Can the Pirates Squeak By?

Plus: 4/19/1908 Day In Review

Can the Pirates Squeak By?

Even after the return of Honus Wagner, the Pirates are still in need of some bats. Can they find somebody else to step up?

This one was actually pretty conventional — so much so that I didn’t get any screenshots from my game.

Both the Pirates and Reds scored one in their respective halves of the first inning.

Pittsburgh came away with one more in the top of the 4th. With Harry Swacina on at second base with two men out, catcher Ed Phelps beat out an infield single, sending Swacina to third.

That brought up starting pitcher Vic Willis, of all people. Willis hit a single to right field, scoring the go-ahead run.

The vaunted Wagner then came up and promptly struck out. You can’t win them all, I guess!

Anyway, that was all the scoring:

It was a quiet game, and a quick one to play through.

Other Action

April 19th was a Sunday, which meant that most teams were dormant.

Browns 2, White Sox 1: At Chicago, starter Harry Howell outlasted Frank Smith. All three runs were scored by the end of the second inning in another quiet game.

Cubs 8, Cardinals 5: At St. Louis, the Cubs crushed St. Louis pitching. Watch the game here.

Pirates 2, Reds 1: See above.

Standings

Not much has changed. The Chicago Cubs do have a chance to follow in the footsteps of the 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates and set a record for most consecutive wins to start a season. The Red Sox could do the same, though I doubt they will.