5/4/75 BAL @ CLE-Game 2

Dennis Eckersley picked up his second win, Frank Robinson added his first home run and RBI of the season, and the Indians swept a double header from the Orioles, winning the second game 10-6.

Cleveland jumped all over Orioles starter Jesse Jefferson, who got lit up for 6 hits and 6 runs (4 earned) in 1-1/3 innings.  The scoring was capped in the second by a 3-run homer by former Oriole Boog Powell, his 7th of the season.

Eckersley cruised through the first 6 innings, allowing only 1 hit (in the 6th) and 3 walks (two in the first).  The seventh got a little out of hand, though it wasn’t all his fault.  He loaded the bases thanks to an error, a hit, and a walk.  Another error by shortstop Frank Duffy (the first of 2 he’d make in the game) allowed the first run to score and kept the bases jammed.  Tim Nordbrook struck out, but a single by Bobby Grich, and another walk drove in two more runs and kept the bases loaded.  Eck got Jim Northrup to pop out, but Ken Singleton singled to drive in two more.  Tom Buskey was brought in to relieve, and the first batter created an interesting play.

With runners on first (Singleton) & third (Al Bumbry)  and two out, Doug Decinces (who’d entered earlier in the game as a pinch runner for Lee May) hit a deep drive to right.  George Hendrick went up against the wall, and appeared to make the catch to end the inning.  The problem was, he didn’t.  However, Singleton didn’t notice this.  After he touched third, he kept heading for the dugout.  DeCinces, thrilled with his first homer of the season, continued to round the bases.  However, since Singleton never crossed home, DeCinces was called out for passing the runner, ending the inning, and turning his homer into a triple (with only 1 RBI instead of 3).

All in all, Eckersley gave up 6 runs, none of them earned.  This lowered his ERA to 0.85.

5/4/75 HOU @ SF

I really dislike the Giants.  I also have a soft spot in my heart for the Astros.  I had a lot of fun in Houston’s 6-2 win at San Francisco.

This a close game most of the way.  Giants starter Ed Halicki was a little wild early on.  Cesar Cedeno led off the game with a single, and went to second when Greg Gross was walked.  Bob Watson singled to drive home Cedeno.  Jose Cruz walked to load the bases.  That’s when Halicki settled down, striking out Doug Rader and getting Ken Boswell to ground into a 6-4-3 double play to end the threat.

The Giants bounced back and tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the first on a Chris Speier single, a Bobby Murcer double, and a sac fly to center by Von Joshua.

Gary Matthews homered in the bottom of the 4th to put the Giants up 2-1, which ended Doug Konieczny’s streak of 10 straight batters retired.  A triple by Roger Metzger and a double by Konieczny in the top of the fifth tied it up again.

Konieczny would get through the 5th, but I pulled him after he gave up a leadoff single to Chris Speier in the top of the 6th.  I just had a bad feeling, and with a fully rested bullpen, liked my odds better, particularly with the heart of the Giants order coming up.  I called in Jim Crawford, who got both Murcer and Joshua to ground out, which put Speier on third with two outs.  With Matthews due up, he was intentionally walked, bringing Giants catcher Dave Rader up.  He would ground out to end the threat.

Houston went up 3-2 in the top of the 7th when Cedeno singled with two outs.  That chased Halicki, replaced by Charlie Williams.  Cedeno stole 2nd (his 2nd of the game), and scored on a single by Gross.

The Giants threatened again in the bottom of the 7th.  Darrel Thomas tripled to lead off the inning.  With the infield drawn in, Ed Goodson lined out to Crawford for the first out.  With a couple of right handers coming up, I brought in Ken Forsch, who struck out both pinch-hitter Glenn Adams and Ed Ontiveros to escape any damage.

Houston added two more in the 8th and one in the 9th to go up 6-2.  However, San Francisco wasn’t quite done.  With Wayne Granger on the mound, Matthews reached on an error (by Rob Andrews, who came in as a defensive replacement), and Dave Rader singled to put 2 on and nobody out.  Joe Niekro was called in to put the fire out.  Thomas flew out to right.  Matthews decided he could make it to third.  He decided wrong.  Jose Cruz gunned him down for a double play.  Goodson then grounded out to second to end the game.

Crawford got his first win, and Niekro added save #2.  Halicki took the loss, dropping his record to 3-2.

5/4/75 KC @ MINN

In what turned out to be a far better game than it looked early on, Kansas City knocked off Minnesota 8-7 to take the first game of a day-night doubleheader.

