Series 8: X-Giants take two of three from Hilldale

Hilldale 6-13, X-Giants 10-10

Pitcher use: Mendez needs four games, Radcliffe, S. Jones and Winters need three games, Dihigo and SJ Williams need two games, Redding and Dismukes need one game. Powell pitched two innings in finale, Cooper 1.6.

Game 1: Hilldale 2, X-Giants 1
WP: Redding (1-2)
LP: Dihigo (1-4)

Game 2: X-Giants 5, Hilldale 2
WP: S. Jones (3-1)
LP: SJ Williams (2-3)
Save: H. Smith (5)
HR: Carr (1)

Game 3: X-Giants 3, Hilldale 2 (12 innings)
WP: Radcliffe (1-0)
LP: Dismukes (1-2)
HR: Dixon (2)

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Pitching and missed opportunities abounded in this series.

Cannonball Dick Redding, mired in a pitching slump previously, allowed just two hits for Hilldale in the opener. Martin Dihigo allowed nine, two of them to Redding, who scored one of Hilldales' two runs.

The X-Giants put up the one crooked number of the series in the fifth inning of the second game, scoring four times against Smokey Joe Williams out of four singles, a walk, a steal and a sac fly. Slim Jones allowed just four hits, but the last was a two-run pinch-hit homer by Tank Carr in the eighth.

The nightcap went 12 innings, with the X-Giants' Jose Mendez and Double Duty Radcliffe littering the scorecard with stranded runners. Twice Mendez wiggled out of jams when first baseman Ben Taylor nailed runners at the plate. Hilldale led off consecutive innings (the seventh and eighth) with triples and failed to score. Radcliffe ended four of his five innings with a man in scoring position.

Rap Dixon hit a game-tying homer in the seventh and singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 12th. Dihigo had a crucial pinch-hit single in the ninth to keep the game alive for the X-Giants.

Ben Taylor was 7-for-12 for the series.

Series 8: Crawfords sweep Garfields

Crawfords 12-7, Garfields 4-15

Pitcher use update: Galvin and Rogan need three games, Welch and Trent need two games, Young, R. Davis and B. Foster need one game each. Clarkson and Radbourne each worked two innings in finale, Mathis one.

Game 1: Crawfords 4, Garfields 0
WP: B. Foster (3-2)
LP: Young (1-4)
HR: Oms (1)

Game 2: Crawfords 5, Garfields 3
WP: Trent (2-0)
LP: Welch (1-2)
Save: R. Davis (1)
HR: Delahanty (1), Thompson (1), Charleston (4)

Game 3: Crawfords 9, Garfields 5
WP: Rogan (2-2)
LP: Galvin (1-3)
HR: Beckwith (3), Charleston (5), Lundy (2)

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The Garfields keep on losing. Since they opened their season with a sweep of the X-Giants, the 19th century squad is 1-15. Their current losing streak stands at seven.

The first game was a good pitchers duel between Cy Young and Big Bill Foster, but the Crawfords lefty had the better of it. He went the distance, allowing just four hits and a walk. Young allowed two runs in his seven innings, with John Clarkson getting touched for a pair in the eighth.

The Garfields actually held a 3-0 lead after two-and-a-half innings in the second game after a rare power outburst -- Ed Delahanty and Sam Thompson hit back-to-back homers off Ted Trent. But the Crawfords came back with three of their own in the bottom of the inning (Oscar Charleston hit a two-run homer) against Smiling Mickey Welch and added two more in the fifth. Roosevelt Davis came in for Trent at that point and allowed the Garfields just four baserunners the rest of the way.

The finale was more one-sided than the final score indicated. Bullet Joe Rogan had a 6-0 lead before he allowed a pair of runs in the seventh, and Verdell Mathis allowed three runs, one unearned, while mopping up in the ninth inning. Charleston had three RBIs in the finale and went 5-for-12 in the series with 13 total bases.

Stat update: Crawfords

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA
Beckwith 62 13 21 10 3 0 2 0 3 .339
Charleston 68 11 16 12 4 1 3 2 7 .235
Dandridge 64 4 17 8 1 0 0 0 1 .266
Duncan 22 6 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 .227
Hughes 56 8 16 8 4 0 1 0 5 .285
Jenkins 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
HR Johnson 14 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 .286
Lundy 48 6 11 4 1 1 1 0 6 .229
Oms 62 10 13 3 3 0 0 1 5 .210
Rogan* 7 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 .429
Santop 40 1 10 5 3 1 0 0 1 .250
Warfield 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Wright 68 12 26 19 1 1 5 0 3 .382

