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GAME 15 - Tuesday, April 17th - Radio Broadcast

Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Dandridge stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Ray Dandridge
One down for FOFC
Jeff Nights is still in the on-deck circle
and A. J. Tucker is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Swung on and Nights sends
a high fly to right
It is hugging the foul line...
Torriente is over at the fence...
It's going to be close...
Torriente can't make the catch!
Nights just missed on that one
Foul by inches!
. . . Nights back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Jeff raps a high bouncer toward third
Dandridge snatches it on the third hop
Overhands one to first
Easy out
Two up, two down for FOFC

Drilled on the ground to the mound
Taken by Paige
Over to Leonard
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
Paige sets them down in order
Here in the top of the 1st

Pounded on the ground to first
Babson takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
One out
Due up next is Willie Wells

It's a high fly to deep center
Tucker is on his horse
It is carrying to the fence
A. J. jumps...
Leaping catch... No, it
pops out of his glove
Wells will get a two-base hit

There's a high foul pop behind the plate
Bullock goes back to the screen
Nice catch
Just before it goes into the seats
That's the second out of the inning

The pitch is low
It bounces away from Bullock!
He's got it
But there's no throw.
It's scored a passed ball.

Hot shot grounded to second
Taken by Blade
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League I
By the way, Negro League I is 6
and 4 in their last ten games

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Pflaggstettler held up, and draws a walk
Paige isn't happy at all with that call

Change up...
Potpie was not fooled...
He connects!
Charleston is off to the races...
That ball is hit hard...
Oscar is at the warning track...
But that ball has the necessary distance!
Home Run for Jeeberoni Potpie!

Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Bullock is outta there
And there's one away

Grounded towards first
Leonard grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
OUT!
And there's two away

There's a fly ball to Cristobal Torriente
Torriente circles under it...
He makes the play
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Caribbean and Negro League
II have yet to score
Cuellar battling Holland
Old Timers and AL Pre WWII are scoreless
Galvin and Mays currently dueling
NL Pre WWII and Dead Ball
Era are scoreless
Rixey battling Johnson
NL Post WWII leads Left Outs 1 to 0
AL Post WWII and Turn of
Century are scoreless
Late 20th is on top of Japanese
League 2 to 0
Martinez and Kaneda currently dueling
And in our matchup FOFC leads 2 to 0

Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Leonard!
Babson retires the first batter to
face him in the bottom of the 2nd

Smashed to short
Nights comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Babson

Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Bullock fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Dihigo
1-2-3, nothing across...

Sinking fastball...
Babson swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Dandridge...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

He hits a tough grounder to short
Wells grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
Negro League I gets the second
out of the inning

Swung on and hit sharply to short
Wells plays it on one bounce
Over to Leonard...
Out of there!
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 2-0, FOFC

Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Dandridge was frozen on that
fastball by Babson
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
One gone for Negro League I
in the bottom of the 3rd

Smashed to the mound
Babson grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
Two down
Babson retires two in a row

Bell sends a wicked smash in the hole
Fouts can't cut it off
Nights makes a great backhand stab
Leaps and fires to Potpie
Cool Papa is out on a bang-bang play!
Great play by Jeff Nights!
That's all for the Ones
After 3 innings in Negro League
I this afternoon,
FOFC on top 2 to 0

LINE DRIVE
Dihigo reaches
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 4
One up, one down

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

Swung on and lofted very high...
and very deep...
Torriente starts back, turns...
He's at the fence...
And hauls it in!
Two gone for FOFC

Bullock drives the ball to
right for extra bases
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Pflaggstettler scores!
Double for Bullock

Looks like Fouts will be
given a free pass here
And he is... that's four wide ones
Stan Gunner is the batter due up next

Change up...
Gunner was way out in front...
Strike Three
That does it for FOFC here
in the top of the 4th
But they pick up 1 run
So After 3 and a half innings,
FOFC on top 3 to 0

Curve in the dirt... and Wells holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Bullock asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Wells went around
Strike three, swinging
With one gone
Negro League I will have Oscar
Charleston coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Extra base hit to center for Charleston
A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

Base hit to left for Gibson
Bill Madlock is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Swing and a miss
Strike three
Leonard goes down on strikes
FOFC ahead 3 to 1 with
two away this inning

Grounded towards the middle
Nights comes up with it
He throws
IT GETS AWAY!
Score It: Single + E6
Gibson scores from first!
Torriente to third

Grounded down the line
Taken by Fouts
Over to first
NOT IN TIME!
Dihigo gets an infield hit
Torriente scores from third!

