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Boston vs. Chicago: July 16-17, 1928
The Minutemen could not figure out Chicago starter Stan Reichmann as he scattered six hits across the nine innings he worked. With a pitching performance like Chicago had it takes a lot of pressure off of the offense who’s five runs were more than enough to do in the Minutemen in this one. 5-2 Loss. (47-44)

Ken Murphy made his first start of the season and it is safe to say that things did not go very well. Murphy walked six batters and gave up four earned over five innings of work. For the series the Boston staff had been able to hold Chicago slugger Joe Masters in check until this final game of the series. Masters blasted homer number 37 in the sixth inning off of Wilbur Laramee. At one point the Chiefs held a 7-0 lead in this game which makes the final score misleading. The Minutemen were overmatched. 8-5 Loss. (47-45)

Boston vs. Detroit: July 18-21, 1928
Boston sent Dick Alexander to the mound in an effort to snap a four-game skid in the first game of the Detroit series. Alexander was just what the Minutemen needed as he was able to hold the Dynamo offense to a pair of earned runs over seven innings. Homer Krajewski has three hits and Charlie Barry hit his 11th homer of the season in the 1st to help break the losing streak. 5-2 Win. (48-45)

It was a wild game indeed for game two of the series against Detroit. Boston starter Jack Holland was uncharacteristically bad in this one. Holland gave up six earned on 13 hits and should have taken the loss. Interestingly enough, Roy Calfee from Detroit was just as bad. Calfee also gave up six earned on 17 hits. So after nine innings of play the game was tied. After all that offense you would think that the game would be decided pretty quickly in the extra set. That was not to be as Laramee, Jefferis, Sunshine and Burt combined to keep the Detroit offense guessing. Finally in the 17th inning Boston was forced to call on Ernie Henderson on short rest and he got torched for five earned in his single inning of work. 11-6 Loss. (48-46)

With both pitching staffs pretty taxed both Boston and Detroit would look for their starting pitchers to carry the load. That would not be the case for Boston. Starter Ken Murphy would pitch better in this outing but he was only available for five innings. Though, he would leave the game with a slim one run lead. A tired Wilbur Laramee would take over and quickly give up the lead. Having to play catch-up the Boston offense went to work. Down one going into the last half of the 9th Milam and McLain were able to put together a couple of singles to tie the game. The game should have gone to extras for the second straight day, but Detroit LF Ed Mercer who came in as a defensive replacement, dropped a ball hit by Dick Copeland to keep the rally alive. Homer Krajewski finished the Dynamos off with a game winning RBI single in the very next at- bat. 7-6 Win. (49-46)

The final game of the series featured some strong pitching and hitting from the Minutemen. SP Ray Allen only gave up a pair of earned runs over the course of nine innings. The Boston offense had 12 hits, three of which came from the bat of Dick Copeland. Barry added three RBI’s to cap off a nice series win for the Minutemen. 7-2 Win. (50-46)

GM’s Desk: July 23rd, 1928:
We knew this would be a make or break week for our club and it was. Although we went 3-3 for the week we were swept by first place Chicago putting us quite a distance back. Winning three of four against Detroit simply allowed us to pull even with them in the standings. Right now it is a battle between Pittsburgh and Chicago. It will be interesting to see if either team will make any moves to shore up their rosters for a stretch run. We have some bad news to report on the injury front. Last drafts #2 overall pick Bobby Montefusco, blew out a tendon in his finger ending his season. Montefusco was drafted to develop into a frontline starter but hasn’t even been able to crack the rotation at single-A Arlington. He has pitched well as of late out of the pen and still has plenty of time to develop. We sure hope that he does.