Paul's Strat blog

Just got finished playing the Indians - Senators game of Tuesday night 9/14/54. The Indians won 3-2. It was their ninth win in a row, 34th of their last 41, and 100th game overall. They've lost just 45. Mike Garcia and Bobby Avila were the stars tonight. Garcia won his 21st game of the year and Avila's double with the bases loaded in the second provided all three of the Indians' runs. The Nats threatened in the eighth and ninth, scoring a run in each inning, but fell just short. Don Mossi came in the game in the eighth after Garcia got fatigued. Mossi was not sharp but was able to finish the game and put it in the win column for the Tribe.

Avila has been torrid of late. His average is up to .316 in the replay. For much of the season he was below the .300 mark. In real life he hit .341 and led the AL in batting. In this replay he is now sixth in the batting race. Harvey Kuenn leads with a .350 mark.

The White Sox are now five back pending the outcome of their game with the Philadelphia A's. I will play that game tomorrow or Friday night. In real life the White Sox, having learned earlier in the day that Paul Richards had left them to go to Baltimore, lost 1-0 to the hapless A's. Virgil Trucks lost his fourth bid to win 20 when in the very first inning Minnie Minoso misjudged a fly ball in left field, allowing the only run of the game to score from second.