May 16, 1950 (Tuesday) - Cleveland, OH

W/L record 13-16

The A's fell to the Cleveland Indians Tuesday night by a score of 9-6 in the first of a three game set at Cleveland stadium. Philadelphia pitching gave up 12 walks on the night. The Indians pulled ahead in the 7th inning scoring five runs on four hits. Cleveland's Early Wynn (3-2) worked eight innings while giving up six earned runs getting his third win of the season.

Elmer Valo continues his...

In a closely contested series, the Rangers lost to the Brewers in the full 5 games. The Brewers powerful offense proved to be too much for the Rangers over the course of the series and the Rangers pitchers gave up a few too many walk, hits and homers to pull out the series. The series went as follows -

Game 1 TEX 4 - MIL 3 (in Texas)
Game 2 MIL 4 - TEX 3 (12 inn) (in Texas)
Game 3 MIL 5 - TEX 1 (in Milwaukee)
Game 4 TEX 5 - MIL 2 (in Milwaukee)
Game 5 MIL 4...

The Rangers easily clinched the AL West with a 97-65 record and a 10-game lead over the 2nd place Royals. Texas, leading the division by 10 or more games for all of August and September, were able to put the team into cruise control and get extra playing time for some of their younger players and minor league vets.

The AL East was not so easily decided however, and resulted in a 3-way tie between Detroit, New York, and Milwaukee. Milwaukee won the 3-way playoff and will take on the...

May 14, 1950 (Sunday) - New York, NY

W/L record 13-15 (.464), 6th place, 4.0 GB, Streak W1, Last10 5-5

The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the New York Yankees Sunday afternoon 6-5 in 11 innings. The A's led early behind the sturdy pitching of Bobby Shantz, but the Yankee bats awoke in the later innings as they stabbed Shantz with three runs in the 7th and then tied the game in the bottom of the 9th forcing the game into overtime. The A's were able to pull it out in the...

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