National League Update: April 26th

National League Update

April 26, 1948

The historic start to Ralph Kiner's career continued with four home runs in the series against Cincinnati, which Pittsburgh won. Three came in a doubleheader on Sunday, the last of which marked his 80th career home run in just 304 total games.

                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1948 St. Louis SLN            4   2  .667 ----   149     3   3 .500   85  69 .552
1948 Chicago CHN              4   2  .667 ----           3   3 .500   64  90 .416
1948 Brooklyn BRN             4   2  .667 ----           3   3 .500   84  70 .545
1948 New York NYN             4   3  .571   .5           5   2 .714   78  76 .506
1948 Boston BON               4   3  .571   .5           1   6 .143   91  62 .595
1948 Pittsburgh PIN           4   4  .500  1.0           4   4 .500   83  71 .539
1948 Cincinnati CIN           2   6  .250  3.0           4   4 .500   64  89 .418
1948 Philadelphia PHN         1   5  .167  3.0           4   2 .667   66  88 .429

Friday, April 23

Giants (2-2).......... 3 0 2  0 0 1  1 0 0  -  7 12  4
Braves (3-1).......... 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  5  0
W: Ray Poat (1-0) L: Warren Spahn (0-1)
HR: Rocky Rhawn (1)
Phillies (0-4)........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  2
Dodgers (3-1)......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0    -  1  3  0
W: Joe Hatten (1-0) L: Blix Donnelly (0-1)
HR: Jackie Robinson (1)
Pirates (1-4)......... 2 0 1  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  4 11  1
Reds (2-3)............ 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 2 3  -  6  9  0
W: Harry Gumbert (1-0) L: Elmer Singleton (0-1)
HR: Ralph Kiner (3), Ted Kluszewski (1)
Cardinals (3-1)....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 2 0  -  3  7  0
Cubs (3-1)............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  2
W: Harry Brecheen (1-0) L: Johnny Schmitz (0-1)
Saturday, April 24
Giants (3-2).......... 0 0 1  4 0 0  1 2 0  -  8 10  2
Braves (3-2).......... 2 0 0  0 0 0  4 0 0  -  6 13  3
W: Larry Jansen (1-0) L: Bobby Hogue (0-1)
HR: Whitey Lockman (1), Rocky Rhawn (2)
Phillies (1-4)........ 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 1  -  2  9  1
Dodgers (3-2)......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  0
W: Monk Dubiel (1-0) L: Rex Barney (0-1)
HR: Harry Walker (1)
Pirates (2-4)......... 0 0 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  0 0 7  - 10 14  2
Reds (2-4)............ 0 0 1  0 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3 13  3
W: Vic Lombardi (1-0) L: Harry Gumbert (1-1)
Cardinals (3-2)....... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 4 0  -  5 10  1
Cubs (4-1)............ 0 4 0  0 0 2  0 0    -  6  8  1
W: Cliff Chambers (1-0) L: Al Brazle (0-1)
HR: Stan Musial (2)
Sunday, April 25
GAME 1 OF 2
Giants (3-3).......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  2  5  0
Braves (4-2).......... 0 0 4  2 0 0  0 0    -  6 12  1
W: Johnny Sain (2-0) L: Bobo Newsom (0-1)
HR: Bob Elliott (1)
GAME 2 OF 2
Giants (4-3).......... 0 1 0  2 6 0  0 0 0  -  9 15  1
Braves (4-3).......... 0 0 0  4 0 0  0 0 0  -  4  7  2
W: Clint Hartung (1-0) L: Jim Prendergast (0-1)
HR: Clint Conatser (1)
Phillies (1-5)........ 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  -  2 13  2
Dodgers (4-2)......... 2 0 0  1 0 0  0 0    -  3  6  0
W: Ralph Branca (2-0) L: Dutch Leonard (0-2)
HR: Del Ennis (2)
GAME 1 OF 2
Pirates (3-4)......... 1 0 0  1 2 0  0 2 4  - 10 12  3
Reds (2-5)............ 0 0 0  0 0 3  0 1 0  -  4  8  2
W: Mel Queen (1-0) L: Bucky Walters (0-1)
HR: Ralph Kiner 2 (4,5), Ed Stevens (1)
GAME 2 OF 2
Pirates (4-4)......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  1 1 1  -  4  8  1
Reds (2-6)............ 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  2 10  0
W: Hal Gregg (2-0) L: Howie Fox (1-1)
HR: Ralph Kiner (6), Frankie Gustine (2), Ed Stevens (2), Monty Basgall (2)
Cardinals (4-2)....... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  2  8  0
Cubs (4-2)............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  3
W: Murry Dickson (1-1) L: Russ Meyer (1-1)

Upcoming Series

Brooklyn (4-2) at Boston (4-3)
Game 1 - Monday, April 26: Jack Banta (1-0, 4.50) vs. Bill Voiselle (1-0, 2.70)
Game 2 - Tuesday, April 27: Preacher Roe (0-0, 0.00) vs. Red Barrett (1-0, 2.25)

Chicago (4-2) at Cincinnati (2-6)
Game 1 - Tuesday, April 27: Dutch McCall (0-0, 0.00) vs. Johnny Vander Meer (0-1, 3.38)
Game 2 - Wednesday, April 28: Johnny Schmitz (0-1, 1.86) vs. Ken Raffensberger (0-1, 10.50)

Philadelphia (1-5) at New York (4-3)
Game 1 - Monday, April 26: Schoolboy Rowe (0-0, 2.00) vs. Dave Koslo (first appearance)
Game 2 - Tuesday, April 27: Curt Simmons (0-1, 8.53) vs. Sheldon Jones (0-1, 1.13)

St. Louis (4-2) at Pittsburgh (4-4)
Game 1 - Tuesday, April 27: George Munger (1-0, 1.13) vs. Elmer Riddle (0-0, 7.04)