1961 Giants Crush Padres

San Diego,
Game 1,

T.Gwynn collected 4 hits and a dinger.

Tony Gwynn and Fred McGriff hit homeruns to lead the Padres past the Giants. Andy Benes went the distance to improve to 2-4 on the season. Tony Gwynn was 4 for 4. Padres 6....Giants 2.

Game 2,


San Diego touched up Juan Marichal for 5 runs in the first inning but it was not enough for the Padres.  The Giants retaliated with 4 runs of their own in the top half of the second and added two more runs in later in the game.  The Padres were unable to plate another run after the first as Marichal hung around  just long enough ( 5 innings) to move to 4-2.  Stu Miller pitched 3 innings of hit less, score less innings for the save.  Giants 6...Padres 5.

Game 3,
San Francisco,

The Giants tallied solo runs in the 4th, 6th, and 7th frames to edge the Padres at Candlestick.  Jack Sanford pitched 6 innings to up his record to 6-1 on the season.  Bruce Hurst was the hard luck loser and falls to 5-2.  Stu Miller earned his second save in the series and 9th of the season. Giants 3...Padres 1.

Three saves in the series.

Game 4,

San Diego rushed out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the  4th inning but quickly watched their lead evaporate before their very eyes. In the bottom half of the fourth, Mays and McCovey each collected solo homeruns to knot the contest at 2.  The Giants added 3 more runs to take the lead in the seventh inning to run Padre Starter Adam Peterson-who was making his first start of the year.  Mays was the stud of the game with three runs batted in.  The victory went to port sider Mike McCormick who hurled a 3-hit, 2 run game while making it through seven innings.  Stu Miller received his 10th save of the year and 3rd of the series.  Giants  6...Padres 2.

Standings After Week 7

 National
 EAST               W   L    Pct    GB  L10  Stk
 57 Brooklyn       13   10  .565     -  6-4   W1
 05 Florida        13   11  .542   0.5  5-5   L2
 60 St. Louis      13   11  .542   0.5  5-5   L3
 65 Pittsburgh     12   12  .500   1.5  5-5   W3
 50 New York (N)   12   12  .500   1.5  5-5   W3
 05 New York(N)    10   14  .417   3.5  4-6   W2
 09 Atlanta         8   16  .333   5.5  4-6   L3

 WEST               W   L    Pct    GB  L10  Stk
 61 San Fran       14    9  .609     -  7-3   L1
 56 Cincinnati     14    9  .609     -  5-5   W3
 72 Houston        13   11  .542   1.5  6-4   L3
 91 San Diego      13   11  .542   1.5  5-5   L1
 54 Milwaukee      12   11  .522   2.0  5-5   W1
 67 Chicago (N)    12   12  .500   2.5  4-6   L1
 02 Los Angeles     7   17  .292   7.5  4-6   W1

 American
 EAST               W   L    Pct    GB  L10  Stk
 12 Tampa Bay      16    8  .667     -  7-3   W3
 27 Phila(A)       15    9  .625   1.0  6-4   W3
 50 Boston (A)     14   10  .583   2.0  5-5   L3
 49 Cleveland      13   10  .565   2.5  7-3   L2
 48 New York (A)   11   13  .458   5.0  4-6   L3
 66 Detroit        10   14  .417   6.0  5-5   W3
 64 Baltimore      10   14  .417   6.0  4-6   L3

 WEST               W   L    Pct    GB  L10  Stk
 78 Milwaukee      15    9  .625     -  4-6   L1
 02 Seattle        15    9  .625     -  6-4   W1
 54 Chicago (A)    13   11  .542   2.0  6-4   W1
 89 California     12   11  .522   2.5  6-4   W2
 86 Kansas City    10   14  .417   5.0  7-3   W6
 87 Oakland         7   17  .292   8.0  3-7   L1
 63 Minnesota       6   18  .250   9.0  0-10 L10

