Roger's 1949 APBA Replay

Week 10 is completed and the standings continue to twist and turn. Not at the top mind you, but in the lower echelons, teams continue to move up and down, even if slightly, trying to better their position. The Washington Senators even managed to spend a few days in fourth place, only to fall back when Cleveland came to town. The big news this week was a no-hitter by Philadelphia's Russ Meyer over Pittsburgh. This whole week was another pitching oriented week as both leagues have their ERA and Batting Average continue to level off to their expected norm. There are no more teams are hitting over .300 and all teams now find their ERA's are all below 5.00. Vic Wertz Of course, a no-hitter is big news, but the real news is that Joe DiMaggio will be returning. He has been seen working out in Yankee Stadium over the past few weeks to get ready to play, and the current rumor is that we will make the trip up to Boston to play up there on Tuesday. New York had gotten off to a ...

Monday, June 20, 1949 Boston (AL) (H) 2 Detroit 1 Vern Stephens hit a two-run homerun (#24, 65) in the first, Detroit answered with one in the second, and that was all the scoring in this one. Walt Masterson (6-3) defeated Ted Gray (5-6) in a pitcher's duel. St. Louis (AL) 9 New York (AL) (H) 7 (11) Both teams scored two runs in the first, St. Louis added two in the second, and that was it until the Browns scored three times in the sixth. New York scored three times in the seventh to make it close, and then the Yankees scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to send the game into extra innings. Brown's third baseman Bob Dillinger hit his first homerun of the year off Joe Page (0-3) in the top of the eleventh and Ned Garver came in for the save as St. Louis won their second consecutive game. Cleveland 7 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 1 Cleveland jumped on Dick Fowler (5-6) by scoring four in the first, a Larry Doby two-run homerun (#12, 42) being the b...