Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Games of Thursday, Aug. 21

Chicago             66      47      .584     ---
Seattle               67      50       .572     1
Kansas City       61      56      .521      7
California          56      59      .487    11
Cleveland          56      61      .478    12
Montreal           55      63       .466    13.5
Philadelphia      54      64       .458    14.5
San Diego         51      66       .436    17.5


Friday's games
San Diego (Ross) at Philadelphia (Wise)
Cleveland (McDowell) at Kansas City (Rooker)
Seattle (Pattin) at California (Messersmith)

Philadelphia 7, San Diego 2: Grant Jackson allowed two runs in the first, then shut down the Padres for the next six innings. John Briggs tied the game with a two-run homer in the bottom of the first and added a double, an RBI single and a walk. Jackson walked five but got a pair of double play grounders and fanned six. Joe Niekro took the loss. Cito Gaston was injured (three days) and will remain on the roster.

San Diego 8, Philadelphia 2: Nate Colbert hit three homers for the Padres, and Dick Kelley held the Phillies to five hits in eight innings. Colbert drove in five runs with his three blasts, two off losing pitcher Woodie Fryman and the last off reliever John Boozer. Kelley surrendered a pair of back-to-back homers to Cookie Rojas and Mike Ryan in the fourth inning. The Padres hit for the cycle in a three-run first: double by Ollie Brown, homer by Colbert, triple by Al Ferrara and single by Ed Spiezio.

Chicago 4, Montreal 3: Buddy Bradford hit a two-run homer to cap a three-run third, and Gary Peters scattered nine hits in eight innings for the White Sox. Jose Herrera pinch-hit a two-run homer in the seventh for the Expos. Wilbur Wood worked a scoreless ninth for the save.

Kansas City 4, Cleveland 1: Roger Nelson took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and finished with a three-hitter. The Royals scored three runs in the second off Dick Ellsworth. Duke Sims homered for the only Cleveland run. Nelson walked four but got three double play grounders.

Player of the Day: Nate Colbert, San Diego

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