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| Hayseeds @ Egrets
Foster v. Brown | Frangos @ Granolas |
| Frangos @ Jets
Big Bats Back First Game Goes 7, Ends In Rained Out Tie | Barristers @ Collective
Gibson's comeback game |
| Destroyers @ Allouets | Egrets @ Jets |
| Barristers @ Islanders
Cool Call-up Clams Up Tugger Revenge of the SCHNOZ | Allouets @ Islanders |
Foster v. Brown
Hayseeds runs: Baker double, ground out, sac fly (Trammell) Bell single, SB, ground out, squeeze (Ted Williams)
Egrets 7th: (no hit until then) load bases, sac fly -- not -- Lazzeri out at home. Terry Kennedy almost rips double, just foul, then out.
8th: Bottomley deep HR to LC (3), Williams deep HR to RC on next pitch (9), each over 400' (Williams' a little longer.) 4-0.
Pitching:
Foster 3 hits: 10-2, 2.08
Brown: 6-6, 1.65
Two well pitched games, despite a pair of balk calls, and pinch hit heroics set up by the shoddy fielding of man playing out of position. Luis Tiant went over 9 innings only to get tagged for the loss on an unearned run in the 10th. Grover Alexander goes a strong 7, combining with Sparky's extended stay of 3 innings to notch the victory and split the series. Tiant, truly the hard luck pitcher, falls to 3-3 while his ERA dips to 2.48. He is averaging 8 1/3 innings per outing, yet has decisions in only 6 of 10 starts. Grover also has a tough time getting over the .500 hump, he's 4-4 with a 2.63 ERA after this no decision. It's Lyle's first win of the season in 17 appearances.
A balk called on Tiant when Bassler was not even being held on. Baylor's first hit is an infield single. In the third Tiant throws to first when Bottomley isn't covering on Hack. Ted Williams steals 3rd on 2-out full count play.
First run of the game on Pete's hanging curve to Ted, a high fly over the high wall (10) inthe 6th.. Another balk, this time on Pete.
BIG BATS BACK
Gibson, Ruth in return games. .360 hitting Fonseca moved down to 7th in lineup. Cash back for Jets. Gibson hits inside the park HR in 1st AB. Cash doubles off big wall in right first time back Berra also healthy, but can't crack lineup. Chet Lemon movd into 2nd spot as Julio Franco continues to suck. Cronin error loads bases for Jets in 2nd, but Elliott can't put the bunt down, then flies weakly to right, too wealky to get Cash in. Franco grounds easily for 3rd out: very Jet-like, and perhaps their only chance against the once-impenetrable Smokey Joe.
Jets get another chance off laboring Joe in the 3rd (48 pitches) - a walk and poorly attempted double play by Bagwell puts 2 on with one out, but the still heavy booted Cash obliges, grounding to Bagwell, giving him a chance for redemption at a lesser degree of difficulty.
Gibson goes over the wall for his next home run (6) in the fourth. In the fifth a leadoff triple by Garms leads to a non-Josh run. 3 singles nearly produce another one, but the Automaton (who got the RBI) is thrown out at the dish by Jumbo Elliott.
Did I say struggling? Joe's got a one-hitter through five, but there have been runners on every inning. In the sixth, an error by Garms puts Gary Carter aboard before Cash's second hit of the game. George Foster then takes Joe deep to RC (11) to tie the game at 3.
Garms singles in the go ahead run in the seventh off Nigglelin', 4-3.
Cash can't produce with runers on 2nd and 3rd and 2 outs.
Niggeling niggles his 1st pitch into Josh's tummy in the 8th, a pitch that would've provoked an angrier man. Niggeling then serve a couple away that Josh lunges at for the K. Ruth finally picks up where Gibson left off, hammering a towering shot (2) off Al Holland for 3 runs.
The Jets get a run back on Lindstrom's 3B that is misplayed into an inside-the-park HR (2). Ah, the wonderful scorers...
Joe needs over 120 pitches to beat the Jets, giving up, officially, 3 earned runs on 5 hits and 5 walks and a wild pitch. But, unofficially, his defense let him down consistency, and it was the 3 homers of the 2 returnees, Josh Gibson and Babe Ruth, that sealed the victory for Joe, 8-3.
Frangos spread out their 13 hits, including 3 (2 doubles) by bumped Lew Fonseca, who is now batting .384.
