Chuck Klein walk off home run gives KC a 2-1 win over Cincinnati, although the home run came too late to give Barons' starter Satchel Paige a deserved win. Paige went 8 innings with 9 Ks, allowing only one run. Detroit returned to their winning ways, holding on to a 4-3 win when Mickey Mantle, sprinting all out, somehow caught a fly ball from Carl Yastrzemski that surely would have allowed Honus Wagner to score from first base with a game tying run. In Chicago, Joltin' Joe delivered a clutch hit to drive in two runs, leading the White Bears to their first series win over St. Louis after suffering defeats the last couple of days.
NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 2099 Continental League Date: 4/16/2099
ST. LOUIS AT CHICAGO
River Captains.. 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 6 13 3
White Bears..... 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 - 9 15 1
Win:Marquard(1-1) Loss:Williams(1-1)
Homeruns- T.Stearnes(1st), M.Cochrane(1st)
Mickey Cochrane cracked a homer and had 3 RBI at Schorling Park where the
Chicago White Bears beat the St. Louis River Captains 9 to 6.
Chicago came up with 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning. The crucial
at-bat was provided by Joe Dimaggio who made the crowd come alive when he
ripped a base-knock which was good for two runs. Chicago finished with 15
hits in the victory.
Rube Marquard(1-1) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 4 innings. Tom
Williams(1-1) was the losing pitcher in relief. He pitched 2/3 of an inning
and surrendered 1 hit and 2 walks.
NASHVILLE AT DETROIT
Commodores...... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 7 0
Model Ts........ 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 2
Win:Foster(3-0) Loss:Faber(2-1)
Homeruns- C.Fisk(1st), C.Gehringer(2nd)
Big Bill Foster went the distance at Navin Field where the Detroit Model Ts
beat the Nashville Commodores 4 to 3.
Detroit tallied 3 runs in the 2nd inning with the help of 3 hits. The early
run support proved sufficient for Foster(3-0) and Detroit. That was all the
run support Foster required. Nashville made it exciting in the 9th, but they
were unable to push the needed runs across.
Red Faber(2-1) was given the loss. He pitched 4 innings giving up 6 hits and
2 walks. Despite losing Nashville's manager was optimistic after the game.
'We'll get over this one. Sometimes the breaks fall your way, sometimes they
don't. Any one of a dozen little things go different, and we come out on
top.'
CINCINNATI AT KANSAS CITY
Beergardeners... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
Cattle Barons... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 3 1
Win:Fingers(1-1) Loss:Koufax(0-2)
Homeruns- C.Klein(1st)
Kansas City Cattle Barons won a dramatic crowd-pleaser over Cincinnati
Beergardeners at Rickwood Field pulling it out in their last at bats, 2 to
1.
The game was decided in the bottom of the 9th inning. After two were out
Chuck Klein ripped a solo home run making Kansas City the winners and sending
the 43,792 fans home happy. Despite losing, Cincinnati out-hit Kansas City 7
to 3.
Rollie Fingers(1-1) went 1/3 of an inning allowing no runs for the victory.
Sandy Koufax(0-2) was charged with the loss in relief. He allowed 1 hit and
no walks in 2/3 of an inning.
