Here Comes The Paragon Baseball League!

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KERSHAW STRONG OVER 6+ IN 2-1 LA WIN
JERSEY COMPLETES SWEEP OF BEANTOWN BEHIND WALSH SHUTOUT
SHOCKER FANS 12 AS COLONIALS FLOG RAINIERS
PORTLAND’S HOT RUN CONTINUES AS BROWN ONE-HITS LIZARDS
GRAYS HIT THE WALL, SHUT OUT BY RADBOURN FOR 9TH LOSS IN LAST 10

New Jersey 4 v Boston 0
WP: Ed Walsh (5-1) 9 IP / 7 H / 0 ER / 3 K.
LP: Bert Blyleven (5-4)

• NJER: Gary Sheffield 2-4 / solo HR [3].

Connecticut 10 v Seattle 1
WP: Urban Shocker (5-5) 8.2 IP / 6 H / 1 ER / 12 K.
LP: Kid Nichols (4-5)

• CONN: Jason Kendall 4-4 / 2 RBI; Reggie Jackson HR [2] / 3 RBI; Bid McPhee 3-5 / RBI.
• SEAT: Joe Gordon solo HR [6].

Los Angeles 2 @ New York 1
WP: Clayton Kershaw (5-4) 6.1 IP / 1 H / 1 ER / 9 K.
LP: Walter Johnson (4-5)
SV: Noodles Hahn (2)


Portland 5 v Las Vegas 0
WP: Mordecai Brown (2-5) 9 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 4 K.
LP: Mark Langston (6-4)

• PORT: Sherry Magee 3-run 3B.

Indianapolis 3 v New Orleans 2
WP: Schoolboy Rowe (3-5)
LP: Jim Perry (6-4)

• INDI: Nap Lajoie 2-4 / 2-run HR [3].

Virginia 5 v Atlanta 3
WP: Al Spalding (4-5) 9 IP / 8 H / 0 ER / 2 K.
LP: Luis Tiant (5-3)

• VIRG: Buddy Bell 3-4 / 2B / RBI; Johnny Damon 2-4 / solo HR [3]; Eddie Murray 2-4 / solo HR [8].
• ATLA: Fernando Tatis jr 3-4 / 2B / 2 RBI.

Carolina 2 v Washington 0
WP: Old Hoss Radbourn (3-4) 9 IP / 6 H / 0 ER / 5 K.
LP: Don Drysdale (3-4)


Kansas City 6 v Florida 2
WP: Pete Alexander (5-4)
LP: Charles Bender (4-5)

• KANC: Elmer Flick 3-4 / 2 3B; Lou Gehrig 2-4 / 2B / 2 RBI; Tony Phillips 2-3 / 2 RBI; Bucky Walters 3-4 / RBI.
• FLOR: Jack Clark solo HR [4].

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SPLINTER PUTS THE WOOD TO STAGS IN 9-3 COLONIALS WIN
GARVER GREAT AS BEACONS BEAT GOTHAMS
PIRATES SCORE LATE TO PINCH MUCH-NEEDED WIN OFF BLUES

Connecticut 9 v Portland 3
WP: Kenny Rogers (6-0)
LP: Red Faber (7-1)

• CONN: Ted Williams 3-4 / 2-run HR [8].

Boston 7 v New York 1
WP: Ned Garver (3-2) 9 IP / 5 H / 1 ER / 5 K.
LP: Bartolo Colon (3-3)

• BOST: Rafael Palmeiro 2-3 / 2 RBI.

New Jersey 5 @ Seattle 4 (Game 1)
WP: Gerrit Cole (3-3)
LP: Herb Pennock (1-6)
SV: Red Lucas (1)

• NJER: Frank Robinson 2-run HR [7].
• SEAT: John Henry Lloyd 2-5 / 2B / 2 RBI; Jim Wynn 3-5.

Seattle 3 v New Jersey 2 (Game 2)
WP: Frank Dwyer (3-6) 9 IP / 8 H / 2 ER / 3 K.
LP: Murry Dickson (1-1)

• SEAT: Richie Ashburn 3-4 / 2B / 3B; Mike Trout solo HR [7].
• NJER: Frank Robinson 2-4 / solo HR [8]; Willie Stargell solo HR [1].

Los Angeles 3 @ Las Vegas 1
WP: Dennis Martinez (3-2) 9 IP / 10 H / 1 ER / 5 K.
LP: Harry Brecheen (3-3)

• LOSA: Ken Griffey jr solo HR [9].
• LASV: Rod Carew 3-5.

Florida 3 v Indianapolis 2 (11 innings)
WP: Jack Chesbro (2-0)
LP: Satchel Paige (0-1)

• FLOR: Trevor Story 2-run HR [3].
• INDI: Mickey Cochrane 3-4 / solo HR [2].

Atlanta 9 v Washington 8
WP: Eddie Rommel (1-2)
LP: Camilo Pascual (4-3)

• ATLA: Joe Mauer 2-3 / 2B / 3 RBI; Cap Anson 2B / 3B; Hank Aaron 2-4 / 2B / 2 RBI; Robin Yount 2-4 / 2 RBI.
• WASH: Carl Yastrzemski 2-5 / 3-run HR [3]; Tony Gwynn 3-5 / 2B / 3B; Zack Wheat 2-4 / 3B / 2 RBI; Pete Rose 3-5 / 2B / RBI; Josh Gibson 3-5 / RBI.

Virginia 4 @ Kansas City 1
WP: Bob Caruthers (2-3)
LP: Bob Gibson (2-3)
SV: George Cuppy (4)

• VIRG: Johnny Damon 2-4 / 3-run 2B.
• KANC: Tony Phillips 2-4 / solo HR [1]; Bill Freehan 3-3.

New Orleans 6 v Carolina 5
WP: Smoky Joe Wood (1-2)
LP: Tommy Bond (3-5)

• NORL: Ken Boyer 2 2B / 2 RBI; Buck Ewing 3-4.
• CARO: Frank Thomas 2-4 / 2-run HR [5].

[Beirnej1]

Looking forward to the game of the week!

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Originally Posted by Beirnej1

Looking forward to the game of the week!

Me too! Let's hope the Gothams come ready to play, they've been a major disappointment so far.

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HUGE GAME FROM BELL DRIVES PORTLAND PAST CONNECTICUT
FURY CONTINUES RESURGENCE WITH TIGHT ROAD WIN AT KC
FORD PITCHES ALL 10, FANS 11, STILL LOSES

Portland 10 @ Connecticut 4
WP: Jim Palmer (3-5)
LP: Sam Rice (5-3)

• PORT: Cool Papa Bell 5-5 / 2 2B / HR [3] / 2 RBI; Paul Waner 2 2B / 3 RBI; Roger Connor 3-run 2B; Rogers Hornsby 3-5 / 2B / RBI; Jim Whitney 3-5 / RBI.
• CONN: Barry Larkin HR [3] / 2 RBI; Sam Crawford 3-5 / 2B.

