Senior Bob Humphries made another successful march for which lie has grown well-known from third base to the pitch er's mound — and tossed a two hittei at Lynchburg College Tues day as the H-SC Tigers jwon No. 4 in a row 11-5 at Deathl Valley. The double-duty Roandker gave up his two hits in the fifth, a single and a grandslam homer to Ralph Shaner, Hornet cenkr fielder, but that's all the visitors could muster off of the slight righthander. The Tigers pounded oift a solid assortment of 10 hits wljiile win ning their third straight Little Eight and second Maspn-Dixcn Conference game. Four walks, Right Fielder Ed Harlow's double and Cehterfield er Gerald Duncan's single gave the Tigers a four-run first inning lead at the expense of Hornet starter Nichols. Lynchburg got an unearned run in the fourth when the Tiger in field bunched three of its four er rors. then went ahead 5-4 in the fifth on Shaner's round-tripper ahead of a single, walk and error. The Millermen clinched the win in the seventh with a four run rally on two walks. Catcher Wayne McLean’s single and Ton. Davis’ double. Davis, a freshman from Richmond, took over the hot corner while Humphries worked on the mound.
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Humphries Hurls Two-Hitter Norfolk Division, Lynchburg Hornets Victims Nos. 4, 5 For Unbeaten Tigers
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