Both the Monsters and the Terribles were looking forward to the Midseason Doubleheader Gala at Winners Park. However, ‘22 Rogers Hornsby and ‘13 Walter Johnson gave the Monsters fans something to remember the day.
It was business as usual for Johnson as he pitched his second consecutive no-hitter in Game one winning 17-0. The Big Train pitched a no-no in Game 5.
As for Hornsby, well, he did something pretty amazing even in the context of the Monsters team. In today’s doubleheader, he went 9 for 12 with five homeruns including two grand slams. He scored seven runs and drove home sixteen rbis in the doubleheader (an even eight in each game). Within one day, he has overtaken Babe Ruth’s once insurmountable league lead in homers and rbis.
By my count, he was involved with 18 of the 29 runs scored by the Monsters in today’s doubleheader.
Overlooked by Johnson and Hornsby’s headlines was the fact that the Terribles actually had their first lead in the season. Not only that, they scored three runs in the game, more than any other game this season. In the third inning of Game two, ‘66 Rick Monday drove home two runs with a triple off ‘05 Christy Mathewson. A ‘78 Mike Fischlin sacrifice squeeze then made it 3-0. The Terribles held the lead until ‘73 Steve Blass gave up four runs in a walk-filled fourth inning. Despite the valiant effort, the Terribles lost 12-3.
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Game #10 |
R |
H |
E |
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Tuesday Terribles (0-10) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Monday Monsters (10-0) |
17 |
22 |
0 |
WP- ‘13 Johnson (2-0), LP- ‘63 Duckworth (0-3) HR- ‘ 22 Hornsby 3 (6)
Monsters Highlights: ‘13 Walter Johnson pitched his second consecutive complete game no-hitter. He struck out seven and walked three. ‘22 Rogers Hornsby hit three homeruns including one grand slam and drove home eight runs.
Terribles Highlights: ‘66 Rick Monday stole his fourth base of the season in the ninth inning taking the league lead.
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Game #11 |
R |
H |
E |
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Tuesday Terribles (0-11) |
3 |
5 |
2 |
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Monday Monsters (11-0) |
12 |
12 |
0 |
WP- ‘05 Mathewson (3-0), LP- ‘73 Blass (0-3) HR- ‘ 22 Hornsby 2 (8)
Monsters Highlights: ‘22 Rogers Hornsby homered twice including his second grand slam in two games. He also drove in eight runs two days in a row.
Terribles Highlights: ‘66 Rick Monday gave the Terribles their first lead of the season with a two-run triple in the top of the third. ‘78 Mike Fischlin followed that up with a successful squeeze bunt.
Around the dugout
Along with Hornsby’s explosion, ‘21 Babe Ruth and ‘41 Ted Williams were productive but in a different way. Between the two of them, they walked eleven times in the doubleheader. Hornsby wasn’t impressed. “Man up and hit the ball!”
He probably wasn’t too impressed with ‘11 Ty Cobb either. Cobb who has three four-hit games so far, had his first ohfer. He went hitless in six at-bats in Game two.
The Terribles team ERA is hovering around 15 right now (it’s at 15.12 to be exact). For some reason, ‘82 Matt Keough is impervious to Monster bats. In five appearances, he is sporting a 1.69 ERA.
Stats
A look at the shakeup in the leaderboards caused by Hornsby’s doubleheader explosion
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Next up
Well, the Terribles have now been mathematically eliminated from a series championship. And I so thought they might have a chance, too :)
The Monsters will finish up their three game set with ‘31 Lefty Grove on the mound. The Terribles will respond with ‘62 Bob Miller.
wow those hornsby #s are almost impossible to digest!! are there any more details regarding what rolls were made and on-base situations translating into all those rbi’s?(no triples at 33-3?)thx!!
Gerard, if I recall, most of Hornsby’s HRs came off his 11-1.
I’m just impressed that he overcame Ruth in rbis and HR. Ruth had such a lock on that until this DH.
Also, I feel it was bad timing for the Terribles. They had their first lead ever! A 3 run lead too! And yeah, Scott. Monday is picking up the slack. That triple came on his 66-4, by the way.
Rick Monday for MVT?
“The Terribles will respond ….” Unlikely.
Seems like you need to take the Terribles’ players best cards and match them against the Monsters’ players worst cards. Wait, is this some crazy type of fantasy baseball idea for the middle of the Hot Stove Season instead of Summer? – Steve