[Editor’s Note: We pick up the story of the 1947 season on May 26, 1947. The Mallards are sitting at 22-29 on the season, currently 7th in the Continental League race.]
05/26/1947
Mallards Fall 7-6 to Aces
Story by Billy Brockman
The Mallards dropped their third straight game last night, losing 7-6 to the Tinseltown Aces in twelve innings in the second game of their three game set.
Tinseltown started the scoring in the bottom of the third inning. Tom Petty got things going for the Aces by hitting a double off of Mallards starter Tom Gould to start the inning. He moved to third base on the sacrifice bunt by Tommy Ortiz, and then scored when Hugo Duarte grounded to short and Manningham shortstop Jimmy Lincoln threw to first for the out.
The Mallards came back with two runs in the top of the fourth to briefly take the lead. Jimmy Lincoln singled with two outs, followed by a single by right fielder Cy Kemp, moving Lincoln to third. Noodles Jobe, playing third base, singled to bring Lincoln home, and Kemp moved to third on the hit, and then continued home to score on the relay throw.
Tinseltown scored one run in the bottom of the fourth to even the score at 2-2, followed by two from Tinseltown. The Aces then added two more runs in the six and two in the seventh to give Tinseltown a 6-5 lead in the top of the ninth inning.
The Mallards scored a run in the top of the ninth inning when Yadier Hernandez scored on an Al Lone double after singling himself.
Tinseltown won the game in the bottom of the twelfth inning when catcher Ed Brady scored on a Lew Hendricks single off of Mallards pitcher Fred White. Brady reached first by singling off of White and then moving to third when Manningham center fielder Zenas Stewart dropped Joe Highsmith’s routine fly ball.
White took the loss, dropping his record to 1-1. Lew Kunert picked up the win for Tinseltown after pitching 3 2/3 innings of shut out baseball. Kunert’s record now stands at 3-2.
Tom Gould started for Manningham, lasting seven innings but giving up six runs on eight hits and walking seven batters. Gould’s ERA now stands at 5.09 after thirteen starts.
On the offensive side, highlights were 1B Al Lone, who contributed four hits, including his 11th home run, and four RBI, while Noodles Jobe batted 3-4 with two RBI.
Noodles Jobe
The Mallards and Aces wrap up their three game set tonight when Tom Gould will start again for Manningham, while Mathieu Robert (1-6) gets the ball for Tinseltown.
Scores Elsewhere
Riverdale 2, Metro City Metros 1
Gateway City 8, Morley City 3
Bay City 7, Capital City 2
Metro City Mutuals 3, Tottington 2
Magnolia City 3, Sun Valley 2
St. Charles 7, Coconut Bay 5
Tremont 5, Cascadia City 1
Mallard Notes
- Lone’s four RBI moved his league-leading total to 44 on the season, while his 11 home runs still lead the league as well.
- Earlier in the day, Manningham traded 2B Winfield Newman and minor league pitcher Ed Westfall to the Bay City Seals for starting pitcher Al Weir. The thirty-four year old Canadian has a record of 6-4 this season, with a 4.86 ERA. Newman is batting .286 on the season, in 7 at bats.
- Also earlier in the day, Monumental League President Carmine Pastore announced that Manningham’s Tom Field and Tinseltown’s Tub Corbin were each suspended six games for their roles in the brawl during yesterday’s game. The brawl ensued when Corbin charged the mound after being hit by a Field pitch and quickly escalated when both benches cleared.
- Finally, Al Lone has been named Continental League Player of the Week. He batted .360 with three home runs and eight RBI on the week.