W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia 4 2 .667 0.5
Chicago 7 4 .636 ---
St. Louis 6 4 .600 0.5
Houston 5 4 .555 1
New York 4 4 .500 1.5
Atlanta 3 3 .500 1.5
Montreal 3 5 .375 2.5
Pittsburgh 2 7 .250 4
Saturday's games
New York (Matlack) at Montreal (Moore)
Houston (Roberts) at Pittsburgh (Ellis)
Philadelphia (Lonborg) at Atlanta (Harrison)
Montreal 6, New York 5
Bob Bailey hit a pair of homers off Jerry Koosman and drove in five runs, but it was Ron Woods' single in the bottom of the ninth that gave the Expos the win. John Milner homered for the Mets and drove in three runs. Mike Marshall vultured the win after giving up a run in the top of the ninth; Harry Parker took the loss.
Houston 7, Pittsburgh 5
Bob Gallagher, filling in for the injured Bob Watson, went 4-for-5 as the Astros outslugged the Pirates. Don Wilson was credited with the win despite allowing five runs in seven innings, including a pair of homers by Willie Stargell. Jim Wynn homered for Houston off loser Bob Moose, who allowed all seven runs in seven innings, two of the runs unearned. Jim York got a one-out save.
Chicago 9. St. Louis 4
Rick Monday tripled twice and homered, driving in three runs and scoring twice himself as the Cubs battered Bob Gibson for seven runs in four-plus innings. Burt Hooton allowed four runs on 10 hits in 8.2 innings, but only three were earned. Billy Williams had three singles and scored three times; Ron Santo singled, doubled and tripled with two runs and one RBI.
Monday, December 30, 2019
Sunday, December 29, 2019
Games of Thursday, April 24
W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia 4 2 .667 ---
St. Louis 6 4 .600 ---
Chicago 6 4 .600 ---
New York 4 3 .571 0.5
Atlanta 3 3 .500 1
Houston 4 4 .500 1
Montreal 2 5 .286 2.5
Pittsburgh 2 6 .250 3
Friday's games
New York (Koosman) at Montreal (Torrez)
Houston (Wilson) at Pittsburgh (Moose)
St. Louis (Gibson) at Chicago (Hooton)
Montreal 6, New York 5
Three Expos pinch-hitters reached base in the ninth inning as Montreal scored four runs off Tug McGraw to beat the Mets. Tom Seaver allowed two runs in eight innings on seven hits before leaving for a pinch-hitter. Mike Marshall pitched one inning for the win. Willie Mays went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a walk for the Mets, while Tim Foli went 3-for-4 with an RBI and pair of runs scored, including the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth.
Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 3
Darrell Evans singled in two runs in the third inning to put the Braves in front and the Phillies never caught up. Phil Niekro shut out Philadelphia into the seventh inning, when Del Unser hit a two-run homer and the Phillies pulled within a run, but Ron Schueler and Tom House held the lead over the final eight outs. Steve Carlton took the loss.
Chicago 7, St. Louis 4
Ron Santo tripled in a run and scored twice for the Cubs, and Rick Reuschel threw six scoreless inning before weakening in the seventh. Joe Torre hit a two-run homer for St. Louis in the eighth. Reuschel allowed two runs on five hits in six-plus innings for the win, and Jack Aker picked up the save with a scoreless ninth. Tom Murphy took the loss. Bake McBride is out until May 10 and has been replaced on the active roster by Scipio Spinks.
Houston 5, Pittsburgh 4
Roger Metzger collected three hits, including a triple, and both scored and drove in a run for the Astros. Jerry Reuss went 7.2 innings for the win, allowing four runs on 14 hits; Jim Ray got the final out of the eighth and Jim Crawford struck out both Willie Stargell and Al Oliver in the ninth. Dave Cash scored three runs for Pittsburgh. Bob Watson must miss the Astros' next game.
Philadelphia 4 2 .667 ---
St. Louis 6 4 .600 ---
Chicago 6 4 .600 ---
New York 4 3 .571 0.5
Atlanta 3 3 .500 1
Houston 4 4 .500 1
Montreal 2 5 .286 2.5
Pittsburgh 2 6 .250 3
Friday's games
New York (Koosman) at Montreal (Torrez)
Houston (Wilson) at Pittsburgh (Moose)
St. Louis (Gibson) at Chicago (Hooton)
Montreal 6, New York 5
Three Expos pinch-hitters reached base in the ninth inning as Montreal scored four runs off Tug McGraw to beat the Mets. Tom Seaver allowed two runs in eight innings on seven hits before leaving for a pinch-hitter. Mike Marshall pitched one inning for the win. Willie Mays went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a walk for the Mets, while Tim Foli went 3-for-4 with an RBI and pair of runs scored, including the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth.
Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 3
Darrell Evans singled in two runs in the third inning to put the Braves in front and the Phillies never caught up. Phil Niekro shut out Philadelphia into the seventh inning, when Del Unser hit a two-run homer and the Phillies pulled within a run, but Ron Schueler and Tom House held the lead over the final eight outs. Steve Carlton took the loss.
Chicago 7, St. Louis 4
Ron Santo tripled in a run and scored twice for the Cubs, and Rick Reuschel threw six scoreless inning before weakening in the seventh. Joe Torre hit a two-run homer for St. Louis in the eighth. Reuschel allowed two runs on five hits in six-plus innings for the win, and Jack Aker picked up the save with a scoreless ninth. Tom Murphy took the loss. Bake McBride is out until May 10 and has been replaced on the active roster by Scipio Spinks.
Houston 5, Pittsburgh 4
Roger Metzger collected three hits, including a triple, and both scored and drove in a run for the Astros. Jerry Reuss went 7.2 innings for the win, allowing four runs on 14 hits; Jim Ray got the final out of the eighth and Jim Crawford struck out both Willie Stargell and Al Oliver in the ninth. Dave Cash scored three runs for Pittsburgh. Bob Watson must miss the Astros' next game.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Games of Wednesday, April 23
W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia 4 1 .800 ---
St. Louis 6 3 .667 ---
New York 4 2 .667 0.5
Chicago 5 4 .625 2
Houston 3 4 .429 2
Atlanta 2 3 .400 2
Pittsburgh 2 5 .286 3
Montreal 1 5 .167 3.5
Thursday's games
New York (Seaver) at Montreal (Renko)
Houston (Reuss) at Pittsburgh (Briles)
St. Louis (Murphy) at Chicago (Reuschel)
Philadelphia (Carlton) at Atlanta (P Niekro)
Philadelphia 8, Atlanta 3
Bill Robinson led off the top of the eighth with a homer to break a 3-3 tie, and Mike Schmidt hit a three-run bomb later in the frame. Greg Luzinski hit a three-run homer off Carl Morton in the third inning. Wayne Twitchell pitched seven innings for the win; he allowed three runs on four hits, one a homer by Hank Aaron. Ron Schueler took the loss in relief; he and Tom House combined to face five hitters and didn't retire a man.
St. Louis 7, Chicago 5
Ted Simmons went 4-for-5 with four RBIs, and his three-run homer in the fifth was a big blow in driving Ferguson Jenkins from the mound in that frame. Alan Foster took a shutout into the seventh inning, when the Cubs scored four times to make a contest of it. Foster got the win, Diego Segui the save. Ted Sizemore was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs. a walk and a run scored.
Philadelphia 4 1 .800 ---
St. Louis 6 3 .667 ---
New York 4 2 .667 0.5
Chicago 5 4 .625 2
Houston 3 4 .429 2
Atlanta 2 3 .400 2
Pittsburgh 2 5 .286 3
Montreal 1 5 .167 3.5
Thursday's games
New York (Seaver) at Montreal (Renko)
Houston (Reuss) at Pittsburgh (Briles)
St. Louis (Murphy) at Chicago (Reuschel)
Philadelphia (Carlton) at Atlanta (P Niekro)
Philadelphia 8, Atlanta 3
Bill Robinson led off the top of the eighth with a homer to break a 3-3 tie, and Mike Schmidt hit a three-run bomb later in the frame. Greg Luzinski hit a three-run homer off Carl Morton in the third inning. Wayne Twitchell pitched seven innings for the win; he allowed three runs on four hits, one a homer by Hank Aaron. Ron Schueler took the loss in relief; he and Tom House combined to face five hitters and didn't retire a man.
St. Louis 7, Chicago 5
Ted Simmons went 4-for-5 with four RBIs, and his three-run homer in the fifth was a big blow in driving Ferguson Jenkins from the mound in that frame. Alan Foster took a shutout into the seventh inning, when the Cubs scored four times to make a contest of it. Foster got the win, Diego Segui the save. Ted Sizemore was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs. a walk and a run scored.
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Games of Tuesday, April 22
W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia 3 1 .750 ---
New York 4 2 .667 ---
St. Louis 5 3 .625 ---
Chicago 5 3 .625 ---
Atlanta 2 2 .500 1
Houston 3 4 .429 1.5
Pittsburgh 2 5 .286 2.5
Montreal 1 5 .167 3
Wednesday's games
Philadelphia (Twitchell) at Atlanta (Morton)
St. Louis (Foster) at Chicago (Jenkins)
St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 0
Reggie Cleveland held the visiting Pirates to five singles in his shutout win, and Jose Cruz collected three RBIs. The Cardinals jumped Bob Moose for four runs in the first inning and added five more off three Pittsburgh relievers.
Chicago 5, Houston 3 (10 innings)
Jose Cardenal's fourth hit of the game, a double, drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th, and Cardenal himself scored an insurance run on Glenn Beckert's single -- Beckert's third hit and second RBI. Randy Hundley had put the Cubs up 3-1 with a two-run single in the seventh, but the Astros forced a tie on a Roger Metzger triple and Bob Locker wild pitch. Locker was credited with the vultured win, Dave LaRoche with the save, and Jim Ray was charged with the loss.