The Royals wasted no time jumping out front.  Following back to back walks to Al Cowens and George Brett, Amos Otis hit a 3-run jack for a 3-0 lead before anyone was out.  Kansas City would continue to pressure the Twins pitching, eventually going up 7-0 after the top of the 3rd.  

In the meantime, Minnesota was on their third pitcher of the game.  Starter Eddie Bane was pulled after 1-2/3 innings.  His replacement, Vic Albury, managed to pitch to 3 batters before experiencing some tightness in his ribcage (he’s day to day, but then again, aren’t we all?).  Tom Johnson replaced him with one out in the 3rd and proceeded to put the first three runners on, all of whom would eventually score.  But he settled down after that.

For the Royals, starter Nelson Briles cruised through the first 5 innings, facing only 16 batters.  Then things got interesting in the 6th.  Briles loaded the bases with no one out, then threw a mistake to Eric Soderholm, who powered the pitch over 400 feet, which was enough to clear the fence and bases for a grand slam.  Suddenly, the Twins were back in it.  They would push across another run to close the gap to 7-5.

An error by Steve Braun allowed KC to add one run in the 8th, but the Twins got it back with a solo HR by Larry Hisle in the bottom half.

Leading 8-6 going into the bottom of the 9th, I brought in Steve Mingori to try to close things out.  Instead, they got interesting.  A walk to Lyman Bostock was followed by a double by Danny Thompson, advancing Bostock to 3rd.  Jerry Terrell was brought in to run for Thompson, and Phil Roof came in to pinch hit for Glenn Borgmann (who’s hitting .191).  Facing a dangerous situation, Mingori got Roof to go fishing on a pitch in the dirt for strike three.  

We intentionally walked Rod Carew (hitting .389) to load the bases.  This is not a move I was very fond of, since it put the winning run on base, but since a base hit would likely tie the game, my reasoning is that I could get by a dangerous hitter as well as set up a possibility of a double play.  The problem, and the thing that almost caused me not to do it, was the fact that this brought Soderholm to the plate, with the bases loaded again.  On a 1-0 pitch, Soderholm hit a shot to deep right.  Luckily, it wasn’t deep enough, as Al Cowens made the catch at the wall.  This did score one run, and Terrell advanced to third.  With 2 outs, and runners on 1st and 3rd, Steve Braun flew out to shallow center for the final out.

5/4/75 SD @ LA

In games Dave Freisleben has started, the Padres have won 5-4, lost 6-4, won 2-1, lost 3-2 in 12 innings, and today was no exception, falling to the Dodgers 3-2.

San Diego struck first when Dave Winfield singled home Gene Locklear in the 3rd.  LA tied it up in the 5th when Davey Lopes’ single scored Rick Auerbach from second.

The Dodgers picked up two more in the 7th.  Steve Yeager singled to lead off the inning.  Auerbach flew out to center, but Ken McMullen, pinch hitting for starter Burt Hooton, doubled to put runners on second and third.  That ended the day for Freisleben, relieved by Alan Foster, making his first appearance of the year.  His nerves showed as he gave up a sacrifice fly to Lopes, walked Jimmy Wynn, and then gave up a single to Ron Cey, scoring McMullen.  He got himself off the hook by then picking Cey off first.

San Diego got a run back in the 8th when Winfield again singled home Locklear, but that’s as close as they would get.

The win moved the Dodgers back to .500 for the first time since April 9th, when they were 1-1.  They will host the Astros in a 3 game series starting tomorrow.  The Padres will travel tomorrow to the heartland, beginning with 3 games against the first place Big Red Machine.

5/4/75 NYY @ MIL

Rough day for the Yankees.  The start of the game was delayed by rain.  When things did finally get under way, Larry Gura didn’t have his good stuff.  In fact, I’m not sure if he had much of anything.  While he did manage to get through the first inning without any damage, that’s only because Bobby Bonds stole home runs from Charlie Moore & Sixto Lezcano in right.  Larry made it only 2-2/3 innings before being pulled with the bases loaded and down 5-0.

Things got better from there, though.  Dick Tidrow came in and threw 3-1/3 innings of 1-hit, scoreless relief.  During that stretch, the Yankee offense started to figure out Brewers starter Bill Travers, scoring one run in the 5th and two in the 6th, leaving New York down 5-3.

