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GAME 16 - Wednesday, April 18th - Radio Broadcast

In the dirt
And Blade holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Swung on and lofted very high...
and deep...
Charleston starts back, turns...
He's at the fence...
And he pulls it in!
Williams gets the first out in the inning

Base hit to center for Tucker
Blade is racing towards third...
The throw is going to third...
Blade is safe at third!
And Tucker advances to second on the throw

Just inside with a fastball
Williams is visibly upset...
Gibson is quickly out to calm him down
Dihigo comes over as well
Blade on third, Tucker on second
and Pflaggstettler on first
They'll be loaded up for Jeeberoni Potpie

Potpie swings and hits a high fly to right
It is right along the line...
Torriente is over at the
fence... reaches...
It's going to be close...
Just out of the reach of Torriente
Foul ball into the seats
He would have had a chance
in most other parks
Only a smidgen of foul ground out
there at Black Diamond Pk
. . . Potpie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Potpie swings and lifts one toward left
Charleston drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
Williams needs one more out
to get the Ones out of this jam

Billy Bullock swings
This one may be out of here...
Back, back, back...
GONE! A homerun into the seats in left
Bullock gets a hearty slap on the back
from bench coach Chuck Tanner
as he ducks into the All Stars' dugout

There's a fly ball to Turkey Stearnes
Stearnes circles under it...
This one would end the inning...
He makes the play
After one-half inning
It's FOFC 4, Ones coming up

Grounded back to the mound
Nielsen comes up with it
Tosses it to first and gets him
One away, two to go in the
bottom of the 1st

Dihigo swings on a ball in on his fists
It results in a pop up to short
Nights is under it...
A few steps to his right...
One hands it for the out
Dihigo looked bad on that pitch
And there's two away

It's a sinker, up in the strike zone
Charleston hits it deep into the alley
Pflaggstettler is back to
the warning track...
To the fence...
He leaps in the air...
Can't reach it!...
It's in for extra bases...
Almost a fine play by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Charleston is at second with
a stand-up double

Gibson rips one hard to center
A. J. Tucker is on his horse
as he retreats to the fence
He is looking up...
Will he have a chance???

And this ball is caught!
At the end of one inning,...
FOFC leads 4 to 0

Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Fouts gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Leonard grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Fouts for the out
And there's one away

It's hit down the line
Charleston ranges over quickly
He's under it
Easy out
Two up, two down

Blade hits a fly ball to center
Turkey Stearnes camps under it
This should wrap up the inning...
That's it
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 10 and 0
in their last ten games

Leonard hits a screamer at Rob Nielsen
Nielsen picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Leonard is out!
Nice play by Potpie
One away in the bottom of the
2nd for Negro League I

Comebacker, right to Nielsen
Over to Potpie for the easy out
'Come back, Little Sheba'
That's the second out of the inning

It's popped up into foul territory
Billy Bullock is under it
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 2
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League I
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Caribbean and Negro League
II have yet to score
Old Timers is in front of
AL Pre WWII 3 to 0
NL Pre WWII winning over
Dead Ball Era 6 to 0
Left Outs winning over NL Post WWII 7 to 1
Cochrane has hit his 2nd
homerun for Left Outs
AL Post WWII leads Turn of Century 3 to 2
Late 20th slipping by Japanese
League 2 to 0
And in our contest FOFC on top 4 to 0

Nights swings
He raps a deep fly ball
It's into the left field gap
Stearnes can't get to it
Now he fires it to second
Not in time
Jeff starts FOFC off right

Tucker rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Dandridge
Ray fields it cleanly
Looks Nights back to second
Now fires it over to first...
Easy out

Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Nights scores!
Trailing runner advances.

Potpie watches strike three glide by
For that matter, he watched them all
That won't get it done
FOFC ahead 5 to 0 with
two away this inning

Fastball, belt high, away...
Bullock goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Charleston
Charleston is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
That ends the top of the 3rd
One run, 2 hits, no errors
and one man left on base
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 5

Sinking fastball...
Dandridge swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Fouts...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One up, one down

Cool Papa Bell will be batting
for Smokey Joe Williams
Dusty Baker would like to get
the speedster on board
He wrecks havoc on opposing pitchers
with his base stealing capabilites
Cool Papa has stolen 9
bases in 15 attempts
His on base percentage is .427

There's a liner over short
Solidly stroked by Bell...
Would you look at that!
Nights leaped two stories into the air
and robbed Bell of a sure base hit
Cool Papa is disgusted...
but tips his hat to Nights just the same
That ball had base hit written all over it
Two out, nobody on
FOFC leads 5 to 0

Low slider...
Stearnes takes a big rip at it...
Lofts a deep fly ball...
It could be going...
IT IS!!...
HOME RUN FOR Negro League I!

