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August 17,18,19 at Baltimore Orioles (58-59)
August 17-Boog Powell homered twice, driving in 4, and Manny Sanguillen added 2 hits and an RBI as Baltimore beat Boston 7-1. (68-50)
W-Paul Mitchell (2-0) L-Jonah Stickles (6-7) S-Ron Scheuler (2)
August 18-Paul Blair, Davey Johnson, and Boog Powell each hit homeruns, as the Orioles banged out 14 hits and scored 11 times en route to a 11-5 win. (68-51)
W-Jim Palmer (11-9) L-Fergie Jenkins (1-3)
August 19-Paul Blair went 2-4 with 3 RBI and Brooks Robinson added 2 hits and a pair of RBI as Baltimore completed the sweep of the Sox, winning 6-4. (68-52)
W-Dave Roberts (15-9) L-Ron Guidry (15-4) S-Ron Scheuler (3)
August 20,21,22 v Detroit Tigers (65-52)
August 20-Jim Pagliaroni, starting for the injured Bill Freehan hit his 1st HR of the year, a 3 run shot in the 8th inning, helping Detroit move within 1/2 a game of the Sox with a 3-2 win. (68-53)
W-Mickey Lolich (13-6) L-Reggie Cleveland (12-8) S-Fred Gladding (11)
August 21-This was a fantastic game. Detroit took a 3-0 lead on a 2 run double by Bob Christian and an RBI single by George Scott. That lead held up until the bottom of the 9th when Boston scored 3 times on a sac fly, RBI single by Rico Petrocelli and a solo HR by Reggie Smith. The score remained tied until the 14th when Reggie Smith lead off the bottom of the inning with a solo HR off Ken Tatum, giving Boston a 4-3 win. Boxscore below: (69-53)
W-Cecil Upshaw (5-3) L-Fred Gladding (2-2)
August 22-Don Baylor had 3 hits including a 2 run HR and Toby Harrah had a bases clearing triple as Boston took two of three and extended their lead in the AL East to 2 1/2 games with a 10-7 win over Detroit. (70-53)Code:Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox
August 21, 1973
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Tigers (DET) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 0
Red Sox (BOS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 8 2
DETROIT ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
W. Comer (CF) 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .294
J. Foy (2B) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .243
B. Christian (LF) 7 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 .311
W. Horton (DH) 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .329
J. Northrup (RF) 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .289
G. Scott (1B) 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .279
D. McAuliffe (SS) 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .275
J. Pagliaroni (C) 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 .194
B. Sudakis (3B) 6 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .220
TOTALS 48 8 7 3 0 3 14 1
2B: B. Sudakis (8), W. Horton (26), B. Christian (33)
3B: G. Scott (11)
HBP: W. Horton
GIDP: B. Sudakis, B. Christian
DETROIT ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
P. Dobson 8.2 6 0 1 3 3 10 136 5.23
K. Tatum 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 35 4.74
F. Gladding 1.0 2 0 1 1 1 1 14 2.81
TOTALS 13.0 8 0 2 4 4 12 185
BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
R. Smith (CF) 6 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 .318
T. Simmons (C) 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .323
D. Baylor (LF) 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .294
R. Petrocelli (3B) 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
T. Harrah (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .304
D. Evans (RF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .262
R. Colavito (DH) 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .283
B. Grabarkewitz (1B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .254
L. Bowa (SS) 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .257
TOTALS 45 8 0 4 2 4 12 0
3B: T. Simmons (6)
HR: R. Smith 2 (21)
CS: L. Bowa
BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
R. Moret 7.0 6 5 0 3 3 7 114 4.49
G. Garber 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 3 66 3.25
C. Upshaw 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 4 50 3.57
TOTALS 14.0 8 7 0 3 3 14 230
WP: C. Upshaw (5-3)
LP: F. Gladding (2-2)
Temperature: 66F
Wind: Calm
Attendance: 33,379
Time: 4:27
W-Jonah Stickles (7-7) L-Mike Krukow (10-14) S-Sparky Lyle (23)
MLB Milestones:
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds picked up his 2000th career hit
Up next for Boston is 3 games at home against the Cleveland Indians followed by 3 games at Comiskey Park against the Chicago White Sox.
