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Game Notes for Week 9

July 4-10, 1994

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Islanders @ Granolas

7/5/94 Islanders 3 Granolas 8

Ripken goes opposite for a deep shot to RC, well over 400 feet, for his 1st of the year. Earl Smith up, in, and shows his cloven footedness on his first at bat, a dribbler to the third basemen that Ted Williams might've beat out.

In the seventh a huge error by Jimmy Williams on routine grounder causes a run, eventually two, to score and gives the Granolas a more comfortable 6-3. It is an unfortunate turn of events for the young Williams, who has been a key spark in the Islander offense today.

Williams was 3-4, 3B, 2 RBI; Ozzie Smith 2-4, 2 2Bs, 2 RS; Poole and Bunning ineffective in relief.

Granolas spread the production around, no one scoring or knocking in more than a run. Pinch single from Johnny Hodapp key. Rogan picks up 1st save. He hopes to have righted himself from difficult times as a starter.

7/6/94 Islanders 1 Granolas 3

The great Granola run scoring machine takes a day off, but it doesn't matter as Brewer stifles the Islanders for a 3-1 win. Chet allows singles to Rocky Colavito and Brady Anderson as well as 3 walks. He did not strike anyone out. It was only the deft stealing of Brady Anderson, coupled with Jimmy Williams' soft fly to Musial in center, that enable the Islanders to avert a shutout. Brewer moves to 7-2. He avoids his nemesis the long ball, which had been visiting him more than once a game on average.

7/7/94 Islanders 4 Granolas 6

Rocky Colavito remains a contributing member of the club, knocking in Murray with a double in the second and scoring on a sac fly, despite his lack of reknown for Mercury-like speed, in the fifth. He didn't come through in the sixth, though, with Gehrig representing the tying run on third and 2 out.

Poole (surprisingly) and Bunning effective in relief for Islanders.

Magee uses bunt to turn around slump. Sherry Magee, who hit .400 last year, has seen his average dip from .367 four weeks ago to .330. He bunted all four times today, getting on 3 times and scoring 2 runs.

Singer mildly effective in the win (3-3), Smith OK in save (3), but Rogan the unaccredited star, 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 Ks.

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Destroyers @ Frangos

7/5/94 Destroyers 4 Frangos 12

It's a rerun of the minors when Sutton faces Pesky in early key situation, 2 on, 2 out in the third. Pesky whiffs badly at two pitches and flies meekly to right.

Clemens suffers, looking like the minor leaguer as lefties Stearnes (8, 9th later) and McCovey (9, 10th later) go long on him. Cuellar doesn't do much but continue the mess, giving up 9 hits and 7 runs in 3 innings (see HRs above).

Waner (4-5) and Bagwell (4-5) continue to hit everything like its BP. McCovey's average has dipped from .350 to under .300, but he's got 5 HRs and about 13 RBIs (6 today) in the last 2 weeks. Stearnes also gets 4 hits and reaps 5 RBIs. choices

7/6/94 Destroyers 6 Frangos 5

Waner gets the first hit of the game in the 4th. "The Automaton" even bunts for a hit, giving him 2 of the game's 3 hits through 6.

The entire Frango coaching staff checks on Smokey Joe after he gives up single to Duke Snider in 7th to break up no-no. Carlton ".420" Fisk follows with a single. Joe's walk-itis catches up with him as he walks the bases loaded. Furillo, who is playing in place of injured Carney Lansford (via a couple of position changes), goes 3-2 before knocking a 2-run single to right. Fisk dives head first for the second run. And then Schoendienst does the unthinkable (that is, the unthinkable after Dan Quayle spelling his last name correctly), he smacks a solid 3 run shot over right center, 5-0. 5 runs and 6 hits in an inning is probably some kind of career low water mark for Williams. Furillo comes back to hammer him for a cheap homer the next inning.

Waner starts the ninth by saying, "F@#! it, I'll score myself," and summarily drops a solo HR over the RC fence. Bagwell bunts his way on, as does PH Al "No Wheels" Rosen, leading to a pinch grand slam by Dave Winfield, who was 2-21, to make the game interesting 6-5. Pinch hitter Goose Goslin, recently recalled, flies out. And Gabby "Don't call me Josh" Hartnett ends the game.

Williams walks 9 in loss (7-3).