Dihigo moves away from first
Babson fires a throw...
Dihigo dives back...
He's safe!
The first base coach, Dave Parker,
is telling him to watch
Babson more carefully
He was awfully close to being picked off!

It's a rainbow shot toward left
Gunner reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
So Negro League I is retired here
in the bottom of the 4th
They score 3 to even the score at 3

There's a ground ball into the hole
Dandridge and Wells converge on it
It's picked by Dandridge
who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
One gone for FOFC

He rips a grounder to short
Wells comes up with it
Over to Leonard
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Over the outside corner
Nights hits the curve right to third...
Dandridge takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Nights is out by a couple of steps
That's all for FOFC
After 4 and a half innings in Negro
League I this afternoon,
The score is tied at 3

Good slider, inside part of the plate
Paige 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
Cool Papa Bell is still
in the on-deck circle
and Willie Wells is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Bell swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bullock loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Cool Papa as he was heading for the dugout
Two down
Babson retires the first two
Negro League I batters

Wells takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Wells can't believe it and says
something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Babson
Babson retires three in a row
Here in the bottom of the 5th

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

Pflaggstettler hits a three hopper
towards Willie Wells
Wells scoops it and fires it to second...
Out
The throw to first...
Out at first, it's a double play
The score is knotted at 3 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Caribbean and Negro League
II are tied at 1
AL Pre WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0
NL Pre WWII leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Left Outs leads NL Post WWII 3 to 2
Wynn battling Marichal
Turn of Century slipping
by AL Post WWII 4 to 2
Japanese League and Late
20th are tied at 3
Starffin and Martinez currently dueling

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

Bullock connects on the curve...
This one is really smoked...
Charleston starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Bullock got all of this one....
See ya, It's a home run!
Potpie scores in front of him

Ground ball to the left side...
Dandridge scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 5 and a half innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and one error
While Negro League I has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 stranded
Negro League I has failed to bring home 2

It's a routine fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One up, one down here in
the bottom of the 6th

The pitch is just inside
and Gibson holds up
Bullock points down at the
first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
Two up, two down

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

Torriente 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 6 innings, FOFC leads by 2

Swung on and hit sharply to second
Dihigo plays it on one hop
Over to Leonard...
Out of there!
FOFC with one away
Paige steps off the mound as
he waits for Brian Babson to
come to the plate

Slow ground ball
Dihigo is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That's two away
Wells comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Paige
Barrett Blade will be next up...

There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Oscar Charleston is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Great,)
He's jumping for it...
He can't get it!
That's a homerun for Barrett Blade

Changeup down low...
Nights makes contact and
hits one out to left
Oscar Charleston is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Paige
That ends the top of the 7th
One run, one hit and no errors
After 6 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Dihigo checks his swing
Bullock appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Martin
That's one away

Dandridge hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Fouts dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the third
baseman, Dan Fouts!
Two gone for Negro League I
Time is running out for them

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Turkey Stearnes will bat for Satchel Paige
It will be the lefthand hitting, Stearnes
against the righty Babson
Stearnes is hitting righties
for a .297 average

STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Brian Babson
here this afternoon
That is the third out for
Negro League I here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 37673
Dave Barnhill will be coming on
to pitch for Negro League I
Dave has appeared in 5 games this season
with a record of 0-1
In 6 innings, he has an 1.59 ERA
Satchel Paige has finished his work
here this afternoon

Tucker starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Barnhill walks him