August 23,24,25 v Cleveland Indians (61-65)
August 23-Facing a 5-1 defecit, the Indians scored 5 times in the 8th inning capped by a 2 run double by George Foster as Cleveland beat Boston 7-6. (70-54)
W-Rich Hand (2-0) L-Gene Garber (3-1)
August 24-Dwight Evans hit a 3 run HR and Ted Simmons added a HR and 3 RBI as Boston outslugged the Indians 10-6. (71-54)
W-Reggie Cleveland (13-8) L-Charles Lemay (7-16)
August 25-Larry Bowa had 2 hits and 3 RBI and 5 other Sox drove in 2 runs as Boston plastered Cleveland 14-8. (72-54)
W-Cecil Upshaw (6-3) L-Bob Terlecki (8-8)
August 26,27,28 at Chicago White Sox (72-54)
August 26-Tommy Harper had 2 hits, including a 3 run HR as Chicago and Tommy John beat Boston 6-2. (72-55)
W-Tommy John (14-3) L-Doug Rau (0-1)
August 27-Billy Conigliaro and Ted Simmons each drove in a pair of runs, and Fergie Jenkins pitched 8 innings of 1 run ball, striking out 8 as the Red Sox beat the White, 4-1. (73-55)
W-Fergie Jenkins (2-3) L-Gary Peters (12-12) S-Sparky Lyle (24)
August 28-Reggie Smith went 3-6 with a HR and 2 RBI, and Ted Simmons added 2 hits and an RBI as Boston took two of three from Chicago, winning 8-6. (74-55)
W-Cecil Upshaw (7-3) L-Pedro Borbon (8-6) S-Sparky Lyle (25)
MLB Injuries:
Roger Moret of the Boston Red Sox will miss the rest of the season and possibly all of next year with a broken wrist suffered while taking a line drive during batting practice. Moret was 11-10 4.49 this year, which was down from last year when he put a line of 19-6 2.83. Ken Brett will move into the rotation for the meantime.
Ending August and heading into September will be 3 games in Minnesota against the Twins followed by 3 at home against the Milwaukee Brewers. Team leaders, league standings, and minor league recap will be after the Twins series.
Complete Team Batting Stats Through August 31-(team leaders in bold)
Complete Team Pitching Stats Through August 31-(team leaders in bold)Code:1973 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Harrah, Toby BOS 125 .297 508 151 20 3 20 79 65 19 9 94 85 .467 .391
Simmons, Ted BOS 122 .328 503 165 37 6 23 61 32 0 0 100 88 .563 .398
Baylor, Don BOS 123 .301 495 149 29 3 41 75 66 9 8 111 115 .620 .397
Petrocelli, Rico BOS 114 .297 455 135 27 1 17 64 78 0 2 64 76 .473 .384
Smith, Reggie BOS 101 .307 449 138 33 4 24 57 62 5 1 98 70 .559 .386
Bowa, Larry BOS 105 .257 405 104 13 4 2 25 39 16 9 49 49 .323 .297
Grabarkewitz, Billy BOS 101 .258 376 97 11 4 8 50 70 11 5 45 45 .372 .347
Conigliaro, Billy BOS 76 .276 297 82 18 2 5 20 57 0 2 33 33 .401 .323
Ortiz, Jose BOS 76 .258 275 71 19 4 0 26 49 21 4 35 35 .356 .322
Evans, Dwight BOS 71 .269 271 73 18 4 7 33 58 0 0 32 46 .443 .354
Colavito, Rocky BOS 66 .281 253 71 12 0 10 25 40 0 0 38 40 .447 .344
Muser, Tony BOS 56 .314 210 66 9 2 1 21 33 1 0 25 19 .390 .379
Shamsky, Art BOS 42 .192 146 28 5 2 2 13 29 0 0 13 16 .295 .272
Conigliaro, Tony BOS 15 .281 64 18 1 2 6 3 18 0 0 10 13 .641 .314
Jenkins, Fergie BOS 23 .174 46 8 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 2 2 .174 .191
