Win: Champ(5-3)
Champ CG, 6 HA, 1 ER(POG)
Clifford and Zimmerman each with 2 hits
Win: MaGee(2-2)
Magee CG, 10 HA, 3 ER
Rader 2-3, 3 RS, 5 RBI, 2B, HR, 2 BB(POG)
Loss: Cipolla(9-3)
Cipolla 5.2 IP, 5 ER
Rader 2 hits
Padgett solo HR
Winning five of six against the expansion teams didn't do anything for us. We are still nine games back of the Pioneers and two behind
second-place Detroit. We do have third place to ourselves but that really doesn't mean anything in this win-or-go-home format. I'm not
complaining, I believe that's the way it should be in baseball. We host St. Louis for three games to open July and that series will go a
long way in deciding our direction for the rest of the 1962 season.
Player of the Series
After a blazing-fast start to his FABL career OF Gene Rader has cooled off considerably. The 27-year-old rookie entered June hitting a
robust .351 but with the help of the 4-10 performance in this three-game series, he's sitting at .312 going into July. That's a hefty 39-point
drop. Of his four hits against the Millers Rader slapped one double and one homer, driving in five while scoring three and walking three
times for an OB% of .500.