With Mel AllenVol. I, Issue VII
Sunday, May 15 - Saturday, May 21, 1977TWIB Notes
Sunday, May 15Mets starter
Tom Seaver (3-4, 3.95 ERA) allows just three hits in a 9-1 complete game win over the Dodgers. The only run the Dodgers scored was unearned due to an error by 3B
Roy Staiger (3rd error) in the fourth inning.
Dave Kingman (.239, 6 HR, 18 RBI) hit a bases loaded triple, a three-run home run and came within a double of hitting the cycle in accumulating six RBI for the day. Mets LF
Steve Henderson (.215, 12 RBI) also had three hits and scored two runs in the winning effort.
The Indians score a run in the top of the ninth inning off White Sox starter
Ken Kravec (3-5, 2.97 ERA) with singles from
Rico Carty (.288),
Bill Melton (.250) and
Larvell Blanks (.300) to win the game 3-2.
Jim Bibby (3-5, 5.20 ERA) gives up four hits in eight innings to get the win and
Jim Kern (4.15 ERA) picks up his seventh save. Carty would score all three Indians runs.
Errors by 2B
Manny Trillo (3rd error), 3B
Dave Rosello (1st) and LF
Greg Gross (3rd) lead to four unearned runs in the Cubs 8-5 loss to Montreal.
Ellis Valentine (.256) has three hits and
Gary Carter adds three RBI and his seveth home run of the year for the Expos. Carter (.233, 9 HR, 22 RBI) would go on to blast two more homers in the double-header nightcap as the Expos swept both games with the Cubs with the 12-2 win.
St. Louis pitchers hold the Braves to one hit, a single by
Cito Gaston (.211), but lose the game 6-1 when Atlanta scores five unearned runs in the fifth inning from two errors by 3B
Ken Oberkfell (his first 2 of the year), combined with three walks from reliever
John D'Acquisto (2-1, 1 BS, 5.19 ERA). For their part, Braves pitchers
Eddie Solomon (2-2, 4.43 ERA) and
Mike Marshall (2.70 ERA) held the Cardinals to just two
Bake McBride (.372) doubles the entire game.
Bernie Carbo (.293, 6 HR, 13 RBI) hits two solo home runs against Seattle starter Stan Thomas (2-6, 4.50 ERA), but it was an eighth inning solo blast by
Carl Yastrzemski (.288, 8 HR, 25 RBI) off of Thomas that gives the Red Sox a 4-3 win. The Mariners load the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth, but
Jim Rice catches a
Dave Collins fly ball and right and nails
Julio Cruz at the plate trying to tag up and score.
Injuries
- MR
Rick Jones is exected to miss about 1-2 weeks with a damaged meniscus (knee).
Contract Signings - RF
Ken Henderson signed a 1-year extension worth a total of $97,000.
Monday, May 16Cleveland loses LF
Johnny Grubb (.328,4 HR,24 RBI) for 1-2 weeks after spraining his ankle in a 6-1 win over the Twins. Originally thought to be broken, doctors later diagnosed Grubb with a severe sprain that will take a few weeks to heal.
John Lowenstein will be taking Grubb's place in left field. In the game,
Rod Carew (.367) went 4-for-4 with two doubles for the Twins, but little else went Minnesota's way as
Wayne Garland (3-3, 4.41 ERA) went the distance while giving up ten hits and striking out five.
The Yankees score seven runs in the top of the tenth to beat Oakland 9-2 - not having an extra-base hit the enitre game. Four of the runs were unearned as 3B
Wayne Gross (his 6th error) and C
Jeff Newman (2nd) both committed crucial errors to keep the inning alive and reliever
Dave Giusti (2-3, 4.64 ERA) added to the mess by walking two batters.
Lou Pinella (.234) was a perfect 3-for-3 and reserve 3B
Fernando Gonzalez (.237) delievered three hits of his own for the Yankees, giving
Sparky Lyle (2-1, 1.74) the win in relief.
The Orioles commit four errors in losing to Seattle 8-1, dropping the record of
Jim Palmer (3.66 ERA) to 3-5 and giving
Glenn Abbott (1-5, 5.94 ERA) his first win of the season. Palmer (1st error),
Ken Singleton (1),
Pat Kelly (1) and
Eddie Murray (3) committed the errors. Abbott gives up just four hits in eight innings, giving up his only run on a Kelly (19 RBI) sacrifice fly after a
Kiko Garcia (.232) triple in the third inning.
