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Day 32 – May 31
Harry Salmon pitched a complete game, leading Birmingham over Kansas City by a score of 8-1. Birmingham opened the scoring with 5 runs in the bottom of the 4th and coasted from there. Martin Dihigo had a 2-run double and scored twice, and Cristobal Torriente hit his first home run […]
Week 6 Wrap Up
Note: All statistics can be found at THIS SITE. After 6 weeks, St. Louis and New York are tied for first with 15-9 (.625) records. Detroit is only 1 game out of first. Here are the standings, along with key individual statistical leaders. Ralph Kiner continues to have a dominating […]
Day 24 – May 17
Week 6 wrapped up today.Kansas City beat Newark 1-0. Bill Drake pitched 7-1/3 innings of shutout ball to out duel William Bell. Kansas City scored its only run in the 8th inning, as Buck Leonard’s sacrifice fly drove home Fats Jenkins. Newark only managed to get 4 hits, 2 of […]
Day 19 – May 9
Four one-run games today, with two requiring extra innings. Detroit beat Newark 6-5 in 14 innings. Down 5-1, Detroit rallied for 4 runs in the top of the ninth. Biz Mackey had a 2-run double, Willie Mays tripled him in and scored the tying run on a single by Wild […]
May 1 – Day 14
St. Louis beat Birmingham 3-1, thanks to Oscar Charleston’s 2-run home run. Bill Holland picked up his second win.Detroit edged Washington 9-8. Mule Suttles went 3-4 with a home run and 3 RBI, and Dick Redding won his second game on the season.Newark beat Kansas City 5-2, thanks to 4 […]