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| Ted Williams |
For the season Williams is batting .353 and has 12 home runs and 33 RBI. He's third in the league in hitting and leads in OBP (.455) and slugging (.698).
Highlights
May 10: Harry Brecheen fired a six-hitter and Wade Boggs had three hits and three RBI as Bainbridge Island blanked Vancouver 6-0. Buck Leonard slugged a three-run homer to cap Long Beach's four-run seventh and the L's went on to beat Cashmere 5-2. Mike Schmidt hit a grand slam in the third and Ted Simmons hit two solo shots but Goose Goslin homered during a five-run eighth and Goldendale beat Snoqualmie in 10 innings 9-8. Tim Hudson pitched eight solid innings and drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the second and Hoquiam topped Quincy 5-2. Paul Konerko hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth and Kelso bested Tumwater 4-2.
May 11: Jeff Bagwell's three-run homer in the third was the key hit in Bainbridge Island's 6-3 win at Vancouver. Roy Campanella had a homer, two singles, and six RBI in Cashmere's 8-2 victory at Long Beach. Tris Speaker's homer in the top of the ninth snapped a tie and Snoqualmie topped Goldendale 2-1. Roy Halladay pitched a three-hitter and improved his record to 6-0 in Hoquiam's 3-0 win over Quincy. Jefferson County scored three on Chipper Jones's bases-loaded double in the sixth and held on to beat Pasco 4-2. Ryan Zimmerman had a pair of homers and a triple, drove in three runs and scored three in Yakima's 9-3 romp over North Bend. Willie Wilson singled home the winning run in the bottom of the tenth as Wenatchee edged Renton 4-3.
May 12: Jake Arrieta returned from the injured list and pitched a complete-game seven-hitter and Joe Adcock hit his tenth homer, a three-run bomb in the third, as Aberdeen thumped Ephrata 8-3. Steve Carlton improved his record to 6-2 as Cashmere beat Long Beach 5-3. Don Drysdale went all the way as Davenport beat Ocean Shores 8-3. Goslin had four hits, scored three runs and drove in two as Goldendale edged Snoqualmie 6-5. Hoquiam beat Quincy 5-2 as Felix Hernandez improved his record to 5-1. Joe Judge drove in three runs and Reggie Jackson and Chipper Jones had two RBI each as Jefferson County romped over Pasco 10-5. Mike Trout had a triple, homer, and three RBI in Tumwater's 7-2 win over Kelso. Phil Niekro pitched an eight-hitter and Phil Nevin drove in three runs as North Bend topped Yakima 5-2. Williams went 4-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI, leading Wenatchee to a 7-5 win over Renton.
May 13: Aberdeen piled up 17 hits in an 8-4 win over Ephrata. A grand slam by Dwight Evans was the only scoring play for the E's. Buck Leonard and Javy Lopez homered as Long Beach topped Cashmere 8-4. Christy Matthewson pitched seven solid innings as Moses Lake won at Forks 6-1. Snoqualmie scored five in the top of the eighth in a comeback, 10-6 win at Goldendale. Rogers Hornsby hit a three-run triple as Carl Hubbell and Hoquiam beat Quincy 4-2. Dave Johnson's solo homer in the bottom of the eighth snapped a tie and Kenley Jansen saved a 4-3 victory for Jefferson County over Pasco. Frank Thomas hit a three-run homer in the top of the eighth to give Tumwater a come-from-behind 7-6 win at Kelso. Gary Nolan pitched a two-hitter and North Bend blanked Yakima 2-0. Williams went 4-for-4 with a homer to back Smokey Joe Williams's three-hitter as Wenatchee blasted Renton 10-2.
May 14: Pete Alexander pitched a four-hitter and Aberdeen blanked Ephrata 2-0. Davenport scored two in the top of the eighth to win a wild one at Ocean Shores 10-9. Moses Lake and Forks were locked in a 0-0 tie through 13 innings. Rabbit Maranville hit a two-run homer in the top of the 14th and the M's held on to win 2-1. Reggie hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth and Jefferson County edged Pasco 7-6. Wenatchee pounded 17 hits and buried Renton 16-4. Ted Williams led the way with three hits, including a triple and a home run, and five RBI. Williams has 11 hits in the past three games.
May 15: Albert Pujols hit a three-run homer in the seventh and Pasco held on to beat Bainbridge Island 5-3. Mickey Cochrane's two-run double in the sixth was the difference maker as Cashmere edged Jefferson County 4-3. Lou Gehrig and Tony Gwynn both had two RBI as Goldendale bested Tumwater 4-2. Corey Kluber pitched a two-hitter and fanned 11 in his return from the injured list and Kelso blanked Hoquiam 4-0. Vancouver scored four in the top of the ninth but the rally fell short and North Bend prevailed 6-5. Snoqualmie's eleven hits included four home runs and the S's outscored Wenatchee 10-6.
May 16: Moses Lake scored all five of its runs in the bottom of the ninth in a 5-4 win over Aberdeen. Joe Morgan tied the game with a bases-loaded triple, and Willie Mays singled to plate Morgan with the game winner. Pujols scored three runs and Vada Pinson drove in four as Pasco topped Bainbridge Island 7-5. Cashmere scored a run in the first and it stood up as Roger Clemens bested Walter Johnson and Jefferson County 1-0. Leonard homered in the top of the 12th and Long Beach edged Davenport 2-1. Luke Easter and Del Ennis each drove in two runs as Ephrata bested Ocean Shores 5-1. Quincy scored seven in the bottom of the eighth to take a 9-6 lead, Forks tied it with three in the ninth, and the Quirks pushed across a run in the bottom of the frame to walk off with a 10-9 win. Hank Greenberg homered and drove in three runs in Goldendale's 9-4 win at Tumwater. Shane Victorino drove in four runs and Vancouver outscored North Bend 9-7. Red Ruffing pitched a four-hitter and Renton blanked Yakima 4-0. Hoyt Wilhelm hit Speaker with an errant knuckleball with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to hand Snoqualmie a 6-5 win over Wenatchee.
Injuries
Quincy lost two players during a May 11 game at Hoquiam. Starting pitcher George Uhle left the game in the fourth with a sore wrist and Del Unser twisted his ankle running out a grounder in the ninth. Both will be out for a couple of weeks.