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.
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.
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.
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. 
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", 
fans were treated to a good old fashioned pitcher's duel. Boston's 
Game 1: Bsoton 1 at Seattle 6
and another in the eighth they tied it up and forced extra innings. Then Seattle pitching held up, with five different relievers, while
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