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May 10,11,12 at Kansas City Royals (17-19)
May 10-Rocky Colavito became just the 10th player in MLB history to hit his 500th career HR. Colavito, starting for the first time this year not only hit homer number 500, he also hit number 501, and Reggie Smith added a 3 run shot as Boston beat up on KC 12-3. (28-9) Boxscore below:
May 11-A 4 run 10th inning, capped by a bases clearing double by Toby Harrah, broke open a 8-8 ballgame, as Boston beat the Royals 12-8 in extra innings. The Red Sox hit 4 homeruns (Reggie Smith, Dwight Evans, Tony Conigliaro and George Brett) (29-9)Code:Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals May 10, 1974 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Red Sox (BOS) 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 12 17 0 Royals (KCR) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 7 1 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (CF) 6 3 0 2 1 4 1 0 .389 T. Harrah (2B) 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .252 T. Conigliaro (LF) 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .248 T. Simmons (C) 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .329 R. Colavito (DH) 4 2 0 2 2 3 1 0 .400 D. Evans (RF) 5 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 .299 W. McCovey (1B) 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .275 G. Brett (3B) 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 .224 L. Bowa (SS) 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .370 TOTALS 42 17 4 12 4 10 5 0 2B: D. Evans (8), W. McCovey (6) HR: R. Smith (11), D. Evans (3), R. Colavito 2 (2) GIDP: T. Simmons 2 BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Stickles 8.1 7 1 0 3 3 3 118 3.26 G. Garber 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.70 TOTALS 9.0 7 1 0 3 3 3 125 KANSAS CITY ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg D. Anderson (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .258 J. Cardenal (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .358 J. Hutto (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 J. Mayberry (1B) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .257 G. Hendrick (DH) 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .287 L. Lacy (RF) 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .303 G. Beckert (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .330 W. Hriniak (C) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 J. Kenney (3B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 TOTALS 34 7 1 3 0 3 3 0 2B: G. Beckert (8), L. Lacy (3) KANSAS CITY ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA S. Rogers 2.2 8 3 0 6 4 2 79 5.46 S. Thomas 3.1 5 0 2 3 3 1 51 6.00 M. LaKosh 2.2 4 1 2 3 3 2 58 5.88 H. Gilson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.50 TOTALS 9.0 17 4 4 12 10 5 194 WP: J. Stickles (7-0) LP: S. Rogers (4-3) Temperature: 65F Wind: 3 MPH (in from left) Attendance: 29,610 Time: 3:38
W-Gene Garber (1-1) L-Stan Thomas (1-3)
May 12-John Mayberry hit a tie breaking 3 run HR in the 6th inning and 3 Boston errors in the 7th allowed 5 more to score as the Royals avoided the sweep, hammering the Sox 13-6. (29-10)
W-Wilco Rhodes (5-3) L-Roger Moret (0-2)
May 16,17,18 v New York Yankees (25-14)
May 16-George Brett went 2-3 with a HR and 3 RBI and Rocky Colavito hit number 502 to help Fergie Jenkins win his 9th as Boston beat up the Yankees 8-1. (30-10)
W-Fergie Jenkins (9-1) L-Wayne Simpson (6-2)
May 17-Tony Conigliaro and Willie McCovey each hit 3 run homeruns, and Roger Moret won his first game of the year, allowing 3 runs over 7 innings as Boston beat the Yankees again, today 10-3. (31-10)
W-Roger Moret (1-2) L-Chris Nelson (5-1)
May 18-Reggie Smith and Ted Simmons each had 2 hits and a homerun, and Gary Nolan pitched well, throwing 7 inning of 1 run ball as Boston swept New York, extending their AL East lead to 7 games, nipping the Yanks 4-3. (32-10)
W-Gary Nolan (5-3) L-Mel Stottlemyre (5-1) S-Sparky Lyle (8)
MLB Trade News:
Minor deal out of Boston as the Red Sox send minor league pitcher Rich "Goose" Gossage (75/77) to the San Diego Padres in exchange for minor league outfielder Ken Griffey (74/76). Gossage was 2-1 3.32 for the PawSox this year, and Griffey was hitting .301 4-28 in AA.
