July 3, 1947
Mallards Lose Third Straight to Capitals
Story by Billy Brockman
After going 5-2 in their previous seven games, the Mallards have now dropped three straight to the Capital City Capitals after last night's 3-2 loss. The Mallards, after briefly finding themselves ahead of hated rival Morley City in the standings, now look up at the Millers who have a three game lead for 5th place in the Continental League.
Manningham scored the first run of the game, jumping out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st. Al Lone doubled, scoring Yadier Hernandez, who had doubled one batter previous.
The Mallards extended the lead to 2-0 in the third inning after Hernandez doubled, and then scored again, this time off of a Dave Golden single.
Capital City tied the game in the bottom of the 4th, finally getting to Mallards starter Willis Raymon. Al Clemons and Carlos Ramos both singled, and then each moved up a base courtesy of an Ed Perry sacrifice bunt. Chippy Henderson then drove in both runners with a single to right field.
The Capitals scored the winning run in the bottom of the fifth. Willie Gavrilopoulos singled, and he moved to third base on a single from Eddy Diaz. He then trotted home for the third and final run of the game when Clemons singled.
Raymon took the loss for Manningham (39-46), falling to 8-10. He pitched 7 2/3 innings, giving up 12 hits and 3 runs. He struck out 5 and walked 3.
Perry picked up the win for Capital City (49-36), running his record to 6-6 on the season. Ed Oliver pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his 11th save of the year.
Hernandez and Cy Kemp each had two hits for the Mallards to lead the way offensively. Henderson clubbed three base knocks for Capital City, along with two RBI, to lead their offense.
The Mallards are off today as they travel to Riverdale and get set to begin a three game series with the Redbirds starting tomorrow. Expected pitching matchups for the series are:
Mallard Notes
- Manningham reportedly turned down a trade offer from Gateway City for 31-year-old Keystone catcher Luis Caminos. Rumors have it that the Keystones were asking for Mallards outfielder Chappy Bernard and minor league shortstop Jim McDonald in return for Caminos. Caminos is batting just .133 on the season in 67 plate appearances. While Manningham definitely needs an upgrade behind the plate, Caminos is definitely not that, and Vic Martz has been hot of late for the Mallards. Since his average dropped to .171 on June 13th, he has raised it to .203 as of today, and has hit 5 home runs and knocked in 12 runners in that span.
Other ML Scores
Bay City 2, Metro City Metros 1
Riverdale 9, Gateway City 0
Morley City 7, Tinseltown 2
Tottington 6, Tremont 2
Metro City Mutuals 5, Magnolia City 4
Sun Valley 2, St. Charles 1
Cascadia City 2, Coconut Bay 1
ML Notes
- Tremont catcher Al Williams hit his 15th home run of the season in their 6-2 loss to Tottington.
- Syl Garland moved to 16-3 on the season, picking up the win in Sun Valley's 2-1 win over St. Charles.
- Sun Valley has now won 12 games in a row and is beginning to run away with the Federal League.
- Riverdale's Chappy Edwards was named Continental League Batter of the Month for June. He batted .392 on the month, with 6 home runs and 28 RBI. He's now batting .368 on the season to go along with 12 home runs and 61 RBI.
- Jimmy Kelner, the Metro City Metros ace, was named CL Pitcher of the Month, thanks to going 5-2 with a 2.10 ERA in June. His season stat line includes a 11-7 record, 2.95 ERA and 161.2 innings pitched.
- No surprise here, but Edwards was also named CL Rookie of the Month, winning the award for the second month in a row.
- Sun Valley's center fielder Lou Alford picked up the Federal League Batter of the Month award for June. Alford swung for a .337 average, 5 home runs and 20 RBI. His season totals are .284 average, 16 home runs, and 51 RBI.
- A Sun Valley Copperhead also picked up the FL Pitcher of the Month award as Eli Reyes won the honor for June. In 7 starts for the month, he racked up a 5-0 record and 0.71 ERA along with striking out 44 in 50 2/3 innings. He is 11-4 on the season with a 2.22 ERA.
- CFer Jim Huff of the Metro City Mutuals picked up the FL Rookie of the Month award, courtesy of a .368 average, 1 home run, and 10 RBI during June. He is batting .291 on the season, along with 5 home runs and 30 RBI.
- The League Office announced that Gateway City shortstop Erastus Burns and Riverdale starting pitcher Wes Bell have been suspended for 10 games each for their roles in yesterday's bench-clearing brawl.
