Boston strangles Pale Hose

GAME 1 (Comiskey Park) CHW 2, BOS 1:

Ellis Kinder finally pitched like an ace for Boston, but Richard Dotson outsuited him in this rare classic pitcher's duel. Kinder went the distance (8 IP) and gave up 2 run, but Dotson was 1 run better. Salome Barojas came on to get the final out and notch his 5th save of the season. Both of Chicago's runs came off the bat of Greg Luzinski who hit a 2 run shot in the bottom of the 4th for his 9th of the year. Boston threatened with 1 out in the 9th when Birdie Tebbetts single. That threat was ended when he got caught stealing 1 batter later as Carlton Fisk made a perfect throw to second to nail his opposing number.

GAME 2 (Comiskey Park) BOS 17, CHW 2:

The Bosox scored early and often in this contest that more resembled a

professional football game than Major League Baseball. Lost in the shuffle was the

fact that Joe Dobson (5-2) gave up just 1 run in 8 innings of work. Once Dobson lost his shutout Denny Galehouse was brought on to finish it out. Every Red Sox stater had a hit. O'Brien, Pesky and Stevens each had 3. Billy Goodman knocked in 4 runs as did Birdie Tebbetts. Chisox starter, Floyd Bannister, gave up 7 runs on 10 hits in less than 3 innings of work. Chicago's bullpen did not fare any better.

GAME 3 (Fenway Park) BOS 12, CHW 3:

The rubber match of this 3 game set easily bounced Boston's way. Mel Parnell starred for the Bosox by going 8 innings and allowing only 1 run plus he went 2 for 4 and knocked in a run. For the second consecutive game the Red Sox bats really came alive and their opponents could not get out of the way of the steamroller. Agan all the starters had at least 1 hit. Britt Burns (1-4) gave up 5 runs (4 earned) in 6 innings of work. The 7 run 8th inning put the game away completely. Interestingly Boston did not have a homer in this contest. Chicago manager, Dan Holm, was quoted as saying, "Boston scored over 1,000 runs that year...there is no way my staff can stop them and my lineup can't outscore them." Bobby Doerr had 3 RBI's and Billy Hitchcock went 3 for 4 batting in the 2 hole as the righty half of the 1st base platoon.

Philly vs Brooklyn

The 1951 Dodgers look to take advantage of the hapless 1977 Phillies, as they try to regroup after the loss of their manager. However, things are never as they seem.

Game 1:
The Dodgers wasted little time in trying to intimidate the Phillies. They sent Preacher Roe to the mound to square off against Jim Kaat, but the game was slow going. The Dodgers carried a 3-0 lead into the top half of the 8th inning, as they managed those 3 runs off some timely hits that included a Triple by Jackie Robinson. In the 8th inning, the Dodgers scored another 7 runs that began with a homer by Gil Hodges and was capped off by a Duke Snider Grand Slam. With a 10-0 lead heading into the bottom half of the 8th inning, the Dodgers eased up a bit and the Phillies scored 2 quick runs to end the game. Dodgers pounded the Phillies 10-2.

Game 2:
For Game 2, the Dodgers once again called on Ralph Branca to face Randy Lerch. This game also began slowly, as both teams were held scoreless thru 4 innings. The Dodgers managed a run in the 5th inning, but the Phillies scored 3 runs of their own in the bottom half of the 6th inning that was highlighted by a monster bomb from Mike Schmidt - his 7th on the year. That would be all the Phillies could score, but it appeared to be enough. The Dodgers did not have any answers for Lerch, as he pitched a great game, even though they made it interesting by scoring another run in the 9th inning on a pinch-hit Double by Rocky Bridges to make the score 3-2. The game ended with Bridges stranded on 2nd base. Lerch had earned a complete game and the 3-2 Philly victory. A good game.

Game 3:
The Phillies were happy to steal that last game and had Steve Carlton ready to go for Game 3. The Dodgers still felt pretty good after losing a close one and sent Carl Erskine to the mound. The Dodgers were getting prepared for a tough battle against Carlton, but no one could have predicted this game. The Phillies made short work out of the Dodgers, as Carlton pitched a 4-hit shutout. On the other hand, Erskine was lit up like a X-mas tree. The Phillies scored in the 2nd inning off a Richie Hebner homer, and they scored again in the 4th inning. With the score just 2-0, the Phillies broke it open in the 5th inning by scoring another 4 runs by way of a Jay Johnstone Grand Slam. Johnstone would go on to hit another homer in the 7th inning to bring the score to 7-0. The Phillies scored another run in the 8th inning and another 5 runs in the 9th inning by way of a 3-run blast from Mike Schmidt - now his 8th of the year. The game ended 13-0, as Carlton blanked the Dodgers with a complete game. Even with new management, the Phillies are looking pretty good.

--submitted by Georges Bseraini--

Mont vs Brooklyn

The 1979 Montreal Expos square off against the 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers, in what seems to be a match up between two of the NL power teams.

Game 1 :
The Expos put Ross Grimsley on the mound to face Carl Erskine. Both pitchers started strong, with Grimsley pitching a no-hitter thru 3 innings and Erskine giving up just 2 hits. In the 4th inning, both teams scored, with Montreal scoring on a Single by Jim Mason and the Dodgers scoring on a Double by Gil Hodges. The score held there at 1-1, until the 6th inning, where Montreal scored again on a Single by Tony Perez. But, the Dodgers scored 4 runs in a 6th inning that was capped by a 3-run blast from Andy Pafko. Grimsley lasted until the 8th inning - but surrendered another homer to Hodges - giving the Dodgers a 6-2 lead heading into the 9th inning. Erskine gave up a 2-run shot to Warren Cromartie in the 9th inning, but the Dodgers felt confident and left him in for the complete game - and a 6-4 win.

