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April 18-24, 1977
Games:
April 18: Off Day
April 19: White Sox 11
Angels 4
WP: Wilbur Wood (1-0), LP: Nolan Ryan (2-1)
HR: (CHW) Oscar Gamble (5), Eric Soderholm 2 (4), (CAL) Don Baylor (7), Ron Jackson (2)
PoG: (CHW) Eric Soderholm went 2 for 4 with 2 homers, 3 runs and 5 RBI.
April 20: Angels 8 White Sox 6
WP: Don Kirkwood (1-0), LP: Ken Brett (1-2)
HR: (CHW) Richie Zisk (3), (CAL) Dave Chalk (1)
PoG: (CAL) Dave Chalk went 1 for 4 with the game winning homer, run and 3 RBI.
April 21: Angels 3 White Sox 2
WP: Frank Tanana (1-2), LP: Steve Stone (1-1), SV: Gary Ross (3)
HR: (CAL) Don Baylor 2 (9)
PoG: (CAL) Don Baylor went 2 for 3 with 2 homers, 2 runs and 2 RBI.
April 22: Brewers 8
Angels 0
WP: Lary Sorensen (2-1), LP: Paul Hartzell (2-1)
HR: (MIL) Cecil Cooper (3), Jim Wohlford (1)
PoG: (MIL) Lary Sorensen pitched a 6 hit shutout allowing 1 walk and 4 strikeouts.
April 23: Angels 11 Brewers 5
WP: Dick Drago (1-2), LP: Jim Slaton (1-1)
HR: (MIL) Sal Bando (3), Von Joshua (1), Charlie Moore (1), (CAL) Don Baylor (10)
PoG: (CAL) Joe Rudi went 4 for 5 with a double, 2 runs and 3 RBI.
April 24: Angels 3 Brewers 1
WP: Nolan Ryan (3-1), LP: Bill Travers (1-3), SV: Gary Ross (4)
HR: (CAL) Joe Rudi (4)
PoG: (CAL) Nolan Ryan went 7 innings allowing 1 ER, 2 hits, 7 walks and 9 strikeouts.
Comments
Two of three from Chicago then Milwaukee. I'll take it.
Don Baylor is on track for 90 homers. I know it can't last, but I'm going to enjoy it in the meantime.
Bobby Bonds should be back late next week. It looks like we pass our first test.
Each of the Divisional Leaders (Boston over New York and Detroit, California over Kansas City, Pittsburgh over Chicago, San Francisco over Cincinnati) have half game leads.
Players of the Week
AL - California: LF Don Baylor [27](.247 15-68) went 12 for 20 (.600) with 6 HR, 10 RBI and 9 runs.
NL - Atlanta: RF Jeff Burroughs [26](.237 18-86) went 7 for 20 (.350) with 5 HR and 8 RBI.
Team News
We are third in power rankings, up from fifth. Interestingly, Kansas City is second.
League News
Atlanta: RP Jamie Easterly [24](1-1 4.91) should expect to be fined after missing the team flight.
Cincinnati: 2B Joe Morgan [33](.320 27-111) will miss 3 weeks with a quad strain.
NY Mets: CF Pepe Mangual [24](.237 4-25) hurt himself while training and will miss a few days.
Montreal/Pittsburgh: A fight broke out between the two teams resulting in four game suspensions for Montreal RP Joe Kerrigan [23](2-6 3.81 1 SV) and Pittsburgh 1B Willie Stargell [37] (.257 20-65)
Pittsburgh: Despite going 3-0, SP Ed Whitson [21](Rookie) is battling some obvious control issues. He's given up 12 walks in 18 innings so far and has a WHIP of 2.17.
San Diego: SS Bill Almon [24](.246 1-6) strained his abdominal muscle and will be out for about four weeks.
San Diego: RP Rollie Fingers [30](13-11 2.47 20 SV) has suffered a setback in recovering from a bone spur and will miss at least another week.
Standings:
| AL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
| California Angels | 12 | 6 | 0.667 | --- |
| Kansas City Royals | 10 | 5 | 0.667 | 0.5 |
| Oakland Athletics | 9 | 7 | 0.563 | 2 |
| Texas Rangers | 8 | 8 | 0.500 | 3 |
| Chicago White Sox | 7 | 8 | 0.467 | 3.5 |
| Minnesota Twins | 6 | 11 | 0.353 | 5.5 |
| Seattle Mariners | 6 | 13 | 0.316 | 6.5 |