Pittsburgh finally lost its first game. As a lifelong Red Sox fan, I was thrilled to watch Pedro Martinez dealing for St. Louis. He took a no-hitter into the 6th inning, and ended up with 15 strikeouts. Dominant!
Speaking of dominant, Ralph Kiner hit 2 home runs again. This gives him 4 in two games.
Today’s Player Focus post is on the catcher for my Kansas City team, Quincy Trouppe. Trouppe went 0 for 1 as a pinch hitter, but he currently is leading the league with a .545 batting average.
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Results
NYC 3 at BIR 1
KMG 5 at DSG 7
WHG 4 at NWK 3
STL 3 at PCG 2
Summaries
NEW YORK AT BIRMINGHAM
Black Yankees... 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 Black Barons.... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Win:Koufax(1-0) Loss:Perry(0-1) Save:Fingers(1st)
At the ballpark, the Birmingham faithful were treated to an intriguing pitcher’s duel. Sandy Koufax(1-0) finally bested his Birmingham counterpart, Gaylord Perry(0-1), by the score of 3 to 1.
Koufax gave New York a solid outing. He surrendered 4 hits and 3 walks in 6 innings. Neither team managed to score after the 4th inning. Rollie Fingers earned the save, his 1st. Perry was the loser. He pitched 9 innings and surrendered 8 hits and 1 walk.
KANSAS CITY AT DETROIT
Monarchs........ 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 15 0 Stars........... 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 - 7 9 0 Win:Marichal(1-0) Loss:Smith(0-1) Save:Sutter(1st) Homeruns- R.Kiner-2(4th), A.Kaline(1st), C.Ripken Jr(2nd)
Ralph Kiner rocketed 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI at Mack Park as the Detroit Stars beat the Kansas City Monarchs 7 to 5.
Kiner enjoyed a fine day at the plate. He lofted a three-run bomb in the 6th inning and lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in the 8th inning. Kansas City had 15 hits in the game while Detroit had 9, but Detroit had the more timely hits.
The victory was credited to Juan Marichal(1-0) who went 8 innings, allowing 5 runs. Bruce Sutter got the save, his 1st. Lee Smith(0-1) took the loss in relief. He served up 3 gopher balls in 2/3 of an inning.
‘He gutted it out’ Detroit’s manager said of Marichal. ‘I was very impressed by his tenacity.’
WASHINGTON AT NEWARK
Homestead Grays. 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 6 0 Eagles.......... 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1 Win:Young(1-0) Loss:Spahn(0-1) Save:Joss(1st)
One run was the difference at the ballpark as the Washington Homestead Grays defeated the Newark Eagles 4 to 3.
Washington brought 2 runs across the plate in the 5th inning. Washington had only 6 hits for the afternoon. Cy Young(1-0) was the winner allowing 3 runs in 8 and 2/3 innings. Addie Joss recorded his 1st save. Warren Spahn(0-1) was the losing pitcher.
ST. LOUIS AT PITTSBURGH
Stars........... 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 Crawfords....... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 3 1 Win:Martinez(1-0) Loss:Palmer(0-1) Homeruns- O.Johnson(1st), S.Palm(1st)
Pedro Martinez took a no-hitter into the 6th inning and Oscar Heavy Johnson touched them all as the St. Louis Stars bested the Pittsburgh Crawfords 3 to 2 at Greenlee Field.
Martinez(1-0) pitched one of his finer games as he simply was too much for the Pittsburgh batters. He didn’t give up much, just 3 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings. Martinez mowed down 15 Pittsburgh batters. The right-handed Martinez lost his no-hit bid when Neil Robinson doubled with one out in the 6th inning. St. Louis rapped out 7 hits for the afternoon.
Jim Palmer(0-1) was tagged with the loss. ‘When Martinez is on like that it is a tough game to play, no doubt about it,’ Pittsburgh’s manager said. ‘He always pitches well against us.’