Steve Renko (7.02 ERA) gives up three home runs while falling to 0-3 in the Cubs 5-2 loss to San Diego. Two of the home runs were hit by Padres C
Gene Tenace (.284, 3 HR, 21 RBI), who also scored three of San Diego's five runs.
Injuries
- LF
Johnny Grubb is exected to miss about 1-2 weeks with a sprained ankle.
Tuesday, May 17The Cubs will be without cleanup hitter
Steve Ontiveros (.262, 2 HR, 20 RBI) for 3-4 weeks after he was plunked in the face with a
Bob Shirley changeup in the third inning in the Cubs 4-2 loss to San Diego. The pitch only left Ontiveros with a deep bruise on his cheekbone and doctors predicted that a pitch any harder would have fractured the bone and put him on the shelf for the rest of the year.
Bill Lee (2-2, 4.85 ERA) of the Red Sox holds the Angels to four hits and leads Boston to a 2-0 win over California. Angel pitcher
Don Hood (2-5, 3.46 ERA) only gives up three hits in seven innings, but two were solo home runs by
Carlton Fisk (.295, 6 HR, 24 RBI) and
George Scott (.266, 5 HR, 25 RBI).
The Orioles score one run in the top of the 11th on a
Kiko Garcia (.238, 11 RBI) double off of
Dave Pagen that brings home
Lee May and gives Baltimore an 8-7 win over the Mariners.
Ken Singleton (.367, 7 HR, 22 RBI) is the star for Baltimore, going a perfect 5-for-5, scoring three runs, four RBI and two home runs, his second being a three-run blast to left field that tied the score and sent the game into extra innings. Baltimore loses starter
Mike Flanagan (4-1, 2.49 ERA) after the first inning to a strained back muscle and is listed as day-to-day.
Buddy Bell (.275, 5 HR, 21 RBI) hits two home runs and
Bobby Grich (.216, 2 HR, 6 RBI) adds another, but Cleveland still falls to the Twins 6-5 when
Lyman Bostock (.285, 22 RBI) doubles home
Rod Carew in the bottom off the 12th off
Lary Anderson (1-1, 2.61 ERA). Bell's two-run shot in the top of the ninth inning, ties the game up at five and sends the game into extra innings. Carew collects three more hits for Minnesota and is now hitting .376 for the year.
Greg Luzinski (.256, 27 RBI) hits his 10th home run of the year in the bottom of the 11th inning off
Stan Wall (0-1, 2.25 ERA) to give the Phillies a 7-6 win over the Dodgers. Two innings prior, LA's
John Hale (.100, 1 HR, 1 RBI) hits a pinch hit home run to tie the game and force the game into extra frames. Together the two teams accounted for seven errors, but it was a
Davy Lopes misplay on a ground ball (his 5th of the year) in the fourth inning that cost the Dodgers four unearned runs and a possible victory.
Gary Carter (.248, 25 RBI) hits two more home runs, scoring three runs and driving in three more in a 6-4 victory over the Braves and has hit five home runs in the last two days. Carter hit three out of the park in yesterdays double-header against the Cubs and now leads the major leagues with 11.
Pepe Frias (.237) also adds three hits for the Expos in the win.
Roy White (.397, 3 HR, 7 RBI) hits two of the Yankees four home runs in a 7-3 win over Oakland. White goes 4-for-4 and knocks in three RBI while scoring twice.
Mickey Rivers (.374, 11 RBI) has three hits, including his second home run of the year and
Don Gullett (4-3, 2.65 ERA) goes eight strong shutout innings giving up just four hits while striking out seven.
Injuries
- 3B
Steve Ontiveros is expected to miss about 3-4 weeks with a bruised cheekbone.
- SP
Greg Hannahs is expected to miss about 1-2 weeks with a damaged meniscus (knee).
- LF
Pat Kelly is day-to-day for about 6 days with a strained Achilles tendon.
- SP
Mike Flanagan is day-to-day for about 1-2 weeks with a strained back muscle.
Contract Signings
- SP
Phil Niekro signed a 2-year extension worth a total of $1,548,000.
------------ He will earn $774,000 through 1979.
Wednesday, May 18 Oscar Gamble (.274, 7 HR, 17 RBI) leads off the bottom of the 13th with a towering shot off
Marty Pattin (0-2, 7.94 ERA) to give the White Sox a 4-3 win over the Royals.
