S-O-M 1961

Cincinnati 7, Atlanta 2 WP-Gullett LP-Gentry Hank Aaron career homer #676 Bench. Morgan homer for Reds. Houston 3, San Diego 2 WP-Forsch LP-Corkins SV-York Bob Watson go-ahead double in 7th San Francisco 2, Los Angeles 0 WP-Marichal LP-Downing Complete game 4-hitter for Marichal. Milo Hamilton: "Henry Aaron has always hit the Reds very well. Who knows, he might even break the Babe's record against the Reds, maybe right here."   

Minnesota 7, Texas 0 WP-Hands LP-Hand Hands CG 2-hitter Twins Record: 7-3, 1st in AL West.  Baltimore 6, Detroit 3 WP-Alexander LP-Lolich SV-Reynolds Grich, Robinson home runs Orioles Record: 10-2, 1st in AL East. Boston 7, Cleveland 1 WP-Pattin LP-Perry Pattin CG 4-hitter, Fisk home run. New York 4, Milwaukee 1 WP-Stottlemyre LP-Slaton Murcer, Nettles home runs. Kansas City 5, Chicago 2 WP-Busby LP-Bahnsen SV-Bird Mayberry 2-run homer in 8th. Oakland 4, California 2 WP-Holtzman LP-Wright Tenace homer, A's score 2 to go ahead in bottom of 8th. Dick Enberg: "Stay tuned after Angels baseball as Peter Graves faces his most impossible mission yet: Don't miss "It Conquered the World" at 11:30 here on Channel 5, Los Angeles."  

  G1: New York 5, Chicago 4 (12) WP-Sadecki LP-Aker Ron Santo 2-run homer tied it in the top of the 9th, Cleon Jones walked it off for the Mets in the 12th with a double, his 4th hit of the game. G2: New York 5, Chicago 4 WP-McAndrew LP-Hooton SV-McGraw Jerry Grote PH Grand Slam in 7th gives the first-place Mets the DH sweep. Philadelphia 5, Montreal 2 WP-Christenson LP-Torrez SV-Scarce Bill Robinson PH 2-run double in 9th breaks tie.  Los Angeles 4, San Francisco 2 WP-Osteen LP-Willoughby SV-Hough Joe Ferguson go-ahead homer off Willoughby in 8th breaks tie, Ron Cey doubles home Steve Garvey with insurance run.

Well, on the 19th of April, the Brewer LF was bound for a letdown. He had only "4" hits, including the one which would've given him a cycle in the Magnificent "7" game, a homer. Plus, he also had 2 more doubles after having 3 in the previous game. The Brewers battered the Tribe again, this time by a more modest 11-2 score.   Briggs for MVP! Baltimore 3, New York 0. Jim Palmer complete game 2-hitter. Must Be the Shorts. Kansas City 5, Oakland 3. Cookie Rojas 2-run single in 2nd, John Mayberry infield hit off of Rollie Fingers for 7th inning insurance and Gene Garber striking out Jackson and Bando in 9th with Joe Rudi on base to save it for Paul Splittorf. Bando also homered in A's 8th.  Boston 8, Detroit 2. John Curtis CG, Tommy Harper 2 hits, 3 RBI, Reggie Smith 3-for-5.

  New York 3, Chicago 2 WP-Matlack LP-Burris SV-McGraw Staub homer for Mets. Montreal 4, Philadelphia 2 WP-Renko LP-Carlton Renko CG, 10 strikeouts. San Francisco 3, Atlanta 2 WP-McDowell LP-Morton SV-Sosa Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 3 WP-Moose LP-Wise SV-Giusti Hebner GS homer, Stargell solo homer. San Diego 12, Cincinnati 3 WP-Arlin LP-Nelson Padres sent 12 batters, scored 9 runs in 7th. Los Angeles 3, Houston 2 (11) WP-Brewer LP-Ray Bill Russell walk-off single in 11th.

