Reidy also shut out Asheville in the first meeting this season.
ASHEVILLE SNOT OTTER AB R H BI SOCAL HORNETS AB R H BI
Jimmy Barrett 4 0 1 0 Fred Tenney 3 1 0 0
Bobby Wallace 4 0 0 0 Roger Bresnahan 5 1 1 2
Topsy Hartsel 4 0 0 0 Fred Clarke 5 2 3 2
Chick Stahl 4 0 0 0 Harry Steinfeldt 5 0 1 1
Pop Dillon 4 0 0 0 Algie McBride 3 1 1 1
Charlie Dexter 4 0 2 0 Tommy Dowd 4 2 1 0
Billy Sullivan 3 0 0 0 Dick Padden 4 0 1 2
Bill Hallman 2 0 0 0 Herman Long 4 2 3 1
George Yeager 1 0 0 0 Bill Reidy CZ 2 1 0 0
Rube Waddell BYZ 2 0 0 0
Fritz Buelow 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 33 0 4 0 TOTALS 35 10 11 9
ASHEVILLE SNOT OTTERS 000 000 000 -- 0
SOCAL HORNETS 010 011 70x -- 10
LOB--ASHEVILLE SNOT OTTERS 6, SOCAL HORNETS 6. ERR--Pop
Dillon, Bill Hallman, Herman Long (2), Dick Padden. 2B--Dick
Padden, Fred Clarke (2). SACB--Bill Reidy CZ (2).
SB--Charlie Dexter, Herman Long (2), Algie McBride.
ASHEVILLE SNOT OTTERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rube Waddell BYZ [L] 6.00 5 5 4 2 1 0
Pete Dowling C 0.00 0 1 1 1 0 0
Bill Carrick CZ 1.00 5 4 4 0 1 0
Mike ONeill DZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
SOCAL HORNETS
Bill Reidy CZ [W] 9.00 4 0 0 0 2 0