7/7/94 Destroyers 4 Frangos 3

McMahon enters in the 6th to walk in the go ahead run. He does manage an inning-ending double play, though.

Fonseca out at home as he tries to tie the score. The next inning McGee finally provides some second lead off hitting, but the big wonks can't move him. Sutter does his job, striking out Mantle with one out and two on in the 8th, but Marichal walks Killebrew to load the bases for Randy Myers and Duke Snider. Fastball in then curve high and away leaves Duke hanging in the breeze and Frangos within one.

#8 & #9 hitters in innings 1 thru 8: 5-6. Nada in the closing frame. Paul Waner tries to bunt his way on for the third straight game. His luck runneth out: 0-5 and he ends the game.

Lots of hits for Destroyers, including a comeback 3-4 from Furillo (.289). Mantle gets on base 4 times, Fisk goes yard (1st) to keep it going (11-29, .379). Matty (5-3 2.32), Koosman and Fingers all effective (4). Mantle has more RBIs (35) than hits (32), and almost more than games played (38).

In a reversal of Tuesday's game, the top of the line up goes 0-13, the bottom 6-11.

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Collective @ Egrets

7/5/94 Collective 6 Egrets 1

2 icons of the Egret glory days are slumping, Bill Madlock and his .270 OBA move from lead off to "second leadoff" at #9, while The Yankee Clipper has sunk to #8 with his paltry .211.

Hack Wilson guns down Newt Allen at the plate to end the first half inning, then a befuddled manager notices the defensive oddity and puts DiMag in center.

Big 2 run blast by Tris Speaker (2). Elston Howard scampers home on a short single, as does Speaker in a flurry of flare hits in the fourth. Johnny Antonelli, recently moved up in the rotation, perhaps is not ready to for the pressure.

Egrets get mini rally on error, misplayed DP, but have no hits through 5. Bonds hits one off the wall, nothing Speaker can do. Vance finishes easily. The Collective register 13 hits, 12 singles.

7/6/94 Collective 0 Egrets 10

Mussina a victim of short wall. Travis Jackson gets 3 run shot (3), Campy gets a dinger too (7).

Hack Wilson hits legitimate 3 run shot (11) to put it out of reach at 9-0. Ray Brown finally gets some run support, gets his record on the positive at 6-5 while lowering his ERA to 1.45. He gives up only 3 singles and a walk. Singles to Kell, Howard & Crawford, walk to Crawford, who also stole a base and might have earned himself another shot at leadoff with the injury to Tris Speaker, who was hitting .354.

Madlock and DiMaggio each responding to demotion, DiMag has gained 20 points in average, Madlock hits almost as many extra base hits in the last 2 games as he did in his first 27.

7/7/94 Collective 5 Egrets 3

After Alexander walks the bases loaded, Newt Allen deftly lays a bunt down the third base line. Old Pete can't make the play at the plate and his throw to first is late. He recovers to strike out Jackie, but surrenders a free pass to Bench, 4-2.

Hershiser rocked early - 2 HRs and a 3B in first 2 innings, settles down and gives up just one more run the rest of the way, improving his record to 6-3.

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Barristers @ Jets

7/5/94 Barristers 4 Jets 5

George Foster greets Hilton Smith, freshly off the DL, with a long ball, and the Jets use what scant speed and scantier clutch hitting to take a 3-0 lead.

Tartabull misplays Carter's single into inside the park homer for the win.

7/6/94 Barristers 0 Jets 3

Denny McLain uses his hundredth pitch of the night to finish off the struggling Barristers. Walla Walla manages a paltry six hits against the Jet ace as he improves his mark to 4-5 and lower his ERA to a respectable .369. His counterpart, Spud Chandler, struggled almost every inning, but defensive help and typical Jet ineptitude kept the score close until the tying run at the plate made the final out.

Jumbo Elliot goes deep in the second, his 3rd. Willie Keeler, batting ninth for the Legal Eagles, has been slumping of late. Perhaps he is working harder elsewhere (LINK).

Tartabull manages to gun down Honus at the plate.

Mr. Clutch (Carter) tries to come through with a clutch RBI, but Yogi tries to score from 2nd on a short single, ends up squelching the rally and hurting himself.

