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1916 BBW Replay Week 19 Summary - August 14-August 20, 1916

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Week Nineteen of the 1916 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was another good week. The highlight of the week was on Saturday when the Phillies' Eppa Rixey threw 8.2 innings of no-hit baseball, only to be thwarted when Cincinnati's Edd Roush beat out an infield single. Even the rabid hometown Cincinnati fans gave Rixey a nice round of applause, because even if your team doesn't get the win, it would still be nice to see a no-hitter.  In the AL, Boston pushed its lead over second-place Detroit back up to 8.0 games by winning eight of their last ten games. The real battle may be between third-place Washington and fourth-place New York - the Nationals currently have a 1.5-game lead over the Yankees, and these two have six games to play against each other. On the other hand, Washington has ten games remaining versus Philadelphia, whereas New York only has three.   In the NL, Brooklyn is currently working on a four-game winning streak and has a solid 11.5-game lead over se...
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1916 BBW Replay Week 19 Results - August 14-August 20, 1916

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Monday, August 14, 1916   Transactions:   St. Louis (NL) pitcher Hi Jasper made his Season Finale on 08/13/1916   Chicago (NL) pitcher Tom Seaton made his Season Finale on 08/13/1916   St. Louis infielder Bobby Wallace was injured (?) on 08/13/1916   Washington 3 Boston (AL) (H) 2   Light-hitting shortstop George McBride singled home two runs in the top of the second. The Nationals added a run in the fifth, and that was enough for Bert Gallia (14-5, 2.27) to get the win over Boston. Right fielder Harry Hooper slugged a two-run homerun (2) for the Red Sox, but they could do no more with Gallia today.   Detroit 3 Cleveland (H) 2   Cleveland second baseman Terry Turner crushed a two-out triple in the bottom of the sixth to give the Indians a 2-0 lead, but Detroit came right back with two runs in the top of the seventh to tie the score at 2-2. Tris Speaker attempted a steal of home in the bottom of the seventh but...
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