Game 2:
The Dodgers began right where they left off in Game 1, as they jumped all over Steve Rogers by scoring 2 runs in the 1st inning, 3 runs in the 3rd inning, and another run in both the 5th and 6th inning. This was accomplished by way of the long-ball and some timely hits, as Roy Campanella jacked 2 homers and Jackie Robinson jacked one, in those 5 innings. The Expos did put up a fight in the bottom of the 5th inning, as they scored 4 runs off Preacher Roe on a couple of jacks themselves from Ellis Valentine and Warren Cromartie. The score was 7-4 after 5 innings of play, but the Dodgers did not slow down. They scored 3 more runs off Rogers in the 7th inning, when Campanella hit his 3rd homer of the game, making the score 10-4 Dodgers. Even though the Expos managed another 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning, it was not enough to overcome the barrage. The Dodgers won 11-6, as Rogers gave up all 11 earned runs and dropped his record to 1-3 while improving Roe's record to 3-1. Roy Campanella got MVP honors by smacking 3 homers in the game.

Game 3:
Looking for the sweep, the Dodgers sent Ralph Branca to the mound to face David Palmer. Montreal managed to score first in the bottom half of the 1st inning on an error, but the Dodgers came back to get 3 runs in the top half of the 2nd inning with another homer by Roy Campanella - his 6th of the year - and one by Andy Pafko, as the Dodgers jumped to a 3-1 lead. Things cooled off for both teams - until the bottom half of the 6th inning, as the Expos scraped another run off Branca by way of a Gary Carter blast - closing the Dodger lead to 3-2. The Expos went on to tie the game in the bottom half of the 7th inning, when they scored again off Branca that started with a pinch-hit Double from Tony Solaita. It appeared that the Expos took back some momentum in this game, but the Dodgers quickly ended any hopes of a victory by shutting down the Expos in the 8th and 9th inning, while scoring another run of their own in the top half of the 8th inning by way of some solid hits - and another 3 runs in the 9th inning by way of a 3-run monster from Jackie Robinson. Branca pitched well for 8 innings to earn his 2nd victory on the season and drop his ERA to 2.90 - and the Dodgers accomplished their sweep of the Expos.
--submitted by Georges Bseraini--

Better dead than Red...

GAME 1 (Crosley Field) CIN 13, MON 2:

The downtrodden Reds scored early and often. At first manager Keller was content to play small ball and scratch for runs, but then the floodgates opened and there were no worries. Montreal's so called ace, Steve Rogers, gave up 10 runs (6 earned) in 2 2/3 innings of work. Ross Grimsley did a nice job of allowing only 2 earned runs over the next 5+, but by then the outcome was totally locked. Joey Jay went 5 for the Redlegs to notch the win. Jay has 3 of the Reds' 9 victories. Frank Robinson hit two homers and knocked in 5. Jay himself hit a solo shot. Injury note: Johnny Klippstein left with shoulder tightness after 1 batter.

GAME 2 (Crosley Field) MON 6, CIN 5:

Up by a score of 6-1 the Expos went into cruise control and almost paid dearly. Dan Schatzeder

was cruising until the Reds attacked him in the 6th for 3 runs. He did earn the win to go 4-0, and threw one of those "quality starts" that drive managers crazy.

Montreal jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first Rodney Scott dragged a bunt and wound up on second as Red catcher Johnny "Doc" Edwards threw it away. Gary "Camera" Carter doubled him home and Andre Dawson singled home Carter. Both teams exchanged runs in the 4th. Tony Perez hit the first of his 2 homers on the day to lead the inning off. Cincy scratched out a run via small ball to negate Perez' homer. Montreal looked to break it open in the 6th as they scored 3 off of Red starter Bob Purkery (0-7). Dawson, who had 3 hits on the day led off with a single. Perez then hit a 2 run shot. Valentine and Speier both singled off Purkey and moved up a base as Schatzeder successfully bunted them over. Cromartie singled them both home and when Scott and Parrish walked to load the bases it looked like the final dagger was going to be inserted. The Kid, Gary Carter couldn't deliver the knock out blow as Purkey managed to fan him on 4 pitches to end the inning. Cincy struck back in the bottom of the inning by scoring 2 of their own. Wally Post tripled with 1 out and Vada Pinson doubled him in. Coleman walked and pinch hitter Foiles singled home Pinson. Stan Bahnsen was called on to put out the fire and save Schatzeder's bacon by getting both Zimmer and Purkey to pop out. Cincy would then manage to chip away with 1 in the 7th via Frank Robinson's 8th homer of the year. Montreal entered the 9th with a tenuous 2 run lead. Woodie Fryman, who relieved Bahnsen gave up a lead off single to Blasingame and was promptly removed for closer Elias Sosa. Sosa, who has been shaky at best this season, got Eddie Kasco to pop out to Perez at first. Robinson followed with a single to put runners at 1st and 2nd with 1 out. Wally Post fanned for the second out and all looked good for the Expo righhander until Pinson single in a run and now the pressure was really on. Gordy Coleman crushed a 2-1 offering to deep center that Dawson barely tracked down to end the game as Montreal was happy to escape with 6-5 win.

