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The Soleis travel north, and east, to Paris in hopes of gaining ground in the fight for the only WC spot. It's coming down to the Anse d'Arlet Sting Rays, Nice Orchids, and the Soleis.

Game 1
Denis Merlin went 8 IP and got hits from all the players in the line-up including himself, excepting the Catcher Garcia, as the Artists won 6-2. Merlin gave up a single run, 0 walks, and he induced 8 whiffs. Herve DeLage had the only extra base hit, a double. Henri received the day off.

Game 2
Three different Soleis pitchers limited Paris to just 4 hits and 2 runs. But, there were two problems for Marseille:
1) Roger Lamy had one of the hits, a 2 run homer.
2) Julien Henri was on the mound limiting the Soleis to 1 run on 5 hits.

Henri ran out of gas with one out to go and Carlier came on for the save, his second of the season.

Game 3
The Soleis looked like they were going to dispose of Paris SP John Huchet before he could get out of the first inning, and they almost did. Huchet was scored upon 3 times before he retired the side.
Another Roger Lamy 2 run homer started the comeback leading up to Paris scoring one in the 7th and three in the 8th en route to the 6-4 win. Gallet notches his 28th save tying him with Garcia of Nice. Vincent Garcia is just 22 yrs old, but was selected as the 3rd pick overall just last year. He went directly from one of the French colleges to the top level.

Paris sweeps the Soleis putting a serious dent in their post-season hopes.