7/7/94 Barristers 1 Jets 2

Frank Viola beans Hornsby in the hip in the top of the first to atone for yesterday's HBP. Perhaps mid-season cellar dweller frustration is settling in to both clubs. Viola also plunks #2 hitter Arky Vaughan in the sixth. It looked unintentional, but he is warned by the ump nonetheless.

Chet Lemon doubles and scores in his first AB since being called up. He's called out on a close play at first to end a threat. Replays revealed he beat the throw by milliseconds. Manager Frank Schrontz chose calculating stock options over arguing. He does manage to get off his keister to argue an obvious safe call on Willie Keeler the next inning, as if to prove to someone he knows what he's doing.

Lemon continues to be the man with an RBI single in the 7th to give the Jets a 2-0 lead. On the succeeding single Dihigo tries to score from second on a single. How many guys have to do this for the dumb ol' Jets? The inning was set up by Judy Johnson's favorite play, trying for the double play on the slow grounder, allowing both runners to be safe.

Al Holland personified the word "save" today, truly earning his seventh. Frank Viola (5-3, 3.07), who had hit almost as many people (2) as hits he gave up (3) through 8, falters greatly in the ninth, loading the bases with none out. Holland comes in, gives up the long sac fly to Mize, 2-1, but gets Tartabull to ground into the double play to end the game. Holland has 2 saves in the series, 7 for the year. He leads Willie Hernandez of the Allouets by 2 and is now on pace to tie Ray Brown's single season mark of 13. Nobody has had more than 8 in a season since 1991. Boddicker pitches well in the loss, 0-5, 4.95.

This is the Jets' first sweep of the season, perhaps their first ever. They have been swept five times this year.

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Allouets @ Hayseeds

7/5/94 Allouets 1 Hayseeds 2 16 innings

A pitcher's duel between Day and Paige. A leadoff single and walk given up by Day are the first trouble of the game, but he retires Babe Herman and 2 schmoes to end that trouble.

The Allouets, however, know how to make use of singles. Hodges and Frisch lead off the sixth with singles. Then plodding Hodges almost gets picked off 2nd. Run machine Joe Jackson grounds into a seeming double play, but his speed keeps it to 1 out. Paige throws wild to first on Raines' grounder and allows the run to score.

Day returns the favor in his frame, overthrowing 2nd after Morgan led off by smacking a liner to the wall in dead center, but Morgan wants to tie it immediately, and is gunned down at home by Tony Gwynn.

Frank Tanana taken out after 5 pitches, just _after_ he gives up game tying HR to Bottomley.

Paige at 134 pitches in 14th. Only two hits in innings 10-14. Bell is picked off 1st by Eddie Plank before he throws his 1st pitch to the plate. Then a walk and an error by Traynor, but nothing (weak grounder by Herman). Traynor singles in 15th, but Paige finishes 'em, tying record. The record is 15 IP, Ray Brown, 1990. Ray Brown set this record in relief.

Dick Allen, catching after pinch running for Ted Williams, helps Paige set record as he guns down Joe Jackson at second.

In the bottom of the 16th inning, Plank gives up a double to Bell, then Ozzie Guillen's line drive to the wall ends the game. The wind was blowing out to right center at 24 mph at the time, but it was a low line drive.

Joe Jackson 1-7; James Bell 3-7, 1 RS; Leon Day: 6 solid innings (4 H, 3 BB, 0 R), why did they take him out? Willie Hernandez and Dibble each do well.

Satchel Paige: 16 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 7 Hits, all singles, 0 BB, 1 K. Paige is now 3-4, lowering his ERA over a run from 4.50 to 3.37 and his BR/9 from 11.8 to 9.9.

7/6/94 Allouets 2 Hayseeds 1

Frisch starts rally from #9 spot, but Foster picks off Jackson to squelch it.

Hodges, with the bases loaded and one out, hits a grounder slowing than him, managing a fielder's choice RBI as they tried to go 3-4-3 for the DP and fail.

Foster throws 101 pitch complete game, doesn't allow a hit after the 4th inning. He falls to 9-2.

Morgan's lead off 3B breaks up shut out for Allouet trio (Hunter, Tanana, & Hernandez), but they get the win, allowing only 5 hits, no walks. Tanana gets 2 batters, Hernandez effective in 2 innings, Hunter goes to 6-0.

7/7/94 Allouets 2 Hayseeds 1

Manush flies out with bases loaded and 2 out. Hodges wouldn't've been on 3rd if he could get of that refrigerator he's always carrying around.

