NOT SO FAST! Senators Shock Sox!

(Game #23's)

                           R   H   E
2007 Red Sox    9    9    1
1925 Senators   10  15   1    F

Boston (10-13) / Washington (12-11)

WP- Ferguson (1-0)
LP- Papelbon (0-1)

After David Ortiz followed Mike Lowell's solo HR with a HR of his own, the Sox wer up 8-2 in the 7th and looked well on their way to a victory -- the Sox would add one more run during the top of the ninth. Boston would keep reliever Kyle Snyder (who pitched a scoreless 8th) in the game, but would allow three hits right away, including an two-run double by Bucky Harris. Hideki Okajima would be called upon with a 9-4 lead, as Washington  put in a pinch-hitter in Bobby Veach, he would get on base when J.D. Drew lost the ball in the lights (resulting in another run). Runner on first, trailing 9-5 with no outs, Sam Rice would hit a ball into the right corner in which Drew had problems getting to... 9-6. Boston Manager Terry Francona didn't want to take any chances, and brought in Jonathan Papelbon, in which Papelbon would walk Roger Peckinpaugh. First & third, no outs, Goose Goslin smacks the ball deep to right, Drew dives & misses, this ball rolls to the corner, Rice scores easily, Peckinpaugh scores, and the tying run is now on 3rd (another triple). Papelbon strikes out Joe Judge for the 2nd out, and only had one more out as Joe Harris steps up to the plate. Joe Harris launches the ball into the left field stands, the Washington crowd (or what was left of it) went nuts, as the Red Sox shake their heads in complete disbelief!

Biggest 9th Inning rally in league history, 7 runs down and the Senators pull it off! This is now the Senators 8th win in 9 games, as they now trail first place by only 4 games -- Senators are in last, but everyone is now a contender in this division; The 1906 Cubs & 1912 Red Sox are tied on top with a 16-7 record. The Red Sox, meanwhile, entered the series with a six-game winning streak, have lost their first three games of this series, and will send Curt Schilling to the mound for the final game against Tom Zachary & Washington.

                         R   H   E
1980 Royals     5   13   2
1971 Athletics  0    1    0    F

Kansas City (10-13) / Oakland (8-15)

WP- Splittorff (2-3)/ CG (1)/ SHO (1)
LP- C.Dobson (1-4)

Paul Splittorff was on his A-game, as he one-hits the 71' Athletics -- Splittorff did all this without striking out a single Athletic, even the strikeout-prone Reggie Jackson -- though Reggie was the one that provided the A's only hit of the night. George Brett went 2-for-5 with a triple, HR & 2 RBI and John Wathan went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI & a double for the night.

                          R   H   E
1931 Athletics   1    2    0
2001 Mariners  7    9    1    F

Philadelphia (10-13) / Seattle (17-6)

WP- Sele (3-1)
LP- Walberg (2-3)

Edgar Martinez & Dan Wilson each hit a two-run HR during a four-run 6th Inning to give the Mariners some breathing room. The Athletics didn't get their first hit until the 6th inning.

                        R   H   E
1971 Pirates    3   10   1
1940 Reds       2   10   1    F / 11 Inn

Pittsburgh (11-12) / Cincinnati (9-14)

WP- Bo.Miller (1-0)
LP- Beggs (0-2)
SV- Giusti (5)

Bob Robertson's solo HR off of reliever Joe Beggs in the top of the 11th sealed the victory for the Bucs.

                         R   H   E
2002 Athletics  1    8    0
1912 Red Sox  8    15   0    F

Oakland (6-17) / Boston (16-7)

WP- Bedient (5-0)/ CG (1)
LP- Mulder (1-2)

The two teams separated by 90 years, are now separated by 10 victories -- as Oakland now stands alone with the worst record of all 48 teams; while the Red Sox are tied in first with the 1906 Cubs in the Mathewson Division (Stripes I Division). Tris Speaker tied the doubles (3) in a single-game record, while Duffy Lewis tied the triples (2) in a single-game record.

Only three teams have a worse scoring differential than the 2002 A's (-33), those teams are three teams from the Clemente Division -- the 1971 Giants (-37), 1968 Tigers (-42) & 1962 Dodgers (-43).

                           R   H   E
1969 Orioles      7   13   1
1942 Cardinals  6    9    2    F

Baltimore (10-13) / St. Louis (11-12)

A battle between the birds, Baltimore ends up on top with Ellie Hendricks hitting a solo HR to kick off a three-run top of the ninth. The Cards would try to answer back with a two-run HR by Enos Slaughter in the bottom of the ninth, but they fall a run short; both teams were tied 4-4 after 6 innings.