Arcade Watch Season

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---Week 4    - some low scoring games

Chc 9 Oak 2   
Gene Tennace broke up the shut out with 2 outs in the 9th with a solo shot (promptly followed by a Joe Rudi HR) in an unbelievable pitching performance by Sutcliffe and Jenkins. Best WATCH pitched game I've ever seen.   
HRs:   Dawson, Wilson, Tenace, Rudi

SL 10 Hou 6   
SL got 5 in the 4th to take a 7-3 lead and never looked back.   
HRs:   J Clark, G Davis, Brock, Hornsby

Atl 23 NYY 15   
The Braves got 3 in the first and 2nd and led start to finish, The Yanks got 6 in the 8th to cut it to 19-14, but that's as intersting as it got   
HRs:   Matthews, Johnson (2), Adcock, Murphy, DiMaggio (2), Aaron (2), Gehrig, Mantle, Mattingly, Horner

LA 23 Bos 12 (6 inn)   
Each team got 6 in the first, from there Koufax settled in while Tiant did not and the Dodgers rolled.   
HRs:   Cey(2), Yaz(2), Foxx, Robinson, Williams

Cin 8 SF 7   
In a classic pithcer's duel, Mays and McCovey hit back to back homers in the top of the 7th to cut the deficit to 7-5, but Bench answered with a solo shot in the bottom half to extend the lead to 8-5.  SF started a rally in the 9th getting doubles from Dark, Mays, and McCovey to cut the lead to 1 with McCovey on 2nd and 1 out but Buorbon got out of the jam to get the save.   
HRs:   Perez, Mays, McCovey, Bench

[Attezz]

---Week 4    - some low scoring games

Atl 23 NYY 15   

LA 23 Bos 12 (6 inn)   

What are the standings at?

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---Week 4    - some low scoring games

I'll post standings tomorrow, got them at work

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   W   L   Pct   RS   RA   Diff   Avg RS   Avg RA
LA   3   1   0.750   77   53   24   19.25   13.25
Atl   3   1   0.750   62   43   19   15.50   10.75
Cin   3   1   0.750   55   62   -7   13.75   15.50
Oak   2   2   0.500   40   29   11   10.00   7.25
NYY   2   2   0.500   51   47   4   12.75   11.75
SF   2   2   0.500   47   46   1   11.75   11.50
Bos   2   2   0.500   51   59   -8   12.75   14.75
SL   2   2   0.500   42   51   -9   10.50   12.75
ChC   1   3   0.250   49   55   -6   12.25   13.75
Hou   0   4   0.000   25   54   -29   6.25   13.50

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---Week 5   
LA 20 Oak 9 (6 inn)   
The Dodger offense continues to roll scoring in every inning and basically just getting base hit after base hit, Oakland scored in every inning but the 2nd, but picked up their 3rd straight loss.   
HRs:   Jackson, Campanella(2), Garvey, McGwire, Canseco, Cey

Chi 11 Hou 0 (8 inn)   
The Stros got only 2 hits over 8 innings as the Cubs have now pitched scoreless innings in 16 of the last 17 IP.  Sutcliffe has a 12 Inning scoreless streak.   
HRs:   Wilson(3), Williams, J. Davis, Banks

Atl 15 SL 11   
Atl fell behind 4-1 in the first then tied it up in the 2nd and never trailed again, scoring in the first 7 innings.   
HRs:   Hornsby, Musial(2), Torre (2), Johnson(3), Murphy, Matthews, Medwick, J Clark

Bos 11 SF 1 (1 inn)   
Yaz hit a 2 out 3 run walk off in the first.   
HRs:   Bonds, Doerr, Yaz

NYY 17 Cin 9   
The Yankees scored 7 in the first without a HR and never trailed   
HRs:   Morgan, Foster, Ruth, Robinson

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HR leaders (I wonder what will win the HR crown 30 in 36 games?)