The Allouets committee again gets the job done: they don't allow a hit in the last 6 innings until 2-out singles in the ninth by Bottomley and Trammell. Dibble comes on for the save, though. Feller advances to 4-1 (3.00) while Dibble chalks up his 3rd save. Tanana appeared in all 3 games.

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Midweek Notes

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Collective @ Hayseeds

7/8/94 Collective 9 Hayseeds 3

Collective jump on Reynolds in the first. Frank Baker gets to play, bats #2, gets hit, but is thrown out at home by CF Richie Ashburn.

Rico Petrocelli, put in at short to replace the Templeton-esque Newt Allen (now DH), makes throwing error to first. So much for fine tuning. He atones the next inning by going over dead center wall.

Alan Trammell (H) goes deep on Bob Gibson in the 7th to break up shut out and make a game of it. Reynolds, who struggled through the first 4, manages well over the next 3, Collective 4-2.

Henke comes on for Hayseeds to try to keep them in the game, 2 on, 1 out. Allows single to Crawford to load the bases, strikes out Allen. Jackie "clutch" Robinson takes his first offering and tags it to the right field corner. Ron Santo cuts off the ball and throws wildly home, allowing another run to score. Henke gone, and the point is mute as Reardon serves up meatball stew for Johnny Bench, 9-2 Collective.

"Jimmie who?" they tease after the game, good naturedly as they all know how important the guys on the DL are to this team. "Hey, if we faced Allie Reynolds every day, we wouldn't need those guys," quipped a cheerful Sam Crawford. Jackie Robinson's smile quickly disappeared, showing the respect he has for Jimmie, Willie and Oscar.

6 guys gets 2 hits a piece, #3 and 4 hitters combine for 6 RBI. For Bob Gibson an odd game, a win with no strikeouts (5-4, 4.13).

Trammell knocks in all 3 runs for Hayseeds, but their bullpen is pathetic: another bad outing for Henke (6.42), and Reardon's 1st bad one in 7 games.

7/9/94 Collective 8 Hayseeds 4

First, Collective muscle. Elston Howard, who is hitting a miraculous .302 in yet another amazing story from Evergreen's replacement-come-star warehouse, goes yard in the sixth to break the 2-2 tie. Next Collective speed. Benny Kauff steals 3rd on the walk to Crawford, and Bassler's throw goes into LF, 4-2.

Newt Allen tries the surprise tactic, going for 2nd on bloop hit over 1B, but an alert Babe Herman easily pegs him at second.

Mini comeback rally quelled in the 7th as an alert Bench catches Frank Baker napping off first after Trammell scores, 6-3 Collective. Santo's long drive in the 8th makes it 6-4, and Hiller's freshly minted ineffectiveness becomes costly until Reardon gives up 2 run shot to Jackie on his 2nd throw to the plate, 8-4.

Vance strikes out Baker to earn the save as he comes on to replace the injured winner Kevin Appier. Bench another 3 RBIs, 7 guys get 2 or more hits, Elston and Sam Crawford get one. Babe Herman 3 hits for Hayseeds, no other bright lights.

7/10/94 Collective 7 Hayseeds 6

Babe Herman a 2 run shot, his 9th, for the first Hayseed lead of the series. A couple of players later Trammell (5) also rounds the bases off the fireballer.

Singles rally in 5th brings Collective within 1. Kell's 2B ties it and Howard's 2B puts them up 2, 6-4. Don Baylor makes sensation over the shoulder catch in straight away center, doubles Howard off first to end inning.

Error by Kell puts Baylor on to lead off 9th as a sweat soaked Ryan works to Bell. Bell raps a single to right, Baylor goes to third and Ryan to the showers. Sam McDowell comes in to face Jim Bottomley, the team's top hitter at .290. Sunny Jim places his single in the same tuft of grass at Cool Papa's, plating Baylor and restoring first and third. A nervous and underworked McDowell fidgets, then throws over Elston Howard at first, Bell scores. Now he faces Teddy Ballgame, who hits a foul ball some 400 or so feet before lining hard to first. Dazzy Vance comes on to face Santo, the only righty in the top 7 batters. Santo laces a single to center, but pinch runner Dick Allen (yes he is faster than Jim Bottomley, but alas, that was not enough) rounds third on the coach's signal and is out by a few steps as Ashburn's throw is right on target. 6-6.

