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GAME 40 - Monday, May 14th - Radio Broadcast

We have a great match up of starting pitchers tonight. Rob Nielsen and Pete Alexander - two guys who can throw the rock...

And throw back a drink or too...

Anyway Nielsen comes in with a 5 adn 1 record while Alex is 4 and 2.

The lineups for tonight:

A.Tucker CF
S.Gunner LF
J.Nights SS
P.Pflaggstettler RF
D.Gonzalez 1B
D.Fouts 3B
B.Bullock C
S.Treacy 2B
R.Nielsen P

It looks like Benton has tried to load up the lineup with batters who hit right handers well.

For the Pre-Nationals

F.Frisch SS
P.Traynor 3B
R.Hornsby 2B
M.Ott RF
K.Cuyler CF
J.Medwick LF
E.Lombardi C
B.Terry 1B
P.Alexander P



Grounded towards first
Terry grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
SAFE!

Apparently not afraid of Alexander
Tucker stretches out to his lead
Alexander steps off the rubber
Looks Tucker back to the bag

Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
One away in the top of the 1st for FOFC

Base hit to left for Nights
Third base coach Dick Howser
doesn't want to gamble
Nothing ventured, nothing gained...
Tucker will stay at second

Pflaggstettler pulls this
one down the line
Medwick is at the warning track
The ball is hooking...
Just foul!
. . . Pflaggstettler back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Hanging curve...
Swung on...
Pflaggstettler turned that one
around in a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run
Medwick didn't even move

Slow ground ball
Terry is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two away

Fouts sends a routine ground ball to first
Terry takes it on one hop
Flips it to Alexander
Easy out
That will do it for FOFC
But they do get 3 runs
right out of the barrel
So FOFC leads 3 to zip as NL
Pre WWII comes to bat

Frisch starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Nielsen walks him

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

Routine grounder to short
Nights grabs it
Over to second for one
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
With two gone, FOFC on top 3 to
0 in the bottom of the 1st

Ott swings and lifts one toward center
Tucker drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
Rob Nielsen holds the Pre-Nationals
scoreless in the first

Changeup down low...
Bullock makes contact and
hits one out to center
Kiki Cuyler is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Alexander
That's one away

Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Treacy hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into right for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Nielsen looks to lay one down
Nielsen lays down a great bunt!
There is no chance to get the lead runner
Nielsen might beat it out...
Fielded by P.Traynor
the throw to first...
Out
Nielsen gets the job done.
FOFC leads 3 to 0 with
two away this inning

Pete comes in there with a dipsy-do
And it freezes Tucker
He can't get the bat off his shoulder
and just watches it curve over
the outside corner...
STRIKE THREE!
That retires the side...
Tucker fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

Swung on...and hit way, way up
Under it is Bullock...and he's got it
With one down, up next is Joe Medwick
To be followed by Ernie Lombardi

Extra base hit to left for Medwick
Stan Gunner is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

A slider by Nielsen
Lombardi gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's the second out of the inning

Terry swings and misses
Strike three
Terry didn't have a good cut at that pitch
Three away in the bottom of the 2nd
FOFC leads 3 to 0
Let's go to the ticker
And see how everyone else is faring

Negro League I and Negro League
II have yet to score
Turn of Century toppling
AL Post WWII 7 to 0
Dead Ball Era slipping by
AL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Japanese League and Left
Outs are scoreless
Sugishita and Jenkins currently dueling
NL Post WWII is on top
of Old Timers 4 to 2
Aaron has hit his 11th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Caribbean and Late 20th have yet to score

Grounded towards first
Terry grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
SAFE!

Nights drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Gunner scores!
Double for Nights

Pflaggstettler swings...
This one looks like it might go...
Medwick is going back...
He is at the fence...

And it is over the fence! Home run!
The FOFC right fielder now
has hit 2 here tonight!
And that gives him 5 in 1900
That is Persimmon Pflaggstettler's
5th home run of the year.

Gonzalez swings...
Grounder down the left field line
It's past Traynor and rolls
all the way to the corner
Gonzalez rounds first...
Heads for second
Medwick plays it off the wall
Here's the throw...
Not in time!

Hard ground ball to short
Taken by Frisch
Over to Terry
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
One gone for FOFC

Base hit to center for Bullock
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Runner holds.

Treacy chases the inside fastball...
He hits a high fly ball...
Ott backs up...
Starts forward towards the plate...
Makes the catch on the run...
Uncorks a bullet...
The throw is wide to the first base side
Gonzalez is safe on the sac fly

Nielsen takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He's out on strikes
That's it in the top of the 3rd
After 2 and a half innings in NL Pre WWII,
FOFC on top 7 to 0

Curve, low and outside for ball four
Well, how about that
The Pre-Nationals have a rally going here
If they can bunch together
another ten or so baserunners,
they'll be right back in it!

