Game 1 at Arkansas
Twin States..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
Arkansas........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 2
W: Tyler L: D. Dean
Lefty Tyler pitched a six-hitter and Carlton Fisk drove in the only run in the first inning as Twin States ran its winning streak to four games with the road victory.
Twin States won three in a row to rally past Mexico in the first round, and held on behind Tyler’s stellar pitching in this one. He walked one and struck out six, and set the side down in order in the ninth.
Dizzy Dean gave up just five hits, also in going the distance, but Fred Mann doubled to start the game and scored on Fisk’s single. Dean walked three and fanned seven.
Game 2 at Arkansas
Twin States..... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 5 0
Arkansas........ 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 1 x - 11 16 0
W: Warneke L: Flanagan
HR: Rolfe, Burrell
Lon Warneke held Twin States to five hits over eight innings, striking out eight, and Arkansas busted out after being blanked in the opener.
Warneke started the home team’s five-run third by drawing a walk from Twin States starter Mike Flanagan. Lou Brock followed with one of his four hits, and a wild pitch finally got Arkansas on the board. Rick Monday later tripled home two runs.
Pat Burrell homered in the fourth off Jean Dubuc for Arkansas.
Game 3 at Twin States
Arkansas........ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 4 6 2
Twin States..... 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 x - 10 16 0
W: Carpenter L: Burnett
HR: Monday, Mann
Chris Carpenter pitched five-hit ball over eight innings and eleven Twin States players collected at least one hit to give the hosts a 2-1 series lead.
Carpenter walked two and struck out four, and was one of the many on his team to get a hit at the plate. Fred Mann had three hits, including a homer leading off the game against A.J. Burnett, who lasted 5 1/3 innings. Only two of the five runs Burnett allowed were earned, due to errors by Aaron Ward and Arky Vaughan. Twin States put it out of reach in the eighth with five runs off Paul Dean.
Rick Monday hit a three-run homer off Jean Dubuc in the ninth for Arkansas.
Game 4 at Twin States
Arkansas........ 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 11 0
Twin States..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 7 0
W: D. Dean L: Tewksbury S: Kinder
HR: Burrell 2
Pat Burrell homered twice, knocking in three runs, to support Dizzy Dean and Arkansas tied up the series.
In the third, Dean singled leading off. Arky Vaughan singled and Rick Monday hit a sacrifice fly. George Kell doubled to score Vaughan and Burrell followed with a two-run shot.
Burrell homered off Ray Collinsrn the sixth to make it a 5-0 lead. Dean was breezing until the eighth, when Daric Barton came off the bench to hit a two-run double. Dean retired Larry Gardner with the bases loaded to end the inning, and Ellis Kinder pitched a perfect ninth for the save.
Game 5 at Twin States
Arkansas........ 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 - 7 11 0
Twin States..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 2
W: Lee L: Tyler
HR: Brock
Cliff Lee took a shutout into the ninth and Lou Brock hit a two-run homer to put Arkansas one win from the series victory.
Lee also singled in the third off Lefty Tyler and scored when Brock homered to make it 2-0. Aaron Ward drove in a run in the fourth for a 3-0 lead.
Tyler struck out 12 – including Lee four times and Brock three times – in eight innings, but gave up four runs, while Lee gave up six hits. He left after loading the bases in the ninth on a hit batsman and two walks. Johnny Sain got a run-scoring double play and a lineout to end it.
Game 6 at Arkansas
Twin States..... 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 8 0
Arkansas........ 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 x - 5 11 1
W: Warneke L: Flanagan S: Robinson
HR: Plantier
Arkansas held off a late Twin States rally to advance to a second-round series against Georgia.
Lon Warneke wasn’t as sharp as he was in Game 2, but won for the second time in the series. Both teams had lots of opportunities to score, leaving a combined 23 men on base.
Lou Brock had two more hits, both RBI doubles, and Pat Burrell singled in another run in the sixth to make it a 5-1 lead. Mike Flanagan left in the fifth, giving up five runs.
Phil Plantier’s three-run homer in the seventh finished Warneke’s day and made it a one-run game. Gene Bearden, Ellis Kinder and Hank Robinson finished up, with Robinson getting Joe Lefebvre to hit into a double play with the bases loaded to end the series.
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