Singer Throws No-Hitter!!!! 3rd straight shutout

Wyandotte-Bill Singer, a year removed from what had better be a bidding war for his services among the NCABL elite, tossed the season's first No-Hitter in besting the Tyson's Corner Commuters, 3-0. Singer faced just 29 batters. The only 2 base runners were Ron Theobald on Frank Howard's 4^th inning error and Hank Aaron on an 8^th inning walk. Juan Marichal matched Singer on the scoreboard through 6, but the Camels broke through on Ed "Don't call me Bing" Crosby's 7^th inning SF and run-scoring hits by Davis and Howard in the 8^th. After the last batter, Ron Theobald, grounded out to Felix Millan, the crowd went into a frenzy, the team poured onto the field, and fireworks lit up the nighttime sky on the coast of Wyandotte.

The occurance of a no-hitter by a Grade D pitcher is especially curious when you consider the Camel's last 27 hours. They were swept by the Knarro Roadies yesterday, to no one's surprise. The stunner came earlier today, however, when the Wyandotte Nine were SWEPT by the expansion South Shore Navigators, allowing the newcomers 27 runs on 51 hits in 4 games. In contrast, Singer's "No-no" represented the THIRD consecutive shutout of the Commuters by Wyandotte, the other 2 by Jim Perry and Bruce Kison (editor's note-after the early edition went to press, the Commuters pounded out 21 hits in Game 4 in winning a thrilling 10-8 10 inning victory). Singer (who is a 15X with 40 starts next season...hint, hint) gets another shot at Tyson's Corner when the Camels visit there in November as he is scheduled to start Game 2 of that series.

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