10th Inning Jeff Reardon, who was actually effective in the 9th, keeps a collection of Collective pinch hitters and runners at bay.

Vance stays in to face the left handed bottom half of the order and promptly gives up 2 singles to Babe Herman and Frank Baker. He gets Bassler to ground into the tricky 3-6-3 double play and gets out of the inning.

11th Inning Kauff bunts his way on against a surprised Reardon. The Hayseeds expect Speaker to bunt, but Kauff simply swipes second and Reardon is gone in favor of one time starter Chief Bender. Bender's confuses home and second, pitching a fastball to second base that rolls to Baylor as Kauff rounds third and heads for home, beating Baylor's throw.

Don Baylor, 0-4, faces Dazzy Vance to lead off the home 11th, golfing an easy fly to left. James Bell gets on, bringing up heretofore goat Dick Allen. He tries to win the game but only manages a towering fly. Ted Williams continues his resurgence with a single to center, but Bell goes for 3rd and is cut down by Benny Kauff, who had moved from the DH spot an inning earlier.

Speaker and Jackie Robinson 3 hits a piece. Vance gives up 5 hits but no runs. Bell, Babe Herman and Ted Williams 3 hits each, 8 of them singles. No black marks for Bender despite his costing them the game.

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Barristers @ Granolas

7/8/94 Barristers 9 @ Granolas 8

It was a hot-cold-hot game as the teams combined for 20 hits thru 4 innings, then just 4 through the next 4 and a half. The Granolas nearly miss great comeback in the last frame.

Henderson leads off with single, induces wild throw to first, and scores of Hornsby single. Judy's DP ends inning. Granolas look to answer as Magee leads off with a single. Two bunts later Luque is in trouble; he gets out of it with his own tailor made double play.

Musial accepts Luque's first offering graciously an deposits it over the RC fence 450' feet away. Consecutive Xerox copy doubles by Ripken and Earl Smith precede an RBI single by Brett, Granolas 3-1.

Three consecutive singles retrieve a run for the Barristers, 2-3. One out later Judy Johnson ties it. Aaron goes yard (4) with a ball that leaves in a hurry, 6-3 Barristers. Mize follows with shot to a deep part of the park as an audible groan erupts from the Griffith park faithful. Parker gets one back in the bottom of the third over the high wall in right.

Rixey doesn't make it far into the fourth as Rickie Henderson barely misses a HR when the ball bounces some 15 feet up the wall. It's an important couple of feet as Dave Parker nails Rickie at the plate.

Luque greets leadoff hitter George Brett with a curve on the shoulder. George trots to first. Two bunts and Luque's again in trouble. He manages to get a pop up and a DP to get out of it.

Rijo goes 1-2-3 in the 5th, the first such inning for either hurler, and the Granolas are creeping back in it with Musial's second HR of the day to right field.

A couple of singles and Henderson's slow roller load the bases for Walla Walla in the 6th. Vaughan's apparent double is ruled foul, but he manages a sac fly and Hornsby an RBI single, 9-5.

A spark in the ninth as a walk and a pair of singles, aided by Rickie Henderson's wild throw to the plate, bring Dave Parker and pinch runner Devon White around to score and chase starter Dolf Luque, 9-7 with one out. Eckersley gets Ripken to line hard to third, but Eddie Collins, put in last inning as a pinch runner, pulls one to right. In his haste to keep Musial from scoring Hank Aaron bare hands the ball. It does stop Stan, who retreats from half way down the third base line, but trainers decide to pull Hank as his hand is swelling before their eyes. Brett gets the Baltimore chop to short to plate a run as Vaughan can do nothing but hold the ball, 9-8. McGraw comes in to stop Sherry Magee for his 5th save.

Barristers: Henderson 3-5. Dolf Luque improves to 4-1 despite his ballooning ERA (5.35).

Granolas: Musial 3-5, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs, 3 RS. Rijo 6 innings of strong relief.

HR: Aaron (4), Mize (7), Musial 2 (6,7), Parker (6)

7/9/94 Barristers 4 @ Granolas 14

Sandy Koufax comes out of pen to start for injured Mike Scott and gives the Granolas 8 decent innings, resting his tired compadres for tomorrow's finale. It was the Granola bats, which produced 12 runs by the 5th that enabled manager Charlie Grimm to relax his ever-present grimace.