HR   Player
7   H. Wilson
6   Aaron
6   D. Johnson
6   Dimaggio
6   Mathews
6   Williams
5   Cey
5   Foster
5   J. Clark
5   McGwire
5   Murphy
5   Perez
5   Yaz
4   Banks
4   Bench
4   Canseco
4   Hornsby
3   B. Williams
3   Berra
3   Dawson
3   Guerrero
3   Musial
3   Robinson
3   Snider
3   Tennace
3   Thon
3   Torre

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Pee Wee Reese is about to come on strong.

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The top of the Dodger order is already tearing it up

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---Week 6   
Oak 16 SF 15   
Oakland got 3 unearned runs in the 7th to take a 15-11 lead and were up 16-15 with 1 out in the 9th when Lefy Grove dropped a W. Clark popup (Oakland's 7th error of the game) to leave the bases loaded, but he retired, McCormick and Brown to get out of the Jam.   
HRs:   McGwire(2), Bonds, Jackson

Hou 16 LA 7   
Houston's offense woke up and LA's fell asleep.  Hou built a 10-2 lead in the 2nd and rolled.  As the league's worst team beat the first place team.   
HRs:   Cruz, G Davis(2), Snider, Garvey

Atl 14 Chc 11   
Aaron ended Sutcliffe's scoreless streak at 13 innings with a HR to lead off the 2nd.  The Cubs build a 10-6 lead after 4 but then couldn't add on while Hank Aaron did hitting a league record 5 HRs.   
HRs:   Aaron(5), Santo, J. Davis, Wilson, Horner, Murphy, Sandberg

NYY 10 SL 0 (2 inn)   
It seemed like the Cards wanted this one to end early, as the game ended on a 1 out grounder to 2nd with Hornsby throwing to 1st instead of to home.   
HRs:   DiMaggio, Berra, Gehrig

Cin 14 Bos 10   
The Reds got 9 in the 5th to take a 12-2 lead and hung on   
HRs:   Perez(2), Foster(2), Bench, Boggs, Concepcion

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---Week 7   
Cin 10 Oak 0 (2 inn)   
The Reds roughed up Vida Blue.   
HRs:   Foster, Perez

SF 14 Hou 9   
The Sros got 8 in the 4th after 2 out, but SF got the 8 back in the bottom half to regain a 10-8 lead and held on.   
HRs:   Dark, Bonds, McCovey

Atl 19 LA 10   

HRs:   Murphy, Ramirez, Horner, Johnson(2), Matthews(2), Torre, Guerrero

Chc 15 SL 11   
A 6th inning Grand Slam by Dawson put the Cubs ahead 12-9 and the Cards never got closer.   
HRs:   Musial, Wilson(2), Hornsby, Dawson, Durham

NYY 21 Bos 18   
DiMaggio hit a walk off 3 run shot in the bottom of the 9th   
HRs:   Mantle, Nettles, Lynn(2), Gehrig, Berra, Williams, Fisk, Ruth(2), DiMaggio

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   W   L   Pct   RS   RA   Diff   Avg RS   Avg RA
Atl   6   1   0.857   110   75   35   15.71   10.71
NYY   5   2   0.714   99   74   25   14.14   10.57
Cin   5   2   0.714   88   89   -1   12.57   12.71
LA   4   3   0.571   114   97   17   16.29   13.86
ChC   3   4   0.429   86   80   6   12.29   11.43
Bos   3   4   0.429   90   95   -5   12.86   13.57
SF   3   4   0.429   77   82   -5   11.00   11.71
Oak   3   4   0.429   65   74   -9   9.29   10.57
SL   2   5   0.286   64   91   -27   9.14   13.00
Hou   1   6   0.143   50   86   -36   7.14   12.29


HR   Player
11   Aaron
10   H. Wilson
8   D. Johnson
8   DiMaggio
8   Foster
8   Mathews
8   Perez
7   McGwire
7   Murphy
7   T. Williams
5   Bench
5   Berra
5   Cey
5   Hornsby
5   J. Clark
5   Mays
5   McCovey
5   Yaz

