Baseball Classic Replays

 6/5/1929 New York Giants (27-13) at St. Louis Cardinals (26-20) Teams             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E -----------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --          -- -- -- Giants              5  0  0  0  2  0  1  0  0         8 15  1 Cardinals       0  1  2  0  0  0  1  0  2         6 13  0 Travis Jackson (NYG) For a second straight day, Travis Jackson put together a Stellar Performance - but whereas yesterday's multi-homer day was in a losing effort, Jackson hit two home runs again today to lead the Giants to an 8-6 victory over the second-place Cardinals.  Jackson finished the day 2-4 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI.  Without digging too deep to verify, I believe Jackson to be the first player this season to have multi-homer games on back-to-back days.  Jackson has been among the Top 10 Hitters most of the season and it's almost certain that he'll be rising even further up that list in the next Week in Review. With the win, the Giants now lead the National

 6/4/1929 New York Giants (26-13) at Chicago Cubs (20-22) Teams           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10          R  H  E --------           -- -- -- -- -- -- --  -- -- --             -- -- -- Giants         6  0  0  1  3  1  0  0  0  1          12 12  1 Cubs           0  3  1  0  3  0  4  0  0  2            13 15  2 It is rare that the subject of a Stellar Performances entry comes in a losing effort, but this is half a Stellar Performance and half an Instant Classic post.  Today's 10-inning affair in Chicago between the Cubs and the New York Giants was one of the best games of the entire season, with huge momentum swings throughout the day.  The Giants jumped out with 6 runs in the top of the 1st inning, but the Cubs started chipping away with 3 runs in the 2nd inning and kept battling.  Four runs from the Cubs in the bottom of the 7th, the biggest blow coming from catcher Earl Grace's 3-run home run, tied the game and ultimately sent it into extra innings.  In the top of the 10

  It remains impressive how good the Giants have been, and to see the Cardinals continue their fight back into a the pennant race, but the current story in the National League is, without a doubt, the absolute collapse of the Chicago Cubs.  Just a few weeks ago the Cubs appeared poised to dethrone the Giants, but this week saw them lose a 9th straight game and continue their tumble out of the top half of the standings.  This fall is all the more shocking because when you scroll down this page you are going to see a number of Cubs players listed among the best hitters in the National League; additionally, they have had solid start pitching, on the whole, throughout the season.  One key factor could be the Cubs' abysmal 2-9 record in one-run games.  Whatever the issues, Chicago needs to figure things out quickly before they fall too far behind the Giants. Here is the link to the Baseball-Reference page for standings on June 2, 1929.  You will see that the Giants and Robins continue

  A couple of big developments jump out after a quick a review of the standings.  First, the Athletics have opened up a bit of breathing room at the top of the standings.  In last week's Week in Review, they held only a half game lead over the Yankees.  Now, the A's are 4.5 games clear and have won 6 straight.  Even more shocking, to me at least, are the resurgent Washington Senators.  Over the last two weeks it looked like the Senators were going to start a descent toward the middle or bottom of the standings, as I expected coming into this replay, but they have gotten hot again, winning 7 of their last 10 games, and moving back into a tie for second place.  Speaking of teams that have kicked it into gear, the St. Louis Browns have also made a push toward the top of the standings, as they now sit tied with Senators for second place. Moving the other direction, however, have been the Yankees - they capped off a 6-game losing streak this week, only ending it by beating the White

 6/2/1929 New York Giants (26-11) at Chicago Cubs (18-22) Teams           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E --------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --            -- -- -- Giants         0  0  1  1  3  0  3  1  0            9 14  2 Cubs           4  0  0  2  0  0  1  0  0            7 13  1 Jimmy Welsh (NYG) Jimmy Welsh is overshadowed by the plethora of offensive stars in the New York Giants' lineup, but today he was the key to a come-from-behind victory for the first place Giants.  After dropping the first game in this series to the Cubs, it looked like the Giants were set to drop the second as well, as the Cubs put up 4 runs in the first inning.  Welsh, however, would have none of it, having his best game of the season when his team needed it.  Welsh hit two home runs, bringing his season total to 5, and ending the day 3-5.  The Giants ultimately held on for the 9-7 victory. The Cubs, unfortunately, keep trending in the other direction.  They beat the Giants yesterday