For my next set of Diamond Legacies games, I've created all-star teams from the three major leagues in 1934: American League, National League, and Negro National League. Each team will play the other teams one time. If one of the teams wins both of its games, that team is the champion. If all three teams go 1-1, then the two teams that have scored the most runs will face off in a final game for the championship.
The National League all-stars played the Negro National League all-stars in the first game. Yankee Stadium hosted the contest, and a coin flip determined the NNL was the home team. Dizzy Dean and Satchel Paige were the starting pitchers. The National League took a 1-0 lead in the second when a Gabby Hartnett groundout allowed Mel Ott to score. Arky Vaughn scored on an error in the top of the sixth to increase the NL lead to two.
With one out in the bottom of the sixth, Cool Papa Bell doubled. The next four NNL batters reached on two errors and two singles, scoring three runs. Bert Johnson drove in another run on a groundout and Sam Bankhead delivered an RBI-single to put the NNL ahead 5-2. Hits from Bell and Ray Dandridge in the seventh plated another run for the home team. Doubles by Bill Terry and Mel Ott in the eighth narrowed the gap to 6-3, but the National League would not score again. Paige pitched six innings to pick up the win, while Dean took the loss despite surrendering only one earned run in six innings.
All-Star Series Game 1: NNL 6, NL 3
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