FIRST GAME GOES 7, ENDS IN RAINED OUT TIE Honus leans the wrong way and McGinnity nabs him in the 1st. Viola hangs one that McCovey drives deep to RC (13). A monster shot, McCovey took a huge swing. He seems to have notched up his swing a step since yesterday's return of Gibson and Ruth. It did work, but hitting coach Charlie Lau will be on him for it. His .700 slugging average and12 HRs didn't come from that 5-second-wind-up swing, which will work on Frank Viola's mistake pitches, but not against quality pitchers. It didn't work on Viola's fastball in the 3rd, the only strike he threw to Mac. The home run makes 8 in the last 3+ weeks and ties him with Kevin Mitchell for the league lead.
George Foster finishes a Honus-lead rally with a 3 run blast to tie it at 4-4. That's George's 11th round tripper of the year, and continues his hot hitting from last week.
Gary Carter -- the glove -- his cat-like reflexes enable him to catch Ruth's pop up and the cannon on his right shoulder guns the ball to second to nab Josh for the bizarre 2-6 DP. BTW, McCovey, fresh off a 'discussion' with Lau, lined a solid single.
"WEDNESDAY'S STATS DO NOT COUNT," SAYS OFFICIAL SCORER FOR THE LEAGUE.
McGinnity throws 120+ pitch complete game. Rosen hits homer. Gibson knocks in monster shot. Waner, moved to 9th, hits 2 doubles, scores a run. Jets space out 12 hits to produce one run which was squeezed by a Lemon.
Sisler back, 6-0 Catfish for Allouets.
Destroyers do it small in the 4th: Wells singles, Killebrew walks, Mantle single in Wells. Killebrew's caught stealing slows rally despite a wild pitch by Hunter. Allouets: Jackson singles in scampering Traynor, 1-1. 6th: Manush helps along rally, but Traynor chokes. 7th: Catfish tires around 100 pitches, a few singles a walk and a sac fly chase him. Reliever Perry stems the tide after letting in a couple of Catfish's runners, 4-1. 8th: Gwynn (3) gets one back on pop fly down the line - 283' while helpless Duke Snider looks overhead.
Matty goes the distance in under 100 pitches, allowing 5 hits and 2 walks to the mighty, Sisler-enhanced line up. Furillo 3-3, over . Destroyers use 9 singles and 2 doubles in chicken job against Hunter, who gives up 4 earned runs in 6 IP. Mathewson: 6-3, 2.29 (does not strike anyone out, still at 26) Hunter: 6-1, 2.68
Dutch Leonard, 6-1 vs Feller. Furillo plays the Polo Ground game, 1-0. Raines inside the park in the 4th (1), Duke also goes to the deep part of the park (6), but gets to trot instead. Botched infield play keeps Feller in hot water, allows for possible sac fly, but Fisk is a tad hesitant at third. Molitor knocks him and Furillo in (yes Furillo mixing it up again). He's that prototypical hard worker. He knows he'll never be the star - not his destiny, but he was thrilled to be the number 3 hitter for a while. He'd rather be #2 than #8. Molitor ends rally with the all too familiar trying to score form secon don an overthrow.
6th: Killebrew (8) adds another monster shot off Feller, 5-1.
Traynor gets 3rd hit for Allouets in the 9th. Doulble play ends that threat.
9th: sweet curve gets Frisch on 3-2, Jackson taps back. Raines gets second hit off change up. Koosman comes in, Raines steals on his 1st pitch and is thrown out by Jimmie Wilson to end the game. Destroyers make th emost of 7 hits and a walk, scoring 5 on 3 home runs. Raines & Traynor have all 4 Allouet hits, 4-28 (.143). Leonard: 7-1, 1.78 Feller: 4-2, 3.10
COOL CALL-UP CLAMS UP TUGGER
Henderson key single to give Barristers 2-1 lead. Brady makes great catch off Mize screamer in 8th to keep Haines in game (2 on, no out). Haines then induces easy ground ball DP from Vaughan. 9th: Ozzie bunts to sacrifice, and is safe!!. McGraw in to face ph Rocky Colavito with one out -- the rookie looks confident, then smacks a McGraw fastball some 500' the opposite way for a 3 run homer to win it (2). After starting a few games and getting his feel of the bigs, the Rock seems like a tested veteran rather than a raw recruit. He might feed off the pressure more than the mundane chore of everyday excellence. Just one more thing for hi to learn.
Haines goes 8 2/3 strong innings, 1 earned run, no walks, and Bunning gets an out and the cheap win. Jesse could've used the win to improve his 1-7 record. He did lower his ERA to an even 4.00. Cobb gets double in return game (?).