Week 7 TWIB Notes

 
News for Sep 1
Headlines
50 Boston (A) Upends 12 Tampa Bay 6-1, Stephens 2 HRs                    
64 Baltimore Beats 66 Detroit 8-3, Powell 3 HRs, 7 RBI's                 
48 New York (A) Blanks 27 Phila(A) 7-0, DiMaggio 2 HRs                   
87 Oakland Beats 02 Seattle 4-2, Davis 4 Hits                            
86 Kansas City Nips 63 Minnesota 3-2                                     
54 Chicago (A) Edges 78 Milwaukee 9-8, Marsh 3 Hits                      
05 Florida Edges 05 New York(N) 2-1
60 St. Louis Beats 50 New York (N) 8-5, Musial 3 Hits                    
09 Atlanta Beats 65 Pittsburgh 11-3, McLouth 3 Hits
72 Houston Pounds 56 Cincinnati 14-2, Cesar Cedeno 3 HRs, 8 RBI'               
54 Milwaukee Edges 67 Chicago (N) 3-2                                    
Harris 3 hits 02 Los Angeles 3-0


News for Sep 2
Headlines
12 Tampa Bay Beats 50 Boston (A) 5-3, Jennings 3 Hits                    
66 Detroit Beats 64 Baltimore 5-3                                        
27 Phila(A) Edges 48 New York (A) 5-4                                    
Franklin 0 hits 87 Oakland 5-0                                           
86 Kansas City Beats 63 Minnesota 10-6, White 2 HRs, 5 RBI
Caldwell Blanks 54 Chicago (A) 2-0                                       
49 Cleveland Slips Past 89 California 5-4, Gordon 3 Hits                 
05 Florida Upends 05 New York(N) 5-2                                     
Hearn Blanks 60 St. Louis 7-0
65 Pittsburgh Defeats 09 Atlanta 9-5, Bill Virdon 4 Hits                      
56 Cincinnati Edges 72 Houston 7-6, Bailey 3 Hits                        
67 Chicago (N) Edges 54 Milwaukee 3-2                                    
02 Los Angeles Edges 91 San Diego 2-1                                    
57 Brooklyn Pounds 61 San Fran 11-1, Cimoli 2 HRs                        


News for Sep 3
Headlines
12 Tampa Bay Beats 50 Boston (A) 5-2                                     
66 Detroit Beats 64 Baltimore 9-2, Northrup 3 Hits, 4 RBI's               
27 Phila(A) Edges 48 New York (A) 2-1                                    
87 Oakland Blanks 02 Seattle 2-0                                         
86 Kansas City Beats 63 Minnesota 6-4, Orta 3 Hits                       
78 Milwaukee Slips Past 54 Chicago (A) 7-6                               
89 California Nips 49 Cleveland 3-2                                      
61 San Fran Beats 57 Brooklyn 6-3, Cepeda 3 Hits, 4 RBI's                
05 New York(N) Beats 05 Florida 9-5
50 New York (N) Beats 60 St. Louis 8-3, Lockman 3 Hits                   
65 Pittsburgh Over 09 Atlanta 4-2 in 10, Virdon 3 Hits                   
56 Cincinnati Over 72 Houston 6-5 in 11, Robinson 3 Hits                 
Joe Niekro (67 Cubs) 3 hits 54 Milwaukee 5-0                                           
91 San Diego Beats 02 Los Angeles 9-7                                    


News for Sep 4
Headlines
12 Tampa Bay Edges 50 Boston (A) 6-5                                     
Podres Shuts Out 64 Baltimore 5-0                                        
27 Phila(A) Beats 48 New York (A) 10-3, Simmons 3 Hits
02 Seattle Beats 87 Oakland 9-4                                          
86 Kansas City Beats 63 Minnesota 4-2 in 11                              
54 Chicago (A) Over 78 Milwaukee 10-3, Fain 4 Hits                       
89 California Defeats 49 Cleveland 4-1, Parrish 3 Hits
05 New York(N) Tops 05 Florida 5-2                                       
50 New York (N) Beats 60 St. Louis 6-4                                   
65 Pittsburgh Edges 09 Atlanta 5-4 in 10                                 
56 Cincinnati Blanks 72 Houston 2-0                                      
54 Milwaukee Defeats 67 Chicago (N) 10-8, Hank Aaron 2 HRs
02 Los Angeles Over 91 San Diego 8-2, Karros 3 Hits                      
57 Brooklyn Slips Past 61 San Fran 3-2

