Day 40

The standings

                                                W      L    Pct.     GB
Browerville Novelists            17    13      .567    ----
Clarissa Crimsons                16     13     .551   0.5
Bertha Fishermen                17     15     .531    1
Long Prairie Agnews             13    15      .464   3
Hewitt Apollos                       12     18     .400    5

Day 40 results (at Fenway Park 1961)

Apollos 8, Agnews 7

WP: McDowell (4-1)

LP: Ryan (1-6)

HR: Bonds (7), McCovey 2 (12), Wynn (7), F. Robinson (3), Clemente (6), Bench (5), Stargell (7)

Novelists 3, Fishermen 2 (10 innings)
WP: Welch (6-3)
LP: SJ Williams (4-4)

Save: Clarkson (1)

 

Day 41 (at Metrodome, 2009)
Novelists (Radbourn 4-4) at Apollos (Gibson 1-4)
no second game

Apollos 8, Agnews 7
Willie McCovey hammered two of Hewitt's six homers as the Apollos outslugged the Long Prairie Agnews. Five of the six long balls were solo shots, all coming off losing pitcher Nolan Ryan. Willie Stargell hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth off Dick Bosman to make the score close. .

Novelists 3, Fishermen 2 (10 innings)
Ed Delahanty scored the game's first run in the second inning, drove in another with a sac fly in the third, preserved a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the eighth by throwing out Home Run Johnson at the plate, then doubled home the eventual winning run in the 10th. Mickey Welch allowed nine hits in nine innings for the win, with John Clarkson working a perfect 10th for the save.

Pitcher availability notes:

Apollos: Jenkins Day 42, McLain Day 43, McDowell Day 44 with penalty, Day 45 without. Projected starters: Gibson Day 41, Jenkins Day 42, McLain Day 43, McDowell Day 44 with penalty, 

 

Agnews: Seaver and Blyleven Day 43, Ryan Day 44. Projected starters: off Day 41, Perry Day 42, Seaver Day 43, Blyleven Day 44, Ryan Day 45

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

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

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