Baseball Classic Replays

  Three games today, two of them really-well played, while the White Sox-Senators was a bit of a runaway.  Today finally saw the Cardinals get their first win of the season, in a game where neither starter went particularly deep.  The Cubs lost their first game of the year but will certainly take a 4-1 start.  The Game of the Day, though, featured a matchup of two star starting pitchers. Game of the Day: Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians 4-21-1940 (Day Game): 1940-Tigers (3-1) vs. 1940-Indians (2-1) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1940-Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 8 0 1940-Indians 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 1 Schoolboy Rowe (DET) Bob Feller, coming off of a complete game shutout on opening day, faced off against Tigers starter Schoolboy Rowe.  In this duel, it was surprisingly Rowe who came out on top.  Rowe pitched into the 9th inning before getting into a bit of a jam and turning it over to his bullpen to finish thing

Only two games played today, neither a particular classic, so to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure there's one here to be labeled "Game of the Day."  As the scoreboard above shows, neither game was ever really in doubt, as the starting pitchers for both Chicago clubs dominated, so we will just skip directly to the day's best performances. Johnny Rigney (White Sox) Today's Best 1. Johnny Rigney, Chicago White Sox (9 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 8 K, 3 BB) - Starter Rigney was spectacular in getting the White Sox their first win of the season.  Rigney also went 2-4 at the plate. 2. Bill Lee, Chicago Cubs (9 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 1 BB, 4 K) - Lee was almost as good as Rigney, as he led the Cubs to an unexpected 4-0 start to the season. 3. Bobby Sturgeon, Chicago Cubs (1-4, 2 RBI) - The light-hitting Cubs shortstop surprisingly knocked in two runs today.   Voted Player of the Game, but Bill Lee actually had the more impressive performance.