April 20, 1939
ATHLETICS SPANK SENATORS 6-2
Deivi Alvarez had 3 hits and a pair of rbi's to lead the Philadelphia Athletics past the Washington Senators 6-2 in American League action. Alvarez hit an rbi single in the third to give the A's a 2-0 lead at the time and added another one in the 7th to make the score 6-1. Both base hits scored outfielder Bill Wodke who, like Alvarez, leads the club with 6 hits in 9 at bats through 2 games.
26 year old righthander Jim Thayer, who was 16-16 a year ago for the A's, went the distance allowing 5 Washington hits while fanning 5.
VARGAS BELTS TWO
Elgie Vargas hit his first two homeruns of the season and drove in 4 to lead the New York Yankees past Boston 10-6. Frank Thomas hit one of 3 Red Sox roundtrippers in the game.
The St Louis Browns took care of Cleveland for the second day in a row, beating the Tribe 5-1 despite 3 hits from Indians slugger Charlie Mongan. The 24 year old Mongan, who hit a record-tying 60 homeruns last year, was a longball away from hitting for the cycle in the game.
In Detroit, Dan Loughlin allowed just 6 hits and no earned runs in a 5-1 Tigers victory over the Chicago White Sox.
George Myers pitched a complete game 3 hit shutout to pace the Pittsburgh Pirates past the St Louis Cardinals 7-0 in National League action. In Chicago, veteran third baseman Bill Farley who was acquired by the Cubs from Detroit in the offseason, hit a grand slam and drove in 5 runs as the Cubs beat Cincinnati 8-7. The New York Giants doubled up on Brooklyn by a 10-5 while in Boston the hometown Braves outscored Philadelphia 5-3.
MINOR LEAGUES
Our AAA farm time San Diego was blasted 8-1 by Sacramento in Pacific Coast League play. The Padres fall to 6-7 on the season. Solons pitcher Mike Walton allowed just 4 San Diego hits. Walton is a 30 year old who has been in the Reds system for a decade after playing college ball at Harvard. He hasn't been in the majors since 1936 and is 6-5 lifetime in 28 appearances for Cincinnati.
In AA the Toronto Maple Leafs improved to 8-6 with a 10-2 drubbing of Jersey City. Catcher Paul Collins had a 3-hit game to raise his AA average to .417. The Leafs are second in the Eastern League, 2 games back of Syracuse after the Stars also won - blasting the Baltimore Orioles 10-3.
ACADEMY LEAGUE NEWS
The Midwest League is considered perhaps the weakest of the 5 Academy Leagues but Fort Wayne Tincups pitcher Jim Roark made the scouts take notice of his performance yesterday. Roark tossed a complete game 2-hit shutout in an 8-0 victory over the Ohio Redcoats. The 18 year old is 6-5 with a 2.81 era this season after going 18-4 last year.
While Hawaii is running away with the Pacific League, the Western Academy's Desert League is providing a great pennant race. The Austin Marshalls are in first place as they extended their winning streak to 7 games following a 2-1 victory over West Texas. Draft eligible pitcher Fred Adducci went the distance allowing just 4 hits in the victory, improving his season mark to 7-2 with a 3.31 era. The Oklahoma Oilers kept pace, remaining 1 game back of Austin, thanks to a 2-0 victory over North Texas. Pat Hall pitched 7 innings to earn the win for the Oilers, his 10th of the season to go along with 5 losses and lowered his era to 1.97.
In the Northeast Academy the Queen's Monarchs enjoy a 5 game lead on the Staten Island Ports in the Metro NY League. The Brewster Whitecaps increased their lead atop the Cape Cod League to 1.5 games on the Yarmouth Red Sox after they blasted the Sox 13-0 yesterday.
In Florida the Palm Beach Cardinals have won 8 of their last ten and are 5 games ahead of the second place Daytona Beach Cubs in Atlantic action. In the Gulf League the Sarasota Stone Crabs lead on Tallahassee is down to 2.5 games after the Rebels beat Port Charlotte 13-1 while the Stone Crabs lost a wild one in Lakeland 14-13.