From: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: All-time games of Thr., April 5 (ATAS)
Date: 27 Jan 1993 00:45:37 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
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Thursday, April 5
A.L. scores
Washington 4, Baltimore 3; WP: Jenkins; LP: McNally; Sv: Honeycutt
Boston 3, Detroit 2(13 inn.); WP: Bannister; LP: Rowe; Coniglario's pinch 2B
wins
Cleveland 9, Milwaukee 3; WP: Kaat; LP: Nieves; Gibson-2 2-run HRs
New York 4, Minnesota 2; WP: Lyle; LP: Nichols; Sv: Gossage
Kansas City 9, Toronto 7; WP: Gubicza; LP: Lamp; Sv: Quisenberry
Chicago 4, California 2; WP: Wynn; LP: Chance; Sv: Wood

N.L. scores
Dodgers 8, Atlanta 2; WP: Sutton, LP: Luque
Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 2; WP: Seaver; LP: Alexander; Sv: Franco; Brock,
Morgan 2 SB
New York 3, Montreal 2 (12 inn.); WP: McGraw;LP: Lea;Sv: Myers; Carter HR
to win
Phillies 6, Pirates 4; WP: Roberts; LP: Ryan; Sv: McGraw; Ryan 9 Ks, 6 BBs
Giants 9, Padres 0; WP: Marichal; LP: Whitson
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     Stars: Monte Irvin and George Brett keyed a comeback from a 6-2 deficit
with home runs; each team used four pitchers...WIllie Stargell launched two
solo home runs off Robin Roberts - Clemente had one...Every Giant starter
collected at least one hit versus the anemic Padres...Dave Winfield's and
Steve Garvey's pinch-doubles keyed a three-run eighth for New York...
Buddy Bell and Ruben Sierra owned Washington's only three hits and all
their r.b.i.'s; Sierra will start and bat cleanup until further notice.  Odibe
McDowell is gone; Del Unser will hit leadoff although Martin isn't crazy
about it; the only other option is Toby Harrah, who walks a lot but won't
hit near .300 and has only adequate speed.
     Montreal - Flying with the Cubs north of the border, I had plenty of
time to discuss the art of basestealing with James Bell.
     "Spots has a big advantage on the carpet," Bell admitted, "but give a mule
all the advantages, and he'll never win the Kentucky Derby.  Not that he's
slow, but he's a step slower than I am."
     "What's your key - the leadoff?"
     ""That's not as important," James remarked, to which Andre Dawson
joked:  "Yeah, you could be standing on your head out there and get a good
jump."
     "Yeah, well, the jump is important.  If there's a pitcher I know pretty
well, I should not only know the 'point of no return', where he has to come to
the plate, but I should know how long he'll pause, how many times he'll
throw, that sort of thing.  Spots is great at the first part, but just good
at the second." 
     Kiki Cuyler then remarked that "most teams in our league have the looks
of different eras.  We just came from playing a team that resembled an
early fifties team - sit back and wait for the homer.  Ours is kind of like the
Cardinals of the late sixties - one super speedster, and a bunch of other
good players."
     "And, Bell is the Lou Brock the Cubs traded away," I noted, recalling one
of the more infamous trades in big league history.
     "He's much more," Cuyler remarked, "so much more."
-- 
Doug Fowler: dxf12@po.CWRU.edu  : Me, age 4 & now: "Mommys and Daddys & other
    Ever wonder if, after Casey : relatives have to give lots of hugs & love
missed the 3rd strike in the poem: & support, 'cause Heaven is just a great
he ran to first and made it?     : big hug that lasts forever and ever!!!"