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Glendale Storks (AAA) 05-01-1941
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| Breaking News |  | Sunday, September 1st, 1940: Triple-A Championship Sweep to Riflemen
Today the Riflemen fans broke out the brooms at Saint Paul Grounds and it worked -- Saint Paul swept the Glendale Storks 3-0 and are the 1940 Triple-A Baseball Triple-A Championship champions for the 2nd time in their history.
The Riflemen derailed Glendale 2-1 to rap up the title.
Saint Paul finished the season with a record of 75-56 and ranked first in the International League.
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 | Monday, August 19th, 1940: Riggs Keeps Hit Streak Alive
Chalk up another one for Findlay third baseman Lew Riggs. He now has hit in 20 straight games. Riggs went 2-for-4 today's game at Ballpark of Findlay. However, his club was defeated 11-0 by Glendale.
L. Riggs flied out in the 1st, doubled in the 3rd, doubled in the 5th and grounded out in the 7th.
To date Riggs has chalked up a .352 average with 12 home runs, driven in 60 runs and scored 90 times.
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 | Friday, August 2nd, 1940: Maglie Magnificent in Riverside Win
Sal Maglie of Glendale easily handled the Riverside Talons, stopping them on 5 hits and chucking a complete-game 1-0 shutout.
"He really did a job on us," said the Riverside manager. "He had good command of his pitches. He changed speeds well and pretty much confused us. We never could zero in on him, but he certainly zeroed in on us."
Maglie said, "Everything was working for me. Throwing my breaking stuff over the plate was big."
He finished the game with 5 strikeouts and 3 walks in a solid outing.
His record in 1940 is 7-4 in 15 starts and Maglie has a 3.01 ERA.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 10-9, .526 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 3.0 GB | | Record at home | 3-6, .333 PCT | | Record on the road | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 1-1, .500 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 2-3, .400 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 8-6, .571 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 10-9, .526 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .233 - 5th in PCL | | On-Base Percentage | .307 - 5th in PCL | | Slugging Percentage | .304 - 7th in PCL | | On-Base + Slugging | .611 - 6th in PCL | | Runs Scored | 61 - tied for 7th in PCL | | Hits | 150 - 6th in PCL | | Extra-Base Hits | 35 - 6th in PCL | | Home Runs | 3 - 8th in PCL | | Bases-On-Balls | 70 - 6th in PCL | | Strikeouts | 115 - 8th in PCL | | Stolen Bases | 7 - tied for 3rd in PCL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 2.58 - 1st in PCL | | Starters' ERA | 2.79 - 1st in PCL | | Bullpen ERA | 1.78 - 3rd in PCL | | Runs allowed | 60 - 1st in PCL | | Hits allowed | 149 - 2nd in PCL | | Opponents AVG | .231 - 2nd in PCL | | BABIP | .239 - 1st in PCL | | Home Runs allowed | 9 - tied for 3rd in PCL | | Bases-On-Balls | 63 - 1st in PCL | | Strikeouts | 50 - 8th in PCL |
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