Seattle 3 v New Jersey 2
WP: Tim Keefe (2-6)
LP: Clark Griffith (6-3)
SV: Pink Hawley (3)

• SEAT: Lance Parrish 2-run 2B.
• NJER: Cristobal Torriente 2-4 / 2B; Honus Wagner 3-4.

Los Angeles 5 @ Las Vegas 1
WP: Carl Hubbell (4-4)
LP: Dizzy Trout (2-2)
SV: Noodles Hahn (3)

• LOSA: Francisco Lindor 2 2B; Joe Williams 2-4 / 3B.

Indianapolis 8 @ Florida 4
WP: Wilbur Cooper (3-6)
LP: Amos Rusie (5-2)

• INDI: Billy Williams 2-4 / 2B / 3 RBI; Mookie Betts 3-5 / 2 RBI.
• FLOR: Jeff Kent solo HR [6].

Washington 4 @ Atlanta 2
WP: Catfish Hunter (6-2)
LP: Monty Ward (5-3)
SV: David Price (4)

• WASH: Tony Gwynn 2-4 / 2B / RBI.
• ATLA: Billy Hamilton 2-run 3B.

Virginia 3 @ Kansas City 1
WP: Javier Vazquez (5-4)
LP: Bob Welch (4-4)
SV: Waite Hoyt (5)

• VIRG: Willie Mays 2-3 / solo HR [2].
• KANC: Jim O’Rourke 3-4 / 3B.

Carolina 4 @ New Orleans 1 (10 innings)
WP: Tommy Bond (4-5)
LP: Whitey Ford (6-2) 10 IP / 6 H / 4 ER / 11 K.
SV: Jack Powell (1)

• CARO: Frank Thomas 2-3 / solo HR [6].

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New York Gothams (19-27) @ Boston Beacons (24-22)
Harbor Street Yards – Boston, MA; 7.05 pm
BOST: Felix Hernandez (3-1, 2.77)
NYOR: Jacob deGrom (4-2, 2.86)

Good evening folks, and welcome to another Game of the Week – I’m your host, Nik Hill. We’re coming to you live from Harbor Street yards in Admirals Hill, north across the Mystic River from Boston and, boy, tonight’s game has got just about everything you could hope for from a baseball contest. Fierce divisional rivals who don’t much seem to like each other at all, two of the hottest pitchers in the league, and a superb array of offensive talent all on show in the one place.

This evening, the home fans will be hoping their beloved Beacons can repeat their excellent performance from last night when they knocked off the visiting New York Gothams by a score of 7 to 1 behind a fantastic complete game by Ned Garver. They’ll have their work cut out for them, though, as Jacob deGrom takes the mound for New York with the aim of improving upon his 4-2 record, and they’ll need to be much better tonight than they were when they last faced the gun righty at the end of last month. On that occasion, he shut them out on eight hits over 7 innings en route to a comfortable 6-0 win for the Gothams and they didn’t seem to have any answers against him at all.

That said, the Gothams – who, it is fair to say, have been one of the league’s biggest underperformers to this point – have a huge task facing them as well, with the mighty King Felix Hernandez casting his commanding presence from the hill. Felix has been fantastic so far, going 3-1 with a 2.77 ERA, and is coming off an excellent 5-hit complete game win over the tough Colonials. He has been almost unhittable at times, and his 76 strikeouts are just two off the lead in the entire PBL.

Neither pitcher, however, will get things all their own way tonight--not with the hitters they’ll be facing. Guys like Judge, Bagwell and Winfield for the visitors and the tricky threesome at the heart of the home side’s lineup: Fred Clarke, Arky Vaughn and Ronald Acuna, as well as the young man waiting patiently down on the field with our own Juliana Scott. Juliana, who’ve you got for us tonight?

Juliana Scott: Hi Nik, it’s very noisy down here with the home fans having a few things to say to a couple of the Gothams’ players, so I hope you can hear me OK. I’m here with one of the rising stars for the Beacons Ty Cobb. Ty, thanks for joining us.

Ty Cobb: My pleasure, ma’am.

JS: It’s not just the fans who seem to have taken a bit of a dislike to the boys from the Big Apple, Ty. You had a little to-do with them yourself last month didn’t you? A quick unscheduled mound visit to exchange a few key insights with Walter Johnson about his pitching technique that he didn’t seem to take too kindly to.

TC: Oh no, Juliana, Train and I are great mates – been playing against each other on the way up a few years now. I just hadn’t seen him for a while and was just checking to make sure his ma was well and he’d bought her something nice for Mother’s Day (laughs).

JS: (Laughing) Well he must have forgotten to get her a present if his response was anything to go by.

TC: Yes, he was very upset that he hadn’t bought her the pearls he’d promised if he ever made the bigs and lashed out at the nearest person, which unfortunately just happened to be me (laughs).

JS: Fair enough, let’s leave it at that. You’re from Georgia, originally, have you found it difficult to settle in to a new city?

TC: Don’t get me wrong, I love Georgia to bits and miss it like heck sometimes. But I’m a baseball player first and foremost. No kidding, I’d move to the Moon as long as it had a baseball diamond or two set up and ready to play on.

JS: The way you play the game, I have no doubt about it. Is that intensity something you’ve always had or has it been a recent development.

TC: I’ve always been a bit on the feisty side to be honest, at least on the diamond. I know it’s a double-edged sword, that sometimes it goes against me. But it seems to work for me on the whole, so that’s just how it has to be, I guess. Hopefully I get better at controlling it and using it to my advantage the older I get. I find myself spending a lot of time watching Arky and Fred Clarke. Both of them are just as competitive as me, perhaps even more’n I am. But they channel it better than I’m able to, they rarely lose their cool, only if it’s absolutely necessary. That’s what I’m hoping to be able to learn how to do. Because – and they’d be the first to admit this – I’m a better natural ballplayer than either of them.

JS: Let’s turn our attnation to tonight, how do you plan to get on top of deGrom – he’s been tough so far, hasn’t he?

TC: Yeah, I guess so. But no pitcher’s unhittable, not like the feller upstairs said, not even our Felix. We just played bad that night. But he’s got good control and a fair arsenal of pitches, I’ll give him that. So you just need to be patient. He’s only human, he’ll make a mistake eventually. That’s when you have to pounce.

JS: Well we are really anticipating a great game tonight, Ty. Thanks for talking to us and all the best.

TC: Thanks a bunch, been a pleasure.

JS: Back to the feller upstairs, Nik – he’s a lively one all right, our Mister Cobb.

He sure is Juliana, can’t wait to see how his career plays out. I know the Bostonites think very highly of him, let’s hope he can live up to the hoopla. We’ll be back with all the action after this short commercial break.


TOP 1ST
A strong start by Hernandez as he sends them down as they came up.

BOTTOM 1ST
No runs, hits or errors in the home half.

TOP 2ND
No dramas again for The King.

