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June 15,16,17 at Detroit Tigers (35-31)

June 15-Rocky Colavito hit his 497th career HR, a 3 run shot, and Tony Muser went 4-5 with a pair of runs batted in, as Boston battered the Tigers 9-2. (41-26)
W-Cecil Upshaw (3-1) L-Pat Dobson (5-6)

June 16-Willie Horton had 2 hits including a 3 run HR and Bill Sudakis added a 3 run bomb of his own as Detroit beat the Sox 8-6. (41-27)
W-Mike Krukow (6-8) L-Roger Moret (6-6) S-Les Cain (1)

June 17-Don Baylor had 2 hits and 2 RBI and Ron Guidry pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball, striking out 5 as Boston took two of three from the Tigers, winning 5-1. (42-27)
W-Ron Guidry (9-1) L-Jim Rooker (4-6) S-Rollie Fingers (2)

June 18,19,20 v Kansas City Royals (22-47)

June 18-Reggie Smith went 4-4 with a HR and 4 RBI, and Billy Conigliaro hit a 3 run HR, his 3rd of the year as Boston outslugged KC 11-9. (43-27)
W-Sparky Lyle (3-2) L-Ken Turner (0-1)

June 19-Don Baylor hit a 3 run HR, his 23rd of the year, and Jonah Stickles pitched a complete game, allowing just 1 run and 6 hits, as Boston beat the Royals 6-1. (44-27)
W-Jonah Stickles (4-4) L-Dave McNally (0-12)

June 20-Billy Conigliaro hit his 4th HR of the year, a 3 run shot, and Jose Ortiz went 3-4 with 3 runs batted in as Boston swept Kansas City, winning easily 10-3. (45-27)
W-Roger Moret (7-6) L-Wilco Rhodes (5-10)

MLB Injuries:
Jimmy Wynn's first season with the Texas Rangers will end early as Wynn suffered a broken wrist after being hitten by a pitch. Wynn hit .328 21-70 so far this year.

Ellie Hendricks of the Chicago White Sox suffered a herniated disc in his back and will undergo surgery and miss the rest of the year. Hendricks was hitting .252 6-39 in his first year with Chicago.

Rafael Robles of the Texas Rangers was hit in the head by a pitch last week and will miss significant time with a concussion. Robles had taken the place of Jim Brinkman who is also out for the year.

MLB Retirements:

Bill White retired after 17 season in the bigs. White started with San Fransisco, before moving onto St. Louis, Philadelphia, Oakland and finishing up with the White Sox. He hit 290 career homeruns, including 10 straight years of 20 or more. He also leaves behind a career .287 average with 2262 hits. White was the MVP of the 1967 World Series, to add to his 5 All-Star Games and 7 Gold Gloves.

MLB Milestones:

Zoilo Versailles of the Minnesota Twins scored his 1000th run

Jack Fisher of the New York Mets threw a no hitter against the Chicago Cubs on June 16. Fisher walked 2 and struck out 5 in his masterpiece. Boxscore below:

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Chicago Cubs at New York Mets June 16, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Cubs (CHC) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Mets (NYM) 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 x 6 12 0 CHICAGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg V. Davalillo (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .268 R. Hunt (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 B. Chance (1B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234 M. Schmidt (3B) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .242 B. Williams (LF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .199 D. May (RF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 K. Rudolph (C) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 J. Arcia (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 J. Colborn (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 J. Campbell (RF) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .296 L. Gura (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 P. Hennigan (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Skidmore (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .296 TOTALS 27 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 CHICAGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Colborn 2.0 5 0 1 4 2 0 41 5.11 L. Gura 5.0 5 1 0 0 0 3 68 5.56 P. Hennigan 1.0 2 0 1 2 2 0 18 3.79 TOTALS 8.0 12 1 2 6 4 3 127 NEW YORK ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Dean (SS) 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .241 K. Poulsen (3B) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 E. Kranepool (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 A. Otis (CF) 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .285 R. Swoboda (LF) 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .319 K. Singleton (RF) 4 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 .243 T. Haller (C) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 M. Andrews (2B) 4 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .156 J. Fisher (P) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .027 TOTALS 35 12 1 6 2 6 3 0 2B: R. Swoboda (10) HR: M. Andrews (1), K. Singleton (6) GIDP: R. Swoboda, J. Fisher NEW YORK ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Fisher 9.0 0 2 0 0 0 5 97 2.67 TOTALS 9.0 0 2 0 0 0 5 97 WP: J. Fisher (9-3) LP: J. Colborn (1-3) Temperature: 69F Wind: 5 MPH (out to right) Attendance: 55,217 Time: 2:26

Next for the Sox is 3 games at home against the Chicago White Sox followed by a road trip that starts with 3 games in KC against the Royals.

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June 21,22,23 v Chicago White Sox (38-34)

June 21-Reggie Smith went 3-4 with 2 RBI and Rocky Colavito hit HR number 498, a solo shot, as Boston beat Chicago 5-4. (46-27)
W-Ron Guidry (10-1) L-Gary Peters (8-6) S-Sparky Lyle (17)

June 22-Tommy Agee went 2-4 with a HR and 2 RBI, and Dal Maxvill went 2-2 with 2 RBI, helping the White Sox beat the Red 9-7. (46-28)
W-Pedro Borbon (5-4) L-Jim York (0-1) S-Cy Acosta (3)

June 23-Rocky Colavito hit a 2 run single, and Toby Harrah went 3-4 with an RBI as Boston took two of three from Chicago, winning 5-4. (47-28)
W-Jonah Stickles (5-4) L-Jim O'Toole (4-8) S-Sparky Lyle (18)

June 24,25,26 at Kansas City Royals (22-53)

June 24-Jose Cardenal went 204 with 3 RBI and Felipe Alou added a 3 run HR as KC surprised the Sox, winning 8-6. (47-29)
W-Gary Lavelle (3-1) L-Cecil Upshaw (3-2) S-Greg Shanahan (7)

June 25-Ron Allen hit a pinch hit, RBI single off Sparky Lyle in the bottom of the 9th inning, driving in Ron Clark as the Royals beat Boston 6-5. (47-30)
W-Ken Turner (1-1) L-Rollie Fingers (4-4)

June 26-Ed Herrmann went 2-4 with 2 RBI, and Vida Blue pitched 8 shutout innings, striking out 8 as the Royals completed the sweep of Boston, blanking the Sox 3-0. (47-31)
W-Vida Blue (3-7) L-Reggie Cleveland (7-4) S-Greg Shanahan (8)

MLB Injuries:

Ken Holtzman of the Chicago Cubs will miss the rest of the year and most of next season with a torn rotator cuff. Holtzman went 5-4 with a 4.02 ERA this season with the Cubs.

MLB Milestones:

Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds scored his 1000th run.

MLB Retirements:

Luis Aparicio retired this week after playing 17 season with the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore, Washington/Texas, and finishing up with San Fransisco. Aparicio was a career .264 hitter, with 2410 career hits, and 7th all time with 623 steals. Aparicio also ended his career with 9 All-Star Games, 8 Gold Gloves and the Rookie of the Year Award in 1956.

Ending June and heading into July is 3 games in New York against the Yankees followed by 3 games in Detroit against the Tigers.

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Complete Team Stats Through June 30-(team leaders in bold)

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1973 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Baylor, Don BOS 77 .292 312 91 17 3 24 42 43 5 6 66 71 .596 .377 Harrah, Toby BOS 76 .274 310 85 12 2 13 48 44 12 3 56 48 .452 .371 Simmons, Ted BOS 75 .294 309 91 17 2 14 41 22 0 0 56 39 .498 .376 Petrocelli, Rico BOS 72 .305 282 86 22 0 11 47 51 0 2 39 51 .500 .404 Bowa, Larry BOS 70 .262 267 70 9 4 2 18 23 13 6 37 30 .348 .308 Colavito, Rocky BOS 61 .276 232 64 12 0 10 22 35 0 0 35 39 .457 .337 Smith, Reggie BOS 52 .368 231 85 20 3 13 31 29 4 1 50 47 .649 .443 Ortiz, Jose BOS 58 .252 206 52 13 3 0 21 36 17 2 29 30 .345 .319 Grabarkewitz, Billy BOS 53 .272 195 53 7 3 6 27 30 7 2 30 25 .431 .363 Conigliaro, Billy BOS 47 .265 189 50 11 2 4 12 38 0 1 19 22 .407 .308 Shamsky, Art BOS 38 .205 132 27 5 1 2 12 26 0 0 12 14 .303 .281 Muser, Tony BOS 30 .324 108 35 7 1 0 15 18 1 0 12 9 .407 .411 Evans, Dwight BOS 24 .261 92 24 6 1 2 6 21 0 0 9 16 .413 .303 Conigliaro, Tony BOS 15 .281 64 18 1 2 6 3 18 0 0 10 13 .641 .314 French, Jim BOS 9 .308 26 8 1 0 0 5 4 0 0 6 3 .346 .406 Brett, George BOS 3 .250 12 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 .250 .357 Sutherland, Gary BOS 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000

Complete Team Pitching Stats-(team leaders in bold)

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1973 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 York, Jim BOS 24.2 0.73 17 0 0 1 0 16 5 6.57 Upshaw, Cecil BOS 48.1 2.61 30 0 3 2 0 24 8 10.06 Fingers, Rollie BOS 45.0 3.00 32 0 4 4 2 39 12 10.40 Brett, Ken BOS 3.0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.00 Stickles, Jonah BOS 77.2 3.36 11 11 5 5 0 48 25 11.12 Guidry, Ron BOS 121.2 3.55 18 18 11 1 0 100 48 12.95 Lyle, Sparky BOS 33.0 3.55 31 0 3 2 18 27 8 10.36 Garber, Gene BOS 37.1 3.62 23 0 2 0 0 32 16 13.02 Lee, Bill BOS 30.2 3.82 4 4 1 2 0 18 3 12.62 Moret, Roger BOS 117.0 4.46 18 18 7 7 0 78 37 13.77 Cleveland, Reggie BOS 117.0 4.62 18 18 8 4 0 62 35 12.69 Ellis, Dock BOS 76.0 6.16 14 13 5 5 0 42 38 16.93

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After a short term addiction to Guitar Hero, I am back :).