Revenge of the SCHNOZ
Lombardi (PH for yesterday in the 9th) shows he can go yard, but with a lot less flair as he yanks a Maddux offering 290' to left. Hornsby to center in the 3rd, Maddux loses 2 run lead (2-2). 5th: Keeler performs as second lead off hitter: single, stolen base, scores on Cobb's hit - ignites 3 run rally. Islanders' Lombardi triples to the left center corner. He just needs a double and single to be the first man in league history to hit for the cycle. More importantly, Gehrig walks and Mitchell takes Luque deep for the tie at 5. 6th: Lombardi hits ground ball to Vaughan in the sixth. Vaughan bobbles and extremely slow Lombardi beats it out. The official scorer: single. Mitchell goes dead center for his second and a 7-5 lead. 7th: Hornsby can't get Cobb in after Ty steals second. It's Jimmy Williams' error on Judy's ball that brings the Walla Walla nine to within one. 8th: Lombardi gets real single. 9th: Lomardi doesn't get up as Islanders win and sweep. Cobb 2-4, Tartabull 3-4 Lombardi: 4-4, 3B (1), HR (3), 4 RS Gehrig: 2-4, HR (8) Mitchell: 2-5, 2 HRs (14, 15), 5 RBI (39) Jimmy Williams: 2B, 3B Brady Anderson: 2-4 Maddux: no walks. Luque: horrible: 12 BR/6 IP, 3 HRs, 8 ER
Gibson's comeback game
Gibson looks strong, has 95 mph slider going, also picks off Judy Johnson at first with wicked spin move. You'd have thought the glare was enough.
Hilton battles him even until Bench goes to the deep nook in RC, 1-0, his 7th.
Judy gets on to start 9th, but Gibson uses high fastball (still in mid 90s) and wicked curve to induce easy fly ball from Mize. Tartabull takes a fastball to left for a single, but Vaughan and Simmons fly out. Gibson throws 115 pitches, few of them soft, to stop the Barristers in a seven hit shutout.
Hilton Smith was injured with one out to go in the 8th. A new generation of speedsters at work: Keeler, Crawford and Kauff at the bottom of the order trying to show they have what it takes to get to the top. Kauff and Crawford are battling each other in addition to the torrid Collective leadoff men, Speaker, Allen and Jackie R. In the nature of this reversed competition, Crawford leads Kauff by batting ninth. Sam shows his value by leading off the sixth with a single and promptly stealing second. Smith seems distracted as he continues to throw back to the bag. That enables Speaker to work the 3-2 count and single to right past a second basemen who was shading towards second, despite SS Vaughan having primary responsibility for stealing Sam. Crawford scores as the grounder slows in the outfield grass.
Kauff responds in the 7th, singling with one out and also swiping the high post. Crawford pulls the ball, but in the air, and Kauff attempts to make it to third on the tag, but is gunned downed for the third out, blowing a baseball maxim.
Keeler singles after Simmons' double in the Barrister 8th for their biggest threat to date, but Cobb bounces into a surprising double play.
Gibson 6-4, 3.76 Smith: 2-8, 4.06 Smith: 9 days, no effect 9 risk
You take a 2-8 guy out of the rotation, you figure you don't lose much. Well, here's what the Barristers' rotation looks like this:
and able middle relief:
Allen & Jackie show how the leadoff bit is done, Allen 2Bs and scores on Jacie's single. Jackie entices one too many throws from Brown, who has only 2 starts this year, and gets to second.
In the second, Howard singles, goes to 3rd on Kauff's single to left (amazing!). Brown walks Crawford to load 'em, then goes 3-2 on Speaker. He gets Speaker and Ks Allen - wow, a savior!
4th: Henderson's leadoff single and SB turns into a run. Crawford singles and coaxes his way to second. 6th: Henderson and Cobb team up for a run. Mize fails at the squeeze, then singles over Kell for a run.
8th: Bench shows again he is the only power in this series, his 8th ties the game at 3. PH Burkett gets on, sparking a singles rally that produces 2 before Speaker goes yard for another pair, 7-3.
Judy 3-4, but Walla Walla's 10 hits included only one double, and they did not walk at all. 5 players on the Collective get 2 hits, Mussina goes distance, 10 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 Ks. Mussina: 2-1, 4.45, 16/6 K/BB Brown: 2-1, 5.40
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