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September 21st, 1931
Montreal Saints (65-86): 7
Chicago Cougars (87-63): 14

W: Dick Lyons (17-7)
L: Rich Fisher (13-10)

Clinched!

We scored 14 runs again, and officially clinched the 1931 Continental Association Pennant. We will represent the CA, and take on the reigning FA pennant winners, the New York Gothams. John Kincaid was 5-for-6 with a triple and three runs scored. Cy Bryant was 3-for-5 with a triple, walk, 3 runs, and 3 RBI's. Tom Taylor was 2-for-5 with a homer, walk, 2 runs, and 3 RBI's. Vince York was 2-for-4 with a walk, 2 runs, and 2 RBI's. Fred Barrell was 2-for-3 with a double, 2 walks, 2 runs, and an RBI. Harry Simmons was 2-for-4 with a walk and 2 RBI's. Starter Dick Lyons was 1-for-4 with a run scored and driven in. He tossed 7 innings, but with 14 hits, 7 runs, a walk, and three strikeouts in his last regular season start of the season.

September 21st, 1931
Montreal Saints (65-87): 2
Chicago Cougars (89-63): 6

W: Jim Crawford (18-11)
L: Johnny Douglas (5-2)

Each extra win now doesn't really do anything, but we finished off a sweep with a 6-2 win against former Cougar Johnny Douglas. Jim Crawford went all nine, allowing 12 hits, 2 runs, and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts. Bill Ashbaugh was 2-for-3 with a double, walk, run, and 3 RBI's. Vince York was 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, and two runs scored. Harry Simmons was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Ross Combs and John Kincaid were both 1-for-4 with a run scored.

September 26th, 1931
Montreal Saints (80-73): 7
Chicago Cougars (90-63): 8

W: Ace McSherry (3-0)
L: Herb Lowman (13-13)

We got four days off before finishing the season with two games against the Philadelphia Sailors, who will not get a chance to defend their title. Down 7-4 in the 8th, we rallied for four, capped off by a three run homer by Harry Simmons. We held them in the 9th, and picked up our 90th win of the season. Simmons was 2-for-4 with a walk, 2 runs, and 4 RBI's, and the homer was the only one he hit all year. Tom Taylor was 1-for-4 with a run and 2 RBI's. Fred Barrell was 1-for-3 with a walk and RBI. John Kincaid was 1-for-3 with a walk and run scored. Max Wilder made the start, but he allowed 10 hits and 7 runs (5 earned) with 5 walks and 4 strikeouts. Ace McSherry picked up the win, allowing just one hit while striking out three in 2 innings.

September 28th, 1931
Montreal Saints (80-74): 5
Chicago Cougars (91-63): 8

W: Dick Leudtke (15-11)
L: William Jones (19-12)

We had another 4 run 8th, as we took a 8-3 lead to the ninth. The Sailors did rally for two, but we managed to limit the damage and finish the regular season with an 8-5 win. Dick Leudtke almost went the distance, 8.1 innings with 14 hits, 5 runs, 3 walks, and 4 strikeouts. Fred Barrell was 3-for-4 with a double, run, and 4 RBI's. Harry Simmons was 2-for-4 with a triple, RBI, steal, and two runs. Tom Taylor was 2-for-3 with a walk, double, and two runs scored. Cy Bryant was 1-for-3 with a double, walk, run, and RBI. Bill Ashbaugh was 1-for-3 with a walk and a pair of runs scored.

Stars of the Week
Harry Simmons : 15 AB, 8 H, 1 HR, 8 RBI, .533 AVG, 1.455 OPS
Fred Barrell : 14 AB, 7 H, 0 HR, 7 RBI, .500 AVG, 1.231 OPS
Tom Taylor : 15 AB, 5 H, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .333 AVG, 1.044 OPS

Weekly Summary
After the postseason I'll do a much more in-depth seasonal recap, but a perfect 4-0 week and 18-4 month ended a great regular season We will now represent the Continental Association in the World Series. We will face the New York Gothams (93-61) who fell just short of winning last year, dropping a tough game seven to the Sailors.

Looking to the leader boards, Tom Taylor finished 2nd in both homers (29) and WAR (6.5), tied for 4th in steals (21), and 5th in WPA (3.65), walks (63), RBI's (107) and runs scored (105). Vince York finished 3rd in WPA (3.81), 4th in batting average (.348) and runs scored (108), and 3rd in hits (211). John Kincaid finished 5th in batting average (.339) and 2nd in hits (214). Jim Crawford was tied for 4th in complete games (21) and BB/9 (2.1) and 5th in ERA (3.15), ERA+ (135), and WAR (5.5). Dick Lyons was tied for 1st in BB/9 (1.7) was 2nd in K/BB (1.9). Max Wilder was 4th in K/9 (4.0). Steve Castellini was tied for 1st in BB/9 (1.7).

As a team, we ranked 1st in batting average (.301), on base percentage (.353), steals (104), and walks for pitchers (374). We finished 2nd in slugging (.409), OPS (.762), wOBA (.341), runs scored (809), hits (1,671), and pitcher WAR (21.9). We were 3rd in batters WAR (28.2), Starter's ERA (3.71), and zone rating (+43.9).

I'm going to try to a championship preview on the Gothams tomorrow morning before we start the postseason