Koufax's overthrow to second helps set up 2-out bases loaded situation for Aaron's replacement Pete Rose, who lines a single to center. Parker nabs Hornsby as he tries to score from second, 1-0 Barristers.

Chance sneaks into 3rd on Lajoie's single to left, laughing at Henderson all the way. Parker brings him home to even the score. Hubbell is kind enough to load the bases for the resurgent Stan Musial to clear. That's 7 RBI this game and last for the Stan-ster.

After the Granolas continue to waste runners, little Ray Schalk stands up with long HR to pull the attachˇ carriers to within one, 4-5. Chance capitalizes on Magee's triple to push the lead back to two.

The Horny Toad can't be stopped, 2 doubles, a single and a stolen base (.357) . But he is kept from scoring this time. Brett hits 2-out 3 run shot to keep the nutty crunchies happy, 9-4. The hits keep a coming and John Smoltz gets a going as the Granolas strike for 6 runs in the 5th, 12-4.

Granolas: Quiz pitches well in ninth, but does not get LH batter out. Top of the order goes 11-17, including Parker's 4 hits and 4 RBIs. Magee, Chance, Lajoie, Parker all over .350.

Barristers: Smoltz gives up 6 runs in 1 and 2/3. Nichols shuts them down temporarily.

HR: Schalk (1), Brett (4)

7/10/94 Barristers 1 @ Granolas 6

Hippo Vaughn overthrows first and second in search of picking off Rickie, but he is saved when Henderson tries to take home on the second overthrow and is nabbed by Parker. There definitely is an epidemic of this thing.

Musial gets first Bellingham hit in the 5th. Two batters latter Cal Ripken hits his second HR of the year, a fastball stroked to LC.

Judy Johnson squeezes home Rickie to put the Barristers on the board with the help of a Hornsby double.

Vaughn skirts trouble with controversial call of Henderson at third (the guy is just all over the place).

A leadoff double by Magee puts Bellingham in a good position. Chance bunt singles him to third. Parker hits a textbook double play ball, but Arky throws home, and wildly, of course. One in, two on, 3-1. Eckersley's one batter, Stan "RBI" Musial, doubles in two runs. That's 9 in the series for him.

Hippo uses 91 pitches to secure 8 hit win. 3 of those hits go to Rickie Henderson, who wasted 2 with CS (19/27 on the year). Go Earl Smith!!!!!! Vaughn improves to 3-1 with a 2.21 ERA in 40 IP.

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Allouets @ Frangos

7/8/94 Allouets 5 @ Frangos 2

Raines gets on early, looking to challenge Gabby Hartnett, who is starring in a new sitcom, "My So-called Arm". Manush back to RBI form, this time with a bunt single in the first.

Gwynn stumbles rounding 3rd base and is thrown out by Stearnes in the Allouets second. In a surprising move, Hodges homers (He later scarified in a run). This is the man that relies on the other 2 first basemen in the organization being Keith Hernandez and Ferris Fain for his job. The Allouets use a little hit-and-run as Appling places the ball perfectly where the second basemen would have been, 3-2 Allouets.

Allouets: Traynor goes 3-4, team spreads out 13 hits. Hernandez and Dibble solid once again. Guidry 5-1, 3.62.

Frangos: Fonseca 3-4. Pierce pitches OK, Myers/Sutter give up a run.

7/9/94 Allouets 6 @ Frangos 3

Dizzy Dean is surprise starter for Frangos. He takes over Herb Score's spot. Herb's ERA has been over 6.00 all season. Joe Jackson leads off with a double, steals third, and scores on a slow grounder to second, 1-0 Allouets.

Gooden hits Bagwell in the bottom of the first. He gets into trouble in the second on a couple of singles, a walk, then a finely placed hit by the Automaton, Paul Waner. Doc manages to induce Joe Cronin into a double play to end the inning. By the way, Joe is finally getting a legitimate shot, and he is making the most of it with his .320 BA. Cronin's done all he can, hitting .270 in 1990, then topping that with a .330 mark in '91. That wasn't enough for the Destroyers, though, who brought in All Star Willie Wells to run the show at short. Joe spent most of '92 on the bench, hitting well in the minors when he got the chance. '93 came and went without giving Joe even a friendly hello, despite his hitting .361 in the minors when he got the time. His trade to the Frangos (for cash; speaking of cash deals, the Frangos let go Lew "I'm hitting .350" Fonseca for a few hundred G's).

