Monday, July 22, 1957
West Covina American showed impressive muscle in their first tournament appearance today, soundly defeating San Jose Little League 25-0. (No 10-run rule back then!) Southpaw Jim Kendall threw a no-hitter, striking out 16. Right-fielder Bruce Young led the Americans in offense with 4 hits in 5 at-bats, banging out a home run and 2 doubles for 4 RBIs. Pitcher Kendall also had a good day at the plate, driving in 3 runs on 3 hits. Don Bunch recorded 3 RBIs with his single hit of the game: a home run.
San Jose Little League.....00 0 000– 0 0 8
West Covina American.......45(12) 31x–25 10 0
West Covina's American and National teams meet up tomorrow afternoon to decide the Area and city championship. (W.C. National received a first-round bye.)
Notably, three other teams in District 15-B also had no-hit games today.