MLB Retirements:
Gates Brown retired after 11 big league seasons spent with Detroit, Washington, San Fransisco and the Chicago Cubs. Brown hit .269 111-456 for his career in 3083 AB's. His best season was 1971 when he hit .282 17-62.
Don Buford retired this week after being released by the Houston Astros. Buford played for Houston and the Chicago White Sox in his 11 year career. He hit a career .261 85 HR and 442 RBI. He also stole 222 bases with a career high of 51 in 1966.
MLB Injuries:
Couple of big injuries this week, first Mark Fidrych will be lost for the year after being hit by a comebacker and breaking his wrist. "The Bird" was 2-6 4.58 this year after posting a line of 5-19 7.40 in his rookie campaign.
Richie Hebner's first year with the Milwaukee Brewers was a short one as the thirdbaseman will miss the remainder of the year with a torn ligament in his knee. Hebner was hitting .329 8-29 so far in his first year in the AL after hitting .323 22-90 last year for the Pirates.
Bob Watson of the Houston Astros will miss the rest of the season after being hit on the wrist while batting this past week. Watson had been a very consistent over his career, hitting between 11-19 homeruns for 7 straight years.
Up next for the Sox is their first extended road trip as they head to California to face the Angels for 3 games followed by 3 in Milwaukee to face the Brewers.
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May 19,20,21 at California Angels (21-20)
May 19-Dwight Evans hit a 2 run HR off Dave Sells in the top of the 10th inning, giving Boston a come from behind 4-2 win over the Angels. The Sox had tied the game in the top of the 9th on an RBI single by Rico Petrocelli. (33-10)
W-Cecil Upshaw (2-0) L-Dave Sells (2-3) S-Sparky Lyle (9)
May 20-The Sox scored 3 runs on 3 solo HR's, 2 by Billy Grabarkewitz and one by Rico Petrocelli, and Fergie Jenkins made it stand up, scattering 10 hits and 1 run over 8 innings, becoming the majors first 10 game winner as Boston beat California 3-1. (34-10)
W-Fergie Jenkins (10-1) L-Clyde Wright (1-5) S-Sparky Lyle (10)
May 21-Chris Chambliss hit a 2 run double, and Roger Moret pitched 6 1/3 solid innings as Boston completed the sweep of the Angels, winning 6-2. Reigning Cy Young winner Catfish Hunter dropped to 0-8 on the year. (35-10)
W-Roger Moret (2-2) L-Catfish Hunter (0-8)
May 22,23,24 at Milwaukee Brewers (18-27)
May 22-Trailing 7-0 after 4 innings, Boston scored 7 times in the next 2 innings to tie the game, and then blew it open in the 8th and 9th with 5 unanswered runs, as Boston outlaster Milwaukee, winning 12-9. Reggie Smith lead the attack with 2 hits and 3 RBI and Chris Chambliss had his best game as a pro with 3 hits and 4 runs scored. (36-10)
W-Steve Mingori (1-0) L-Mike Marshall (0-1) S-Sparky Lyle (11)
May 23-Dwight Evans hit a 2 run HR and Reggie Smith continued his scorching start, hitting his 15th homerun of the year, upping his average to .409, as Boston beat Milwaukee 6-4. (37-10)
W-Steve Foucault (1-0) L-Lyle Richardson (0-3) S-Sparky Lyle (12)
May 24-Fergie Jenkins pitched his 6th complete game of the year, allowing 8 hits and 2 runs while walking none and striking out 5, and Rocky Colavito hit a 2 run HR as Boston beat the Brewers, and won their 9th straight game a 3-2 nailbiter over the Brewers. (38-10)
W-Fergie Jenkins (11-1) L-Brian Mogford (4-5)
MLB Milestones:
Ron Fairly of the Milwaukee Brewers knocked in his 1000th run.
Boog Powell of the Baltimore Orioles scored his 1000th run, and new teammate Vada Pinson stole his 300th base.
Tony Oliva of the Minnesota Twins scored his 1000th run.
Up next for Boston is more road games. First 3 in Detroit to face the 2nd place Tigers, followed by 3 more in Milwaukee against the Brewers.