GAME 3 (Olympic Stadium) MON 8, CIN 7:

This contest firmly illustrated how bad teams like the Red flat out find ways to lose and why managers go gray and/or get heart conditions. The Reds jumped out to a 3 run lead in the first as they chased Expo starter Scott Sanderson from the mound. Sanderson got 1 out, but gave up 5 runs and had 3 earned runs charged to his name. Rudy May came on board to limit the damage in the first, but couldn't not prevent the Reds from scoring 3 more runs over the next 5 2/3 innings. Morris "Moe" Drabowsky wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire with his pitching skills as he found a way to allow the Expost to stay close. Montreal scored 2 in the third to cut it to 3-2. Drabowsky was gone after 5 innings of 5 run ball and the knowledge that he was not able to capitalize on great run support. Still he was leading. Red manager BIll Keller put his faith on reliever John Tsitouris, who for the most part held the Expos big bats in check. After scoring a solo run in the 9th Cincy carried a 1 run lead into the bottom of the frame. Andrew Dawson led off with a bunt single only to be forced at second by Tony Perez. By this time Tsitouris gave way to ace reliever Jim Brosnan, who served up a walk off gopher ball to Ellis Valentine. Montreal stole games 2 and 3 from a down and defeated Red team that couldn't close the door. Sosa got the win, but his 1 run in 1 inning performance certainly didn't leave the hometown fans with any semblance of confidence that he can be trusted down the stretch. Frank Robinson hit a 3 run homer for his 4th of the series to up his yearly total to 9. Robinson (.328) has been the lone bright spot in this disappointing campaign for the Reds.

Motown races by Brew Crew !

Game 1 The Tigers jumped all over starter Moose Haas (0-3) for three runs in the first and two more in the second. Ron Kline (2-2) went 6 innings and got relief help from several including Terry Fox who earned his 2nd save. Cash hit his 5th homer Detroit 7 Milwaukee 4

Game 2 The Brewers opened the scoring wit 3 runs off Paul Foytack in the third. The Tigers clawed back with one run n the fourth and two in the sixth. The game remained tied until the bottom of the ninth when Bill Castro (0-1) took the loss after Bob Galasso walked pinch hiter Dick McAuliffe wit the bases loaded. Phil Regan got the win

(1-0). Detroit 4 Milwaukee 3

Game 3 Jim Bunning (3-3) went the distance as the Tiger hitters battered a succession of Brewer pitchers. Charley Maxwell (1), Rocky Colavito (4) and Bill Bruton (3) all homered for the Tigers. Charley Moore (2) took Bunning deep. Larry Sorenson (5-2) took the loss. Detroit 13 Milwaukee.

--submitted by Tom "Crash" Davis--

More Than a Feeling...Boston takes 2 of 3 from Halos

GAME 1 (Fenway Park) '49-BOS 2, '05-LAA 0:
Joe Dobson carried a no hitter into the 6th inning when Chone Figgins singled to center with one out. Figgins would not be able to score that inning, nor would any Angel score during this contest. Dobson exited the game with a 1 hit shutout going with 1 out in the 9th. A string of 3 Red Sox relievers managed to quell the Angel uprising in the 9th to preserve the shutout and clinch the victory. Frank Quinn fanned Juan Rivera for the final out. Boston took a quick 1-0 lead when the "Splendid Splinter" Ted Williams hit a solo shot off of Ervin Santana to open the 2nd. Dobson protected that 1 run lead until the Bosox added an insurance run in the bottom of the 8th when a string of Angel relievers decided to walk the world. Dobson moved his record to 4-2, while Santana fell to 0-1.

GAME 2 (Fenway Park) '04-LAA 4, '49-BOS 3:
Boston needed to tap spot starter Walt Masterson and hope for the best as the rest of the staff was pretty much worn out. Paul Byrd gave the Angels one of those dreaded "quality starts" (6 innings / 3 runs). Masterson posted a 7/4 performance, which turned out to be less quality than Byrd's. Boston started the scoring in the first with back to back lead off singles from Johnny Pesky and Billy Goodman. Dom DiMaggio's fielder's choice plated Pesky, but broke up the chance for the big inning. Al Zarilla's solo shot off of Byrd in the 2nd put Boston up two zip. Masterson was a victim of his control as the Angels scored their first run in the 3rd inning. Orlando Cabrera walked to lead off the frame and then proceeded to steal second and eventually scored on Figgins' sac fly to right. Bobby Doerr's lead off homer in the 4th moved Boston back up by 2, but that wasn't going to last. The Angels chipped away with a run in the 5th and took the lead for good with 2 in the 6th...all with 2 outs. Vlad Guerrero walked with 2 outs in a situation where Masterson was obviously pitching around him. BIG MISTAKE...Garrett Anderson doubled to put runners on 2nd and 3rd and Dallas McPherson singled them both home. Just like that Masterson's lead was gone and the momentum had turned. The Angel bullpen easily held the lead until the 9th when K-Rod came on board and treated the fans to his high wire act without a net. Rodriguez walked the dangerous Williams and Stephens. Boston had 2 on and nobody out and looked to be in a great position to at least tie the game. That was until Boston manager, Marc Weiss, made a very controversial decision. With future HOF'er Bobby Doerr up Weiss decided to play small ball and bunt the runner up. Angel manager Douglas Zaner had the correct answer as he pulled in the corners and when Darin Erstad pegged Williams at third he began to look like a genius. Boston still had 2 more shots to plate the tying run, but K-Rod was not going to give them additional opportunities. Pinch hitter Lou Stringer lined to Erstad at first and Birdie Tebbetts fanned to end it.