French, Jim BOS 14 .190 42 8 1 0 0 7 6 0 0 6 3 .214 .300
Brett, George BOS 8 .241 29 7 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 3 3 .310 .333
Foucault, Steve BOS 44 .000 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .200
Sutherland, Gary BOS 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
League Standings are next!Code:1973 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
York, Jim BOS 38.1 2.58 30 0 0 1 0 26 14 9.16
Fingers, Rollie BOS 53.0 3.40 39 0 5 4 2 44 13 10.70
Stickles, Jonah BOS 111.0 3.49 16 16 7 7 0 72 34 11.76
Upshaw, Cecil BOS 84.2 3.61 49 0 7 3 1 56 26 11.91
Lyle, Sparky BOS 51.1 3.68 47 0 3 5 26 40 14 11.92
Guidry, Ron BOS 175.2 3.79 26 26 15 4 0 140 64 13.63
Garber, Gene BOS 56.2 3.81 35 0 3 1 0 51 21 12.55
Jenkins, Fergie BOS 202.0 3.97 31 31 10 13 0 180 34 11.54
Lee, Bill BOS 43.2 4.12 6 6 2 2 0 24 6 12.37
Cleveland, Reggie BOS 198.0 4.32 29 29 13 8 0 118 54 12.50
Rau, Doug BOS 12.1 4.38 3 2 0 1 0 11 4 13.86
Brett, Ken BOS 24.1 4.44 9 3 0 0 0 18 6 11.47
Moret, Roger BOS 176.1 4.49 27 27 11 10 0 117 69 14.24
Foucault, Steve BOS 68.1 4.87 44 0 4 7 6 45 42 15.80
League Standings Through August 31-
End of the Year Minor League Report-
This is going to be a quick recap of the top minor leaguers in our system and the years they had.
George Brett 85/96 (AAA)-.369 15-89 1.010 OPS 57/35 BB/K 89 R
Brett is expected to force the Sox to find a new home for Rico Petrocelli next year as he becomes the team's starting 3B.
Gorman Thomas 83/96 (AAA)-.236 9-27 .875 OPS 32/25 BB/K
(AA)- .294 21-74 .980 OPS 80/52 BB/K
Thomas hits like a truck, but as evidenced by his .236 this year in AAA, the question is whether he will hit for a high enough average to be an everyday player. He's still got a ways to go.
Ernie Whitt 66/89 (A)- .294 19-79 .897 OPS 75/44 BB/K 75 R
Whitt has at least 3 years before he makes an impact in the majors, but he is being groomed to replace Ted Simmons if Simmons leaves via FA when his contract expires after '74.
Ray Knight 64/93 (A)- .327 13-74 .896 OPS 83 R
Knight could be the starting 1B for the Sox in 2-3 years, he could also end up being a valuable utility type, like Billy Grabarkewitz.
Willie Aikens 60/91 (R)- .346 4-19 1.034 OPS 31/12 BB/K
Aikens has great power and a great eye, he just needs time in the minors before he is a force for the big club.
UL Washington 57/88 (R)- .330 2-37 .857 OPS 10 steals 45 runs
Could be Sox starting SS when Petrocelli is gone.
Rich Gossage 77/79 (AAA) 11-6 2.53 121.0 IP 11 saves 80/49 K/BB
Will end up either as the closer once Sparky Lyle is gone or a set up man for someone else
Dan Quisenberry 69/83 (A) 6-2 2.02 111.1 IP 13 saves 30/16 K/BB
Doesn't strike anyone out, which could hurt him, but his upside is a dominant groundball closer type.
Mike Flanagan 70/89 (A) 13-4 2.59 163.1 IP 75/53 K/BB
Expected to be a number 2 or 3 starter in a couple of years.
As you can see, its fairly slim pickings beyond the offense and the top couple of pitchers, we'll have to see what we can do about that with all of our young hitting talent in the offseason.
