Win: Cipolla(9-2)
Cipolla CG, 6 HA, 1 ER(POG)
Clifford and Zimmerman each with 2 hits
WIN: Osbourne(7-4)
Osbourne 8.2 IP, 7 HA, 3 ER
Bob Gellatly 3 Hits, 2 HR, 3 RBI(POG)
Padgett 3 RBI
Win: Halbur(5-8)
SAVE: D. Lane(14)
Halbur 8.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER(POG)
Tucker 2 hits, HR, RBI
Sweeping the Suns felt good, but it didn't do much for us in the big picture. We head to Minnesota tied with Detroit for second a full eight games
behind the Pioneers and the Miners drop a game behind us. St. Louis, who looked human when it lost back-to-back series with us and the
Dynamos in the first week of June, has not lost a series since and is back on track to dominate the Fed. If we can't make up a good chunk of ground
in the near future we may have to be realistic and look at the future.
Player of the Series
Bob Gellatly is one of those guys you root for. He was an 18th-round pick out of high school in 1952 by the Miners and in no way was he ever
supposed to sniff the big leagues. But he bounced around the minor leagues for nine seasons, never giving up, before signing another minor
league deal with the Chiefs before the 1962 season started. He didn't get invited to spring training but when he hit .346 in 22 games at AAA
Fort Wayne the Chiefs had to take notice especially since the guys on the major league roster couldn't hit their weight. Gellatly knows he'll
probably be fighting for a job somewhere else next season but for now, he's done a pretty good job holding down the spot at short until
someone comes along to make him move. The 28-year-old rookie wins the Player of the Series, mostly for his work in the second game
where he hit two home runs and drove in three. For the series with the Suns, he was 5-10(.500).