Phenoms Barnstorming Tour

GM# 63. AT 1934 ST. LOUIS BROWNS. SPORTSMANS PARK, ST. LOUIS, MO.

TOUR RECORD (1934 LEG 13-2) OVERALL (48-15)

RIPKEN’S HR IN 14TH INNING PUSHES PHENOMS PAST BROWNS

PHENOMS 4

BROWNS 3

WP- JOE PAGE (2-0) LP- IVY ANDREWS SV- MARK EICHHORN

HR- ORLANDO CEPEDA (8), CAL RIPKEN (10); JACK BURNS

In the latest candidate for “wildest game of the tour”, the Phenoms defeated the 1934 St. Louis Browns, 4-2, in fourteen innings.

Cal Ripken smashed a home run in the top of the fourteenth, for the deciding tally.

Willie Mays opened the game with a triple off Browns’ starter, Bobo Newsome. He later scored on a Joe Jackson sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the second, an error by Dustin Pedroia led to a pair of unearned runs, giving the Browns a 2-1 lead. Orlando Cepeda homered off Newsome, tying the game at two all, in the top of the third. In the top of the fifth, Pedroia redeemed himself for the error, with a triple. He was brought in by another sac fly, this time by Troy Tulowitzki. The Phenoms held that 3-2 lead until the bottom of the eighth. Jack Burns clubbed a solo home run in that inning, which retied the game at three apiece. The score would remain tied over the next five innings, until Ripken put the Phenoms back on top, with his tenth home run of the tour. Bruce Sutter, Joe Page and Mark Eichorn, respectively, all worked the mound after Kerry Wood went eight innings. Wood had allowed just three hits and incredibly, all three relievers allowed no runs and no hits! Page earned the win as pitcher of record, while Eichhorn collected the save.

The Phenoms pitching staff today struck out eighteen batters and issued seven walks, yet only allowed three hits in fourteen innings.

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