Biscuits Face Braves in Possible Playoff Preview, Grey Sox Face Bham

 

The Biscuits come home on Tuesday to a matchup with the Mz Braves in a possible playoff preview. While the Braves are sitting atop the division standings, the Montgomery winning percentage would have the two teams facing off in the postseason - should they both be in the same spot they are now at the conclusion of regulation play.

Gomez and Hulsizer get up for the game!

That the Biscuits have slipped a little in the overall winning percentage is of some concern to fans, who note that the rival Slagtown Barons are sneaking up and have ten games left against Montgomery in the final month of the season. In fact Montgomery has just five series left, with all but one involving either the Barons or Braves. While it will be a test of the Biscuits mettle, the playoff spot is theirs to lose. 

 

Biscuits Mikey York

EYE ON THE BARONS

The Slagtown club has to face the Smokies, Lookouts and Trash Pandas along with two series versus the Biscuits. The Barons trail the Biscuit in winning percentage but have plenty of opportunity to make hay against three lesser opponents and the final series pitting the Barons against Montgomery at Riverwalk could be a huge matchup of two clubs fighting for their postseason tickets.

 

 

EYE ON THE BRAVES

The Mz Braves face Pensacola, Biloxi and the Lookouts, as well as two series vs Montgomery. On a bit of a downturn the past couple weeks, the Braves should be able to handle the other three challengers and unless Montgomery can make significant headway in their ten games, the Braves should be able to land home-field advantage for the championship series.

 

 NEW GUYS

Greg Jones and Blake Hunt joined the Biscuits for the road trip and will get their first taste of home cookin at Riverwalk this week. 

Jones gives the Biscuits a true shortstop for their infield, bringing speed and range to the defensive side. A switch hitter, Jones is said to have good bat speed and likely gets most of his hits on the ground.

Catcher Blake Hunt was part of the Blake Snell swap with the Padres and, like most of the Rays catching prospects we have seen, has a good arm behind the plate. Capable of tape-measure home runs, Hunt is still developing his hitting skills but offers a power bat to the Montgomery lineup.

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THIS WEEK IN MONTGOMERY BASEBALL HISTORY

 

AUGUST 21 1920 

Montgomery, AL
"Birmingham Wins Final From Locals - Grey Sox Infield "Blows" in Fifth Inning, Giving Game to Visitors - 

Grey Sox Sam Streeter

Taking advantage of error made by the Grey Sox infielders, Birmingham All Stars defeated the local aggregation Saturday afternoon by the score of three to one. The Grey Sox infield "blew up" in the fifth inning and the visitors scored three runs, a lead which the locals were unable to overcome. Solman and Streeter pitched good ball, but the "breaks" of the game were against the local twirler. 

The Grey Sox batters hit the ball hard, but the visiting players made almost impossible stops and plays on several drives and this play killed all chances of the locals. In the fifth inning, McCormick made two errors, each being responsible for runs and Williams permitted another to score when he allowed a third strike to get away from him. After this inning the locals settled down and played good ball. The visiting twirler kept his hits well scattered and at no time during the game did he allow them to be bunched. 

The two teams will play again this afternoon, the game starting at 3:30 o'clock. Manager Cunningham will probably send Myers to the mound, while Zeige will hurl for Birmingham."
 

AUGUST 22 1905 

In spite of scoring three runs in the bottom of the 16th inning, kicking delayed the game and the Umpire Shuster called it on account of darkness, reverting the score to the previous innings 2-2 tie.
 

AUGUST 22 1907 

Montgomery Outfielder Houtz goes 4-4 off pitcher Hart of Little Rock
 

1907 Montgomery Senators

AUGUST 22 1920 

Montgomery, AL
"Grey Sox Defeated Birmingham Stars - Negro Teams Play Jam-up Game of Ball Sunday; Locals Won, 6 to 1 -

 By heavy hitting and jam up fielding and taking advantage of the bad breaks made by the Birmingham All-Stars, the Grey Sox won the last game of the series yesterday afternoon at Southside park, 6 to 1, thereby getting the big end of the series, winning two out of the three games played. 

The locals soon solved the heretofore puzzling curves of Ziegler and he was driven to the bench in the fourth inning after the locals had made five scores. Juanello who relieved Ziegler held the locals down to one score and pitched a steady game for the visitors. 

Grey Sox Hub McGavock

The locals scored their first two runs in the first frame when McCormick walked, was advanced to second on H. Cunningham's sacrifice and scored on Scales' single. They scored one more in the third when Mason hit for two bases, stole third and scored on a foot of H. Cunningham's scratch to short. They scored two more in the fourth when Preston hit safe and scored on McGavock's hit. McGavock stole third and scored on an error. The locals last score came in the eighth when McCormick hit safe, stole second, stole third and scored on a balk by Juanello. The visitors only score came in the eighth inning on errors but they threatened to score in the sixth but with two men on bases and one out Wesley made a double play unassisted and retired the side. 

The locals played a jam-up game, there being only one error marked up against them, Mason pitched a jam up game and deserved a shut out victory but Carpenter apparently wanted to let the visitors make one score and in the eighth he let a ball pass and then walked to recover it and the runner went to third on what should have been an easy out. 

The Grey Sox will leave this morning for Atlanta, where they will try to even up the defeat handed them by the Black Crackers here a few days ago. Then they will return here Saturday and Sunday for a three game series with Knoxville with a double header billed for next Saturday."