GAME 3 (Angel Stadium) '49-BOS 13, LAA 6:
Don't let the final score deceive you. This game was one of those see-saw battles that make managers go gray until Boston broke it open in the 8th. Neither team seemed to be able to put the other away. The biggest shock had to be all the runs being scored with each team's ace on the hill. Bartolo Colon was chased from the hill after yielding 7 runs in 5 shoddy innings of work. His Boston counterpart, Mel Parnell, gutted it out for a complete game, but his 6 runs allowed were sub par at best. Parnell was the beneficiary of an offense that has finally hit it's stride. Boston hit 4 homers in this contest. Angel manager Zaner commented, "Boston had 7 homers in this series, while the Angels might have 7 in 27 games". The Red Sox offense, which started off slow has now shifted into full gear. For most of the season the recipe for defeating the Sawx was to walk or pitch around Williams and dare Vern Stephens and Bobby Doerr to beat you. Up until 3 weeks ago that worked fine. In this game alone Stephens made the Angels pay for that very strategy with two huge round trippers. Doerr did as well. Boston moved to 15-12 and is now in the heart of the AL East race.

Beautiful-Lee Done !

GAME 3 (Turner Field) '79-MON 8, '98-ATL 2:
In what looks to be the making of a Cy Young season Bill "the spaceman" Lee survived not having his best stuff to notch his 6th win of the season against zero defeats.  By giving up 2 runs in 7 innings of work Lee saw his ERA "balloon" to 0.94 !  Stan Bahnsen came on to toss 2 scoreless innings in relief as the outcome really wasn't much in doubt.  Brave starter Dennis "El Presidente" Martinez was tossing shutout ball and had a 1 run lead going into the 4th when he allowed 3 runs in successive innings before heading to the showers.  By that point the Expos had a nice 6-1 lead.  Cromartie had his second consecutive 3 hit game against the Braves, this time from the lead off spot.  Every Expo starter except for 8th place hitter Chris Speier scored a run.  Speier more than made up for it by knocking in 3 runs with 2 outs.  Montreal clawed its way back into the pennant race and is now 1 game behind the first place Pirates with a huge 4 games set looming large for both teams on the horizon.

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Warren-t !

GAME 2 (Olympic Stadium) - '79-MON 7, '98-ATL 2:
Warren Cromartie keyed the Expos offense explosion by going 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored and an RBI.  In fact the Expos table setters were the key to this game.  Leadoff man Rodney Scott chipped in with 2 hits of his own and 2 runs scored to pace Expo starter David Palmer to his first victory (1-0) of the season.  Atlanta's Tommy Glavine must have thought it was game 162 in a pennant race as he was ineffective at best.  Glavine yielded 6 runs (5 earned) in 7 innings of work.  Chipper Jones' 2 run shot in the fourth cut Montreal's lead to 3-2, but that was the closest this contest would get.  Scott also had 2 stolen bases in the game to create havoc.

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What really Maddux to us ?

GAME 1 (Olympic Stadium) '98-ATL 2, '79-MON 0:

Simply put "the professor" Greg Maddux was brilliant. 135 pitches over 8 innings and only 2 hits yielded as the big boppers from North of the Border could never get on track. Scott Sanderson was the hard luck loser for the Expos as he went the distance and gave up only 1 earned run. John Rocker came on in the 9th to notch his 3rd save of the season. The game was scoreless until the top of the 4th when Andruw Jones doubled off the left center field wall. With two outs Expo shortstop Chris Speier booted a room service hop and compounded it by airmailing it into the front row to allow Jones to score. Atlanta added an insurance run in the 6th when, Maddux himself helped his own cause by singling Jones home with 2 outs. Warren Cromartie singled to open the 9th for the Expos, but Rocker struck out 2 of the next 3 hitters to put the game away.

Bosox sweep Athletics to rejoin AL East race

GAME 1 (Oakland Coliseum): BOS 8, OAK 4

The A's were riding the momentum of spot starter John "Blue Moon" Odom's dominance to a 4-1 lead. Odom, who didn't pitch much that year wound up running out of gas after 5 brilliant innings and the A's pen went into self destruct mode. First Sonny Siebert threw 3 nondescript innings by giving up 2 runs and narrowing the A's lead to 1. Then the unthinkable happened...the normally reliable Rollie Fingers melted down. Fingers started the 9th needing 3 outs to get the save. On a 3-2 fastball Fingers got lead off hitter Johnny Pesky to pop out to Bando at third. Hitchcock followed with a flare to right that Reggie could not get to. Dom DiMaggio lined one to the opposite field to put runners at the corners with only 1 out. This put Fingers in a terrible spot with Teddy "F'in" Ballgame coming to the plate. Fingers fell behind in the count and eventually put a fastball over the plate that Williams launched to Pleasanton. Just like that a 4-3 lead became a 6-4 deficit. But it didn't end here...Vern Stephens and Al Zarilla each followed Ted Williams cue by clouting solo shots to put the game out of reach. Chuck Stobbs, who perceived Boston's weak defense held tight until 1 out in the 9th when he was lifted in favor of Tex Hughson who closed out the game to move Boston back to .500 for the first time all season.

