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the baseball times
April 12, 1958
McCAFFERTY GETS DIAGNOSIS ON INJURY
Tonight, the El Paso Indians reported that 2B Mike McCafferty is out for 4 weeks.
He was injured on April 9th against Memphis. In the 3rd inning, he led off against Vespasiano Belloi. He worked the count to 1-2, and was then clobbered in the head with a fastball. He instantly went down and was out cold when he got to the ground. Trainers immediately called for a stretcher, and McCafferty was carted off to the applause of 16,000 people at Russwood Park. He was taken to the hospital, and had tests done on him.
Today, he got his diagnosis, a concussion, and is now out for 4 weeks. He has been placed on the injured list. Up to this point, he has hit .227 with 0 homers and 1 RBI.
ABC SCORES
Cleveland 11-9 Boston
New York 2-3 San Antonio
Miami 6-15 Albuquerque (see previous post for story)
Fort Worth 1-4 Houston
LV 3-2 Oakland
Tuscon 8-3 San Diego
Philly 4-8 Denver
San Jose 2-3 Tulsa- 10 inning walk off
NBC SCORES
Long Beach 2-6 Detroit
Austin 6-4 Milwaukee- 4 run comeback in 9th for Austin
Omaha 6-1 OK City
COL Springs 1-6 El Paso
Jacksonville 2-3 LA- 3 run comeback in 6th for LA
Columbus 6-4 Juneau- 5 run comeback in 7th for Columbus
Chicago 3-9 Honolulu
Memphis 8-6 Seattle- took lead with 3 runs in 7th
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