Day 30

 The standings

                                                W      L    Pct.     GB
Clarissa Crimsons               12      10     .545     ---
Browerville Novelists            12    10      .545    ---
Bertha Fishermen                12     11     .522     0.5
Long Prairie Agnews             10    11      .476     1.5
Hewitt Apollos                       10     14     .417    3

Day 30 results (at Baker Bowl 1924)

Novelists 8, Fishermen 7

WP: Clarkson (3-1)

LP: Mendez (0-1)

HR: Johnson (3)

Agnews 8, Apollos 7 (11 innings)
WP: Caldwell (1-2)
LP: McGinn (2-1)

HR: Scott (1), Bench (4), Bonds (4), Otis (1)

 

Day 31 (at Anaheim 2009)
Novelists (Welch 4-2) at Crimsons (Young 5-1)
Fishermen (SJ WIlliams 3-3) at Apollos (Jenkins 1-4)

Novelists 8, Fishermen 7
Jimmy Collins squeezed home the final run of a five-run outburst in the top of the ninth as Browerville won its fourth straight and pulled into a tie for first place. John Clarkson threw three scoreless innings of relief for the win. Bertha scored four runs in the second and two more in the third, all off Tim Keefe who wound up allowing seven runs in six innings before giving way to Clarkson. Tom Williams held the Novelists scoreless until the sixth. and was pulled in the eighth having allowed three runs.

Agnews 8, Apollos 7 (11 innings)

Bobb Bonds led off the game for Long Prairie with a long ball, and Amos Otis and George Scott also homered for the Agnews, but it was Thurman Munson's single to the gap in the bottom of the 11th that ended the slugfest. The Agnews led most of the the way, but Hewitt plated three runs in the ninth off John Hiller and Nolan Ryan to even the score. Mike Caldwell threw two scoreless innings for the win, and Dan McGinn took the loss. 

Pitcher availability notes:

Apollos: McDowell Day 30 with penalty, Day 31 without; Gelnar and McLain Day 31, Kelley and Gibson Day 32, G Jackson Day 33 with penalty, Day 34 without. Projected starters:  McDowell Day 30 with penalty, Jenkins Day 31, McLain Day 32, off Day 33

 

Agnews: Seaver Day 32 with penalty, Day 33 without. Projected starters: Blyleven Day 30, off Day 31, Perry Day 32, Blyleven Day 33

Crimsons:  Rusie Day 32. Projected starters: Young Day 31, off Day 32, Galvin Day 33

Fishermen: Redding and SJ Williams Day 31, T Williams Day 35. Projected starters:SJ Williams Day 31, Redding Day 32; Dismukes Day 33, Donaldson Day 34

Novelists:  Welch Day 31, Radbourn and Clarkson Day 32, Keefe Day 33,. Projected starters:  Welch Day 31, Clarkson Day 32, Radbourn Day 33, Keefe Day 34