Base hit to center for Dihigo
A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Charleston sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Tucker
Tucker gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium center
That ends the inning
After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 4
Dusty Baker will be bringing
in a relief pitcher
Rube Foster has been called
from the bullpen
A few warm up tosses and
we'll be set to go

Gunner swings
He slices it down the left field line
Charleston is on the warning track
The ball is going,...going
Just foul!
Missed by a whisker
. . . Gunner back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Gunner slaps a hard grounder past second
Torriente is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Gunner will hold with a clean single

Swing and a miss
Strike three
Fouts goes down on strikes
That's one away

Fastball inside...
Swung on by Nielsen...
There's a ground ball between
first and second
Dihigo gloves it going away in short right
He spins, firing to the pitcher covering

SAFE!..By a step
Dihigo gave it a great effort

Pounded on the ground to short
Dandridge comes up with it
Over to second for one
On to first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 4th

A slider by Nielsen
Gibson gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
One down for Negro League I
Buck Leonard is still in
the on-deck circle
and Willie Wells is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Big bender...
Swung on...
Leonard pops it straight up
Three players converging on it
And it will be Potpie making the play
Two down

Just off the plate
Ball four

Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Torriente is outta there
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League I
So After 4 innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While Negro League I has one
run, 3 hits and no errors
Negro League I has left 2 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2

Nights rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Wells
Nights takes a big turn at
first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Charleston to
get that ball in quickly

It's a rainbow shot toward right
Torriente reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
One away here in the top of the 5th
FOFC on top 5 to 1
While we have time, let's
check the scoreboard

Caribbean and Negro League
II are all knotted at 1
Mendez battling Wickware
Old Timers with the lead over
AL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Keefe comfortably ahead for Old Timers
NL Pre WWII toppling Dead Ball Era 8 to 1
Grimes enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead
Left Outs is comfortably ahead
of NL Post WWII 7 to 1
Roberts enjoying the big Left Outs lead
Turn of Century with the lead
over AL Post WWII 6 to 3
Waddell comfortably ahead
for Turn of Century
Japanese League and Late 20th
are deadlocked at 3

It is a high hard one...
Pflaggstettler goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Pflaggstettler couldn't hold back
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Base hit to right for Potpie
Dick Howser is waving Nights to third...
The throw is going to third...
Nights is safe at third!
And Potpie advances to second on the throw

Bullock hits a roller to Willie Wells
Wells comes up with it and throws
It's in the dirt
Leonard can't come up with it
That'll be a throwing error on Wells
That's error number 1 of the
game for Negro League I

Gunner drives the ball to
right for extra bases
Potpie scores
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Double for Gunner

Ground ball to second
Dihigo comes up with it
Over to Leonard
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
And that's the final out of the inning
FOFC has 7 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While Negro League I has one
run, 3 hits and one error
FOFC has left 4 men on base today

Hot shot grounded to first
Potpie will take it himself
Score It: 3

Dusty Baker brings on Mule Suttles
to hit for Rube Foster
The Ones are way behind
They need baserunners...
And a lot of them!

Suttles hits it on the handle
He slices a soft pop behind first base
Blade roams over
Still after it
Drops in foul territory
. . . Suttles back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Hard inside slider...
The swing...
Suttles hits a grounder into the hole
Potpie makes an incredible stop...
But he's in no position to make a throw
Score that a single

It's hit high and deep
This one is deep!
THAT BALL'S SINGIN' WITH THE ANGELS NOW!!!
Stearnes takes Nielsen downtown!
That is Turkey Stearnes' 4th
home run of the year.

