APRIL 21, 1939
GARRETSON AND SENATORS BLANK ATHLETICS 5-0
The Washington Senators salvaged one game from their 3 game trip into Philadelphia to play the Athletics. Mike Garretson silenced the Athletics bats with a 4 hit shutout as Nats blanked the A's 5-0. For Garretson it was the 4th shutout of his major league career but his first since 1936. He also helped the Washington offense with a pair of hits.
Shortstop Hick Perks had two of the Athletics 4 hits. The A's had only one runner reach scoring position in the game, Francisco Martinez who lead off the second inning with a triple but was stranded on third. Emmett Pisano took the loss, pitching 8 innings and allowing 8 Senators hits while walking 4.
Washington begins a weekend series with the New York Yankees tomorrow while the Athletics travel to Boston for 3 games.
The Yankees took two of three from Boston thanks to a 5-4 victory in 10 innings over the Red Sox. Elgie Vargas hit his third homerun in 2 days - a 3 run shot that gave the Yankees a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning. James McBeth, who was subbed into the game after Vargas was pulled for a pinch-runner in the 9th, ended up being the hero as he hit a solo homerun to win the game with one out in the 10th. It was the 26 year old McBeth's first plate appearance of the season.
In other American League action Henry Young went 3-for-4 with a double and a homerun to help the St Louis Browns complete a 3 game sweep of Cleveland with a 6-3 victory. Charlie Mongan hit his first homerun of the season for the Tribe. In Detroit, Chicago outfielder John Babcock had 2 hits and a pair of rbi's to help the White Sox past Detroit 7-2.
Over in the National League the New York Giants scored 10 runs against Brooklyn for the third straight game - this one ending in a 10-3 final score. Louis McDonald's pinch-hit rbi single in the bottom of the 9th gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 victory over St Louis and allowed the Bucs to sweep their 3 game series. Dave Wilde pitched a complete game 8-hitter as Cincinnati downed the Chicago Cubs 3-1. Tom Murphy not only pitched a complete game but also delivered 2 hits and 3 rbi's to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-3 victory over the Boston Braves.
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MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS
AMERICAN NATIONAL
St Louis 3 0 NY Giants 3 0
Philadelphia 2 1 Pittsburgh 3 1
Chicago 2 1 Boston 3 1
Washington 2 2 Chicago 2 1
NY Yankees 2 2 Cincinnati 2 2
Detroit 1 2 Philadelphia 1 3
Boston 1 2 St Louis 0 3
Cleveland 0 3 Brooklyn 0 3