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Celtic Forever · 05-10-2002, 01:09 PM

Brooklyn, April 9-10, 1920

A rare day off in this grinder of a season precedes our two game set with the Phillies. Philly checks in at 3-4, fresh off getting their butts swept in Pittsburgh. Being tied for second with Giants currently, one game adrift of the red-hot Reds, we really need 2 here to keep the pace. Lee Meadows makes his seasonal debut today against our own Mr. Perfect, Rube Marquard, while Bill Hubbell (1-1, 1.37) will square off against Leon Cadore (2-0, 1.13) in Game Two. Offensively, the Phillies are getting good production out of CF Casey Stengel (.391, 0, 5), while LF Cy Williams (.286, 0, 3) and RF Irish Meusel (.270, 0, 2) are good talents playing a bit beneath themselves. Williams in particular lights up right-handed pitching, so expect Cadore to have his work cut out for him, there.

Our big guns come to life in Game 1. Zack Wheat collects his league-leading 12th and 13th RBI to counter Ralph Miller and Gene Paulette RBI singles in the 4th to send us to the climax knotted at 2 apiece. In the bottom of the 8th, Hy Meyers dumps a 2-out single into left center and Ed Konetchy doubles him home for what would prove the winning run. Rube Marquard closes out the 9th for his 3rd straight victory, striking out 7.
Dodgers 3, Phillies 2 - W: Marquard (3-0, 2.00); L: Meadows (0-1, 3.38)

A slight change of plans for Game Two. With the normal starters tired, Philly turns to Red Causey (0-1, 45.00!) to start this afternoon, while we give Jeff Pfeffer the nod. On April 5th, ol' Red surrendered 5 earned runs in one inning of work to the Cardinals. Today ... ugh. Causey carries a no-hit bid into the 9th against us, leading 2-0 on the back of a RBI single and double by 3B Russ Wrightstone (who, incidentally, was 4-for-4, the git). C Ernie Krueger finally breaks up this nonsense with a single to left, and we even plate one when LF Cy Williams throws the ball into orbit, scoring Krueger from second. Ivy Olson then meekly flied to center to give Causey a new lease on life.
Phillies 2, Dodgers 1 - W: Causey (1-1, 4.50); L: Pfeffer (0-1, 1.64)

AROUND THE LEAGUE

Babe Ruth opens his account with a titanic 538-foot blast in a 7-2 defeat in Washington ... Detroit (4-5) loses starter Howard Ehmke (0-1, 5.73) for the season with a ruptured tricep on April 10th ... Boston (5-4) loses pitcher Elmer Myers (1-0, 1.42) to a strained elbow the same day.

05-10-2002, 01:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
Celtic Forever Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 463 Thanks: 12 Thanked 24x in 21 posts	Brooklyn, April 9-10, 1920 A rare day off in this grinder of a season precedes our two game set with the Phillies. Philly checks in at 3-4, fresh off getting their butts swept in Pittsburgh. Being tied for second with Giants currently, one game adrift of the red-hot Reds, we really need 2 here to keep the pace. Lee Meadows makes his seasonal debut today against our own Mr. Perfect, Rube Marquard, while Bill Hubbell (1-1, 1.37) will square off against Leon Cadore (2-0, 1.13) in Game Two. Offensively, the Phillies are getting good production out of CF Casey Stengel (.391, 0, 5), while LF Cy Williams (.286, 0, 3) and RF Irish Meusel (.270, 0, 2) are good talents playing a bit beneath themselves. Williams in particular lights up right-handed pitching, so expect Cadore to have his work cut out for him, there. Our big guns come to life in Game 1. Zack Wheat collects his league-leading 12th and 13th RBI to counter Ralph Miller and Gene Paulette RBI singles in the 4th to send us to the climax knotted at 2 apiece. In the bottom of the 8th, Hy Meyers dumps a 2-out single into left center and Ed Konetchy doubles him home for what would prove the winning run. Rube Marquard closes out the 9th for his 3rd straight victory, striking out 7. Dodgers 3, Phillies 2 - W: Marquard (3-0, 2.00); L: Meadows (0-1, 3.38) A slight change of plans for Game Two. With the normal starters tired, Philly turns to Red Causey (0-1, 45.00!) to start this afternoon, while we give Jeff Pfeffer the nod. On April 5th, ol' Red surrendered 5 earned runs in one inning of work to the Cardinals. Today ... ugh. Causey carries a no-hit bid into the 9th against us, leading 2-0 on the back of a RBI single and double by 3B Russ Wrightstone (who, incidentally, was 4-for-4, the git). C Ernie Krueger finally breaks up this nonsense with a single to left, and we even plate one when LF Cy Williams throws the ball into orbit, scoring Krueger from second. Ivy Olson then meekly flied to center to give Causey a new lease on life. Phillies 2, Dodgers 1 - W: Causey (1-1, 4.50); L: Pfeffer (0-1, 1.64) AROUND THE LEAGUE Babe Ruth opens his account with a titanic 538-foot blast in a 7-2 defeat in Washington ... Detroit (4-5) loses starter Howard Ehmke (0-1, 5.73) for the season with a ruptured tricep on April 10th ... Boston (5-4) loses pitcher Elmer Myers (1-0, 1.42) to a strained elbow the same day.