*excludes plate appearances while in game as pitcher

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA
Brewer 31 32 22 22 22 10 1 2 0 6.39

Davis 8 4 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 1.13

Day 23.6 24 9 7 9 13 2 1 0 2.66
B Foster 29 31 21 19 11 15 2 2 0 5.90
Mathis 7 14 8 8 4 5 0 1 0 10.28
Rogan 17.6 21 12 12 9 12 1 2 0 6.11
Streeter 5.3 6 3 3 3 1 1 0 2 5.09
Trent 22.6 25 13 8 8 9 1 0 0 3.18

Stat update: Teddys

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA
Baker 63 6 19 11 2 1 1 0 6 .302
Bresnahan 38 4 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 .289
Cobb 75 11 22 8 2 2 1 0 5 .293
Collins 64 15 20 3 0 0 1 1 11 .313
Crawford 64 5 16 8 3 2 0 0 5 .250
SJ Jackson 8 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 .375
Lajoie 66 12 21 16 9 1 2 0 0 .318
Schalk 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .048
Sisler 8 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Speaker 61 14 23 11 8 0 1 0 10 .377
Wagner 72 13 24 10 7 3 0 2 0 .333
Wallace 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA
Alexander 31 37 21 21 10 12 1 3 0 6.10

Bender 2.3 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 3.86
Brown 33 22 10 9 10 18 2 1 0 2.45
Joss 7 8 1 1 2 7 2 0 0 1.29
Mathewson 21 36 25 22 11 8 0 3 0 9.43

McGinnity 11 15 7 7 7 4 0 0 0 5.73

Rixey 6 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 1 0.00

Waddell 28.6 23 13 12 11 17 1 1 0 3.77

Stat update: Obamas

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA

Boudreau 58 7 13 0 4 1 0 0 7 .224

Cochrane 42 4 9 4 1 0 1 0 4 .214

Foxx 55 13 12 15 2 0 4 0 11 .218

Gehringer 67 10 21 6 2 1 0 0 3 .313

Hamilton 44 16 18 4 1 1 2 1 10 .409

Kelley 23 3 6 3 1 0 0 0 3 .261

Lazzeri 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Lombardi 21 6 9 7 1 0 4 0 2 .429

Mantle 57 9 14 14 3 0 5 0 8 .246

F Robinson 66 11 14 21 1 2 7 0 2 .212

J Robinson 7 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 .286

Schmidt 65 10 16 11 1 0 4 1 8 .246

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA

Chesbro 7 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.29

Gomez 2.3 6 5 5 1 2 0 1 1 19.31

W Johnson 31 22 17 17 13 16 2 1 0 4.94

Nichols 29 30 13 13 7 11 2 1 0 4.03

Plank 31 33 17 17 13 20 3 1 0 4.94

Ryan 30 26 11 9 17 36 2 1 0 2.70

Walsh 6 10 6 6 3 4 0 1 2 9.00

Willis 3.6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0.00

Stat update: Homestead

Hitting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA

W. Brown 63 9 21 9 7 0 5 0 8 .333

Cannady 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Gibson 69 19 28 14 7 1 9 0 6 .406

H Johnson 44 4 16 6 0 0 2 0 2 .364

Lyons 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 .250

McNair 5 1 3 4 0 0 1 0 1 .600

Moore 64 2 12 4 1 0 0 0 2 .188

Scales 62 14 18 7 3 2 5 0 7 .290

C Smith 67 13 21 11 9 0 5 0 9 .313

Suttles 64 8 19 11 4 0 4 0 8 .297

Wilson 57 9 22 4 3 1 1 0 7 .386

Young 22 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 .136

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA

Bell 4 6 6 6 1 2 0 0 2 13.50

D Brown 32.3 33 11 11 13 14 3 0 0 3.06

R Brown 27 51 30 29 13 8 2 2 0 9.67

Manning 30 31 11 11 6 16 1 2 0 3.30

Matlock 6.6 8 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 1.35

Paige 40.3 40 16 14 10 26 2 1 0 3.12

Salmon 5 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0.00

Wickware 5.6 18 17 17 8 3 0 0 0 26.89

Stat update: Kennedys

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA
Aaron 64 14 20 9 5 1 5 0 9 .313
Aparicio 17 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 .118
Bench 51 11 17 7 4 0 2 0 5 .333
Brett 74 13 26 12 5 2 1 0 5 .351
Fisk 17 2 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 .235
R Jackson 48 10 14 8 3 2 0 0 12 .292
Killebrew 18 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 6 .278
McCovey 44 5 10 15 0 0 3 0 7 .227
Morgan 69 17 19 11 3 0 2 1 14 .275
Rose 32 4 7 2 1 0 0 0 2 .219
Yastrzemski 47 10 14 15 1 0 3 0 10 .298
Yount 68 11 22 11 4 1 2 0 3 .324