Philadelphia 3 1 .750 ---
New York 4 2 .667 ---
St. Louis 5 3 .625 ---
Chicago 5 3 .625 ---
Atlanta 2 2 .500 1
Houston 3 4 .429 1.5
Pittsburgh 2 5 .286 2.5
Montreal 1 5 .167 3
Wednesday's games
Philadelphia (Twitchell) at Atlanta (Morton)
St. Louis (Foster) at Chicago (Jenkins)
St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 0
Reggie Cleveland held the visiting Pirates to five singles in his shutout win, and Jose Cruz collected three RBIs. The Cardinals jumped Bob Moose for four runs in the first inning and added five more off three Pittsburgh relievers.
Chicago 5, Houston 3 (10 innings)
Jose Cardenal's fourth hit of the game, a double, drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th, and Cardenal himself scored an insurance run on Glenn Beckert's single -- Beckert's third hit and second RBI. Randy Hundley had put the Cubs up 3-1 with a two-run single in the seventh, but the Astros forced a tie on a Roger Metzger triple and Bob Locker wild pitch. Locker was credited with the vultured win, Dave LaRoche with the save, and Jim Ray was charged with the loss.
Friday, December 20, 2019
Games of Monday, April 21
W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia 3 1 .750 ---
New York 4 2 .667 ---
Chicago 4 3 .571 0.5
St. Louis 4 3 .571 0.5
Atlanta 2 2 .500 1
Houston 3 3 .500 1
Pittsburgh 2 4 .333 2
Montreal 1 5 .167 3
Tuesday's games
Pittsburgh (Moose) at St. Louis (Cleveland)
Chicago (Pappas) at Houston (Roberts)
Atlanta 3, New York 0
Roric Harrison threw a five-hit shutout, and Paul Casanova homered in the second inning off Jon Matlack. Matlack allowed two runs, one earned, in seven innings. Harrison walked four, struck out five and benefited from a pair of double-play grounders.
Philadelphia 7. Montreal 6 (10 innings)
The Philles prevailed despite blowing a 4-0 lead after three innings. Denny Doyle went 5-for-5, all singles, for the Phillies; he scored a run and drove in two. Greg Luzinski singled home pinch-hitter Billy Grabarkewitz in the bottom of the 10th to make a winner of Mac Scarce and a loser of Mike Marshall.
St. Louis 11, Pittsburgh 2
Rick Wise allowed one earned run on five hits, amd Mick Kelleher drove in five runs with two doubles and a single. Willie Stargell's homer in the top of the sixth tied it at 2, but St. Louis scored three off Dock Ellis in the bottom of the inning, four more off Bob Johnson in the seventh and two more off Steve Blass in the eighth.
Houston 7, Chicago 4
The Astros scored the final seven runs of the game, four of them in the eighth inning, to overtake the Cubs. Houston's winning rally off Bob Locker included five hits -- a triple by Jim Wynn, RBI doubles from Lee May and Doug Rader, and singles from Bob Watson and Bob Gallagher. Wyn, Watson and Rader each scored twice. Ron Santo drove in three runs for Chicago. Jim Ray threw two scoreless innings for the win.
Philadelphia 3 1 .750 ---
New York 4 2 .667 ---
Chicago 4 3 .571 0.5
St. Louis 4 3 .571 0.5
Atlanta 2 2 .500 1
Houston 3 3 .500 1
Pittsburgh 2 4 .333 2
Montreal 1 5 .167 3
Tuesday's games
Pittsburgh (Moose) at St. Louis (Cleveland)
Chicago (Pappas) at Houston (Roberts)
Atlanta 3, New York 0
Roric Harrison threw a five-hit shutout, and Paul Casanova homered in the second inning off Jon Matlack. Matlack allowed two runs, one earned, in seven innings. Harrison walked four, struck out five and benefited from a pair of double-play grounders.
Philadelphia 7. Montreal 6 (10 innings)
The Philles prevailed despite blowing a 4-0 lead after three innings. Denny Doyle went 5-for-5, all singles, for the Phillies; he scored a run and drove in two. Greg Luzinski singled home pinch-hitter Billy Grabarkewitz in the bottom of the 10th to make a winner of Mac Scarce and a loser of Mike Marshall.
St. Louis 11, Pittsburgh 2
Rick Wise allowed one earned run on five hits, amd Mick Kelleher drove in five runs with two doubles and a single. Willie Stargell's homer in the top of the sixth tied it at 2, but St. Louis scored three off Dock Ellis in the bottom of the inning, four more off Bob Johnson in the seventh and two more off Steve Blass in the eighth.
Houston 7, Chicago 4
The Astros scored the final seven runs of the game, four of them in the eighth inning, to overtake the Cubs. Houston's winning rally off Bob Locker included five hits -- a triple by Jim Wynn, RBI doubles from Lee May and Doug Rader, and singles from Bob Watson and Bob Gallagher. Wyn, Watson and Rader each scored twice. Ron Santo drove in three runs for Chicago. Jim Ray threw two scoreless innings for the win.
Monday, December 16, 2019
Game of Sunday, April 20
W L Pct. GB
New York 4 1 .800 ---
Chicago 4 2 .667 0.5
Philadelphia 2 1 .667 1
St. Louis 3 3 .500 1.5
Houston 2 3 .200 2
Pittsburgh 2 3 .400 2
Atlanta 1 2 .333 2
Montreal 1 4 .200 3
Monday's games
Atlanta (Harrison) at New York (Matlack)
Montreal (McAnally) at Philadelphia (Brett)
Pittsburgh (Ellis) at St. Louis (Wise)
Chicago (Hooton) at Houston (Forsch)
Philadelphia 8, Montreal 0
Steve Carlton held the Expos to five singles while Greg Luzinski homered twice. Willie Montanez went 3-for-4 with triple, a walk, one RBI and two runs. Larry Bowa also scored twice. Carlton walked none and struck out four.
Atlanta 8, New York 0
Phil Niekro allowed just three hits, all singles, and got three double plays turned behind him. The knuckleballer did walk four while striking out four. Dusty Baker went 4-for-5 and scored three runs; Henry Aaron, Dave Johnson and Paul Casanova each drove in two runs for Atlanta.
Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 4
Willie Stargell's bases-loaded double off Al Hrbrosky capped a five-run explosion in the top of the ninth. The Cardinals had scored four unearned runs in the third off Jim Rooker, with Mitch Kelleher driving in two of those runs, and Bob Gibson carried the 4-0 lead into the ninth. But he left after allowing singles to Manny Sanguillen, Milt May and pinch-hitter Jackie Hernandez, and Hrbrosky gave up hits to pinch-hitter Gene Clines and Rennie Stinnett before Stargell's big blow. Steve Blass, who pitched two scoreless innings, got the win. Richie Hebner is out until April 28; he remains on the active roster.
Chicago 9, Houston 1
Rick Monday homered, doubled and singled with two runs scored and two RBIs. The Cubs knocked Don Wilson out of the box in the third inning, racking up nine hits and seven runs off the righty. Rick Rueschel walked four men in six innings but got the win; Jack Aker threw three scoreless innings of relief and was credited with the save. Glenn Beckert misses Monday's game with injury.
New York 4 1 .800 ---
Chicago 4 2 .667 0.5
Philadelphia 2 1 .667 1
St. Louis 3 3 .500 1.5
Houston 2 3 .200 2
Pittsburgh 2 3 .400 2
Atlanta 1 2 .333 2
Montreal 1 4 .200 3
Monday's games
Atlanta (Harrison) at New York (Matlack)
Montreal (McAnally) at Philadelphia (Brett)
Pittsburgh (Ellis) at St. Louis (Wise)
Chicago (Hooton) at Houston (Forsch)
Philadelphia 8, Montreal 0
Steve Carlton held the Expos to five singles while Greg Luzinski homered twice. Willie Montanez went 3-for-4 with triple, a walk, one RBI and two runs. Larry Bowa also scored twice. Carlton walked none and struck out four.
Atlanta 8, New York 0
Phil Niekro allowed just three hits, all singles, and got three double plays turned behind him. The knuckleballer did walk four while striking out four. Dusty Baker went 4-for-5 and scored three runs; Henry Aaron, Dave Johnson and Paul Casanova each drove in two runs for Atlanta.
Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 4
Willie Stargell's bases-loaded double off Al Hrbrosky capped a five-run explosion in the top of the ninth. The Cardinals had scored four unearned runs in the third off Jim Rooker, with Mitch Kelleher driving in two of those runs, and Bob Gibson carried the 4-0 lead into the ninth. But he left after allowing singles to Manny Sanguillen, Milt May and pinch-hitter Jackie Hernandez, and Hrbrosky gave up hits to pinch-hitter Gene Clines and Rennie Stinnett before Stargell's big blow. Steve Blass, who pitched two scoreless innings, got the win. Richie Hebner is out until April 28; he remains on the active roster.
Chicago 9, Houston 1
Rick Monday homered, doubled and singled with two runs scored and two RBIs. The Cubs knocked Don Wilson out of the box in the third inning, racking up nine hits and seven runs off the righty. Rick Rueschel walked four men in six innings but got the win; Jack Aker threw three scoreless innings of relief and was credited with the save. Glenn Beckert misses Monday's game with injury.
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Games of Saturday, April 19
W L Pct. GB
New York 4 0 1.000 ---
St. Louis 3 2 .600 1.5
Chicago 3 2 .600 1.5
Houston 2 2 .667 2
Philadelphia 1 1 .500 2
Atlanta 0 2 .000 3
Montreal 1 3 .250 3
Pittsburgh 1 3 .250 3
Sunday's games
Atlanta (P Niekro) at New York (Koosman)
Montreal (Torrez) at Philadelphia (Carlton)
Pittsburgh (Rooker) at St. Louis (Gibson)
Chicago (R Rueschel) at Houston (Wilson)
New York 3, Atlanta 2
Cleon Jones and Ed Kranepool hit back-to-back homers in the first inning, and Tom Seaver made that three-run inning stand up. Seaver allowed eight hits -- five of them in the first three innings -- and fanned eight while walking three. Carl Morton pitched all eight innings for the Braves in the loss, allowing a total of five hits.