June 27,28,29 at New York Yankees (38-40)

June 27-Wayne Simpson pitched 7 1/3 solid innings, and Bob Hansen hit a 2 run single as New York beat Boston 5-3. (47-32)
W-Wayne Simpson (9-7) L-Jonah Stickles (5-5) S-Jack Aker (6)

June 28-Al Yates went 3-5 with 2 RBI and Mel Stottlmyre pitched 8 innings of 2 run ball, helping the Yankees to a 3-2 win over Boston. (47-33)
W-Mel Stottlemyre (5-10) L-Roger Moret (7-7) S-Jack Aker (7)

June 29-The Sox hit 5 homeruns, including 2 by Rico Petrocelli and a 3 run shot by Don Baylor as Boston avoided the sweep, winning 10-4. (48-33)
W-Ron Guidry (11-1) L-Derek Pritchard (7-8)

June 30, July 1,2 at Detroit Tigers (46-35)

June 30-Reggie Cleveland pitched a complete game shutout, allowing just 2 hits and 1 walk while striking out 3, and and Jose Ortiz hit a 2 run double as Boston blanked Detroit 3-0. (49-33)
W-Reggie Cleveland (8-4) L-Mickey Lolich (7-4)

July 1-Larry Bowa went 2-3 with 3 RBI, and Rocky Colavito added 4 hits as Boston beat up on the Tigers 11-5. (50-33)
W-Dock Ellis (6-5) L-Pat Dobson (7-8)

July 2-Boomer Scott went 3-4 with a HR and 3 RBI, and Willie Horton added a 2 run shot as the Tigers avoided the sweep, beating Boston 9-6. (50-34)
W-Bill Wilson (8-3) L-Roger Moret (7-8) S-Fred Gladding (7)

MLB Trade News:

In a headscratcher, the Milwaukee Brewers send 24 year old OF Jose Cruz and P Don Secrist to the San Diego Padres in exchange for OF Duque Paez, OF Jim Lentine, C Jim Gaudet, and P Bill Campbell
Edge San Diego as Cruz is a budding superstar and I can't understand why Milwaukee would trade him.

MLB Injuries:
Ron Hansen of the Houston Astros is out for the year with a Ruptured Disc in his lower back. Hansen hit .215 with 5 HR and 19 RBI in his first year with Houston.

Hal McRae of the Montreal Expos is out until September with a broken ankle. McRae was hitting .320 9-56 in his first full season with Montreal.

MLB Milestones:

Roberto Clemente of the Philadelphia Phillies drove in his 1500th run

Leading into the All-Star Break is 3 games in Cleveland against the Indians followed by a week off for All-Star festivities!

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July 3,4,5 at Cleveland Indians (40-44)

July 3-Dwight Evans went 3-4 with 5 RBI, and Rico Petrocelli added 3 hits as Boston beat up on Cleveland 10-5. (51-34)
W-Gene Garber (3-0) L-Jerry Koosman (10-6)

July 4-Ted Simmons hit his 15th HR of the year, and Tony Muser hit his first career shot, a 2 run blast helping Reggie Cleveland, who pitched a complete game as Boston beat the Indians 5-2. (52-34)
W-Reggie Cleveland (9-4) L-Charles Lemay (6-10)

July 5-Cleveland avoided the sweep as Champ Summers had 3 hits and 2 RBI, and Billy Harris had 3 hits helping Cleveland to a 10-4 win. (52-35)
W-Steve Hargan (7-5) L-Jonah Stickles (5-6)

All-Star Break:

1973 Home Run Derby
Darrell Evans of the Atlanta Braves outslugged Rick Monday of the Oakland A's 6-5 to take the Home Run Derby Title this year. Don Baylor, the only Boston entry was knocked out in the first round after hitting 7 homeruns. Complete results below:

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1973 Home Run Showdown FIRST ROUND (10 Outs) PLAYER HOMERS Darrell Evans (ATL) 11 Rick Monday (OAK) 9 George Foster (CLE) 9 Mike Schmidt (CHC) 9 Jimmy Wynn (TEX) 8 Don Baylor (BOS) 7 Steve Garvey (LAD) 5 Ron Cey (LAD) 5 Bobby Bonds (SFG) 5 Bill Freehan (DET) 3 SECOND ROUND (5 Outs) PLAYER HOMERS Darrell Evans (ATL) 4 Rick Monday (OAK) 4 George Foster (CLE) 2 Mike Schmidt (CHC) 2 FINAL ROUND (5 Outs) PLAYER HOMERS DARRELL EVANS (ATL) 6 Rick Monday (OAK) 5 WINNER: Darrell Evans

1973 All-Star Game
Darrell Evans homered twice and drove in 4 and Mike Schmidt hit a pinch hit 3 run shot as the National League won a slugfest over the American League 11-9. Red Sox in the game were Toby Harrah (5-2 2R) and Don Baylor (1-4 BB) named starters and Ron Guidry was named but did not appear. Rick Monday went 3-4 with a pair of homeruns and 7 RBI in the loss. Boxscore below:

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National League All Stars at American League All Stars July 10, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E All Stars (NL) 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 11 17 0 All Stars (AL) 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 9 14 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg A. Otis (CF) 5 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 .295 T. Fuentes (SS) 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .331 D. Rader (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .311 S. Garvey (1B) 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .346 D. Evans (3B) 5 3 0 3 2 4 0 0 .324 B. Bonds (RF) 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .293 R. Cey (DH) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .347 M. Schmidt (P) 3 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 .261 D. Money (2B) 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 R. Carty (LF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .339 D. Smith (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .328 B. Boone (C) 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .271 TOTALS 42 17 1 11 3 10 3 0 2B: T. Fuentes, A. Otis, B. Bonds 2 HR: D. Evans 2, M. Schmidt GIDP: S. Garvey, D. Evans, R. Carty ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Fisher 5.0 11 4 2 8 8 2 127 2.44 J. Marichal 3.0 3 1 0 1 1 3 53 2.84 T. Griffin 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 2.30 TOTALS 9.0 14 5 2 9 9 6 189 AMERICAN LEAGUE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg P. Blair (CF) 5 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 .325 T. Harrah (2B) 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .286 J. Lowenstein (LF) 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .337 R. Monday (RF) 4 3 1 2 2 7 1 0 .324 D. Baylor (DH) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289 B. Freehan (C) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .251 B. Robinson (3B) 5 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 .328 F. Alou (1B) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .317 G. Foster (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .321 J. Howarth (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 T. Munson (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 J. Fregosi (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .268 T. Oliva (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .330 TOTALS 39 14 5 9 2 9 6 0 2B: B. Robinson 2 HR: R. Monday 2 HBP: T. Harrah GIDP: D. Baylor CS: D. Baylor ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA T. John 5.0 8 0 1 3 3 0 80 2.28 J. Palmer 3.0 4 0 1 3 3 2 61 4.26 R. Nelson 0.2 5 1 1 5 5 1 35 2.60 K. Tekulve 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.41 TOTALS 9.0 17 1 3 11 11 3 181 WP: J. Fisher LP: R. Nelson SV: T. Griffin Temperature: 79F Wind: 2 MPH (out to center) Attendance: 40,613 Time: 3:35

Starting off the 2nd half of the season for the Sox are 3 games in California against the Angels followed by 3 in Detroit to face the Tigers.

MLB Trade News:

It was a busy All-Star break with regards to trade activity. First, Philadelphia sends SS Chris Speier and P Gary Wagner to the Montreal Expos in exchange for CF Elliott Maddox, P Kyle Becker, P Donny Dochart, 3B Pat Scanlon, P Larry Landreth, P Rick Kreuger and 2B Earl Agus. Edge Montreal here as all the "Talent" sent to Philly is well below average.

San Fransisco sends P Bob Rauch
Chicago (NL) sends P Larry Gura
Gotta give the edge to SF now as Gura is a talented 25 year old, but Rauch could end up being the better talent in the long run.

Texas sends P Dave Campbell
Cincinnati sends OF Al Oliver
Edge Texas here as Oliver moves right into the lineup and Campbell is a couple years away.

St. Louis sends C Jeremy Reybok, CF Larry Harlow, 3B Jerry Maddox
Kansas City sends C Ellie Rodriguez
Good move here by the Cardinals, sending 3 "C" level prospects for a capable starting catcher.

(Editors Note: It's been a while since the last update, so it may take me a bit to get back into the swing of things, but hopefully I can keep this going until '08.

