Lon Warneke of Wenatchee pitched a no-hitter against Ephrata September 10 and drove in the only run of the game in a 1-0 victory.
Lon Warneke
Warneke struck out five and walked five during the gem, improving his record to 7-5 and lowering his earned run average to 4.32.
The game was tied at 0-0 through the top of the seventh as Warneke and Yutaka Enatsu hung goose eggs on the board. Wenatchee finally broke through after the seventh inning stretch. Matt Wieters led off the frame with a ground ball single to left, and Frank White followed with a double down the left field line that sent Wieters to third. Wenatchee manager Dick Williams summoned Honus Wagner to pinch hit for Willie Wilson, and that was it for Enatsu, as Ephrata manager Lee Elia countered with reliever Mark Eichhorn. Wagner hit a sharp grounder to second baseman Damion Easley, who threw out Wieters at the plate, with White moving to third. That brought Warneke to bat, and Williams signaled for the squeeze bunt. Warneke laid down a beauty to Luke Easter at first, who had no play on White at home and tossed to Easley for the out at first.
This was the second no-hitter of the A to Z League season. Jim Palmer of Pasco threw the first against Long Beach on July 16.
Box Score
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
E's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
W's 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 1 4 0 7 0
E's AB R H BI AVG W's AB R H BI AVG
Ellsbury lf 3 0 0 0 .300 Wells,W ss 3 0 0 0 .269
Edmonds cf 4 0 0 0 .258 Winfield rf 3 0 0 0 .242
Evans,Dw rf 2 0 0 0 .254 Williams,T lf 2 0 1 0 .338
Evans,Dar 3b 3 0 0 0 .237 Watson,B 1b 4 0 0 0 .260
Easter 1b 4 0 0 0 .226 Williams,Ma 3b 4 0 0 0 .245
Ellis 2b 2 0 0 0 .256 Wieters c 3 0 1 0 .282
Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0 .000 White,F 2b 3 1 2 0 .279
Edwards,J c 3 0 0 0 .215 Wilson,W cf 2 0 0 0 .311
Escobar,Y ss 3 0 0 0 .256 Wagner,Ho ph 1 0 0 0 .301
Enatsu p 2 0 0 0 .173 Williams,Be cf 0 0 0 0 .317
Easley 2b 1 0 0 0 .253 Warneke p 2 0 0 1 .297
27 0 0 0 27 1 4 1
E's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Enatsu L 10-9 6.0 3 1 1 4 5 91 56 3.09
Eichhorn 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 23 16 3.05
8.0 4 1 1 4 6 114 72
W's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Warneke W 7-5 9.0 0 0 0 5 5 121 70 4.32
9.0 0 0 0 5 5 121 70
EPH: Easley inserted at 2b in the 7th
WEN: Wagner,Ho batted for Wilson,W in the 7th
Williams,Be inserted at cf in the 8th
2B-White,F(8). RBI-Warneke(6). SB-Wells,W(3). K-Edmonds 2, Ellis,
Escobar,Y 2, Wells,W 2, Williams,T, Watson,B 2, Williams,Ma. BB-Ellsbury,
Evans,Dw 2, Evans,Dar, Ellis, Wells,W, Winfield, Williams,T 2. SH-Warneke.
GWRBI: Warneke