After Travers worked a 1-2-3 7th, Dave Pagan came on for New York.  After striking out George “Boomer” Scott, he walked Don “Don’t Call Me Eddie” Money.  Don then surprised everyone by stealing 2nd.  Bobby Mitchell followed this with a double to left center that scored Money and put the Brew Crew up 6-3.

The Yankees weren’t dead, though.  They quickly put the first two runners on thanks to a walk and a throwing error by Robin Yount.  This put runners on first & third with no one out.  Sandy Alomar’s ground out scored Nettles from 3rd and moved Rick Bladt to second.  He went to third on another ground out.  Fred Stanley then knocked a single into left, scoring Bladt and bringing New York within a run at 6-5.  This knocked Travers out of the game and brought in Ed Rodriguez, who got Roy White to ground out to end the threat.

Milwaukee was held scoreless in the bottom of the 8th.  Thurman Munson led off the top of the 9th by reaching on Yount’s second error of the game.  Elliott Maddox came in to pinch run, and promptly stole 2nd.  Bonds struck out.  At this point, I blew this though, as I should have had Maddox try to steal third.  I probably would have if a right-handed batter was up instead of the lefty Chris Chambliss.  If Maddox makes it, the infield has to come in, or he could score on a sac fly.  However, I hold him, and Chambliss grounds out, advancing Maddox to third, but now there’s two out.  Unfortunately, Nettles grounded out to end the game.

For Milwaukee, Bobby Mitchell went 3-4 with a double, run, and RBI.  Yount, despite the two errors, knocked in two runs in the 3rd inning with a bases loaded single.

The loss dropped the Yankees back into a first place tie with Baltimore.  Milwaukee climbed to 12-12, but still 4th in the AL East.  New York heads to Baltimore for a 3-game series, while Milwaukee gets an off-day prior to heading on a 2 week road trip beginning at lowly Detroit.

5/4/75 CC @ STL

In the final game of a three game series between traditional rivals Chicago & St. Louis, the Cardinals managed to avoid being swept at home, winning this one 4-3.

Reggie Smith got the scoring started with a double in the bottom of the third, scoring Lou Brock, who had singed and stolen second to start the inning.

In the 5th, St. Louis added two more.  Mike Tyson led off with a single, and pitcher John Curtis followed with a walk.  Sensing trouble, I pulled Geoff Zahn (who’d given up 7 hits in his 4+ innings of work, despite only 1 run so far) for Tom Dettore.  That didn’t help much, as Brock drove a single to left center, scoring Tyson and sending Curtis to third.  On the first pitch, Brock took off for second.  Cubs catcher Tim Hosley fired it down, but off line and into centerfield.  Curtis trotted home, but Rick Monday threw a strike to third to nail Brock.

Chicago tied it up in the top of the 6th.  Following a Bill Madlock fly out, Hosley tried to redeem himself a little with a home run to left.  Jerry Morales reached on an error by Keith Hernandez.  Pete LaCock then doubled, advancing Morales to third.  That ended Curtis’s afternoon, replaced by Jim Willoughby.  Don Kessinger greeted him with a single that scored Morales.  Manny Trillo drove home the tying run with a ground out to second.

The Cardinals retook the lead in the bottom of the 6th when Ken Reitz scored on Willoughby’s sac fly.

Chicago threatened in the 9th.  Trillo led off with a double, and advanced to third when Dave Rosello (pinch hitting in the pitcher’s spot) grounded out.  At this point, hoping for a sacrifice fly, I send in Gene Hiser to run for Trillo.  Back at the top of the order, Jose Cardenal drew a walk.  So the tying run’s on third, and the go ahead run is on first, with 1 out.

Here’s where the gamble didn’t pay off.  Despite what I figure is about an 80% chance of making it, Cardenal is thrown out stealing at second.  With two outs now, Rick Monday (now hitting all of .211) hits a little comebacker to Al Hrabosky to end the game.

Hrabosky picked up his 6th save, leading the NL while helping to end the Cards’ 5 game losing streak.  The Cubs head to Montreal for a 3 game series, while the Cardinals hope to build on the win as they host the Phillies for 4 game.

5/4/75 BAL @ CLE

Nothing like a good pitching performance from someone where it’s not expected.  That’s what the Indians got in this one.  Don Hood threw a 2-hitter, walking 4, but striking out 7 to beat Baltimore 2-0 in the first game of a double header.

Cleveland only managed 8 hits themselves off Mike Torrez, who took his first loss of the season after a 4 game winning streak.  Boog Powell knocked home Rick Manning in the bottom of the first for the first run.  Little-used Jack Brohamer had an RBI single of his own in the 4th for the other run.

