1970 Great Eight League

Through Game #35.

Game Results:

Baltimore 2 Minnesota 3

WP- Steve Barber (4-0) LP- Eddie Watt (2-2)

HR- Harmon Killebrew (5)

Trailing, 2 to 1, after seven innings, the Twins tied it in the eighth and won it in the ninth, 3 to 2, on a walk off home run from Harmon Killebrew.

New York 1 Los Angeles 8

WP- Alan Foster (4-2) LP- Stan Bahnsen (2-3)

HR- Manny Mota (2)

The Dodgers had an easy time of it against the Yankees, thanks to a big day at the plate by Manny Mota. L.A.’s leadoff man had four hits, including a homer and a double and drove in four runs in the 8 to 1 rout.

Oakland 9 Cincinnati 7

WP- Rollie Fingers (2-1) LP- Ray Washburn (0-1) SV- Paul Lindblad (1)

HR- Reggie Jackson (9), Bert Campaneris (6); Tony Perez (7)

The Athletics held off the spiraling Reds, winning, 9 to 7, in a slugfest. The A’s pounded out fifteen hits, Cincinnati, fourteen. Jackson, Campaneris and Rick Monday each had three hits. Tony Perez and Hal McRae had four apiece for the Reds.

Pittsburgh 1 Boston 3

WP- Ken Brett (2-1) LP- Bruce Del Canton (0-2) SV- Sparky Lyle (5)

In what was supposed to be a scheduled spot start, Jim Lonborg was scratched and Sonny Siebert made his regular start. The Red Sox broke a 1 all tie, by scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh. Mike Andrews hit a rbi triple, then scored himself on a pinch hit, sacrifice fly by Joe Lahoud, enroute to a 3 to 1 victory.

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Game #35 Recap:

Boston scratched scheduled spot-starter, Jim Lonborg, instead having Sonny Siebert make his regular start. Baltimore lodged a formal protest, saying it was an unfair advantage to have Siebert pitch against last place Pittsburgh. (The Red Sox beat the Pirates and the Orioles lost to the Twins, thus increasing Boston’s lead to three games.) It was ruled that Lonborg would make his spot start in game #36, against Baltimore’s regular starter, Tom Phoebus. The Twins are in third place alone, five games back, followed by the Yankees, in fourth place. The Reds are in a tailspin, having dropped seven straight. They are tied with the Dodgers and Athletics for fifth. Those three teams have a two-game edge on the Pirates, who are in the cellar.

Individually, Reggie Smith has relinquished the batting lead to Bobby Tolan of the Reds. Don Mincher clings to the home run lead by one, with 10, but four players are hot on his tail. Ray Culp leads in ERA for starters and in strikeouts, but Gary Peters has a two-game edge in wins. Al Oliver was caught off second base with the hidden ball trick, worked to perfection by Rico Petrocelli.

Game #36 Schedule and Pitching Probables:

Baltimore (Phoebus 0-4, 2.54) at Boston (Lonborg 0-0, 3.00)

New York (Kline 4-1, 2.66) a

t Minnesota (Zepp 3-3, 4.32)

Oakland (Segui 5-2, 1.89) at Los Angeles (Moeller 1-4, 3.66)

Pittsburgh (Moose 2-2, 6.14) at Cincinnati (Simpson 2-3, 3.26)