The Comets won 5–3 and took the series, and for six innings it looked like they would give it away.

The Gulls led 3–2 going into the seventh, Garnett had retired eleven in a row, and the main stand had started discussing the last tram. Then Osei walked, Pellegrini doubled into the corner in right, and Haverkamp hit the first pitch he saw over the scoreboard in left centre.

Whitaker gave up three in six innings, two of them on a fly ball that Ruane lost in the lights in the fifth. Nobody blamed him. The third bank of lamps on the left-field tower has been too low since August. Mahoney threw the eighth and the ninth on 22 pitches and struck out the side to finish, which is the loudest the main stand has been all autumn.

Two out of three against the Gulls, eleven of the last sixteen, and second place is ours by five games. Riverside next, three on the road from Friday.

Line score

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bay City Gulls 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 2
Northside Comets 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 X 5 9 1

Pitching

Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO
T. Whitaker 6 6 3 2 2 5
E. Brandvold 1 0 0 0 0 1
S. Mahoney 2 1 0 0 0 4