August 29,30,31 at Minnesota Twins (70-59)
August 29-Tony Oliva hit an RBI double off Sparky Lyle in the bottom of the 10th inning, to give the Twins a 7-6 win over the Sox. (74-56)
W-Jim Strickland (5-4) L-Sparky Lyle (3-5)
August 30-Adolpho Phillips hit a game winning, RBI single in the 10th inning off Steve Foucault, giving the Twins their 2nd straight extra innings win over Boston with a 5-4 victory. (74-57)
W-Ray Corbin (3-6) L-Steve Foucault (0-2)
August 31-Don Baylor homered and drove in 2 and Dwight Evans hit a solo shot as Boston avoided the sweep, beating the Twins 4-2. (75-57)
W-Fergie Jenkins (3-3) L-Dave Boswell (4-9) S-Sparky Lyle (26)
September 1,2,3 v Milwaukee Brewers (62-70)
September 1-Reggie Smith drove in Dwight Evans in the 10th inning to make a winner of Sparky Lyle, who pitched 3 perfect innings as Boston beat Milwaukee 4-3. (76-57)
W-Sparky Lyle (4-5) L-Randy Moffitt (7-4)
September 2-Don Baylor hit homeruns 43 and 44, and Reggie Smith, Ted Simmons and Dwight Evans each added homeruns, as Boston obliterated the Brewers 15-1. (77-57)
W-Ken Brett (1-0) L-Denny McClain (8-15)
September 3-A 5 run 8th inning, capped by a 3 run homeruns by Billy Conigliaro helped Boston complete the sweep of Milwaukee, winning 7-6. (78-57)
W-Jim York (1-1) L-Randy Moffitt (7-5) S-Sparky Lyle (27)
MLB Milestones:
Fred Newman of the Oakland A's pitched a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals, walking just 2 and striking out two in a 1-0 squeaker against the Royals. Boxscore below:
MLB Injuries:Code:Kansas City Royals at Oakland Athletics
September 1, 1973
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Royals (KCR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athletics (OAK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 1 6 2
KANSAS CITY ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
D. Anderson (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
J. Cardenal (DH) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320
J. Hutto (LF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279
J. Mayberry (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
E. Herrmann (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .240
L. Lacy (RF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
J. Nettles (CF) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .250
G. Beckert (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
L. Randle (3B) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091
G. Hendrick (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292
C. Gutierrez (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
TOTALS 29 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
KANSAS CITY ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
S. Rogers 8.0 6 1 0 1 1 6 109 5.88
TOTALS 8.0 6 1 0 1 1 6 109
OAKLAND ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
R. Metzger (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
J. Hiatt (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .253
R. Jackson (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .298
R. Monday (CF) 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .328
D. Robinson (LF) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
S. Bando (3B) 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .294
J. Hague (DH) 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .259
D. Josephson (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
M. Trillo (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203
TOTALS 29 6 1 1 0 1 6 0
2B: S. Bando (23)
GIDP: M. Trillo
OAKLAND ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
F. Newman 9.0 0 2 0 0 0 2 98 5.59
TOTALS 9.0 0 2 0 0 0 2 98
WP: F. Newman (8-8)
LP: S. Rogers (8-17)
Temperature: 70F
Wind: 7 MPH (in from left)
Attendance: 9,523
Time: 2:02
Craig Swan of the Pittsburgh Pirates will miss the rest of the year and about half of next season with a broken wrist suffered taking a line drive in his last start. Swan, a former Sox farmhand was 1-1 with a 6.34 ERA this year, but was expected to battle for a spot in the Pirate rotation next year.
Bert Campaneris, who the Mets traded for last month to strengthen their lineup will be out until the All-Star break next year as he broke his right ankle sliding into second base. Campaneris was hitting .247 with 1-8 with 4 steals with the Mets and .277 4-32 with 29 steals overall on the year with New York and Oakland.
Gary Nolan of the Cincinnati Reds will be out until about May of next year with a bad elbow. Nolan, the ace of the Red staff was 8-12 3.63 this season and 57-84 with a 4.04 ERA for his career.
Bruce Miller of the San Diego Padres will be out until June of next year with a broken back vertebra, suffered in a home plate collision. Miller, the starting 3B for the Pads, was hitting .258 1-22 this year, after hitting .286 1-27 last season.
