I'm start to get to the point where I think I'm going to switch up streaming services. I think Netflix is going to get the ax as there's really not much I want to watch on there anymore. All the shows I liked are gone and I'm not terribly interested in much of the original content.
D+ took over for the kids content, so I'm thinking I'm going to go for their bundled package instead. I hope E+ plays a bunch of random sports late at night.
So, what have you been watching?
BOSTON 11, MINNESOTA 7 IN BOSTON (GAME 2 OF DOUBLEHEADER)
Batting stars: Tony Oliva was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer (his nineteenth), a walk, and two runs. Brant Alyea was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his tenth.
Pitching star: Dick Woodson struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.
Opposition stars: Carl Yastrzemski was 3-for-4 with a home run (his thirty-third), a walk, and three runs. George Thomas was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second), a double, a walk, three runs, and three RBIs. Billy Conigliaro was 2-for-4 with a triple and a double. Reggie Smith was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer (his sixteenth), a double, and two runs. John Kennedy was 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Gary Wagner pitched three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
The game: Mike Andrews led off with a walk and Smith and Yastrzemski followed with back to back homers, giving the Red Sox a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first. In the third, two-out walks to Danny Thompson and Harmon Killebrew were followed by a three-run homer by Oliva, tying it 3-3.
The Twins took the lead in the fourth. With one out, Leo Cardenas and George Mitterwald walked, Bob Allison had an RBI double, and a ground out scored a second run, putting the Twins up 5-3. With one out in the fifth, Oliva walked and Alyea homered, making the score 7-3 Twins.
But it was all Boston after that. In the bottom of the fifth Conigliaro tripled and Thomas homered, cutting the lead to 7-5. In the seventh Smith led off with a double and Yastrzemski walked. Rico Petrocelli followed with an RBI single. A bunt advanced the runners and a fielder's choice with no one retired loaded the bases. RBI singles by Kennedy and Jerry Moses put the Red Sox in the lead and a walk to Andrews made it 9-7 Boston. The Red Sox added two runs in the eighth. Yastrzemski led off with a double. He was still at second with two out, but then Thomas drove him in with a double and Kennedy followed with an RBI single, bringing the score to 11-7.
The Twins had only two hits after the fifth and did not have more than one man on base.
WP: Wagner (3-1).
LP: Ron Perranoski (7-5).
S: None.
Notes: Thompson was again at second base in place of Rod Carew. Rick Renick was at third base, with Killebrew moving to first and Rich Reese on the bench.
Bob Allison pinch-hit for Woodson in the fourth. Frank Quilici replaced Renick in the seventh and went to second base, with Thompson moving to third. Reese pinch-hit for Mitterwald in the eighth, with Tom Tischinski going behind the plate. Charlie Manuel pinch-hit for Perranoski in the eighth.
Oliva was batting .320. Tom Hall allowed three runs in three innings and had an ERA of 2.99. Perranoski allowed three runs in one inning and had an ERA of 2.48.
Pete Hamm allowed two runs in one inning and had an ERA of 6.00.
Bert Blyleven started but faced just five batters, retiring only one. He gave up a walk, two home runs, recorded a strikeout, gave up a double, and was removed from the game. He was apparently not injured or ill, as he would come back to pitch the next day. It was apparently just a quick hook. Maybe that's what you do when you've lost eight straight games.
When you saw the Twins had scored seven runs, you may have thought, well, they finally got their bats going. Well, not really. They hit two home runs, but only had five hits. They drew eight walks and took advantage of some of them, but other than that their offense was no better than it had been.
George Thomas would play briefly for the Twins in 1971, at the end of his career. This was the last home run he would hit in his career.
This was the ninth consecutive loss for the Twins. I wonder what the record is for most consecutive losses in a season where you win 98 or more games. It seems like it can't be a lot more than nine.
This game was the make-up of a rainout on June 3.
Record: The Twins were 69-47, in first place in the American League West, 3.5 games ahead of Oakland.
I might have mentioned this around here before, but the hockey puck deflection is one of the most subtle, amazing plays in all of sports to me. The speed those things are flying at and the precision required to execute such a move always blows my mind a little.
Good game by the Wild last night.
Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson (1845)
Zane Grey (1872)
George Burns (1893)
Pinky Hargrave (1896)
Pedro Cepeda (1906)
Don Hutson (1913)
Jackie Robinson (1919)
Ernie Banks (1931)
Hank Aguirre (1931)
Nolan Ryan (1947)
Fred Kendall (1949)
Ted Power (1955)
Ed Wade (1956)
Francisco Oliveras (1963)
Yuniesky Betancourt (1982)
Caleb Thielbar (1987)
Tyler Kinley (1991)
Better known as an author of western novels, Zane Grey played outfield for two years in the low minors, batting .323 in 86 games. He also wrote several books about baseball.
Pedro Cepeda is the father of Orlando Cepeda and is considered by some to have been a better player; he was known as the Babe Ruth of Puerto Rico.
Don Hutson, a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, played in the low minors from 1936-1937, hitting .301 in 194 games.
Ed Wade was the general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1998-2005 and the Houston Astros from 2007-2011.
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BOSTON 5, MINNESOTA 3 IN BOSTON (GAME 1 OF DOUBLEHEADER)
Date: Saturday, August 15.
Batting stars: Tony Oliva was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Cesar Tovar was 2-for-5.
Pitching star: None.
Opposition stars: Reggie Smith was 3-for-3. Rico Petrocelli was 3-for-4 with a home run (his twentieth) and two RBIs. Mike Andrews was 2-for-4. Billy Conigliaro was 2-for-4. Sonny Siebert pitched a complete game, giving up three runs on eight hits and two walks and striking out three.
The game: With one out in the first Rich Reese singled and scored on an Oliva double to put the Twins up 1-0. They had a chance for more, loading the bases with one out, but did not add to their lead. In the bottom of the first singles by Andrews and Smith put men on first and third with none out and a double play tied the score.
The Twins went back in front in the second. Danny Thompson singled, was bunted to second, and scored on a Tovar single. Tovar took second on the throw home and scored on an Oliva single to give the Twins a 3-1 lead. The Red Sox got one back in the bottom of the inning when Petrocelli led off with a homer, making the score 3-2.
The Twins had men on second and third with one out in the third but failed to score. From there, neither team threatened until the sixth. With one out, Smith singled and an error put men on first and second. With two out, RBI singles by Petrocelli and Conigliaro gave Boston its first lead at 4-3. They got an insurance run in the seventh when Tom Satriano singled, went to third on Andrews' single, and scored on a sacrifice fly.
The Twins did not threaten after the third inning, getting only two singles and not advancing a man past first base.
WP: Siebert (13-6).
LP; Jim Perry (17-10).
S: None.
Notes: Rick Renick was at third base, with Harmon Killebrew given a rare game off. Thompson remained at second in place of Rod Carew. Jim Holt pinch-ran for Brant Alyea in the eighth and stayed in the game in left field. Charlie Manuel pinch-hit for Stan Williams in the ninth.
Oliva was batting .318. Williams gave up a run in 2.1 innings and had an ERA of 2.11.
Perry pitched 5.2 innings, giving up four runs (two earned) on seven hits and no walks and striking out three.
Bill Rigney had, for several games, started Holt in center field and moved Tovar to left. In recent games, he put Alyea back in left and moved Tovar back to center, presumably trying to get more offense into a slumping lineup. But here, when he used Holt as a defensive substitute, he put him in left and left Tovar in center. Interesting.
The Twins had now lost eight in a row. They had scored fifteen runs in those eight games and had been scored 38-15. In their last eleven games they had scored twenty-two runs.
Record: The Twins were 69-46, in first place in the American League West, four games ahead of Oakland.
Tony Mullane (1859)
General Stafford (1868)
Walt Dropo (1923)
Sandy Amoros (1930)
Charlie Neal (1931)
Davey Johnson (1943)
Matt Alexander (1947)
Roger Cador (1952)
Joe Kerrigan (1954)
Dave Stegman (1954)
Jorge Cantu (1982)
Jeremy Hermida (1984)
Roger Cador was an outfielder in the Braves organization, reaching AAA. He was the head baseball coach at Southern University from 1984-2017. He was the first coach of a historically black university to win a game in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament, beating #2-ranked Cal State Fullerton 1-0 in 1987.
Dave Stegman was drafted by Minnesota in the tenth round in 1972, but did not sign.
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to Rowsdower's father and to Mrs. Nibbish.
There do not appear to be any other players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
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