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GAME 24 - Thursday, April 26th - Radio Broadcast

Frisch pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Gunner will retrieve it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Frisch retreats to first
after a wide turn

Frisch watches Williams move...
He's moving away from the bag
Excellent lead...
The slider from Williams...
Frisch takes off on the pitch!...
Fastball at the belt...
Here's the peg down...
Good slide...
Frisch is in there!

Base hit to left for Traynor
Casey Stingle is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Frisch scores!

It's a scorching liner to
the second baseman
OUT!
Blade didn't have to move!
Traynor stays put

Base hit to left for Ott
Casey Stingle puts up the stop sign...
Traynor will stay at second

Cuyler rips a solid shot to left
Gunner ranges to his right...
He is juggling it!...
Finally finds the handle
Whew!
Runners can't advance
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Williams

A slider by Williams
Medwick gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That retires the side
The Pre-Nationals score
1 run in the inning
After one half inning, NL
Pre WWII on top 1 to 0

Inside slider...
Tucker raps it hard...
Over the bag at first
Ott giving chase...
He plays it nicely in the
corner off the fence
Tucker doesn't slow down rounding first...
Here's the throw from Ott...
But Tucker is into second with a double

Nights rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Frisch
Frankie fields it cleanly
Looks Tucker back to second
Now fires it over to first...
Easy out
With one down, up next is Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie

Just off the plate
Ball four

There's the heater...
Strike three swinging!
Potpie will take his seat
That's two away

Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Medwick
And he has it
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 1 inning
NL Pre WWII has one run,
3 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 2 stranded
NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 2

Hard slider, outside part of the plate...
Hartnett steps into it...
Lifts a high fly ball to deep left
This one's going to be close...
It looks like it will stay in the park
Gunner maneuvering under it...

IT'S TOO DEEP... It's a home
run for Hartnett!

There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Terry
No chance for either Nights or Gunner
That one had base hit written all over it

Jesse Haines squares to bunt
Potpie fields it, THEN DROPS THE BALL!
Potpie picks it up and fires to first
Haines is out by an eyelash
Credit Haines with a sacrifice
One down for NL Pre WWII
Frankie Frisch is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for NL Pre WWII

Swung on and popped up
Nights is under it
He puts it away
Score It: 6
And there's two away

Traynor hits a fly ball to center
Tucker moves over to make the catch
Tucker FALLS DOWN
He gets up... he makes the catch!
Nice recovery by A. J. Tucker
NL Pre WWII gets 1 in the top of the 2nd
One run, 2 hits, no errors
and one man left on base
After 1 and a half innings,
NL Pre WWII leads by 2

Bullock starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Haines walks him

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

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

Hit and run...
Routine grounder to short
Taken by Frisch
Throws to second
He's out
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
Two down

Williams swings...
And hits nothing but air!
Strike three!
Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 8 and 2
in their last ten games

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

Ground ball to short
Nights comes up with it
He tosses it to second...
Gets the force
That's one away

Big heater...
In on the hands...
Swung on and popped up
Palmer is waiting...
And that's an easy out
Two down for NL Pre WWII
in the top of the 3rd
NL Pre WWII ahead 2 to 0

Base hit to right for Medwick
Third base coach Casey Stingle
doesn't want to gamble
Nothing ventured, nothing gained...
Ott will stay at second

Base hit to right for Hartnett
Casey Stingle will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by NL Pre WWII...
Not cut-off...
Ott scores!
Trailing runners advance.

Pounded on the ground to second
Taken by Blade
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That ends the inning for NL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII has 3 runs,
8 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
They have now stranded 5 baserunners

Curveball, breaking to the outside...
Lazy ground ball to the right side
It'll be a very tough play for Terry
He picks it up, throws to
Haines covering first
Not in time as Tucker beats the throw

Base hit to center for Nights
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Tucker will stay at second

Pflaggstettler squares around
He bunts at it . . .
Fielded by P.Traynor
the throw to first...
Out
Pflaggstettler gets the job done.
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is still
in the on-deck circle
and Deacon Palmer is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Potpie goes after Haines' fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Medwick is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the fence...
It's out of here!
Jeeberoni just hit home run number 10
of this 1900 season

Curve in the dirt... and Palmer holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Hartnett asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Palmer went around
Strike three, swinging
With two gone, We're all tied up
at 3 in the bottom of the 3rd

Right down the middle... strike three
Bullock must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
The All Stars come from behind in the 3rd
They pick up 3 runs to tie it up
We go to the 4th...
All Stars 3, Pre-Nationals 3

Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Haines swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bullock loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Jesse as he was heading for the dugout
One down, nobody on
Game tied

Frisch hits a fly ball to center
A. J. Tucker camps under it
He's got it
Two down
Williams retires two in a row

There's a high pop fly to the outfield
Stan Gunner moves to his left
He makes the catch
Wait, he bobbles it!
Gunner grabs it with his
bare hand for the out
1-2-3, nothing across...

