Continental League Games April 21st

The Commodores stole one at South Side Park, defeating the White Bears 3-2.  Verdell Mathis and Phil Niekro locked horns in a pitchers' duel that saw neither team score after the third inning.  In St. Louis, the Beergardners continued to steadily improve as Spoony Palm hit a moonshot of a home run, helping Cincinnati to a 5-2 win and dealing St. Louis pitcher Warren Spahn his third loss of the season.  The Model Ts salvaged the final game of their series against the Cattle Barons as backup third sacker Alec Radcliffe took Juan Marichal deep twice.  Big Bill Foster had more than he needed, notching his fourth win of the season for Detroit.

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 2099 Continental League             Date: 4/22/2099
 
NASHVILLE AT CHICAGO
Commodores...... 0 1 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  8  0
White Bears..... 0 1 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  7  1
Win:Niekro(1-2) Loss:Mathis(1-1) Save:Dihigo(1st)
 
One run was the difference at Schorling Park as the Nashville Commodores
defeated the Chicago White Bears 3 to 2.
 
Phil Niekro(1-2) delivered a fine performance for Nashville.  He was reached
for 7 hits and 5 walks in 8 and 1/3 innings.  After the 3rd inning, neither
team was able to score.  
 
Niekro got relief help from Martin Dihigo who gained credit for his 1st save.
The loss was charged to Verdell Mathis(1-1).  He pitched 8 innings allowing 8
hits and 1 walk.
 
'It wasn't my best outing, but I'll take the win' Niekro said.
 
CINCINNATI AT ST. LOUIS
Beergardeners... 2 2 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  5 14  0
River Captains.. 0 1 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  6  2
Win:Hunter(2-1) Loss:Spahn(0-3) Save:Jones(2nd)
Homeruns- S.Palm(2nd), W.McCovey(3rd)
 
Catcher Spoony Palm hit a homerun and had 2 RBI as the Cincinnati
Beergardeners defeated the St. Louis River Captains by the score of 5 to 2 at
Terrapin Park.
 
Cincinnati wasted no time and took the lead in the first inning when they
tallied 2 runs on 4 hits.  The pitchers took over after the 4th inning as
neither team was able to score again.  
 
Catfish Hunter(2-1) got credit for the victory, pitching 8 and 2/3 innings and
allowing 2 runs. Slim Jones was credited with his 2nd save.  The loss was
charged to Warren Spahn(0-3).  He was knocked around by Cincinnati, allowing
12 hits and 3 walks in 7 innings.  
 
 
KANSAS CITY AT DETROIT
Cattle Barons... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  7  0
Model Ts........ 0 0 1  0 2 4  0 0    -  7  7  1
Win:Foster(4-0) Loss:Marichal(3-1)
Homeruns- C.Klein(4th), A.Radcliff-2(2nd)
 
Third baseman Alec Radcliff ripped 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI and Big Bill
Foster went the distance as the Detroit Model Ts defeated the Kansas City
Cattle Barons by a score of 7 to 1 at Navin Field.
 
It was a good day for Detroit thanks to Radcliff.  He popped a two-run clout
over the fence in the 5th inning and rifled a three-run blast in the 6th
inning.  Both teams totaled 7 hits on the night.  
 
The win was credited to Foster(4-0) who went the whole way allowing 1 run.
Juan Marichal(3-1) took the loss.  He gave up 7 runs in 5 and 2/3 innings of
work.