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---Week 8   
Oak 16 Bos 4 (7 inn)   
Boston was held in check as the A's finally got their offense in gear.   
HRs:   Tennace(2), Canseco, Williams, Campaneris, Jackson

Cin 17 Hou 9   
The Reds broke a 6-6 tie with 9 in the 5th.   
HRs:   Cruz, Foster, Doran Griffey, Watson, Bench, Thon, G. Davis

Atl 14 SF 4 (5 inn)   
The Braves keep cruising   
HRs:   Aaron, Torre, Mathews, McCovey, Ott, Johnson

LA 15 SL 6   
Koufax and Drysdale dominated the Cards.   
HRs:   Guerrero(2), Campanella, Hornsby, Cey

NYY 19 Chc 12   
The Cubs built an early 8-4 lead but gave up 11 runs in the 6th-8th   
HRs:   Dawson(2), Wilson, DiMaggio(2), Mantle, Banks, Mattingly, Gehrig, Ruth

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---Week 9   
Oak 27 NYY 16   
Oakland got 5 in the 8th and 7 in the 9th to blow open what was had been 15-10 lead.   
HRs:   Canseco(2), Ruth(3), Campeneris, DiMaggio, Gehrig, Jackson, Mantle, Bando

Hou 13 Bos 5   
Houston put up 6 in the 2nd and never looked back as Ryan and Scott shut the door on the Red Sox.   
HRs:   Cruz, Yaz

Cin 16 Atl 15   
The Reds led 7-4 after until Buck Walters came in and promptly gave up 5 including a PH HR to Joe Adcock to make it 9-7 Atl, but Walters helped his own cause in the bottom of the inning as the Reds got 6 back.  Cincy held a 16-11 lead going to the 9th and still had the lead with 2 on and 2 out when Walter finally tiring gave up a 3 run shot to Murphy.  Aaron followed with a solo shot off Gullet but Don got Mathews to pop out to preserve the win, moving into a first place tie with ATL.   
HRs:   Torre, Horner, Bench(2), Adcock, Foster(2), Johnson, Perez, Murphy, Aaron

SF 25 SL 22   
The Cards scored 7 in the first and opened up a 14-3 lead in the 3rd, but SF answered with 8 in the 3rd.  SL opened up a 22-12 lead in the 5th thanks to a Hornsby Grand Slam but again couldn't close the door.  The Giants chipped away at the lead finally tying it at 22 after 7.  Then with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th Ott hit a walk off 3 run shot, his 3rd HR of the game.   
HRs:   McCovey, Ott(3), Hornsby, Mays, Fuente, Bonds

Chc 19 LA 13   
The Cubs led the whole way   
HRs:   Snider(2), B. Williams, Santo(2), Banks, Wilson

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Now at the 1/4 mark of the season each team has played all the others once

   W   L   Pct   RS   RA   Diff   Avg RS   Avg RA   HRs
Atl   7   2   0.778   139   95   44   15.44   10.56   54
Cin   7   2   0.778   121   113   8   13.44   12.56   34
NYY   6   3   0.667   134   113   21   14.89   12.56   40
LA   5   4   0.556   142   122   20   15.78   13.56   28
Oak   5   4   0.556   108   94   14   12.00   10.44   29
ChC   4   5   0.444   117   112   5   13.00   12.44   37
SF   4   5   0.444   106   118   -12   11.78   13.11   28
Bos   3   6   0.333   99   124   -25   11.00   13.78   24
Hou   2   7   0.222   72   108   -36   8.00   12.00   17
SL   2   7   0.222   92   131   -39   10.22   14.56   20


HR   Player
13   Aaron
12   H. Wilson
11   DiMaggio
11   Foster
10   D. Johnson
9   Mathews
9   Perez
8   Bench
8   Hornsby
8   Murphy
8   T. Williams
7   Canseco
7   McCovey
7   McGwire
7   Ruth
6   Banks
6   Cey
6   Dawson
6   Gehrig
6   Guerrero
6   Mays
6   Snider
6   Torre
6   Yaz

