Week Six

Sunday: Legends 5, 1961 Senators 1
WP: Ryan
LP: Daniels
HR: Mays (10), Bench (7)

Nolan Ryan allowed one hit, a homer by Billy Klaus, and struck out 13 while walking three. Willie Mays led off the game with his 10th homer of the season, and Johnny Bench added a solo homer in the eighth. Henry Aaron drove in a pair of runs with a double and single.

Monday: Legends 9, 1969 Pilots 1
WP: Pennock
LP: Pattin
HR: Ruth 2 (13), Wagner (3)

Babe Ruth hit a pair of solo homers and Honus Wagner homered, tripled, doubled and walked with two RBIs and three runs. Herb Pennock allowed five hits and struck out eight in nine innings. Stan Musial had two hits, a walk and two runs,

Tuesday: Legends 9, 1969 Phillies 7
WP: Hubbell
LP: Farrell
Save: Fingers (3)
HR: Bench 2 (9), Ruth (14), Ryan (1)

Babe Ruth's two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth off Turk Ferrell gave the Legends the lead for good. The Legends scored four runs in the first off Rick Wise, but Mike Ryan's homer in the fourth off Carl Hubbell gave the Phillies a short lived 5-4 lead. Johnny Bench hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning to retake the lead, and added a solo shot in the sixth. The Phillies tied it in the eighth on a Hubbell wild pitch.

Wednesday: Legends 9, 1969 Padres 0
WP: Chesbro
LP: Kirby
HR: Aaron (13)

"Happy Jack" Chesbro was all smiles after shutting out San Diego with  the second one-hitter of the week for the Legends. The Legends knocked Clay Kirby out in the second inning with five runs. Johnny Bench, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner all doubled in the inning. Henry Aaron hit a three-run homer off Johnny Podres in the the seventh. Chesbro walked none, struck out four and faced just two batters over the minimum (one Padre reached on an error by Wagner). The Padres' only hit was a fourth inning single by Ollie Brown.

Thursday: Legends 5, 1961 Phillies 0
WP: Lyons
LP: Mahaffey
HR: Williams (9)

Ted Lyons held the Phillies to one hit -- the second straight one-hitter for the Legends, their third of the week and fourth of the Gauntlet. Lyons walked none and struck out nine. As in the previous game, Lyons faced just two batters over the minimum; this time the error was by Stan Musial, and sole hit a fourth-inning single by Don Demeter. Ted Williams homered and doubled twice, scoring two runs and driving in two.

Friday: Legends 13, 1973 Rangers 4
WP: Day
LP: Broberg
HR: Morgan (4), Mays (11), Burroughs (1), Ruth (15)

Joe Morgan and Willie Mays each hit two-run homers in the second as the Legends scored five runs, and the Rangers never seriously challenged after that. Leon Day went the distance, allowing three earned runs on seven hits. He walked three and struck out seven. Mays also doubled twice, sdrew a walk, drove in four runs and scored three times. Babe Ruth had three RBIs.

Saturday: Legends 6, 2017 Giants 1
WP: Spalding
LP: Cueto

Johnny Bench drove in four runs, three of them on a bases-loaded double in the eighth. Honus Wagner tripled, singled, walked, scored twice and drove in a pair. Al Spalding went the distance, scattering nine hits.