Monday, July 8, 2013

Perez, Reds Halt "Big Six" & the Giants!

(Game #13's)
Tony Perez: 1.318 OPS so far!

                           R   H   E
1912 Giants        4    9    1
1975 Reds          5    6    0     F

New York (7-6) / Cincinnati (8-5)

WP- Borbon (1-1)
LP- Mathewson (2-1)/ CG (3)
SV- McEnaney (4)

The Reds have been playing much better as of late (winning 4 of their last 5 games), and have got to be happy get a win against Christy "The Big Six" Mathewson. Tony Perez has shown no signs of slowing down, batting .412, 6 HR, 17 RBI with 6 doubles -- giving him a .882 slugging percentage! He would hit his 6th HR & double in this one against the Giants, with 3 RBI. Ken Griffey hit his first HR of the season, as Joe Morgan hit a double & triple. Fred Snodgrass had three hits in a losing cause for New York.

                           R   H   E
1904 Giants        2    7    1
1984 Tigers        7   10   1    F

New York (10-3) / Detroit (8-5)

WP- J.Morris (4-0)
LP- Mathewson (2-1)

It's safe to say that Christy Mathewson didn't have his best stuff today -- The Tigers will take that, as they feel they stole a game here, and got a much needed win. Alan Trammell snapped out of his drought momentarily, going 2-for-5 with 2 RBI (including a triple & steal), while Dave Bergman added a solo HR and two runs. Morris pitches a strong quality start, holding the Giants to seven hits.

The Tigers snapped the Giants' 8 game winning-streak.

                            R   H   E
1937 Yankees    12  15   1
1998 Braves        6    8   2   F

New York (6-7) / Atlanta (8-5)

WP- L.Gomez (2-1)
LP- Maddux (1-3)

INJURIES: Walt Weiss (ATL) - 17 games.

The 1937 Yankees' lineup was rolling, led by George Selkirk's 3-for-5 performance, with a HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs & a steal. Myril Hoag also had three hits, with a triple, 3 runs & 2 RBI -- with Joe DiMaggio quietly hitting his 6th HR of the season, plus a HR from Frank Crosetti. The Braves' Andruw Jones momentarily tied the game up with a two-run HR during the bottom of the 4th, making it 6-6 -- but the Yankees once again pulled away.

The Braves suffer a big loss in the injury to Weiss, who was batting .407 in 27 at-bats for the Braves this season.

                            R   H   E
1954 Indians       2    6    1
1995 Indians       1    2    0    F

54' Indians (5-8) / 95' Indians (5-8)

WP- Lemon (2-1)
LP- Hershiser (0-2)
SV- Mossi (4)

A battle between the tribes, as each of the game's three runs were all home runs. 1995's Jim Thome, the first batter up during the bottom of the 8th, hit a solo HR off Bob Lemon -- breaking up Lemon's no-no; while the 54' Indians had solo HR's from Wally Westlake & Al Smith.

                             R   H   E
2002 Athletics      1   2    2
1971 Athletics      5   5    1    F

02' Athletics (4-9) / 71' Athletics (4-9)

WP- Blue (1-2)/ CG (1)
LP- Zito (1-3)

Dave Duncan easily had his best game of the season, going 2-for-3 with a HR & double that included 5 ribbies. Vida Blue had a second consecutive great outing, with a complete game that had 10 K's & only allowing one run & two hits -- lowering his ERA to 3.90.

                             R   H   E
1993 Giants         7   11   0
1960 Pirates        4    8    0     F

San Francisco (7-6) / Pittsburgh (4-9)

WP- Swift (2-1)
LP- Friend (2-2)
SV- Beck (1)

The Giants are once again rolling, now that Robby Thompson has been back from injury; the team really struggled with his absence and now have won four in a row, now that he's been back. Thompson is batting .423, with 3 HR & 8 RBI in 7 games (26 AB's) this season, Thompson would fall a triple short of the cycle in this one against Pittsburgh, he would add three RBI as well. The Giants also got some unexpected offense from Darren Lewis (double, triple & two runs). Bill Virdon (struggling all year) went 2-for-4, HR & 2 RBI in the Bucs' losing effort.

Unfortunately for the Pirates, they have lost a league record eight consecutive losses, and have lost 9 of their last 10 games after a 3-0 season start.


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