NO-HITTER for James & other Game #2's

BRAVES' JAMES PITCHES NO-NO AGAINST A's!

"Seattle Bill" no-hits Oakland!

"Seattle Bill" James of the 1914 Boston Braves becomes the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the Stars & Stripes ("Crazy 48's") League, against the 1971 Oakland Athletics. James also struck out 9 batters, while walking two & plunking Mike Epstein with a pitch.

The Braves would score three runs in the bottom of the fifth, 2 of those runs came on a triple by Rabbit Maranville. Hank Gowdy put the game away with a 2-run HR in the bottom of the sixth, making it 6-0.

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1971 Athletics      0    0    0

1914 Braves         6    8    0      F

Boston (2-0) / Oakland (0-2)

WP- B.James (1-0)/ CG (1)/ SHO (1)

LP- C.Hunter (0-1)

The rest of the league -- Crazy 48's League / Game # 2

                            R   H   E
2007 Red Sox     1    4    0
1980 Royals        3    7    0     F

Boston (1-1) / Kansas City (1-1)

WP- Gura (1-0)
LP- Matsuzaka (0-1)
SV- Quisenberry (1)

George Brett set the tone with his 2-run HR in the first, Hal McRae went 3-for-3, 2B & RBI.

                          R   H   E
1993 Phillies     2    6    1
1971 Giants      7   11   2    F

Philadelphia (0-2) / San Francisco (2-0)

WP- Marichal (1-0)
LP- Mulholland (0-1)

The Giants after their dramatic win in Game 1, continued where they left off with Willie Mays hitting a 3-run HR in the first inning. Ken Henderson went 2-for-3, 3B, RBI & 2 BB's for the Giants. The Phils' Eisenreich had 3 hits in their losing cause.

                           R   H   E
1925 Senators    5    7    0
1969 Mets          4    9    1      F

Washington (1-1) / New York (1-1)

WP- W.Johnson (1-0)
LP- Koosman (0-1)
SV- Marberry (1)

It was looking like deja vu with Ken Boswell, once again leading the charge for the Mets in the fourth inning, scoring 3 runs off of "The Big Train", but the Senators would bounce back and take the lead in the top of the 6th, with Goose Goslin hitting his first HR of the young season. Washington's Firpo Marberry comes in for a two-inning save.

                           R   H   E
1998 Yankees    3    4    2
1986 Mets          2    5    2      F / 13 Innings

N.Y. Yankees (2-0) / N.Y. Mets (0-2)

WP- G.Lloyd (1-0)
LP- R.McDowell (0-1)
SV- M.Rivera (1)

The game was knotted up 1-1 after 4 innings, and would stay gridlocked through 8 more innings -- until Derek Jeter's 2-run HR in the top of the 13th. The game stayed interesting with Howard Johnson's lead-off HR off of Mariano Rivera in the bottom half, but Mariano would settle down & close it out.

Both David Wells (NYY) & Ron Darling had solid starts, Wells 5 K's, 1 ER through 7 IP & Darling 6 K's, 1 ER through 6.2 IP.

                           R   H   E
1934 Cardinals   6   14   0
1937 Giants        3     6   0      F

St. Louis (2-0) / New York (0-2)

WP- D.Vance (1-0)
LP- Coffman (0-1)
SV- Haines (1)

Frankie Frisch adds 3 more hits (a total of 6 now) as the Cardinals keep adding their hit totals as well, with 27 now in the first two games. Whitehead (of the Giants) hit a 2-run HR. 

                           R   H   E
1962 Dodgers    2    5    1
1999 Rangers    3    5    0      F

Los Angeles (0-2) / Texas (2-0)

WP- Sele (1-0)
LP- Roebuck (0-1)
SV- Wettleland (1)

Rafael Palmeiro hits his 2nd HR of the season, as Frank Howard hit a 2-run HR for the Dodgers. Aaron Sele was strong through 7 innings for the Rangers, striking out 7, allowing only 5 hits & 2 runs.

                           R   H   E
1971 Pirates      3     6    1
1981 Expos       11   10   2     F

Pittsburgh (1-1) / Montreal (1-1)

WP- Gullickson (1-0)
LP- D.Ellis (0-1)

John Milner who came in off the bench in Game 1 & hit a HR, has hit his 2nd HR of the season in Game #2 for Montreal. Tim Raines got SB #3 & #4 already, as Rodney Scott went 1-for-2, Sac Fly, 2 BB's, 2 RBI's & a steal in this one. Roberto Clemente added a 2-run HR (now has 4 RBI & 5 hits for the season).

                            R   H   E
1968 Tigers         7   10   2
1985 Blue Jays   8   12   0      F / 10 Innings

Detroit (0-2) / Toronto (2-0)

WP- Acker (1-0)
LP- Hiller (0-2)

No matter how much closer the Tigers got the Jays would inch forward a little bit more, until the top of the ninth, Dick McAuliffe scored on Al Kaline's ground out to finally tie the game in the top of the ninth, with Henke blowing the save like Hiller did the game before. Speaking of Hiller, Hiller came in the bottom of the 10th, this time with the game tied, and the Jays deliver another walk-off winner in the 10th! This time with a RBI single by Cliff Johnson!

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1993 Giants       3    9    0
1983 Orioles      0    3    1      F

San Francisco (2-0) / Baltimore (0-2)

WP- Burkett (1-0)/ CG (1)/ SHO (1)
LP- S.Davis (0-1)

Burkett was pitching a no-hitter into the 5th inning when Rick Dempsey broke it up with a one-out double. Robby Thompson hits his first HR of the season for the Giants.

                          R   H   E
1912 Red Sox   4    4    1
1953 Dodgers   0    1    2       F

Red Sox (1-1) / Brooklyn (1-1)

WP- B.O'Brien (1-0)/ CG (1)/ SHO (1)
LP- R.Meyer (0-1)

Both sides was relatively quiet, Harry Hooper went 2-for-5 with SB & run, as Jake Stahl also added two singles. The Dodgers only manufactured one hit, after their 17-run, 16-hit explosion on Opening Day.