Ken Brett (1.90 ERA) goes 11 innings, giving up 10 hits, and three earned runs and
John Kucek (1-1, 4.85 ERA) gets the win with two scorless innings of relief. Ken's brother
George Brett (.315) had three hits for the Royals including a triple off of his brother, but it was the combination of Gamble,
Chet Lemon (.271), who had three doubles and
Alan Bannister (.343), who had three hits for the Sox, that helped lead Chicago to victory.
Cardinals starter
John Denny (1-4, 4.98 ERA) gets his first win of the season in a 9-5 St. Louis victory over the Astros. Denny throws eight innings, giving up just one run on five hits while fanning four.
Keith Hernandez (.402) has three hits and pinch hitter
Rick Bosetti (.438, 2 HR, 5 RBI) blasts a three-run shot in the ninth inning but the Cards need to hold on as Houston scores four runs in the bottom of the frame off of
Buddy Schultz (7.43 ERA) thanks to a three RBI double by
Cesar Cedeno (.312, 18 RBI).
Doyle Alexander (4-3, 4.70 ERA) didn't have his normally solid control, but he had enough to keep Detroit from hitting the ball as he holds the Tigers to two runs on three hits while walking three and giving Texas a 6-2 win.
Mike Hargrove (.397) goes 3-for-3 and
Dwight Evans (.343, 8 HR, 25 RBI) hits his seventh home run since coming over in a trade with the Red Sox.
Cincinnati LF
George Foster (.303, 11 HR) crushes a 419-foot grand slam off of Pirates reliever
Paul Mitchell (5.40 ERA) to give him a league leading 40 runs batted in and gives the Reds an 8-3 triumph.
Mike Caldwell (6-3, 3.59 ERA) gives up two runs on seven hits in 7 1/3 innings to get the win.
Contract Signings
- RP
Adrian Devine signed a 2-year extension worth a total of $128,575.
------------ He will earn $68,000 in 1978.
------------ He will earn $60,575 in 1979.
Thursday, May 19Dan Meyer (.324) scores on a fielders choice by
Bill Stien (.192) in the top of the ninth to give Seattle a 9-8 win over Oakland. Catcher
Bob Stinson (.236) goes 4-for-4 and
Julio Cruz (.322, 13 RBI) adds three hits, including his fourth homer for Seattle as every starter has at least one hit and 18 as a team. Oakland starter
Vida Blue (3.96 ERA) lasts only 1 2/3 innings as errors by C
Jeff Newman (4th) and 3B
Wayne Gross (7th) lead to four unearned runs.
Don Baylor (.276) has three hits for the A's in the losing effort.
The Twins win 5-4 over California by using an error by defensive replacement
Mario Guerrero (1st error) to their advantage in the top of the ninth inning as
Larry Hisle (.266) scores on a fly ball by
Butch Wynegar (.291, 21 RBI) that would have been the third out had Guerrero not misplayed a grounder earlier in the inning.
Lyman Bostock (.299, 3 HR, 25 RBI) has three hits and three RBI and
Jeff Holly (1-2, 4.11 ERA) pitches a scoreless eighth for the win.
After Cubs CF
Greg Gross ties the score in the top of the ninth on a wild pitch by Atlanta pitcher
Mike Marshall (2-1, 1 BS, 3.14 ERA),
Biff Pocoroba (.282) singles home
Willie Montanez from second base off
Bruce Sutter (1-2, 4.50 ERA) in the bottom of the frame to give the Braves a 3-2 win over Chicago.
Phil Niekro (4.62 ERA) goes eight innings for Atlanta, giving up just three hits and one earned run while striking out six.
After 4 hours and 26 minutes of play,
Ellis Valentine (.262, 4 HR, 19 RBI) sends the San Diego fans home happy with a two-run blast off
Rick Sawyer (0-1, 4.15 ERA) in the bottom of the 14th inning to give the Expos a 7-5 win over San Diego.
Mickey Stanley (.211, 9 RBI) has three hits for Montreal, including his third home run of the year while 1B
Mike Ivie (.305) has three hits as well for the Padres.
Don Sutton (5.67 ERA) falls to 0-6 as two errors by
Ron Cey (2nd & 3rd) and one by
Davy Lopes (6th) lead to six unearned Pittsburgh runs en route to 10-2 Pirates victory.