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July 12,13,14 at California Angels (46-41)

July 12-Toby Harrah went 3-5 with 3 RBI and Ron Guidry improved to 12-1 on the year as Boston beat the Angels 5-4. (53-35)
W-Ron Guidry (12-1) L-Marty Pattin (1-2) S-Sparky Lyle (19)

July 13-Jim Hibbs, Johnny Callison and Randy Brown each drove in a pair of run as California hammered Boston 8-1. (53-36)
W-Carl Morton (3-3) L-Reggie Cleveland (9-5)

July 14-Billy Parker drove in 2 runs and Catfish Hunter pitched 8 innings of 1 run ball, helping the Angels take two of three from Boston, winning 3-1. (53-37)
W-Catfish Hunter (10-5) L-Roger Moret (7-9) S-Tom Burgmeier (10)

July 15,16,17 at Detroit Tigers (53-37)

July 15-Ted Simmons, Billy Grabarkewitz, and Tony Muser each had 3 hits and 2 RBI as Boston took a 1 game lead over the Tigers, winning 7-3. (54-37)
W-Jonah Stickles (6-6) L-Pat Dobson (8-9)

July 16-Willie Horton had 2 hits, a HR and 4 RBI,and Joe Foy had 3 hits and 2 RBI helping Detroit tie the Sox in the AL East, winning 9-4. (54-38)
W-Mike Krukow (9-9) L-Dock Ellis (6-6) S-Ken Forsch (3)

July 17-Willie Horton and George Scott each hit 2 run homeruns as the Detroit Tigers took over first place in the AL East, beating Boston 6-2. (54-39)
W-Dave Lemanczyk (3-2) L-Ron Guidry (12-2) S-Ken Tatum (3)

MLB Trade News:

The Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals came to terms on a deal this past week that saw Boston send P Dock Ellis to the Cards in exchange for 2 minor leaguers, CF Gorman Thomas, and P Steve Foucault. Ellis was 54-17 in 2 1/2 years with Boston, but only 6-6 with a 6.30 ERA this year, while Thomas was hitting .294 21-72 in AA this season, and Foucault was 4-5 4.19 with St. Louis this year, he will start in AAA in Boston's organization.

Also, New York (NL) sends P Mardie Cornejo
Oakland sends SS Bert Campaneris
Edge Mets here as Campaneris is one of baseball's elite base stealers, and Cornejo may be an above average pitcher 3 years from now.

Up next for the now second place Red Sox is 3 games in Cleveland against the Indians followed by 3 at home against the 1st place Tigers.

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July 18,19,20 at Cleveland Indians (43-50)

July 18-Ted Simmons went 2-4 with 3 RBI, and Don Baylor added a 2 run homeruns as Boston blitzed the Indians 10-1. (55-39)
W-Reggie Cleveland (10-5) L-Charles Lemay (6-12)

July 19-The Red Sox pounded out 21 hits, including 3 by Reggie Smith, Don Baylor, Rico Petrocelli, and Billy Grabarkewitz as Boston beat up on Cleveland again, today 9-4. (56-39)
W-Bill Lee (2-2) L-Steve Hargan (7-6)

July 20-John Lowenstein and George Foster each hit 3 run homeruns as Cleveland avoided the sweep, beating Boston 9-4. (56-40)
W-John Denny (4-11) L-Roger Moret (7-10)

July 24,25,26 v Detroit Tigers (55-41)

July 24-Ron Guidry pitched a complete game, scattering 7 hits while walking just 1 and striking out 3 and Don Baylor added 2 hits and an RBI as Boston nipped Detroit 3-1. (57-40)
W-Ron Guidry (13-2) L-Dave Lemanczyk (3-3)

July 25-Wayne Comer went 2-4 with a HR and 2 RBI, and Mickey Lolich pitched 7 solid innings as Detroit beat Boston 4-2. (57-41)
W-Mickey Lolich (10-5) L-Reggie Cleveland (10-6) S-Ken Forsch (4)

July 26-A great game. Boston took a 2-0 in the first on a 2 run HR by Rico Petrocelli, and Detroit tied it in the 2nd with a pair. The Sox regained the lead when Rico Petrocelli hit a grand slam in the 3rd, but Detroit came back to tie in the top of the 4th at 6. The game stayed tied at 6 until the bottom of the 10th inning when Toby Harrah drove in Rico Petrocelli, giving Boston a 7-6 win. Cecil Upshaw pitched 4 perfect innings in relief for the win. (58-41)
W-Cecil Upshaw (4-2) L-Ken Forsch (5-1)

MLB Trade News:

A few deals were consumated as we approach the trade deadline...

Houston sends P Doug Konieczy, P Rick Williams
Montreal sends P Steve Carlton
If Carlton can finally harness his control, this will be a big win for the Astros, even if Konieczy lives up to his potential (90).

New York (AL) sends P Larry Gowell, P Tom Brown, P Luis Quintana
Pittsburgh sends OF Al Bumbry
Edge New York as Bumbry becomes their leadoff hitter and starting CF for 3 average minor league pitchers.

Los Angeles sends LF Jerry Turner, 2B Juan Bonilla
Montreal sends OF Cleon Jones
Edge LA as they further deepen their bench in pursuit of a NL West crown.

MLB Retirements:

Lindy McDaniel retired after 18 years in the big leagues with St. Louis, Chicago (NL), San Fransisco, Boston, Atlanta, and Chicago (NL) again. He retires with 186 saves, good for 4th all time. He ends up with a career mark of 122-98 3.54 ERA in 868 career games.

Ending July and heading into August for Boston is 3 games against the Yankees in New York followed by 3 more against the Tigers at Fenway. In between will also be trade deadline news!

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Complete Team Stats Through July 31-(team leaders in bold)

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1973 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Harrah, Toby BOS 98 .304 398 121 16 3 16 63 56 16 6 74 65 .480 .399 Simmons, Ted BOS 95 .313 396 124 27 4 17 47 28 0 0 78 58 .530 .384 Baylor, Don BOS 95 .295 386 114 22 3 31 56 57 8 8 83 90 .609 .387 Petrocelli, Rico BOS 90 .300 357 107 23 0 14 55 59 0 2 50 64 .482 .392 Bowa, Larry BOS 89 .259 344 89 11 4 2 20 36 15 7 43 42 .331 .297 Smith, Reggie BOS 74 .315 327 103 26 4 15 45 47 5 1 68 54 .557 .399 Grabarkewitz, Billy BOS 75 .263 281 74 7 3 7 36 47 9 5 38 39 .384 .349 Colavito, Rocky BOS 63 .289 242 70 12 0 10 22 36 0 0 38 40 .463 .347 Ortiz, Jose BOS 63 .253 225 57 14 3 0 23 38 19 2 30 32 .342 .323 Conigliaro, Billy BOS 54 .258 217 56 13 2 4 14 45 0 1 23 23 .392 .306 Muser, Tony BOS 48 .328 183 60 9 1 1 19 30 1 0 22 17 .404 .394 Evans, Dwight BOS 44 .272 169 46 12 3 2 17 37 0 0 19 28 .414 .347 Shamsky, Art BOS 41 .190 142 27 5 1 2 13 29 0 0 13 14 .282 .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 12 .229 35 8 1 0 0 7 6 0 0 6 3 .257 .349 Brett, George BOS 3 .250 12 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 .250 .357 Foucault, Steve BOS 37 .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

Complete Team Pitching Stats Through July 31-(team leaders in bold)

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1973 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 York, Jim BOS 35.2 1.77 26 0 0 1 0 22 11 8.33 Garber, Gene BOS 45.2 3.35 29 0 3 0 0 42 18 12.42 Fingers, Rollie BOS 52.0 3.46 38 0 4 4 2 43 13 10.73 Upshaw, Cecil BOS 66.0 3.55 40 0 4 3 0 36 18 12.00 Stickles, Jonah BOS 97.1 3.70 14 14 6 6 0 60 28 11.37 Lyle, Sparky BOS 41.0 3.73 37 0 3 3 19 31 10 11.41 Guidry, Ron BOS 148.0 3.77 22 22 13 2 0 117 57 13.38 Jenkins, Fergie BOS 149.0 3.87 24 24 7 11 0 130 26 11.66 Lee, Bill BOS 43.2 4.12 6 6 2 2 0 24 6 12.37 Foucault, Steve BOS 58.0 4.19 37 0 4 5 6 37 37 15.21 Cleveland, Reggie BOS 154.1 4.32 23 23 11 6 0 89 42 12.65 Moret, Roger BOS 140.1 4.87 22 22 8 10 0 93 50 14.56 Brett, Ken BOS 10.0 5.40 6 1 0 0 0 10 4 14.40

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July 27,28,29 at New York Yankees (49-50)

July 27-Ted Simmons had 5 hits, and Rico Petrocelli and Billy Grabarkewitz each had 3 RBI as Boston beat up on New York 12-4. (59-41)
W-Roger Moret (8-10) L-Mel Stottlemyre (6-13)

July 28-Bob Hansen had 3 hits and 3 RBI, and Thurmon Munson added a 2 run double as the Yankees nipped Boston 8-7. (59-42)
W-Ron Kilmkowski (5-4) L-Sparky Lyle (3-3)

July 29-Steve Whitaker had 2 hits, including a grand slam, and Al Bumbry added 5 hits as New York won a slugfest in a 13-12 win over the Sox, in a game that included 48 hits. (59-43)
W-John Cumberland (1-1) L-Cecil Upshaw (4-3)

July 30,31 August 1 v. Detroit Tigers (56-43)

July 30-Dick McAuliffe hit a 2 run HR, and Bob Christian had the go-ahead RBI single in the 8th as Detroit climbed within 1/2 game of Boston with a 3-2 win. (59-44)
W-Mike Krukow (10-10) L-Fergie Jenkins (0-1) S-Fred Gladding (8)

July 31-Larry Bowa hit a bases clearing double, and Reggie Cleveland pitched a complete game, striking out 10 as Boston beat Detroit 5-1. (60-44)
W-Reggie Cleveland (11-6) L-Dave Lemanczyk (3-4)

August 1-Dwight Evans hit a go ahead 3 run HR, and Reggie Smith added a 2 run shot as Boston took two of three from Detroit, winning 6-3. (61-44)
W-Roger Moret (9-10) L-Mickey Lolich (10-6) S-Cecil Upshaw (1)

MLB Trade News:

California sends P Ralph Bolling, CF Paul Schilling, 2B Hugh Yancey
Chicago (NL) sends 1B Bob Chance
Edge Chicago as Chance is aging and they get 3 viable minor leaguers for him.

