Sunday, August 27, 2017

Games of Saturday, Aug. 23

Chicago             66      48      .579     ---
Seattle               68      51       .571     0.5
Kansas City       62      57      .521      7
California          57      60      .487    11
Cleveland          57      62      .479    12
Montreal           56      63       .470    13
Philadelphia      55      65       .458    14.5
San Diego         52      67       .437    17


Sunday's games
San Diego (Kirby) at Cleveland (Tiant)
Chicago (Horlen) at Montreal (Renko)
Seattle (Brunet) at California (Murphy)

Montreal 4, Chicago 3: The Expos battered Chicago relief ace Wilbur Wood for three runs in the final two innings to overtake the White Sox. Rusty Staub doubled home two runs in the eighth; he also homered in the ninth. Gary Sutherland singled home Bobby Wine in the ninth for the decisve tally. Dick Radatz got the win with a perfect top of the ninth. Bill Melton hit a solo homer in the third for Chicago. The White Sox have reactivated Tommy McCraw and deactivated Angel Bravo.

San Diego 7, Philadelphia 4 (14 innings): Nate Colbert belted a three-run homer off Al Raffo to win the marathon. Colbert also hit a game-tying two-run homer off John Boozer with two outs in the ninth to tie the game. Johnny Podres got the win with two innings of hitless relief; Dave Roberts got the save. Dick Allen homered for Philadelphia. After the game the Philles demoted starter Jeff Jones and reactivated Deron Johnson.

Cleveland 4, Kansas City 0: Russ Snyder drove in three runs with a 4-for-5 game, and Stan Williams allowed two hits in seven innings. Snyder had a pair of doubles. Williams walked two and struck out six. Mike Paul and Larry Burchart each threw a scoreless inning after Williams left for a pinch-hitter. Dick Drago took the loss.

California 4, Seattle 3: Rick Reichardt went 3-for-4 and scored twice for the Angels. Clyde Wright got one out in the top of the sixth and wound up with the win. Don Mincher hit a two-run homer for Seattle. Steve Barber took the loss, and Hoyt Wilhelm threw three scoreless innings for the save.

Player of the Day: Nate Colbert, San Diego

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