National League Update: April 20th

National League Update

April 20, 1948

Pittsburgh sits atop the National League standings by default after defeating Cincinnati. Starter Hal Gregg went the distance in his first start for the Pirates, holding the Reds to three runs and earning the win after they took the lead in the final frame.

                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1948 Pittsburgh PIN           1   0 1.000 ----   154     0   1 .000   83  71 .539
1948 St. Louis SLN            0   0  ----   .5           0   0 ----   85  69 .552
1948 Philadelphia PHN         0   0  ----   .5           0   0 ----   66  88 .429
1948 New York NYN             0   0  ----   .5           0   0 ----   78  76 .506
1948 Chicago CHN              0   0  ----   .5           0   0 ----   64  90 .416
1948 Brooklyn BRN             0   0  ----   .5           0   0 ----   84  70 .545
1948 Boston BON               0   0  ----   .5           0   0 ----   91  62 .595
1948 Cincinnati CIN           0   1  .000  1.0           1   01.000   64  89 .418

Monday, April 19

Pirates (1-0)......... 0 1 0  2 0 0  0 0 4  -  7 11  2
Reds (0-1)............ 0 0 1  1 0 1  0 0 0  -  3  8  0
W: Hal Gregg (1-0) L: Ewell Blackwell (0-1)
HR: Ralph Kiner (1), Frankie Gustine (1), Monty Basgall (1)

Upcoming Series

Boston (0-0) at Philadelphia (0-0)
Game 1 - Tuesday, April 20: Johnny Sain (first appearance) vs. Dutch Leonard (first appearance)
Game 2 - Wednesday, April 21: Bill Voiselle (first appearance) vs. Schoolboy Rowe (first appearance)
Game 3 - Thursday, April 22: Red Barrett (first appearance) vs. Curt Simmons (first appearance)

Brooklyn (0-0) at New York (0-0)
Game 1 - Tuesday, April 20: Rex Barney (first appearance) vs. Larry Jansen (first appearance)
Game 2 - Wednesday, April 21: Ralph Branca (first appearance) vs. Sheldon Jones (first appearance)
Game 3 - Thursday, April 22: Harry Taylor (first appearance) vs. Thornton Lee (first appearance)

Chicago (0-0) at Pittsburgh (1-0)
Game 1 - Tuesday, April 20: Russ Meyer (first appearance) vs. Rip Sewell (first appearance)
Game 2 - Wednesday, April 21: Hank Borowy (first appearance) vs. Tiny Bonham (first appearance)
Game 3 - Thursday, April 22: Bob Rush (first appearance) vs. Elmer Riddle (first appearance)

Cincinnati (0-1) at St. Louis (0-0)
Game 1 - Tuesday, April 20: Howie Fox (first appearance) vs. Murry Dickson (first appearance)
Game 2 - Wednesday, April 21: Johnny Vander Meer (first appearance) vs. George Munger (first appearance)
Game 3 - Thursday, April 22: Ken Raffensberger (first appearance) vs. Howie Pollet (first appearance)

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