Motown bests Charm City 3 to 1

game 1

Baltimore 8 Detroit 3 .... Boog Powell hit a 2 run homer in the first inning, a 3 run homer in the 5th inning and a 2 run homer in the 7th.  Brooks Robinson added a solo homer. Pappas got an easy win and McLain had a rough night.

 

game 2

Detroit 5 Orioles 3 .... Willy Horton hit a 2 run homer in the 9th inning to break a 3 all tie to give Tigers the win.  Tigers had grabbed an early 3-0 lead as Horton drove 1 in with sac fly and Monbouguette squeezed another one in and McAuliffe's grounder plated the 3rd run in the 2nd inning. Orioles got 1 back in the 4th when Bowens grounder scored Siebern who had doubled and in the 8th Boog Powell hit 2 run homer to tie the game. Gladding earned the save for the tigers.

 

game 3

Tigers 9 Orioles 2 ... Cash and Northrup each hit a 3 run homer and Kaline contributed a pair of rbi singles. D Brown hit solo homer for Orioles.  Lolich got the win pitching into the 8th allowing 5 hits and walking 5 batters.

 

game 4

Tigers 5 Orioles 0 ... Johnny Podres pitched a shutout, scattering 8 hits, striking out 5 and walking no one. Tigers scored all 5 runs in the 3rd with Horton's 3 run homer topping the scoring off. McNally struggled thru 5 innings.

--submitted by Peter Winske--

Friars and Dodgers split

Game 1,

Greg Harris was lights out for the Padres in the first game as he pitched a complete game, 3 hit shutout. Darrin Jackson crushed a 2-run homerun to help in the cause. Padres 3...Dodgers 0.

Game 2,

Future former Padre Kevin Brown went six innings to overpower his future former teammates.  Brown got relief support from Mulholland, Quantrill, and Eric Gagne to nail down the LA win.  Dodgers 2...Padres 1.

Game 3,

Darrin Jackson crushed a go-ahead 3 run homerun to lead a come from behind victory for San Diego. Jackson drove in 4 runs to assist the Padres offense.  Bruce Hurst improves to 5-1 despite not having his best stuff.  Rich Rodriguez pitched the ninth for the Friars to earn his first save of the year.  Padres 9....Dodgers 7.

Game 4,

Brian Jordan, Eric Karros, and Paul LoDuca combined for 7 hits and 7 RBI to help the Dodgers earn a split in San Diego. Lefty, Dennis Ramussen was pounded for 13 hits and 8 runs and fell to 1-2.  The victory went to Odalis Perez (2-3). Dodgers 8...Padres 2.

--submitted by Joey Scigliano--

Dem Bums take 2 of 3 from rival Jints

GAME 1
Podres vs Loes
Dodgers 11, Giants 1

Brooklyn battered their old mate Bill Loes to the tune of 10 runs off of 12 hits in just 5 innings.  Gino Cimoli hit two roundtrippers while going 4 for 5.  Campy turned back the clock with a 3 for 4 day.  Johnny Podres went 8 strong innings yielding just 1 run in the bottom of the 2nd.  San Fran managed just 3 hits off Brooklyn's master of the change up. 

GAME 2
Drysdale vs Sanford
Giants 6, Dodgers 3
The Jints dropped a 4 spot on Big D in the bottom of the first and never looked back.  After giving up another run in the bottom of the 6th Brooklyn's ace was mercifully lifted.  "Cha-Cha" Cepeda went 3 for 4 with 4 RBI's while hitting a monster homer.  Jack Sanford (5-1, 3.48) once again benefited from great offensive support.  Stu Miller picked up his 8th save with a scoreless 9th while fanning 2 of the 3 hitters he faced.

