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Day 27 – May 23
Detroit jumped out to a quick lead and held on to beat Birmingham, 5-2. It was the Mule Suttles show – he went 3-5 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI. Bobby Doerr drove in the other 2 Detroit runs. Josh Gibson had 2 hits in the loss, keeping his […]
Day 25 – May 21
Week 7 opened today with three 1-run games.Detroit won at Birmingham, 5-4, thanks to a 4-run 8th inning. Biz Mackey had a key RBI double that got the rally started. Dewey Creacy added an RBI in the win and Cool Papa Bell had 2 hits, a walk, and 2 stolen […]
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 23 – May 16
Kansas City beat Newark 7-3. Old Hoss Radburn picked up his second win, giving up 2 runs in 6 innings. Tris Speaker went 4-4 for Kansas City, and Fats Jenkins added 2 RBI. Buck Ewing and Sammy T. Jones each had 2 hits and an RBI for Newark. New York […]
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 […]