Baltimore’s defense kept them in this one.  Cleveland had two runners thrown out at the plate, and another at third.  Don Baylor was the guy they were trying to run on in left, but he managed to pick up two assists.  However, the second assist came after he booted a ball hit by Rico Carty in the left field corner.  George Hendrick, who was on first, took third on the error, but got greedy and was thrown out trying to score.  Carty ended up on second.

Cleveland has taken 2 out of 3 so far in the series.  They’re hoping to take the nightcap behind rookie sensation Dennis Eckersley, who’ll be making his second start, but has an ERA of 1.08.  Baltimore has failed to score more than 3 runs in any of their last 8 games, but are 4-4 in that stretch.

5/4/75 PITT @ PHIL

Ah, finally a win.  Thanks to Jerry Reuss, who went the distance, Pittsburgh beat the Phillies 7-3.  He didn’t dominate, but he did scatter 7 hits and 4 walks, keeping Philly from ever mounting a serious threat.

Three home runs (Dave Parker, Willie Stargell, and Richie Hebner) helped the cause.  Parker & Stargell hit theirs back-to-back in the 2nd inning, while Hebner’s pretty much finished the afternoon for Tom Underwood.

Errors by Tom Taylor (filling in for the recently traded Willie Montanez), Larry Bowa, and Mike Schmidt also hurt, but resulted in only 1 unearned run.  Mike Schueler and Gene Garber each threw 2 innings of scoreless relief.  Lowering their ERA to 1.23 and 1.06 respectively.

5/4/75 DET @ BOX

As proof that I despise Boston more than I do Detroit, I actually took the Tigers, the god-awful Tigers, against the Red Sux.  The last place Tigers were the team I actually elected to manage in this game.  That wasn’t enough, as Boston would win this one 6-4.

Things didn’t start off too badly.  Gary Sutherland drew a walk in the top of the first, went to second on Willie Horton’s single, and scored on a single by Ben Oglivie for an early 1-0 lead.

Things went south pretty quickly after that.  Ray Bare, the Tigers starter, walked Bernie Carbo, then hit Dwight Evans.  Fred Lynn then hits one to deep right center.  Not over the wall deep, but deep enough so that Ron LeFlore and Dave Roberts collided when chasing the ball, injuring both of them.  Lynn ended up with a triple on the play (don’t ask me who actually retrieved the ball), with both runners scoring.  He’d eventually score on Carl Yastrzemski’s fly to center (which would be the only time he wouldn’t reach base in the game).

The Sux added 2 more in the 3rd after Lynn tripled (again) home Carbo, and would score on Yaz’s single, putting Boston up 5-1.  Another run in the 5th made it 6-1.

Surprisingly, the Tigers didn’t lay down and die (the prior injuries notwithstanding).  Bill Freehan started to awaken from his 2 week slump with a 2 run home run in the 6th.  They managed to chase Boston starter Dick Pole (yep, that’s his name) and put up another run in the 8th to draw within 6-4.  But that’s as close as they’d get.

Pole got the win, with Dick Drago picking up his 4th save.  Yaz went 3-3 with 3 RBI, while Lynn ended up 3-4, 2 triples, and 3 RBI.  For Detroit, Bare took the loss, dropping him to 0-4.  Dave Lemanczyk did pitch 4 innings of scoreless relief, but Roberts will be spending the next couple of weeks on the DL.  His replacement has not yet been decided.

5/3/75 HOU @ SF

Bob Watson led the Astros in this one, going 3-4 with a 2B, HR (his 3rd) and 4 RBI.  Dave Roberts went the distance for Houston, giving up only 4 hits and 2 walks in his first shutout of the year as the Astros knocked of the Giants 5-0.  Only three runners for San Francisco made it as far as second base.

Watson’s home run came in the top of the first, giving Houston an early 1-0 lead.  Cliff Johnson’s sac fly scored Greg Gross from third to make the score 2-0.  Watson’s sac fly in the 8th added another run, and his single in the 9th scored the last 2.

John Montefusco took the loss for the Giants, dropping his record to 4-1.  He gave up only 2 earned runs in 6-1/3 innings before leaving with pain in his right (throwing) wrist.  It looks like he’ll be out for the next 10 days or so.  This bumped his ERA up to 1.77.

As if throwing a shutout wasn’t enough, Roberts also hit his first triple of the season.

