Author: david bancroft

Through Game #27. Game Results: Baltimore 4 Pittsburgh 2 WP- Mike Cuellar (3-1) LP- Bob Veale (1-4) HR- Mike Cuellar (1) Not only did Orioles starter, Mike Cuellar get a complete game win over Pittsburgh, he hit a solo home run, to help his own cause, in the 4 to 2 victory. Gene Clines had…

Through Game #26. Game Results: Boston 5 Los Angeles 1 WP- Gary Peters (5-1) LP- Claude Osteen (0-3) The Red Sox tagged winless Claude Osteen, for five runs, in just three innings, as Boston defeated Los Angeles, 5 to 1. Reggie Smith was three for five for the Red Sox. Cincinnati 2 Baltimore 4 WP-…

Through Game #25. Game Results: Baltimore 4 New York 3 WP- Jim Palmer (5-2) LP- Jack Aker (0-1) SV- Eddie Watt (3) HR- Horace Clarke (1) The Orioles scored two runs in the top of the eighth, to log a comeback victory against the New York Yankees, 4 to 3. Jim Palmer went eight innings…

Through Game #24 Game Results: Baltimore 0 Los Angeles 1 WP- Joe Moeller (1-2) LP- Tom Phoebus (0-3) SV- Pete Mikkelsen (4) Offense was nearly non-existent in this game. The only run the Dodgers scored in their 1-0 win was on a wild pitch from Tom Phoebus. Speaking of Phoebus, the Oriole hurler has had…

Through Game #23. Game Results: Los Angeles 3 Cincinnati 5 WP- John McGlothin (4-0) LP- Alan Foster (3-1) SV- Clay Carroll (3) HR- Johnny Bench (8) In a battle of unbeaten pitchers, John McGlothin bested L.A.’s Alan Foster, to become the first, four game winner, without a loss. Lee May had a triple and two…

Through Game #22. Game Results: Baltimore 3 Boston 11 WP-Gary Peters (4-1) LP- Dave McNally (2-1) HR- Paul Blair (1); Billy Conigliaro 2(4), Reggie Smith (6), Rico Petrocelli (2), George Scott (4). Gary Peters picked up a complete game win, improving to 4 and 1, In addition, the Red Sox “Over the Wall Gang” belted…

Through Game #21. Game results: Baltimore 2 Minnesota 0 WP- Jim Palmer (4-2) LP- Jim Perry (1-2) Baltimore’s Jim Palmer shutout the Minnesota Twins, 2-0, at Metropolitan Stadium. The Orioles scored both of their runs on sacrifice flies in the eighth inning. New York 4 Los Angeles 6 WP- Jose Pena (2-0) LP- Fritz Peterson…

Game #20 Results: Oakland 5 Boston 1 WP- Diego Segui (3-1) LP- Mike Nagy (2-2) HR- Reggie Jackson (6), Gene Tenace (4), Don Mincher (4) The upset of the day came with the last place Athletics knocking off the first place Red Sox, 5 to 1. Gene Tenace’s three-run clout in the fourth inning did…

GM #19 Results: Baltimore at Cincinnati REDS WIN BATTLE OF FRONT RUNNERS ON WALKOFF PINCH HIT SINGLE All box scores courtesy of http://www.cardanddicebaseball.com Recap is my own. Los Angeles at Boston DODGERS EDGE RED SOX IN SLUGFEST AT FENWAY Minnesota at Pittsburgh CLEMENTE’S SOLO BLAST WINS IT FOR PIRATES IN ELEVENTH INNING New York at…

Game #18. Boston 6 Cincinnati 4 WP-Gary Peters (3-1) LP- Jim Merritt (0-2) HR- Pete Rose (1) Boston won the matchup of the league’s two best teams, by defeating the Cincinnati Reds, 4 to 2. The Red Sox scored first, after getting three straight singles off Jim Merritt, in the top of the fifth. They…