The Belles of Baseball: The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

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Kamenshek slammed four hits including a home run and a triple while scoring five runs and driving in two Rockford's assault began in the first inning against Fort Wayne's starting pitcher Millie Deegan Deegan a crafty right hander hit two batters and walked a third to load the bases Jackie Kelley then slashed a single to drive home two runs In the second inning with Marilyn Jones on first base with two outs Deegan surrendered a long home run to Kamenshek The score stood at 4 0 Fort Wayne reliever Dottie Collins fared little better In the third inning Eleanor Callow greeted Collins with a ringing double and scored on a Charlene Barnett single Rockford roughed up Collins for four more runs in the fourth inning The big play was a double error by Fort Wayne infielder Evelyn Wawryshyn that allowed two runs to score Rockford closed out the scoring with runs in the sixth and eighth innings to notch the 11 0 shutout This Game Seven showdown was a fitting climax to the hard fought championship series Playing in front of an enthusiastic home crowd Rockford had won the first game 3 1 paced by a 15 hit attack and the stellar pitching of Fox The Peaches won Game Two 7 2 scoring all its runs in a wild second inning For Game Three the series moved to Fort Wayne's Zollner Stadium where the Daisies topped Rockford 7 3 on a wet and