GAME 3
McCormick vs Koufax
Dodgers 3, Giants 2
With the Giants up 2-1 and time starting to run out the Dodgers managed to score 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th to take a 3-2 lead.  Backup catcher Rube Walker led off with a double.  After Zim grounded weakly to third pinch hitter Elmer Valo walked then went to second on Junior Gilliam's ground out to short.  Charlie Neal's clutch 2 out single plated Walker and tied the game.  A passed ball, charged to backup catcher John Orsino allowed Valo to score what would eventually become the winning run.  Clem Labine would toe the rubber for the final 2 innings in relief of a 22 year old Sanford Koufax.  Labine would be pefect over those 2 innings to pickup his 3rd save of the season.  Koufax (2-0, 2.25) fanned 8 and did not walk a batter.  Flatbush fans keep hoping he will solve his wildness and this game was a huge step in that direction.

Brew Crew and South Siders split 4 game set

GAME 1 - Comiskey
Augustine vs Harshman
White Sox 9, Brewers 8
Putrid efforts by both starters accounted for a 8-6 Chisox lead after 4 innings of play.  Both teams scored 3 runs in the first inning alone.  Milwaukee rallied back to make it 9-8 and almost tied it in the top of the 9th, but came up short when Larry Hisle was nailed out the plate by a Johnny Groth one hop throw.  Gorman Thomas, who leads the league in homers, failed to hit the ball deep enough to tie it.  Both teams combined to split 28 hits evenly.  George Kell (2-4) knocked in 4 of Chicago's 9 runs on the day.

GAME 2
Caldwell vs Pierce
Brewers 2, White Sox 0
In a battle of the lefties Milwaukee's Mike Caldwell (3-1, 1.58) was once again the better hurler.  Caldwell scattered 5 hits enroute to a complete game shutout where he didn't walk or strikeout a batter.  Milwaukee scored both of their runs in the top of the 3rd on Sal Bando's 1 out 2 run single.

GAME 3 - County Stadium

Trucks vs Sorenson

Brewers 7, White Sox 6

Milwaukee scored early and often to amass a 6-0 lead after just 2 innings of play against an ineffective Virgil Trucks.  Lary Sorenson (5-1, 1.98) was not his usual dominating stuff as he fell asleep at the wheel and let the Southsiders creep back into the game.  Leading 7-5 after 8 the Brew Crew brought in Bill Castro to close it out.  Castro needed some smoke and mirrors plus a game saving play at the plate (2nd of the series) to lock down his gift save.  After giving up a leadoff single to Nellie Fox and walking Minnie Minoso, Castro got pinch hitter Cass Michales to pop out.  Johnny Groth followed by fanning for the second out.  Castro needed to get George Kell out to end the game, but instead served up a two bagger that went off the wall in right over the head of Ben Oglive.  The ball carromed around in the corner before Oglive picked it up and hit cutoff man Don Money with a strike.  By this point Fox had scored to make it 7-6 and the Cuban phenom, Minoso, was rounding third.  Money was on the money with a strike to catcher Buck Martinez, who got blasted 3 feet backward by Minoso.  No call was made by the ump until Martinez showed that the ball was still in his hand for the third out.

GAME 4
Consuegra vs Replogle
White Sox 10, Brewers 3
After 3 tight games the 4th and final game of the series was a good ole fashioned blowout.  Chicago victimized spot starter Andy Replogle for 8 runs (7 earned) off of 10 hits in just 6 innings on the hill.  Willie Mueller did the mop up duty and allowed an additional 2 runs over the final 3 stanzas.  Chisox leadoff man Ferris Fain went 4-5 with 2 RBI's and 3 runs scored.  Phil Cavarretta had 3 RBI's himself.  The lone bright spot for Milwaukee was the performance of Gorman Thomas, who hit 2 more homers to increase his league leading total to 13.