Up next for the Sox is 3 games in Baltimore against the Orioles followed by 3 games in Texas against the Rangers.
September 4,5,6 at Baltimore Orioles (70-62)
September 4-Roger Freed laid down a perfect suicide squeeze bunt off of Sparky Lyle in the bottom of the 14th inning, as Baltimore outlasted Boston 3-2. (78-58)
W-Ron Scheuler (4-2) L-Sparky Lyle (4-6)
September 5-Reggie Cleveland pitched 7 innings of 2 run ball, but was outpitched by Dave Roberts, who threw a complete game, 3 hitter allowing just 1 run as Boston lost another close one to the Orioles, 2-1. (78-59)
W-Dave Roberts (18-9) L-Reggie Cleveland (13-9)
September 6-Paul Blair homered twice and drove in 4 and Brooks Robinson added a HR and 4 RBI as the Orioles completed the sweep, hammering Boston 12-3. (78-60)
W-Jim Palmer (15-9) L-Doug Rau (0-2) S-Ron Scheuler (4)
September 7,8,9 v Texas Rangers (67-68)
September 7-Tony Horton had a monster of a game, going 6-6 with 2 HR, 7 RBI and 4 runs scored as Texas blitzed Ron Guidry and Boston 14-4. (78-61)
W-Joe Coleman (6-5) L-Ron Guidry (15-5)
September 8-Boston ended their 4 game losing streak in style, as Don Baylor hit his 45th HR of the year, driving in 5, and Ted Simmons and Toby Harrah each drove in 4 runs in the 17-3 Boston win over Texas. (79-61)
W-Fergie Jenkins (4-3) L-Mark Fidrych (4-18)
September 9-J.R. Richard pitched into the 8th inning, allowing no runs, striking out 5 and walking 7 as the Ranger pitching shut down the Sox offense, winning 3-1. (79-62)
W-J.R. Richard (10-12) L-Reggie Cleveland (13-10) S-Kent Tekulve (9)
Around the MLB:
I just realized that we are in the midst of one of the greatest offensive seasons of all-time and I haven't talked about it. 26 year old 3B Darrell Evans of the Atlanta Braves in on pace to destroy Roger Maris record of 61 homeruns in a season. Evans is currently hitting .335 57-141. On top of those gaudy numbers, he has also walked 136 times, including 26 intentional leading to a astronomical OPS of 1.229. He is slugging .749 on the year and has only struck out 70 times. At this current pace, he will end the season with 64 homeruns and drive in 162.
Also, on the homefront, injuries are beginning to take their toll on the Sox. Having already lost Tony C, Roger Moret, Bill Lee, and Rollie Fingers for the season, Boston this past week also lost Billy Conigliaro for the year, backup OF Rocky Colavito until the postseason, starting pitcher Jonah Stickles for 3 weeks, and Ron Guidry for 2 weeks. With 3 teams now within 5 1/2 games in the AL East, I am not sure if we can hang on.
MLB Injury News:
Red Sox outfielder Billy Conigliaro will join his older brother on the Boston disabled list for the rest of the year. Conigliaro suffered a broken leg in a freak accident suffered while rounding the bases after a homerun. Billy C. was hitting .279 7-39 this year as a part time player forced into a starting role when his brother was injured.
Billy Parker of the California Angels will miss the rest of the regular season, but should be back in time for the World Series if the Angels make it that far. Parker suffered a sprained knee after being taken out on a double play. Parker was hitting .251 2-31 with 16 steals this year.
Up next for the struggling Sox is 3 games at home against the Milwaukee Brewers, followed by a huge series against the Baltimore Orioles.
