Thursday, November 14, 2019

Week Four

Sunday: Legends 7, 1961 Athletics 6
WP: Feller
LP: Shaw
HR: Causey (1), Mays (3), Ruth (7)

Henry Aaron's two-out single in the ninth walked off Kansas City and made a winner of Bob Feller, who yielded six runs on 11 hits and struck out only four. Feller did retire 11 men in a row at one point. Willie Mays drove in four runs. Babe Ruth homered in the seventh to tie the game and scored the winner by drawing a two-out walk, advancing on a Bob Shaw wild pitch and scoring on Aaron's drive to the gap.

Monday: Legends 11, 1973 Rangers 2
WP: Faber
LP: Siebert
HR: Ruth 2 (9), Musial (7)

Babe Ruth hit a pair of two-run homers and Stan Musial went 4-for-5 with three runs, two RBI, a steal and a homer of his own. Red Faber shut out Texas until the ninth, when the Rangers plated a pair of runs on Joe Morgan's two-base error. The Legends turned three double plays behind Faber. Mike Schmidt drew four walks and scored twice, and Morgan drove in three runs.

Tuesday: Legends 3, 1924 Braves 0
WP: Keefe
LP: Genewich
HR: Schmidt (4)

Tim Keefe threw a three-hitter and Mike Schmidt homered, tripled and singled with a pair of runs scored. Keefe struck out six and walked one. Joe Genewich held the Legends to two earned runs on seven hits.

Wednesday: Legends 7, 1969 Padres 2
WP: R Foster
LP: Kelley
HR: Ruth (10), Mays (4), Schmidt (5), Ferrera (1)

Willie Mays and Mike Schmidt homered in the Legends' five-run fourth inning, and Rube Foster scattered eight hits in his complete game win. The Padres put two men on base in each of the last five innings but scored just once in that span. Foster walked five and struck out five. Stan Musial doubled twice, drew a walk and scored two runs. Honus Wagner went 3-for-4 with a run, an RBI, a double and a steal.

Thursday: Legends 5, 2009 Orioles 4
WP: Bender
LP: Hendrickson
Save: Wilhelm (3)

Honus Wagner doubled home Stan Musial in the eighth inning to break the 4-4 tie. The Orioles scored three runs in the sixth to even the score. Chief Bender went 8.2 innings, allowing four runs on 10 hits. Hoyt Wilhelm got the final out with the tying run on second.

Friday: 1969 Expos 4, Legends 1
WP: Robertson
LP: Koufax
Save: McGinn

The Legends lose! Coco Laboy hit a three-run homer in the sixth and Jerry Robertson and Dan McGinn made it stand up. The Legends got just three hits in the game, a double and single from Willie Mays off Robertson and a ninth-inning single by Mike Schmidt off McGinn. Rusty Staub doubled twice, drove in one run and scored another.

Saturday: Legends 15, 1969 Indians 2
WP: Niekro
LP: Hargan
HR: Williams 2 (8), Mays (5), Aaron (11)

Ted Williams drove in six runs and scored four on two homers, a single and a walk. Willie Mays scored twice and drove in three. Johnny Bench singled twice, walked twice, drove in a run and socred three times. Phil Niekro scattered seven hits.

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