The big trade however included the Sox as they send 4 minor leaguers, P Dick Ruthven, 1B Jeff Burroughs, LF Ben Ogilvie, and P Bert Blyleven to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for P Fergie Jenkins. Jenkins was 7-10 with a 3.89 ERA this year, and is 111-79 with a 3.00 for his career. Jenkins also has almost a 5/1 (1533/369) K/BB ratio for his career. Going to Chicago are 4 prospects, including Ruthven who was 11-4 3.54 this year and 11-3 3.41 last year, and Burroughs who has hit 23 HR's thusfar. It was a steep price to give up, but we needed an ace, and Jenkins who is signed through 1977, fits the mold.

Up next for the Sox is 6 games at home against the Baltimore Orioles.

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August 3,4,5 v Baltimore Orioles (52-53)

August 3-Don Baylor homered twice, driving in 3 and Fergie Jenkins won his first game as a Red Sox, pitching into the 9th as Boston beat Baltimore 6-4. (62-44)
W-Fergie Jenkins (1-1) L-Jim Palmer (9-9) S-Sparky Lyle (20)

August 4-Roger Freed hit a 3 run HR in a 4 run 3rd inning, and Dave Roberts pitched 7 2/3 innings of 1 run ball as Baltimore beat Boston 4-2. (62-45)
W-Dave Roberts (14-7) L-Ron Guidry (13-3) S-Elias Sosa (4)

August 5-Paul Blair went 2-5 with 2 RBI and Bud Harrelson went 3-4 with an RBI as the Orioles nipped the Sox 4-3. (62-46)
W-Wayne Garland (10-8) L-Reggie Cleveland (11-7) S-Jan Dukes (13)

August 7,8,9 v Baltimore Orioles (54-54)

August 7-Don Baylor hit homeruns number 34 and 35, including a tie breaking 3 run HR in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving Boston a 7-4 win over the Orioles. (63-46)
W-Rollie Fingers (5-4) L-Gary Lance (2-2)

August 8-Boog Powell broke out of his season long slump, homering twice off Fergie Jenkins as Baltimore beat up on Boston, winning 6-2. (63-47)
W-Jim Palmer (10-9) L-Fergie Jenkins (1-2)

August 9-Ron Guidry pitched a complete game, allowing just 1 run in the 9th inning, and Ted Simmons hit a 2 run single as Boston took two of three from Baltimore, winning 4-1. (64-47)
W-Ron Guidry (14-3) L-Dave Roberts (14-8)

MLB Injury News:

The Red Sox have announced that RP Rollie Fingers will miss the rest of the season with shoulder tendinitis. Fingers was 5-4 with a 3.40 ERA this year in the last year of his contract with Boston.

Curtis Brown of the Texas Rangers will miss the rest of the year with a torn ligament in his right knee. Brown was hitting .273 7-45 in his first full season with Texas.

MLB Milestones:

Vada Pinson of the Montreal Expos recorded his 2500th hit.

Next for the Sox is 3 more games at home against the Baltimore Orioles, followed by 3 in Fenway against the California Angels.

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Welcome back, bigpapi!

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Thanks Cat, I got the BM bug early this year I think!

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August 11,12,13 v Baltimore Orioles (55-56)

August 11-Curt Blefary hit a pair of solo HR's (23,24), and Paul Blair hit a 2 run shot (19), as Baltimore outlasted Boston in an 8-7 slugfest. (64-48)
W-Ron Scheuler (3-2) L-Steve Foucault (0-1) S-Frank Bertaina (1)

August 12-A 7 run 2nd inning, capped by a grand slam by Ted Simmons (21), and Rico Petrocelli homered (15) and drove in 3, as Boston beat up on the Orioles 12-7. (65-48)
W-Roger Moret (10-10) L-Woodie Fryman (6-12)

August 13-Roger Freed hit a 2 run HR in the top of the 8th inning, to cap a comeback from a 4-1 defecit as Baltimore beat Boston 5-4. (65-49)
W-Gary Lance (3-2) L-Sparky Lyle (3-4) S-Frank Bertaina (2)

August 14,15,16 v California Angels (66-48)

August 14-Ted Simmons went 4-5 with 3 RBI, and Don Baylor hit his AL leading 36th HR of the year, a 3 run shot, as Boston beat the Angels 9-6. (66-49)
W-Ron Guidry (15-3) L-Andy Messersmith (10-13) S-Sparky Lyle (21)

August 15-7 different Red Sox drove in runs, including 2 each by Reggie Smith, Rico Petrocelli and Dwight Evans, and Reggie Cleveland threw his 5th complete game and 3rd shutout of the year as Boston ran all over the Angels 10-0. (67-49)
W-Reggie Cleveland (12-7) L-Marcelino Lopez (13-9)

August 16-Billy Conigliaro hit a tie breaking solo HR in the 6th inning, as Boston completed the sweep of California, squeaking past the Angels 3-2. (68-49)
W-Roger Moret (11-10) L-Clyde Wright (6-4) S-Sparky Lyle (22)

MLB Milestones:

Curt Flood of the St. Louis Cardinals secured his 2500th career hit

MLB Retirements:

Bill Monbouquette retired this week after 15 MLB seasons. He pitched for Boston (1958-65), Detroit (66-68) and the LA Dodgers (68-73). He compiled a line of 136-119 with a 3.71 career ERA. His best year came in 1963 when he went 20-10 with a 3.81 ERA for the Red Sox.

MLB Injury News:

Don Secrist of the San Diego Padres will miss the rest of this season and probably all of 1974 with a torn rotator cuff. Secrist was acquired by the Padres from the Milwaukee Brewers this year. He was 1-0 3.63 in 13 games with San Diego after going 3-2 6.47 with Milwaukee. Some would say that Secrist was a victim of overuse, after going 5-5 with a 2.70 ERA last year, pitching 80 games, but throwing 120 innings in those games.

Next for Boston is 3 more games against the Baltimore Orioles, this time in Baltimore, followed by 3 games against the 2nd place Detroit Tigers, who come to Boston just 3 1/2 games out of first.

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You mean in game? I downloaded one of the mods available.

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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)

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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

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)
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.

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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.

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Complete Team Batting Stats Through August 31-(team leaders in bold)

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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

Complete Team Pitching Stats Through August 31-(team leaders in bold)

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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 are next!

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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.

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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:

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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

MLB Injuries:

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.

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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.

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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:

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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

MLB Retirements:

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.

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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!

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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:

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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

Pennant Races
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.

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September 28,29,30 v New York Yankees (85-71)

September 28-Thurmon Munson went 5-5 and Jim Ray Hart had 2 hits and 3 RBI as the Yankees moved within 3.5 games of Boston, roughing up Jonah Sticklesand the Sox, 7-1. (88-66)
W-Mel Stottlemyre (13-14) L-Jonah Stickles (8-8)

September 29-Tony Muser hit a 3 run HR and Larry Bowa added 3 RBI as Boston overcame a rough outing by Fergie Jenkins to beat the Yankees 12-6. (89-66)
W-Doug Rau (1-2) L-Derek Pritchard (19-11)

September 30-Billy Grabarkewitz had 2 hits including a 3 run HR, and Larry Bowa had 3 hits and 2 RBI as Boston took two of three from New York, winning 7-6. (90-66)
W-Jim York (2-1) L-Gary Jones (5-5)

October 1,2,3 at Cleveland Indians (69-90)

October 1-Reggie Smith and Don Baylor each hit 3 run homeruns, helping Boston clinch the American League East Title, in a 8-1 thrashing of the Indians. (91-66)
W-Reggie Cleveland (15-11) L-Jack Morris (0-7)

The Boston Red Sox have clinched the 1973 American League Eastern Division Championship!

October 2-Against a team of minor leaguers, Cleveland got 2 RBI from George Foster and Gomer Hodge in an 8-6 win over the Sox. (91-67)
W-Jerry Koosman (15-13) L-Jonah Stickles (8-9) S-Steve Bailey (5)

October 3-Ted Simmons went 3-4 with 2 RBI, and Rocky Colavito hit a solo HR as Boston took two of three from Cleveland, winning 7-5. (92-67)
W-Fergie Jenkins (6-3) L-Don Carrithers (1-3) S-Sparky Lyle (32)

October 4,5,6 at Milwaukee Brewers (72-87)

October 4-Clarence Jones laid down a suicide squeeze in the bottom of the 10th inning, leading Milwaukee to a 4-3 win over Boston. (92-68)
W-Randy Moffitt (8-6) L-Cecil Upshaw (10-4)

October 5-Gene Stone went 3-4 with 3 RBI, including the game winning RBI single in the bottom of the 9th off Steve Foucault to give the Brewers a 4-3 victory over Boston. (92-69)
W-Bill Campbell (3-0) L-Steve Foucault (1-3)

October 6-In the season finale, Gene Stone had 3 RBI, leading Milwaukee to a surprising sweep over the Red Sox, winning 6-1. (92-70)
W-Brian Mogford (9-12) L-Jonah Stickles (8-10)

Around the MLB:

Darrell Evans of the Atlanta Braves ended the season with 63 homeruns, setting a new mark for power excellence. He is only 26 years old so it should be interesting to see where his power numbers end up when its all said and done.

