BLACKSTONE VALLEY MEMORIES July 5

1950

Frank McKitchen, J. K. Social Club’s shortstop, continues to lead the Blackstone Valley Amateur Baseball League in hitting with a .462 average. Samson’s Gordon Salisbury is second with a .444 mark and Al Janicki of State Line is third with .419. “Bucky” Boisclair, Notre Dame hurler, tops all batters with a .467 average, but has played in less games. Phil Bissonnette and “Curley” Morris are tops in wins among the pitchers with five victories each, while Bob Plamondon has been the most impressive with a one-hitter and a two-hitter.

1960

Den Tente fired a no-hitter, struck out 15 and walked four, three of them in the first inning, to lead the St. Mary’s Sluggers to a 12-0 rout of the Bombers in a Pee Wee B Division game as part of the Pawtucket Boys’ Club-Recreation Department Baseball Leagues. In other “B” play, Paul Church set the Algonquins down without a hit, whiffing 13, issuing nine free passes and clubbing a triple in a 6-0 victory for the Steelers. The last no-no of the day was tossed by Ted Hayes who fanned 10, walked six and aided his own cause with a single and a triple in a 4-0 whitewash for the Cherokees over the Senators.

1970

Rich Masterson spun a three-hitter, struck out 11 and walked only two, while pitching his second shutout in as many starts, to spark the Blackstone Valley Senior Babe Ruth League nine to a 2-0 blanking of Johnston The locals tallied both runs in the second inning when Ron Laflamme rapped a single, stole second and scampered home on Pablo Dellatorre’s single, and after a two-base error, Mike Kieon plated DellaTorre with a single. The victory lifted the Valley club to a 3-2 record and within one-half game of first place.