Montreal 8, Philadelphia 0
Steve Renko threw a three-hitter and Tim Foli drove in three runs as the Expos earned their first victory. Renko walk six men but got a pair of double-play grounders; only two Phillies reached third base. Bob Bailey, Ken Singleton and Bob Stinson each scored two runs for Montreal.
St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 5
Tommie Agee pinch-hit a two-run homer, Ken Reitz and Joe Torre also drove in two runs apiece and the St. Louis bullpen allowed one run in five innings. Willie Stargell and Richie Zisk hit consecutive homers off Tom Murphy in the Pirates' four-run third, but Agee tied it with his fourth-inning homer of Nelson Briles. Ed Sprague, Wayne Granger, Orlando Pena and Al Hrbrosky scattered six hits in their combined five innings, with Granger credited with the win. Luke Walker took the loss; his error led to the winning run.
Chicago 3, Houston 2
Fergie Jenkins threw a three-hitter and backup catcher Ken Rudolph drove in a run and scored the other in the Cubs' pivotal two-run second inning. Jenkins walked none and struck out seven. Cesar Cedeno sits until April 22.
New York 4 0 1.000 ---
St. Louis 3 2 .600 1.5
Chicago 3 2 .600 1.5
Houston 2 2 .667 2
Philadelphia 1 1 .500 2
Atlanta 0 2 .000 3
Montreal 1 3 .250 3
Pittsburgh 1 3 .250 3
Sunday's games
Atlanta (P Niekro) at New York (Koosman)
Montreal (Torrez) at Philadelphia (Carlton)
Pittsburgh (Rooker) at St. Louis (Gibson)
Chicago (R Rueschel) at Houston (Wilson)
New York 3, Atlanta 2
Cleon Jones and Ed Kranepool hit back-to-back homers in the first inning, and Tom Seaver made that three-run inning stand up. Seaver allowed eight hits -- five of them in the first three innings -- and fanned eight while walking three. Carl Morton pitched all eight innings for the Braves in the loss, allowing a total of five hits.
Montreal 8, Philadelphia 0
Steve Renko threw a three-hitter and Tim Foli drove in three runs as the Expos earned their first victory. Renko walk six men but got a pair of double-play grounders; only two Phillies reached third base. Bob Bailey, Ken Singleton and Bob Stinson each scored two runs for Montreal.
St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 5
Tommie Agee pinch-hit a two-run homer, Ken Reitz and Joe Torre also drove in two runs apiece and the St. Louis bullpen allowed one run in five innings. Willie Stargell and Richie Zisk hit consecutive homers off Tom Murphy in the Pirates' four-run third, but Agee tied it with his fourth-inning homer of Nelson Briles. Ed Sprague, Wayne Granger, Orlando Pena and Al Hrbrosky scattered six hits in their combined five innings, with Granger credited with the win. Luke Walker took the loss; his error led to the winning run.
Chicago 3, Houston 2
Fergie Jenkins threw a three-hitter and backup catcher Ken Rudolph drove in a run and scored the other in the Cubs' pivotal two-run second inning. Jenkins walked none and struck out seven. Cesar Cedeno sits until April 22.
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Games of Friday, April 18
W L Pct. GB
New York 3 0 1.000 ---
Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 1
Houston 2 1 .667 1
Chicago 2 2 .500 1.5
St. Louis 2 2 .500 1.5
Pittsburgh 1 2 .333 2
Atlanta 0 1 .000 2
Montreal 0 3 .000 3
Saturday's games
Atlanta (Morton) at New York (Seaver)
Montreal (Renko) at Philadelphia (Lonborg)
Pittsburgh (Briles) at St. Louis (Murphy)
Chicago (Jenkins) at Houston (Reuss)
St. Louis 5, Chicago 4
Ted Simmons twice singled in Lou Brock, first in the Cardinals' two-run third inning and the second time in their three-run seventh. Alan Foster allowed four runs in seven innings and was credited with the win; Jack Aker, who allowed singles to the first four hitters in the seventh, was charged with the loss.
Pittsburgh 4, Houston 2
Bob Moose held the Astros to two runs in six innings, and Ramon Hernandez and Dave Giusti finished it off with three scoreless frames to give the Pirates their first victory. Willie Stargell had one of Pittsburgh's five doubles and scored two runs. Jackie Hernandez, the third Pirate to start at shortstop in as many games, doubled and tripled.
New York 3 0 1.000 ---
Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 1
Houston 2 1 .667 1
Chicago 2 2 .500 1.5
St. Louis 2 2 .500 1.5
Pittsburgh 1 2 .333 2
Atlanta 0 1 .000 2
Montreal 0 3 .000 3
Saturday's games
Atlanta (Morton) at New York (Seaver)
Montreal (Renko) at Philadelphia (Lonborg)
Pittsburgh (Briles) at St. Louis (Murphy)
Chicago (Jenkins) at Houston (Reuss)
St. Louis 5, Chicago 4
Ted Simmons twice singled in Lou Brock, first in the Cardinals' two-run third inning and the second time in their three-run seventh. Alan Foster allowed four runs in seven innings and was credited with the win; Jack Aker, who allowed singles to the first four hitters in the seventh, was charged with the loss.
Pittsburgh 4, Houston 2
Bob Moose held the Astros to two runs in six innings, and Ramon Hernandez and Dave Giusti finished it off with three scoreless frames to give the Pirates their first victory. Willie Stargell had one of Pittsburgh's five doubles and scored two runs. Jackie Hernandez, the third Pirate to start at shortstop in as many games, doubled and tripled.
Monday, December 9, 2019
Games of Thursday, April 17
W L Pct. GB
New York 3 0 1.000 ---
Houston 2 0 1.000 0.5
Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 1
Chicago 2 1 .667 1
St. Louis 1 2 .333 2
Atlanta 0 1 .000 1.5
Pittsburgh 0 2 .000 2
Montreal 0 3 .000 3
Friday's games
Chicago (Pappas) at St. Louis (Foster)
Pittsburgh (Moose) at Houston (Roberts)
New York 6, Montreal 0
Jon Matlack held the Expos to a pair of fifth-inning singles, and Felix Millan homered, doubled and singled for two RBIs. Matlack struck out 10 and walked four. Bud Harrelson doubled, singled, scored a run and drove in one. For the Mets, George Theodore is out until April 20 and Rusty Staub is out until April 21. For the Expos, John Boccabella is out until April 24.
St. Louis 4, Chicago 3 (11 innings)
Jose Cruz singled home Ted Simmons to salvage the win. The Cardinals carried a 3-1 lead into the ninth, but with two outs the Cubs strung together three hits, one a Billy Williams double, to even the score. Joe Torre doubled twice for St. Louis and drove in two runs. Rich Folkers picked up the win, Ray Burris took the loss. Mike Tyson is injured until May 3; he has been replaced on the St. Louis roster by Ed Sprague.
New York 3 0 1.000 ---
Houston 2 0 1.000 0.5
Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 1
Chicago 2 1 .667 1
St. Louis 1 2 .333 2
Atlanta 0 1 .000 1.5
Pittsburgh 0 2 .000 2
Montreal 0 3 .000 3
Friday's games
Chicago (Pappas) at St. Louis (Foster)
Pittsburgh (Moose) at Houston (Roberts)
New York 6, Montreal 0
Jon Matlack held the Expos to a pair of fifth-inning singles, and Felix Millan homered, doubled and singled for two RBIs. Matlack struck out 10 and walked four. Bud Harrelson doubled, singled, scored a run and drove in one. For the Mets, George Theodore is out until April 20 and Rusty Staub is out until April 21. For the Expos, John Boccabella is out until April 24.
St. Louis 4, Chicago 3 (11 innings)
Jose Cruz singled home Ted Simmons to salvage the win. The Cardinals carried a 3-1 lead into the ninth, but with two outs the Cubs strung together three hits, one a Billy Williams double, to even the score. Joe Torre doubled twice for St. Louis and drove in two runs. Rich Folkers picked up the win, Ray Burris took the loss. Mike Tyson is injured until May 3; he has been replaced on the St. Louis roster by Ed Sprague.
Games of Wednesday, April 16
W L Pct. GB
Chicago 2 0 1.000 ---
Houston 2 0 1.000 ---
New York 2 0 1.000 ---
Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 0.5
Atlanta 0 1 .000 1.5
Montreal 0 2 .000 2
Pittsburgh 0 2 .000 2
St. Louis 0 2 .000 2
Thursday's games
Montreal (Moore) at New York (Matlack)
Chicago (Hooton) at St. Louis (Cleveland)
Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 1
Steve Carlton and Phil Niekro held their opponents scoreless until the Phillies broke through against the knuckleballer for two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Two walks sandwiched a single to load the bases with no outs. Bob Boone plated one run with a grounder, and Larry Bowa singled in another. Carlton worked out of his own jam in the seventh with one run scoring, and Mike Wallace and George Culver each worked a scoreless frame to protect the lead.
New York 2, Montreal 1
Ed Kranepool led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk, then scored the winning run on consecutive errors by Bob Bailey and Pepe Frias. Jerry Koosman went the distance, allowing one run on six hits, three of them by Terry Humphrey. Joe Gilbert was charged with the loss. Mike Torrez allowed four hits and one run in eight innings.
Chicago 7, St. Louis 5
The Cubs and Cardinals turned a pitchers duel into a runfest late. The Cubs plated three runs in the eighth and two in the ninth; the Cards responded with three of their own in the bottom of the ninth. Lou Brock and Tim McCarver each hit two-run homers off winner Rick Reuschel; McCarver's knocked Reuschel out of the box, and Mike Paul picked up the save. Jose Cardinal and Ron Santo each scored two runs for Chicago.