BOTTOM 2ND
Fred Clarke gets the game’s first hit and moves to third on another single by Stan Hack, before coming home on a sac fly by our friend Mr Cobb to put the home side in front.
Boston 1, New York 0

TOP 3RD
A walk and nothing else for the visitors, who are still looking for their first hit.

BOTTOM 3RD
A two-out rally nets the Beacons a second run as Tinker singles, swipes second and comes home on a Vaughn single – that’s 27 RBI now for the Boston shortstop.
Boston 2, New York 0

TOP 4TH
A leadoff walk to Bagwell is erased when Mathews rolls into a double play.

BOTTOM 4TH
A two-out double by Cobb amounts to nothing.

TOP 5TH
Andruw Jones reaches on a wild pitch but is then caught trying to steal second with a perfect throw by Boston backstop Gary Carter. Hernandez’s no-hitter lives into the 6th.

BOTTOM 5TH
A single by Tinker with two out keeps the inning alive but Vaughn can only ground out to short.

TOP 6TH
Another perfect inning by Hernandez.

BOTTOM 6TH
Nothing doing for the Beacons.

TOP 7TH
The crowd groans as one when Gothams third-baseman Eddie Mathews breaks up The King’s no-no bid with a one-out single. But he recovers to get them out of the inning without conceding.

BOTTOM 7TH
After Cobb continues his good game with a leadoff single, New York skipper John McGraw decides to hook his starter, bringing southpaw David Wells in to relieve him. A successful sacrifice by Doerr puts the Georgia Peach in scoring position but Wells gets out of the inning unscathed.

TOP 8TH
Hernandez, looking as strong as he did in the 1st, sends them down 1-2-3.

BOTTOM 8TH
Tinker gets his third hit of the game to lead off the inning but Hartnett nails him trying to pilfer second with a pinpoint throw.

TOP 9TH
Hernandez caps off a superb performance with another easy inning to give the Beacons a shutout win. The big

BOTTOM 9TH
X

Boston 2, New York 0 (final).

WP: Felix Hernandez (4-1)
LP: Jacob deGrom (4-3)
POTG: Felix Hernandez 9 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 9 K.

Well what a sensational performance from Felix Hernandez, as he shuts out New York with a sublime one-hitter. He faced just 29 batters and 67 of his 106 pitches were for strikes. The Gothams bats continue to flounder, registering just 4 flyouts all game while whiffing 9 times and they failed to get a runner past second base, such was Hernandez’s dominance.

That brings tonight’s telecast to a close and we’re back here in the Northeast next Sunday for our first look at the Indianapolis Arrows as they play host to the Washington Grays, another side we’ve yet to see live, at Qualys Field. Until then, have a great week.

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Players of the Week

Northwest League
Cool Papa Bell (Portland): .667 / 1 HR / 3 RBI

Southeast League
Jim O’Rourke (Kansas City): .560 / 1 HR / 8 RBI

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LATE HOMER BY JUDGE GETS GOTHAMS PAST BEACONS
MAYS WHITEWASHES CANARIES ON 5 HITS, FANS 9
STRONG OUTING BY PETTITE EARNS GRAYS ROAD WIN AT ATLANTA
STIEB PITCHES 3-HITTER AS PIRATES BEAT TRIPLETS

Portland 6 @ Connecticut 2
WP: Jim Whitney (6-2)
LP: Charlie Buffinton (1-4)
SV: Eddie Plank (8)

• PORT: Mickey Mantle 3-4 / 3B / RBI.
• CONN: Sam Crawford 2-4 / 2B / 2 RBI.

New York 5 @ Boston 4
WP: David Wells (2-3)
LP: Bob Friend (1-3)

• NYOR: Aaron Judge solo HR [7].
• BOST: Arky Vaughn 3-4 / 2B / RBI; Joe Tinker 2-5 / 3B.

Seattle 9 v New Jersey 5
WP: Rick Reuschel (3-5)
LP: Mickey Lolich (1-3)
SV: Burleigh Grimes (5)

• SEAT: Mike Trout 2-run 2B; Joe Gordon 2-run 2B.
• NJER: Frank Robinson 2-run HR [7].

Las Vegas 6 v Los Angeles 0
WP: Carl Mays (3-6) 9 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 9 K.
LP: Zack Greinke (5-2)

• LASV: Dan Brouthers HR [6] / 3 RBI; Martin Dihigo 2-3 / solo HR [3].

Florida 5 v Indianapolis 1
WP: Frank Viola (3-1) 8 IP / 10 H / 1 ER / 5 K.
LP: Virgil Trucks (4-5)

• FLOR: Jeff Kent 2-4 / 2B / 2 RBI; Trevor Story solo HR [4]; Jorge Posada solo HR [4]; Albert Pujols 2 2B / RBI.

Washington 4 @ Atlanta 2
WP: Andy Pettite (4-5) 7.2 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 6 K.
LP: Tim Hudson (2-4)
SV: David Price (5)

• WASH: Pete Rose 3 2B / RBI; Will Clark 3-4 / 2B / RBI.

Kansas City 6 v Virginia 4
WP: Bret Saberhagen (5-3)
LP: Jack Morris (1-6)

• KANC: Bill Dahlen 2-run HR [5]; Hank Greenburg 2-4 / 2 RBI; Jim O’Rourke 2B / 3B / RBI.
• VIRG: Al Spalding 3-5 / 2B / 3B / 2 RBI.

New Orleans 4 v Carolina 0
WP: Dave Stieb (4-5) 9 IP / 3 H / 0 ER / 5 K.
LP: Jack Stivetts (1-1)

• NORL: Ernie Banks 2 2B / 3B / RBI; Joe DiMaggio 3-5.
• CARO: Frank Thomas 2-4 / 2-run HR [5].

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HAMELS LEADS STAGS TO 2-1 WIN AT JERSEY
WHITE GOES ALL 9 IN BOSTON WIN OVER STRUGGLING SEATTLE
INDI NEEDS 11 TO OVERCOME FURY

Portland 2 @ New Jersey 1
WP: Cole Hamels (3-5) 7 IP / 4 H / 1 ER / 4 K.
LP: Roy Oswalt (5-5)
SV: Fernando Valenzuela (3)


Boston 5 v Seattle 1
WP: Doc White (5-3) 9 IP / 5 H / 1 ER / 5 K.
LP: Kid Nichols (4-6)

• BOST: Fred Clarke 2-run 3B.

Connecticut 7 @ Los Angeles 6
WP: CC Sabathia (6-1)
LP: Roger Clemens (3-4)
SV: Hooks Dauss (3)

• CONN: Ted Williams 2-5 / 2B / 3 RBI.
• LOSA: Ken Griffey jr 4-5 / RBI.

New York v Las Vegas
RAINOUT; RESCHEDULED FOR 05/26/61


Indianapolis 5 v Virginia 4 (11 innings)
WP: Satchel Paige (1-1)
LP: George Cuppy (2-6)

• INDI: Mookie Betts 3-4 / 2 2B / RBI; Adrian Beltre 2-5 / walkoff RBI.
• VIRG: Johnny Damon 2-5 / HR [4] / 3 RBI; Buddy Myer 4-6 / 2B / RBI.