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May 25,26,27 at Detroit Tigers (27-21)
May 25-Willie Horton hit a pair of homeruns, driving in 3 and Bob Christian added a 2 run blast as the Tigers beat up on Gary Nolan and the Red Sox 8-3. (38-11)
W-Pat Dobson (7-4) L-Gary Nolan (5-4)
May 26-George Scott drove in the only run against his former team with an RBI single in the 2nd inning and Dave Lemaczyk made it stand up, as he pitched 7 shutout innings, and Ramon Hernandez finished off the last two as Detroit blanked the Sox 1-0. (38-12)
W-Dave Lemanzcyk (9-2) L-Jonah Stickles (7-1) S-Ramon Hernandez (2)
May 27-Billy Conigliaro hit a 3 run HR in the 10th inning off closer Horatio Pina and drove in 4 runs altogether, and his brother Tony also hit a solo HR as Boston avoided the sweep, doubling up the Tigers, 8-4. (39-12)
W-Sparky Lyle (4-0) L-Horatio Pina (1-1)
May 28,29,30 at Milwaukee Brewers (20-31)
May 28-Ron Fairly hit a sacrifice fly on the first pitch he saw from Cecil Upshaw in the bottom of the 9th inning, helping the Brewers beat the Red Sox 8-7. Dick McAuliffe homered and drove in 4 for Milwaukee in the win. (39-13)
W-Jim York (3-2) L-Steve Mingori (1-1)
May 29-The Red Sox hit 4 solo homeruns on the day, one each from Reggie Smith, Ted Simmons, Tony Conigliaro and Chris Chambliss, and Gary Nolan, along with 2 relievers made it stand up as Boston took the middle game of the series, winning 4-3. (40-13)
W-Gary Nolan (6-4) L-Denny McClain (3-6) S-Sparky Lyle (13)
May 30-Dick McAuliffe homered and drove in 3, and Jake Brown also drove in 3 runs as the Brewers took two of three from Boston, beating up on the Sox, knocking Jonah Stickles out of the game in the 3rd inning, scoring 8 times off him, in the 11-4 win. (40-14)
W-Zack MacFadden (3-2) L-Jonah Stickles (7-2)
Around the MLB:
A couple of contract extentions were signed this past week. First the Red Sox and P Sparky Lyle came to terms on a 5 year extention worth $298,000. Lyle was willing to take a little less to stay with the Sox. This is a nice deal as it locks up Lyle through his peak years, and keeps him in a Sox uniform until he is 34. Lyle has rebounded this year after an off year last season, going 4-0 2.33 with 13 saves in 14 chances.
Baltimore resigned OF Curt Blefary to a 5 year contract extenstion worth almost $400,000 per year. Blefary is the big gun in the Oriole lineup, hitting .244 9-32 this year after posting a line of .287 35-98 with 37 doubles a year ago. The Orioles also resigned Blefary's outfield partner Paul Blair to a 5 year contract worth a total of 2.5 million dollars. Blair is hitting .323 4-33, but really broke out last year, hitting .313 29-133 with 48 doubles.
On that note, Boston will have some interesting decisions to make this year as Ted Simmons, Toby Harrah and Cecil Upshaw are all up for new deals. Simmons is living up to his end of the deal, but Harrah is really struggling this year and I am not sure if it will play a part in whether we choose to resign him.
Ending May and into June for Boston is 6 games at home, finally. The first 3 are against the Oakland A's, and the last 3 are vs. the New York Yankees.