MLB Retirements:

Fred Gladding of the Detroit Tigers retired after the Tigers last game after spending all 12 of his big league seasons in Motown. Gladding was 52-36 with a 3.01 and a Detroit record 168 saves, good for 7th all time. He appeared in 426 games and his best season was 1968 when he compiled a mark of 5-1 with a 1.23 ERA with 19 saves in 21 chances.

MLB Injuries: (Only listing the injuries that impact the postseason)

Jim Fregosi of the California Angels will miss the whole postseason and the beginning of next year with a broken ankle suffered while turning a double play. This is a huge loss for the Angels headed into their ALCS matchup against the Red Sox. Fregosi hit .274 12-69 this year. He appeared in 152 of California's 162 games, so his production will be tough to replace.

Up next are final team statistics and League Standings!

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Complete Final Batting Stats-(team leaders in bold)

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1973 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Harrah, Toby BOS 154 .294 622 183 23 3 23 98 82 22 10 107 99 .452 .391 Simmons, Ted BOS 151 .327 620 203 43 7 29 85 35 0 0 124 116 .560 .406 Baylor, Don BOS 152 .301 617 186 33 6 56 92 79 10 8 138 146 .647 .395 Smith, Reggie BOS 130 .315 581 183 42 8 33 71 73 5 1 126 98 .585 .391 Petrocelli, Rico BOS 130 .300 517 155 33 1 19 75 85 0 2 72 86 .478 .389 Bowa, Larry BOS 131 .260 503 131 18 5 2 32 45 17 10 61 61 .328 .301 Grabarkewitz, Billy BOS 121 .254 452 115 11 4 9 61 84 12 5 53 56 .356 .344 Conigliaro, Billy BOS 83 .279 326 91 21 2 7 22 60 0 2 38 39 .420 .326 Evans, Dwight BOS 83 .267 318 85 23 4 9 38 68 0 0 42 54 .450 .350 Ortiz, Jose BOS 86 .252 313 79 20 4 0 28 58 22 4 41 39 .342 .313 Colavito, Rocky BOS 77 .260 292 76 13 0 11 32 47 0 0 43 43 .418 .334 Muser, Tony BOS 74 .300 273 82 11 2 2 33 35 1 0 38 26 .377 .377 Shamsky, Art BOS 42 .192 146 28 5 2 2 13 29 0 0 13 16 .295 .272 Brett, George BOS 36 .270 141 38 10 2 2 15 14 0 0 24 12 .411 .340 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 Sutherland, Gary BOS 2 .429 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .571 .500 Thomas, Gorman BOS 1 .250 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .500 .250 Whitt, Ernie BOS 1 .250 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 LaCock, Pete BOS 1 .250 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .500 .250 Knight, Ray BOS 1 .250 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 Leonard, Jeffrey BOS 1 .500 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 Foucault, Steve BOS 53 .000 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .200

Complete Team Pitching Stats-(team leaders in bold)

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1973 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 York, Jim BOS 44.2 2.22 34 0 2 1 0 29 16 8.87 Upshaw, Cecil BOS 99.0 3.36 59 0 10 4 1 69 29 11.64 Fingers, Rollie BOS 53.0 3.40 39 0 5 4 2 44 13 10.70 Brett, Ken BOS 42.2 3.59 13 5 1 0 0 29 15 11.60 Lyle, Sparky BOS 68.2 3.67 58 0 4 7 32 51 18 11.67 Stickles, Jonah BOS 136.2 3.69 20 20 8 10 0 87 41 12.25 Jenkins, Fergie BOS 251.2 4.01 38 38 13 13 0 225 44 11.55 Lee, Bill BOS 43.2 4.12 6 6 2 2 0 24 6 12.37 Cleveland, Reggie BOS 257.0 4.24 37 37 15 11 0 145 69 12.36 Foucault, Steve BOS 85.1 4.32 53 0 5 8 6 56 49 14.66 Guidry, Ron BOS 213.1 4.35 32 32 16 6 0 164 77 14.01 Moret, Roger BOS 176.1 4.49 27 27 11 10 0 117 69 14.24 Garber, Gene BOS 64.0 4.78 40 0 4 1 1 59 24 13.36 Rau, Doug BOS 24.2 6.93 6 4 1 2 0 17 8 16.42 Flanagan, Mike BOS 6.0 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 18.00

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Final League Standings-

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American League Championship Series
Boston Red Sox (92-70) v California Angels (96-66)

Lineups:

Boston Red Sox

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1973 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Smith, Reggie BOS 130 .315 581 183 42 8 33 71 73 5 1 126 98 .585 .391 Simmons, Ted BOS 151 .327 620 203 43 7 29 85 35 0 0 124 116 .560 .406 Baylor, Don BOS 152 .301 617 186 33 6 56 92 79 10 8 138 146 .647 .395 Petrocelli, Rico BOS 130 .300 517 155 33 1 19 75 85 0 2 72 86 .478 .389 Harrah, Toby BOS 154 .294 622 183 23 3 23 98 82 22 10 107 99 .452 .391 Muser, Tony BOS 74 .300 273 82 11 2 2 33 35 1 0 38 26 .377 .377 Grabarkewitz, Billy BOS 121 .254 452 115 11 4 9 61 84 12 5 53 56 .356 .344 Brett, George BOS 36 .270 141 38 10 2 2 15 14 0 0 24 12 .411 .340 Bowa, Larry BOS 131 .260 503 131 18 5 2 32 45 17 10 61 61 .328 .301

California Angels

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1973 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Griffin, Doug CAL 46 .356 177 63 4 0 0 25 20 4 1 32 25 .379 .436 Lopez, Carlos CAL 49 .336 220 74 18 0 8 11 42 8 8 34 36 .527 .372 Tatum, Jarvis CAL 142 .315 558 176 30 1 8 64 87 11 3 82 66 .416 .389 Reichardt, Rick CAL 156 .320 550 176 23 2 30 62 86 8 8 113 108 .533 .399 Hibbs, Jim CAL 132 .287 481 138 33 2 6 52 101 4 1 65 71 .401 .358 Callison, Johnny CAL 140 .279 531 148 32 3 22 29 92 2 5 67 97 .475 .318 Kelly, Van CAL 139 .314 506 159 29 1 3 49 75 1 4 65 41 .393 .376 Parker, Billy CAL 123 .251 487 122 14 0 2 67 103 16 9 63 31 .292 .345 Perez, Marty CAL 92 .276 174 48 6 0 1 13 22 0 0 14 20 .328 .326 Brown, Randy CAL 143 .244 471 115 16 1 0 38 86 0 2 45 50 .282 .303

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Boston Red Sox

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1973 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Colavito, Rocky BOS 77 .260 292 76 13 0 11 32 47 0 0 43 43 .418 .334 Grabarkewitz, Billy BOS 121 .254 452 115 11 4 9 61 84 12 5 53 56 .356 .344 Ortiz, Jose BOS 86 .252 313 79 20 4 0 28 58 22 4 41 39 .342 .313 Shamsky, Art BOS 42 .192 146 28 5 2 2 13 29 0 0 13 16 .295 .272 French, Jim BOS 14 .190 42 8 1 0 0 7 6 0 0 6 3 .214 .300

California Angels

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1973 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Silverio, Tom CAL 101 .270 404 109 16 0 7 37 76 18 5 58 50 .361 .329 Chance, Bob CAL 111 .253 336 85 17 1 12 24 74 0 0 40 54 .417 .301 Parker, Billy CAL 123 .251 487 122 14 0 2 67 103 16 9 63 31 .292 .345 Coletta, Chris CAL 55 .305 190 58 14 1 3 25 38 3 2 35 26 .437 .394 Hall, Jimmie CAL 65 .220 182 40 11 2 3 19 33 2 2 16 29 .352 .302

Pitching
Boston Red Sox

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1973 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 York, Jim BOS 44.2 2.22 34 0 2 1 0 29 16 8.87 Upshaw, Cecil BOS 99.0 3.36 59 0 10 4 1 69 29 11.64 Brett, Ken BOS 42.2 3.59 13 5 1 0 0 29 15 11.60 Lyle, Sparky BOS 68.2 3.67 58 0 4 7 32 51 18 11.67 Stickles, Jonah BOS 136.2 3.69 20 20 8 10 0 87 41 12.25 Jenkins, Fergie BOS 251.2 4.01 38 38 13 13 0 225 44 11.55 Cleveland, Reggie BOS 257.0 4.24 37 37 15 11 0 145 69 12.36 Foucault, Steve BOS 85.1 4.32 53 0 5 8 6 56 49 14.66 Guidry, Ron BOS 213.1 4.35 32 32 16 6 0 164 77 14.01 Garber, Gene BOS 64.0 4.78 40 0 4 1 1 59 24 13.36 Rau, Doug BOS 24.2 6.93 6 4 1 2 0 17 8 16.42

California Angels

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1973 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Burgmeier, Tom CAL 29.1 1.84 30 0 3 3 16 17 5 9.20 Hunter, Catfish CAL 296.2 2.52 40 40 22 8 0 194 84 10.25 Wright, Clyde CAL 150.0 2.70 22 22 12 7 0 62 41 10.26 Messersmith, Andy CAL 237.1 3.60 39 39 13 16 0 175 95 11.57 Bradley, Tom CAL 80.1 3.70 22 0 4 0 0 61 34 11.65 Lopez, Marcelino CAL 241.1 3.84 39 39 19 11 0 172 100 12.31 Strohmayer, John CAL 77.2 4.29 51 0 5 8 6 59 27 11.36 Morton, Carl CAL 130.2 4.34 22 22 7 4 0 46 53 13.36 Pattin, Marty CAL 77.2 4.87 41 0 2 3 1 57 15 13.09 Brabender, Gene CAL 46.1 6.60 24 0 1 0 0 35 23 15.93

National League Championship Preview next!