Houston 5, Pittsburgh 2
Cesar Cedeno homered and doubled to score twice, and Bob Watson doubled twice to back Don Wilson, who struck out eight in 7.1 innings. Cecil Upshaw entered with the bases loaded in the eighth and got a double play to escape the jam, then worked a scoreless ninth for the save.
Chicago 2 0 1.000 ---
Houston 2 0 1.000 ---
New York 2 0 1.000 ---
Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 0.5
Atlanta 0 1 .000 1.5
Montreal 0 2 .000 2
Pittsburgh 0 2 .000 2
St. Louis 0 2 .000 2
Thursday's games
Montreal (Moore) at New York (Matlack)
Chicago (Hooton) at St. Louis (Cleveland)
Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 1
Steve Carlton and Phil Niekro held their opponents scoreless until the Phillies broke through against the knuckleballer for two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Two walks sandwiched a single to load the bases with no outs. Bob Boone plated one run with a grounder, and Larry Bowa singled in another. Carlton worked out of his own jam in the seventh with one run scoring, and Mike Wallace and George Culver each worked a scoreless frame to protect the lead.
New York 2, Montreal 1
Ed Kranepool led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk, then scored the winning run on consecutive errors by Bob Bailey and Pepe Frias. Jerry Koosman went the distance, allowing one run on six hits, three of them by Terry Humphrey. Joe Gilbert was charged with the loss. Mike Torrez allowed four hits and one run in eight innings.
Chicago 7, St. Louis 5
The Cubs and Cardinals turned a pitchers duel into a runfest late. The Cubs plated three runs in the eighth and two in the ninth; the Cards responded with three of their own in the bottom of the ninth. Lou Brock and Tim McCarver each hit two-run homers off winner Rick Reuschel; McCarver's knocked Reuschel out of the box, and Mike Paul picked up the save. Jose Cardinal and Ron Santo each scored two runs for Chicago.
Houston 5, Pittsburgh 2
Cesar Cedeno homered and doubled to score twice, and Bob Watson doubled twice to back Don Wilson, who struck out eight in 7.1 innings. Cecil Upshaw entered with the bases loaded in the eighth and got a double play to escape the jam, then worked a scoreless ninth for the save.
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Games of Tuesday, April 15
W L Pct. GB
Chicago 1 0 1.000 ---
Houston 1 0 1.000 ---
New York 1 0 1.000 ---
Atlanta 0 0 .000 0.5
Philadelphia 0 0 .000 0.5
Montreal 0 1 .000 1
Pittsburgh 0 1 .000 1
St. Louis 0 1 .000 1
Wednesday's games
Montreal (Torrez) at New York (Koosman)
Atlanta (P Niekro) at Philadelphia (Carlton)
Chicago (R Reuschel) at St. Louis (Wise)
Pittsburgh (Ellis) at Houston (Wilson)
New York 1, Montrea1 0 (11 innings)
Tom Seaver and Steve Renko matched zeros for nine innings. Tom Terrific allowed three hits, walked one and struck out eight. Renko scattered six hits and three walks with two strikeouts. George Stone and winner Tug McGraw each threw one inning for the Mets. Mike Marshall allowed the sole run on a two-base error and a single by Jim Gosger. Tim Foli is injured for Wednesday's game for Montreal; John Milner is injured for Wednesday's game and Cleon Jones is injured for Wednesday and Thursday.
Chicago 3, St. Louis 0
Ferguson Jenkins outpitched Bob Gibson. The Cubs got two runs in the fifth: Don Kessinger singled, stole second, scored on Jose Cardenal's double, and Cardenal scored on Glenn Beckert's base hit. In the eighth, Rick Monday doubled and scored on two passed balls by Ted Simmons. Jenkins threw a four-hitter. Gibson allowed 10 hits in eight inning but struck out nine.
Houston 5, Pittsburgh 3
Cesar Cedeno had a pair of RBI doubles and both John Edwards and Roger Metzger scored twice. Jerry Reuss blanked the Pirates for seven innings, but Pittsburgh got four hits off him in the eighth before Tom Griffin put out the fire. Jim York got the final two outs for the save. Loser Nelson Briles allowed all five Astros runs, two unearned, in seven innings.
Chicago 1 0 1.000 ---
Houston 1 0 1.000 ---
New York 1 0 1.000 ---
Atlanta 0 0 .000 0.5
Philadelphia 0 0 .000 0.5
Montreal 0 1 .000 1
Pittsburgh 0 1 .000 1
St. Louis 0 1 .000 1
Wednesday's games
Montreal (Torrez) at New York (Koosman)
Atlanta (P Niekro) at Philadelphia (Carlton)
Chicago (R Reuschel) at St. Louis (Wise)
Pittsburgh (Ellis) at Houston (Wilson)
New York 1, Montrea1 0 (11 innings)
Tom Seaver and Steve Renko matched zeros for nine innings. Tom Terrific allowed three hits, walked one and struck out eight. Renko scattered six hits and three walks with two strikeouts. George Stone and winner Tug McGraw each threw one inning for the Mets. Mike Marshall allowed the sole run on a two-base error and a single by Jim Gosger. Tim Foli is injured for Wednesday's game for Montreal; John Milner is injured for Wednesday's game and Cleon Jones is injured for Wednesday and Thursday.
Chicago 3, St. Louis 0
Ferguson Jenkins outpitched Bob Gibson. The Cubs got two runs in the fifth: Don Kessinger singled, stole second, scored on Jose Cardenal's double, and Cardenal scored on Glenn Beckert's base hit. In the eighth, Rick Monday doubled and scored on two passed balls by Ted Simmons. Jenkins threw a four-hitter. Gibson allowed 10 hits in eight inning but struck out nine.
Houston 5, Pittsburgh 3
Cesar Cedeno had a pair of RBI doubles and both John Edwards and Roger Metzger scored twice. Jerry Reuss blanked the Pirates for seven innings, but Pittsburgh got four hits off him in the eighth before Tom Griffin put out the fire. Jim York got the final two outs for the save. Loser Nelson Briles allowed all five Astros runs, two unearned, in seven innings.
Friday, December 6, 2019
Welcome to the 73 Least League
The slow-motion "pennant race" in the 1973 National League East fascinated the 15-year-old me -- five of the division's six teams struggling to reach .500, and anybody that was over .500 was probably in first place.
The Mets won 82 games, and won the division -- then beat the Big Red Machine in the NLCS, and took the Moustache Gang A's to seven games in the World Series.
The three best teams in the National League, perhaps the best four, were all in the West. The East got dubbed the "NL Least," but it was competitive.
I'm going to replay that race, with additions. As in the Losers League, I have grafted eight teams -- the six NL East teams of 1973 (New York, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Chicago and Philadelphia) plus Houston and Atlanta -- onto the National League schedule of 1924.
St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Philadelphia kept their schedules. Atlanta inherited the Boston Braves schedule. The Mets got the Giants' schedule, Houston got Cincinnati's and Montreal got Brooklyn's.
Also as in the Loser's League:
I'll use injuries. 25 man active rosters, demotions must last at least 10 days. I will use the weather ballpark ratings (1973 parks, obviously; only the schedule is 1924).
The Mets won 82 games, and won the division -- then beat the Big Red Machine in the NLCS, and took the Moustache Gang A's to seven games in the World Series.
The three best teams in the National League, perhaps the best four, were all in the West. The East got dubbed the "NL Least," but it was competitive.
I'm going to replay that race, with additions. As in the Losers League, I have grafted eight teams -- the six NL East teams of 1973 (New York, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Chicago and Philadelphia) plus Houston and Atlanta -- onto the National League schedule of 1924.
St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Philadelphia kept their schedules. Atlanta inherited the Boston Braves schedule. The Mets got the Giants' schedule, Houston got Cincinnati's and Montreal got Brooklyn's.
Also as in the Loser's League:
I'll use injuries. 25 man active rosters, demotions must last at least 10 days. I will use the weather ballpark ratings (1973 parks, obviously; only the schedule is 1924).
Games will be presumed to be night games with the following exceptions:
- All games in Chicago are day games (there were no lights in Wrigley Field in 1973)
- All Saturday and Sunday games are day games
- All weekday double headers are day-night doubleheaders EXCEPT Decoration Day and Labor Day.
- Other than in Houston and Atlanta, the first two weeks of the season will be day games and the last two weeks will be day games.
- In a change from the Losers League, getaway games won't be day games unless they fit one of the other criteria.
These eight teams have 27 to 30 players available. One, Monteral, has just 10 pitchers -- and a September stretch of nine games in five days. Half the teams have just two catchers. Nobody's roster is quite as misshapen as the Indians and Angels in the Losers League, but there will be problems.
To that end, I have established not only the league taxi squad that I created for the second half of the Losers League, but team specific ones.
For some, but unfortunately not all, of the teams, I have identified pitchers from their 1969 team who will be available to start for games with no rested starters. Using them will not require a roster move. They are:
Atlanta: none
Chicago: Rich Nye
Houston: Wade Blasingame
Montreal: Larry Jaster, Howie Reed
New York: Cal Koonce
Philadelphia: Bill Champion, Jeff James, Lowell Palmer
Pittsburgh: Bo Belinsky
St. Louis: Mudcat Grant
The league-wide taxi squad is to be used after the team-specific pitchers are exhausted. If more than one team needs a pitcher on a given day, the team with the worse record gets first dibs. A pitcher cannot be used a second time until all taxi-squad pitchers have been used once. The usual pitcher rest rules apply.
If a team needs a relief pitcher, it must go to the taxi squad, not to its team-specific list. The 1969 pitchers are solely to start. Teams may go to the taxi squad if injuries deplete their staff to eight pitchers, but it will require a roster move.
