National League Update: April 28th

National League Update

April 28, 1948

New York won an eleven inning pitching duel against Philadelphia on Monday and then won in a shootout on Tuesday. Willard Marshall went a perfect 5-for-5 with five RBIs and three homers in the second game, and the Giants needed all of his production to pull ahead in the 19-16 game.

                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1948 St. Louis SLN            5   2  .714 ----   147     3   4 .429   85  69 .552
1948 New York NYN             6   3  .667 ----           7   2 .778   78  76 .506
1948 Boston BON               6   3  .667 ----           3   6 .333   91  62 .595
1948 Chicago CHN              4   4  .500  1.5           4   4 .500   64  90 .416
1948 Brooklyn BRN             4   4  .500  1.5           3   5 .375   84  70 .545
1948 Pittsburgh PIN           4   5  .444  2.0           5   4 .556   83  71 .539
1948 Cincinnati CIN           4   6  .400  2.5           5   5 .500   64  89 .418
1948 Philadelphia PHN         1   7  .125  4.5           4   4 .500   66  88 .429

Monday, April 26

Dodgers (4-3)......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 2 0  -  3  8  2
Braves (5-3).......... 0 2 1  2 0 0  0 0    -  5 10  1
W: Bill Voiselle (2-0) L: Jack Banta (1-1)
HR: Jeff Heath (1)
Phillies (1-6)........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 2  0 0 -  2  8  2
Giants (5-3).......... 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 -  3  9  1
W: Ken Trinkle (1-0) L: Sam Nahem (0-1)
HR: Del Ennis (3), Walker Cooper (2)
Tuesday, April 27
Dodgers (4-4)......... 0 0 0  0 0 4  1 0 0  -  5 10  3
Braves (6-3).......... 4 0 0  0 0 0  0 2    -  6  7  1
W: Bobby Hogue (1-1) L: Preacher Roe (0-1)
Cubs (4-3)............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  8  4
Reds (3-6)............ 0 0 1  0 1 0  1 0    -  3  9  3
W: Johnny Vander Meer (1-1) L: Dutch McCall (0-1)
Phillies (1-7)........ 2 8 0  0 1 1  4 0 0  - 16 17  3
Giants (6-3).......... 4 3 1  0 3 2  3 3    - 19 15  4
W: Dave Koslo (1-0) L: Oscar Judd (0-1)
HR: Del Ennis (4), Johnny Mize 2 (3,4), Willard Marshall 3 (1,2,3)
Cardinals (5-2)....... 0 0 0  0 2 3  0 0 0  -  5  8  0
Pirates (4-5)......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  2  7  0
W: George Munger (2-0) L: Elmer Riddle (0-1)
HR: Joe Garagiola (1)
Wednesday, April 28
Cubs (4-4)............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  6  1
Reds (4-6)............ 1 0 1  0 0 0  0 0    -  2  6  0
W: Ken Raffensberger (1-1) L: Johnny Schmitz (0-2)

Upcoming Series

New York (6-3) at Brooklyn (4-4)
Game 1 - Wednesday, April 28: Larry Jansen (1-0, 3.60) vs. Rex Barney (0-1, 3.24)
Game 2 - Thursday, April 29: Ray Poat (1-0, 0.00) vs. Joe Hatten (1-0, 0.00)

Philadelphia (1-7) at Boston (6-3)
Game 1 - Wednesday, April 28: Blix Donnelly (0-1, 1.13) vs. Warren Spahn (0-1, 7.88)
Game 2 - Thursday, April 29: Dutch Leonard (0-2, 2.25) vs. Johnny Beazley (0-0, 7.71)

Pittsburgh (4-5) at Chicago (4-4)
Game 1 - Thursday, April 29: Rip Sewell (0-1, 3.00) vs. Hank Borowy (0-0, 0.00)
Game 2 - Friday, April 30: Tiny Bonham (0-0, 2.00) vs. Bob Rush (0-0, 10.80)

St. Louis (5-2) at Cincinnati (4-6)
Game 1 - Thursday, April 29: Howie Pollet (1-0, 4.50) vs. Ewell Blackwell (0-1, 4.26)
Game 2 - Friday, April 30: Harry Brecheen (1-0, 0.00) vs. Howie Fox (1-1, 2.40)