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Complete Team Batting Stats Through May 31-(team leaders in bold)
Complete Team Pitching Stats Through May 31-(team leaders in bold)Code:1974 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Smith, Reggie BOS 51 .377 223 84 14 3 18 35 36 3 0 56 56 .709 .461 Simmons, Ted BOS 51 .350 220 77 17 1 10 16 21 0 0 41 40 .573 .397 Evans, Dwight BOS 55 .295 207 61 11 2 6 36 40 0 0 44 27 .454 .397 Harrah, Toby BOS 50 .245 204 50 9 0 3 28 16 6 2 25 31 .333 .335 Petrocelli, Rico BOS 48 .215 200 43 10 1 8 15 39 0 0 24 26 .395 .267 Conigliaro, Tony BOS 46 .259 193 50 11 2 11 23 33 0 0 31 44 .508 .335 Brett, George BOS 46 .274 168 46 13 3 3 16 18 5 1 33 21 .440 .337 McCovey, Willie BOS 37 .237 139 33 6 2 4 21 28 0 0 15 17 .396 .350 Grabarkewitz, Billy BOS 32 .330 106 35 4 1 4 18 19 5 1 18 17 .500 .421 Conigliaro, Billy BOS 26 .298 94 28 10 1 3 11 20 0 0 20 15 .521 .368 Bowa, Larry BOS 21 .388 49 19 4 0 0 5 4 6 1 8 7 .469 .444 Chambliss, Chris BOS 10 .341 41 14 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 7 3 .439 .372 Colavito, Rocky BOS 10 .188 32 6 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 8 8 .563 .182 Fisk, Carlton BOS 4 .231 13 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 .308 .313 Ruhle, Vern BOS 5 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Code:1974 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Jenkins, Fergie BOS 109.1 2.55 14 14 11 1 0 87 20 10.54 Lyle, Sparky BOS 28.0 2.57 20 0 4 0 14 24 5 8.68 Guidry, Ron BOS 36.1 2.72 5 5 4 1 0 29 9 11.64 Upshaw, Cecil BOS 30.0 3.30 24 0 2 0 1 18 8 10.80 Mingori, Steve BOS 23.0 3.52 15 0 2 1 0 17 11 12.91 Garber, Gene BOS 25.1 3.55 19 0 1 1 1 16 8 10.66 Foucault, Steve BOS 20.0 3.60 16 0 1 0 0 14 5 13.05 Stickles, Jonah BOS 83.0 3.80 12 12 7 2 0 43 24 12.58 Moret, Roger BOS 24.2 5.11 4 4 2 2 0 15 9 14.59 Ruhle, Vern BOS 12.1 5.11 5 0 0 0 1 6 5 14.59 Nolan, Gary BOS 75.0 5.28 12 12 6 4 0 54 26 13.92 Brett, Ken BOS 34.1 7.60 8 7 1 1 0 19 18 19.40 Rau, Doug BOS 6.1 8.53 2 1 0 1 0 1 8 25.58
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League Standings Through May 31- (Notice the Cubs are in 1st Place!)
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May 31, June 1,2 v Oakland Athletics (20-31)
May 31-Toby Harrah, Dwight Evans and Tony Conigliaro each drove in a pair of runs, and Reggie Smith hit a solo HR as Boston outslugged Oakland 9-8 in a game that featured 26 hits. (41-14)
W-Steve Mingori (2-1) L-Bob Gebhard (1-2) S-Sparky Lyle (14)
June 1-Fergie Jenkins continued his path of destruction through the American League, throwing his 7th complete game of the year, allowing just 1 run while walking none and striking out 8, in winning his 12th game of the year. He got offensive support from Chris Chambliss and Ted Simmons who each drove in a pair in the 8-1 Red Sox win. (42-14)
W-Fergie Jenkins (12-1) L-Steve Blass (1-3)
June 2-The A's got to reliever Gene Garber for 5 runs in the top of the 8th inning, and 1 in the 9th to come back from a 5-0 deficit to win 6-5. Leading the comeback was Rick Monday who hit a game tying 2 run double in the 8th. (42-15)
W-Bob Gebhard (2-2) L-Gene Garber (1-2) S-Greg Washburn (5)
June 3,4,5 v New York Yankees (35-22)
June 3-John Young drove in Frank Baker with an RBI single off closer Sparky Lyle in the 9th inning to break a 5 all tie and give the Yankees a 6-5 win. Toby Harrah hit a 3 run HR in the loss. (42-16)
W-Dooley Womack (1-1) L-Sparky Lyle (4-1)
June 4-Rico Petrocelli broke out of a season long slump, going 3-3 with 3 RBI, and Toby Harrah added 2 RBI as Boston hammered the Yankees 11-2. Petrocelli came into the game hitting hitting .212 on the year and with this game upped it to .223. (43-16)
W-Ken Brett (2-1) L-Chris Nelson (6-4)
June 5-A 4 run bottom of the 8th inning, capped by a 3 run HR by Reggie Smith, gave Boston a come from behind 6-4 win and increased their lead in the AL East to 8 games.. Rico Petrocelli added 2 more hits raising his average to .230. (44-16)
W-Steve Mingori (3-1) L-Dooley Womack (1-2) S-Sparky Lyle (15)
MLB Retirements:
Al Kaline retired this week after being given his release by the New York Yankees. Kaline played for 21 seasons, for both the Detroit Tigers (1953-1970) and the Yankees (1971-1974). He retires with 2,991 hits 382 homeruns, and 1570 RBI's. He was a career .302 hitter in 9908 AB's. Kaline's best season was arguably 1967 when he hit .335 25-109 for the Tigers to go along with 215 hits and 51 doubles. He was a 13 time All-Star (1955-1968), and won 9 Gold Gloves (1957,58,59,1961,62,63,64,65,66).