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National League Championship Series
New York Mets (98-64) V San Fransisco Giants (95-67)

Lineups
New York Mets

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1973 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Jackson, Sonny NYM 103 .289 418 121 11 3 0 37 49 12 10 61 25 .330 .349 Poulsen, Ken NYM 157 .282 639 180 28 5 13 70 126 2 2 101 73 .402 .354 Otis, Amos NYM 133 .292 510 149 40 3 21 74 73 26 2 100 90 .506 .383 Kranepool, Ed NYM 140 .305 524 160 36 5 24 71 60 0 2 100 85 .531 .393 Swoboda, Ron NYM 144 .307 508 156 26 4 18 70 98 5 1 90 79 .480 .389 Singleton, Ken NYM 159 .281 569 160 24 2 22 81 86 1 1 85 107 .446 .371 Estrada, Frank NYM 115 .308 273 84 17 0 1 28 67 1 0 35 37 .381 .375 Andrews, Mike NYM 96 .205 264 54 10 0 3 37 46 3 2 24 27 .277 .304

San Fransisco Giants

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1973 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Fuentes, Tito SFG 160 .306 647 198 39 5 10 38 73 13 6 104 64 .428 .343 Kubiak, Ted SFG 150 .289 505 146 20 4 1 82 61 1 3 82 40 .350 .389 Bonds, Bobby SFG 162 .310 626 194 35 4 47 107 150 33 12 127 130 .604 .410 Kingman, Dave SFG 139 .275 549 151 27 1 41 70 112 2 2 91 116 .552 .356 Santo, Ron SFG 142 .215 530 114 17 5 19 70 105 1 0 74 84 .374 .309 Jones, Mack SFG 112 .239 406 97 27 5 16 43 78 5 3 57 70 .448 .312 Ferguson, Joe SFG 141 .209 487 102 20 1 18 71 99 5 1 65 57 .366 .307 Alou, Jesus SFG 110 .331 378 125 13 2 3 17 29 2 1 42 50 .399 .359

Bench
New York Mets

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1973 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Ward, Pete NYM 101 .253 198 50 5 2 5 24 39 2 1 24 35 .374 .333 Sanders, Reggie NYM 81 .323 93 30 6 0 4 13 17 0 1 19 19 .516 .417 Haller, Tom NYM 117 .278 345 96 17 6 7 27 62 0 1 32 49 .423 .331 Jorgensen, Mike NYM 72 .349 129 45 6 0 11 20 21 0 3 23 32 .651 .436 Dean, Tommy NYM 36 .222 126 28 5 1 1 9 28 1 3 14 9 .302 .275 Buchek, Jerry NYM 65 .223 229 51 4 3 6 13 50 0 0 26 26 .345 .265

San Fransisco Giants

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1973 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Stanley, Mickey SFG 78 .271 240 65 11 3 1 16 31 2 0 26 22 .354 .314 Rader, Dave SFG 36 .271 96 26 6 0 0 11 9 0 0 6 11 .333 .345 McMullen, Ken SFG 31 .259 81 21 2 2 5 10 10 0 0 14 12 .519 .340 McCovey, Willie SFG 135 .242 182 44 9 0 7 26 44 0 0 20 26 .407 .335 Goodson, Ed SFG 41 .243 144 35 5 0 2 11 11 0 0 10 23 .319 .299 Mason, Don SFG 57 .355 93 33 3 0 0 10 12 0 0 9 6 .387 .419

Pitching
New York Mets

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1973 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Sprague, Ed NYM 37.2 1.67 28 0 6 1 7 23 12 9.80 Frisella, Danny NYM 39.0 2.08 37 0 5 4 23 38 10 8.08 Seaver, Tom NYM 253.2 3.02 40 40 20 9 0 206 78 10.29 Gentry, Gary NYM 226.2 3.14 38 38 14 6 0 179 78 10.48 Fisher, Jack NYM 255.1 3.17 39 39 18 10 0 153 69 10.43 Mikkelsen, Pete NYM 89.1 3.63 67 0 7 4 5 63 34 10.68 Wynne, Billy NYM 21.1 3.80 8 0 1 1 0 14 9 13.08 Curtis, John NYM 88.0 4.30 49 0 4 2 2 64 33 13.19 Abbott, Tim NYM 41.2 5.62 8 8 2 4 0 28 26 16.42 Gardner, Peter NYM 199.2 6.40 36 36 7 17 0 101 131 15.91

San Fransisco Giants

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1973 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Barr, Jim SFG 51.1 2.81 19 1 2 1 0 18 16 11.75 Marichal, Juan SFG 275.2 3.13 38 38 17 9 0 207 82 11.00 Perry, Gaylord SFG 260.0 3.25 38 38 18 9 0 224 71 10.56 Bosman, Dick SFG 237.0 3.38 39 39 18 9 0 127 75 11.28 McGinn, Dan SFG 87.2 3.49 57 0 6 4 5 79 32 11.70 Linzy, Frank SFG 33.0 3.82 35 0 5 1 20 15 12 12.82 Reynolds, Bob SFG 97.2 3.96 80 0 4 5 8 69 40 11.61 Gura, Larry SFG 68.0 4.63 28 0 3 2 1 41 19 12.57 McDowell, Sam SFG 203.1 4.74 38 38 13 9 0 222 131 14.21 Jones, Randy SFG 43.2 4.95 7 7 1 5 0 16 17 13.60 Sparma, Joe SFG 82.2 6.75 40 1 4 11 1 75 52 17.09

ALCS and NLCS results next!

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1973 ALCS Game One
California Angels at Boston Red Sox

Don Baylor went 2-3 with a pair of homeruns, but Reggie Smith broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the 8th inning with an RBI single and Fergie Jenkins pitched 8 1/3 innings, allowing 3 runs, 2 of them earned as Boston took a 1-0 series lead with a 4-3 victory over the Angels.

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California Angels at Boston Red Sox October 14, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Angels (CAL) 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 10 0 Red Sox (BOS) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 x 4 7 1 CALIFORNIA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg D. Griffin (2B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .356 C. Lopez (DH) 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .336 J. Tatum (CF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .315 R. Reichardt (LF) 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 .320 J. Hibbs (1B) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 B. Parker (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251 J. Callison (RF) 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .279 V. Kelly (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 M. Perez (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 R. Brown (C) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .244 TOTALS 37 10 1 3 1 3 3 1 HR: R. Reichardt CALIFORNIA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Hunter 6.2 6 3 1 3 3 5 117 2.52 T. Walker 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 27 0.00 TOTALS 8.0 7 4 2 4 4 5 144 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (CF) 4 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 .315 T. Simmons (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 D. Baylor (LF) 3 2 0 2 2 3 1 0 .301 R. Petrocelli (3B) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 T. Harrah (2B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 G. Brett (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 R. Colavito (RF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .260 T. Muser (DH) 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .300 B. Grabarkewitz (SS) 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .254 TOTALS 29 7 4 4 2 4 5 0 HR: D. Baylor 2 GIDP: T. Harrah BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA F. Jenkins 8.1 9 1 1 3 2 3 123 4.01 S. Lyle 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.67 TOTALS 9.0 10 1 1 3 2 3 132 WP: F. Jenkins LP: T. Walker SV: S. Lyle Temperature: 45F Wind: 2 MPH (out to center) Attendance: 33,379 Time: 2:41

1973 ALCS Game Two
California Angels at Boston Red Sox

Billy Grabarkewitz went 2-4 with a HR and 4 RBI, and Boston blew the game open with a 4 run bottom of the 8th inning, to back Ron Guidry who pitched 7 1/3 innings, allowing 3 runs as Boston moved within one game of the World Series with a 9-3 victory.

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California Angels at Boston Red Sox October 15, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Angels (CAL) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 1 Red Sox (BOS) 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 x 9 11 2 CALIFORNIA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg D. Griffin (2B) 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .356 C. Lopez (DH) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .336 J. Tatum (CF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .315 R. Reichardt (LF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320 J. Hibbs (1B) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .287 J. Callison (RF) 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .279 V. Kelly (3B) 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .314 M. Perez (SS) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 B. Allen (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 R. Brown (C) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .244 J. Hall (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 B. Rodgers (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 TOTALS 33 6 3 3 0 3 3 0 HBP: R. Reichardt CS: C. Lopez CALIFORNIA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA A. Messersmith 3.1 6 3 0 4 4 3 89 3.60 T. Bradley 3.2 4 3 2 5 5 1 67 3.70 C. Morton 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 4.34 TOTALS 8.0 11 6 2 9 9 4 172 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (CF) 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .315 T. Simmons (C) 5 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 .327 D. Baylor (LF) 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .301 R. Petrocelli (3B) 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .300 T. Harrah (2B) 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .294 G. Brett (1B) 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .270 R. Colavito (RF) 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 .260 T. Muser (DH) 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .300 B. Grabarkewitz (SS) 4 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 .254 TOTALS 33 11 6 9 2 8 4 0 2B: T. Harrah, R. Smith HR: B. Grabarkewitz, T. Simmons GIDP: T. Simmons, G. Brett BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Guidry 7.1 5 2 0 3 3 2 113 4.35 C. Upshaw 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 3.36 G. Garber 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 4.78 TOTALS 9.0 6 3 0 3 3 3 142 WP: R. Guidry LP: A. Messersmith Temperature: 47F Wind: 5 MPH (right to left) Attendance: 33,379 Time: 3:02

1973 ALCS Game Three
Boston Red Sox at California Angels

Rico Petrocelli went 3-4 with 2 runs scored, and Reggie Cleveland pitched 8 innings of 2 run ball as the Red Sox secured their 4th straight trip to the World Series with a 4-2 victory in game 3 over the Angels. Billy Grabarkewitz was named ALCS MVP after going 4-12 (.333) with a HR and 4 RBI.

