Week Three

Sunday: Legends 10, 1969 Pilots 7
WP: Spahn
LP: Brabender
HR: Oyler (1)

Honus Wagner drove in three runs and had one of three triples for the Legends, who won despite a shaky start by Warren Spahn. The lefty allowed four earned runs on eight hits in eight innings. Mike Schmidt and Henry Aaron each drew three walks for the Legends. Mike Marshall threw 3.1 hitless innings of relief for the Pilots.

Monday: Legends 13, 1973 Padres 5
WP: Drysdale
LP: Kirby
HR: Mays (1), Winfield 2 (2), Grubb (1), Ruth (3), Aaron (7)

Willie Mays hit a grand slam and Babe Ruth and Henry Aaron each hit three-run homers. Joe Morgan and Ted Williams each scored three runs. Dave Winfield homered in the first and ninth innings off Don Drysdale, who allowed five runs on 12 hits.

Tuesday: Legends 13, 1924 Braves 1
WP: Ruffing
LP: J Barnes
HR: Ruth 2 (5), Musial (5), Bench (4)

Babe Ruth hit two homers and a triple and drove in seven runs, while Stan Musial also homered and tripled for four RBIs. Ted Williams scored four runs. Red Ruffing scattered seven hits, none for extra bases, and struck out seven in his complete game.

Wednesday: Legends 3, 1969 Expos 2, 11 innings
WP: Fingers (2-0)
LP: McGinn
HR: Ruth (6)

The Legends prevailed despite an impressive outing by Montreal's Bill Stoneman, who held the Legends to five hits and one earned run while striking out seven and walking three. Bill Foster matched him, allowing one earned run in 9.2 innings on six hits. The winning run came in Dan McGinn's second inning of relief; with one out in the 11th, Stan Musial singled, went to third on Ty Cline's outfield error and scored on Honus Wagner's base hit to the gap. Rollie Fingers retired all four men he faced for the win.

Thursday: Legends 8, 1969 Indians 2
WP: Waddell
LP: McDowell
HR: Musial (6), T Horton (1)

Stan Musial drove in four runs to support Rube Waddell's four-hitter. The Legends stole three bases in their two-run second inning. They scored three runs in the sixth with no hits; they drew five walks and added a sac fly. Waddell walked one and struck out seven.

Friday: Legends 12, 2017 Tigers 4
WP: Galvin
LP: Boyd
HR: Mays (2), Wagner (1), Williams (5), Ruth (7), Aaron (8), JD Martinez (1)

Matt Boyd held the Legends scoreless through four innings, but he didn't retire a man in the fifth inning, and neither did his first reliever, Daniel Stumpf. The Legends blasted five homers in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, including back-to-back shots by Ted Williams and Babe Ruth. Pud Galvin allowed four runs on nine hits over nine innings.

Saturday: Legends 9, 2009 Nationals 6
WP: R Brown
LP: Zimmermann
Save: Wilhelm (2)
HR: Aaron 2 (10), Williams (6), Flores (1)

Henry Aaron drove in five runs with a pair of homers and Ted Williams broke a 6-6 tie with a three-run shot in the sixth. Jesus Flores hit a three-run homer in the top of the sixth off winner Ray Brown, who staggered through 6.2 innings before leaving with two on and two out for Hoyt Wilhelm, who got the final seven outs without allowing a hit.