Daffy catches Manush dozing off first. Error by Allouets' Luke Appling loads bases with Frangos in the second, but Gooden forces 2 pop outs on high fastballs to end the threat.

Daffy responds by loading the bases in the 4th. Luke's suicide squeeze doesn't work -- twice, but his GODP scores a run, 2-1 Allouets. Cronin's throwing error on routine grounder makes it 3-1.

McGee burns Jimmy Wilson on SB. The extra base enables him to score on the Automaton's hit, 2-3. Bagwell ties the game with RBI single, after forcing Gooden to 3-1 in the count and getting a big fat fastball.

Raines squeezes in Jackson, who had tripled; Raines of course beats it out for a single. The Allouets tack on additional runs after their fashion, 6-3.

Gooden is sailing in the ninth when Speedy "the hook" Gonzalez brings in Willie Hernandez who displays fine form to close it out.

Allouets: Gooden surprisingly solid in the win against a strong lineup, gives up 12 hits but only 3 runs for his first win in 8 starts. Joe Jackson doubles and triples, steals third (17). Raines steals his 25th base.

Frangos: Paul Waner 3-5, 2 RBI, bottom 3 all steal (Garms, Hartnett, McGee (17)). McMahon solid in relief.

7/10/94 Allouets 6 @ Frangos 7

Both teams sport six .300 hitters in their lineups. It's been a series of hits, but not necessarily of runs. Bobby Murcer gets the start at first over Gil Hodges, who despite his prodigious home run, has slipped below .200, and that is simply not tolerable.

Leon Day (A), who has not done as well as last year, squares off against Don Sutton, who has one quality start to his credit.

Power man Manush has resorted to bunting his way on. Murcer manages a sacrifice grounder in his return to the lineup, and Frankie Frisch delivers a key 2-out hit to make it 2-1 Frangos (Bagwell sac fly for Seattle).

Middle of Frango lineup threatens with consecutive singles in 5th to score one, 4-2. Then McCovey goes deep for his 12th to take the lead 5-4. The Hook leaves Day in all evening long.

Vancouver doesn't wait long to manhandle Sutton for the tie, and Manush's suicide squeeze gives them the lead 6-5.

Well, he takes out Day, puts in Tanana, who is effective, so he is gone with one out in the eight for the dominant Dibble, who surrenders 2 hits to the #8 and #9 batters. On comes Willie "The Eraser" Hernandez to give up game tying single to the Automaton and a sac fly to Cronin, 7-6 Seattle in the 8th.

Her Score can't close it out after getting 2 out in the ninth (he had been going well for a couple of innings), allowing a pair of single baggers. Randy Myers used his wit and craft to beguile PH Kal Daniels to end the game.

Seattle's McCovey slugs only HR of the series; it also gives him as many RBIs as hits (28), the dubious Buhner/Kingman distinction. Dibble picks up first loss of the season in a pitiful outing. His ERA has soared to 5.50.

Allouets waste 13 hits and 4 stolen bases. Turkey Stearnes 3-5. Herb Score, just replaced in the starting lineup (see yesterday), goes 3 2/3 of scoreless ball for the win.

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Islanders @ Egrets

7/8/94 Islanders 7 Egrets 4

John Stone & Red Rolfe back, but Stone doesn't get to play, and Rolfe Ks in 1st AB. Piazza does nail a cheapy into left (7), though, and Gehrig's doubles to deep center sets him up to score on Mitchell's single. Pizza Mike continues to look good for rookie of the year.

After a flurry of singles ties the game at two, Big Mike takes a John Tudor pitch to the deeeep part of the park (8). Things are relatively quite until the 8th, when Kevin Mitchell connects for his 12th dinger of the year, putting the Islanders ahead 6-4.

With Ozzie on in the ninth, Sparky Lyle throws a scroogie in the dirt. Campy skids on the track and crashes hard into the wall, crumpling into the ground. Ozzie scores as horrified teammates move to help the beloved Campanella.

Egrets: Madlock 3-4 from #8 spot.