Ed Ott (.281, 2 HR, 10 RBI) hits the first two home runs of his career and drives in four runs while
Dave Parker (.312, 10 HR, 33 RBI) collects three RBI with his three hits for Pittsburgh. Pirates starter
Jerry Reuss (5-1, 2.59 ERA) did his part, shutting down the Dodgers on just three hits and two earned runs in eight innings of work.
Steve Carlton (4-3, 3.26 ERA) and two relievers give up just two hits to the Astros in Philadelphia's 2-0 win. Carlton only goes six innings and 93 pitches, giving up just a single to pitcher
J.R. Richard before being replaced with
Warren Brusstar. Richard (2-4, 4.41 ERA) pitched a complete game, giving up 10 hits and two earned runs while striking out 10.
The hitting streak of
Jack Clark (.353, 5 HR, 14 RBI), now standing at 34 games, is put on hold as he fractures his hand in a collision at second base with
Mike Phillips while breaking up a double play attempt in the fifth inning. Clark had continued his streak earlier that inning by bunting for a single off Mets pitcher
Jon Matlack. Word is the Giants will recall 2B
Rob Andrews and place Clark on the 15-day DL. The Giants would go on to win the game 5-2.
Injuries - MR
Donnie Moore is expected to miss about a week with a strep throat.
- RF
Jack Clark is expected to miss about 1-2 weeks with a fractured hand.
Contract Signings
- SP
Tommy John signed a 4-year extension worth a total of $8,784,000.
------------ He will earn $2,196,000 through 1981.
Friday, May 20
Milwaukee's
Bob McClure (2-3, 2 BS, 1.96 ERA) goes nuclear again as he walks
Ted Cox in the bottom of the ninth then gives up three consecutive singles to
Butch Hobson (.200),
Bernie Carbo (.287) and
Rick Burleson (.232) to give Boston the win, 6-5. The win comes at a cost for the Red Sox however as
Carl Yastrzemski (.287, 8 HR, 25 RBI) suffered a strained groin in the fifth inning and is expected to miss 2-3 weeks. The Brewers had taken the lead in the top of the inning when
Cecil Cooper (.338, 23 RBI) hit his seventh home run of the year - also his fourth hit of the game.
White Sox starter
Ken Kravec (2.89 ERA) leaves the game after the second inning and by the end of Chicago's 5-4 loss to Detroit, the trainers have confirmed the Kravec will miss the next four weeks with a hyperextended elbow.
Mark Fidrych (5-3, 3.26 ERA) goes eight innings, giving up nine hits and striking out six while Tiger CF
Ron LeFlore goes 4-for-4 (.277, 9 RBI) in the Detroit win.
Doug Rau (3-5, 5.31 ERA) comes to the Dodgers rescue and helps break LA's six-game losing streak with a 3-0 shutout win over Pittsburgh. Rau gives up five hits and strikes out five while 1B
Steve Garvey (.278) has three of the Dodgers seven hits to keep LA from falling farther back in the NL West race.
Gary Templeton (.288, 12 RBI) leads the Cardinals 22-hit assault with a 6-for-6 effort of his own as St. Louis destroys San Francisco 19-7 at Busch Stadium.
Ted Simmons (.380, 10 HR, 37 RBI),
Bake McBride (.373) and
Ken Reitz (.286) all have three hits for the Cards and Simmons adds two home runs, seven RBI and scores four times as every starter in the St, Louis lineup has one hit and scored at least one run.
Eric Rasmussen (6-2, 4.10 ERA) cruises to the easy victory even though he gives up six earned runs in six innings.
Hal McRae hits a sacrifice fly to tie the game and
Tom Poquette (.293, 9 RBI) gets his fourth hit of the game, an RBI single all off closer
Jim Kern (0-3, 2 BS, 4.76 ERA) in the bottom of the ninth inning to score an 8-7 win over the Indians.
Al Cowens (.299) has three hits, including two doubles for the Royals while
Paul Dade (.280) has three singles for the Tribe.
Injuries
- 1B
Carl Yastrzemski is expected to miss about 2-3 weeks with a strained groin.
- SP
Ken Kravec is expected to miss about 4 weeks with a hyperextended elbow.
- 1B
Jerry Tabb is expected to about 2 weeks with a concussion.
