Holzwasser and Melendez's Win Two

  Both games were won in the final inning.
  Behind 4-3 entering the bottom of the seventh,  Tony Connor led off with a single,Bob  Holzwasser lined what seemed to be a hit to center, but turned into a  force-out at second.  Ray Hernandez followed with a hit, as did Glen Lawrence, plating the tying run.  Marvin Cohen grounded to first and Fred Lang threw a strike to the plate where Joe Escobar made the tag which stopped the winning run from scoring.   With two outs Alex Rivera (whose tardy arrival had placed him on the trailing team) came through with the walk-off hit.
   Freddy Melendez, the winning pitcher, had found himself  hole in the second inning after four errors led to four unearned runs.  Melendez gave up no earned runs on five hits and no walks.  His team scored three times in the second to stay close until the dramatic finish.
  In game two Sam Melendez, with ninth inning relief from his big brother, outlasted Havelock Hewes in a 12-11 slugfest.  Only 3 of the twelve runs which scored off Hewes were earned as his team committed at least 8 errors.  With the score tied in the top of the seventh and Alex Rivera (the tardy speedster) pinch-running on firstbase, Marvin Cohen hit a slow bouncer to Hewes who threw to Escobar at first for the out.  Rivera rounded second and headed for third, but Escobar sailed a throw over third baseman Jeff Appell's head which scored what turned out to be the winning run.