Day 13

The standings

                                                W      L    Pct.     GB
Clarissa Crimsons                  7      3      ..700     ---
Hewitt Apollos                         6      4      .600      1
Long Prairie Agnews              5      5     .500       2
Browerville Novelists              3       5     .375      3
Bertha Fishermen                  3       7     .300      4

Day 13 results (at Wrigley Field LA 1961)

Crimsons 12, Apollos 9, 10 innings

WP: Rusie (1-0)

LP: Gelnar (0-1)

HR:  Aaron (2), Connor  2 (2), McCovey (5), Ewing (3), Wynn (1)

Fishermen 8, Novelists 6

WP: Donaldson (1-2)
LP: Radbourn (2-1)

Save:Mendez (1)
HR: Johnson (1)

Day 14 (at Tiger Stadium 1961)
Agnews (Ryan 0-2)) at Crimsons (Galvin 2-1)
Apollos (Gibson 1-0) at Fishermen (SJ Williams 1-2)

Crimsons 12, Apollos 9

Outs didn't come easily in the bandbox ballpark that was Los Angeles' Wrigley Field. Denny McLain got only three outs, giving up six runs on a single, three doubles and a Buck Ewing homer, and Roger Connor's homer in the third gave Clarissa a 7-3 lead. But the Apollos kept chipping away at Kid Nichols, with Henry Aaron tying it with a sixth inning homer and Jim Wynn putting them ahead with a homer in the seventh, But that ended the scoring for Hewitt. Monte Ward's single in the seventh evened the score, and Connor ended it with a two-out, three-run homer off John Gelnar, the sixth pitcher of the game for the Apollos.

Fishermen 8, Novelists 6

Bertha put up three runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to saddle Old Hoss Radbourn with his first loss of the season. Browerville scored five in the ninth to make the final score respectable and force Jose Mendez in to relieve John Donaldson. Pete Hill and Home Run Johnson each drove in two runs for the Fishermen, and Sam Thompson drove in two for the Novelists.

Pitcher availability notes:

Apollos:   Bosman Day 15, McLain Day 15. Projected starters: off Day 11, off Day 12, McLain Day 13, Gibson Day 14, Jenkins Day 15, McLain Day 16, McDowell Day 17  

 

Agnews:  Blyleven Day 15, Seaver Day 16 with penalty, Day 17 without. Projected starters:, off Day 13, Ryan Day 14, Perry Day 15, Blyleven Day 16, Seaver Day 17

Crimsons:  Young eligible Day 15, Nichols Day 16. Projected starters:Galvin Day 14, off Day 15, Young Day 16, off Day 17, Galvin Day 18, off Day 19, Young Day 20

Fishermen: Redding Day 15 (no penalty after a short start), Foster Day 16, T Williams Day 17, Donaldson Day 18  Projected starters: SJ Williams Day 14, Redding Day 15, Dismukes or Foster Day 16, T Williams Day 17, SJ Williams Day 18

Novelists:  All eligible after off days, Projected starters:  off Day 14, off Day 15, off Day 16, Welch Day 17, Keefe Day 18, either Clarkson or Radbourn Day 19