Up next is the 1974 Amateur Draft!
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1974 Amateur Draft
1) Kansas City- (P) Bob Welch
2) Oakland- (P) Charlie Leibrandt
3) Cincinnati- (P) Mario Soto
4) Chicago (NL)- (OF) Dale Murphy
5) Montreal- (3B) Paul Molitor
6) Cleveland- (C) Jody Davis
7) Milwaukee- (C) Lance Parrish
8) Pittsburgh- (P) Rod Scurry
9) Atlanta- (OF) Gary Cooper
10) Houston- (C) George Bjorkman
11) San Diego- (1B) Eddie Murray
12) Philadelphia- (C) Ozzie Virgil
13) Texas- (P) Rick Sutcliffe
14) Baltimore- (C) Terry Kennedy
15) Detroit- (P) Larry Pashnick
16) New York (AL)- (1B) Pedro Guerrero
17) Minnesota- (C) Butch Wynegar
18) St. Louis- (P) Mark Clear
19) Chicago (AL)- (SS) Gary Templeton
20) Los Angeles- (P) Kevin Saucier
21) California- (P) John Martin
22) New York (NL)- Hubie Brooks
23) Boston- (P) Bob Walk (49/85)--5-1 1.81 in 53.2 IP in his senior year with a 53/10 K/BB ratio. Allowed opponents to hit just .181 off him after allowing a BA of just .190 as a Junior. Needs lots of time in the minors, but should be a solid starter.
23) San Fransisco- (P) Moose Haas
Rest of the Red Sox Picks:
2nd Round (4th overall)- RP Andy McGaffigan 51/82)--3-1 2.25 in 32 IP with 4 saves as a senior. Struck out 26 and walked 8 in his final season, while striking out 34 and walking 9 as a Junior. Started one game as a Senior and pitched a shutout.
3rd Round (71st overall)- OF Gary Redus (54/77)--Speed demon that stole 41 bases in 52 total attempts in H.S. Hit .366 with 7 HR and 25 RBI with a 34/16 BB/K ratio. Very exicted about Redus, we feel he could end up being our best pick in this draft.
4th Round (95th overall)- 2B Tom Herr (55/77)-- Solid infield prospect hit .402 (43-107) as a Senior with 1 HR and 27 RBI. Along with a good eye (111/45 BB/K ratio in H.S.) he can steal a base too (17 steals in 21 attempts).
5th Round (119th overall)- 3B Ken Oberkfell (55-68)-- Terrific Senior year, hitting .455 (55-121) with 1 HR and 21 RBI while walking 33 times and striking out only eight. Was very consistent as he hit .384 as a Junior with 30 walks and only 7 K's.
6th Round (143rd overall)- P Ed Lynch (49-79)--4-2 2.89 as Senior. In 43.2 innings, he struck out 27 and walked just 4. Throughout his High School career, he displayed fantastic control, striking out 87 and walking only 17 in 24 career starts.
Up next for the Sox is 3 games at in Oakland to face off against the A's followed by 3 at home against the California Angels.
