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Celtic Forever · 05-11-2002, 03:34 AM

Brooklyn, April 20-21, 1920

It's an important three days as we square off against our principal challengers. Today we welcome John McGraw's Giants to Ebbetts Field for the first of two. Having just lost a tough 14 inning affair to these bozos last April 11th, it's time for a little revenge. New York has slipped up a bit recently, coming off having dropped two to the Cubs, and now stand at 6-6. Art Nehf (2-1, 3.00) will face Burleigh Grimes (1-2, 1.97) in Game One, followed by Jesse Barnes (2-2, 4.06) against 4-0 Rube Marquard in Game Two. SS Dave Bancroft, CF Ross Youngs and C Elmer Smith are all swinging hot bats for the Giants.

Game One is over quickly. 1B Ed Konetchy goes 3-for-5 with 3 RBI, a double and a triple. CF Bernie Neis is 4-for-5 with 2 RBI, a double and a triple. 2B Pete Kilduff is 2-for-2 with 3 RBI. You get the picture. All in all 12 Dodger runs cross the plate, giving Burleigh the run support he's been grumbling about all season, and evening his record at 2 apiece.
Dodgers 12, Giants 2 - W: Grimes (2-2, 1.54); L: Nehf (2-2, 4.76)

Game Two was the return of the Zack Wheat Show. Zack, a bit cold lately by his standards, gave us a 1-0 lead in the first when his single to right-center drove in Bernie Neis. The game was tight until action was halted in the 5th for a 63 minute rain delay. Giant Jesse Barnes tried to keep going on resumption of hostilities, but really shouldn't. A walk and 4 consecutive hits - including Wheat's 2-run double - put the stamp on this one, friends. We wisely pulled Marquard after the delay (costing him his 5th win), but Jeff Pfeffer did nicely in relief, picking up the win. Nice bit of revenge - burying the Giants like that - and we're really peaking at the just the right time. Is the pennant within reach?
Dodgers 5, Giants 2 - W: Pfeffer (1-1, 1.42); L: Barnes (2-3, 4.08)

AROUND THE LEAGUE

The Pirates' 2-0 defeat of the Reds means we're up 2 with 6 games to play ... Boston and Washington split their two game showdown - Washington maintains a 1 game advantage over Boston, Cleveland and resurgent New York ... Babe Ruth hit a 498-foot HR 4/21 in their 6-2 win against the White Sox ... the AL Player of the Week is Indian Jim Bagby, who went 2-0, 2.50 (year: 4-0, 1.93) ... NL PoW is Pirate Elmer Ponder (2-0, 2.00), who won that big game against Cincy 4/21. Elmer is 3-2, 2.74 this year.

[ 05-11-2002, 08:40 AM: Message edited by: Celtic Forever ]

05-11-2002, 03:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
Celtic Forever Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 463 Thanks: 12 Thanked 24x in 21 posts	Brooklyn, April 20-21, 1920 It's an important three days as we square off against our principal challengers. Today we welcome John McGraw's Giants to Ebbetts Field for the first of two. Having just lost a tough 14 inning affair to these bozos last April 11th, it's time for a little revenge. New York has slipped up a bit recently, coming off having dropped two to the Cubs, and now stand at 6-6. Art Nehf (2-1, 3.00) will face Burleigh Grimes (1-2, 1.97) in Game One, followed by Jesse Barnes (2-2, 4.06) against 4-0 Rube Marquard in Game Two. SS Dave Bancroft, CF Ross Youngs and C Elmer Smith are all swinging hot bats for the Giants. Game One is over quickly. 1B Ed Konetchy goes 3-for-5 with 3 RBI, a double and a triple. CF Bernie Neis is 4-for-5 with 2 RBI, a double and a triple. 2B Pete Kilduff is 2-for-2 with 3 RBI. You get the picture. All in all 12 Dodger runs cross the plate, giving Burleigh the run support he's been grumbling about all season, and evening his record at 2 apiece. Dodgers 12, Giants 2 - W: Grimes (2-2, 1.54); L: Nehf (2-2, 4.76) Game Two was the return of the Zack Wheat Show. Zack, a bit cold lately by his standards, gave us a 1-0 lead in the first when his single to right-center drove in Bernie Neis. The game was tight until action was halted in the 5th for a 63 minute rain delay. Giant Jesse Barnes tried to keep going on resumption of hostilities, but really shouldn't. A walk and 4 consecutive hits - including Wheat's 2-run double - put the stamp on this one, friends. We wisely pulled Marquard after the delay (costing him his 5th win), but Jeff Pfeffer did nicely in relief, picking up the win. Nice bit of revenge - burying the Giants like that - and we're really peaking at the just the right time. Is the pennant within reach? Dodgers 5, Giants 2 - W: Pfeffer (1-1, 1.42); L: Barnes (2-3, 4.08) AROUND THE LEAGUE The Pirates' 2-0 defeat of the Reds means we're up 2 with 6 games to play ... Boston and Washington split their two game showdown - Washington maintains a 1 game advantage over Boston, Cleveland and resurgent New York ... Babe Ruth hit a 498-foot HR 4/21 in their 6-2 win against the White Sox ... the AL Player of the Week is Indian Jim Bagby, who went 2-0, 2.50 (year: 4-0, 1.93) ... NL PoW is Pirate Elmer Ponder (2-0, 2.00), who won that big game against Cincy 4/21. Elmer is 3-2, 2.74 this year. [ 05-11-2002, 08:40 AM: Message edited by: Celtic Forever ]