Activating a position player from the taxi squad requires a roster move, and there must be (a) no healthy position-coded players or (b) just one healthy catcher to go to the taxi squad. The player must return to the taxi squad once the shortage at his position is resolved.
As with the Losers League, I will not compile stats. It would be a full-time job, and I already have one. While it would be nice to know who leds the league in homers or how many strikeouts Tom Seaver has, I don't really care what Don Kessinger's batting average is.
As with the Losers League, I will not compile stats. It would be a full-time job, and I already have one. While it would be nice to know who leds the league in homers or how many strikeouts Tom Seaver has, I don't really care what Don Kessinger's batting average is.
Sunday, December 1, 2019
The Gauntlet: Final thoughts
68-and-1.
The Gauntlet was never intended to be competitive. It was an experiment in how dominant a team could possibly be. A lineup with a more than reasonable case for being the best that could be assembled, a pitching staff of Hall of Famers, and opposing teams literally handpicked for being weak.
Yeah, it lived up (or down) to expectations. Only the 1969 Montreal Expos -- kudos to Jerry Robertson and Coco Laboy -- kept the Legends from a perfect season.
I wanted this to be a quick league, and it was -- literally one month. I don't know that I'll try this format again, but as I wrapped up the league I started thinking of a twist in which I would replace one of the Hall of Famers in the lineup (position players) with each game. Perhaps some day in the future, with an updated Hall of Fame set (and thus even more pitchers) I'll try that.
If I do, one important note: I wound up replaying three games because of ineligible pitchers under my rules. Either the rules were too complicated or I was insufficiently attentive to their ramifications. I vote for the latter.
Those rules: The Hall of Fame pitchers were divided into eras. No weak team was to face more than one pitcher from an era, and every era was to be represented in each week (until Week 10, when the WWII/Integration era was out of pitchers). Seems simple enough, but late in the first half of the season I was repeatedly trapped at the end of weeks with one era left to use and teams that had already faced that era.
My next project will be considerably longer, and in this format there were no standings and the interest was in the stats, the next will be without stats and in the interest will be in the standings. The 73 Least League will be about competition, not dominance.
The Gauntlet was never intended to be competitive. It was an experiment in how dominant a team could possibly be. A lineup with a more than reasonable case for being the best that could be assembled, a pitching staff of Hall of Famers, and opposing teams literally handpicked for being weak.
Yeah, it lived up (or down) to expectations. Only the 1969 Montreal Expos -- kudos to Jerry Robertson and Coco Laboy -- kept the Legends from a perfect season.
I wanted this to be a quick league, and it was -- literally one month. I don't know that I'll try this format again, but as I wrapped up the league I started thinking of a twist in which I would replace one of the Hall of Famers in the lineup (position players) with each game. Perhaps some day in the future, with an updated Hall of Fame set (and thus even more pitchers) I'll try that.
If I do, one important note: I wound up replaying three games because of ineligible pitchers under my rules. Either the rules were too complicated or I was insufficiently attentive to their ramifications. I vote for the latter.
Those rules: The Hall of Fame pitchers were divided into eras. No weak team was to face more than one pitcher from an era, and every era was to be represented in each week (until Week 10, when the WWII/Integration era was out of pitchers). Seems simple enough, but late in the first half of the season I was repeatedly trapped at the end of weeks with one era left to use and teams that had already faced that era.
My next project will be considerably longer, and in this format there were no standings and the interest was in the stats, the next will be without stats and in the interest will be in the standings. The 73 Least League will be about competition, not dominance.
Final stats
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
W Mays 302 69 98 78 17 8 19 31 4 .325
T Williams 272 88 90 50 27 1 15 55 1 .331
Ruth 261 82 108 85 22 6 27 59 1 .414
Aaron 282 59 98 85 10 1 22 26 8 .348
Musial 274 60 96 66 25 4 12 28 1 .350
Schmidt 254 61 70 44 11 5 12 47 6 .276
Wagner 275 52 100 51 25 10 3 17 12 .364
Morgan 231 56 68 39 16 0 7 52 11 .294
Bench 236 52 82 60 18 2 10 25 3 .347
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Fingers 9 0 12 6 1 1 2 9 5 3 0 0.75
Wilhelm 12 0 13 9 3 3 8 7 5 1 0 2.08
C Mays 1 0 7 2 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 1.29
Coveleski (09 Nationals) 8 5 4 4 4 5 --- 4.50
Gibson (73 Rangers) 9 1 0 0 2 8 W 0.00
Rogan (61 Phillies) 8 7 3 2 3 2 W 2.25
Vance (17 Tigers) 9 5 0 0 0 14 W 0.00
Cummings (73 Padres) 7 6 3 3 0 2 W 3.86
HR allowed: by Coveleski 2 (Dunn, Zimmerman)
Wilhelm 12 0 13 9 3 3 8 7 5 1 0 2.08
C Mays 1 0 7 2 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 1.29
Week 3 starters
Name (oppnt) IP H R ER BB K Dec ERA
Johnson (92 Dodgers) 9 3 0 0 4 8 W 0.00Coveleski (09 Nationals) 8 5 4 4 4 5 --- 4.50
Gibson (73 Rangers) 9 1 0 0 2 8 W 0.00
Rogan (61 Phillies) 8 7 3 2 3 2 W 2.25
Vance (17 Tigers) 9 5 0 0 0 14 W 0.00
Cummings (73 Padres) 7 6 3 3 0 2 W 3.86
HR allowed: by Coveleski 2 (Dunn, Zimmerman)
Week 10
Sunday: Legends 1, 1992 Dodgers 0
WP: Johnson
LP: Hershiser
Walter Johnson threw a three-hitter with eight strikeouts. He needed to be that good, because Orel Hershiser allowed just one run in his seven innings. Mike Schmidt hit a pair of doubles for the Legends; the first one, in the fourth inning, drove in Stan Musial with the game's only run.
Monday: Legends 5, 2009 Nationals 4
WP: Wilhelm
LP: MacDougal
HR: Dunn (1), Zimmerman (1), Schmidt (12)
The Nationals never trailed until Henry Aaron singled home the winner with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. John Lannan held the Legends to one run in six innings on five hits and wound up with the no-decision. Stan Coveleski allowed just five hits in eight innings, but they were all for extra bases, and he allowed four runs. Hoyt Wilhelm picked up the win with an inning of hitless relief.
Tuesday: Legends 4, 1973 Rangers 0
WP: Gibson
LP: Bibby
HR: Ruth 2 (27), Aaron (22)
Bob Gibson threw the sixth one-hitter of the Gauntlet. Toby Harrah singled in the fourth. Gibson walked two and struck out eight. Babe Ruth homered twice, one with a man on, and Henry Aaron also homered off Jim Bibby, who allowed 10 hits in seven-plus innings.
Wednesday: Legends 6, 1961 Phillies 3
WP: Rogan
LP: Owens
Save: Fingers (5)
HR: Williams (15)
Joe Morgan hit a pair of doubles and Bullet Joe Rogan allowed two earned runs in eight innings. Ted Williams homered and singled for a pair of RBIs, and Stan Musial drew three of the Legends' eight walks.
Thursday: Legends 5, 2017 Tigers 0
WP: Vance
LP: Fullmer
Dazzy Vance struck out 14 in his five-hit shutout, and Joe Morgan and Stan Musial both drove in two runs. Morgan's sixth-inning single put the Legends up 2-0, and Musial's double in the seventh keyed a three-run inning. Vance struck out J.D. Martinez three times.
Friday: Legends 6, 1973 Padres 3
WP: Cummings
LP: Jones
Save: Wilhelm (5)
Honus Wagner went 3-for-4 with two doubles, scored twice and drove in a pair as the Legends completed the Gauntlet with a 68-1 record. Candy Cummings threw six innings of shutout ball but surrendered three runs in the seventh. Hoyt Wilhelm allowed doubles in both the eighth and ninth innings but neither runner advanced as he earned his fifth save.
WP: Johnson
LP: Hershiser
Walter Johnson threw a three-hitter with eight strikeouts. He needed to be that good, because Orel Hershiser allowed just one run in his seven innings. Mike Schmidt hit a pair of doubles for the Legends; the first one, in the fourth inning, drove in Stan Musial with the game's only run.
Monday: Legends 5, 2009 Nationals 4
WP: Wilhelm
LP: MacDougal
HR: Dunn (1), Zimmerman (1), Schmidt (12)
The Nationals never trailed until Henry Aaron singled home the winner with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. John Lannan held the Legends to one run in six innings on five hits and wound up with the no-decision. Stan Coveleski allowed just five hits in eight innings, but they were all for extra bases, and he allowed four runs. Hoyt Wilhelm picked up the win with an inning of hitless relief.
Tuesday: Legends 4, 1973 Rangers 0
WP: Gibson
LP: Bibby
HR: Ruth 2 (27), Aaron (22)
Bob Gibson threw the sixth one-hitter of the Gauntlet. Toby Harrah singled in the fourth. Gibson walked two and struck out eight. Babe Ruth homered twice, one with a man on, and Henry Aaron also homered off Jim Bibby, who allowed 10 hits in seven-plus innings.
Wednesday: Legends 6, 1961 Phillies 3
WP: Rogan
LP: Owens
Save: Fingers (5)
HR: Williams (15)
Joe Morgan hit a pair of doubles and Bullet Joe Rogan allowed two earned runs in eight innings. Ted Williams homered and singled for a pair of RBIs, and Stan Musial drew three of the Legends' eight walks.
Thursday: Legends 5, 2017 Tigers 0
WP: Vance
LP: Fullmer
Dazzy Vance struck out 14 in his five-hit shutout, and Joe Morgan and Stan Musial both drove in two runs. Morgan's sixth-inning single put the Legends up 2-0, and Musial's double in the seventh keyed a three-run inning. Vance struck out J.D. Martinez three times.