GAME 2 (Oakland Coliseum): BOS 13, OAK 4

Similar scenario to game 1...Boston took a quick 2-0 lead in the first off of A's starer Glenn

Abbott as Williams hit a 2 run shot with 2 outs after Dom DiMaggio doubled. Oakland struck back to score 3 runs over the next 2 innings to nurse a 3-2 lead into the top of the 7th when Boston tied it up when Billy Goodman singled home Birdie Tebbetts. Then Boston posted an 8 run 8th to blow the game wide open as they batted around. No big blows were hit that inning, just a lot of timely hits to chase Abbott and eventually seal the deal. DiMaggio was 5 for 6 and Williams was 3 for 5 plus he hit his 8th homer of the year. Mel Parnell overcame two errors to allow 2 earned runs in 8 innings of work to increase his record to 3-2. Everyone in Boston's lineup, including Parnell had a hit.

GAME 3 (Fenway Park): BOS 6, OAK 0

All the hype surrounding this game swirled around why both aces (Vida Blue for OAK and Ellis Kinder for Boston) were so terrible this season. Both had sub .500 records. Kinder had an ERA well over 8 as he entered the contest. Blue continued his woes with a pitiful 7 inning 5 run performance. Kinder, on the other hand rose from the abyss to toss a 5 hitter and fan 12 Athletic hitters. Kinder fanned 6 of the first 8 batters he faced, which included Campy Campaneris and Billy North 3 times. Oddly, slugger, Reggie Jackson did not fan once. Boston broke the ice when shortstop Vern Stephens his a 2 runs shot in the 2nd after Blue pitched around Williams and issued a free pass. Mel Parnell, who pitched the night before made an appearance as Boston's DH in this contest and went 2 for 4, which included 2 RBI's in the 4th. Boston tacked on 2 insurance runs in the 8th when Matt Batts doubled home Bobby Doerr who walked and Pesky singled him home two batters later. The sweep virtually ended Oakland's season and catapulted Boston back into contention.

77 Phil vs. 77 Pit

Sept 6 - Pirates 2, Phillies 1

John Candelaria went 8 innings and made two 2nd inning runs stand up as he bested Steve Carlton 2-1. With one out and two on, Ted Sizemore's error in the 2nd extended the inning and allowed Pittsburgh to plate two runs. The first on a bases loaded walk to Frank Taveras; the 2nd on a ground out. Carlton walked 5 on the day, two in the 2nd inning. Philadelphia's lone run came on Ted Sizemore's solo HR in the 1st.

Sept 7 - Phillies 11, Pirates 6

The Phils pounded everyone - Jerry Reuss, Odell Jones, Kent Tekulve, and even

Rich Gossage - for an 11-6 win. Bob Boone and Garry Maddox each homered and drove in 3 runs. Mike Schmidt also homered for the Phillies. For Pittsburgh, Phil Garner, Dave Parker, and Bill Robinson combined for 9 hits, but the rest of the club accounted for just 4. Larry Christenson went the distance for Philadelphia, with no

walks helping to stay in the game.

Sept 8 - Pirates 9, Phillies 3

A five-run 5th broke open a tight pitching duel between Jim Lonborg and Jim Rooker, and the Bucs coasted to a 9-3 win. Rooker threw a complete game and helped his own cause with a pair of hits and and RBI. Battery-mate Ed Ott had 3 hits and 3 RBI. Lonborg suffered through a 15-hit, 9-run outing (in 7 innings).

Sept 9 - Pirates 4, Phillies 3

Ed Ott's 2-out, 2-run single in the 8th inning off Warren Brusstar vaulted the Buccos to a 4-3 win to take the series 3 games to 1. The Phillies took a 3-0 lead in the 4th when Bake McBride smacked a 3-run HR off Bruce Kison. Pittsburgh got a run in the bottom of the 4th on Rennie Stennett's single, but couldn't get any closer until the 8th. Ron Reed got the first out, then surrendered a double to Dave Parker. Bill Robinson's single put runners on the corners and chased Reed. Tommy Underwood walked Al Oliver to load the bases, bringing Brusstar in to face Rennie Stennett. Stennett flied to right, scoring a run to make it 3-2 Phils. Willie Stargell pinch hit and drew a walk to load the bases again for Ed Ott. Ott delivered the game winning hit, a 2-run single to put the Bucs up 4-3. Rich Gossage, who had also pitched the 8th, worked a scoreless 9th to preserve the win.

