Wednesday, December 8, 2010

'47 Bucs take 3 of 4 from 2000 Philthies

 

Sep 26, 2000              1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1947 Pittsburgh 21-14     0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0      1  9  1
2000 Philadelphia 17-18   0 0 2   0 1 0   0 0 -      3  9  0
Sep 27, 2000              1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1947 Pittsburgh 22-14     0 0 0   1 0 1   4 1 1      8 12  0
2000 Philadelphia 17-19   0 1 0   0 1 0   0 0 0      2 10  1
Sep 28, 1947              1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
2000 Philadelphia 17-20   0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0      1  8  0
1947 Pittsburgh 23-14     0 1 0   0 3 0   1 0 -      5 11  1
Sep 29, 1947              1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
2000 Philadelphia 17-21   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      0  6  0
1947 Pittsburgh 24-14     3 0 0   2 0 1   0 1 -      7 11  1

Pittsburgh put a lot of pressure on the Metsies by taking 3 of 4 from the 
Philthies. After losing the opener the Bucs rattled off 3 straight wins to have 
the inside track to the division title. MVP candidate Ralph Kiner (top left 
picture) did not hit a homer in this series. Speculation is that Philly manager 
Ryan pitched around him and challenged guys like Wally Westlake (top right 
picture) and Hank Greenberg (middle picture) to do the damage. Both came through 
in the final 3 games with flying colors. In game 2 Greenberg was 2 for 4 with 2 
RBI's. Westlake went 3 for 5 with 3 RBI. Greenberg hit his 7th homer of the 
season in game 3 and had 3 RBI's, while Kiner had a triple to go along with 2 
singles. In that game Curt Schilling gave up 5 runs in 7 innings of work and all 
but conceded his longshot bid for the NL Cy Young Award. In game 4 Greenberg hit 
his 8th homer of the season and had 2 RBI's as the Bucs punched their ticket to 
the post season with a record of 24-14. Now they have to wait around to see how 
the Mets/Cubs series goes to see if they are division champs or Wild Card 
winners.

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