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The New York Mets set off a late Fourth of July fireworks show against Boston Avalanche starter Yo-Yo Smith in the first inning at Shea Stadium last night.
The Mets erupted for five home runs in the game exploded right out of the box scoring five runs in the first inning off Smith. Ken Fuller and Wilson Rauntzhan hit back to back home runs to start the game.
After Ray Wakefield struck out, Smith walked Dale Fondy and and Jerry Sutherland in front of Ron Speer. Speer made it 5-0 by blasting his third home run this season over the left field fence.
Smith survived the second inning unscathed but could not retire a batter in the third. Speer got him again.
The switch hitting catcher, hitting left handed, pulled a shot right over the first base bag, and on down the line into the corner in the blink of an eye.
Not satisfied with second, Speer stole third when no one paid any attention to him.
Smith meanwhile felt he had bigger problems in the person of Angel Cardenas deposited one of his best pitches in the left field stands.
The lead was now 7-0. The rout was on.
Rauntzhan hit the Mets fifth homerun in the sixth off Chuck Vineyard to close out the Mets scoring.
Bob McNabb had things well in hand going the distance and holding Boston to two runs.
McNabb was particularly effective in the middle innings when he struck out six of nine batters from the third through fifth innings, striking out the side in the fifth, and then closing out the seventh by striking out Bill Plarski for the second time in the game.
The last six outs did not come easy as Boston fought back. The eighth inning saw Boston score two runs.
McNabb aided their effort considerably by walking Weldon Hanning and Evans Henry with one out.
Catcher Tom Perez' ground ball up the middle snuck through and Hanning attempted to score from second.
Mets center fielder Wilson Rauntzhan came in fielded the ball and made a perfect one-hop throw to the catcher, Speer who tagged the runner out and held onto the ball despite a jarring hit administered by Hanning on the slight catcher. Henry advanced to third on the play.
Boston's next batter, Sal Green, looped a soft liner to left that fell in front of Sutherland for a hit, scoring Henry, Perez to third.
Perez scored on a single by Cy Brown.
McNabb collected himself and struck out Brad Hausman to escape further damage.
He was not yet out of the woods though for the ninth inning started as badly for him as well.
Rick Kush grounded a single just out of the reach of diving shortstop Butch Barlow to put the lead off hitter on base.
Plarski hit a dribbler out to the right of the mound that McNabb pounced on and threw to second just in time to get the force out on the speedy Kush.
Covington had a long at bat fouling off good pitches in an eleven pitch at bat, and finally drew a walk, putting two men on but a well played turn by Barlow on a feed from second baseman Wakefield resulted in a 4-6-3 double play, a thrilling way to end a game.
..........................................................................................Seattle 3 Baltimore 2
Seattle edged Baltimore handing them their first loss on the season. Sammy Hale (2-0) logged eight innings striking out 10 Freddies. He gave up seven hits and two runs in a concentrated effort by the Seattle team to raise their game that they have felt has been ragged to this point. Seattle upped their record to 4-3 in doing so.
One of the key factors after Hall's pitching efforts was the offensive contributions of the much maligned first baseman Vito Lugo for his over scrutinized one for nineteen hitting line in the ALCS last season.
Lugo played like a man possessed in this game. He singled to right field his first at bat in the second and was left on base. In the fourth with his team trailing 2-0 he watched as the Baltimore right fielder robbed Stan Walker of a double with a diving catch. He turned things around once at the plate for his homerun on the second pitch of that at bat made it 2-1. Seattle tied it later in the inning on a single by Harry Watson.
In the sixth Lugo singled off the third baseman's glove but was erased in a double play.
The eighth was different. His ground ball bounced by the second baseman for his fourth hit and his stole second then to get into scoring position.
After Sam Viola lined to first he stole third. He wasn't left there this time as Watson drove in his second run of the game with his second hit putting Seattle ahead to stay.
Lugo is hitting .455 (3rd in league) and his four homeruns top the league. Two things that should quite the complaining about past failures.
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Minnesota 2 Anaheim 1
John Brewer went nine innings and he lost. Brewer had one bump in the road along the way when Minnesota strung together three of the seven hits they managed in the game in the sixth inning to score two runs.
His mound opponent August Summerstone went about it a different way. It was a constant battle all the way for the Minnesota ace as Anaheim had at least one base runner in every inning until the seventh and two on base in the third, fourth and fifth and did not score; nine hits and two walks all told.
Summerstone departed with one out in the eight. Dan Sweeney secured the final two outs of that inning and Corey Swanson took over in the ninth.
Ariel Bender set hearts to fluttering in the Minnesota dugout with a lead off homerun in the ninth cutting the lead to one skinny run. It may have progressed to a audible thumping when pinch hitter Karl Molyneauz singled.
Swanson seized the moment and persevered, however. He fanned Eddie Washburn for the first out. Third baseman Roger Dowell speared a hard grounder by Juan Olmeda and threw him out at first, tying run to second with two out.
Game on the line, Swanson induced Jerry Leonard to fly out to Aaron Peters in left to end the game.
------------------------------------------------------------------------Kansas City 7 Washington 5
Kansas City beat Washington 7-5 to send them to their seventh consecutive loss to open the season.
And that is call to say about that.