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Boston Red Sox at California Angels October 17, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Red Sox (BOS) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 0 Angels (CAL) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (DH) 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .315 T. Harrah (2B) 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 .294 D. Baylor (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .301 R. Petrocelli (3B) 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .300 T. Simmons (C) 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .327 R. Colavito (RF) 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .260 B. Grabarkewitz (1B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .254 L. Bowa (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .260 J. Ortiz (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .252 TOTALS 36 10 4 4 0 3 9 2 2B: R. Petrocelli HBP: B. Grabarkewitz GIDP: L. Bowa BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Cleveland 8.0 7 2 1 2 2 5 115 4.24 S. Lyle 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3.67 TOTALS 9.0 7 2 1 2 2 6 123 CALIFORNIA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg D. Griffin (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .356 C. Lopez (DH) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .336 J. Tatum (CF) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .315 R. Reichardt (LF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .320 J. Hibbs (1B) 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .287 J. Callison (RF) 4 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .279 V. Kelly (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .314 M. Perez (SS) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276 R. Brown (C) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 TOTALS 33 7 2 2 1 2 6 0 2B: R. Brown, J. Tatum HR: J. Callison CALIFORNIA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA M. Lopez 5.0 6 2 0 3 3 5 107 3.84 J. Strohmayer 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 3 50 4.29 H. Shank 1.0 3 1 0 1 1 1 41 3.48 TOTALS 9.0 10 4 0 4 4 9 198 WP: R. Cleveland LP: M. Lopez SV: S. Lyle Temperature: 57F Wind: 4 MPH (in from center) Attendance: 43,202 Time: 3:34

NLCS is next!

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1973 NLCS Game One
New York Mets at San Fransisco Giants

Dave Kingman hit a 2 run HR and Gaylord Perry pitched a complete game, striking out 9 as the Giants beat up on the Mets in Game One of the NLCS 7-1. Ken Singleton provided all the Met offense with a solo HR.

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New York Mets at San Francisco Giants October 14, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Mets (NYM) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 Giants (SFG) 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 x 7 12 0 NEW YORK ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg S. Jackson (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 K. Poulsen (3B) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282 A. Otis (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .292 E. Kranepool (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305 R. Swoboda (LF) 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .307 K. Singleton (RF) 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .281 F. Estrada (C) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 M. Andrews (2B) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .205 R. Sanders (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .323 S. Alomar (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 T. Seaver (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .117 P. Mikkelsen (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 P. Ward (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 E. Sprague (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 32 7 2 1 1 1 9 0 2B: F. Estrada HR: K. Singleton GIDP: A. Otis CS: K. Poulsen NEW YORK ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA T. Seaver 5.1 8 3 3 4 4 6 105 3.02 P. Mikkelsen 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 2 27 3.63 E. Sprague 1.0 2 1 0 2 2 0 22 1.67 TOTALS 8.0 12 4 3 7 7 8 154 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Fuentes (SS) 5 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .306 T. Kubiak (2B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 B. Bonds (RF) 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .310 D. Kingman (1B) 3 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 .275 R. Santo (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .215 M. Jones (CF) 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .239 J. Ferguson (C) 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 .209 J. Alou (LF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .331 G. Perry (P) 4 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 .130 TOTALS 35 12 4 7 3 7 8 1 2B: D. Kingman, J. Alou, B. Bonds, G. Perry HR: J. Ferguson, D. Kingman, T. Fuentes GIDP: T. Kubiak SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA G. Perry 9.0 7 2 1 1 1 9 129 3.25 TOTALS 9.0 7 2 1 1 1 9 129 WP: G. Perry LP: T. Seaver Temperature: 56F Wind: 2 MPH (out to center) Attendance: 58,000 Time: 2:58

1972 NLCS Game Two
New York Mets at San Fransisco Giants

A 6 run 3rd inning, capped by a bases clearing double by Jesus Alou, gave the Giants all the runs they would need and more, as Juan Marichal pitched a complete game shutout, striking out 8, helping the Giants move within one game of the World Series with a 10-0 shellacking of the Mets.

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New York Mets at San Francisco Giants October 15, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Mets (NYM) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Giants (SFG) 0 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 x 10 8 0 NEW YORK ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg S. Jackson (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 K. Poulsen (3B) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 A. Otis (CF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .292 E. Kranepool (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .305 R. Swoboda (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .307 K. Singleton (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 F. Estrada (C) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 M. Andrews (2B) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 P. Gardner (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .159 B. Wynne (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 D. Rose (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 R. Sanders (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .323 P. Mikkelsen (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 TOTALS 32 5 2 0 0 0 8 0 NEW YORK ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA P. Gardner 2.2 4 5 0 7 7 2 74 6.40 B. Wynne 3.2 3 2 3 3 3 2 67 3.80 D. Rose 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.03 P. Mikkelsen 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.63 TOTALS 8.0 8 7 3 10 10 4 164 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Fuentes (SS) 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 .306 T. Kubiak (2B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 B. Bonds (RF) 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 .310 D. Kingman (1B) 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 .275 R. Santo (3B) 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 .215 M. Jones (CF) 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 .239 J. Ferguson (C) 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .209 J. Alou (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .331 J. Marichal (P) 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .089 TOTALS 30 8 7 10 3 10 4 0 2B: J. Alou, M. Jones HR: D. Kingman, T. Fuentes, B. Bonds GIDP: J. Ferguson SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Marichal 9.0 5 2 0 0 0 8 129 3.13 TOTALS 9.0 5 2 0 0 0 8 129 WP: J. Marichal LP: P. Gardner

1973 NLCS Game Three
San Fransisco Giants at New York Mets

Ron Swoboda hit a 2 run HR in the 6th inning, and it was all the runs the Mets would get, but it was enough as Gary Gentry pitched 8 1/3 innings of 1 run ball keeping the Met season alive in a 2-1 Game Three victory.

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San Francisco Giants at New York Mets October 17, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Giants (SFG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Mets (NYM) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x 2 4 0 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Fuentes (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .306 T. Kubiak (2B) 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .289 B. Bonds (RF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .310 D. Kingman (1B) 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 .275 R. Santo (3B) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .215 W. McCovey (P) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .242 K. McMullen (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 M. Jones (CF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .239 J. Ferguson (C) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .209 J. Alou (LF) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .331 S. McDowell (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .110 M. Stanley (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 B. Reynolds (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 27 2 5 1 0 1 9 0 2B: J. Alou SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA S. McDowell 7.0 4 4 1 2 2 6 134 4.74 B. Reynolds 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 17 3.96 TOTALS 8.0 4 6 1 2 2 6 151 NEW YORK ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg S. Jackson (SS) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 K. Poulsen (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282 A. Otis (CF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292 E. Kranepool (1B) 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .305 R. Swoboda (LF) 4 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 .307 K. Singleton (RF) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .281 F. Estrada (C) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .308 P. Ward (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 T. Haller (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 M. Andrews (2B) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 S. Alomar (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 G. Gentry (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .113 D. Frisella (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 26 4 6 2 1 2 6 0 HR: R. Swoboda NEW YORK ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA G. Gentry 8.1 2 4 0 1 1 8 132 3.14 D. Frisella 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 1 14 2.08 TOTALS 9.0 2 5 0 1 1 9 146 WP: G. Gentry LP: S. McDowell SV: D. Frisella Temperature: 50F Wind: 3 MPH (right to left) Attendance: 55,300 Time: 3:01

Rest of the Series next!

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1973 NLCS Game Four
San Fransisco Giants at New York Mets

Frank Estrada went 3-4 with 2 RBI, and Ken Singleton hit a 2 run go ahead single in the bottom of the 8th inning, helpng the Mets outlast Ron Santo, who hit a pair of 2 run homeruns and the Giants, tying the NLCS at 2 games apiece, winning Game Four 9-6.