Tucker inches away from the base
Barnhill holds the runner

Pflaggstettler laces a hard, low
bouncer to the right side
Dihigo steps in front of it
Whoa! The ball squirted
right under his legs!
Must have hit a pebble
Give Pflaggstettler a single on the play

Swung on and sliced down the line
Dihigo runs over
He's near the dugout steps
Reaches in...
The ball bounces into the dugout
. . . Potpie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Grounded towards the bag
Dandridge grabs it
Over to Leonard
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
One down for FOFC...
Dandridge calls time as
he comes to the mound
to have a word with the pitcher

I'm sure he wants Barnhill to bear down
And not worry about the runners

Swung on and rocked toward Ray Dandridge
He leaps in the air...
Just out of his reach!
The runners are on the move
The throw comes in to the plate...
No, it's cut off
Over to first, but Bullock
dives back in safely
He comes through with a hard shot
and FOFC scores two
as Joe Adcock gives Billy a hand
dusting the dirt off his uniform

Fouts swings and misses
Strike three
Fouts didn't have a good cut at that pitch
One more chance for FOFC
in the top of the 8th

That's ball four
Gunner trots down to first
Bullock is already down on second

Bounced past the mound
Wells dives and grabs it!
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's it for FOFC
FOFC has 8 runs, 9 hits and one error
While Negro League I has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has now left 4 runners stranded

Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Bell gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Potpie grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Bell for the out
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Fozborg
Sirr nods his head

Wells is down
That was way inside
No call yet...
Now the umpire motions Willie to first

Fozborg comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Charleston
As he swings right through
it for strike three
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Caribbean leads Negro League II 2 to 1
AL Pre WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0
Mays and Bond currently dueling
NL Pre WWII leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Rixey and Johnson currently dueling
NL Post WWII is in front
of Left Outs 7 to 4
Niekro comfortably ahead for NL Post WWII
Turn of Century is on top
of AL Post WWII 4 to 2
Japanese League is on top
of Late 20th 6 to 4
Oh has hit his 3rd homerun
for Japanese League
And right here in Negro League
I FOFC on top 8 to 3

Base hit to left for Gibson
Bill Madlock is waving Wells to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Gibson at first

Hard ground ball to second
Blade grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3

Blade rips the curve to left-center...
Bell racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
Can't quite reach it!!...
Blade makes it easily into second
That's a double for Blade

Nights rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Dandridge
Ray fields it cleanly
Looks Blade back to second
Now fires it over to first...
Easy out
Negro League I gets the first
out of the inning

A line drive...
But right at Martin Dihigo
He doesn't have to move to
catch the wicked liner
Blade scurries back to second
With two gone, FOFC ahead 8 to
3 in the top of the 9th

Pflaggstettler swings...
He hits it to deep left...
Charleston is at the fence...
This one is going... going.....


CAUGHT!!!
Oscar Charleston makes a great catch
at the fence!

Unbelievable!!!
The crowd is giving him
quite the applause
That retires the side...
Persimmon Pflaggstettler fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

Checked swing by Torriente
Called ball four
Bullock motions down to
the third base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
with no hesitation
Cristobal walks to lead it off

Hit right back to Fozborg
Turns and throws to second for one
On to first and Dihigo is gone as well
That's two away

It's grounded past the mound
Blade races to his right
Nights to his left
Nights scoops it up
Throws on one bounce to Potpie...
Ray beats it out!

Dusty Baker will send up a pinch
hitter for Dave Barnhill
Yes, Jelly Gardner steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Fozborg

Base hit to center for Gardner
Dandridge is being held at
second by Bill Madlock
Dandridge will stay at second

Base hit to left for Bell
Bill Madlock puts up the stop sign...
Runners hold.

Base hit to right for Wells
Dandridge scores
Bill Madlock plays it safe and
stops him at third...
Runners hold.

He rips a grounder to second
Taken by Blade
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
And that will do it for Negro League I
FOFC wins 8 to 4
Babson gets credit for the win
Rodney notches the save
Paige takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Billy Bullock
He was 3 for 4 with a homerun
He also knocked in 5 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Negro League I.