September 10,11,12 v Milwaukee Brewers (66-75)
September 10-Reggie Smith went 2-4 with a HR and 4 RBI, and George Brett went 3-5 with a HR, 2 doubles and 3 RBI as Boston beat up on the Brewers 11-3. (80-62)
W-Cecil Upshaw (8-3) L-Bob Knepper (1-5)
September 11-Dwight Evans hit a 2 run double, and Reggie Smith added a 2 run single as the Sox sneaked past the Brewers 6-4. (81-62)
W-Gene Garber (4-1) L-Randy Moffitt (7-6) S-Sparky Lyle (28)
September 12-Don Baylor hit a triple, driving in Ted Simmons in the bottom of the 10th inning, helping the Sox complete the sweep of the Brewers, winning 6-5. (82-62)
W-Cecil Upshaw (9-3) L-Lyle Richardson (3-2)
September 16,17,18 at Baltimore Orioles (78-66)
September 16-Paul Blair and Mike Fiore each had 2 run pinch hit doubles, leading the Orioles to a 7-6 win over Boston. (82-63)
W-Ron Scheuler (5-2) L-Ron Guidry (15-6) S-Jan Dukes (19)
September 17-Brooks Robinson had 2 hits and 3 RBI, and Roger Freed went 3-4 with 2 RBI as Baltimore moved within 1 1/2 games of Boston with a 9-7 win. (82-64)
W-Dave Roberts (19-9) L-Reggie Cleveland (13-11) S-Carroll Sembera (4)
September 18-Jonah Stickles, pitching for the first time since August 22, threw 7 2/3 innings of 1 run ball, and Reggie Smith went 3-5 with 2 RBI helping Boston avoid the sweep and beat Baltimore 6-1. (83-64)
W-Jonah Stickles (8-7) L-Woodie Fryman (7-16) S-Sparky Lyle (29)
Around the MLB:
Darrell Evans update: Darrell Evans tied Roger Maris single season HR record, hitting his 61st of the year, a 2 run shot, his 2nd of the game, off Dan McGinn of the San Fransisco Giants in a 11-6 win. Evans is now on pace to hit 65 homeruns and drive in 162. Boxscore below:
MLB Retirements:Code:San Francisco Giants at Atlanta Braves
September 18, 1973
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Giants (SFG) 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 1
Braves (ATL) 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 2 x 11 14 2
SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
T. Fuentes (SS) 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .303
T. Kubiak (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292
B. Bonds (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .297
D. Kingman (1B) 4 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 .280
M. Jones (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
J. Ferguson (C) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .214
K. McMullen (3B) 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250
J. Alou (LF) 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .357
S. McDowell (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077
W. McCovey (P) 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 .250
J. Sparma (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
M. Sadek (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
D. McGinn (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B. Reynolds (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
G. Luzinski (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
TOTALS 34 7 1 6 2 5 4 0
2B: T. Fuentes (35)
HR: D. Kingman (36), W. McCovey (7)
GIDP: G. Luzinski
SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
S. McDowell 3.0 6 1 3 4 4 3 76 4.84
J. Sparma 3.0 3 0 1 3 0 3 61 6.78
D. McGinn 1.0 2 0 1 2 2 1 25 3.26
B. Reynolds 1.0 3 0 0 2 2 0 16 3.70
TOTALS 8.0 14 1 5 11 8 7 178
ATLANTA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
R. Belloir (SS) 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .244
F. Rico (RF) 5 4 0 4 1 3 0 0 .250
R. Carty (LF) 5 4 0 3 2 5 0 0 .333
D. Evans (3B) 4 2 1 2 2 3 0 0 .335
C. Gaston (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289
N. Cash (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .267
J. Torre (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
C. Rojas (2B) 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .275
P. Jarvis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .082
D. Kelley (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .118
M. Page (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220
R. Reed (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
TOTALS 39 14 1 11 5 11 7 0
2B: C. Rojas (29), F. Rico (4)
3B: R. Carty (2)
HR: D. Evans 2 (61), R. Carty 2 (22), F. Rico (5)
ATLANTA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
P. Jarvis 3.2 5 0 2 6 1 2 70 4.40
D. Kelley 4.1 1 1 0 0 0 2 78 5.75
R. Reed 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.64
TOTALS 9.0 7 1 2 6 1 4 157
WP: D. Kelley (3-1)
LP: J. Sparma (3-9)
Temperature: 63F
Wind: Calm
Attendance: 47,263
Time: 3:13
Donn Clendenon retired this week at the age of 38 after 12 big league season spent with Pittsburgh (1961-1970) and Detroit (71-73). Clendenon hit .283 with 192 HR and 802 RBI for his career. The highlight of his career was way back in 1967 when he connected for 4 homeruns in one game. His best year was 1969, when he hit .306 29-106 for the Pirates.
