M's and Royals split a pair

SAFECO Field
GAME 1
Gura vs Moyer
Royals 3, Mariners 0

Solid pitching from two crafty lefties, who went 8+ innings each.  All of the scoring was done by the 3rd inning.  KC scored 3 that inning with Frank White's solo shot being the ultimate game winner.  After finishing 8 strong Gura was replaced by "The Quiz", who made it look easy by fanning the final two batters (Edgar and Booney).

GAME 2
Blue vs F.Garcia
Mariners 4, Royals 3

The M's stretched Freddy Garcia to the limit (124 pitches in 6.1 IP), then had to rely on a late comeback to win.  With the score tied 3-3 Bret Boone scored the go ahead run on a Guillen grounder to short.  Arthur Rhodes, who threw a scoreless 8th got the win and Hasegawa pitched a perfect 9th to get the save.  Rhodes came into the game with runners on 1st and 2nd and nobody out in the 8th and worked his way out of the jam by fanning Jerry Martin and Amos Otis before getting John Wathan to lift a lazy fly to center.

Royals Stadium
GAME 3
Pineiro vs Splittorff
Royals 4, Mariners 3

Same score...different day.  Once again the M's scored late to break a tie.  Pineiro was solid (7IP / 3ER) and Hasegawa notched his 3rd save.  Ichiro (4-5) scored 2 runs and had 40% of Seattle's hits.  He was the catalyst that scored the go ahead run in the 7th when he singled with 2 outs, stole second and scored on Randy Winn's single.

GAME 4
Meche vs Black
Royals 5, Mariners 1

Bud Black was in complete control for 7.2 innings before handing the ball off to the Quiz, who shut the door and locked up the series split.  Every Royal batter, except for Hal McRae, had a knock.  The bottom 5 batters in Seattle's lineup couldn't buy a hit.  Weather was hot (88 degrees) and rainy.  If Seattle was home the dome would close, but in KC you have to deal with the elements like real men.

'55 Go-Go's Top '95 Halos 3 to 1

Game #1 - Sherm Lollar's (3) 2-run home run in the 7th proved to be the game-winner in a 7-5 Chicago win. Lollar also singled in a run in a 4-run 6th inning for the White Sox. George Kell had 3 hits to lead both clubs. Billy Pierce (2-0) hurled 8 IP for W. Eduardo Perez (1) and Chili Davis (2) hit PH homers for the Angels in 7th and 9th, respectively. Mark Langston (1-1) started and lost.

Game #2 - Garret Anderson (1) doubled and homered among his 4 hits. Tim Salmon (2,3) homered twice and drove in 4 as the Halos handed Chicago its first loss of the season, 8-7. Troy Percival (1-0) got the win in relief with Lee Smith (1) adding the save. Dixie Howell (0-1) was the loser in relief for the Pale Hose.

Game #3 - Jack Harshman (1-0) fired 8 innings, yielding 1 run on 5 hits to lead the ChiSox to a 5-1 win in Anaheim. Nellie Fox provided the biggest offensive hit with a 2-run double in the 6th.

Game #4 - Minnie Minoso went 4-for-5 to power Chicago to a 6-4 victory in the series finale. His only out, a ground out in the 9th plated Chico Carrasquel with GWRBI. Minoso later scored on a Walt Dropo single making up the final margin. Dropo (4) hit a 2-run bomb in the 6th and finished with 3 RBI. Sandy Cansuegra (1-0) earned the win in relief with Harry Dorish (2) nabbing the save. Smith (0-2) took the loss.

LA post 3 consecutive 2 hit shutouts to take 3 of 4 from Brew Crew

Miller Park

GAME 1

Sutton vs Suppan

Dodgers 5, Brewers 0

LA posted a 5 spot in the opening frame and never looked back.  Don Sutton fanned 12 on his way to a 2 hit shutout.  Milwaukee never advanced a runner past 1st.  Bill Russell was 3-4 with 3 RBI's on a bases clearing double.

GAME 2

Messersmith vs D.Bush

Dodgers 2, Brewers 0

Co-Ace Andy Messersmith wasn't going to let Sutton one up him on the performance meter.  The man with the fro posted his own 2 hitter as the Dodgers recorded their second straight shutout.  Davey Lopes paced the offenswe with 3 hits and 2 doubles.

Dodger Stadium

GAME 3

B.Sheets vs T.John

Dodgers 7, Brewers 0

For the 3rd game in a row the Dodgers posted a 2 hit shutout.  This time the credit goes to Tommy John who fanned 5 and didn't walk a batter.  The Dodger offense banged out 11 hits (3 from Steve Garvey) as they scored 7 runs and cruised to victory.

GAME 4

Gallardo vs Osteen

Brewers 9, Dodgers 5

With their goal being "just to finally score a run", the Brew Crew scored early and often after Dodger hurlers shut them out for 30 consecutive innings.  Milwaukee victimized Osteen and company for 15 hits.  Prince Fielder (3-5) knocked in 2, scored 2 and had 2 doubles.  Bill Hall knocked in 3 and J.J. Hardy had a 3 hit game.

Bitter Rivals (Sahx/Bombers) split series

 

Crazy series that saw lots of hitting (Rickey .600 and Ted .500 went nuts), some weird plays (Henry Cotto put in as a PR and then showing up in lineup while he was still on second as runner), some bad pitching (especially BOS bullpen).  

Pete

49 BOS

Bucs/Cards split series as Stargell dominates

An evenly matched series as each team won a close game, and each team won in a blowout. In the end, the Cardinals scored 21 runs and the Pirates 20.

Willie Stargell had a big series for Pittsburgh, going 7 for 12, driving in 7 runs. Enos Slaughter, after getting only one hit in the first two games, went 3 for 4 in the final two including hitting his first home run of the year.

The losses were the first two suffered by the Bucs, who have won six while St. Louis maintains it’s .500 record at 4-4.

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