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Walter Johnson's first pitch to Mike Piazza is a 91-mph fastball that hits him square in the meat of his thigh. He also throws over to first more often than one would with a man of Ted Williams-esque speed. Hits by Gehrig, Mitchell and newly inserted John Kruk (hitting .290) make Johnson pay, 3-0.

Egrets singles rally in the 3rd, not helped at all by replacement Terry Kennedy, evens the score at 3.

Walter Johnson hits Piazza on the first pitch again -- Piazza is not hurt -- but umpire Terry Steinmetz throws Walter out of the game. Johnson is placid as walks off the field, but man

Once again, angered teammates make the Egrets pay: after a Gehrig walk, Kevin Mitchell hits a grand slam, his second homer in two games and thirteenth on the season. The golf shot easily clears the mesh fence in left. He trots slowly and glares at the Ocean City bench all the way. Steinmetz warns both benches.

Egrets get two back on Bonds' blast. The Islanders continue as if bent on burying the Egrets, and Kevin Mitchell is on a personal mission. His RBI singles in the 4th and 6th give him 8 for the game. He comes up with the bases empty in the eighth and singles again.

Islanders: Mitchell 5-5, 9 TB, 8 RBIs and a pair of runs scored. That gives him 34 RBI on the year, jumping him from 12th to 4th in the league behind Dave Parker (37, G), Mantle (D, 35) and Hornsby (B, 35). The HR puts him one ahead of McCovey for the lead. Joe Torre 3-5 and Ozzie Smith 3-5.

Egrets: Bonds 3 hits, Jack Morris 3 ER (5 total) in 3 innings, Walter the same in 2 innings.

Mitchell ties the mark set just last week by Heinie Manush. Manush has since slowed his pace. Mitchell is now on pace to match last year's numbers, 22 and 56.

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In the 5th Hack Wilson hits one hard enough to be a ground rule double in right center. He and Madlock come around on Bonds' subsequent single, 3-3. Terry Kennedy takes 3 games to get his first hit, so he's aboard for Travis Jackson's very long home run (5) to RC. This gives him 22 RBI for the year, quite a few for a leadoff guy. He's also got 21 RS.

1st and 3rd one out for San Juan in the 8th when Ozzie hits slow roller to third basemen Bill Madlock. Joe Torre is frozen in indecision along the third base line; Madlock seizes the opportunity to get the lead runner. A subsequent shows that the play saved a run.

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Destroyers @ Jets

7/8/94 Destroyers 1 Jets 6

Molitor leads off the game with walk, SB, passed ball and scores on sac fly.

The invincible Dutch Leonard touched early, 4 hits and 4 runs before an out, include a triple by Honus and a 3 run shot by George Foster. And there are no cheapies in Jets' stadium. That was Honus' first triple in 4 weeks, giving him half his record breaking total of 12 last year. Foster takes Dutch deep again in the 3rd, 5-1.

Destroyers: Dutch Leonard goes 6 innings, gives 5 runs on 9 hits, no walks. He goes from a 1.10 ERA to 1.92. He doubles the number of home runs allowed (to 4, he had none thru his first 25 IP). The 4 ER he gave up in the first inning were almost as many as he had given up in his first 9 games (6).

Jets: Ed Reulbach throws 4 hit complete game (all singles, 5 walks). He's down to 54 hits in 56 IP. Foster 3-4 with 10 TBs, including 2 HRs (9, 10) and 4 RBIs, giving him a healthy 27.

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It takes Wells 2 pitches to get back in the groove, belting his 8th HR (and 32nd RBI), a line drive from a swing that could be used as a training film.

A singles rally started by the bottom of the order and capped by Gary "I'm still hot" Carter's 2 run double pushes the Jets on top in the second, 4-1. Duke Snider ties it in the 6th with his 5th of the year.

Schoendienst grounds into DP with 2 on in the 7th.

A Foster single (his 3rd hit) and a walk chase Ed Walsh in his return debut. Cuellar gets Elliot to keep the score at 4. Killebrew goes deep (7) to chase Melton and give the Bremerton nine the lead. Cuellar doesn't last thru the 8th as the Jets rally to put the first two runners on. Guerrero's and Wagner's flies are not deep enough to score Chet Lemon.

Jets: Carter, Dihigo 3 hits, George Foster 4.

Destroyers: Bullpen solid.

7/10/94 Destroyers 7 Jets 3

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