MLB Injuries:
Dwight Evans rookie year for the Red Sox will end early as "Dewey" suffered a broken wrist after being hit by a pitch. Evans was hitting .267 9-54 in his rookie campaign. He is expected to be fully recovered in time for Spring Training.
Jim Kennedy of the Montreal Expos will be out until June of next year with a herniated disc in his lower back. Kennedy was hitting .304 4-40 with 11 steals at the time of his injury. The Expos also lost Kennedy's double play partner until June as well as Hal Lanier was injured running the bases. Lanier was hitting .269 0-28 for the season, his first north of the border.
Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers will be out until about the All-Star break next year with a torn knee ligament suffered rounding first base. Davis will be severely missed by the Dodgers as they try to catch the San Fransisco Giants. He was hitting .286 9-45 for the year prior to the injury.
Pennant Race Update:
Quick update of the Pennant races around the league:
AL East
Boston 83-64
Detroit 80-64 1.5
Baltimore 80-67 3.0
New York 78-69 5.0
AL West
California 85-62
Chicago 82-62 1.5
Minnesota 77-67 6.5
NL East
New York 87-62
St. Louis 81-65 4.5
NL West
San Fransisco 85-59
Los Angeles 86-61 0.5
As you can see there are some great races in every division. Let's see where it all ends up! Next on tap for the Sox is 3 games at home against the Milwaukee Brewers followed by the Cleveland Indians coming to Fenway for a 3 game set.
Tough break losing Dwight .... and Darrell's going to break the home run record. Better check him for steroids!
I'd say the Yanks are (effectively) out, but Detroit and Baltimore are close enough to give you trouble. I'm pleased that your league's remained this competitive!
Cat: I thought the Yankees were out of it as well, and then they ripped off a 9 game winning streak, they are just 3.5 out now. The homeruns have interested me though. I figured there would be a spike in offense this year with the addition of the DH, but it's has increased significantly, and in both leagues. I will definitely need to focus my offseason attention on the pitching staff however.
A few questions:
What are your trades set at in League Editor? (+0, +20, etc.) It seems the AIs in your league were making a lot of them before.
This year the league seems much more competitive than in past years. In other words, no one's really running away from their rivals, and no one's sucking THAT badly. Have you done anything differently like played with finances, make trades/FAs for the AI, or anything like that?
Are you setting up the lineup/pitching rotation, or is the AI doing that?
Cat, I left everything at default. I just have gotten really lucky with this universe. Once this season ends, I plan on going through each team and making some trades that make sense for each team to try to get players buried in the minors to teams that they can play on, but only if the deal makes sense. In other words, I will make very few trades between division rivals. I tried taking control of teams and putting their best lineups out there, but as soon as I gave control back, they would usually change it back.
As far as ensuring that my team doesn't run away with it yearly, I just force myself to be fair with trades, I use the players personality to determine whether they will resign with me, or sign as a FA. For example, Rollie Fingers is unhappy as Sparky Lyle's setup man, his contract is up, I won't make an effort to resign him. One of my biggest challenges, which I will go into detail about in the offseason has to do with one of my best offensive talents. He hates playing in Boston, so I may end up having to trade him. Other than that, I don't really know why things are even this year. None of this helps that much, I know, but I am not really doing anything special.
