July
1871
Pennant Coming Down To The Wire In AL
The media is loving the creation of the David vs Goliath storyline as the American League has two teams tied at first place with only nine games to play. The mighty Boston Red Stockings lead by Harry Wright are now tied with the upstart darling Washington Olympics. Both teams face each other three more times in Boston.
In Boston, Ross Barnes has completely turned his season around and is blasting the baseball again going 13 for 25 in the month. Barnes endured an early season slump but is now hitting .412 and is in a groove. John McMullin has taken the bulk of the starts away from Cherokee Fisher and is and the lefty has won seven games.
"We just need to play smart and finish strong" says Wright who has played alot more then anyone may have expected this season.
In Washington the team has made a nice run and have caught Boston. Manager Nick Young has this team playing hard every game and Al Pratt has proved to be maybe the best pitcher in the game. Pratt is 8-3 with a 1.54 ERA and has thrown every inning for his team. Washington has stole 54 bases with Fred Treacey doing it 15 times.
It is a first of its kind, a true pennant race that has the nation fixated and talking.
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Wes Fisler of Chicago has an 18 game hitting streak going. Fisler and the Whites have a magic number of only 5.
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Levi Meyerle has driven in 39 runs in 18 games.
