games to one, advancing to the best-of-final series to face the Rockford Peaches. Rumsey started Game 4 of the series with her team against the wall, 2-to-1. She hurled a complete game, allowing the Peaches one unearned run while defeating Rose Gacioch in a 10-inning pitching duel, by a score of 2–1. In decisive Game 5, Jean Faut drove in two runs and held the Peaches to three runs to clinch the series. South Bend went through a poor season in 1953 and Rumsey suffered with the team, posting an 11–19 mark and a 2.42 ERA, though she finished second in the league in innings pitched (249), third in shutouts (4) and seventh in strikeouts (86). Rumsey and the Blue Sox returned in 1954 for what turned out to be the league's final season. As the circuit moved to a smaller, livelier baseball and increased the length of the basepaths, the hitters gradually developed an advantage. Joanne Weaver of the Fort Wayne Daisies batted a remarkable .429 average and 29 home runs to set AAGPBL all-time records in a single season. Her teammate Jean Geissinger hit .377 with 26 home runs and a league-high 91 runs batted in, while Betty Foss, another Fort Wayne slugger, hit .352 with 14 homers and 54 RBI. By then, Rumsey had perfected a sidearm curveball, a sinker and a heavy fastball. This arsenal of pitches led to her selection to the league's last All-Star team. In spite of pitching in a hitters' year, she posted a 15–6 record with a 2.16 ERA and 89 strikeouts in 169 innings of work, including five shutouts. Rumsey also led the league in ERA, finished second to Fort Wayne's Maxine Kline in wins, shutouts and innings pitched (18, 6 and 181), was third in winning percentage (.750), while tying with Grand Rapids' Eleanor Moore for the most complete games (21). In addition, she hurled the last no-hitter in the league's history. On August 24 she had a perfect game against Grand Rapids, until she walked a batter. The next batter got a ball through the infield, but the runner was forced at second (base) to preserve the no-hitter, she recalled. The season ended and the league folded shortly after the game. Following her baseball career, Rumsey worked in accounting at Cummins Engine Company from 1955 to 1985. Following her retirement, she continued her activity by playing golf and