Dihigo hits a high pop into
short left field
Fouts sprints out
Gunner and Tucker sprint
towards the infield
A. J. Tucker sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
It's ruled a double

Big motion...
Charleston is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen pulled the string on him
Two away

Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Gibson rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Nielsen looks dejected on the mound

Swung on and hit sharply to second
Blade plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
That's all for the Ones...
After 5 innings here at Black Diamond
Pk in Negro League I,
FOFC ahead 7 to 5
Bill Foster will be coming on
to pitch for Negro League I
Bill has appeared in 7 games this season
He has a record of 1-0
in 9 innings
His ERA stands at 1.00

It's a high fly to deep center
Stearnes is on his horse
It is carrying to the fence
Turkey jumps
It's off the wall
Palmer is around second
But retreats to the bag
as the throw comes in

Blade looks to lay one down
He bunts at it . . .
Fielded by B.Leonard
he's throwing for the lead runner...
OUT!
Fielders Choice To 1st Baseman
Score It: 3-5
The runner on second, Palmer, is out
One gone for FOFC

Nights takes a cut at the sinker...
Hits a hard grounder down to first...
Leonard can't get his glove on it...
It's into right for a single...
Blade hustles around to third

Tucker pokes it to left
It drops in front of Charleston
FOFC adds to their lead
FOFC leads 8 to 5

Grounded towards the bag
Wells grabs it
Throw to second for one
On to first
Double Play!
Score It: 5-4-3
That's it for FOFC
Here at Black Diamond Pk, After
5 and a half innings,
FOFC has 8 runs, 12 hits and no errors
While Negro League I has 5 runs,
7 hits and one error
FOFC has left 5 on base
Negro League I has stranded 3

Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Nights
It's by him...
Gunner comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Wells to a single

Hard slider...
Torriente swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Pflaggstettler is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
A two run blast by Cristobal

Outside fastball... lashed
at by Dandridge...
Pop fly...Shallow left...
Dropping quickly...
Gunner pulls up, doesn't
want it to get by him
Base hit for Dandridge...
As Gunner fields it on one bounce

Beautifully placed bunt toward Fouts
He races in...
Scoops it up, bare-handed...
Only play is at first
OUT!
Dandridge advances easily
Nice job bunting, as usual, by Foster
Credit him with a sacrifice
That is one down now for Negro League
I in the bottom of the 6th
Benton Breeze takes a trip to the mound...
A few words are exchanged between
Bullock and James Rodney
Nights and Blade join them
Probably going over the signs
Dandridge is on second base...
with a good eye
They don't want to let the
Ones gain any advantage

Stearnes takes his cut at the slider...
He hits a long drive...
Pflaggstettler is racing towards the fence
This one may be out of here...
Back, back, back...
IT'S GONE!
A two-run home run for Stearnes
Putting Negro League I out in front
Negro League I leads 9 to 8
That's number 5 for Stearnes

Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Bullock fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Dihigo

Right down the middle... strike three
Charleston must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
The All Stars finally get
out of the inning
but not until Negro League I scores 4 runs
The Ones now take over the lead by 1
It's Negro League I 9, FOFC 8

Potpie pounds a grounder toward
Dandridge at short
Ray moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Dandridge stayed with it
Over to first and Potpie is retired
Nice play by the Negro League I short stop
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean and Negro League
II are deadlocked at 1
Old Timers with the lead over
AL Pre WWII 3 to 0
NL Pre WWII is crushing
Dead Ball Era 13 to 3
Ott has hit his 7th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
He's on a healthy pace this year
Left Outs is giving it to
NL Post WWII 8 to 3
Roberts enjoying the big Left Outs lead
AL Post WWII and Turn of Century
are all knotted at 7
Japanese League and Late 20th
are deadlocked at 3

Bullock swings hard...
A squibber off his fists
It's dribbling towards short
Dandridge charges in on it...
Bare hands it...
Flips it to first...
Just in time to get Bullock
Nice play by Ray Dandridge
Another step and Bullock would be safe
That's two down for Foster
FOFC will need to do better than that
They are running out of time

Swung on and popped up
Leonard is waiting...
And that's an easy out
Three down for FOFC
They are 1 run behind
Let me point out that
coming in to today's game
FOFC is 9 and 0 in one run games
Negro League I has a 0 and 1
record in these "duels"

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Struck him out on a fastball
Gibson goes down swinging
Rodney retires the first batter to
face him in the bottom of the 7th

Curve ball...
Leonard swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two up, two down for Negro League I

What a pitch... strike three
Rodney put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
That is the third out for
Negro League I here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47161

Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

STRIKE THREE CALLED!
Negro League I gets the first out
here late in this contest

Base hit to center for Blade
Fouts is rounding second...
But he pulls up quickly as he sees
the sign from Dick Howser
Fouts will stay at second

Nights reaches out and pokes it
on the ground to center
Base hit for Nights
The game is tied!