--submitted by Jesse Elicker--

79 Expos 08 Cubs Split series

Game 1 at Montreal: Expos 4 Cubs1 The Expos put Bill Lee 4-0 .54 ERA up against Carlos Zambrano 0-5 5.88 ERA in game one of the 4 game set. The game looked like it was going to be a pitchers duel but Zambrano developed a blister on his throwing hand in the 4th and had to be removed from the game after a Lance Parrish lead off homer. They put across 3 more in the 6th for a 4-0 lead. Chicago scored their only run on back to back doubles by Soto and Ramirez in the 7th. Larry Parrish was 3-4 scored 2 runs with a HR. Bill Lee had a base hit and RBI's to help his cause. Game 2 at Montreal: Cubs 5 Expos 0 Ryan Dempster No Hits Montreal in the second game of the series. Dempster walked 4 and struck out 8. He was perfect through 6 as the Cubs lead 3-0. They added 2 more in the 7th. Ryan worked his way out of a 7th inning jam. A lead off walk to Cromartie ended the perfect game. Dawson flied out to right. The next batter Scott reached on a fielders choice then stole 2nd and 3rd. Gary Carter and Lance Parrich walked to load the bases. Valentine flied out to left for the third out. The Expos went down in order in the 8th. Cromartie lead off the 9th and reached on an error by 1st baseman Derrick Lee, Scott walked to put runners at 1st and 2nd no outs. Dempster struck out Dawson for the second time on the day for the 1st out. Gary Carter followed with an easy Foul Out the the catcher. Dempster then got Lance Parrich to Ground Out 5-3 to end the game. Edmonds was 2-4 HR raised his avg to .318. Ramirez went 2-5 had 2 RBI's for Chicago. Game 3 at Chicago: Cubs 6 Expos 5 It looked like Montreal would have an easy day as they scored 4 runs in the 1st. Jim Edmonds spoiled the Expos fast start with a walk off Grand Slam off of Sosa 0-2 9.82 ERA. Lilly settled down and Rogers held the Cubs in check through the 7th. Chicago scored 1 in the 8th and Montreal added 1 in the 9th to take a 5-1 lead heading into the bottom of the 9th. The 9th started with a pair of walks to Theriot and Soriano Lee flied out to center to leave runners on 1st and 2nd and one out. Ramirez followed with a single to load the bases, DeRosa flied out to medium center scoring Theriot from third. Next batter up Soto singled the load the bases again. With 2 outs Montreal decided to stay with Soto in hopes of him preserving the win. Jim Edmonds stepped to the plate and with his signature sweeping swing sent the ball over the right field wall for the walk off GS. Tony Perez and Cromartie went 2-4 2 RBI's each for Montreal Game 4 at Chicago: Montreal 5 Chicago 2 In game 4 Rudy May 2-0 2.87 ERA went 7 solid innings with relief support from Bahnsen Fryman and Soto who picked up his 4th save. Jason Marquis went 8 and dropped to 0-1 with a 2.78 ERA. Montreal scored 2 in the 1st added 1 in the 6th and 2 more in the 9th. Chicago scored one in the 3rd and 4th. The Cubs could only manage 2 runs on 10 hits. Gary Carter hit his 5th HR a solo shot in the 6th and Parrish had 2 RBI's. --submitted by Mark Angle--

Bosox take 3 of 4 from Tigers to claw back to mediocrity

GAME 1: Boston 15, Detroit 2 (Tiger Stadium): The slumping Sox traveled to Detroit and finally came out of their hitting coma. Tiger starter Jim Bunning gave up 7 runs (6 earned) in just 3 innings of work. Boston continued hitting and posted 15 runs on 16 hits. Starter Chuck Stobbs tossed a complete game after losing his shutout bid in the 8th. The "Splendid Splinter", Ted Williams banged out 2 homers and had 6 RBI's on the day. Dom DiMaggio was 3 for 4 with 4 RBI's and a homer.

GAME 2: Detroit 12, Boston 13 (Tiger Stadium): Not to be ou

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Tigers returned the favor and blew out the Sawx and earned "rabbit ears" Don Mossi his first win of the season. Detroit was clinging to a 4-3 lead when the floodgates opened up in the 7th and 8th innings where they scored 5 and 3 runs respectively. Rocky Colavito broke out and hit hist first homer of the season to key the attack. Rocco had a 3 for 4 / 4 RBI day as Boston starter Ellis Kinder again self imploded and his era ballooned to 6.29. Norm Cash was 4-4 on the day. Interestingly every starter in Boston's lineup had at least one hit, but the Sox failed to control Detroit's potent offense.

GAME 3: Boston 3, Detroit 0 (Fenway Park): After 2 straight blowouts the

fans were treated to a good old fashioned pitcher's duel. Boston's Mel Parnell, fresh off his hard luck 15 inning loss, rebounded to shutout the Tigers and toss a 5 hitter in an economical 95 pitch outing. Detroit's Frank Larry scattered 11 hits and yielded only 3 runs, which on most days would be more than enough for victory. Backup catcher Matt Batts was Boston's hitting star as he went 2 for 3 with a 2 run homer over the Green Monstah in the bottom of the 8th to give the Sawx 2 valuable insurance runs.

GAME 4: Boston 7, Detroit 1 (Fenway Park): Boston capitalized on Detroit's poor fielding to win this one in blow out fashion. Foytack (DET starter) only yielded 3 earned runs. Chuck Dobson of Boston yielded only 1 and that was the difference. In the bottom of the 8th the Bosox plated 4 runs to remove all doubt. Johnny Pesky set the table well going 3 for 5 and scoring 2 runs. Al Kaline had 3 hits in a losing cause. The game did end in controversial fashion as Ike Brown led off the top of the 9th for Detroit with a double off the Monstah. The clouds then opened up and a rain delay ensued. After waiting 2 hours the umps called the game and awarded Boston with the win.

M's win epic Game 2, go 2-1 over Red Sox

Game 1: Bsoton 1 at Seattle 6

Freddy Garcia gets his first win in a duel with Dobson of the Red Sox that rocked Safeco. Bret Boone's fourth home run of the year was the decisive blow.