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA
Carlton 30.3 34 19 19 13 16 1 2 0 5.64
Drysdale 6.6 4 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 1.35
Fingers 3 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 6.00
Gibson 33 30 13 13 14 18 4 0 0 3.55
Koufax 7 13 9 9 4 7 1 1 0 11.57
Marichal 24.3 36 26 23 11 13 1 2 0 8.51
Niekro 11.6 9 6 6 5 3 0 0 0 4.63
Seaver 40 34 19 18 9 26 2 1 0 4.05

Stat update: Hilldale

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA

Allen 60 2 13 5 0 0 0 0 5 .217

Bankhead 14 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .071

L Brown 21 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 5 .333

Carr 11 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273

Gardner 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333

J Johnson 69 5 10 4 0 1 0 1 3 .145

Leonard 59 9 17 19 6 1 2 0 12 .288

Poles 61 8 15 6 1 2 0 2 6 .246

Stearnes 61 11 16 4 5 0 1 0 9 .262

Torriente 54 12 20 5 6 1 0 0 6 .370

Trouppe 37 3 7 3 2 0 0 0 8 .189

Wells 67 13 24 14 2 1 4 0 3 .358

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA

Byrd 31 44 31 26 9 11 1 3 0 7.55

Cooper 3.3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.00

Dismukes 12 7 9 9 7 0 1 1 0 6.75

Hensley 6 5 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 7.50

Powell 8 14 10 10 5 2 0 1 0 11.25

Redding 21 30 27 26 19 14 0 2 0 11.14

SJ Williams 31 18 11 11 12 16 2 2 0 3.19

Winters 25 31 18 18 12 11 0 3 0 6.48

Stat update: Ikes

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA

Banks 67 10 12 10 2 1 5 0 3 .179

Berra 36 3 9 4 2 0 1 0 3 .250

Campanella 29 3 7 5 2 0 1 0 1 .241

Doerr 34 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .206

Kaline 24 3 5 3 2 0 0 1 5 .208

Mathews 54 8 13 9 1 2 3 0 9 .241

Mays 68 6 12 5 5 1 0 1 7 .176

Musial 65 7 21 12 3 5 2 0 7 .323

Schoendienst 26 3 6 5 1 1 1 0 1 .231

Slaughter 14 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500

Snider 45 7 9 7 0 1 4 0 1 .200

T Williams 57 9 19 4 5 0 2 0 10 .333

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA

Bunning 8 3 0 0 3 7 3 0 0 0.00

Ford 32.6 27 12 12 13 15 3 1 0 3.31

Lemon 7 10 8 8 1 1 0 1 0 10.29

Newhouser 4.3 6 4 3 4 2 0 0 0 6.24

Roberts 32 32 22 16 12 11 0 2 0 4.50

Spahn 34 34 12 12 11 10 2 1 0 3.18

Wilhelm 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0.00

Wynn 24 21 18 12 8 11 0 3 0 4.50

Stat update: X-Giants

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA
Baro 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Bell 74 10 21 9 4 0 1 0 2 .284
DeMoss 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .053
Dihigo* 42 8 10 5 0 0 1 0 1 .238
Dixon 62 16 24 13 5 4 1 0 10 .387
Donaldson* 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hill 60 7 12 7 0 0 1 1 6 .200
Lloyd 69 10 18 2 5 1 0 0 4 .261
Mackey 44 1 8 5 1 0 0 0 1 .182
Monroe 68 8 16 12 1 0 2 0 1 .235
Petway 15 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .133
Radcliffe* 9 3 4 6 1 0 1 0 0 .444
B Taylor 64 7 18 9 3 0 0 0 3 .281
CJ Taylor 9 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 .333

*excludes plate appearance while in game as pitcher

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA
Dihigo 25.6 22 13 13 7 12 1 3 0 4.56
Donaldson 31.3 30 13 9 9 15 1 2 0 2.59
R Foster 23 33 19 19 12 14 1 1 0 7.43
Jones 24 17 6 6 6 23 2 1 0 2.25
McDonald 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Mendez 23.6 21 8 7 4 12 2 0 0 2.66
Radcliffe 13 17 9 5 1 2 0 0 0 3.46
Smith 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.00
T Williams 4 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 2.25