Washington 7 v Kansas City 2
WP: Don Drysdale (4-4) 9 IP / 7 H / 2 ER / 4 K.
LP: Pete Alexander (5-5)

• WASH: Will Clark 2-3 / 2-run HR [8]; Pete Rose 2-run HR [1].
• KANC: Cody Bellinger 2-run HR [9].

Atlanta 8 @ Carolina 3
WP: Addie Joss (7-2)
LP: Nap Rucker (5-3)

• ATLA: Scott Rolen 2-5 / 2-run HR [3]; Cap Anson 2-4 / 2B / 2 RBI.
• CARO: Al Simmons 2-5 / 2B / 2 RBI; Frank Thomas 3-3 / 2 BB.

Florida 5 @ New Orleans 4
WP: Pud Galvin (8-2)
LP: Jim Perry (6-5)

• FLOR: Jack Clark 3-4 / 2B / 3 RBI.
• NORL: Joe DiMaggio 3-run HR [7].

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KERSHAW WHITEWASHES CONNECTICUT ON 4 HITS
VEGAS PIPS NY AS GOODEN LOSES AGAIN
MCCOVEY’S BIG GAME GETS BLUES PAST GRAYS
BRILLIANT SPALDING LEADS FURY TO ROAD WIN OVER ARROWS
EL TIANTE GETS CG WIN AT CAROLINA

New Jersey 3 v Portland 2
WP: Ed Walsh (6-1) 7.1 IP / 7 H / 1 ER / 3 K.
LP: Mordecai Brown (2-6)
SV: Jim McCormick (3)

• NJER: Kenny Lofton 2-3 / 2B / 2 RBI.
• PORT: Thurman Munson solo HR [4]; Paul Molitor 3-4 / 2B.

Boston 3 v Seattle 2
WP: Bert Blyleven (6-4)
LP: Frank Dwyer (3-7)
SV: Bob Friend (5)

• SEAT: Mike Trout 2-4 / HR [8] / 2 RBI.

Los Angeles 5 v Connecticut 0
WP: Clayton Kershaw (6-4) 9 IP / 4 H / 0 ER / 2 K.
LP: Urban Shocker (5-6)

• LOSA: Francisco Lindor 2-4 / 2B / 2 RBI.
• CONN: Bid McPhee 2-3 / 2B.

Las Vegas 2 @ New York 1
WP: Don Sutton (6-3)
LP: Dwight Gooden (1-8) 8 IP / 7 H / 1 ER / 10 K.
SV: Bobby Mathews (6)


Virginia 3 @ Indianapolis 1
WP: Al Spalding (5-5) 9 IP / 5 H / 1 ER / 5 K.
LP: Schoolboy Rowe (3-6)

• VIRG: Johnny Damon 2 2B.

Kansas City 6 @ Washington 3
WP: Robin Roberts (5-3)
LP: Joe McGinnity (6-4)

• KANC: Willie McCovey 4-4 / 2B / HR [7] / 3 RBI; Bill Freehan 3-5.
• WASH: Josh Gibson 3-4 / 2B.

Atlanta 4 @ Carolina 1
WP: Luis Tiant (6-3) 9 IP / 10 H / 1 ER / 5 K.
LP: Old Hoss Radbourn (3-5)

• ATLA: Jose Cruz 2-3 / HR [3] / 3 RBI; Billy Hamilton 3-4 / 3B.

New Orleans 11 v Florida 2
WP: Cy Young (2-8) 9 IP / 8 H / 2 ER / 3 K.
LP: Charles Bender (4-6)

• NORL: Joe DiMaggio 2-4 / 2B / 4 RBI; Ken Boyer 2-5 / 2B / 3 RBI; Ron Santo solo HR [5]; Toby Harrah solo HR [1].

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GOTHAMS FINALLY WIN ONE DESPITE DIZZY’S STRONG PERFORMANCE
PIRATES BEAT PANTHERS AS FORD CONTINUES EXCELLENT START

New Jersey 8 v Portland 7
WP: Red Lucas (1-1)
LP: Jim Palmer (3-6)

• NJER: Robinson Cano 3-5 / 2 RBI; Dustin Pedroia 2-5 / 2B / walkoff RBI.
• PORT: Cool Papa Bell 2B / 3B / 2 RBI.

Boston 4 v Seattle 3
WP: Felix Hernandez (5-1) 9 IP / 5 H / 1 ER / 5 K.
LP: Tim Keefe (2-7)
SV: Bob Friend (6)

• BOST: Gary Carter solo HR [2]; Ronald Acuna 3-4 / 2B / RBI.
• SEAT: Mike Trout 2-3 / 3-run HR [9].

Connecticut 4 @ Los Angeles 3
WP: Sam Rice (6-3)
LP: Carl Hubbell (4-5)
SV: Eddie Cicotte (6)

• CONN: Barry Larkin 3-5; Jason Kendall 2B / 2 RBI.

Las Vegas 8 @ New York 3 (Game 1)
WP: Mark Langston (7-4)
LP: Walter Johnson (4-6)
SV: Bobby Mathews (7)

• LASV: Dan Brouthers 2-5 / 3-run HR [7]; Ted Simmons 3-5 / RBI.
• NYOR: Joe Medwick 2-4 / 2-run HR [4].

New York 2 v Las Vegas 1 (Game 2)
WP: Babe Adams (4-3)
LP: Dizzy Trout (2-3) 8.1 IP / 7 H / 2 ER / 4 K.


Virginia 5 @ Indianapolis 4
WP: Javier Vazquez (6-4)
LP: Wilbur Cooper (3-7)
SV: George Cuppy (5)

• VIRG: Buddy Bell 2-5 / 3 RBI; Eddie Murray 3-5 / 2B / RBI; Lou Boudreau 3-4.
• INDI: Nap Lajoie 2-run 3B.

Kansas City 13 @ Washington 5
WP: Bob Welch (5-4)
LP: Catfish Hunter (6-3)

• KANC: Miguel Cabrera 2B / HR [2] / 2 RBI; Jim O’Rourke 2-5 / 2 RBI; Lou Gehrig 3-run 2B; Elmer Flick 3 RBI; Tony Phillips 3-5 / 2B / RBI; Bucky Walters 3-5 / 2B / RBI.
• WASH: Zack Wheat 3-5 / HR [2] / 2 RBI.

Carolina 9 v Atlanta 2
WP: Sadie McMahon (3-4) 9 IP / 12 H / 2 ER / 4 K.
LP: Monte Ward (5-4)

• CARO: Al Simmons 3-5 / 2 RBI; Juan Soto 2-5 / 2B / 2 RBI.
• ATLA: Cap Anson 4-5 / 2 2B.