Saturday, May 21Backup catcher
Joe Ferguson (.291, 2 HR, 10 RBI) hit the jackpot when the Astros resigned him at $6,280,000 over 4 years at $1,570,000 for the first three years and a player option for the fourth. Ferguson has a career average of .240 and as long as
Cliff Johnson is ahead of him, I don't see him earning this much. Of course maybe Johnson is trade bait now.
The Astros also resigned SP
Joe Niekro (6-1, 3.70 ERA) for 1 more year worth $239,000.
Milt Wilcox (5-4, 2.21 ERA) and
Silvio Martinez (0-1, 2.00 ERA) both pitch complete games, but it is Wilcox who comes away with the win, pitching a three-hit shutout to beat Chicago 2-0. Wilcox would strikeout four and walked five while earning his fifth win of the year. Martinez pitched well, scattering seven hits and only one walk, but a key two-out two RBI double from
Steve Kemp (.276, 14 RBI) would be the deciding factor.
Reggie Jackson (.298, 4 HR, 28 RBI) hits a three-run shot off of
Jim Palmer (3-6, 3.88 ERA) in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Yankees an eventual 5-4 win over Baltimore. The win gives
Ron Guidry (6-1, 2.61 ERA) his sixth win of the season while giving Palmer his sixth loss.
Mickey Rivers (.390) adds three hits for New York in the win.
Phil Garner (.276, 13 RBI) triples home
Omar Moreno in the bottom of the 13th inning off
Dennis Lewallyn (2-2, 2.55 ERA) to beat the Dodgers 4-3. It is Garner's fifth triple of the year and ties him for the league lead.
Terry Forster (2-0, 2.79 ERA) gets the win in relief.
After
Ellis Valentine (.258, 5 HR, 21 RBI) hits a two-run blast off of
Randy Jones (3.81 ERA) in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the score at two,
Dave Winfield (.272, 9 HR, 23 RBI) sends a two-run rocket to left field off
Bill Atkinson (0-2, 3.71 ERA) in the top of the 14th to lead San Diego to a 4-2 win over Montreal. Jones would also hit the first home run of his career in the third inning against
Hal Dues.
Paul Siebert (1-0, 4.26 ERA) pitches three scoreless innings in relief for the win.
RF
Champ Summers (.200, 3 HR, 5 RBI), replacing the injured
Ken Griffey, hits two solo home runs and scores three runs to lead Cincinnati to a 9-1 crushing of the Mets.
Pat Zachry (3-1, 2.70 ERA) goes eight innings in the win, giving up just four hits and striking out five while allowing one earned run.
TradesTrade between Cleveland and St. Louis :Cleveland gets:MR Clay Carroll (36) - $607,950 / 2_ STL: 1-1 / 8.10 ERA / 13 G / 13.1 IP / 12 ER / 4 BB / 6 K / 1.73 WHIP
C Riley Smith (26) - ASt. Louis gets :
2B Duane Kuiper (26) - $68,310 / 1
_ CLE: .344 / 64 AB / 10 R / 0 HR / 5 RBI / .425 OBP / .375 SLG
It looks as if Cleveland is satified enough with
Bobby Grich as the new 2B as they practically gave Kuiper to the Cardinals. I've said it before that Grich may be the 2B of the future for the Tribe, but Kuiper had been hitting the ball so well before his injury a few weeks ago. I find the timing of this trade odd as I felt they could have waited to make a decision. Apparently Grich had done enough to win the job while Kuiper was on the DL, because Kuiper had just been activated when this trade happened. On some side notes, St. Louis optioned 2B
Ken Oberkfell to AAA Chesapeake to make room for Kuiper and
Alfredo Griffin has been promoted to take the backup role behind Grich.
Edge: At this very moment, it is St. Louis. Grich just hasn't shown enough while Kuiper was hurt to make this trade viable to me. I have no crystal ball to see into the future, but it seems Cleveland gave up to fast on Kuiper.
Injuries - 1B
Ivan DeJesus is day-to-day for about 5 days with a finger blister.
Contract Signings
- C
Joe Ferguson signed a 4-year extension worth a total of $6,280,000.
------------ He will earn $1,570,000 through 1980.
------------ There is a player option for $1,570,000 for 1981.
- SP
Joe Niekro signed a 1-year extension worth a total of $239,000.
Players of the WeekAmerican League Player of the Week1B Cecil Cooper - Milwaukee BrewersHe posted a .467 average (14-30) this past week with 2 home runs, 4 RBI, and scored 4 runs.