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June 6,7,8 at Oakland Athletics (22-35)
June 6-Trailing 5-0 after 2 and 7-2 after 5, Boston scored 2 runs each in the 6th, 7th and 8th, capped by a 2 run HR by Dwight Evans in the 8th inning, as Boston completed the comeback and won 8-7. (45-16)
W-Cecil Upshaw (3-0) L-Ralph Garcia (0-1) S-Sparky Lyle (16)
June 7-Reggie Smith had 2 hits and 3 RBI, and Dwight Evans had 2 hits, 2 RBI and 3 runs scored as Boston beat up on Oakland 9-3. (46-16)
W-Roger Moret (3-2) L-Hank Fischer (6-4)
June 8-Dwight Evans hit a solo HR, and George Brett drove in a pair in support of Jonah Stickles who pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball, as Boston completed the sweep of the A's, winning 4-1. (47-16)
W-Jonah Stickles (8-2) L-Chuck Dobson (4-9) S-Sparky Lyle (17)
June 9,10,11 v California Angels (27-36)
June 9-Marty Perez had 2 hits and 3 RBI, and Johnny Callison added 3 hits and 2 RBI as California took advantage of bad Red Sox defense, to beat Fergie Jenkins and Boston 7-3. (47-17)
W-Andy Messersmith (8-5) L-Fergie Jenkins (12-2)
June 10-Jim Hibbs hit a 2 run HR and Carl Yastrzemski added his 2nd HR of the year, both against the Sox as the Angels beat up the Sox, 6-1. (47-18)
W-Carl Morton (2-4) L-Gary Nolan (6-5)
June 11-Catfish Hunter pitched 8 2/3 innings of shutout ball, allowing 7 hits, walking 4 and striking out 5 en route to his first win of the year as the Angels swept the Sox in Boston, winning 4-0. (47-19)
W-Catfish Hunter (1-9) L-Roger Moret (3-3)
MLB Milestones:
Ron Fairly of the Milwaukee Brewers scored his 1000th run
MLB Injuries:
The Red Sox will be without the services of short reliever Steve Mingori until September as he is suffering from elbow tendonitis and the team feels rest is the only option. Mingori had pitched well thusfar in his first season with the Red Sox, going 3-1 with a 2.96 ERA. In 27 innings, he had allowed 26 hits while walking 13 and striking out 19.
Vada Pinson of the Baltimore Orioles will be out until at least September with a torn knee ligament suffered sliding into 2nd base this week. Pinson, in his first year with the Orioles was hitting .253 1-10 in a part time role. He is a career .299 hitter with 250 career homeruns.
The Oakland Athletics will have to do without RF Reggie Jackson until sometime in August. Jackson was really struggling this year, hitting only .203 with 4 homeruns and 23 RBI, after hitting .300 39-93 a year ago. Team doctors feel his bad knee contributed to the off year thusfar and have decided to shut him down for up to 12 weeks.
Up next for the Sox is another roadtrip. This one starts out in Chicago to face the White Sox for 3 games, followed by 3 games in Detroit to square off against the Tigers.
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June 12,13,14 at Chicago White Sox (36-30)
June 12-Toby Harrah hit a lead off HR off Dave Freisleben in the 10th inning to break a 3 all tie and give Boston the 4-3 victory. Billy Grabarkewitz had 2 RBI in the victory. (48-19)
W-Sparky Lyle (5-1) L-Dave Freisleben (0-1)
June 13-Fergie Jenkins pitched his league leading 8th complete game of the year, shutting out the White Sox on 8 hits while walking none and striking out 8, and Billy Conigliaro hit a solo HR as the Red Sox beat the White 2-0. (49-19)
W-Fergie Jenkins (13-2) L-Dave Caldwell (2-2)
June 14-Billy Grabarkewitz went 3-3 with a HR, 3 RBI and 3 runs scored, and Tony C. hit a 2 run HR to back Gary Nolan, who pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball, helping Boston sweep Chicago, winning 8-1. (50-19)
W-Gary Nolan (7-5) L-Paul Edmondson (1-2)
June 15,16,17 at Detroit Tigers (37-29)
June 15-Jim Northrup had 2 hits and 4 RBI and Boomer Scott hit a 3 run HR off his former team as the Tigers outlasted Boston, winning 8-7. (50-20)
W-Dave Lemanczyk (11-4) L-Roger Moret (3-4) S-Horatio Pina (7)
June 16-Willie Horton hit a 2 run HR and Paul Jata had 2 hits and 2 RBI, as Detroit beat Boston for a 2nd straight day, today 5-3. (50-21)
W-Mickey Lolich (6-2) L-Jonah Stickles (8-3) S-Horatio Pina (8)
June 17-The Red Sox offense came alive today, scoring 10 runs on 15 hits, lead by Billy Grabarkewitz, who hat 2 hits a HR and 4 RBI, and Dwight Evans who hit a 3 run HR in the first inning as Boston avoided the sweep, beating the Tigers 10-4. (51-21)
W-Fergie Jenkins (14-2) L-Pat Dobson (8-7)
MLB Trade News:
Chicago (NL) sends P Larry Rothschild (63/78), P Jim Umbarger (65/80)
Houston sends OF Ken Henderson (83)
Edge to the Cubbies here as they attempt to bolster their offense and break their 14 game losing streak without giving up much talent in return.