New Orleans 5 v Florida 1
WP: Whitey Ford (7-2) 9 IP / 5 H / 1 ER / 8 K.
LP: Amos Rusie (5-3)

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GOTHAMS POST 3 IN 9TH TO KNOCK OFF HAPLESS RAINIERS, WINFIELD GOES DEEP TWICE
MULLIN 5-HIT SPECIAL BLOTS OUT STAGS
ARROWS GIVE SPUTTERING GRAYS AN 18-6 BEATDOWN AS LAJOIE HAS 5 RBI AND BECKLEY GOES 5-FOR-5
MORRIS SHUTS OUT PIRATES 7-0 FOR SECOND WIN OF SEASON

New Jersey 6 v Los Angeles 2
WP: Mickey Lolich (2-3)
LP: Zack Greinke (5-3)
SV: Jim McCormick (4)

• LOSA: Ken Griffey jr 2-4 / 2-run HR [10].

Connecticut 9 v Las Vegas 4
WP: Charlie Buffinton (2-4)
LP: Carl Mays (3-7)
SV: Eddie Cicotte (7)

• CONN: Ted Williams 2-4 / 2B / 3 RBI; Bid McPhee 2-3 / 2 RBI; Barry Larkin 2-5 / 2 RBI.
• LASV: Sammy Sosa 2-4 / 2B / RBI.

New York 7 @ Seattle 6
WP: Babe Adams (5-3)
LP: Pink Hawley (3-3)

• NYOR: Dave Winfield 2 HR [7] / 4 RBI.
• SEAT: Mike Trout 3-5 / 3-run HR [10]; Chase Utley HR [3] / 2 RBI; Joe Gordon solo HR [7]; John Henry Lloyd 3-5 / 2B; Jim Wynn 3-5.

Boston 5 @ Portland 0
WP: George Mullin (3-5) 9 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 5 K.
LP: Jim Whitney (6-3)

• BOST: Arky Vaughn 3-5 / 2 2B / 3 RBI.

Indianapolis 18 v Washington 6
WP: Virgil Trucks (5-5)
LP: Andy Pettite (4-6)
SV: Jim Bunning (1)

• INDI: Nap Lajoie 3-6 / 2B / 3B / 5 RBI; Jake Beckley 5-5 / 4 R / RBI; Gene Tenace 2-3 / 3-run HR [2]; Adrian Beltre 3-4 / RBI.
• WASH: Tony Gwynn 3-5 / 2B / RBI; Wade Boggs 3-4 / 2B.

Carolina 5 @ Florida 4
WP: Jack Stivetts (2-1)
LP: Frank Viola (3-2)
SV: Tommy Bond (5)

• CARO: Frank Thomas 3-5 / solo HR [7]; Roger Bresnahan 2B / 3B / 2 RBI.

Atlanta 7 @ Kansas City 5 (12 innings)
WP: Eddie Rommel (2-2)
LP: Jack Quinn (2-4)

• ATLA: Hank Aaron 3-6 / 2-run HR [7]; Pee Wee Reese 3-6 / 2B / 2-run HR [2]; Scott Rolen solo HR [4].
• KANC: Miguel Cabrera 3-5 / 2 RBI; Tony Phillips 3-6 / 3B; Jim O’Rourke 3-3.

Virginia 7 v New Orleans 0
WP: Jack Morris (2-6) 9 IP / 7 H / 0 ER / 7 K.
LP: Dave Stieb (4-6)

• VIRG: Buddy Bell 3-4 / solo HR [3]; Lou Boudreau 3-4 / 2 2B / 2 RBI; Joe Torre 2-run HR [1].

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STALLIONS AND CANARIES GO AT IT FOR 16 BEFORE NJ WALKS IT OFF 1-0
NEW YORK SNEAKS PAST SEATTLE IN 12 AS MEDWICK AND GORDON RUN AMOK
KC GIVE UP 3 IN TOP 11TH THEN SCORE 4 IN BOTTOM HALF TO BEAT ATLANTA 10-9
THE MADNESS CONTINUES AS TRIPLETS SCORE 5 IN 10TH TO BEAT PANTHERS

New Jersey 1 v Los Angeles 0 (16 innings)
WP: Jerry Koosman (2-1)
LP: Andy Messersmith (2-1)

• NJER: Gerrit Cole 10 IP / 4 H / 0 ER / 7 K; Cristobal Torriente 2-7 / walkoff solo HR [8]; Robinson Cano 3-6 / 2B.
• LOSA: Dennis Martinez 11.2 IP / 6 H / 0 ER / 7 K.

Connecticut v Las Vegas
RAINOUT; RESCHEDULED FOR 05/29/61

New York 8 @ Seattle 7 (12 innings)
WP: Warren Spahn (1-0)
LP: Stan Coveleski (0-1)
SV: Wes Ferrell (1)

• NYOR: Joe Medwick 4 2B / 3-run HR [5]; Jeff Bagwell 2-2 / 2B / 4 BB; Aaron Judge 2-6 / 3 RBI.
• SEAT: Joe Gordon 4-6 / 2 HR [9] / 4 RBI; Richie Ashburn 2-4 / 3B / 3 BB / 2 RBI.

Portland 5 v Boston 3
WP: Red Faber (8-1)
LP: Ned Garver (3-3)
SV: Eddie Plank (9)

• PORT: Sherry Magee 2-run 3B.
• BOST: Gary Carter 2-4 / 3B / RBI.

Carolina 11 @ Florida 6 (10 innings)
WP: Jack Powell (3-4)
LP: Jack Chesbro (2-1)

• CARO: Frank Thomas 3-5 / 2B / 3B / 2 RBI; Larry Walker 3-6 / 2 RBI; Jackie Robinson 3-5; Al Simmons 2-6 / 2B / 2 RBI.
• FLOR: Albert Pujols 3-run HR [13]; Willie Wells 3-6 / 2B / RBI.

Kansas City 10 v Atlanta 9 (11 innings)
WP: Lon Warneke (1-0)
LP: Al Orth (2-1)

• KANC: Bucky Walters 3-6 / 3B / 3 RBI; Lou Gehrig 2-5 / 2-run HR [1]; Jim O’Rourke 3-6 / RBI.
• ATLA: Pee Wee Reese 2-4 / 2B / 2 RBI; Hank Aaron 2-6 / 2B / 2 RBI; Cap Anson 2-6 / 3B / RBI; Billy Hamilton 3-5 / BB.

Virginia 5 v New Orleans 3
WP: Waite Hoyt (1-1)
LP: Tony Mullane (0-4)

• VIRG: Eddie Murray 2-4 / 2 RBI.
• NORL: Joe DiMaggio 3-4 / 3B / RBI; Ichiro Suzuki 3-5.

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Washington Grays (29-23) @ Indianapolis Arrows (20-32)
Qualys Field – Indianapolis, IN; 3.05 pm
INDI: Jim Kaat (3-2, 4.35)
WASH: Camilo Pascual (4-3, 3.16)

Hi folks, I’m Nik Hill and welcome to today’s Game of the Week—an afternoon game, which makes for a nice change. We’re coming to you live from Qualys Field in Indianapolis to see a clash of two East Division rivals, as the Arrows play host to the Washington Grays.

