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FuzzyRussianHat · 04-28-2026, 05:15 PM

Game seven of the 1897 American League Championship Series was a 54 degree, partly cloudy Friday afternoon at Borchert Field in Milwaukee. Both teams scored a solo run in the first inning. The Athletics then raced ahead with a two-run fourth, three-run fifth, and two-run seventh. The biggest swing was a three-run homer by Jack Stivetts in the fifth. The Brewers got three back, but it wasn’t nearly enough. Philadelphia won the finale 8-4 to dethrone the defending champs and claim their first pennant.

Stivetts homered twice in the finale with five RBI, helping him earn ALCS MVP. At the plate, he was 6-18 for the series with four homers and seven RBI. The 29-year old two-way man also pitched 18 innings with a 3.50 ERA in the series. The remarkable parity continues in the American League; ten different teams have won the last ten pennants; a near impossibility to have no repeats in a 12-team league. To keep the streak going, Kansas City or Cleveland must win next year.

04-28-2026, 05:15 PM	#216
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,464	1897 ALCS Game 7 Game seven of the 1897 American League Championship Series was a 54 degree, partly cloudy Friday afternoon at Borchert Field in Milwaukee. Both teams scored a solo run in the first inning. The Athletics then raced ahead with a two-run fourth, three-run fifth, and two-run seventh. The biggest swing was a three-run homer by Jack Stivetts in the fifth. The Brewers got three back, but it wasn’t nearly enough. Philadelphia won the finale 8-4 to dethrone the defending champs and claim their first pennant. Stivetts homered twice in the finale with five RBI, helping him earn ALCS MVP. At the plate, he was 6-18 for the series with four homers and seven RBI. The 29-year old two-way man also pitched 18 innings with a 3.50 ERA in the series. The remarkable parity continues in the American League; ten different teams have won the last ten pennants; a near impossibility to have no repeats in a 12-team league. To keep the streak going, Kansas City or Cleveland must win next year. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports The Level Playing Field: Alternate MLB History From 1884-Onward Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)