September 19,21,20 v Milwaukee Brewers (67-80)
September 19-Toby Harrah hit a 3 run HR, and Rico Petrocelli added 2 hits and 2 RBI as Boston beat Milwaukee 6-3. (84-64)
W-Cecil Upshaw (10-3) L-Denny McClain (9-16) S-Sparky Lyle (30)
September 20-Toby Harrah lead the Boston attack again, with 3 hits and 2 RBI, and Ron Guidry pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball as Boston beat the Brewers 4-1. (85-64)
W-Ron Guidry (16-6) L-Brian Mogford (7-12)
September 21-Doug Marshall hit a pinch hit 3 run HR off closer Sparky Lyle, helping Milwaukee avoid the sweep and beat Boston 7-3. (85-65)
W-Joe Sambito (3-2) L-Sparky Lyle (4-7)
September 25,26,27 v Cleveland Indians (67-86)
September 25-Fergie Jenkins pitched his first complete game as a member of the Red Sox, allowing just 1 run and striking out 9, and Reggie Smith had 3 hits and 2 RBI as Boston beat Cleveland 7-1. (86-65)
W-Fergie Jenkins (5-3) L-Steve Hargan (10-13)
September 26-Don Baylor hit his 51st HR of the year, and George Brett had 2 hits and 2 RBI as Boston beat the Indians again, today 7-6. (87-65)
W-Steve Foucault (1-2) L-Dan Carrithers (1-2) S-Sparky Lyle (31)
September 27-Don Baylor went 3-5 including homeruns 52 and 53, driving in 3, and Reggie Smith added his 31st, a solo shot as Boston completed the sweep of Cleveland, beating the Tribe 12-6. (88-65)
W-Reggie Cleveland (14-11) L-Jerry Koosman (14-13) S-Gene Garber (1)
Around the MLB:
Darrell Evans of the Atlanta Braves has broken the all time single season homerun mark, set by Roger Maris 12 years ago. Evans hit number 62 off of Los Angeles starter Rick Reuschel in a 3-2 loss to the Dodgers. The 26 year old Evans currently sits on 63 homeruns for the year and 216 for his career. Boxscore below:
Pennant RacesCode:Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers
September 20, 1973
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Braves (ATL) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0
Dodgers (LAD) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 5 0
ATLANTA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
R. Belloir (SS) 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .247
M. Page (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .220
F. Rico (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
C. Gaston (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284
D. Evans (3B) 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 .333
N. Cash (1B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .265
J. Hakin (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286
C. Rojas (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
W. Hriniak (C) 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .285
P. Niekro (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .143
R. Carty (LF) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338
F. Scherman (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J. Geddes (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C. James (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
S. Simpson (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
TOTALS 33 4 2 2 1 2 10 0
HR: D. Evans (62)
ATLANTA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
P. Niekro 7.0 2 3 1 1 1 5 108 4.17
F. Scherman 1.0 0 2 0 1 1 0 24 6.14
J. Geddes 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 3.23
S. Simpson 0.2 3 0 0 1 1 0 22 4.09
TOTALS 9.2 5 5 1 3 3 6 170
LOS ANGELES ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
B. Russell (SS) 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .281
C. Jones (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .241
J. Lefebvre (2B) 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .293
R. Cey (LF) 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .329
B. Bailey (3B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .301
R. Fairly (RF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .296
J. Obradovich (1B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .167
D. Sims (C) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
G. Jestadt (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
D. Paepke (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
R. Reuschel (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .093
R. Moschitto (P) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .241
J. Cram (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
G. Hopkins (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188
TOTALS 33 5 5 3 1 3 6 3
2B: B. Russell (3)
HR: R. Cey (36)
HBP: C. Jones
GIDP: R. Fairly
LOS ANGELES ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
R. Reuschel 8.0 4 1 1 2 2 8 103 3.88
J. Cram 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 2 28 3.47
TOTALS 10.0 4 2 1 2 2 10 131
WP: J. Cram (8-6)
LP: S. Simpson (5-5)
Temperature: 69F
Wind: Calm
Attendance: 56,000
Time: 3:21
AL East
Boston 88-65
Detroit 84-69 4
New York 85-71 4.5
AL West
California 90-63
Chicago 87-66 3
NL East
New York 93-63
St. Louis 86-67 5.5
NL West
San Fransisco 88-62
Los Angeles 90-66 1
MLB Milestones:
Willie Horton of the Detroit Tigers drove in his 1000th run
MLB Injury News:
Sal Bando of the Oakland A's will be out until Spring Training next season with a broken foot. Bando was hitting .296 26-106 on the year when he broke his left foot.
Ending the year for the Sox is their final 3 at home, a series against the Yankees followed by 6 on the road, 3 in Cleveland, followed by 3 in Milwaukee to end the season against the Brewers.