Wildly differing performances so far from these two sides, with the Grays coming out of the blocks quickly to take a commanding lead in their division, while the Arrows have started sluggishly and find themselves in the cellar. That said, their fortunes have had somewhat of a turnaround of late as exemplified by Indi’s big 18-6 win last night. Even then, however, they are 9 games adrift of the Grays and will need to keep those sorts of performances coming if they want to keep pace with the rest of the division.

Should be a good one again today, perhaps not as high-scoring as last night with two talented pitchers who’ve both had solid seasons to date on the mound. Jim Kaat, who is 3 and 2 with a 4.35 ERA gets the ball for Indi, and he’s got a great arsenal of pitches to use to keep the Washington bats off their game. He’s up against the 4 and 3 Cuban-born flamethrower Camilo Pascual and, as I said, there’s a good chance runs will be hard to come by.

One of the players who’ll be trying to prove that statement wrong is down on the field with our own Juliana Scott. Juliana, this young man is making quite a name for himself already, isn’t he?

Juliana Scott: Indeed he is Nik, I’m with Arrows second-baseman Napoleon Lajoie—Napoleon, did I pronounce your last name correctly?

Napoleon Lajoie: Perfectly, Juliana, but please call me Nap or Larry, only my mother calls me Napoleon these days. Bit of a mouthful for these baseball types.

JS: Very well, Nap. You’re originally from Woonsocket, Rhode Island – I wouldn’t think there are too many other players in this league from the Ocean State are there?

NL: Actually, Gabby Hartnett of the Gothams and I grew up just a few streets away from each other, went to the same grade school and used to play pick-up together as boys.

JS: Well there you go, a real breeding-ground for future Hall of Famers!

NL: Oh my, I think we’re getting well ahead of ourselves there.

JS: Certainly if you can reproduce your form so far over the length of your career you’ll give it a good shake. On that topic, you have started very well, hitting a mite under .300 and leading the club with 37 RBI while the team has really struggled. How do you reconcile the difference when this happens?

NL: Well, Juliana, I’d be speaking falsely if I denied that individual performance isn’t important to me. It’s my job to do well at a personal level. But let me put it this way: I feel much happier when I’ve gone 0-for-5 and we’ve won that if I’ve gone 5-for-5 and we’ve lost.

JS: I understand. A strong win last night and the side has been somewhat better in May than your 9-18 April, do you feel you guys are back on track?

NL: It’s no great surprise we find ourselves where we are in the standings. Our offence has been poor overall, especially if you overlook the big wins like last evening, of which there have been a few. Our starters have been doing their job for the most part, but we hitters simply haven’t been giving them enough runs to play with, and the bullpen has had problems defending the few we have given them. Ergo our record so far. Last night was great and lots of fun to boot, but we need to be performing better day-in, day-out if we are to have any chance in this league.

JS: You have a few raw players who look like they could turn out to be pretty special types – Gehringer, Betts, Speaker to name a few, Justin Verlander in the pitching ranks looks set to dominate for years to come, must be a pretty exciting club to be at despite this year’s problems.

NL: The club has done a great job putting this squad together. I think they were prepared for a few lean years when they did so, in exchange for some really plentiful ones down the track. We know we’ll be a force to be reckoned with a few years hence. In the meantime we’re all just trying to become better ballplayers and do our best for the club, for Sparky, for the fans.

JS: Well we wish you all the best for that, I’m sure we’ll be hearing a lot more from you over the next decade or so, and good luck against the Grays today.

NL: Thank you mademoiselle, you are most kind.

JS: Back to you Nik.

Thanks Juliana and yes, I doubt that’s the last we’ve seen or heard from that young man in these telecasts. The players are lining up on the field for the National Anthem and we’ll be right back with all this afternoon’s action.


TOP 1ST
The Grays start confidently with singles to Rose and Clark, but Betts shows off his much-vaunted defensive prowess with a superb throw to nail Rose at third for the second out and Kaat eventually gets out of the inning without conceding.

BOTTOM 1ST
Just a hit to Beckley for the home side.

TOP 2ND
A two-out hit to Zack Wheat is all.

BOTTOM 2ND
The hosts are the first to put a concerted rally together as Betts singles with one out and Frisch bungles what should have been a DP to end the inning, then Edmonds walks to fill the bags. Goslin crushes a long double to left-center that plates two of the runners and a sac fly by shortstop Ozzie Smith adds a third.
Indianapolis 3, Washington 0

TOP 3RD
Rose gets his second hit of the game and Clark just misses one to end the inning.

BOTTOM 3RD
A leadoff single to Beckley leads to nothing as Cochrane rolls into an inning-ending DP.

TOP 4TH
Kaat gets into all sorts of trouble as he loads the bases with none out and Wheat knocks in two with a single. A passed ball on Cochrane lets the tying run come home and then a two-out RBI double by Frisch puts the visitors ahead.
Washington 4, Indianapolis 3

BOTTOM 4TH
Washington is lucky to escape a bases-loaded jam and maintain their slim lead.

TOP 5TH
Kaat is starting to look overmatched as the Grays tag him for 2 on a Wheat triple and Arrows manager Sparky Anderson has seen enough, putting Bob Lemon in for him. The change can’t stop the Grays extending their lead as a Nolan Arenado sac fly brings Wheat in to score. 11 hits to this point for Washington as their big bats impart their influence.
Washington 7, Indianapolis 3

BOTTOM 5TH
Pascual presses home the advantage with a 1-2-3 inning.

TOP 6TH
It’s beginning to look like the Grays have a bit of revenge for the previous game on their minds as they go further ahead on an RBI single by Yaz.
Washington 8, Indianapolis 3

BOTTOM 6TH
Needing to get back into the game, the home side gets a rally going, loading the bases with one out. A single by The Wiz brings one in and another run scores on an errant thrown by Grays 3B Arenado. An infield hit to Beckley brings one more in and ends Pascual’s game, as Washington skipper Dusty Baker puts southpaw Johan Santana in to face Lajoie. But the Woonsocket Wonder singles yet another run in and suddenly the Arrows have made it a one-run ballgame and, with bases loaded and just one out, look likely to change that. Sure enough, Cochrane dumps a dying quail into left and it is all tied up at 8. The Grays can’t buy an out as Betts then singles to give the home side the lead and a Bancroft sac fly puts them further ahead. Finally, Santana gets Edmonds to ground out to end the inning as the Arrows post a crooked number.
Indianapolis 10, Washington 8

TOP 7TH
Bill Donovan comes into the game for the Arrows and starts confidently enough with two strikeouts. A two-out single by Frankie Frisch seems innocuous enough until Pete Rose takes Donovan deep and the Grays have knotted it up once more. Just the second longball for Charlie Hustle this season, but boy is it a biggie.
Indianapolis 10, Washington 10

BOTTOM 7TH
How will the Indianapolis boys respond? Meekly, as Santana sends them down in order.

TOP 8TH
Donovan regains his composure to get a clean inning.