Friday: Legends 6, 1973 Padres 3
WP: Cummings
LP: Jones
Save: Wilhelm (5)
Honus Wagner went 3-for-4 with two doubles, scored twice and drove in a pair as the Legends completed the Gauntlet with a 68-1 record. Candy Cummings threw six innings of shutout ball but surrendered three runs in the seventh. Hoyt Wilhelm allowed doubles in both the eighth and ninth innings but neither runner advanced as he earned his fifth save.
Friday, November 29, 2019
Week Nine stats
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
W Mays 277 67 91 76 16 7 19 28 3 .329
T Williams 248 86 82 46 27 1 14 52 1 .331
Ruth 234 78 97 80 21 6 25 58 1 .415
Aaron 256 56 90 83 9 1 21 26 8 .352
Musial 252 55 88 64 21 3 12 24 1 .349
Schmidt 233 58 65 41 9 5 11 44 6 .279
Wagner 252 49 93 48 22 10 3 17 12 .369
Morgan 213 53 60 37 14 0 7 47 8 .282
Bench 216 50 78 58 18 2 10 23 3 .361
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Fingers 8 0 11 6 1 1 2 8 4 3 0 0.82
Wilhelm 10 0 10 7 3 3 7 5 4 0 0 2.70
C Mays 1 0 7 2 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 1.29
Clarkson (61 Phillies) 9 7 4 0 2 5 W 0.00
Walsh (73 Padres) 9 3 0 0 2 6 W 0.00
Marquard (61 Athletics) 9 4 0 0 3 6 W 0.00
Dean (09 Orioles) 8 6 4 4 2 1 W 4.50
Newhouser (69 Expos) 9 3 1 1 2 7 W 1.00
Cooper (69 Pilots) 2 8 6 6 0 2 -- 27.00
HR allowed: by Seaver 1 (Willingham), by Clarkson 1 (Dalrymple), by Dean 2 (Wieters, Jones); by Cooper 2 (Pagliaroni, Harper)
Wilhelm 10 0 10 7 3 3 7 5 4 0 0 2.70
C Mays 1 0 7 2 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 1.29
Week 3 starters
Name (oppnt) IP H R ER BB K Dec ERA
Seaver (09 Nationals) 9 1 1 1 2 7 W 1.00Clarkson (61 Phillies) 9 7 4 0 2 5 W 0.00
Walsh (73 Padres) 9 3 0 0 2 6 W 0.00
Marquard (61 Athletics) 9 4 0 0 3 6 W 0.00
Dean (09 Orioles) 8 6 4 4 2 1 W 4.50
Newhouser (69 Expos) 9 3 1 1 2 7 W 1.00
Cooper (69 Pilots) 2 8 6 6 0 2 -- 27.00
HR allowed: by Seaver 1 (Willingham), by Clarkson 1 (Dalrymple), by Dean 2 (Wieters, Jones); by Cooper 2 (Pagliaroni, Harper)
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Week Nine
Sunday: Legends 8, 2009 Nationals 1
WP: Seaver
LP: L Hernandez
HR: Willingham (1), Aaron 2 (17), Mays (18)
Tom Seaver threw the Legends' fifth one-hitter, allowing a homer to Josh Willingham leading off the fourth inning. He walked two and struck out seven. Henry Aaron hammered a pair of solo homers and Willie Mays contributed a two-run shot. Joe Morgan drove in a pair of runs and went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Monday: Legends 10, 1961 Phillies 4
WP: Clarkson
LP: Roberts
HR: Aaron 2 (19), Morgan (7), Dalrymple (1)
Henry Aaron hit a pair of two-run homers and Joe Morgan capped a four-run outburst in the third inning with a two-run dinger of his own. Babe Ruth went 4-for-4, all singles, scored three runs and drew a walk. John Clarkson allowed seven hits; all four runs were unearned. Clay Dalrymple's three-run homer in the fourth came immediately after Johnny Bench was called for catcher's interference with two outs.
Tuesday: Legends 11, 1973 Padres 0
WP: Walsh
LP: Arlin
Honus Wagner had half the Legends' six doubles as they racked up a pair of bat-around innings, scoring six runs in the second and five more in the seventh. Willie Mays, Stan Musial and Mike Schmidt each drove in two runs. Ed Walsh allowed three hits, walked two and struck out six.
Wednesday: Legends 13, 1961 Athletics 0
WP: Marquard
LP: Archer
HR: Williams (13), Ruth (24)
Rube Marquard threw a four-hit shutout while Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner each drove in three runs. Ted Williams with 3-for-3 with three walks and a homer. He drove in one run and scored four times. Willie Mays also had three hits, one a double, and scored three runs.
Thursday: Legends 8, 2009 Orioles 5
WP: Dean
LP: D Hernandez
HR: Ruth (25), Musial (12), Wieters (1), Jones (1)
Babe Ruth drove in four runs in the first two inning with a homer and a double, and Johnny Bench brought in two more with a double in a three-run seventh. Dizzy Dean went eight innings and surrendered a pair of homers but got the win. Hoyt Wilhelm put the first three men of the ninth inning on but then got a double play to blunt the rally.
Friday: Legends 10, 1969 Expos 1
WP: Newhouser
LP: Reed
HR: Williams (14), Aaron (20)
Babe Ruth drove in three runs and Ted Williams scored three times to back up Hal Newhouser's three-hitter. The Legends stole four bases on Montreal starter Howie Reed, including two in the first inning by Williams and Ruth. Henry Aaron went 4-for-5 with one run and two RBIs. The Legends drew nine walks off six Montreal pitchers.
Saturday: Legends 11, 1969 Pilots 7
WP: C Mays
LP: Gelnar
HR: Aaron (21), Harper (1), Pagliaroni (1), W Mays (19)
Andy Cooper had easily the Legends worst start of the Gauntlet, giving up six runs on eight hits in two innings. Carl Mays, the emergency reliever, entered for the third inning and allowed one run the rest of the way on two hits. Henry Aaron's three-run homer in the bottom of the second capped a six-run inning that drove Steve Barber from the game, and the Legends took the lead in the third on back-to-back doubles by Mike Schmidt and Honus Wagner off John Gelnar.
WP: Seaver
LP: L Hernandez
HR: Willingham (1), Aaron 2 (17), Mays (18)
Tom Seaver threw the Legends' fifth one-hitter, allowing a homer to Josh Willingham leading off the fourth inning. He walked two and struck out seven. Henry Aaron hammered a pair of solo homers and Willie Mays contributed a two-run shot. Joe Morgan drove in a pair of runs and went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Monday: Legends 10, 1961 Phillies 4
WP: Clarkson
LP: Roberts
HR: Aaron 2 (19), Morgan (7), Dalrymple (1)
Henry Aaron hit a pair of two-run homers and Joe Morgan capped a four-run outburst in the third inning with a two-run dinger of his own. Babe Ruth went 4-for-4, all singles, scored three runs and drew a walk. John Clarkson allowed seven hits; all four runs were unearned. Clay Dalrymple's three-run homer in the fourth came immediately after Johnny Bench was called for catcher's interference with two outs.
Tuesday: Legends 11, 1973 Padres 0
WP: Walsh
LP: Arlin
Honus Wagner had half the Legends' six doubles as they racked up a pair of bat-around innings, scoring six runs in the second and five more in the seventh. Willie Mays, Stan Musial and Mike Schmidt each drove in two runs. Ed Walsh allowed three hits, walked two and struck out six.
Wednesday: Legends 13, 1961 Athletics 0
WP: Marquard
LP: Archer
HR: Williams (13), Ruth (24)
Rube Marquard threw a four-hit shutout while Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner each drove in three runs. Ted Williams with 3-for-3 with three walks and a homer. He drove in one run and scored four times. Willie Mays also had three hits, one a double, and scored three runs.
Thursday: Legends 8, 2009 Orioles 5
WP: Dean
LP: D Hernandez
HR: Ruth (25), Musial (12), Wieters (1), Jones (1)
Babe Ruth drove in four runs in the first two inning with a homer and a double, and Johnny Bench brought in two more with a double in a three-run seventh. Dizzy Dean went eight innings and surrendered a pair of homers but got the win. Hoyt Wilhelm put the first three men of the ninth inning on but then got a double play to blunt the rally.
Friday: Legends 10, 1969 Expos 1
WP: Newhouser
LP: Reed
HR: Williams (14), Aaron (20)
Babe Ruth drove in three runs and Ted Williams scored three times to back up Hal Newhouser's three-hitter. The Legends stole four bases on Montreal starter Howie Reed, including two in the first inning by Williams and Ruth. Henry Aaron went 4-for-5 with one run and two RBIs. The Legends drew nine walks off six Montreal pitchers.