Game 2: Seattle 6 at Boston 2 (15 innings)

The Mariners were down 2-0 by the second inning. but with a run in the seventh and another in the eighth they tied it up and forced extra innings. Then Seattle pitching held up, with five different relievers, while Mel Parnell held on strong for 13 innings. Finally, in the 15th inning, the M's break through with four runs off Masterson. Jeff Nelson blanks the Sox in the 15th to preserve the win. The boxscore says it all:

Sep 3, 1949                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   10 11 12   13 14 15      R  H  E
2001 Seattle 7-9              0 0 0   0 0 0   1 1 0    0  0  0    0  0  4      6 16  0
1949 Boston 6-10              1 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0    0  0  0    0  0  0      2 10  2

01 Seattle     AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave    49 Boston      AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave
Suzuki RF       6  1  1  0  2  0  .333    Pesky 3B        6  0  0  0  1  1  .338
McLemore LF     8  0  0  1  0  0  .119    Goodman 1B      3  1  1  0  1  0  .419
Olerud 1B       6  0  2  0  2  0  .344     Hitchcock PR-1 1  0  1  0  1  0  .100
Boone 2B        6  0  4  2  2  1  .343    DiMaggio CF     7  0  1  0  0  0  .299
Cameron CF      7  1  1  0  1  3  .235    Williams,T LF   4  0  2  1  2  0  .311
Bell 3B         6  0  3  0  1  0  .355    Stephens SS     6  0  0  0  0  1  .188
Wilson,D C      6  1  1  1  0  0  .262    Doerr 2B        6  0  1  0  0  1  .292
Guillen SS      7  2  3  1  0  0  .333    Zarilla RF      6  0  1  0  0  1  .298
Sele P          2  0  0  0  0  0  .000    Tebbetts C      6  1  2  0  0  1  .289
 Martinez PH    0  0  0  0  1  0  .355    Parnell P       4  0  1  0  0  0  .185
 Paniagua P     0  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Masterson P    0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
 Buhner PH      1  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Combs PH       1  0  0  0  0  0  .000
 Charlton P     0  0  0  0  0  0  .000                   50  2 10  1  5  5
 Javier PH      1  0  0  0  0  0  .158
 Franklin P     0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
 Martin PH      1  0  0  0  0  1  .000
 Fuentes P      0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
 Sprague PH     1  1  1  1  0  0  .333
 Nelson P       0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
               58  6 16  6  9  5

01 Seattle                     IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA
Sele                          6.0  7  2  1  1  3  102   4.10
 Paniagua                     2.0  2  0  0  0  0   20   3.52
 Charlton                     2.0  0  0  0  0  0   17   5.87
 Franklin                     2.0  1  0  0  1  1   21   0.00
 Fuentes W(1-0)               2.0  0  0  0  2  1   35   0.00
 Nelson                       1.0  0  0  0  1  0   12   6.75
                             15.0 10  2  1  5  5  207

49 Boston                      IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA
Parnell                      13.0 12  2  2  7  4  151   2.95
 Masterson L(0-1)             2.0  4  4  4  2  1   44  18.00
                             15.0 16  6  6  9  5  195


SEA: Martinez hit for Sele in the 7th
     Buhner hit for Paniagua in the 9th
     Javier hit for Charlton in the 11th
     Martin hit for Franklin in the 13th
     Sprague hit for Fuentes in the 15th
BOS: Hitchcock ran for Goodman in the 8th
     Combs hit for Masterson in the 15th

  E-Pesky 2(3)
 2B-Sprague(2)
 HR-Guillen(2)
 CS-McLemore DiMaggio Hitchcock
 SH-Wilson,D Hitchcock Parnell
 WP-Parnell
 PB-Wilson,D
LOB-01 Seattle 15 49 Boston 9
 DP-49 Boston 3
GWRBI-Sprague


Game MVP:Bret Boone

Fenway Park, Time 4:29,  72ø,  20mph Left to Right

Sep 3, 1949            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   10 11 12   13 14 15      R  H  E
2001 Seattle           0 0 0   0 0 0   1 1 0    0  0  0    0  0  4      6 16  0
1949 Boston            1 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0    0  0  0    0  0  0      2 10  2

2001 01 Seattle        Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Suzuki RF          1>G63            G13            G43            S,12           G63
2 McLemore LF          G53          4>G53          6>G63            G46/fo,23,B1   F9
3 Olerud 1B            G43            S              G63            G13          10>P3
4 Boone 2B           2>S              S,12           S            8>K              W
5 Cameron CF           K              K              E5,12,B1       S              W,12
6 Bell 3B              W,12           P4             WP,23,12 F8    S,13           G543/dp
7 Wilson,D C           G643/dp      5>F8           7>F7             B53,12,3H    11>G43
8 Guillen SS         3>G43            S              HR             G43            F7
9 Sele P               F7             B14/fo,B1
   Martinez PH                                       W
   Paniagua P
   Buhner PH                                                      9>G53
   Charlton P
   Javier PH                                                                       G43
   Franklin P
   Martin PH
   Fuentes P
   Sprague PH
   Nelson P
                       Ab6            Ab7            Ab8
1 Suzuki RF          12>L3            IBB            IBB
2 McLemore LF          E5,B1          G13            G53,23,12,3H
3 Olerud 1B            CS2(26)S     14>W             IBB
4 Boone 2B             W,12           G543/dp        S,3H,23,12,2
5 Cameron CF           L7             F8             K
6 Bell 3B            13>S           15>S
7 Wilson,D C           S,12           G64/fo,B1
8 Guillen SS           G63,23,12      S,13
9 Sele P
   Martinez PH
   Paniagua P
   Buhner PH
   Charlton P
   Javier PH
   Franklin P
   Martin PH           K
   Fuentes P
   Sprague PH                         D,3H,13/13
   Nelson P

