Author: david bancroft

JUNE 2 HEADLINES NATURALS WIN, BUT LOSE TULOWITSKI FOR 3 GAMES GRIFFEY JR’S PINCH HIT, WALKOFF HR MEANS 8TH STRAIGHT LOSS FOR PEACHES SPAHN EARNS FIRST SHUTOUT AGAINST TERRIFICS JOE DIMAGGIO MISSES CYCLE BY A SINGLE Naturals 4 Hammers 1 Troy Tulowitski homered off Don Drysdale in the bottom of the fifth inning and it…

JUNE 1 HEADLINES CHAPMAN STUMBLES IN RELIEF FOR NATURALS A-ROD HR ONLY THING PREVENTING VANCE NO HITTER HAMMERS HAND PEACHES 7TH STRAIGHT LOSS Terrifics 6 Naturals 5 Aroldis Chapman, in relief of Justin Verlander, allowed three walks and a single, as the Naturals dropped a 6-5 decision to the Terrifics. Garry Maddox led the Terrifics…

STANDINGS END OF PLAY, MAY 31 Clippers/44/28/16/.636/—/W6 Naturals/47/28/19/.596/1.5/W1 Mad Dogs/48/28/20/.583/2/W2 Terrifics/49/25/24/.510/5.5/L1 Comets/45/20/25/.444/8.5/L2 Peaches/44/19/25/.432/9/L6 Sultans/47/20/27/.426/9.5/L5 Hammers/42/15/27/.357/12/W2 As can be seen, the Clippers are currently the hottest team in the league, having won six straight. Heading in the other direction are both the Peaches and Sultans, who have lost six and five in a row, respectively. JUNE…

MAY 31 DOUBLE HEADERS MAD DOGS MASSACRE SULTANS, 21 RUNS TO 3 FEATURE GAME Mad Dogs 11 Sultans 2 The Mad Dogs power was on full display, as they slammed a total of six homeruns against Sultan pitching. Mark McGwire becomes the seventh Stratball player to hit three homeruns in one game. No one has…

MAY 31 DOUBLE HEADERS CARLTON, SCHERZER EACH GET COMPLETE GAME WINS IN NATURALS/TERRIFICS SPLIT FEATURE GAME Terrifics 5 Naturals 1 Steve Carlton of the Terrifics, got a complete game victory over the Naturals. Carlton allowed but one run, a homerun to Robinson Cano, four hits, seven strikeouts and two walks. Johnny Bench and Garry Maddox…

MAY 31 DOUBLE HEADERS HAMMERS SWEEP TO HAND PEACHES SIXTH STRAIGHT LOSS FEATURE GAME: Hammers 1 Peaches 0 Juan Marichal was terrific, tossing a four hit shutout. He struck out four and did not walk a single batter. A Frank Baker error in the first led to the game’s only run. Peaches starter, Eddie Plank,…

MAY 31 DOUBLE HEADERS FEATURE GAME: Clippers 4 Comets 1 Schoolboy Rowe picked up a complete game win, as the Clippers defeated the Comets, 4-1. The Clippers starter scattered six hits, while fanning eight and walking three. An Ernie Banks error led to three Clippers runs in the first inning. WP-Schoolboy Rowe(3-2). LP-Robin Roberts(4-6). B…

MAY 30. HEADLINES TERRIFICS TOP SULTANS IN SLUGFEST SIEBERN’S TWO HOMERS LEAD COMETS PAST HAMMERS CLIPPERS EDGE PEACHES IN 10 INNING BATTLE ROUT, THEN SHUTOUT, HIGHLIGHT NATURALS/MAD DOGS TWINBILL Terrifics 9 Sultans 7. Both teams batted the ball all over the yard, but it was the Terrifics who came away with a 9-7 win against…

ONE HOT HITTER Hank Aaron, who was injured from May 12th to May 27th, was batting .247 upon his return to the lineup for the Hammers. Since then, over the last four games, he has 11 hits in 19 at bats, for a .579 average. He has one triple and an incredible six homeruns. Aaron…

STANDINGS MAY 29 Clippers/41/25/16/.610/—/W2 Naturals/43/26/17/.605/—/W5 Mad Dogs/44/25/19/.568/1.5/L3 Terrifics/46/23/23/.500/4.5/W2 Peaches/41/19/22/.463/6/L3 Sultans/44/20/24/.455/6.5/L2 Comets/42/19/23/.452/6.5/L2 Hammers/39/13/26/.333/11/W3 MAY 29 HEADLINES SEAVER, TERRIFICS EASILY BEAT SULTANS 7 HOMERS HIGHLIGHT HAMMERS-COMETS BRAWLGAME 5 RUN FIRST HELPS NATURALS WIN FIFTH STRAIGHT GAME DEAN WINS TO HELP CLIPPERS KEEP PACE WITH NATURALS Terrifics 7 Sultans 1. Tom Seaver went the distance, scattering six hits…