BOTTOM 8TH
No problems for Santana as the game goes into the 9th still tied.

TOP 9TH
Just a hit for the Grays.

BOTTOM 9TH
Santana does just what he didn’t want and walks Betts to lead it off, prompting another pitching change as David Price enters the fray. He exits it just as quickly as Beauty Bancroft drills a 2-2 fastball into the left-field bleachers to give the Arrows a dramatic walkoff win.

Indianapolis 12, Washington 10 (final).

WP: Bill Donovan (1-6)
LP: Johan Santana (2-2)
POTG: Zach Wheat 3-5 / 3B / 4 RBI.

Man oh man, what an epic comeback win for the home side in yet another scintillating Game of the Week that apparently shows just how much I know about baseball. Zack Wheat was superb for the Grays in a losing cause as both sides’ offences really put on a show. Bill Donovan vultures his first win of the year while Santana takes the loss to fall to 2 and 2. The win narrows the gap between these two sides to eight games and the Arrows will be looking to tighten that up again by completing the series sweep here tomorrow.

It’ll be tough to top this one, that’s for sure, but we’ll be trying to again next week as we head to Comcast Field in Jersey City to see Uncle Robbie’s New Jersey Stallions battle it out with Connie Mack’s Connecticut Colonials. Looking forward to seeing you then, have a great week in the meantime.

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Players of the Week

Northwest League
Mike Trout (Seattle): .375 / 3 HR / 10 RBI

Southeast League
Frank Thomas (Carolina): .522 / 1 HR / 5 RBI

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By Nik Hill, Head Commentator, PBL-TV

As the second month of this 1961 PBL season comes to a close, one player continues to stand out for his sterling on-field performance: Florida outfielder “Prince” Albert Pujols. The 21-year-old Dominican-born superstar has dominated Southeast League pitchers, and is one of the main reasons his Panthers sit atop the South Division standings – albeit only by 2 games from both Atlanta and Kansas City – with a solid record of 32-21.

To make it slightly more equitable, let’s look at where he sits in some of the stat categories on a combined basis, in other words for the entire PBL.

• HR: 1st – 13
• RBI: t-2nd – 47 (leader, Joe DiMaggio with 50)
• OBP: 4th – .431 (leader, Pee Wee Reese at .438)
• SLG: 1st – .771 (next best is DiMaggio at .552)
• OPS: 1st – 1.133 (the only player above or even close to 1.000; Willie McCovey is next with .957)
• WAR: 1st – 3.6 (Ichiro Suzuki next at 2.5)
• R: t-4th – 44 (leader, Pee Wee Reese with 50)
• 2B: 1st – 25
• TB: 1st – 141
• EBH: 1st – 41 (next best are on 30)
• ISO: 1st - .348 (more than 100 points above the next best)
• OPS+: 1st – 206
• WPA: 1st – 3.18
• wOBA: 1st - .473 (53 points ahead of next best)
• RC/27: 1st – 11.8
• wRC+: 1st – 202
• wRAA: 1st – 28.3 (more than 10 above the next best)

The really impressive thing about all of this is his BABIP of .335 is below his .353 BA, so it’s not as if this amazing productivity is unsustainable. Were he to somehow be able to maintain this pace, here’s how this season will end up for The Prince:

41 home runs
79 doubles
149 RBI
89.6 wRAA
11.4 WAR

I’m sure all of you, like me, would love to see him do that. If he does, we may need to promote him to King.

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BIG DAY FOR BURKETT AS LIZARDS, COLONIALS SPLIT DH
SHAWKEY CG SENDS GRAYS TO 5TH STRAIGHT LOSS
SEAVER PITCHES PANTHERS TO 2-1 WIN OVER TRIPLETS
STRONG OUTING BY MUSSINA NETS FURY 5TH WIN ON THE TROT

Los Angeles 8 @ New Jersey 4
WP: Roger Clemens (4-4)
LP: Roy Oswalt (5-6)
SV: Noodles Hahn (4)

• LOSA: Enos Slaughter 2-5 / 2-run HR [3]; Francisco Lindor 2 RBI.
• NJER: George Sisler 4-5 / 3B.

Las Vegas 11 @ Connecticut 2 (Game 1)
WP: Harry Brecheen (4-3)
LP: CC Sabathia (6-2)

• LASV: Dan Brouthers 3-5 / 2B / 2 RBI; Jesse Burkett 2-4 / 3B / 3 RBI; Barry Bonds 2-4 / 2 RBI; Willie Keeler 2-4 / 2 RBI.
• CONN: Ted Williams 2-4 / 2B / 3 RBI; Bid McPhee 2-3 / 2 RBI; Barry Larkin 2-5 / 2 RBI.

Connecticut 9 v Las Vegas 7 (Game 2)
WP: Eddie Cicotte (4-3)
LP: Bobby Mathews (4-5)

• CONN: Sam Crawford 3-5 / 3B / 2-run HR [1]; Ted Williams 2-4 / 3B / 2 RBI.
• LASV: Jesse Burkett 3-4 / 2B / HR [4] / 3 RBI; Barry Bonds 2-4 / solo HR [8].

Seattle 3 v New York 2
WP: Kid Nichols (5-6)
LP: Dwight Gooden (1-9)
SV: Burleigh Grimes (6)

• SEAT: John Henry Lloyd 3-4 / 2B; Mike Trout 2 RBI.
• NYOR: Roberto Alomar 3-4 / 2 2B / RBI.

Portland 7 v Boston 3
WP: Eddie Plank (4-3)
LP: Doc White (5-4)

• PORT: Thurman Munson 3-4 / HR [5] / 2 RBI; Sherry Magee 2-4 / 2-run 2B.
• BOST: Arky Vaughn 3-5 / 2 2B / 3 RBI.

Indianapolis 6 v Washington 2
WP: Bob Shawkey (5-4) 9 IP / 7 H / 2 ER / 3 K.
LP: Don Drysdale (4-5)

• INDI: Ozzie Smith 2-4 / 2B / RBI.

Florida 2 v Carolina 1
WP: Tom Seaver (5-4) 7 IP / 7 H / 1 ER / 7 K.
LP: Nap Rucker (5-4) 8 IP / 4 H / 2 ER / 9 K.

• CARO: Jackie Robinson 3 2B / RBI.

Kansas City 9 v Atlanta 4
WP: Pete Alexander (6-5)
LP: Addie Joss (7-3)

• KANC: Bucky Walters 3-4 / 3 RBI; Lou Gehrig 2-4 / 2 RBI; Tony Phillips 2 RBI.
• ATLA: Hank Aaron 3-4 / 2B / RBI.

Virginia 3 v New Orleans 1
WP: Mike Mussina (3-5) 7.2 IP / 4 H / 1 ER / 4 K.
LP: Jim Perry (6-6)
SV: George Cuppy (6)

• VIRG: Christian Yelich 4-4 / RBI; Jim Sundberg 2 3B.
• NORL: Johnny Mize solo HR [4].