Frisch only gets a piece of it
Lifted up over the infield...
It should be an easy out...
And it will be Nights making the play
That's one away for the Pre-Nationals
NL Pre WWII is 8 and 2 in
their last ten games
Things don't look too bright
for NL Pre WWII tonight

It bounces in front of the plate
and gets by Bullock
Waner moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch

It's a shallow fly by Traynor
Pflaggstettler runs in, calls for it
He makes the catch with
a snap of his glove
Traynor is out
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Nielsen

Nielsen jams him with a fastball
Swung on and topped out toward short
Nights is up with it...
Over to Gonzalez at first
And Hornsby beats it out!
Waner advances on the play

He quick pitches Ott... and it's in there
Strike three
That's it for NL Pre WWII here
in the bottom of the 3rd
They leave 2 runners stranded
FOFC has 7 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
3 hits and no errors
Doing the mop-up for NL Pre WWII
will be righthander Jesse Haines...
The Pre-Nationals are way
behind in this one...
They trail the All Stars by 7

A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
One down for FOFC
Stan Gunner is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Gunner cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Lombardi
Gunner was badly fooled by Haines'
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Stan was a little overanxious
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Negro League II with the lead
over Negro League I 3 to 0
Turn of Century is beating
AL Post WWII 7 to 3
Waddell comfortably ahead
for Turn of Century
Dead Ball Era slipping by
AL Pre WWII 4 to 2
Left Outs slipping by Japanese
League 3 to 1
NL Post WWII is on top
of Old Timers 4 to 2
Seaver battling Welch
Caribbean leads Late 20th 2 to 1
And right here in NL Pre
WWII FOFC leads 7 to 0

It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Traynor is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
And that retires the side

Did he hold up his swing?
YES!
He walks

Swung on and lined into right
Pflaggstettler over to scoop it up
Cuyler around second and
on his way to third
Pflaggstettler fires it toward Fouts
Nights cuts it off...
So NL Pre WWII has runners on the corners
with nobody out

Nielsen bores one right down the pike
Strike three swinging!
Superb fastball that time
One down...
Bill Terry is due up next
Let's see what happens now

Terry reaches out and pokes it
on the ground to center
Base hit for Terry
FOFC's lead narrows by a run
FOFC leads 7 to 1

Fastball in on the hands
Lindstrom tries to hold up, but can't
He hits a blooper to right
Pflaggstettler is coming in fast
Now he has it in his sights...
Easy out
Persimmon rifles it back in to Treacy
He walks it on over to Nielsen
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

The Whiff!
Swung on the HIGH CHEESE!
That's it for NL Pre WWII
Here at Booze Field, After 4 innings,
FOFC has 7 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has one run,
5 hits and no errors
NL Pre WWII has left 4 on base
FOFC has stranded 2
Dazzy Vance will be coming on
to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Dazzy has appeared in 15 games this season
with a record of 3-1
In 23 innings, he has an 3.18 ERA
Jesse Haines has finished his work
here this evening

Caught looking... Pflaggstettler
goes down on strikes
And looks bad doing it to start
off the top of the 5th
One up, one down for FOFC

Curve ball...
Gonzalez swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two gone for FOFC

Fouts rips a hanging curve
to deep right-center
He really walloped this one...
Cuyler doesn't even have
time to wave goodbye
It is long gone!
The FOFC third baseman really smoked it

Curve in the dirt... and Bullock holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Lombardi asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Bullock went around
Strike three, swinging
That retires the side
The All Stars score 1 run in the inning
After 4 and a half innings,
FOFC leads 8 to 1

Fastball
OUCH! It hit Traynor!
Now Traynor gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not a big fan of "chin music"
and he's letting Nielsen know about it!
The ump tells Traynor to take his base

Hornsby drives the ball to
right for extra bases
Casey Stingle won't risk sending
the runner home...
Double for Hornsby

Groundball to back to the mound
Casey Stingle won't risk sending
the runner home...
Ott is retired on the groundout

Smashed into left field
Base hit for Cuyler
Traynor scores from third!
Hornsby scores from second!

Changeup...
Ties Medwick up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
Two down

Time is called by the umpire!
Nielsen is a little upset
He's been called for a balk!
The runner Cuyler is waved to second base

Base hit to right for Lombardi
Casey Stingle will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Cuyler scores!

Terry hits a blooper just
beyond the infield
It looks like that one will drop
David Gonzalez dives toward
the outfield grass
AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE
IT HITS THE GROUND
The Pre-Nationals go down in
the bottom of the 5th
After 5 innings at Booze Field
here in NL Pre WWII,
FOFC ahead 8 to 4

Its a high fly ball into shallow left
Medwick runs in...
He calls for it...
Frisch yells "take it Joe"
And he does
Treacy is retired on a lazy
fly to short left
FOFC with one away
Vance steps off the mound as
he waits for Rob Nielsen to
come to the plate

Slow ground ball
Traynor is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 4

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

Tucker takes a walking lead
Vance holds the runner close to the bag

Gunner sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Cuyler
Cuyler gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium center
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Negro League II is embarrassing
Negro League I 8 to 0
Wilson has hit his 7th homerun
for Negro League II
Turn of Century is beating
AL Post WWII 7 to 3
Dead Ball Era is edging AL Pre WWII 4 to 3
Left Outs leads Japanese League 3 to 2
NL Post WWII is in front
of Old Timers 5 to 2
Caribbean leads Late 20th 2 to 1
And in our contest FOFC leads 8 to 4

Routine grounder to short
Nights scoops it up
Over to first for the out
So one up and one gone

There's a bunt between the mound and first
Fozborg and Gonzalez are after it
Gonzalez grabs it
Over to first
Just in time!

