Flashbacks from 1962

Bantams rout Kingsville

The Leamington Canadian Tire Bantams rolled to an easy 8-2 victory over Kingsville at Kingsville on Sunday afternoon. Leamington unleashed an 11-hit attack against two Kingsville pitchers — Holt and Imeson. Don Bruner pitched the whole game for Leamington, allowing four hits, while striking out six and walking four. Jay Cantor and Randy Manery sparked Leamington at the plate with three hits each. Bruner also belted a triple to help his own cause.

Tom Barrie just misses perfect game

Tom Barrie came within one out of pitching a perfect game on Saturday as the Leamington Squirts coasted to a 12-0 victory over Kingsville. Barrie retired the first 20 batters he faced when T. Sellars broke the no-hit spell with a single. Barrie then struck out the next batter — his 16th — to end the game. Doug Bowman and Pete Bordato paced the offense with three hits apiece. Tim Parker hit a homerun and single. Peter Knight and Kirk Bowman also had two hits each. Sellars took the loss for Kingsville, with relief help from J. Alice.

Barons defeated by Pirate rally

The Leamington Barons saw their four-game winning streak snapped Sunday when they dropped a 9-7 decision to the Kingsville Pirates at the fairgrounds. Three Pirates rallied to score four runs in the top of the ninth to secure the win. Three Leamington pitchers could not put out the Kingsville fire in that inning to preserve the Leamington 7-5 lead. Bob Derbyshire began the ninth, giving way to Tommy Howe, who was lifted in favour of Lorne Jenkins. Kingsville’s Phil Carter went the distance for the win, and also drove in the winning run with a three-run double in the ninth. Art Verhaeghe and Butch Harris each had two hits in a losing cause. Evan Wright and Ross Leeming led Kingsville with three hits each.

Bisons edge Cubs 6-5

In Atom house league baseball play, the Bisons held on to topple the Cubs 6-5. The Cubs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning but the Bisons kept pecking away until they took over the lead. Jim Dinwoody paced the Bisons with a three hits in three trips to the plate. Garry Langeman also had three hits, while Billy Howe had two hits. Sandy Pritchard and Tommy Kraus had three hits each for the Cubs. Johnny Newland and Robert Miihlroth both hit well for the Cubs .

Athletics beat Senators 7-4

In the Bantam house league of Leamington Minor Ball, the teams got their second week under their belt with the Athletics beating the Senators. Byron Haley and Brian Hyatt shared the pitching chores for the A’s with Haley getting the win. Frank Kesells, John Chorba and Haley were the top hitters for the A’s with two hits each. Barry Ryckman started on the mound for the Senators and pitched very well, however two bad errors got him in trouble. Bill Olson relieved Ryckman but was quickly replaced by Allan Hillier. Ryckman and Gary Moore had the only hits for the Senators.