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WILLIAMS GOES OFF WITH 2 HR & 6 RBI BUT GOTHAMS WIN IN 10
WALSH HURLS STALLIONS TO 6-1 ROAD WIN AT LAS VEGAS
ARROWS SCORE 8 IN 9TH TO SECURE 11-1 WIN OVER FIREBIRDS AS LAJOIE EXCELS
ROSE 5-FOR-6 IN GRAYS WIN AT NEW ORLEANS

New York 8 v Connecticut 7 (10 innings)
WP: Warren Spahn (2-0)
LP: Hooks Dauss (1-4)

• NYOR: Andruw Jones HR [5] / 4 RBI; Joe Medwick 3-6 / 2B / RBI.
• CONN: Ted Williams 3-5 / 2 HR [10] / 6 RBI; Sam Crawford 3-4 / 2B / RBI.

Boston 7 v Los Angeles 4
WP: Bert Blyleven (7-4)
LP: Clayton Kershaw (6-5)

• BOST: Fred Clarke 3-5 / RBI; Ed Delahanty 3-5.
• LOSA: Willie Randolph 2B / solo HR [1]; Ken Griffey jr 2B / 2 RBI.

Portland 5 @ Seattle 3
WP: Mordecai Brown (3-6)
LP: Frank Dwyer (3-8)

• PORT: Mickey Mantle 2-5 / solo HR [7]; Thurman Munson 3-4 / 2B / RBI.
• SEAT: Mike Trout 4-5 / 2B / 2 RBI; Joe Gordon solo HR [7]; John Henry Lloyd 3-5 / 2B; Jim Wynn 3-5.

New Jersey 6 @ Las Vegas 1
WP: Ed Walsh (7-1) 9 IP / 3 H / 1 ER / 4 K.
LP: Don Sutton (6-4)

• NJER: Robinson Cano 2-4 / 2-run HR [6]; Cristobal Torriente 2-4 / 2B / 2 RBI; George Sisler 2-4 / 2B / 2 RBI.
• LASV: Barry Bonds solo HR [9].

Indianapolis 11 @ Atlanta 1
WP: Schoolboy Rowe (4-6) 7.2 IP / 3 H / 1 ER / 2 K.
LP: Luis Tiant (6-4)
SV: Bill Donovan (9)

• INDI: Nap Lajoie 4-5 / 2B / 3B / 3 RBI; Mickey Cochrane 3-run 2B; Adrian Beltre 3-5 / RBI.
• ATLA: Scott Rolen solo HR [5].

Virginia 6 @ Florida 5
WP: Waite Hoyt (2-1)
LP: Pud Galvin (8-3)

• VIRG: Roberto Clemente 4-5; Buddy Bell 3-5 / 2B / RBI.
• FLOR: Jeff Kent 3-run HR [7]; Evan Longoria 3-4 / solo HR [8].

Carolina 12 v Kansas City 4
WP: Old Hoss Radbourn (4-5)
LP: Robin Roberts (5-4)

• CARO: Al Simmons 3-5 / 2B / 3-run HR [7]; Larry Walker 2-4 / 2B / 3 RBI; Mel Ott 2B / 3B / 2 RBI.
• KANC: Miguel Cabrera 3B / 2 RBI.

Washington 10 @ New Orleans 6
WP: Joe McGinnity (7-4)
LP: Cy Young (2-9)

• WASH: Pete Rose 5-6 / RBI; Josh Gibson 3-5 / HR [7] / 3 RBI; Joe Sewell 3-4 / 2B / 3B / 2 RBI; Frankie Frisch 3-5 / 3 RBI; Tony Gwynn 3-5.
• NORL: Ron Santo 3-5 / 2-run HR [6]; Buster Posey 3-5 / 2B / RBI; Joe DiMaggio 3-5 / RBI.

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ANOTHER BIG NIGHT FOR WILLIAMS, ANOTHER LOSS FOR COLONIALS
PALMER BLANKS SEATTLE IN 8-0 PORTLAND WIN, MOLITOR 5 RBI
DOMINANT HERNANDEZ SHUTS OUT CANARIES, FANS 14
REESE 4-FOR-4 / 2 2B / 3 RBI AS ATLANTA PIPS INDI
MCMAHON PITCHES 6-HITTER IN SHUTOUT WIN OVER BLUES
FORD GOES TO 8-2 WITH 4-0 WHITEWASH OF GRAYS

New York 7 v Connecticut 6
WP: David Wells (3-3)
LP: Sam Rice (6-4)

• NYOR: Roberto Alomar 2-4 / 2-run HR [3]; Roy Campanella 2-4 / 2-run HR [2].
• CONN: Ted Williams 3-5 / 3-run HR [11]; Jason Kendall 2 2B.

Boston 1 v Los Angeles 0
WP: Felix Hernandez (6-1) 9 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 14 K.
LP: Carl Hubbell (4-6)


Portland 8 @ Seattle 0
WP: Jim Palmer (4-6) 9 IP / 3 H / 0 ER / 9 K.
LP: Tim Keefe (2-8)

• PORT: Paul Molitor 3-5 / 2B / HR [2] / 5 RBI; Sherry Magee 3-4 / 2-run 2B.

Las Vegas 6 v New Jersey 3
WP: Mark Langston (8-4)
LP: Clark Griffith (6-4)

• LASV: Willie Keeler 2B / 3B / 3 RBI.
• NJER: Robinson Cano 2-4 / 2 RBI.

Atlanta 6 v Indianapolis 5
WP: John Clarkson (4-4)
LP: Bill Donovan (1-7)
SV: Eddie Rommel (3)

• ATLA: Pee Wee Reese 4-4 / 2 2B / 3 RBI; Cap Anson 3-4 / 2B / RBI.
• INDI: Mookie Betts 3-4 / 3B / RBI; Mickey Cochrane 3-5 / 2B.

Virginia 8 @ Florida 6
WP: Wilbur Wood (1-0)
LP: Amos Rusie (5-4)
SV: George Cuppy (7)

• VIRG: Christian Yelich 3-5 / 2B / HR [1] / 3 RBI; Roberto Clemente 4-5 / 2B / 2 RBI; Lou Boudreau 2-5 / 2-run 2B; Buddy Bell 3-5.
• FLOR: Jack Clark 2B / 2-run HR [5]; Willie Wells 3B / HR [5] / 2 RBI; Evan Longoria solo HR [9].

Carolina 4 v Kansas City 0
WP: Sadie McMahon (4-4) 9 IP / 6 H / 0 ER / 5 K.
LP: Bob Welch (5-5)

• CARO: Frank Thomas 3-run HR [8]; George Davis solo HR [1].

New Orleans 3 v Washington 0
WP: Whitey Ford (8-2) 9 IP / 8 H / 0 ER / 5 K.
LP: Catfish Hunter (6-4)

• NORL: Corey Seager 2-4 / 2-run HR [9]; Ron Santo 2-4 / solo HR [7]; Buster Posey 3-5 / 2B / RBI; Joe DiMaggio 3-5 / RBI.