Fozborg comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Traynor
As he swings right through
it for strike three
So that's it for NL Pre WWII
They fail to score against Fozborg
In the bottom of the 6th for NL Pre WWII
No runs, no hits and no errors
Dizzy Dean will be coming on
to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Dizzy has appeared in 8 games this season
He has a record of 3-0
in 16 innings
His ERA stands at 1.72

It's a high fly into center
Cuyler ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Pflaggstettler pounds a grounder
toward Traynor at third
Pie moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Traynor stayed with it
Over to first and Pflaggstettler
is retired
Nice play by the NL Pre WWII third baseman

Ball four is the call
Dean can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Dean
Gonzalez takes first base

Fouts gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to first
Terry is waving everybody off
Fouts is retired
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 and a half innings
FOFC has 8 runs, 11 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has 4 runs,
8 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 4 stranded
NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 7

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one bounce
Over to Gonzalez...
Out of there!
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Fastball, just inside...
Looked very close...
Fozborg's obviously peeved at that call
But Mel tends to get those calls
He has a great eye and doesn't mind
taking the free ride to first

Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE swinging!
Kiki looked like Casey on that pitch
Went for the HIGH CHEESE!

Medwick rips a fastball down the line
This one may have the distance...
But will it be fair?
It is heading right at the foul pole...
It is....


A foul ball!
. . . Medwick back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Ground ball to short
Nights grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That is the third out for NL Pre WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 49268

Curve ball, just misses the corner
That'll be ball four and a walk
Dean has issued 2 bases on balls
this evening

Uh oh, that one got away
Treacy is hit in the ribs with that one
He is down
Treacy gets up and heads to first

Fozborg lays it down the first base line
Terry charges in
Scoops it up
Turns and fires to first
Just got him!
Nice bunt
Credit Sirr Fozborg with a sacrifice
NL Pre WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Groundball to third
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Tucker is retired on the groundout

Looks like Gunner will be
given a free pass here
And he is... That's four wide ones
That'll set up a force at any base
and bring Jeff Nights up to the plate

Nights drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Treacy and Bullock will score
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
Nights is out trying for third!
Double for Nights

There's a fly ball to Stan Gunner
Gunner circles under it...
He makes the play
One away, two to go in the
bottom of the 8th

Good slider, inside part of the plate
Terry gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Treacy grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
And there's two away

Leo Durochure brings on Paul Waner
to hit for Dizzy Dean
The Pre-Nationals are way behind
They need baserunners...
And a lot of them!

Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Waner gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Gonzalez grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Waner for the out
That ends the inning
After 8 innings, FOFC leads by 7
Rube Marquard will be coming on
to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Rube has appeared in 8 games this season
with a record of 2-5
In 58 innings, he has an 6.40 ERA
Dizzy Dean has finished his work
here this evening

The pitch is just inside
and Gazelle holds up
Lombardi points down at
the first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
And there's one away

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

Low and away...Swung on...
Lined into left...
Medwick coming on fast...
He can't get it...
has to take it on one hop...
Throws it in to second
Score that a single for Fouts
That pitch looked like a fastball
But it sure had a lot of movement on it

Base hit to center for Bullock
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Runners hold.

Bouncer to the mound
Marquard grabs it
Throws home and nails him!
On to first
He's OUT, a home to first double play
Score It: 1-2-3
That's three outs here in
the top of the 9th
Now NL Pre WWII will try to close the gap
To at least try to make it respectable

Frankie Frisch swings
He really stings this one
It rifles past Treacy into right...
Base hit for Frisch...
Gunner is over to cut it off...
Now he tosses it in to the infield
Frisch is on with a sharp single

He goes after the low slider
At the knees...
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Gunner slides...
Traynor is out!
Nice catch by Stan Gunner!
While we wait for Rogers Hornsby
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Negro League II topped Negro
League I 8 to 5
Turn of Century cuffed AL Post WWII 7 to 4
Hunter takes the loss, his
record drops to 3-3
Waddell the winner, he's now 4-3
AL Pre WWII nipped Dead Ball Era 6 to 5
Left Outs clubbed Japanese League 9 to 2
Snider has hit his 11th
homerun for Left Outs
NL Post WWII nipped Old Timers 6 to 5
Bunning the winner, he's now 2-5
Cummings takes the loss, his
record drops to 0-2
Caribbean nipped Late 20th 2 to 1
And here in NL Pre WWII FOFC ahead 11 to 4
OK, let's see if NL Pre WWII can
get back in this ballgame
Currently down by 7

Hornsby sends a hot smash to the mound
Fozborg takes it on one hop
Fires to Treacy for one
Back to first for the double play!
And that will do it for NL Pre WWII
FOFC wins 11 to 4
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Fozborg notches the save
Alexander takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 2 for 4 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 5 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Pre WWII.