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---Week 10   

Oak 10  Hou 5    
Big Mac's 3 HRs were too much for Houston to overcome   
HRs:   G.Davis, McGwire(3), Ashby, Jackson

Bos 15 Atl 14   
Joe Cronin drove in the winning run in the 8th with a PH single and the Radatz pitched a scoreless 9th to hold off the Braves who had rallied from an early 9-4 deficit to take a 14-13 lead.   
HRs:   Fisk, Lynn(3), Foxx, Johnson, Williams, Mathews(2), Murphy, Aaron

Cin 18 SL 12   
Trailing 12-11 to start the 6th the Reds scored 7 times including Tony Perez's 3rd HR of the game, and no more runs came across during the final 3-1/2 inning   
HRs:   Hornsby(2), Perez(3), Rose, J. Clark

SF 12  ChC 9    
The Giants got 7 in the 3rd and never gave up the lead.   
HRs:   Dawson, Ott, Banks

LA 24 NYY 17    
Once trialing 9-2, the Dodgers scored 10 in the 7th off Guidry without a HR to take a 16-11 lead, the Yanks scored 6 in the 8th to regain the lead thanks to DiMaggio and Maris HRs, but the Dodgers started the bottom half with back to back PH singles from Lopes and Wills and the game was put away later in the inning thanks to HRs by Campy, Garvey, and Lopes   
HRs:   Campanella(3), Lazzeri, Gehrig, Ruth(2), Mantle, Cey, Maris, DiMaggio, Berra, Garvey, Lopes

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---Week 11   
Oak 14 Atl 13    
A game pitched well by the starters was 3-2 Atlanta after 5, when the Braves put 4 on the board in the top of the 6th to take a 7-2 lead.  The A's finally got going in the 7th, scoring 4 to cut the score to 8-7 but ATL got 4 in the top of the 8th thanks to HRs by Aaron, Mathews, and Johnson to regain a 5 run lead.  But a Ramirez BOP on a sure DP ball opened up a big inning for the A's in the bottom half as McGwire followed with a 3 run blast and it was 12-11 ATL going to the 9th. The Braves got 1 in the 9th, to take a 2 run lead but after 2 outs, hits by Campaneris and Jackson were followed by another 3-run blast by Big Mac and the A's had a walk off win.  It's the Braves 3rd straight 1 run loss.   
HRs:   Mathews(2), Torre(2), Horner, Aaron, Johnson, McGwire(2)

NYY 14 Hou 10    
The Stros hung in well but couldn't ever regain the lead after the Yanks pulled ahead 11-5 in the 5th.   
HRs:   Cedeno, Ruth(2), G. Davis(2), DiMaggio, Nettles

Bos 15  SL 5 (5 inn)   

HRs:   Foxx(3), Yaz, Lynn, Williams, Musial

Chc 12 Cin 2 (4 inn)    
The Reds remain in first despite the loss.   
HRs:   Banks, Dawson, J. Davis, Sandberg, Wilson

LA 14 SF 9   
The Dodgers scored 6 in the bottom of the 8th to get the come from behind win.   
HRs:   Reese, Cey, Ott, Bonds, Snider(2), Garvey

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This is quite the slide for Atlanta.

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This is quite the slide for Atlanta.

All 1 run losses, they're gonna be fine though, at this point I'd be suprised if they don't finish #1, and I say they are basically guaranteed to make the post season, they are that much better than everyone else.

They are averaging 6 HRs per game, 2nd best is NYY at 4.7 per game, Aaron has only 7 less HRs than the Astros.

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Cincy's in 1st, no?

Atlanta's tied with Oakland for second?

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I'll post Standings after next set of games, I think Atl, Oak, NYY, and maybe also LA are all tied for 2nd at 7-4 with Cincy in first.

I'm attaching Video of a Fair/Foul glitch from the SF/LA game, I'm not sure I'd ever seen the fair/foul glitch before