Author: david bancroft

AUGUST 13 GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Hammers(Veale 3-12) at Clippers(Parnell 7-9) Sultans(Pennock 8-9) at Terrifics(Gibson 10-8) Peaches(Walsh 7-10) at Comets(Ford 9-8) Mad Dogs(Glavine 13-6) at Naturals(Kershaw 11-8)

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 12 Clippers/116/72/44/.621/—/W1 Mad Dogs/121/74/47/.612/.5/W2 Naturals/118/65/53/.551/8/W5 Peaches/115/57/58/.496/14.5/L1 Terrifics/121/58/63/.479/16.5/L3 Sultans/126/54/72/.429/23/L5 Comets/116/49/67/.422/23/L1 Hammers/117/46/71/.393/26.5/L2 GAME RECAPS MARICHAL SPINS 4TH SHUTOUT FOR HAMMERS IN 4-0 WIN OVER COMETS Juan Marichal was top of his game, with a 4 hit whitewash, against the Comets. The loss stops a 3 game win streak for the Comets. Hank…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 11 Clippers/116/72/44/.621/—/W1 Mad Dogs/119/72/47/.605/1.5/W1 Naturals/116/63/53/.543/9/W3 Peaches/115/57/58/.496/14/5/L1 Terrifics/119/58/61/.487/15.5/L1 Sultans/124/54/70/.435/22/L3 Comets/115/49/66/.426/22.5/W3 Hammers/116/45/71/.388/27/L3 AUGUST 11 GAME RECAPS Comets 4 Hammers 0 Warren Spahn twirled a five hit shutout, to beat the Hammers, 4-0. It was a bright spot in what has been a dismal year for the lefty. That’s his second whitewash this…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 10 Clippers/115/71/44/.617/—/L1 Mad Dogs/118/71/47/.602/1.5/L2 Naturals/115/62/53/.539/9/W2 Peaches/114/57/57/.500/13.5/W1 Terrifics/118/58/60/.492/14.5/W2 Sultans/123/54/69/.439/21/L2 Comets/114/48/66/.421/23.5/W2 Hammers/115/45/70/.391/26/L2 AUGUST 10 RECAPS Comets 4 Hammers 1 The Comets defeated the Hammers, 4-1, behind Robin Roberts. Both he and losing pitcher, Don Drysdale went seven innings. The Comets got homeruns from Norm Siebern(23) and Ernie Banks(21). WP-Roberts(11-13). LP-Drysdale(4-13). Terrifics 10…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 8 Clippers/71/43/.623/—/W2 Mad Dogs/117/71/46/.607/1.5/W1 Naturals/113/60/53/.531/10.5/L2 Peaches/113/56/57/.496/14.5/L1 Terrifics/117/57/60/.487/15.5/W1 Sultans/121/54/67/.446/20.5/W1 Comets/113/47/66/.416/25.5/L1 Hammers114/45/69/.395/26/L1 THERE ARE NO GAMES SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 9

AUGUST 8 GAME RESULTS Terrifics 7 Hammers 3 In the only game on the slate that was not part of a double header, the Terrifics beat the Hammers, 7-3. Bob Veale was tagged for seven runs over six innings, with the Terrifics getting homeruns from George Foster(30) and Rod Carew(5). Bob Gibson(10-8) was the winning…

AUGUST 7 JONES IS 1ST PLAYER WITH 3 HOMERUNS IN MULTIPLE GAMES MAD DOGS NOW JUST A HALF GAME BACK Mad Dogs 12 Comets 5 Chipper Jones led the way, as the Mad Dogs destroyed the Comets, 12-5. The red hot Mad Dogs have logged five straight wins. Jones belted three homeruns, scoring four times…

AUGUST 6 ONE BLOWOUT; 3 ONE RUN GAMES IN TODAY’S ACTION Mad Dogs 10 Comets 3 The Mad Dogs destroyed the Comets, 10 to 3, banging out 18 hits along the way. The Clippers also lost, cutting their lead over the second place Mad Dogs to just 1.5 games. The Mad Dogs have won four…

AUGUST 5 SCORES: Sultans 10 Clippers 8 The Sultans held on to win a 10-8 slugfest, knocking off the first place Clippers. Both teams banged out 15 hits. There were six homeruns in total, two of them coming in a four run, bottom of the ninth, rally, which ultimately fell two runs short. George Sisler…

HOME RUN RACE THROUGH AUG 4 Ruth, Sltns. 41 Griffey, Jr. Mdgs. 38 Foxx, Clprs. 36 Mays, Hmrs. 34 Cabrerra, Ntrls. 33 McGwire, Mdgs. 33 Mantle, Cmts. 32 Williams, Clprs. 32 Aaron, Hmrs. 31 Schmidt, Trfcs. 31