Dodgers take 2 of 3 from Phightin's

GAME 1 - Dodger Stad.
Halladay vs Osteen
Phillies 10, Dodgers 2

The visiting Phightins turned a 3-2 nail biter into a blow out with 7 runs over the final 2 frames.  Doc Halladay went 7 and allowed 2 to post the win.  HOF 3rd baseman Michael Jack Schmits went 3 for 4.  Journeyman Jerry Martin was 4-6 with 2 RBI's.  Amazingly no one hit a homer as the Phils scored 10 runs on 15 hits.

 

GAME 2
C.Lee vs Singer
Dodgers 8, Phillies 1

Back to back doubles by Jackie and Campy gave Bill "Throwing Machine" Singer a comfortable 3 run cushion.  4 more runs int he bottom of the 8th put the game out of reach.  Pee Wee (4-5) was on base all day as was Campy (3-4) and Skoooonj (3-4).  Dem Bums managed 17 hits with two huge long balls from the Duke of Flatbush and Andy Pafko.

GAME 3 - The Vet
Sutton vs Hamels
Dodgers 15, Phillies 1

Continuing the trend of blowouts the Dodgers traveled to the City of Brotherly love and scored early and often, as if ace Don Sutton (CG 1 run) need the fireworks.  Gil Hodges (3-5) led the onslaught with 2 homers and 5 RBI's.  Duke Snider (3-6) knocked in 4 with a based clearing double in the 5th and a solo shot

Split ChiSox and Halos Rosters Split 4-game Series

Game #1
CHICAGO -- The Express was at his Iron Man best firing an 8-inning, 2-hit shutout. Ryan (1-0) threw 159 pitches, fanning 6, but walking 9 in the 3-0 Angels win over the White Sox. Eddie Fisher (1) pitched a perfect 9th to close it out. Torii Hunter led the offense with a RBI double and sacrifice fly.

Game #2
CHICAGO -- Harold Baines (3) 2-run home run highlighted a 7-run White Sox explosion. It was way more than Gary Peters (2-0) needed as he and John Buzhardt (2 IP) completed a 7-0 whitewashing. The Halos had just 3 hits.

 Game #3
ANAHEIM -- Ozzie Guillen's 2-run triple and Frank Thomas' (2) solo homer in the 8th led to a 5-4 comeback win for the Pale Hose. An ailing Tommy John allowed 2 1st inning Angels runs before being removed. The Sox tied it with a pair in the 5th, then Bobby Abreu (1) gave LA-A a 4-2 lead with a 2-run clout in the 6th. Don McMahon (2-0), Hoyt Wilhelm (3) and Fisher (1-1) were the pitchers of record.

Game #4
ANAHEIM -- Andy Messersmith (2-0) went the distance, allowing just 2 hits in a 2-1 Angels win to split the series. One of his blemishes was a solo shot by Robin Ventura (1). Vladimir Guerrero's (1) 2-run blast in the 6th provided the GWRBI.

Cards, Phils mirror each other in splitting opening series

The St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies practically duplicated each other’s performance in a four game set to open KOD 28. The clubs split the games in each other’s park, with the Phillies winning 4-0 and losing 7-1 at home, then the Cardinals winning 4-1 and losing 7-0 in St. Louis.

Roy Halladay shut out the Cards on 9 hits in the opener, striking out 8 against only one walks. Bob Gibson was the tough luck loser, going 7 2/3 innings allowing 5 hits and 2 runs, while striking out 11 and walking only 1.

Game two saw Mark McGwire homer twice, and Ray Sadecki dominate over 8 innings to even the series. Rumor has it that the Cardinals are shopping Sadecki, and this performance should increase his market value.

Game three shifted to St. Louis, and this time it was the other Ray, Washburn, who dominated in 8 innings of work. The Cards backed him with three home runs.

Now it was the Phillies turn to win an easy one, which they did in the series finale on a combined 3-hitter by Vance Worley and Kyle Kendrick. Mike Schmidt and Bull Luzinski each homered, with Schmidt driving in 3 in the contest.

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KOD28: Mixing, Matching and wondering...

What an interesting theme?  Taking a great lineup from your franchise and matching it with a great pitching staff from another era in hopes of winning a pennant.  Think about all those great teams that were one dimensional and you ask, "why if they scored some runs for those guys?" or "If they only had a decent staff to go along with that great lineup".

Well now's our chance to see how great lineups like Donny Baseball's '85 Bombers would fare if only they had more than just one pitcher in the rotation who could win games?  Or, what would the great 1950's Indians staffs do if they actually had a lineup that could score them some runs?

The possibilities and the results are going to be unpredictable...