Saturday: Legends 11, 1969 Pilots 7
WP: C Mays
LP: Gelnar
HR: Aaron (21), Harper (1), Pagliaroni (1), W Mays (19)
Andy Cooper had easily the Legends worst start of the Gauntlet, giving up six runs on eight hits in two innings. Carl Mays, the emergency reliever, entered for the third inning and allowed one run the rest of the way on two hits. Henry Aaron's three-run homer in the bottom of the second capped a six-run inning that drove Steve Barber from the game, and the Legends took the lead in the third on back-to-back doubles by Mike Schmidt and Honus Wagner off John Gelnar.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Week Eight stats
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
W Mays 242 59 81 69 14 7 17 26 3 .335
T Williams 213 75 74 43 26 1 12 43 0 .347
Ruth 207 68 86 69 19 5 23 50 0 .415
Aaron 226 46 73 68 9 1 15 23 7 .323
Musial 220 46 76 58 18 3 11 21 1 .345
Schmidt 206 51 55 37 7 5 11 37 6 .267
Wagner 223 43 80 39 17 8 3 14 12 .359
Morgan 191 48 54 32 13 0 6 36 7 .283
Bench 199 45 69 55 13 2 10 21 3 .347
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Fingers 8 0 11 6 1 1 2 8 4 3 0 0.82
Wilhelm 9 0 9 6 2 2 5 5 4 0 0 2.00
C Mays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
SJ Williams(61 Athletics) 9 6 0 0 0 4 W 0.00
Jenkins (24 Phillies) 9 3 1 1 3 7 W 1.00
Bunning (69 Padres) 9 6 0 0 0 9 W 0.00
Plank (69 Pilots) 7.1 7 3 3 5 5 W 3.68
Nichols (69 Phillies) 9 6 2 2 0 9 W 2.00
Carlton (17 Giants) 7 13 5 5 2 9 W 6.43
HR allowed: by Jenkins 1 (Holke), by Nichols 1 (Allen)
Wilhelm 9 0 9 6 2 2 5 5 4 0 0 2.00
C Mays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Week 3 starters
Name (oppnt) IP H R ER BB K Dec ERA
Grove (09 Pirates) 9 5 2 0 0 6 W 0.00SJ Williams(61 Athletics) 9 6 0 0 0 4 W 0.00
Jenkins (24 Phillies) 9 3 1 1 3 7 W 1.00
Bunning (69 Padres) 9 6 0 0 0 9 W 0.00
Plank (69 Pilots) 7.1 7 3 3 5 5 W 3.68
Nichols (69 Phillies) 9 6 2 2 0 9 W 2.00
Carlton (17 Giants) 7 13 5 5 2 9 W 6.43
HR allowed: by Jenkins 1 (Holke), by Nichols 1 (Allen)
Week Eight
Sunday: Legends 10, 2009 Pirates 2
WP: Grove
LP: Maholm
HR: Ruth (23), Mays (13)
Babe Ruth homered, doubled, walked, scored two runs and drove in two. Joe Morgan hit a pair of doubles and scored twice. Lefty Grove allowed two unearned runs on five hits; he walked none and struck out five.
Monday: Legends 9, 1961 Athletics 0
WP: SJ Williams
LP: Bass
HR: Mays (14), Morgan (6), T Williams (12)
The Legends scored in five of the first six innings. Willie Mays homered and tripled to drive in three runs. Ted Williams homered, singled twice and walked; he drove in a pair and scored two runs. Joe Morgan homered, doubled and scored twice. Smokey Joe Williams scattered six hits, struck out four and didn't walk a man.
Tuesday: Legends 7, 1924 Phillies 1
WP: Jenkins
LP: Mitchell
HR: Mays (15), Holke (1)
Ted Williams drove in three runs with three singles, Willie Mays homered for the third straight game and Fergie Jenkins threw a three-hitter. Only Walter Holke's homer with two out in the ninth kept Jenkins from the shutout. Jenkins walked three and struck out seven. Johnny Bench and Mays each scored twice, and Stan Musial had a pair of RBIs.
Wednesday: Legends 9, 1969 Padres 0
WP: Bunning
LP: Santorini
Willie Mays' home run streak ended, but he drove in four runs on a triple, single and sac fly and also stole a base. Johnny Bench also had a two-run triple. Jim Bunning scattered six hits, five of them doubles, walked none and struck out nine.
Thursday: Legends 10, 1969 Pilots 3
WP: Plank
LP: Brunet
HR: Mays (16), Musial (11)
The Legends drove George Brunet from the mound in the second inning. Willie Mays homered, doubled twice and scored three runs. Stan Musial homered and tripled, drove in two runs and scored twice. Eddie Plank went 7.1 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and five walks, for the win.
Friday: Legends 9, 1969 Phillies 2
WP: Nichols
LP: Fryman
HR: Allen (2), Mays (17)
Willie Mays homered again and drove in four runs, and eight different Legends scored to back up Kid Nichols. Nichols kept the Phillies off the board until Dick Allen's two-run homer with two outs in the ninth. Nichols allowed six hits and no walks while striking out nine.
Saturday: Legends 7, 2017 Giants 5
WP: Carlton
LP: Bumgarner
Save: Fingers (4)
HR: Aaron (15)
The Giants peppered Steve Carlton for five runs and nine hits in the first four innings, but Joe Morgan got two back with a double in the fourth inning before a four-run seventh capped by Henry Aaron's homer off Madison Bumgarner, working in relief of starter Ty Blach. Ted Williams had a two-run double earlier in the inning. Rollie Fingers got the final six outs for the save.
WP: Grove
LP: Maholm
HR: Ruth (23), Mays (13)
Babe Ruth homered, doubled, walked, scored two runs and drove in two. Joe Morgan hit a pair of doubles and scored twice. Lefty Grove allowed two unearned runs on five hits; he walked none and struck out five.
Monday: Legends 9, 1961 Athletics 0
WP: SJ Williams
LP: Bass
HR: Mays (14), Morgan (6), T Williams (12)
The Legends scored in five of the first six innings. Willie Mays homered and tripled to drive in three runs. Ted Williams homered, singled twice and walked; he drove in a pair and scored two runs. Joe Morgan homered, doubled and scored twice. Smokey Joe Williams scattered six hits, struck out four and didn't walk a man.
Tuesday: Legends 7, 1924 Phillies 1
WP: Jenkins
LP: Mitchell
HR: Mays (15), Holke (1)
Ted Williams drove in three runs with three singles, Willie Mays homered for the third straight game and Fergie Jenkins threw a three-hitter. Only Walter Holke's homer with two out in the ninth kept Jenkins from the shutout. Jenkins walked three and struck out seven. Johnny Bench and Mays each scored twice, and Stan Musial had a pair of RBIs.
Wednesday: Legends 9, 1969 Padres 0
WP: Bunning
LP: Santorini
Willie Mays' home run streak ended, but he drove in four runs on a triple, single and sac fly and also stole a base. Johnny Bench also had a two-run triple. Jim Bunning scattered six hits, five of them doubles, walked none and struck out nine.
Thursday: Legends 10, 1969 Pilots 3
WP: Plank
LP: Brunet
HR: Mays (16), Musial (11)
The Legends drove George Brunet from the mound in the second inning. Willie Mays homered, doubled twice and scored three runs. Stan Musial homered and tripled, drove in two runs and scored twice. Eddie Plank went 7.1 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and five walks, for the win.
Friday: Legends 9, 1969 Phillies 2
WP: Nichols
LP: Fryman
HR: Allen (2), Mays (17)
Willie Mays homered again and drove in four runs, and eight different Legends scored to back up Kid Nichols. Nichols kept the Phillies off the board until Dick Allen's two-run homer with two outs in the ninth. Nichols allowed six hits and no walks while striking out nine.
Saturday: Legends 7, 2017 Giants 5
WP: Carlton
LP: Bumgarner
Save: Fingers (4)
HR: Aaron (15)
The Giants peppered Steve Carlton for five runs and nine hits in the first four innings, but Joe Morgan got two back with a double in the fourth inning before a four-run seventh capped by Henry Aaron's homer off Madison Bumgarner, working in relief of starter Ty Blach. Ted Williams had a two-run double earlier in the inning. Rollie Fingers got the final six outs for the save.
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Week Seven stats
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
W Mays 211 48 68 54 12 5 12 23 3 .322
T Williams 186 66 62 34 23 1 11 36 0 .333
Ruth 180 62 77 67 15 5 22 43 0 .428
Aaron 198 43 65 57 8 0 14 21 6 .328
Musial 191 40 66 53 16 3 10 20 1 .346
Schmidt 178 47 48 34 6 5 11 35 6 .270
Wagner 196 37 70 37 16 7 3 12 10 .357
Morgan 164 39 43 25 8 0 5 35 7 .262
Bench 174 38 60 50 12 1 10 19 2 .345
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Fingers 6 0 7.3 2 1 1 1 6 3 3 0 1.23
Wilhelm 9 0 9 6 2 2 5 5 4 0 0 2.00
C Mays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Palmer (61 Athletics) 7 8 5 4 6 4 W 5.14
H Smith (24 Phillies) 9 5 2 1 2 3 W 1.00
Radbourn (69 Indians) 9 2 0 0 1 4 W 0.00
Joss (69 Phillies) 9 5 0 0 4 5 W 0.00
Lemon (73 Rangers) 9 6 1 1 4 5 W 1.00
Grimes (17 Giants) 9 5 0 0 1 5 W 0.00
HR allowed: by Alexander 2 (Klaus, Green), by Lemon 1 (Burroughs)
Wilhelm 9 0 9 6 2 2 5 5 4 0 0 2.00
C Mays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Week 3 starters
Name (oppnt) IP H R ER BB K Dec ERA
Alexander (61 Senators) 9 4 3 3 5 5 W 3.00Palmer (61 Athletics) 7 8 5 4 6 4 W 5.14
H Smith (24 Phillies) 9 5 2 1 2 3 W 1.00
Radbourn (69 Indians) 9 2 0 0 1 4 W 0.00
Joss (69 Phillies) 9 5 0 0 4 5 W 0.00
Lemon (73 Rangers) 9 6 1 1 4 5 W 1.00
Grimes (17 Giants) 9 5 0 0 1 5 W 0.00
HR allowed: by Alexander 2 (Klaus, Green), by Lemon 1 (Burroughs)
Schedule revision (aka oops!)
After completing Week Seven's games I was reviewing the pitching plans for the remaining games and realized that Stan Coveleski had not pitched yet and wasn't on my schedule.
Turns out I miscounted the number of Hall of Fame starters. I have 69 starters available between the millenium Hall of Fame set and the Negro League set (deducting Rollie Fingers. Hoyt Wilhelm and Carl Mays), and I had only 68 games scheduled (17x4).
I will add one game to Week 10, with the 1993 Los Angeles Dodgers (63-99). They will get the Sunday game. The five teams already scheduled for that week will slide down one day apiece. This is imperfect, but I want to use all of the Hall of Fame pitchers. That, I have decided, is a higher priority than the symmetry of four games per team.