1977 Totals: .337, with 57 hits, 7 home runs, 23 RBIs and 20 runs scored. He also has 9 walks, a .369 on-base percentage in 41 games.
National League Player of the WeekC Ted Simmons - St. Louis CardinalsThe scrappy catcher hit .563 while slapping 9 hits in 16 at-bats, 3 home runs and 11 RBIs.
1977 Totals: .375 with 10 home runs, .438 OBP, 37 RBI, 16 walks and 32 runs scored.
This Day In Baseball HistoryMay 21, 1930 - Babe Ruth hits three consecutive home runs in the first game of a doubleheader against the A's, then batting against Jack Quinn in the 9th, Ruth decides to hit right handed. After two strikes, he switches to lefty but strikes out. This is the first of two career 3-homer games for the Babe. Max Bishop draws five walks for the 2nd time in his career (he is the only player to do this twice), and Jimmie Foxx homers to help the A's to a 15 - 7 victory. Ruth is homerless in the 2nd game, a 4 - 1 Yankee loss, but Bishop has three more walks. Bishop will also walk eight times in a doubleheader in 1934, the only player to collect more than six walks in an afternoon.
May 21, 1957 - Boston baseball writers reaffirm their decision to bar women from the press box and refuse to allow Doris O'Donnell, a Cleveland feature writer traveling with the Indians, to sit in the Fenway Park press area.
Standings through May 21, 1977AL East W L PCT GB G L 10 Str POW LW
Boston Red Sox 23 13 .639 -- 36 7-3 W5 3 7
New York Yankees 23 15 .605 1.0 38 6-4 W5 5 12
Detroit Tigers 22 17 .564 2.5 39 3-7 W2 8 5
Milwaukee Brewers 21 19 .525 4.0 40 6-4 L4 11 9
Toronto Blue Jays 19 21 .475 6.0 40 6-4 L2 15 8
Baltimore Orioles 16 20 .444 7.0 36 3-7 L3 22 20
Cleveland Indians 16 22 .421 8.0 38 6-4 W1 20 23
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AL West W L PCT GB G L 10 Str POW LW
Texas Rangers 24 13 .649 -- 37 7-3 W4 2 2
Minnesota Twins 20 18 .526 4.5 38 4-6 L1 12 22
California Angels 21 20 .512 5.0 41 5-5 W1 10 10
Chicago White Sox 19 18 .514 5.0 37 5-5 L2 13 11
Kansas City Royals 16 21 .432 8.0 37 6-4 L1 19 19
Oakland Athletics 15 23 .395 9.5 38 4-6 W1 23 16
Seattle Mariners 14 29 .326 13.0 43 5-5 L1 25 25
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NL East W L PCT GB G L 10 Str POW LW
Philadelphia Phillies 25 12 .676 -- 37 8-2 W1 1 1
St. Louis Cardinals 23 14 .622 2.0 37 8-2 W4 4 4
New York Mets 22 18 .550 4.5 40 6-4 L1 7 6
Pittsburgh Pirates 18 20 .474 7.5 38 4-6 W1 17 18
Montreal Expos 17 20 .459 8.0 37 6-4 L1 18 24
Chicago Cubs 14 24 .368 11.5 38 4-6 W1 24 21
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NL West W L PCT GB G L 10 Str POW LW
Cincinnati Reds 21 16 .568 -- 37 5-5 W1 6 15
Houston Astros 21 17 .553 .5 38 3-7 L1 9 3
San Diego Padres 22 21 .512 2.0 43 3-7 W1 14 17
San Francisco Giants 18 20 .474 3.5 38 6-4 L2 16 13
Los Angeles Dodgers 18 22 .450 4.5 40 3-7 L1 21 14
Atlanta Braves 12 27 .308 10.0 39 5-5 L1 26 26
- CF Ron LeFlore is day-to-day for about 5 days with a bruised foot.
- Optioned RF Mike Easler to Triple A Columbus.
- MR Randy Wiles was designated for assigment and placed on waivers.
- MR Tom Walker signs a 1-year free agent contract worth a total of $59,885.
- Signed Emory McCord to a 3-year, $100,000 per year contract to become their new general manager.
- Claimed C Ron Hodges off waivers from New York and placed on the active roster.
- Claimed MR Elias Sosa off waivers from Los Angeles and placed on the acive roster.