Continental League Games April 13th

The River Captains won a wild one over the Chicago White Bears in extras.  Both teams went through their pitchers, substituting pinch hitters liberally in an attempt to pull out a victory, so it will be interesting to see how the pens shape up in tomorrow's contest.  Detroit wins an 8th straight behind a very solid effort from Jim Palmer.  Cincinnati got their fans hopes up with an early lead in KC only to see them quickly dampened as Juan Marical closed the door after an error allowed the Beergardners a couple runs.
 

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 2099 Continental League             Date: 4/14/2099
 
ST. LOUIS AT CHICAGO
River Captains.. 0 0 0  8 1 0  0 0 0  0 3 - 12 20  2
White Bears..... 1 1 2  0 0 0  1 2 2  0 0 -  9 15  1
Win:Williams(1-0) Loss:Manning(0-3) Save:Smith(1st)
Homeruns- W.McCovey(1st), L.Gehrig(2nd), J.Dimaggio(3rd), G.Brett(1st)
 
Hilton Smith stopped Chicago cold as the St. Louis River Captains outscored
the Chicago White Bears in 11 innings 12 to 9. St. Louis bats were very
productive in the 4th inning which saw them plate 8 runs on 8 hits.  Chicago
was retired without difficulty in the bottom of the 11th.  
 
The victory went to Tom Williams(1-0) who went 2 innings, allowing 2 runs.
Williams got help from Smith who earned his 1st save.  The loss was charged
to Max Manning(0-3) in relief.  
 
 
NASHVILLE AT DETROIT
Commodores...... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 3 0  -  4  8  0
Model Ts........ 0 2 3  0 0 0  1 0    -  6  9  2
Win:Palmer(1-0) Loss:Niekro(0-1) Save:McDonald(2nd)
Homeruns- M.Mantle(4th)
 
In a close game it was the sizzling Detroit Model Ts 6, the Nashville
Commodores 4 at Navin Field.Webster McDonald was perfect in relief and gained
credit for his 2nd save.  
 
Jim Palmer(1-0) allowed 4 runs in 8 innings, and picked up the victory. Phil
Niekro(0-1) suffered the loss.  Detroit continued their winning ways, with
their streak now at 8 games and counting.
 
CINCINNATI AT KANSAS CITY
Beergardeners... 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  6  0
Cattle Barons... 0 1 3  0 0 0  0 1    -  5 10  3
Win:Marichal(2-0) Loss:Powell(0-2) Save:Ford(2nd)
Homeruns- B.Leonard(1st)
 
Buck Leonard hit one over the fence and had 3 RBI as the Kansas City Cattle
Barons outscored the Cincinnati Beergardeners 5 to 2.
 
Juan Marichal(2-0) pitched well for Kansas City in their victory.  He allowed
5 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings lowering his ERA from 2.16 to 1.17.  Kansas
City out-hit Cincinnati for the game, 10 hits to 6.  
 
Marichal got help from Whitey Ford who earned his 2nd save.  The loss was
charged to Willie Powell(0-2) in relief.  He gave up 7 hits and no walks in 4
and 2/3 innings.