Day 7

The standings

                                                W      L    Pct.     GB
Hewitt Apollos                         4      2      .667     --
Clarissa Crimsons                  3      2     .600     0.5
Browerville Novelists              3       2     .600    0.5
Long Prairie Agnews              2       3     .400   1.5
Bertha Fishermen                   1      4     .200    2.5 

Day 7 results (Metropolitan Stadium 1973)

Apollos 6, Fishermen 5 (12 innings)

WP: Kelley (1-0)

LP: Foster (0-1)
HR: McCovey (3), Santop (1), B Taylor (2)

 

Novelists 8, Agnews 6 (10 innings)
WP: Radbourn (2-0)
LP: Caldwell (0-1)

Save: Spalding (1)

HR: Morgan (2), Jackson (1)

Day 8 (at New Comiskey 2019)
Crimsons (Young 1-0) at Apollos (Jenkins 0-1)
Agnews (Seaver 0-0) vs Fishermen (Donaldson 0-1)

Apollos 6, Fishermen 5 (12 innings)

Luis Aparicio singled home pinch runner Cleon Jones for the walk-off win. Jones was running for Willie McCovey, who led off the inning with a double off Rube Foster, who was in his third inning of relief.McCovey hit a two-run homer in the first off Dizzy Dismukes, who allowed two more runs in the second but settled in to give the Fishermen nine innings. Dick Kelley threw three scoreless frames for the win. Ben Taylor tripled and homered for Bertha, and Louis Santop also homered.

Novelists 8, Agnews 6 (10 innings)

Sam Thompson led off the top of the 10th with a triple off Mike Caldwell to ignite a two-run inning for Browerville, and Al Spalding threw a perfect frame in the bottom of the inning against the heart of the Long Prairie lineup to nail down the win. The Agnews tied the game in the eighth with a three-run rally that began with a Joe Morgan leadoff homer and was capped by Ted Simmons' two-run triple. Jimmy Collins drove in two runs for the Novelists, and Billy Hamilton went 3-for-3 with two walks, a stolen base and a run scored. .

Pitcher availability notes:

Apollos: Gibson is eligible Day 9, McDowell Day 10 with penalty, Day 11 (off day) without, McLain eligible Day 12 (off day)  Gelnar and McGinn should sit out Day 8, Kelley should sit out Days 9 and 10. Projected starters: Jenkins Day 8, Gibson Day 9, McDowell with penalty Day 10 unless Bosman has not pitched, off Day 11.  Bench should sit out Day 8 after catching 12 innings.

Agnews: Ryan eligible Day 8, Perry Day 9, Blyleven Day 10. Projected starters:  Seaver Day 8, Ryan Day 9, Perry Day 10, Blyleven Day 11.

Crimsons: Nichols eligible for Game 8, Galvin Game 9  Projected starters: off Game 7, Young Game 8, Nichols Game 9, Galvin Game 10, off Day 11

Fishermen: Redding eligible Day 9 with penalty, Day 10 without penalty; SJ Williams Day 1; Dismukes Day 11 with penalty, Day 12 without. Foster should not pitch Day 8 or 9.  Projected starters: Donaldson Day 8, off day 9, SJ Williams Day 10, Redding Day 11. Santop should not catch Day 8

 

Novelists: Clarkson eligible Day 9, Radbourn Day 10. Projected starters:  off Day 8, Welch Day 9, Keefe Day 10, off Day 11