My next two APBA baseball series I would like to recap come from the year 1949. This is the year that NATO was formed and we saw the rise of communist China and Mao Zedong rise to power. In baseball the Brooklyn Dodgers played against the New York Yankees in the world series.
I'm focusing on a national league matchup of the St. Louis Cardinals versus the Philadelphia Phillies using the Master Game.
GAME 1: Location Shibe Park, Philadelphia PA.
This game turned out to be a pitchers duel between Howie Pollet for the visiting Cardinals and Russ Meyer from the Fightin Phillies. St Louis scored 3 in the first and 1 in the seventh which accounted for all the scoring. The Phillies were only able to get two base runners on singles from Richie Ashburn and Eddie Miller. Pollet hurled a 2 hit shutout while fanning 5. Stan Musial drove in the first run with a double which plated Red Schoendienst who had walked to leadoff the game.Final 4 - 0 Cardinals.
GAME 2: Location Sportsman's Park, St. Louis MO.
This game turns out to be another shutout. This time it is the Phillies pitching combination of Ken Heintzelman seven innings and Jim Konstanty finishing the final two innings. For the visiting Phillies Andy Seminick homered and walked three times. The Phillies racked up 12 hits on their way to a 5 to 0 win. They held Stan the Man hitless in four at bats. A rare play occurred when Buddy Blattner for the Phillies misses third when trying to score and he was out on the appeal. Final 5 - 0 Phillies
GAME 3: Location Shibe Park, Philadelphia PA.
Another pitchers duel between Al Brazle of St Louis and Robin Roberts of Philadelphia. Roberts only gave up two hits but ended up losing the game. The Cardinals' first run came on a Nippy Jones solo homerun in the 5th. Two innings later Enos Slaughter came home on a Sac Fly by Eddie Kazak. the Philllies scored their only run on back to back doubles in the 9th. Final 2 - 1 Cardinals
In the series Musial was 1 for 10. I just can't roll for that guy.
My next 1949 series was an American League tilt between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Washington Senators using the basic game.
GAME 1: Location Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
This was all the visting team from Philadelphia with Alex Kellner hurling a 2 hit shutout. It was a close game for 8 innings with the Athletics scoring single runs in the 3rd and the 6th. But in the ninth off reliever Dick Welteroth the Atheletics scored four times to make it 6 - 0. The Athletics banged out 12 hits and Wally Moses drove in 3 for the game. Final 6 - 0 Athletics
GAME 2: Location Shibe Park, Philadelphia PA
Another spectacular pitching performance but this time by Sid Hudson of the Senators who only gave up two hits to the Athletics. Washington scored single runs in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd to take a 3 -0 lead. The first run coming on a Bud Stewart leadoff homer. In the 8th the Atheletics score two on a double by Ferris Fain. The only other hit the Athletics got was a single by Nellie Fox. Hudson did walk 6 however. Washington scored one more in the 9th off reliever Bobby Shantz. Final 4 - 2 Senators.
GAME 3: Location Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
This game was close until the fifth inning when the Athletics had a five run outburst. The Athletics scored 1 iun the first, five in the 5th, two in the 7th and one in the 8th. The Senators scored single runs in the 5th and the 9th, they were only able to muster 5 hits off Joe Coleman.The Athletics had 10 hits but also aided by 4 walks and 3 errors. Hitting stars for the Athletics were Eddie Joost who had a homerun and drove in 3, Elmer Valo had two doubles and scored twice, and Pete Suder had a solo shot. Final 9 - 2 Athletics.
Next up will be 1944.