You already know this score:  Milwaukee 21, Cleveland 4 WP-Lockwood LP-Strom Johnny Briggs 7-7, 7 runs scored, 5 RBI How about this one? Chicago 16, Texas 8 WP-Wood LP-Paul Sox 22 hits, homers by Allen, Jeter, Orta, Reichardt Detroit 3, Boston 2 (11) WP-Hiller LP-Tiant Cash lead-off homer off Tiant in 11th Tiant 12 strikeouts Minnesota 5, California 3 WP-Blyeven LP-Ryan Hisle Twins homer Baltimore 9, New York 5 WP-Cuellar LP-Medich Powell, Baylor Oriole homers Oakland 7, Kansas City 1 WP-Hunter LP-Drago Bando 2 homers, 3 RBI  

  4/18/73 Brewers vs. Indians                123 456 789 R H E  MIL      100 215 462 21 26 3  CLE     000 400 000 4 4 3  -Johnny Briggs 7/7, 7 runs scored, 5 RBI, 4 doubles, 2 singles, triple -Brewers batted around in 6th, 7th, 8th innings. Indians batted around in 4th. -Brewers got their runs off 5 different Indians pitchers. (Strom, Hilgendorf, Lamb, Tidrow, Johnson) -Score was 4-4 after 4-1/2. -Despite the high score and hit totals, the Brewers did not hit any homers. -Don Money committed 3 errors at short in the inning where Cleveland scored their 4 runs. One error went for 2 bases. He would finish the game at 3rd. -Skip Lockwood pitched 8 innings for the win. Jim Colborn relieved him in the 9th. Colborn also finished the game in the lead-off spot as DH Joe Lahoud finished the game in right field. Colborn did not bat.  -3 Brewer batters were hit by pitch. (May, Money, El. Rodriguez)...

  Chicago 8, New York 3 WP-Jenkins LP-Seaver Hundley 4 hits, homer. CHC 4-4 NYM 4-4 Philadelphia 4, Montreal 2 WP-Ruthven LP-Moore Deron Johnson go-ahead homer in 8th  PHI 5-3 MON 3-5 St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 4 WP-Gibson LP-Blass Simmons, Carbo homers (STL) Stargell 2 triples, 4 RBI (PIT) STL 5-4 PIT 3-4 San Francisco 3, Atlanta 2 (G1) WP-Sosa LP-Frisella Oates 2-run single in top of 9th (ATL) Maddox drew bases-loaded walk in bottom of 9th.  San Francisco 12, Atlanta 2 (G2) WP-Bryant LP-Reed SFG 6-7 ATL 2-9 Cincinnati 10, San Diego 3 WP-Grimsley LP-Norman Bench, Tolan home runs, Reds 20 hits. CIN 8-4 SDG 6-7 Houston 1, Los Angeles 0 WP-Wilson LP-Messersmith Watson homer in 2nd for Houston, Agee throws Cey out at home to end game. LAD 9-3 HOU 6-7

Detroit 9, Boston 2 WP-Coleman LP-Siebert. Horton, McAuliffe, Cash Tiger homers.  DET 5-4 BOS 4-3   Texas 7, Chicago 5 WP-Bosman LP-Fisher. Allen, Melton thrown out at home by Rangers.  TEX 2-4 CWS 3-4 Minnesota 8, California 7 WP-Corbin LP-Barber. Twins rally from 7-0 deficit. MIN 5-3 CAL 3-4 Milwaukee 11, Cleveland 6 WP-Parsons LP-Tidrow. Money, Thomas, Porter, Garcia Brewer homers. MIL 2-5 CLE 1-8 New York 4, Baltimore 0 WP-Kline LP-McNally Kline CG 5-hitter, Munson homer.  NYY 6-3 BAL 7-2 Oakland 4, Kansas City 1 WP-Blue LP-Simpson Blue CG 5-hitter. OAK 4-4 KCR 6-4.