There is going to be a change in pitchers
Bill Foster will hit the showers
Dave Barnhill will be coming on in relief
We are in the top of the 8th
here at Black Diamond Pk
The score is tied at 9

Base hit to right for Tucker
Blade scores
Nights is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Tucker at first

Tucker watches Barnhill carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
Big sweeping curve...
Tucker is running on the pitch
Gibson fires it down...
Dihigo slaps a high tag on Tucker...
He's called SAFE
WOW is Dihigo upset with that call!

Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler
Nights scores
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Tucker scores!

Pflaggstettler moves away from first
Barnhill's move keeps Pflaggstettler
guessing
He's not getting a very good lead

Here's a curve...
Not a good one!
Potpie turns on it a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run!
Number 3 for Jeeberoni on the year
He also has 7 RBI's now

A hot shot on the ground to Dandridge
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Bullock is out
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 5

It's a high fly into left
Charleston ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
That retires the side... but not before
6 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 7 and a half innings,
FOFC leads 14 to 9

Good slider, inside part of the plate
Torriente gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One down for Negro League I
Ray Dandridge is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Negro League I

Dandridge drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play

Dave Barnhill is being called
back to the dugout
Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter
Yep, out pops Jelly Gardner
Dusty Baker will play the
percentages as he sends
the left hand hitting Gardner
against the righty, Fozborg
In fact, Jelly is batting a splendid .333
versus righties this season
So the decision certainly is reasonable...
We shall soon see how it works out

Gardner starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Fozborg walks him

Base hit to right for Stearnes
Bill Madlock is waving Gardner to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Stearnes at first

A high foul, back behind the plate
Bullock is after it...
At the screen...
The ball lands just out of his reach
. . . Dihigo back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Dihigo is outta there
The Ones are retired
It's 14-9 as we come to the 9th
Dusty Baker will be bringing
in a relief pitcher
Webster McDonald has been
called from the bullpen
A few warm up tosses and
we'll be set to go

Fouts hits a fly ball to center
Turkey Stearnes camps under it
He's got it
One up, one down here in
the top of the 9th

It's a BULLET, hit towards third
Wells snares it for the out!
Score It: 5

Slow ground ball
Dandridge is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That's all for FOFC
After 8 and a half innings in Negro
League I this evening,
FOFC on top 14 to 9

A jug-handled curve
Charleston goes out and gets it
It's a liner to right
Pflaggstettler will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Oscar Charleston

Grounded towards the sack
Potpie trots to the bag
Score It: 3
While we wait for Buck Leonard
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Negro League II squeezed
by Caribbean 3 to 1
Old Timers cuffed AL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Faber takes the loss, his
record drops to 1-1
Keefe the winner, he's now 1-3
NL Pre WWII humbled Dead Ball Era 17 to 4
Ott has hit his 7th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
They must be feeding him lots of beef
Left Outs easily defeated
NL Post WWII 8 to 3
Turn of Century downed AL Post WWII 9 to 7
Waddell the winner, he's now 2-2
Palmer takes the loss, his
record drops to 2-2
Japanese League easily defeated
Late 20th 10 to 5
Nomura has hit his 1st homerun
for Japanese League
And right here in Negro League
I FOFC ahead 14 to 9
OK, let's see if Negro League I
can get back in this ballgame
Currently down by 5

Low fastball...
Leonard swings...
Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd
Potpie snags it moving to his right
Leads Knowles perfectly
racing to the bag...
And he easily beats Leonard for the out
Charleston advances to third
Two gone for Negro League I

A high hopper to short
Nights comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
And that will do it for Negro League I
FOFC wins 14 to 9
Rodney gets credit for the win
Foster takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Billy Bullock
He was 1 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Negro League I.