S-O-M 1961

  Yes, he did indeed do so, but those S-O-M dice have a mind of their own: Los Angeles 3-8-1 Pittsburgh 0-6-0 WP-Sutton LP-Walker The difference? 2 late DP's and a late home run from Sut's batterymate, Steve Yeager. Incidentally, Willie Stargell has had some trouble "popping off" in the power dept. Anybody hear from that Seaver fellow lately?  New York 1-8-0 Atlanta 0-2-0 WP-Seaver LP-Dobson The "Terrific" one, 8 k's and a late RBI single from Rusty Staub. For good measure, Seaver struck out some guy named Aaron to end the game. Houston 6-7-2 Montreal 2-6-2 WP-Roberts LP-McAnally Astros did all their scoring in the 1st, May, Edwards a pair of 2-run singles. Cincinnati 1-4-0 Philadelphia 0-5-0 WP-Grimsley LP-Twitchell Bobby Tolan RBI single in 1st.  San Diego 3-6-1 Chicago 1-4-2 WP-Greif LP-Reuschel Dave Hilton solo homer.

  "We go to the bottom of the 13th, it'll be Allen, Melton and Henderson to face Bob Bolin in this tie ballgame. Allen is 1 for 5 with a double and 3 RBI. The wind and the pitch to Allen, ground ball to Aparicio, throws to 1st, one out. Allen grounds to short, here now is Bill Melton, 1 for 5 with an RBI single. We are approaching 11:30 here at Comiskey, somebody's gotta win it. The wind and the pitch to Melton, here it comes... There's a drive hit deep to right, Evans is on the run, it might be out of here, it could be... SOX WIN! SOX WIN! SOX WIN! HOLY COW, WHAT A BALL GAME!" (Nancy Faust plays "Bill Bailey" in celebration) Chicago 6-10-0 Boston 5-15-1 (13 innings) WP-Acosta LP-Bolin (Original starters, John Curtis and Stan Bahnsen) Reggie Smith, 2-run homer for Boston. Speaking of starters, a closer started and won in B'more: Oakland 7-9-1 Baltimore 3-6-0 WP-Fingers LP-Alexander SV-Pena Gene Tenace, 2 homers/5 RBI. Some guy named Jackson hit a sol...

On the actual May 6 schedule, the Giants beat the Cubs in a wild G1 of a DH, 11-9 in 11 innings. The game ended up being played under protest because of a crazy bottom of the 4th, where a coach got waylaid in a wild brawl. Thanks to some sloppy bookkeeping, G1 of the Cubs-Giants ended up "under protest" as I gave the Cubs 2 extra AB's after a inning-ending DP in the top of the 8th. Those extra AB's allowed the Giants to tie with 2 runs in the 9th and a walk-off 2-run  homer by Tito Fuentes in the bottom of 12th. Here's the DH summary and the rest of the 5/6/ sked: Game 1: San Francisco 7-12-1 Chicago 5-14-1 WP-Sosa LP-LaRoche Fuentes walk-off HR in 12th. Game 2: San Francisco 6-9-1 Chicago 3-11-1 WP-Willoughby LP-Gura Dave Kingman 2 homers, 3 RBI Fuentes also homers. Houston 9-14-1 New York 1-5-1 WP-Reuss LP Parker Cedeno 3-4, 5 RBI, 2 stolen bases. Atlanta 11-15-1 Philadelphia 9-15-1 WP-Gentry LP-Christenson SV-Niekro Dusty Baker, 2 doubles, triple, 3 RBI. Montre...

  5/6/73 double-header Game 1-The A's took a 1-0 lead on a single by Dick Green, double by Reggie Jackson and back-to-back walks by Deron Johnson and Sal Bando, Green scoring. Then in the bottom of the 1st. the Tribe started teeing off on starter Ken Holtzman one solo homer at a time: Bottom of the 1st, George Hendrick. Bottom of the 5th, Rusty Torres. Bottom of the 6th, Charlie Spikes. 3-1 Indians after 6.  Dick Tidrow kept the A's off the scoreboard from the 1st inning on. Then in the 8th, he sprung a leak. Gene Tenace and Ray Fosse went back-to-back, tying the score and chasing Tidrow from the game. Tom Hilgendorf took over and could only watch as the A's completed the comeback in the 9th with a one-out double by Joe Rudi, an intentional walk to Reggie Jackson and a go-ahead single by Deron Johnson scoring Rudi. The A's added  insurance with an RBI single by Sal Bando and sac fly by Ray Fosse. Holtzman pitched a perfect bottom of the 9th to secure the G1 comeback. No...