The extra game will be in Crosley Field, and I'll have the Dodgers' most used starter take the hill (Orel Hershiser).
Turns out I miscounted the number of Hall of Fame starters. I have 69 starters available between the millenium Hall of Fame set and the Negro League set (deducting Rollie Fingers. Hoyt Wilhelm and Carl Mays), and I had only 68 games scheduled (17x4).
I will add one game to Week 10, with the 1993 Los Angeles Dodgers (63-99). They will get the Sunday game. The five teams already scheduled for that week will slide down one day apiece. This is imperfect, but I want to use all of the Hall of Fame pitchers. That, I have decided, is a higher priority than the symmetry of four games per team.
The extra game will be in Crosley Field, and I'll have the Dodgers' most used starter take the hill (Orel Hershiser).
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Week Seven
Sunday: Legends 6, 1961 Senators 3
WP: Alexander
LP: McClain
HR: Klaus (2), Green (1)
Joe McClain threw five hitless innings to open this game for the Senators, and Billy Klaus and Gene Green homered in the fourth as Washington took a 3-0 into the bottom of the sixth. Three doubles, one single, one walk and one error later, the Legends had the lead, and Alexander made it stand up. He allowed four hits while walking five and striking out five. Joe Morgan scored a pair of runs for the Legends.
Monday: Legends 7, 1961 Athletics 5
WP: Palmer
LP: Walker
Save: Wilhelm (4)
HR: Ruth (16), Schmidt (10)
Babe Ruth's three-run homer in the second drove Jerry Walker from the game and gave Jim Palmer just enough run support. Palmer allowed five runs, four earned, in seven innings. The Athletics had eight hits and six walks off Palmer, who also hit a batter and balked in a run. Hoyt Wilhelm threw two hitless innings for the save. Joe Nuxhall threw five scoreless innings of relief for the losers.
Tuesday: Legends 3, 1924 Phillies 2
WP: H Smith
LP: Ring
HR: Ruth (17)
Hilton Smith outdueled Jimmy Ring, allowing one earned run on five hits and two walks. Ring went 8.2 innings, allowing two earned runs on nine hits, one a solo go-ahead homer by Babe Ruth in the seventh inning. Cy Williams gunned down Honus Wagner in the eighth to keep it a one-run game.
Wednesday: Legends 13, 1969 Indians 0
WP: Radbourn
LP: Tiant
HR: Morgan (5), Mays (12)
Luis Tiant walked six men in the Legends' five-run first inning, and Old Hoss Radbourn held the Tribe to two hits. Willie Mays hit a grand slam in the seventh, the Legends' second five-run inning of the game. Johnny Bench went 2-for-2 with a triple, a walk, a sac fly, two runs and three RBIs. Radbourn walked one, struck out four and carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning.
Thursday: Legends 5, 1969 Phillies 0
WP: Joss
LP: Jackson
HR: Ruth (18)
Addie Joss allowed five singles and five walks, plus a hit batter, but not a single run in his complete game. Babe Ruth homered in the first off Grant Jackson, and Willie Mays drove in three runs with a pair of doubles.
Friday: Legends 25, 1973 Rangers 1
WP: Lemon
LP: Merritt
HR: Ruth 2 (20), Bench (10), Schmidt (11), Burroughs (2)
The Legends sent 19 men to the plate against six Texas pitchers in a 16-run eighth inning that included homers by Johnny Bench and Babe Ruth. Ruth had seven RBIs for the game on two homers, a double and a single. Bench drove in five runs, and Mike Schmidt and Stan Musial each drove in four. Ted Williams scored five runs, Ruth scored four times and Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, Schmidt and Bench scored three apiece. Bob Lemon went the distance, allowing on run on six hits and four walks with six strikeouts.
Saturday: Legends 11, 2017 Giants 0
WP: Grimes
LP: Smardzija
HR: Ruth 2 (22), T Williams 2 (11), Bench (11), Aaron (14)
The Legends bopped six homers while Burleigh Grimes spitballed his way to a five-hit shutout. Babe Ruth and Ted Williams each clubbed two round-trippers; Ruth also doubled and had three RBIs, while Williams added a single and drove in four. Henry Aaron and Johnny Bench hit solo homers. Seven of the Legends now have at least 10 homers.
WP: Alexander
LP: McClain
HR: Klaus (2), Green (1)
Joe McClain threw five hitless innings to open this game for the Senators, and Billy Klaus and Gene Green homered in the fourth as Washington took a 3-0 into the bottom of the sixth. Three doubles, one single, one walk and one error later, the Legends had the lead, and Alexander made it stand up. He allowed four hits while walking five and striking out five. Joe Morgan scored a pair of runs for the Legends.
Monday: Legends 7, 1961 Athletics 5
WP: Palmer
LP: Walker
Save: Wilhelm (4)
HR: Ruth (16), Schmidt (10)
Babe Ruth's three-run homer in the second drove Jerry Walker from the game and gave Jim Palmer just enough run support. Palmer allowed five runs, four earned, in seven innings. The Athletics had eight hits and six walks off Palmer, who also hit a batter and balked in a run. Hoyt Wilhelm threw two hitless innings for the save. Joe Nuxhall threw five scoreless innings of relief for the losers.
Tuesday: Legends 3, 1924 Phillies 2
WP: H Smith
LP: Ring
HR: Ruth (17)
Hilton Smith outdueled Jimmy Ring, allowing one earned run on five hits and two walks. Ring went 8.2 innings, allowing two earned runs on nine hits, one a solo go-ahead homer by Babe Ruth in the seventh inning. Cy Williams gunned down Honus Wagner in the eighth to keep it a one-run game.
Wednesday: Legends 13, 1969 Indians 0
WP: Radbourn
LP: Tiant
HR: Morgan (5), Mays (12)
Luis Tiant walked six men in the Legends' five-run first inning, and Old Hoss Radbourn held the Tribe to two hits. Willie Mays hit a grand slam in the seventh, the Legends' second five-run inning of the game. Johnny Bench went 2-for-2 with a triple, a walk, a sac fly, two runs and three RBIs. Radbourn walked one, struck out four and carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning.
Thursday: Legends 5, 1969 Phillies 0
WP: Joss
LP: Jackson
HR: Ruth (18)
Addie Joss allowed five singles and five walks, plus a hit batter, but not a single run in his complete game. Babe Ruth homered in the first off Grant Jackson, and Willie Mays drove in three runs with a pair of doubles.
Friday: Legends 25, 1973 Rangers 1
WP: Lemon
LP: Merritt
HR: Ruth 2 (20), Bench (10), Schmidt (11), Burroughs (2)
The Legends sent 19 men to the plate against six Texas pitchers in a 16-run eighth inning that included homers by Johnny Bench and Babe Ruth. Ruth had seven RBIs for the game on two homers, a double and a single. Bench drove in five runs, and Mike Schmidt and Stan Musial each drove in four. Ted Williams scored five runs, Ruth scored four times and Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, Schmidt and Bench scored three apiece. Bob Lemon went the distance, allowing on run on six hits and four walks with six strikeouts.
Saturday: Legends 11, 2017 Giants 0
WP: Grimes
LP: Smardzija
HR: Ruth 2 (22), T Williams 2 (11), Bench (11), Aaron (14)
The Legends bopped six homers while Burleigh Grimes spitballed his way to a five-hit shutout. Babe Ruth and Ted Williams each clubbed two round-trippers; Ruth also doubled and had three RBIs, while Williams added a single and drove in four. Henry Aaron and Johnny Bench hit solo homers. Seven of the Legends now have at least 10 homers.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Week Six stats
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
W Mays 180 39 57 42 10 5 11 19 3 .317
T Williams 160 55 51 27 20 1 9 30 0 .319
Ruth 155 49 66 52 13 5 15 36 0 .426
Aaron 168 37 58 53 7 0 13 19 6 .345
Musial 163 37 56 46 12 2 10 18 1 .344
Schmidt 154 39 40 26 5 5 9 29 6 .260
Wagner 167 34 62 36 15 7 3 10 8 .371
Morgan 141 32 39 22 7 0 4 27 6 .277
Bench 149 29 49 39 11 0 9 15 2 .329
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Fingers 6 0 7.3 2 1 1 1 6 3 3 0 1.23
Wilhelm 8 0 7 6 2 2 4 4 3 0 0 2.57
C Mays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pennock (69 Pilots) 9 5 1 1 2 8 W 1.00
Hubbell (69 Phillies) 8 10 7 7 1 10 W 7.88
Lyons (61 Phillies) 9 1 0 0 1 10 W 0.00
Chesbro (69 Padres) 9 1 0 0 1 4 W 0.00
Day (73 Rangers) 9 9 4 3 3 7 W 3.00
Spalding (17 Giants) 9 9 1 1 1 1 W 1.00
HR allowed: by Ryan 1 (Klaus), by Hubbell 1 (Ryan), by Day 1 (Burroughs)
Wilhelm 8 0 7 6 2 2 4 4 3 0 0 2.57
C Mays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Week 3 starters
Name (oppnt) IP H R ER BB K Dec ERA
Ryan (61 Senators) 9 1 1 1 3 13 W 1.00Pennock (69 Pilots) 9 5 1 1 2 8 W 1.00
Hubbell (69 Phillies) 8 10 7 7 1 10 W 7.88
Lyons (61 Phillies) 9 1 0 0 1 10 W 0.00
Chesbro (69 Padres) 9 1 0 0 1 4 W 0.00
Day (73 Rangers) 9 9 4 3 3 7 W 3.00
Spalding (17 Giants) 9 9 1 1 1 1 W 1.00
HR allowed: by Ryan 1 (Klaus), by Hubbell 1 (Ryan), by Day 1 (Burroughs)
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