5/3/75 CAL @ TEX

This was a big time frustration game for me.  I managed the Rangers, who lost this one 6-3.  I got a decent outing from Jackie Brown, who went 8 innings and gave up 8 hits and 3 walks.  The problem is that they all seemed to be grouped together, as witnessed by his 6 earned runs allowed.

Problems started in the top of the first.  After getting Mickey Rivers and Denny Doyle to fly out, Brown proceeds to issue a walk to Tommy Harper, who stole 2nd and scored on Leroy Stanton single.  Another walk was issued, and Ellie Rodriguez removed that problem by hitting a 3-run home run, his 2nd homer of the season.

Brown worked out of a little bit of trouble in the 2nd, after Jerry Remy & Rudy Meoli (the 8 & 9 hitters) reached, he would retire the next 9 hitters in a row.  But 4 more singles led to 2 more runs in the 5th inning.

Meanwhile, the offense was squandering one opportunity after another.  Mike Hargrove was thrown out at the plate in the first.  Two other runners were left on that inning.  Two more were stranded in the 2nd.  The 4th and 5th innings were killed due to GDP’s.

Texas did manage to push across 1 run in the 6th (thanks to Dave Chalk’s throwing error) and 2 more in the 7th, which finally chased Angels starter Andy Hassler, who pitched 6-2/3 while giving up TWELVE hits and 2 walks.  The Rangers would leave 2 runners on in the 7th, 8th, and 9th as well.  All told, Texas amassed 16 hits, but only 3 runs while leaving 12 runners on and grounding into 3 double plays.

Despite going 2-5 with a double, Jeff Burroughs stranded 6 runners (3 in scoring position) while making the last out in both the 7th & 9th innings.  Hargrove lowered his batting average to .415 by “only” going 2-5, and Rivers is still on a record setting pace for stolen bases, despite not having any this game (he’s go 19 through 25 games).

5/3/75 SD @ LA

Twenty-two year old rookie Rick Rhoden, making his first start of the season, went the distance to lead the Dodgers to a 9-3 victory.  Willie Crawford went 2-5 with 2 doubles and 4 RBI, while Davey Lopes chipped in with a 2-3, 2 walk, 2 runs, 3 SB evening.

Joe McIntosh (no relation to the apple that I’m aware of) was pretty lousy, giving up 4 hits, 5 walks, and 4 ER in 4-2/3 innings of work.  Rich Folkers wasn’t any better pitching in relief of McIntosh, giving up a 2-run double followed by 3 straight singles before finally striking out Rhoden to end the 5th.  That five run burst put the Dodgers up 7-1, and they coasted the rest of the way.

5/3/75 KC @ MINN

Five runs in the first inning, and 3 the rest of the game.  Kansas City wasted very little time getting on the board with a 2-run home run by Amos Otis.  But Paul Splittorff was shaky in his first inning, giving up 4 singles and a double.  The only reason the Twins stopped at three was because Disco Dan Ford, after doubling home 2 runs, was thrown out by Otis trying to score on Craig Kusick’s single for the third out.  If he stays put, Minnesota’s still got runners on 2nd and 3rd with two outs.

Twins starter Dave Goltz settled down until the 5th when Vada Pinson singled, advanced on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on George Brett’s single, which tied the game at 3-3.  He lasted until the 6th, when a double, followed by back-to-back walks to Jim Wohlford and Cookie Rojas ended his evening.  Bill Campbell came in to retire Pinson on a pop up and Freddie “The Flea” Patek on a fly ball to right to end the inning and keep the game tied.

Phil Roof came up with the clutch hit, a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 6th off Splittorff, giving the Twins a 5-3 lead, one that they would hold as Campbell threw 3-2/3 innings of scoreless relief.

Interesting play of the game:  In the top of the 7th, Brett’s on first.  Fran Healy hits a groundball to Kusick at first.  Kusick fields the ball and tosses to Campbell covering for the out.  No big deal, at least until Brett decides he’s going to try to take third on the play.  He’s thrown out for a not-so-common 3-1-5 double play.

5/3/75 CC @ STL

Yet another low-scoring game.  Bill Bonham went the distance for the Cubs, scattering 6 hits and 5 walks while striking out 8, leading Chicago to a 2-1 win.  Both Cubs runs came in the top of the 3rd.  Jose Cardenal singled off John Denny and proceeded to steal 2nd.  He scored on Rick Monday’s single.  Bill Madlock drove Monday home with a double, but was stranded there.

