KC takes 2 of 3 from the Tribe

Game 1:  Cle 9 KC 2

Corey Kluber goes 8 of 6 hit hit ball for the win. Cle jumped on Larry Gura for 5 runs in the 1st inning and never looked back,

W-Kluber (3-1, 3.00), L Gura (2-2, 2.64)

Game 2:  KC 17 Cle 7

KC gets 17 runs on 17 hits as KC scores often  Amos Otis goes 2 for 4 and 5 RBI with 2 HR while Frank White goes 2 for 4 with 5 RBI on his GS. J Ramirez goes 3 for 4 and 4 ribbies for Cle.

W Hrabosky (2-0, 1.93), L Carrasco (1-2, 8.10)

Game 3:  KC 4, Cle 2

Game was tied a 2 all when Al Cowens doubled home Frank White in the top of the 7th to make it 3-2 Royals.  KC tacked on an insurance run in the 8th when Amos Otis, who led off the inning with a double, scored on a wild pitch.

W-Hassler (2-0, 2.84), L-Bauer (0-2, 5.61), S-Busby (1)

Thanks Marc for playing.

--submitted by Randy Myers--

'28 A's v '09 Angels

'28 A's sweep the '09 Angels blasting five homers in the first two games

followed by a complete game effort from Lefty Grove allowing just one
unearned run in a 3 - 1 win in the finale.

Game1: Philadelphia A's 6, '09 Angels 5
WP; Earnshaw, 2 - 1; LP: Bulger, 0 - 1; Save: Rommel (3)
HRs: Bishop (1), Simmons (3), Foxx (4), Hauser {4)

Trailing 5 - 3 going into the bottom of the 7th Bishop and Al Simmons homer
off Weaver and Jimmie Foxx greets reliever Bulger with a homer to give the
A's the 6 - 5 victory.  The Angels stranded 12 runners in the loss













Game 2: '09 Angels 4, '28 A's 9
WP: Walberg (2 -1); LP: Saunders, (2 - 2)
HRs: A's - Foxx (5), Dykes (3)
        Angels: Rivera (6)

The A's sent nine batters to the plate in the bottom of the second scoring 6
runs to lead 7 - 0 and then coasted to a 9 -4 win. Foxx with a two run homer
and Jimmy Dykes with a three run shot led the A's assault.

 








Game 3: '09 Angels 1, '28 A's 3
WP: Lefty Grove (5 -1); LP: Saunders (2 - 2)
HR; Foxx (6)

Walter French making a rare start doubled in two runs in the second to give
the A's a 2 - 0 lead.  The Angels struck back in the third when Juan Rivera
doubled in an unearned run to cut the lead to 2 - f1.  Jimmie Foxx homered in
the seventh to give the A's an insurance run and it was more than Lefty
Grove needed as he limited the Angels to one unearned run in the 3 - 1
victory.  Grove lowered his ERA to a meager 1.34.

--submitted by Jim Clouser--

2000 Mets take 2 of 3 from '62 Giants

Game 1 at Candlestick Park

Mets 5 Giants 3  11 innings

Todd Zeile hit a three run HR in the top of the 11^th to win it for the Mets. The HR came off reliever Don Larsen. Mets took 2-0 lead only to see the Jints tie it in the 6^th on a 2 RBI triple by Jim Davenport. The Giants took the lead in the 7^th on a Jose Pagan single. In the 9^th, the Mets tied it when Darryl Hamilton pinch hit a triple with 2 outs to score Jay Payton with the tying run.

 

John Franco won it in relief. Armando Benitez pitched a 1-2-3 11^th for his second save

 

Game 2 at Shea Stadium

Mets 7 Giants 4 10 innings

The Mets win in extra innings as Todd Zeile does it again! This time, the Mets first sacker hits a 3 run walk off HR in the bottom of the 10^th – winning the game with an extra inning HR for the second day in a row. Once again Don Larsen, doing his best Byung-jun Kim imitation, was victimized and took the loss.

 

Giants took a 1-0 lead on a second inning HR by Felipe Alou. The Mets tied it in the third on an RBI double by Derek Bill and took the lead on a 2 run HR by Melvin Mora. The Giants came right back to tie it, in the 5^th, on back to back HRs by Davenport and Tom Haller. In the 9^th, Davenport hit his second HR of the game to put SF ahead 4-3 but the resilient Mets tied it once again, in the bottom of the 9^th, as pinch hitter Timo Perez comes through with a 2 out single to drive in Lenny Harris and tie the score. That set the stage for Zeile's 10^th inning heroics.

 

Rick White was the winner in relief.

Game 3

Giants 6 Mets 3  at Shea Stadium

 

The Giants salvage the final game of the series, beating up on Mets starter Bobby Jones for 5 runs in 6 innings. Trailing 2-1 in the 5^th, the Giants took the lead for good on a 2 run HR by Willie Mays, his 5^th of the year. SF extended the lead in the 6^th on an RBI double by Harvey Kuenn and added another run in the 7^th on a solo blast by Felipe Alou (5). Mike Piazza hit a solo HR in the 9^th but it was too little too late for the Mets

 

Kuenn was 3-4 with a double and 2 RBIs. Piazza was 4-5 with a HR and 3 RBIs. Billy O' Dell started and got the win. Stu Miller pitched 2 1/3 hitless innings in relief to pick up his first save of the season

 

The Mets are now 7-10 as they try to get out of the NL East cellar. The Giants are 5-12, also fighting to get out of the cellar in the NL West.

 

Next up: the 2000 Mets play the 2009 Phillies in a four game set, while the 62 Giants take on the 1939 Reds in a four game series of their own

--submitted by A.Raylesberg--

09 Phillies vs. 09 Reds

A matchup of teams separated by multiple generations this week.

 

• Game One – Frank McCormick hits a first inning homer and the Reds chase Cole Hamels in the sixth to go on to a 6-0 win. Lee Grissom pitches five one-hit innings to earn the win for Cincinnati.
• Game Two – Jamie Moyer swears he sees some Little League teammates in the Reds' dugout and the Phillies support the old-timer by blowing a close game open with seven runs in the seventh to win 11- 2.  The Phillies set an early tone by taking advantage of a wild Bucky Walters, who walks the first four Phillies as Philadelphia scores two runs without a hit in the first. Moyer goes the distance to go to 3-0.
• Cliff Lee and Paul Derringer each pitch seven effective innings and this game goes to extra innings. Chooch Ruiz homers in the eleventh to give the Phillies the lead and Ryan Madson is able to pitch out of a one-out bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the eleventh to give the Phillies the 3-2 win.

--submitted by Chris Gotay--

28-Cards shock 38-Cubs with Sweep

The 1938 Cubs were 9-2, facing the medicore (4-7) Cardinals from a decade earlier. But the Cardinals seemed to play their best three games of the year against the rival North Siders, and won them all.

 

Bill Sherdel pitching an amazing economical game in the finale, throwing only 72 pitches in shutting out the Cubs on two hits. If I have time I will put a more extensive write up on the blog.

 

Bike Mike

'78 Royals v '28 A's

Royals take two out of three scoring two runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth of the finale.  Lefty Grove  suffered his first loss of the season against four wins when Eddie Rommel yielding singles to both batters he faced. Amos Otis singled to tie the game and Hal McRae got the winning hit.,

 

Jim Clouser