MLB Contracts:
It appears as though Tony Oliva will finish his career where it started, with the Minnesota Twins, as they resign Oliva to a 3 year extention worth $380,000 per year. The 35 year old Oliva is hitting .247 7-42 on the year, but is a career .320 hitter who needs just 35 hits to reach 2000. Oliva has hit 20+ homeruns for 8 straight years and 9 of the last ten while also driving in over 100 runs in 6 of the previous 7 seasons.
MLB Injuries:
Johnny Briggs of the Philadelphia Phillies will miss the next 7-8 weeks with bum shoulder. Briggs was hitting .314 10-43 on the year after hitting .265 25-82 last year. This injury is going to severly hurt the Phillies as every team in the NL East is within 8 games of one another.
Up next for the Sox is 3 games on the road against the Texas Rangers followed by a trip back to Boston to welcome the New York Yankees.
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June 18,19,20 at Texas Rangers (34-38)
June 18-Johnny Edwards homered and drove in 3 runs and Lew Beasley added a pair of homeruns helped Texas overcome 4 Red Sox homeruns and beat Boston 8-7. (51-22)
W-Kent Tekulve (2-0) L-Vern Ruhle (0-1)
June 19-Tom Tresh homered twice and drove in 3, and Jimmy Wynn added a 3 run HR as Texas beat up on Boston 11-7. (51-23)
W-J.R. Richard (6-8) L-Roger Moret (3-5)
June 20-Boston hit 5 homeruns, 2 by Toby Harrah, and one each from Rico Petrocelli, Billy Grabarkewitz and George Brett as Boston avoided the sweep, beating Texas 9-7. (52-23)
W-Vern Ruhle (1-1) L-Charlie Hough (2-1) S-Sparky Lyle (18)
June 24,25,26 v New York Yankees (46-29)
June 24-Tony Conigliaro (16) and Toby Harrah (10) each hit 3 run homeruns as Boston took the first game from the Yankees, winning 6-2. Fergie Jenkins pitched his 9th complete game of the year, striking out 9 in the win. (53-23)
W-Fergie Jenkins (15-2) L-Mel Stottlemyre (10-2)
June 25-George Brett went 3-5 with a HR, triple and 4 RBI, and 4 other Sox drove in a pair of runs as Boston hammered New York, pounding out 20 hits winning 15-6. (54-23)
W-Gary Nolan (8-5) L-Derek Pritchard (7-5)
June 26-Toby Harrah hit his 11th homeruns of the year, a 2 run shot, driving in 3 for the day, leading Boston to the sweep of the Yankees, winning 5-3. (55-23)
W-Cecil Upshaw (4-0) L-Ron Klimkoswki (0-3) S-Sparky Lyle (19)
MLB Trade News:
The Red Sox and Yankees completed a trade of minor leaguers during their series this week as Boston sent 1B Ken Phelps to the Bronx for CF Willie Wilson. Boston was in dire need of speed from a minor league depth perspective and the Yankees needed some power. It is rare that these two teams will deal with each other, but it made sense. Phelps was hitting .299 6-25 in A ball and Wilson was hitting .397 0-30 11 steals in A ball.
Cleveland sends P Scott MacGregor
Minnesota sends 2B Dan Monzon
Monzon isn't much of a offensive threat, although he can play a little defense, I'd have to give the edge to Minnesota here.
MLB Contract News:
The White Sox and Carlos May have agreed to a 3 year contract extension, worth $350,000 per year. May is hitting .308 11-44 this year, and put up a line of .334 15-98 a year ago. May also has a great eye, putting up a 290/233 BB/K ratio.