Stat update: Franklins

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA
Cronin 25 3 4 3 2 0 1 0 3 .160
Dickey 45 5 13 7 4 0 1 0 4 .289
DiMaggio 70 14 18 6 5 1 2 0 9 .257
Frisch 30 4 6 3 0 0 1 1 2 .200
Gehrig 66 13 21 10 5 1 4 0 7 .318
Hartnett 17 3 5 4 3 0 1 0 3 .294
Hornsby 67 12 22 16 5 3 0 0 5 .328
Ott 66 11 18 8 2 0 3 1 5 .273
Ruth 59 20 17 17 3 0 10 0 17 .288
Traynor 36 2 6 0 0 2 0 0 2 .167
Vaughn 34 4 5 5 2 0 1 0 6 .147
Waner 15 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 .267

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA
Covaleski 8 7 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 2.25
Dean 6.6 2 0 0 3 5 1 0 2 0.00
Feller 26 25 17 14 17 21 1 0 0 4.85

Grove 36.3 32 22 22 16 26 2 3 0 5.45

Hoyt 10.3 9 6 6 6 3 1 0 0 5.23

Hubbell 34.3 29 12 12 7 29 3 0 0 3.15

Pennock 5.6 14 14 14 11 0 0 2 0 22.22

Vance 24 36 19 19 12 23 1 2 0 7.13

Stat update: Garfields

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA

Anson 28 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 .143

Burkett 31 8 15 5 2 1 0 2 5 .484

JCollins 41 6 11 2 0 0 1 0 2 .268

Connor 37 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 .135

Davis 40 4 7 2 3 0 1 1 1 .175

Delahanty 63 8 21 6 4 2 0 0 5 .333

Duffy 38 6 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 .289

Ewing 45 1 8 3 0 0 0 1 2 .177

Jennings 45 5 8 4 1 0 1 0 6 .177

Kelly 42 2 11 6 5 0 1 0 3 .262

Thompson 57 6 18 7 2 0 0 0 4 .316

Ward 57 6 19 7 0 0 0 1 2 .333

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA

Clarkson 5 6 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 5.40

Galvin 33 26 11 11 12 11 1 2 0 3.00

Keefe 31 40 19 19 6 17 1 3 0 5.52

Radbourne 5 5 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 3.60

Rusie 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00

Spalding 3.6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

Welch 31 32 15 15 13 16 1 1 0 4.35

Young 32 36 15 15 5 10 1 3 0 4.22

End of Series 7

The standings:

Division A

Obamas 10 6 .625 --

Franklins 10 7 .588 .5

Kennedys 10 7 .588 .5

Ikes 8 8 .500 2

Teddys 8 8 .500 2

Division B

Homestead 10 7 .588 --

Crawfords 9 7 .563 .5

X-Giants 8 9 .471 2

Hilldale 5 11 .313 4.5

Garfields 4 12 .250 5.5

Player of Series 7: Mel Ott, Franklins

Pitcher of Series 7: Lefty Grove, Franklins

Series 8 schedule

Homestead at Kennedys (2)

Garfields at Crawfords (3)

Hilldale at X-Giants (3)

Teddys at Obamas (3)

Ikes at Franklins (3)

Series 7: Franklins sweep Crawfords

Franklins 10-7, Crawfords 9-7

Pitcher use update: Grove, Brewer need three games; Vance, Rogan need two. Mathis worked one inning in finale.

Game 1: Franklins 5, Crawfords 4
WP: Hoyt (1-0)
LP: Rogan (1-2)
HR: Ott 2 (3), Wright (5)

Game 2: Franklins 5, Crawfords 2
WP: Grove (2-3)
LP: Brewer (1-2)
HR: Ott (4)

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Mel Ott emerged from his season-long power drought to bop three homers in the two-game series, and he hit them when they mattered most.

In the third inning of the series opener, the Franklins right fielder/leadoff man hit a solo shot to tie the game at 2. He hit another in bottom of the ninth with a man on to turn a 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 win. And in the nightcap, Ott's two-run homer in the fourth opened a 5-2 lead and finished the scoring.

Waite Hoyt got the W in the first game with two innings of perfect relief. Bullet Joe Rogan went the distance for the Crawfords, whose bullpen (which has included Rogan) has blown several leads already this season. This time the bullpen stayed out of it, and the starter coughed up the lead.

Paul Waner pinch hit for Franklins starter Dazzy Vance in the seventh, singled and scored. He remained in the game in a double switch with Babe Ruth, and set up Ott's game winner with another single.

Lefty Grove shone bright in the finale, allowing just three singles (all in the third inning). He walked two and struck out five. He also had a hit, a walk and two sacrifice bunts at the plate.

I'm not giving up

Just distracted. There's real baseball going on now, and real life (of course). And summer.

This is no time to hole up in the basement rolling dice to play imaginary games.

I'll pick this up again at some point.