Three of the road teams managed to win today. The road teams used their A lineups, while the home teams introduced their B lineups. (There is no better/worse lineup, see how the rosters are constructed here.) The Pittsburgh Crawfords are the last remaining undefeated team.
Satchel Paige gave up two runs in the bottom of the first, but did not give up another run in the next 9 innings of the 15-inning game.
Today I’m going to focus on the center fielder for Washington, “Turkey” Stearnes, in my Player Focus post. Stearnes homered for the second straight game, while going 3 for 5. He was only a single short of the cycle. On opening day, his home run was of the inside-the-park variety. This was the first time I have seen this happen in a Strat-O-Matic game.
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Results
NYC 7 at BIR 2
KMG 10 at DSG 8
WHG 7 at NWK 0
STL 6 at PCG 8
Summaries
NEW YORK AT BIRMINGHAM
Black Yankees... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 7 13 0 Black Barons.... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0 Win:Coveleski(1-0) Loss:Matlock(0-1) Homeruns- E.Murray-2(2nd)
Eddie Murray ripped 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the New York Black Yankees defeated the Birmingham Black Barons in 15 innings by a score of 7 to 2 at the ballpark.
Both teams had scored 2 runs after nine full innings. New York ended up winning it in the 15th inning. The highlight belonged to Murray who deflated the spirits of the home town crowd when he popped a two-run clout over the fence. For the game New York out-hit Birmingham 13 to 9.
The victory went to Stan Coveleski(1-0) who went 3 and 2/3 innings, allowing no runs. Leroy Matlock(0-1) was hit with the loss in relief. He gave up 4 runs in 2 innings of work.
KANSAS CITY AT DETROIT
Monarchs........ 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 - 10 17 1 Stars........... 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 - 8 13 0 Win:Manning(1-0) Loss:Foster(0-1) Save:Smith(1st) Homeruns- G.Brett(1st), M.Suttles(1st), W.Wright(1st)
Alejandro Oms had 2 base hits and 3 RBI as the Kansas City Monarchs defeated the Detroit Stars 10 to 8 at Mack Park.
Max Manning(1-0) was not on his game this afternoon, but the Kansas City offense bailed him out. He gave up 8 runs, 12 hits and 3 walks in 7 and 2/3 innings and was touched for 3 homeruns. Kansas City out-hit Detroit for the game, 17 hits to 13.
Manning got help from Lee Smith who earned his 1st save. Rube Foster(0-1) absorbed the loss in relief. ‘I had a little blister on my index finger before the game, but I thought it was nothing.’ Manning said. ‘I was lucky I got a win because I couldn’t put the ball where I wanted it.’
WASHINGTON AT NEWARK
Homestead Grays. 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 7 10 0 Eagles.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 Win:Brown(1-0) Loss:Foster(0-1) Homeruns- T.Stearnes(2nd), H.Aaron(1st)
Turkey Stearnes touched them all and had 3 RBI and Ray Brown pitched a complete game shutout at the ballpark where the Washington Homestead Grays beat the Newark Eagles 7 to 0.
Stearnes provided the offensive punch. He tripled which brought home a run in the 1st inning, cracked a two-run shot in the 2nd inning and doubled in the 9th inning. Washington had 10 hits for the afternoon.
Brown(1-0) went the distance for the shutout. The losing pitcher was Big Bill Foster(0-1). He gave up 6 runs and 5 hits in 1 and 2/3 innings.
ST. LOUIS AT PITTSBURGH
Stars........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 - 6 10 2 Crawfords....... 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 - 8 12 0 Win:Byrd(1-0) Loss:Holland(0-1) Save:Smoltz(1st)
Jimmie Crutchfield had 2 base hits and 2 RBI as the Pittsburgh Crawfords bested the St. Louis Stars 8 to 6 at Greenlee Field.
Bill Byrd(1-0) had a fairly solid outing. He surrendered 9 hits and 6 walks in 7 and 2/3 innings. Pittsburgh totaled 12 hits on the afternoon.
Byrd got help from John Smoltz who was credited with his 1st save. Bill Holland(0-1) was the loser. He was touched for 12 hits and 6 walks in 7 and 1/3 innings.
‘He gutted it out’ Pittsburgh’s manager said of Byrd. ‘I was very impressed by his tenacity.’
Yeah it’s perfect now… By the way I’m from Wales, so I don’t know how Strat-O-Matic works as obviously have never been exposed to it in the UK, but seriously thinking of buying a set. Can you recommend one or is it best to start with current squads till you know how to play thoroughly.
If you buy the PC game, you get the 2019 season and that’s a great place to start. Once you get the hang of it, then you can branch out to older seasons (MLB, Negro Leagues, even Japanese). There are also card/dice games if you prefer.