  Game 1: Oakland 6-13-3 Cleveland 3-4-0 WP-Holtzman LP-Hilgendorf A's rally from 3-1 deficit, scoring 2 in the 8th and 3 in the 9th to win G1. In G2 however... Game 2: Cleveland 4-6-0 Oakland 3-7-2 WP-Hilgendorf LP-Blue Joe Rudi hits 3-run homer with nobody out in top of the 9th to tie, but walk-off wild pitch by Darold Knowles scored Chris Chambliss (HBP) with winning run to earn split for T ribe.  Detroit 9-12-1 Texas 2-9-0 WP-Lolich LP-Hand Eddie Brinkman 3-run Tiger homer. Milwaukee 5-6-0 Kansas City 0-2-0 WP-Bell LP-Drago Bell CG-2-hitter, Briggs, Garcia with  Brewer homers. California 4-10-1 Baltimore 2-8-0 WP-Ryan (14 strikeouts) LP-Palmer Frank Robinson 2-run homer for Halos, Vada Pinson 3 hits. New York 3-11-1 Chicago 2-6-0 (10 innings) WP-Lyle LP-Wood Horace Clarke SF scored Hal Lanier (triple) in top of 10th. Dick Allen solo homer for Sox. Boston 8-9-0 Minnesota 0-4-1 WP-Tiant (8 strikeouts) LP-Hands Reggie Smith 2 homers/3RBI, Carlton Fisk solo homer.

  San Francisco 6-13-1, Chicago 3-5-1 WP-Bryant LP-Hooton Giant home runs by Bonds, McCovey, Kingman; 2 homers by Santo. New York 7-10-0 Houston 3-11-1 WP-McAndrew LP-Wilson SV-McGraw Rusty Staub, homer, 4 RBI's Cincinnati 9-10-0 Montreal 1-8-1 WP-Gullett LP-Stoneman Concepion 3-run homer. Atlanta 3-9-2 Philadelphia 2-7-0 WP-Morton LP-Carlton SV-Frisella Johnson, Baker homers for Braves. Pittsburgh 9-11-1 San Diego 1-9-0 WP-Ellis LP-Corkins Hebner 2-run homer for Bucs. Los Angeles 4-8-1 St. Louis 1-4-1 WP-John LP-Spinks Buckner 2-run homer for Dodgers.

Once in a Blue Moon: Oakland 8-11-2 Cleveland 1-1-2 Blue Moon Odom 1-hitter LP-Wilcox Deron Johnson 2 homers, 5 RBI Reggie Jackson solo homer. Hot Rod: Minnesota 1-5-0 Boston 0-5-1 WP-Blyeven LP-Lee Walk-off double by Rod Carew with 0 out in bottom of 9th.    White-out at Comiskey: New York 3-12-0 Chicago 2-7-0 WP-Peterson LP-Forster SV-McDaniel Roy White 3-run homer in 8th for Yanks. Detroit 6-11-2 Texas 3-13-0 WP-Coleman LP-Paul SV-Timmermann Freehan, Rodriguez home runs, Tigers rally for 4 runs in 6th, including big 2-run single by Frank Howard.  Milwaukee 4-6-2 Kansas City 1-4-0 WP-Parsons LP-Simpson SV-Linzy Darrell Porter home run for Brewers. California 3-6-0 Baltimore 2-4-0 WP-Singer LP-Cuellar Bob Oliver 3-run 1st inning homer for Halos. 

  San Francisco 10-17-0 Chicago 9-15-1 (10 innings) WP-Moffitt LP-Bonham Dave Kingman 2-run homer for Giants in 6th. Mike Phillips lead-off triple in 10th, walk-off SF by PH Chris Arnold.  NO-HITTER ALERT: San Diego 15-15-1 Pittsburgh 7-7-1 WP-Norman LP-Blass Fred Norman pitched 6/1-3 innings of no-hit ball, Richie Zisk broke up the no-no with a single.  LE WALK-OFF AT PARC JARRY: Montreal 6-9-0 Cincinnati 3-9-1 WP-Marshall LP-Hall Ken Singleton 3-run homer in bottom of 9th.  TYSON KO's DODGERS: St. Louis 3-9-0 Los Angeles 2-4-1 WP-Wise LP-Osteen Mike Tyson go-ahead single scores Tim McCarver with go-ahead run in 9th. OUT IN THE BOONIES: Philadelphia 4-7-1 Atlanta 2-7-0 WP-Wilson LP-Reed Bob Boone go-ahead 3-run homer for Phils in bottom of the 8th.  MAY THE FORSCH... Houston 5-9-0 New York 1-7-1 WP-Forsch LP-Koosman Forsch goes distance, Cedeno 2-run homer paces Astros.