65 - Strasburg Slams Baltic 21-0 (4-21-65)

Strasburg's Bob Mills, who hurled one-hit ball for 5 innings against Baltic in the Class A Baseball Tournament Wednesday, shows teammates Ron Lab, Tom Dreher and Terry Hess his favorite grip.  Lab pitched the final 2 innings.  Dreher hit a 360-foot Home Run and Hess tripled in the 21-0 victory.

Opposing teams of Strasburg in the Class A Sectional Baseball Tournament will have these 5 batsmen to contend with.  All played key rolls in Wednesday's 21-0 romp over Baltic.  They are:  Don Gerber, who had 4 singles and John Studer, who had a 360-foot Home Run.  Photo also includes Rock VanFossen, who had a double, Dave Keller, who had 3 singles and Terry Spidell.

SUGARCREEK - Strasburg's Bob Mills (1-0) threw "aspirins" at Baltic (0-3) and gave the Eagles headaches.  Behind the one-hit pitching of Mills and Ron Lab, who went to the mound for the final 2 innings, Strasburg demolished undermanned Baltic.  In achieving its victory, Strasburg (1-0) picked on Baltic pitchers Ron Maurer (0-1) and Tim Richardson (0-0) for 22 hits.  Four of them were for extra bases.  John Studer counted a 360-foot circuit clout as one of his 4 hits.  Tom Dreher had a 4-bagger the same distance, while Terry Hess tripled in addition to his 2 singles and Rock VanFossen had a double.  A Home Run blast by Don Gerber that went past the 370-foot mark was nullified when he did not touch 2nd base.  Baltic alertly caught the miscue and Gerber's hit goes into the record books as a single.  Lab and Dave Keller backed up the Tiger attack with 3 singles apiece.  Hess and Dreher each were credited with 4 runs batted in and Keller, Lab and VanFossen with 3 each.

At the same time, Baltic batters were being held at bay by the bullet-like riflings of Mills.  Ron Maurer was the lone Eagle to hit Mills safely when he sent a screaming grounded past Tiger 2nd sacker Studer in the 2nd inning.  Mills, who at the outset had control difficulty throwing 7 straight balls, ended with 10 strikeouts and permitted one walk.  Coach Pete Angelo gave his ace a rest in the final 2 innings, switching him to shortstop.  Lab, whose tosses are a good measure slower, maintained the shutout by facing 7 men, striking out 4 and not walking any.  Maurer, charged with the loss, went 2 and one-third innings.  He permitted 9 runs, fanned one and walked none.  Richardson was tagged with the remaining Tiger runs, whiffed 2 and walked 3.

STRASBURG TIGERS - 21

Terry Hess 5-4-3
Dick Keller 5-3-3
Tom Dreher 5-1-1
Ron Lab 6-3-3
Rock VanFossen 5-1-2
Terry Spidell 5-2-1
Bob Mills 4-0-0
Mizer 0-1-0
John Studer 5-3-4
Feller 1-0-1

BALTIC EAGLES - 0

Rich Richardson 3-0-0
Tim Richardson 3-0-0
Keith Miller 3-0-0
Dave Hartman 3-0-0
Bob Hummel 3-0-0
Ron Maurer 3-0-1
Ken Tango 3-0-0
Farver 2-0-0
Bob Werker 1-0-0
Lang 0-0-0
Bontreger 1-0-0


Thursday, April 22, 1965
Norm Singleton, Staff Writer
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio