Week 9 Highlights

9/17

11 k - N.Ryan (CAL) vs BAL

SO - M.Lolich (DET) 6 hitter vs OAK

15 PO - G.Scott (MIL) vs CHW

 

9/18

5 hits - B.Bell (CLE) vs TEX

2 HR - D.Lopes (LAD) vs NYM - 4 RBI

3 SB - R.LeFlore (DET) vs OAK - 3 for 3

10 k - S.Renko (MON) vs HOU

10 k - G.Perry (CLE) vs TEX

SO - J.Kaat (CHW) vs MIL 8 hitter

DP - Chaney/Aaron (ATL) vs CHW

 

9/19

5 hits - C.Lemon (CHW) vs MIL 5-5, 5 R, 5 RBI, 2HR, SB

6 RBI - A.Kaline (DET) vs OAK

GRP - W.Davis (LAD) vs NYM (5-3 LA Win)

Standings after Week # 9

Pale Hose sweep Brew Crew to move back to .500

game 1- 4-2.. 

wsox Terry Forster pitches 2 inning scoreless relief for save and Gossage gets the win. Replacement Alan Bannister gets 2 hits and game winning rbi. Slumping Boomer Scott gets 4 hits in losing cause to raise avg to .159 for Brewers

game 2- 8-0.. 

Jim Kaat finally pitches well with a shut out and Sox score 8. Alan Bannister again has big game with 3 hits and 3 runs scored as Sox just had timely singles in this game. Travers the loss.

game3- 15-6...

Sox pull out the big bats. Chet Lemon finally hits 1st homer of year and has 5 hits, 5 runs scored and 5 rbi! Carlos May 4 hits 5 runs scored! Bottom 5 hitters in sox lineup had all the rbi's in this one

--submitted by Joseph Allen--

Oh Mickey, You're so Fine...

September 17 at Detroit.  Mickey Lolich threw a 6 hit shutout to earn his 6th win of the season and lower his era to 1.71.  Rusty Staub drove in his 21st run.  Tigers 3  As 0

September 18 at Detroit.  Ken Holtzman gave up one run, moving his record to 3 and 4.  Reggie Jackson (2), Dave Duncan (3) and Gene Tenace (3) all homered in the 6 run 4th inning.  As 6  Tigers 1

September 19 ar Oakland.  Mark Fidrych evened his record at 2-2 while the Tigers pounded the As 10-2.  Al Kaline drove 6 of those runs including two with his 4th homer of the season.

--submitted by Tom "Crash" Davis--

Have Mercer

The Yanks win both games at home but drop a 1-0 thriller in Minnesota.  Bobby Murcer and Mickey Rivers both went 3 for 5 with 3 RBI's in the opener at the Stadium.  Murcer repeated the feat in game 2 off of a lefty, Jim Kaat.  Rod Carew and Lyman Bostock each had 3 hits as well in a losing effort.  Fritz Peterson went the distance in the finale, but gave up 1 run on a two out Rod Carew single, which cost him the game.  4 Twin pitchers combined to shutout the mighty Yankees who are dominating the AL East.

Halo-again

Timely hitting and pitching all ow the Halos to earn another sweep.  They've won 9 of their last 10.  

Check out the 9th inning of game 1.  Angels were down 3-1 with 2 outs and a runner on 2nd.  Palmer was cruising. 3 batters later it was 5-3 Halos thanks to Ken McMullen's 1st HR of the season.

--submitted by Douglas Zaner--

Reds Roll over Cards

The powerhouse Cincinnati Reds completed a three game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals on a Cesar Geronimo walk off home run to cap a comeback 8-7 win in game 3. The Reds took significant early leads in games one and three, only to see the Cardinals make a game of it each time before falling short. The Cardinals actually overcame a 6-0 deficit in game three and lead 7-6, but the lack of a strong bullpen gave up the lead as Joe Morgan homered to tie it in the 8th and Geronimo homered off Bob Forsch in the 9th to win it as mentioned above.

The Cardinals tried a different strategy in game two, taking a lead. But that did not work either as the Reds stormed back to win that one as well. The biggest difference in the series was probably control. Cardinal pitchers walked 17 Reds in the three games, while the Reds hurlers gave only 6 free passes. Giving away 11 extra base runners is not a recipe for success.

--submitted by Bikemike--