Continental League Games April 28th

The Nashville Commodores finally had their home opener - an event delayed by construction at Martin Park.  Jesse Burkett ruined their home opener with a bases loaded triple, knocking in three runs to give Kansas City a 5-4 win.


Detroit's pitching staff showed its strain today, with a weary Dizzy Dean needing to throw a complete game, which allowed Cinci to score 8 runs and win 8-6.  Right now Detroit is working with 5 pitchers total, and will need to struggle for a week until injured pitchers start coming off the DL.


In St. Louis, the River Captains roughed up "Old Hoss" Radbourn for 7 runs and prevailed over the White Bears, 8-7.  All of the River Captains reached on at least one hit.  Roosevelt Davis, who was acquired shortly after the season begun, again pitched will, yielding only a massive solo shot to Ralph Kiner.

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 2099 Continental League             Date: 4/29/2099
 
KANSAS CITY AT NASHVILLE
Cattle Barons... 0 1 0  0 0 0  1 3 0  -  5 10  0
Commodores...... 0 1 0  0 2 0  0 1 0  -  4 11  1
Win:Ford(3-1) Loss:Dihigo(2-2) Save:Fingers(7th)
Homeruns- C.Fisk(2nd)
 
The Kansas City Cattle Barons nipped the Nashville Commodores 5 to 4 at Martin
Park in a hard fought contest.
 
Whitey Ford(3-1) put in a pedestrian relief performance just good enough for
the victory.  He went 1 and 1/3 innings surrendering 2 hits and 3 walks.
Nashville had a chance in the 9th but they came up short.  
 
Ford got relief help from Rollie Fingers who gained credit for his 7th save.
Martin Dihigo(2-2) was given the loss in relief.  
 
 
DETROIT AT CINCINNATI
Model Ts........ 0 6 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  6  6  1
Beergardeners... 0 2 1  0 2 2  0 1    -  8 13  0
Win:Powell(3-2) Loss:Dean(1-5) Save:Vance(1st)
Homeruns- N.Allen(1st), J.Beckwith(1st), R.Jackson(1st), T.Jackson(1st),
           Q.Trouppe(3rd)
 
Reggie Jackson went deep and had 2 RBI at Redland Field where the Cincinnati
Beergardeners beat the Detroit Model Ts by the score of 8 to 6.
 
Willie Powell(3-2) won the game with a masterful relief performance.  He did
not allow a hit or a walk in his 1 inning.  Cincinnati out-hit Detroit for
the game, 13 hits to 6.  
 
Dazzy Vance was credited with his 1st save.  Dizzy Dean(1-5) suffered the
loss.  He allowed 3 homeruns in 8 innings of work.  
 
 
CHICAGO AT ST. LOUIS
White Bears..... 2 0 1  0 3 0  1 0 0  -  7 12  0
River Captains.. 0 4 0  0 3 1  0 0    -  8 18  1
Win:Davis(2-1) Loss:Radbourn(2-3) Save:Williams(1st)
Homeruns- L.Gehrig(6th), R.Kiner(3rd), W.McCovey(6th)
 
34,505 fans watched an exciting game at Terrapin Park.  The St. Louis River
Captains topped the Chicago White Bears by the slimmest of margins, 8 to
7.
 
St. Louis took the lead for keeps in the 5th inning when they tallied 3 runs
on 3 hits.  The key at-bat was by Willie McCovey who excited the crowd when
he rifled a three-run blast.  St. Louis ended up with 18 hits for the game
while Chicago had 12.  
 
Roosevelt Davis(2-1) was the winner allowing 1 run in 3 and 1/3 innings. Tom
Williams earned his 1st save.  The loss was charged to Old Hoss
Radbourn(2-3).  He gave up 8 runs in 7 innings of work.