The Mets have also signed two of their major players to contract extensions this week as the New York have signed their big bat, Amos Otis to a 6 year deal worth $410,000 per year. Otis .319 12-49 this year and hit .292 21-90 and is a career .303 hitter with 140 homeruns and 603 RBI.
They also signed Ed Kranepool to a 6 year deal worth a total of 2.25 million dollars. Kranepool is hitting .271 10-41 on the year and has a total of 166 HR's and 704 RBI for his 13 year career.
MLB Injury News:
The Mets have lost OF Ron Swoboda until August as he suffers from a bulging disc in his back. Swoboda was hitting .276 6-21 on the year to go along with 13 doubles. George Theodore (.275 5-15) was called up to replace him.
New York (NL) has also lost starting pitcher Peter Gardner for the year with a blown knee ligament. Gardner was 5-8 4.10 on the year and went 7-17 6.40 a year ago, his first year with New York.
Ending June and leading into July for Boston is 3 games against the Indians in Cleveland followed by 3 games in Baltimore against the Orioles.
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Complete Team Batting Stats Through June 30-(team leaders in bold)
Complete Team Pitching Stats Through June 30-(team leaders in bold)Code:1974 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Smith, Reggie BOS 78 .351 336 118 24 4 23 56 58 3 0 80 75 .652 .442 Evans, Dwight BOS 82 .288 316 91 18 3 12 51 64 0 0 66 46 .478 .385 Simmons, Ted BOS 72 .343 309 106 23 2 14 30 28 0 0 58 53 .566 .403 Harrah, Toby BOS 75 .278 306 85 17 0 12 40 31 8 2 53 57 .451 .364 Conigliaro, Tony BOS 69 .263 289 76 15 2 16 31 51 0 0 46 61 .495 .341 Petrocelli, Rico BOS 70 .236 280 66 13 2 9 29 53 0 0 37 34 .393 .307 Brett, George BOS 71 .266 259 69 14 7 6 25 26 5 1 45 36 .444 .337 Grabarkewitz, Billy BOS 55 .317 189 60 5 2 9 31 32 5 2 30 33 .508 .408 McCovey, Willie BOS 45 .226 168 38 7 2 5 28 38 0 0 21 21 .381 .347 Conigliaro, Billy BOS 35 .300 130 39 11 1 5 15 30 0 0 27 22 .515 .370 Chambliss, Chris BOS 30 .336 128 43 8 2 2 6 10 0 0 20 23 .477 .366 Bowa, Larry BOS 27 .319 69 22 6 0 0 7 5 6 2 9 7 .406 .382 Colavito, Rocky BOS 12 .205 39 8 0 1 5 1 6 0 0 10 9 .641 .238 Fisk, Carlton BOS 11 .111 36 4 1 0 0 4 9 0 0 1 3 .139 .190 Ruhle, Vern BOS 12 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
League Standings next!Code:1974 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Lyle, Sparky BOS 40.0 2.03 31 0 5 1 20 32 10 9.23 Jenkins, Fergie BOS 157.1 2.35 20 20 15 2 0 130 26 9.72 Foucault, Steve BOS 29.1 2.45 24 0 1 0 0 19 8 11.66 Guidry, Ron BOS 36.1 2.72 5 5 4 1 0 29 9 11.64 Upshaw, Cecil BOS 37.0 2.92 31 0 5 0 1 21 9 10.22 Mingori, Steve BOS 27.1 2.96 18 0 3 1 0 19 13 12.84 Stickles, Jonah BOS 123.1 4.16 18 18 8 4 0 61 34 12.92 Ruhle, Vern BOS 27.0 5.33 12 0 1 1 2 13 8 14.67 Garber, Gene BOS 36.2 5.40 29 0 1 2 1 21 15 13.99 Nolan, Gary BOS 116.1 5.49 19 19 9 5 0 82 42 14.70 Brett, Ken BOS 51.2 5.92 12 9 3 1 0 29 23 16.37 Moret, Roger BOS 56.1 6.23 10 10 3 5 0 37 21 15.66 Rau, Doug BOS 8.1 8.64 5 1 0 1 0 2 10 23.76
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