1949 49 Boston         Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Pesky 3B           1>K              PB,3H,12 G63   G43,23         G63            G43
2 Goodman 1B           W            3>G43            G63          8>S
   Hitchcock PR-1B                                                               11>S
3 DiMaggio CF          G63,12         G43          6>G43            CS2(24)S       F8
4 Williams,T LF        S,23,2H        F9             S              F9             W,12
5 Stephens SS          F8           4>F7             K              CS2(24) 9>G5   P5
6 Doerr 2B           2>L7             L6             S,13           F8             K
7 Zarilla RF           F9           S/84             K              L8           12>F9
8 Tebbetts C           S            5>S            7>G31          10>G53           P5
9 Parnell P            S,12,13        B54,12         P2             P4             L8
   Masterson P
   Combs PH
                       Ab6            Ab7
1 Pesky 3B           13>W             F7
2 Goodman 1B
   Hitchcock PR-1B     B34,12         W
3 DiMaggio CF          F7             G53
4 Williams,T LF        W
5 Stephens SS          F7
6 Doerr 2B           14>F8
7 Zarilla RF           F7
8 Tebbetts C           K
9 Parnell P
   Masterson P
   Combs PH          15>B53

01 Seattle       IN    OUT
Sele             AB1-1 AB3-7
Paniagua         AB3-8 AB4-4
Charlton         AB4-5 AB5-1
Franklin         AB5-2 AB5-9
Fuentes          AB6-1 AB6-8
Nelson           AB6-9 End

49 Boston        IN    OUT
Parnell          AB1-1 AB7-3
Masterson        AB7-4 End

GAME 3: Jamie Moyer lasts only two innings and gives up seven runs. Brett Tomko, his immediate replacement, faced only three men before getting hurt. After that the game was pretty much over, as the Mariners could not come back from sveen runs down and Ryan Franklin essentially took one for the team to save an exhausted Seattle bullpen.

Philly gets straight A's !

75 Oakland (manager Lee Crouch) and the 32 Philadelphia (manager Howard Fortel)

Game 1 Philadelphia 3 Oakland 1

Game 1 was a pitcher's duel with Philly's Lefty Grove getting the best of Oakland's Stan Bahnsen 3 to 1. Lefty struck out nine while limiting the Oakland A's to just 5 hits. The game winning RBI went to Ed Coleman.

Game 2 Philadelphia 4 Oakland 0

Philadelphia's Rube Walberg dominated Oakland in Game 2 allowing only 4 hits while striking out 5 in a complete game gem. Jimmie Foxx and Jimmie Dykes supplied all the offense needed. Foxx had 2 homers while Dykes hit a solo shot in the 7th as Philadelphia won 4 to 0.

Game 3 Philadelphia 7 Oakland 3

Game 3 shifted to Philadelphia where Oakland was hoping for better fortunes as they were throwing their big gun Vida Blue at Philadelphia. Things looked good for Oakland as they scored twice in the first inning. But Philadelphia struck back behind pitcher George Earnshaw who had an 8 hit 10 strike out complete game victory. Earnshaw also helped his own cause by batting in 2 runs. Jimmie Foxx was once again the offensive hero belting 2 more homeruns in the 7 to 3 Philadelphia victory.

TURNING POINT: The turning point in the series was Philadelphia's strong pitching which held Oakland to just 4 runs in the 3 game set.

SERIES MVP: Jimmie Foxx gets the series MVP award for hitting 4 homeruns and driving in 5 during the 3 game series.

--submitted by Lee Crouch--

M's sweept Tigers

61 Detroit (Tom Davis) vs. 2001 Seattle (Michael Hopcroft)

GM1: SEA 6 DET 5

The Mariners welcomed the Tigers to Safeco Field needing a rebound from getting swept last week. It was not promising when Jake Wood led off the game with a home run -- the first home run allowed in Safeco this season, and Dick McAuliffe hit an RBI double in the second off Paul Abbout. Bret Boone's RBI double in the fourth made it 2-1, but Jim Bunning looked strong. It was 3-1 Detroit in the seventh after an RBI groundout -- but then the bottom fell out on Bunning. Ichiro Suzuki drove home two with a double in the seventh, John Olerud his a two-run shot in the eighth, and Dan Wilson followed up with an RBI double. Kaz Sasaki went one-two-three in the ninth and recorded his first save as Seattle won a much-needed series opener.

GM2: SEA 6 DET 5

The Tigers again opened up the scoring, with Al Kaline scoring Bill Bruton on an RBI grounder. But the M's responded with three in the bottom of the first, capped by a two-run blast by Bret Boone. The Tigers regained the lead in the fifth on a Norm Cash three-run shot, The M's took the lead have with two in the seventh, only to have Dick Brown's leadoff home run in the ninth tie it. But Bret Boone came through again in the ninth with an RBI single to drive in mark McLemore and claim the 6-5 win.

GM3: SEA 19 DET 6

The series moved to Detroit for the final game and Detroit took an earl 4-0 lead thanks to an Al Kaline thee-run homerun int he second. But after that it was all Mariners, whose bats suddenly came alive and battered Tiger pitching. Before it was over Dan Wilson had two home runs, Bret Boone had a homer and three RBI, and even Carlos Guillen went deep. The M's had removed all doubt by the sixth inning, but sent twelve men to the plate in the ninth, plating seven. The final score was 19-6 Mariners, but the game was not even that close.

TURNING POINT: Bret Boone pulled out Game 2 with a walk-off single, emphasizing the clutch hitting of the M's in this series.

SERIES MVP: Bret Boone's seven RBI in the three games was an inspirational lead for the Mariners.

--submitted by Michael Hopcroft--