Day 39

The standings

                                                W      L    Pct.     GB
Clarissa Crimsons                16     13     .551   ---
Browerville Novelists            16    13      .551    ----
Bertha Fishermen                17     14     .548    0.5
Long Prairie Agnews             13    14      .481   2.5
Hewitt Apollos                       11     18     .379    5.5

Day 39 results (at Schorling Park, NeL)

Agnews 2, Crimsons 1

WP: Blyleven (4-0)

LP: Nichols (2-5)

Save: Marshall (1)

HR: Bonds (6), Ewing (4)

Fishermen 10, Apollos 8
WP: Redding (4-2)
LP: McLain (0-5)

Save: Foster (1)

HR: McCovey (10)

 

Day 40 (at Fenway Park, 1961)
Agnews (Ryan 1-5) at Apollos (McDowell 3-1)
Novelists (Welch 5-3) at Fishermen (SJ Williams 4-3)

Agnews 2, Crimsons 1
Long Prairie didn't get a hit until Larry Bowa singled with one out in the sixth inning, but Bobby Bond followed with a home run and that was enough to down the Crimsons. Losing pitcher Kid Nichols allowed just four hits. Clarissa had three runners gunned down at the plate trying to score on ground balls, two by third baseman Darrell Evans and one by second baseman Joe Morgan..Mike Marshall pitched a perfect ninth in relief of Bert Blyleven, who allowed a homer, two leadoff triples and and a leadoff double but only the one run in eight innings.

Fishermen 10, Apollos 8
The Taylor brothers, Ben and Candy Jim, each drove in two runs with extra-base hits to power Bertha to the win. The Fishermen hit six doubles and a triple among their 12 hits. Dick Redding worked into the eighth for the win, with Dizzy Dismukes and Rube Foster each getting three outs in relief. For the Apollos, Willie McCovey drove in four runs, Rod Carew hit two doubles and a triple, and Henry Aaron scored on each of his three singles. .

Pitcher availability notes:

Apollos: Jackson Day 41, Jenkins Day 42, McLain Day 43. Projected starters, McDowell Day 40, Gibson Day 41, Jenkins Day 42, McLain Day 43

 

Agnews: Perry Day 41, Seaver and Blyleven Day 43. Projected starters:  Ryan Day 40, off Day 41, Perry Day 42, Seaver Day 43.

Crimsons:  Nichols Day 42. Projected starters: off Day 40, off Day 41, Young Day 42, Galvin Day 43, Nichols Day 44, Young Day 45

Fishermen: Wickware Day 41, Donaldson Day 43, Redding Day 43 with penalty, Day 44 without. Projected starters:  SJ Williams Day 40, off Day 41, off Day 42. T Williams Day 43, off Day 44. off Day 45

Novelists:  Clarkson Day 40, Radbourn Day 41. Projected starters:  Welch Day 40, Clarkson Day 41, Radbourn Day 42, off Day 43, Keefe Day 44