High
Gunner works out a walk

Blade raps a hard grass-cutter
toward third
Traynor takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up...
Over to second for one
Back to first...
Not in time!
Speed on the bases helped FOFC there
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

AL Post WWII is in front
of AL Pre WWII 7 to 4
Mantle has hit his 7th homerun
for AL Post WWII
Quite a year for the slugger
Dead Ball Era is in front of
Negro League II 3 to 0
Wallace has hit his 1st homerun
for Dead Ball Era
Turn of Century is edging Caribbean 3 to 2
Kelley has hit his 2nd homerun
for Turn of Century
And right here in FOFC The
score is knotted at 3

Williams squares around
He lays a beauty down the first base line
Haines and Terry collide
going for the ball
Terry recovers, picks it up
and fires to first
OUT!!
Credit John Williams with a sacrifice
Two gone here in the bottom of the 4th
We want to welcome the FOFC
"Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Medwick
And he has it
That retires the side...
Tucker fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base

Low fastball...
Hornsby swings...
Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd
Potpie snags it moving to his right
Leads Williams perfectly
racing to the bag...
And he easily beats Hornsby for the out
With one gone
NL Pre WWII will have Mel Ott coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Slider, down and in...
Ott manages to hit a shallow fly
Tucker charging hard... dives...
Great diving catch by Tucker!
He slid several feet after
making that stab
Two up, two down for NL Pre WWII

Cuyler hits a screamer at Barrett Blade
Blade takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Potpie scoops it on one hop

Cuyler is out!
Nice play by Potpie
That's all for NL Pre WWII
After 4 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
We're all tied up at 3

Swung on and hit sharply to short
Frisch plays it on one hop
Over to Terry...
Out of there!
So one up and one gone

Comebacker, right to Haines
Over to Terry for the easy out
Two up, two down for the All Stars

Swung on and missed by Potpie,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Potpie
That does it for FOFC in
the bottom of the 5th

Medwick rips the curve to left-center...
Gunner racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
It's over his head!
Medwick will lope into
second with a double

Flyball to center
it's caught
Medwick has a chance to move up...
Medwick is trying to advance
to third base...
Here's the play...
He's SAFE!

Groundball to back to the mound
Casey Stingle plays it safe
and stops him at third...
Terry is retired on the groundout

Haines looks at ball four
That pitch wasn't even close...
Must have got away from Williams
Now there are runners at the corners

Haines takes a short lead against
the lefty Williams
Haines has to hold tight to the bag

Frisch swings and lifts one toward left
Gunner drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's it for NL Pre WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
5 and a half innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has 3 runs,
9 hits and no errors
NL Pre WWII has left 7 on base
FOFC has stranded 4

Deacon Palmer offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Palmer couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Pie Traynor for the out
Palmer never even left the batter's box
One away for FOFC here in
the bottom of the 6th

Bullock swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Haines strikes out Billy Bullock
Two down in the 6th
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Gunner lofts a fly to deep right
Ott trots slowly under it...
He makes the catch
Easy inning for Haines
So after six complete...
The score is tied at 3

Grounded towards third
Palmer scoops it
LONG THROW...
HE'S OUT!
One gone for NL Pre WWII

Rogers raps a high bouncer toward third
Palmer snatches it on the third hop
Overhands one to first
Easy out
That's the second out of the inning

He rips a grounder to the mound
Rodney grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII
Time to check out the rest of the scores

AL Post WWII is in front
of AL Pre WWII 7 to 4
Ryan comfortably ahead for AL Post WWII
Dead Ball Era slipping by
Negro League II 3 to 1
Chesbro battling Redding
Caribbean and Turn of Century
are tied at 3
Cepeda has hit his 6th homerun
for Caribbean
He's putting up big numbers this year
And in our matchup We're all tied up at 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Curve in the dirt... and Blade holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the man in blue says no
Hartnett appeals to first
Appeal fails
Blade will take first on the walk
That's 1 walk today for Blade

Kris Terp shows bunt
And lays it down right to Gabby Hartnett
Hartnett looks at second
But passes up a sure force play
He fires to first to retire Terp
But Blade moves up
FOFC was in luck that time...
Credit Kris Terp with a sacrifice
One gone in the bottom of the 7th
Up next is A. J. Tucker
He's having a fine year so far