American League Round Up
July 07, 2015 at 02:17PM View BBCode
Mets 8 Avalanche 2The New York Mets set off a late Fourth of July fireworks show against Boston Avalanche starter Yo-Yo Smith in the first inning at Shea Stadium last night.
The Mets erupted for five home runs in the game exploded right out of the box scoring five runs in the first inning off Smith. Ken Fuller and Wilson Rauntzhan hit back to back home runs to start the game.
After Ray Wakefield struck out, Smith walked Dale Fondy and and Jerry Sutherland in front of Ron Speer. Speer made it 5-0 by blasting his third home run this season over the left field fence.
Smith survived the second inning unscathed but could not retire a batter in the third. Speer got him again.
The switch hitting catcher, hitting left handed, pulled a shot right over the first base bag, and on down the line into the corner in the blink of an eye.
Not satisfied with second, Speer stole third when no one paid any attention to him.
Smith meanwhile felt he had bigger problems in the person of Angel Cardenas deposited one of his best pitches in the left field stands.
The lead was now 7-0. The rout was on.
Rauntzhan hit the Mets fifth homerun in the sixth off Chuck Vineyard to close out the Mets scoring.
Bob McNabb had things well in hand going the distance and holding Boston to two runs.
McNabb was particularly effective in the middle innings when he struck out six of nine batters from the third through fifth innings, striking out the side in the fifth, and then closing out the seventh by striking out Bill Plarski for the second time in the game.
The last six outs did not come easy as Boston fought back. The eighth inning saw Boston score two runs.
McNabb aided their effort considerably by walking Weldon Hanning and Evans Henry with one out.
Catcher Tom Perez' ground ball up the middle snuck through and Hanning attempted to score from second.
Mets center fielder Wilson Rauntzhan came in fielded the ball and made a perfect one-hop throw to the catcher, Speer who tagged the runner out and held onto the ball despite a jarring hit administered by Hanning on the slight catcher. Henry advanced to third on the play.
Boston's next batter, Sal Green, looped a soft liner to left that fell in front of Sutherland for a hit, scoring Henry, Perez to third.
Perez scored on a single by Cy Brown.
McNabb collected himself and struck out Brad Hausman to escape further damage.
He was not yet out of the woods though for the ninth inning started as badly for him as well.
Rick Kush grounded a single just out of the reach of diving shortstop Butch Barlow to put the lead off hitter on base.
Plarski hit a dribbler out to the right of the mound that McNabb pounced on and threw to second just in time to get the force out on the speedy Kush.
Covington had a long at bat fouling off good pitches in an eleven pitch at bat, and finally drew a walk, putting two men on but a well played turn by Barlow on a feed from second baseman Wakefield resulted in a 4-6-3 double play, a thrilling way to end a game.
..........................................................................................Seattle 3 Baltimore 2
Seattle edged Baltimore handing them their first loss on the season. Sammy Hale (2-0) logged eight innings striking out 10 Freddies. He gave up seven hits and two runs in a concentrated effort by the Seattle team to raise their game that they have felt has been ragged to this point. Seattle upped their record to 4-3 in doing so.
One of the key factors after Hall's pitching efforts was the offensive contributions of the much maligned first baseman Vito Lugo for his over scrutinized one for nineteen hitting line in the ALCS last season.
Lugo played like a man possessed in this game. He singled to right field his first at bat in the second and was left on base. In the fourth with his team trailing 2-0 he watched as the Baltimore right fielder robbed Stan Walker of a double with a diving catch. He turned things around once at the plate for his homerun on the second pitch of that at bat made it 2-1. Seattle tied it later in the inning on a single by Harry Watson.
In the sixth Lugo singled off the third baseman's glove but was erased in a double play.
The eighth was different. His ground ball bounced by the second baseman for his fourth hit and his stole second then to get into scoring position.
After Sam Viola lined to first he stole third. He wasn't left there this time as Watson drove in his second run of the game with his second hit putting Seattle ahead to stay.
Lugo is hitting .455 (3rd in league) and his four homeruns top the league. Two things that should quite the complaining about past failures.
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Minnesota 2 Anaheim 1
John Brewer went nine innings and he lost. Brewer had one bump in the road along the way when Minnesota strung together three of the seven hits they managed in the game in the sixth inning to score two runs.
His mound opponent August Summerstone went about it a different way. It was a constant battle all the way for the Minnesota ace as Anaheim had at least one base runner in every inning until the seventh and two on base in the third, fourth and fifth and did not score; nine hits and two walks all told.
Summerstone departed with one out in the eight. Dan Sweeney secured the final two outs of that inning and Corey Swanson took over in the ninth.
Ariel Bender set hearts to fluttering in the Minnesota dugout with a lead off homerun in the ninth cutting the lead to one skinny run. It may have progressed to a audible thumping when pinch hitter Karl Molyneauz singled.
Swanson seized the moment and persevered, however. He fanned Eddie Washburn for the first out. Third baseman Roger Dowell speared a hard grounder by Juan Olmeda and threw him out at first, tying run to second with two out.
Game on the line, Swanson induced Jerry Leonard to fly out to Aaron Peters in left to end the game.
------------------------------------------------------------------------Kansas City 7 Washington 5
Kansas City beat Washington 7-5 to send them to their seventh consecutive loss to open the season.
And that is call to say about that.
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