#Birmingham Black Barons
OF
Billy Southworth hit 2 HRs, but it wasn't enough as
Brooklyn beat the
Black Barons, 7-4.
Birmingham OF
Curtis Granderson had 3 assists, throwing out both
Davey Lopes and
Raul Mondesi at home in the bottom of the 1st inning, and then nailing
Beals Becker trying to score in the bottom of the 5th.
#Brooklyn Royal Giants
OF
Beals Becker hit 2 HRs, leading the
Royal Giants past Birmingham, 7-4. In the series finale, it was
Duke Snider's turn, as he hit 2 HRs in a game Brooklyn won 5-2.
#Miami Cuban Giants
Camilo Pascual's scoreless streak ended at 19 innings, but leaving with a 6-1 lead over
Houston, he looked destined for his 4th win of the year. But a disastrous debut from
Jose Mendez let the Colt 45's tie the game in the 9th.
Miami did come away with the win on a walk-off RBI single from
Alejandro Oms in the bottom of the 10th, with
Aroldis Chapman moving to 2-0 on the year.
#Portland Sea Dogs
The four game series against the
Black Yankees ended in the most improbable of fashion.
Bert Blyleven delivered a quality start, but left the game trailing 3-2, a score that maintained until the bottom of the 9th.
Goose Gossage was pitching for New York, and when
Gil Hodges walked with 1 out, the Sea Dogs sent
Gary Pettis to first as a pinch-runner. Up came
Kiki Cuyler, struggling to get his batting average over .200. Cuyler delivered with a rope to right-center field, with Pettis scoring and Kiki taking 3rd on the throw. New York called in their closer,
Sparky Lyle, to face the left-handed
Harry Hooper ... who pulled off a successful squeeze but, with Cuyler sliding outside of
Thurman Munson's desperate, lunging tag for the 4-3
Portland victory!
The win gave Portland the series against the best team in baseball, 3 games to 1, and made them the second team in the league to reach 20 wins.
#San Francisco Sea Lions
Dennis Eckersley's return from the DL did
not go well: two-thirds of an inning, 3 hits, 5 walks, and 6 runs allowed, setting the stage for a shellacking for the
Sea Lions at the hands of the
Chicago American Giants with a final score of 12-5. The only bright spot is the performance of newly-promoted OF
Pedro Guerrero, who went 3-for-5 including his first big league HR.