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San Francisco Giants at New York Mets October 18, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Giants (SFG) 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 7 0 Mets (NYM) 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 x 9 10 1 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Fuentes (SS) 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .306 T. Kubiak (2B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .289 B. Bonds (RF) 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .310 D. Kingman (1B) 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .275 R. Santo (3B) 4 2 0 2 2 4 0 0 .215 M. Jones (CF) 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 .239 J. Ferguson (C) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .209 J. Alou (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .331 G. Perry (P) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .130 J. Sparma (P) 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .143 B. Reynolds (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 W. McCovey (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 TOTALS 35 7 5 6 2 6 8 1 HR: R. Santo 2 SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA G. Perry 2.2 4 3 0 5 5 3 47 3.25 J. Sparma 5.0 5 4 0 4 4 1 105 6.75 B. Reynolds 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.96 TOTALS 8.0 10 7 0 9 9 4 161 NEW YORK ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg S. Jackson (SS) 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .289 K. Poulsen (3B) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .282 A. Otis (CF) 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .292 E. Kranepool (1B) 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 .305 R. Swoboda (LF) 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .307 K. Singleton (RF) 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 .281 F. Estrada (C) 4 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 .308 M. Andrews (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .205 S. Alomar (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 T. Seaver (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .117 J. Curtis (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 P. Mikkelsen (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 P. Ward (P) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .253 D. Frisella (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 28 10 7 9 0 9 4 0 2B: F. Estrada, P. Ward GIDP: T. Seaver CS: S. Jackson 2 NEW YORK ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA T. Seaver 5.0 2 3 1 4 3 7 81 3.02 J. Curtis 1.0 2 2 1 2 2 0 28 4.30 P. Mikkelsen 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 23 3.63 D. Frisella 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 2.08 TOTALS 9.0 7 5 2 6 5 8 154 WP: P. Mikkelsen LP: J. Sparma SV: D. Frisella Temperature: 40F Wind: Calm Attendance: 55,300 Time: 3:21

Game Five next!

Re: Impossible Dream???

1973 NLCS Game Five
San Fransisco Giants at New York Mets

Ron Santo went 4-5 and Dave Kingman hit a solo HR, as the Giants will move on to the World Series to face the Boston Red Sox, as San Fransisco beat the Mets in Game Five 7-4. Juan Marichal was named NLCS MVP, going 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA. In 12 innings, Marichal struck out 13.

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San Francisco Giants at New York Mets October 19, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Giants (SFG) 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 7 13 1 Mets (NYM) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Fuentes (SS) 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .306 T. Kubiak (2B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 B. Bonds (RF) 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .310 D. Kingman (1B) 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 .275 R. Santo (3B) 5 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 .215 M. Jones (CF) 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .239 J. Ferguson (C) 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .209 J. Alou (LF) 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .331 J. Marichal (P) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .089 W. McCovey (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 J. Roland (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 B. Reynolds (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 K. McMullen (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 F. Linzy (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 39 13 6 7 1 6 7 0 2B: D. Kingman, R. Santo 2, T. Fuentes, B. Bonds 3B: R. Santo, J. Alou HR: D. Kingman GIDP: J. Roland CS: M. Jones SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Marichal 3.0 7 2 2 4 4 5 73 3.13 J. Roland 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 2 75 3.05 B. Reynolds 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 3.96 F. Linzy 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.82 TOTALS 9.0 8 4 2 4 4 8 176 NEW YORK ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg S. Jackson (SS) 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 K. Poulsen (3B) 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 .282 A. Otis (CF) 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 .292 E. Kranepool (1B) 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .305 R. Swoboda (LF) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .307 K. Singleton (RF) 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .281 F. Estrada (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .308 M. Andrews (2B) 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .205 P. Gardner (P) 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .159 P. Mikkelsen (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 E. Sprague (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Sanders (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .323 D. Rose (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 TOTALS 35 8 4 4 2 4 8 1 2B: E. Kranepool HR: M. Andrews, A. Otis HBP: R. Swoboda CS: S. Jackson NEW YORK ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA P. Gardner 5.0 8 4 0 5 5 4 104 6.40 P. Mikkelsen 2.0 2 2 0 1 1 1 42 3.63 E. Sprague 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 1.67 D. Rose 1.0 3 0 1 1 1 1 22 3.03 TOTALS 9.0 13 6 1 7 7 7 181 WP: J. Roland LP: P. Gardner SV: F. Linzy Temperature: 47F Wind: Calm Attendance: 55,300 Time: 3:30

Up next will be a recap of the 1973 World Series!

Re: Impossible Dream???

1973 World Series Game One
Boston Red Sox at San Fransisco Giants

Mack Jones went 2-4 with a pair of 2 run homeruns, and Tito Fuentes went 5-5 with 2 RBI and 4 runs scored as the Giants ran all over Fergie Jenkins and the Red Sox in Game One of the World Series, winning 13-7.

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Boston Red Sox at San Francisco Giants October 25, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Red Sox (BOS) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 7 10 1 Giants (SFG) 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 4 x 13 14 1 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (1B) 3 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 .315 T. Harrah (2B) 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .294 D. Baylor (LF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301 R. Petrocelli (3B) 5 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 .300 T. Simmons (C) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .327 D. Evans (RF) 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .267 G. Brett (CF) 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .270 L. Bowa (SS) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .260 F. Jenkins (P) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .174 S. Foucault (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 J. York (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Grabarkewitz (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 C. Upshaw (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 10 5 7 1 7 3 0 2B: R. Smith, G. Brett 3B: G. Brett HR: R. Petrocelli GIDP: D. Evans BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA F. Jenkins 3.2 8 3 1 7 7 5 87 4.01 S. Foucault 2.0 2 0 0 2 1 1 36 4.32 J. York 1.1 0 1 0 0 0 1 21 2.22 C. Upshaw 1.0 4 0 1 4 4 2 27 3.36 TOTALS 8.0 14 4 2 13 12 9 171 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Fuentes (SS) 5 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 .306 T. Kubiak (2B) 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 .289 B. Bonds (RF) 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 .310 D. Kingman (1B) 4 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 .275 R. Santo (3B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .215 M. Jones (CF) 5 2 0 2 2 4 1 0 .239 J. Ferguson (C) 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .209 J. Alou (LF) 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .331 S. McDowell (P) 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .110 L. Gura (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 J. Sparma (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 TOTALS 39 14 4 13 2 13 9 0 2B: D. Kingman 2, T. Fuentes 3B: T. Fuentes HR: M. Jones 2 SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA S. McDowell 5.1 6 4 0 4 3 3 135 4.74 L. Gura 3.0 4 0 1 3 3 0 46 4.63 J. Sparma 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 6.75 TOTALS 9.0 10 5 1 7 6 3 190 WP: S. McDowell LP: F. Jenkins Temperature: 59F Wind: 8 MPH (in from center) Attendance: 58,000 Time: 4:04

1973 World Series Game Two
Boston Red Sox at San Fransisco Giants

Boston took a 2-0 first inning lead on a 2 run HR by Rico Petrocelli, but those were the only runs Gaylord Perry would allow, as his offense got going in the 3rd on a 2run double by Dave Kingman and took the lead on a RBI single by Tito Fuentes, as the Giants took a 2-0 Series lead with a 7-2 victory.

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Boston Red Sox at San Francisco Giants October 26, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Red Sox (BOS) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 0 Giants (SFG) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 x 7 13 1 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315 T. Simmons (C) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .327 D. Baylor (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301 R. Petrocelli (3B) 4 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 .300 T. Harrah (2B) 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .294 D. Evans (RF) 4 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 .267 T. Muser (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 L. Bowa (SS) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .260 R. Guidry (P) 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 G. Brett (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 S. Lyle (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 33 5 1 4 2 4 5 0 2B: R. Smith HR: R. Petrocelli, D. Evans BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Guidry 7.0 10 1 0 5 5 7 117 4.35 S. Lyle 1.0 3 1 0 2 2 0 31 3.67 TOTALS 8.0 13 2 0 7 7 7 148 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Fuentes (SS) 5 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 .306 T. Kubiak (2B) 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .289 B. Bonds (RF) 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .310 D. Kingman (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 .275 R. Santo (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .215 J. Ferguson (C) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .209 M. Stanley (CF) 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 .271 J. Alou (LF) 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 .331 G. Perry (P) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .130 F. Linzy (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 13 2 7 0 7 7 1 2B: D. Kingman, R. Santo 3B: M. Stanley SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA G. Perry 8.2 5 1 2 4 2 5 133 3.25 F. Linzy 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.82 TOTALS 9.0 5 1 2 4 2 5 135 WP: G. Perry LP: R. Guidry Temperature: 45F

1973 World Series Game Three
San Fransisco Giants at Boston Red Sox

The Red Sox got back into the Series on the shoulders of Reggie Cleveland who pitched 8 innings of 2 run ball, and Toby Harrah who hit a 2 run HR as Boston beat the Giants in Game Three, 4-2.

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San Francisco Giants at Boston Red Sox October 28, 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Giants (SFG) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 Red Sox (BOS) 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 x 4 7 1 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Fuentes (SS) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .306 T. Kubiak (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 B. Bonds (RF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .310 D. Kingman (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .275 W. McCovey (DH) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 R. Santo (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .215 M. Jones (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .239 J. Ferguson (C) 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 .209 J. Alou (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .331 TOTALS 34 6 2 2 1 2 9 0 2B: R. Santo HR: J. Ferguson SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Marichal 5.0 5 1 2 4 4 3 89 3.13 D. McGinn 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 31 3.49 B. Reynolds 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 3.96 TOTALS 8.0 7 2 2 4 4 5 139 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (CF) 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .315 T. Simmons (C) 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .327 D. Baylor (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301 R. Petrocelli (3B) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .300 T. Harrah (2B) 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 .294 G. Brett (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .270 D. Evans (RF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 T. Muser (DH) 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300 B. Grabarkewitz (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .254 TOTALS 31 7 2 4 2 4 5 0 2B: T. Muser HR: T. Harrah, R. Smith BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA R. Cleveland 8.0 6 1 1 2 2 7 132 4.24 S. Lyle 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 2 17 3.67 TOTALS 9.0 6 2 1 2 2 9 149 WP: R. Cleveland LP: J. Marichal SV: S. Lyle Temperature: 38F Wind: 5 MPH (out to left)

Rest of the Series is next!