TWIWBL 103.5: Year 3, Week 6 – Effa Manley Division

#Brooklyn Royal Giants

Smokey Joe Williams improved to 4-1 with a 3-hit shutout (9 strikeouts, no walks) in a 1-0 win at Ottawa, called by rain in the 6th.

#Homestead Grays

Ricardo Rincón began a rehab assignment.

Andy Van Slyke went 5-for-5 with 2 doubles and scored 4 runs, tying the NL single-game records for both hits and runs, in a 14-2 win over the House of David.

#New York Gothams

Tip O’Neill came off his rehab assignment, and Jimmy Sheckard was optioned to AAA Hartford.

Masahiro Tanaka was named as the 5th member of the Gothams’ rotation.

Mike Norris, 37, the 2000 Reliever of the Year and a fan favorite, will miss 4-5 months, which may be the end of a great 2-plus-year WBL career. Bill Terry was recalled as New York continues to tinker with its 1B/DH options behind Will Clark.

#Ottawa Mounties

Dupee Shaw took Nip Winters‘ spot in the rotation, which paid immediate dividends, as Shaw’s first start was a 4-hit shutout with 9 strikeouts in an 11-0 win over Detroit.

#Philadelphia Stars

The best team in the NL may be getting reinforcements soon, as Bill Gatewood, Ted Kennedy, and Sherry Magee began rehab assignments, and Jack Kralick was recalled from his.

John Clarkson refused an assignment to AAA Norfolk and was designated for assignment.

Kralick was hurt in his first start (6 innings, 1 run in a 2-1 loss to Baltimore) and went right back to the DL for a week, prompting Kennedy’s recall.

And then the Stars shut out the Gothams 3 games running, behind Ray Collins, Hardie Henderson, and Steve Carlton. See the TWIWBL front page for the whole story.