The Cardinals threatened big time in the 8th.  Lou Brock led off with a single.  Bake McBride walked, followed by a Reggie Smith single.  Only a strong throw by Jerry Morales kept Brock at third.  With the bases loaded and nobody out, Ted Simmons popped out.  Ron Fairly then drew a walk, forcing in a run.

This is when things got interesting.  Despite the fact that he’s hitting over .340, Red Schoendienst (that’s SHANE-deenst for the German-impared), the St. Louis manager, asks Ken Reitz to try to squeeze home a run.  The pitch is fouled off.  The next pitch Reitz squared to bunt, but pulled back when McBride never broke for the plate.  The pitch was high for ball one.  Reitz then squares again, McBride breaks for home, but Kenny missed the pitch, and McBride was nailed at the plate easily for the 2nd out, though the runners did move up.  Reitz then proceeded to take a called third strike, ending the rally.

Denny, despite one of his better outings took the loss, dropping him to 1-2.  He gave up only 6 hits and one walk in 7 innings, striking out 8.  Ted Sizemore went 2-3 with 2 doubles and a walk, but it just wasn’t enough.

5/3/75 OAK @ CWS

Ken Holtzman picked up his third win of the year for Oakland, shutting out the White Sox 2-0.  This was a pretty good pitching matchup between Holtzman & Jim Kaat, who went 8 innings, giving up 6 hits and 3 walks.

The fourth inning proved to be Kaat’s downfall.  Reggie Jackson singled to lead off then inning, going to 3rd on a Gene Tenace double.  After two pop outs, Claudell Washington’s single scored both runners for the only runs of the game.

Chicago’s only threat was in the bottom of the third.  Jerry Hairston led off with a single, followed by another single by Carlos May.  Each runner picked up another base when Bill North bobbled the ball, but Hairston got a little greedy, and was thrown out by North trying to score.  May took 3rd on the throw.  But he was stranded about Jorge Orta grounded out and Pat Kelly flew out to right.

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5/3/75 ATL @ CIN

Well, wonder of wonders, Ken Griffey came through for the Reds.  Ken’s been hitting in the low .200’s for most of the season, but a solo home run in the bottom of the 7th put the Reds up 1-0.  Darrell Evans, pinch hitting for Braves starter Roric Harrison, tied it up in the top of the 8th with a solo shot of his own.  Evans normally starts at 3rd base for Atlanta, but has been hitting so poorly (currently .198), he was benched up until his appearance in the 8th.  To be honest with you, since I was managing the Reds, I was kind of excited to see him come up, but then pretty ticked off when he hit it.

The Reds would take the lead back in the bottom of the 8th when JB-Johnny Bench singled to lead off the inning off new pitcher Max Leon.  George Foster then hit a triple down the right field line to score him.  That was it for Leon, who was replaced by Pedro Torrealba.  I was a bit disappointed that nobody was able to score Foster from third with nobody out (Perez popped out to first, Geronimo struck out, and Griffey popped out).

The Braves did have some chances early, but double plays ruined their chances in the 1st, 2nd, and 6th.  Reds starter Fred Norman went the whole way for Cincy, improving his record to 3-1.  Leon took the loss.  The win moved the Reds up by 2-1/2 games over the Giants in the NL West, pending the results of the Astros-Giants game later.

5/3/75 PITT @ PHIL

I should have known that this game was going to be a struggle for me when Steve Carlton started out by striking out the side (Manny Sanguillen, Rennie Stennett, and Dave Parker).  Willie Stargell hit his 7th home run, but the Pirates fell to the Phillies 4-3.

Philly was led by Ollie Brown, who went 3-4 with a home run, and had all 4 of the RBI.  Carlton found himself in a little bit of trouble in the top of the 9th.  Coming into the inning leading 4-2, Richie Zisk pinch hit for Al Oliver and drew a walk.  Willie Randolph then came in to pinch run for Zisk.  Bill Robinson singled (completing a 4-4 evening), moving Randolph to 3rd.  Richie Hebner then doubled to score Randolph, with Robinson stopping at 3rd.  Mario Mendoza popped out.  For some reason, I then let the pitcher, Dave Giusti, hit for himself.  He walked to load the bases.

At this point, Danny Ozark had seen enough.  Gene Garber came in to face Sanguillen.  He hit one right back to Garber, who forced Robinson at home.  Stennett hit a grounder to 2nd to end the game, giving Garber his 5th save of the year.

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