Legends League

STANDINGS END OF PLAY, MAY 21.

Clippers/35/21/14/.600/—/W9

Mad Dogs/37/22/15/.595/—L1

Naturals/36/20/16/.556/1.5/W1

Terrifics/38/19/19/.500/3.5/L3

Sultans/38/19/19/.500/3.5/W1

Comets/36/17/19/.472/4.5/L1

Peaches/34/16/18/.471/4.5/W2

Hammers/32/9/23/.251/10.5/L4

MAY 21. HEADLINES

SIZZLING CLIPPERS WIN 9TH STRAIGHT; IN TIE FOR FIRST PLACE

NATURALS DEFEAT MAD DOGS; HARPER HITS FIRST HR SINCE RETURN

PEACHES GET BY COMETS; COLLINS HOMERS FOR FIRST TIME THIS YEAR

RUTH, SISLER HOMER IN SULTANS WIN; SEAVER’S STRUGGLES CONTINUE

Clippers 9 Hammers 7. The red hot Clippers continued their winning ways, beating the Hammers, 9-7. They got to Sandy Koufax early, the lefty went just 1.2 innings, but four of the six runs he allowed were unearned, thanks to a rare, Willie Mays bungle. The Hammers weren’t ready to lie down however, as they battled back, getting a three run homer from Frank Robinson and later, a two run blast from Willie McCovey. But in the end, the Clippers prevailed, largely thanks to a monster game by Ted Williams. The Splendid Splinter homered twice, one a grand slam, scored twice and drove in six runs. Joe D went deep and Mel Ott delivered a pinch hit homerun. The Mad Dogs loss to the Naturals puts the Clippers in front by mere percentage points. WP-Lefty Gomez(1-2). LP-Larry Jackson(2-2). HR-Ted Williams 2(14) gs, Mel Ott(1), Joe DiMaggio(6); Frank Robinson(5), Willie McCovey(5).

Naturals 6 Mad Dogs 3. Bryce Harper belted his second homerun of his limited season, having been on the disabled list for a month. While seeing Bryce homer was nice, Troy Tulowitski’s ‘ three run smash in the bottom of the eighth off Trevor Hoffmann, was the back breaker, in his team’s 6-3 victory. Each starter, Roger Clemens and Clayton Kershaw, went seven innings. WP-Koji Uehara(2-1). LP-Trevor Hoffmann(0-1). HR-Alex Rodriguez(6), Mark McGwire(11); Bryce Harper(2), Troy Tulowitski(4).

Peaches 4 Comets 2. Eddie Collins led the way in the Peaches 4-2 win over the Comets. Steady Eddie was 3-4, hit his very first homerun of the year and scored three runs. Carl Furillo also got his first homerun of the season, in a losing cause. WP-Christy Mathewson(3-1). LP-Robin Roberts(3-5). HR-Eddie Collins(1); Carl Furillo(1).

Sultans 6 Terrifics 3. Babe Ruth was a double short of hitting for the cycle; George Sisler homered and Rogers Hornsby tripled, as the Sultans beat up on poor Tom Seaver, 6-3. Tom not so terrific, struggled again, allowing five runs in five innings, all earned. WP-Herb Pennock(4-4). LP-Tom Seaver(3-5). HR-George Sisler(3), Babe Ruth(13); Johnny Bench(5).

MAY 22 GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS

Clippers at Hammers(Parnell 3-3 vs. Marichal 1-4)

Peaches at Comets(Plank 1-0 vs. Spahn 2-5)

Mad Dogs at Naturals(Glavine 5-1 vs. Lester 2-4)

Sultans at Terrifics(Vance 5-1 vs. Gibson 3-3)