Wednesday, April 20 - Splittorff Leaves Minnesota Hitless
In 39 degree temperatures at Royals Stadium, starter
Paul Splittorff (1-2, 4.42 ERA) got his first win of the season - by
throwing a no-hitter against Minnesota and leading Kansas City to a 5-0 win. Splittorff strikes out five and walks two in the gem and SS
U.L. Washington (.313, 3 RBI) comes within a home run of hitting for the cycle while going 3-for-3 on the day.
In the second inning, Washington triples home
John Mayberry (.176) and one out later, scores on a single by
Bob Heise (.281, 2 RBI) to give the Royals a 2-0 lead. That lead grows to 3-0 the following inning as Washington doubles home
George Brett (.333) from second base. The action would settle until the eighth, when
Lee May (.308, 1 HR, 3 RBI) sends the second pitch from
Jeff Holly 406-feet into the right-center field bleachers for a two-run shot to close out the scoring.
The last no-hitter was by San Francisco's
John Montefusco on September 29th of last year against Atlanta.
Greg Luzinki (.378, 4 HR, 13 RBI) hits a pair of three-run home runs to lead the Phillies to a 14-2 crushing of Chicago. With the score 11-0 in the sixth, Luzinski is lifted for a pinch-runner as manager
Danny Ozark replaces many of his starters with reserves. 1B
Richie Hebner (.192, 4 RBI), who was placed on waivers just a week ago by Philadelphia, gets three hits in the win.
California DH
Ken Landreaux (.435, 3 HR, 10 RBI) hits two home runs and drives in four, but it takes a two-out single by
Bobby Grich (.250, 3 RBI) to score
Thad Bosley in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Angels a 6-5 victory over Chicago. Starter
Gary Ross (3-0, 1.93 ERA) throws all 10 innings to get his third win of the year.
Toronto gets three hits apiece from
Sam Ewing (.308, 1 RBI) and
Gary Woods (.256, 6 RBI) and eight good innings from
Jim Clancy (3-0, 2.70 ERA) to ease by the Yankees 4-2 and maintain a two-game lead over Detroit in the AL East.
Cincinnati's
Jack Billingham (3-0, 2.01 ERA) outduels
Don Sutton (2-1, 1.93 ERA) and the Dodgers, 2-0 to give the Reds their sixth straight victory. Sutton gives up seven hits and strikes out seven while Billingham strikes out only two Reds hitters while scattering seven hits.
Oakland scores in the bottom of the eighth inning when 3B
Sal Bando (1st error) misplays a ground ball to give the Athletics a 3-2 win over Milwaukee. Recently recalled
Matt Alexander (.250) has three hits for Oakland as Bando (.205) and DH
Dan Thomas (.281) each have three for the Brewers.
Bake McBride (.300, 5 RBI) squeaks his third single of the game past a diving
Dave Kingman (playing 2B) in the bottom of the 10th to bring home
Mike Anderson and give the Cardinals a 3-2 win over New York.
Mark Fidrych (3-0, 2.33 ERA) and his braced up left leg throws his third consective complete game victory - this time a 7-2 win over the Red Sox - and continues to show no ill effects of the ripped cartilage in his knee.
Other Scores
American League
Cleveland
Baltimore | 10
6 | | Texas
Seattle | 3
4 | | | | | | |
National League
San Francisco
Houston | 1
6 | | Pittsburgh
Montreal | 2
6 | | San Diego
Atlanta | 5
8 | | | |
Short Season Single A
Jamestown Expos (10-4) at Geneva Cubs (4-9)
W: Darwin Marsh (1-0)
L: Jose Gonzalez (1-2)
HR – None
POG: Dave Kramer (JAM) 4-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2B
After we took the lead in the third inning on a
Juan Madrigal (.288, 13 RBI) RBI-single to score
Jesus Rivera (.270), Geneva comes right back and scores three off of
Billy Newton (2.33 ERA) in the bottom of the frame as Newton gives up two singles, a double, a walk and a hit batter. Newton again ran into trouble the next inning as he gives up three consecutive singles for yet another run - putting us in a 4-1 hole. We would chip away in the sixth as
Dave Kramer (.355, 4 RBI) drives in
Robinson Diaz (.333) with his second single of the game before Geneva chases Newton in the seventh and gets to
Brian Little (1.80 ERA) for three consecutive hits and two runs. In the eighth, Kramer and
William Turner (.259, 6 RBI) hit back-to-back doubles with Turner's bringing in two runs and
Daron Hurley (.273, 2 RBI) singles Turner home to cut the lead to 6-5. Little and
Darwin Marsh (1.50 ERA) hold Geneva to just a single in the inning to set up our final rally.
Richard Adams (.250) opens the inning reaching second on a ground ball when shortstop
Jing-bo Au-Yang sails his throw into the stands behind first base. Madrigal would move Adams to third with a ground out, then after a Diaz strikeout,
Mark Hutchinson (.321, 7 RBI) just misses a home run as he doubles off of the left field wall for his third hit to tie the game. Kramer then follows with his fourth hit of the game, an RBI-single that scores Hutchinson to give us the lead and the win.