Curveball, in and low
Tucker hits it to Terry at first
Takes it cleanly...
Races to the bag...
It's going to be close...
And...
Out is the call
That could have gone either way
Blade is now perched over at third
We're all tied up at 3 with
two away this inning

Jeff Nights offers at the slider,
but checks his swing
Oh, Nights couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Pie Traynor for the out
Nights never even left the batter's box
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 41542

There's a deep fly ball to Stan Gunner
Gunner circles under it...
He hauls it in on the warning track
And there's one away

It's a long, lazy fly into left
Gunner ranges over to his left
He makes the catch

What a pitch... strike three
Fozborg put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
That'll do it for NL Pre WWII
So we're still tied
After 7 and a half innings
FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has 3 runs,
9 hits and no errors

Pflaggstettler swings and lines
it on the nose to center
Cuyler picks it up on one bounce
Flips it in to second
Pflaggstettler rounds first and holds
with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball
that he was just "sitting" on

Well hit by Potpie
Medwick moves back, back... and...
He pulls it down near the fence in left
NL Pre WWII gets the first out
here late in this contest

Palmer chases the breaking ball...
It's a grounder at third base...
Traynor takes it on the second bounce...
Pumps once to first, then
throws to second...
They get the sliding Pflaggstettler...
That's one out...
And Hornsby holds onto the ball
There's no play at first
Two down
Due up next is Billy Bullock
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the All Stars

There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Medwick one hands it...
OUT!
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
At the end of eight full innings...
We're all tied up at 3

Terry pounds a grounder toward
Blade at second
Barrett moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Blade stayed with it
Over to first and Terry is retired
Nice play by the FOFC second baseman
One up, one down here in
the top of the 9th

In the dirt
That's ball four

The runner goes
Frisch likes the hit and run...
Frisch misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Bullock is up and firing...
One hopper to Blade...
Headfirst slide...
And Bottomley is STILL out!...
Nice play by Nights...
That was a tough catch

Frisch swings on a ball in on his fists
It results in a pop up to first
Potpie is under it...
A few steps to his right...
One hands it for the out
Frisch looked bad on that pitch
The Pre-Nationals are gone
in the 9th... they get
No runs, no hits and no errors...
We head to the bottom of the 9th...
The score is tied at 3
Burleigh Grimes will be coming
on to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Burleigh has appeared in
7 games this season
He has a record of 3-0
in 36 innings
His ERA stands at 3.53

Curveball...
BALL FOUR!
Always nice to get a lead off walk...
but especially in a tie ballgame!

Blade showing bunt...
He lays it down
Burleigh Grimes looks at second
But goes to first...
Out... Gunner advances to 2nd
A sacrifice for Barrett Blade
NL Pre WWII gets the first
out of the inning

A high pop-up to first
Terry is under it...
He backpedals
Got it just in fair territory
Fake pump towards second
Gunner gets back to the bag
That's the second out of the inning

They are issuing a free pass to Tucker
Tucker watches ball four
He takes his base

Grounded towards the sack
Terry flips to Grimes covering
Score It: 3-1
And we go to extra innings!

Shallow fly ball
Tucker charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
One away in the top of the
10th for NL Pre WWII

Hornsby drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play
Two gone for NL Pre WWII

Curveball, high in the strike zone...
Ott goes after it...
There's a high fly... going deep
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
leaps at the fence...
He can't get it...
It's gone

A home run for Mel Ott

Groundball off the change-up...
Past Potpie at first...
It's rolling into the outfield grass...
Cuyler gets a base hit

Jace Kronside watches Cuyler
As he moves away from the bag
Kronside fails to hold Cuyler near the bag
He has himself a very
big start toward second base
A definite weakness of the
All Stars pitcher
I jinxed Kronside...
As Cuyler is off and running!
Bullock comes up from his stance firing...
The ball and the runner are both there...
Cuyler is in there under the tag!
Good headfirst slide
for number 2 in 1900

Hard slider...
And Medwick takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
Three down for NL Pre WWII
Still a 1 run deficit for FOFC
Let me point out that
coming in to today's game
NL Pre WWII is 4 and 2 in one run games
FOFC has a 10 and 0 record
in these tight contests

Changeup down low...
Pflaggstettler makes contact
and hits one out to left
Joe Medwick is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Grimes
One up, one down

Potpie pulls it hard over third...
And it's snared by Traynor!
Pie half fell and half dove
To grab that ball before it hit the ground
Two down
Grimes retires the first two FOFC batters

Sharp breaking curveball...
Palmer reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Frisch...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Terry at first!
Palmer is out easily
And that will do it for FOFC
NL Pre WWII wins 4 to 3
Grimes gets credit for the win
Kronside takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Pre WWII
was Gabby Hartnett
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.