Tuesday, April 29, 1997

BATTERED TIGERS HEAD HOME

ANAHEIM -- With today's pathetic loss, the Tigers completed a disappointing 1-5 road trip that saw them outscored 27-65.  They have lost five straight and now trail New York by 8 games. 

At the time of this writing, the team is boarding the three hour red-eye flight back to Detroit.  They will host a brief two-game series against the Brewers before returning once again for another trip to Cleveland and Toronto. 

Tomorrow's matchup will feature MIL - Mercedes (2-1, 2.67) vs. DET - Moehler (1-2, 5.52).

LEAGUE SNAPSHOT:
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. hit his 12th home run of the season and extended his hitting streak to 20 games in a 3-for-4 performance vs. New York.
  • The New York Yankees have won 7 straight.
  • Tony Gwynn leads the Majors with a .465 batting average and owns an 18-game hitting streak.
  • The Mets and Braves are tied atop the N.L. East with a 14-10 record.
  • Deivi Cruz and Travis Fryman both rank 2nd at their respective positions in fielding percentage.
  • Yankees pitching has been on fire.  Andy Pettitte is 4-1, 1.73 ERA; David Wells is 2-0, 1.89 ERA; and David Cone is 3-0, 2.43 ERA.
  • Roger Clemens has already pitched 3 complete game shutouts this season.
  • Randy Johnson is 5-0 with 61 strikeouts in 41 innings for first place Seattle.



NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1997 Major Leagues                   Date: 4/29/1997
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1997 NYY  19   6    T.Gwynn   SDP .465  K.Griffey SEA   12  K.Griffey SEA   30
1997 BAL  18   7    E.Alfonzo NYM .405  T.Martine NYY   10  T.Martine NYY   29
1997 DET  11  14    T.O'Leary BOS .403  V.Castill COL   10  M.McGwire OAK   24
1997 TOR   9  15    J.Edmonds ANA .390  OTHERS TIED W    9  T.Salmon  ANA   23
1997 BOS   9  16    B.Roberts CLE .382                      S.Rolen   PHI   23
 
1997 CLE  13  11    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1997 KCR  11  12    R.Johnson SEA    5  R.Myers   BAL   10  D.Neagle  ATL 0.90
1997 MIL  10  14    M.Remling CIN    5  J.Shaw    CIN   10  P.Rapp    SFG 1.46
1997 CWS  10  14    OTHERS TIED W    4  D.Jones   MIL    9  D.Springe ANA 1.52
1997 MIN   9  16                        M.Rivera  NYY    9  C.Park    LAD 1.54
                                        R.Beck    SFG    9  S.Erickso BAL 1.60
1997 SEA  15  10
1997 TEX  13  11    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
1997 ANA  12  11    K.Griffey SEA   20  E.Renteri FLA   11  R.Johnson SEA   61
1997 OAK  11  13    T.Gwynn   SDP   18  D.Deshiel STL   11  C.Schilli PHI   58
                    L.Sojo    NYY   15  O.Vizquel CLE    9  P.Martine MTL   49
1997 NYM  14  10    V.Castill COL   15  O.Nixon   TOR    9  M.Mussina BAL   46
1997 ATL  14  10    R.Greer   TEX   13  D.Sanders CIN    9  J.Smoltz  ATL   40
1997 FLA  13  10
1997 MTL  10  13
1997 PHI  10  14
 
1997 HOU  12  12
1997 STL  11  13
1997 PIT  11  13
1997 CHC  11  13
1997 CIN  10  15
 
1997 COL  13  10
1997 SFG  12  10
1997 SDP  12  11
1997 LAD  12  11
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
SEA  3  at  NYY  4  MTL-Perez(1-1, 3.99) at CHC-Trachse(1-3, 4.75)
LAD  3  at  ATL  1  COL-Bailey(2-0, 5.63) at HOU-Hampton(1-3, 3.03)
MTL  3  at  CHC  7  ANA-Watson(1-2, 7.92) at BOS-Wakefie(2-3, 3.90)
NYM  4  at  CIN  6  TEX-Oliver(1-2, 5.71) at CWS-Navarro(2-1, 2.84)
SDP  3  at  FLA  4  OAK-Karsay(0-2, 8.84) at CLE-Hershis(1-4, 6.51)
COL  6  at  HOU  7  MIL-Mercede(2-1, 2.67) at DET-Moehler(1-2, 5.52)
PIT  5  at  PHI  1  TOR-Hentgen(0-6, 6.08) at KCR-Appier(2-2, 3.50)
SFG  4  at  STL  3  BAL-Erickso(4-0, 1.60) at MIN-Radke(3-0, 3.20)
                    SEA-Fassero(3-2, 5.59) at NYY-Pettitt(4-1, 1.73)
                    LAD-Nomo(1-1, 2.45) at ATL-Smoltz(2-1, 4.26)
                    NYM-Mlicki(0-2, 3.38) at CIN-Burba(2-2, 4.68)
                    SDP-Ashby(2-2, 3.78) at FLA-Brown(2-1, 3.93)
                    PIT-Loaiza(2-4, 7.94) at PHI-Schilli(3-0, 2.27)
                    SFG-Gardner(2-1, 2.66) at STL-Morris(3-1, 2.75)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
J.Olerud      NYM CIN  4  2  2  4  0  0  2  0
J.Nunnally    CIN NYM  4  2  2  2  1  0  2  0
J.Bagwell     HOU COL  3  1  1  4  1  0  1  0
G.Gagne       LAD ATL  4  1  2  3  1  0  1  0
M.Lansing     MTL CHC  3  1  1  3  1  0  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
D.Dreifort    LAD ATL  3.2  1  0  0  1  5  0 W  
J.Schmidt     PIT PHI  7.0  5  1  1  0  6  1 W  
D.Neagle      ATL LAD  7.0  4  1  0  3  5  0    
T.Mulholland  SFG STL  2.0  0  0  0  0  1  0 W  
M.Remlinger   CIN NYM  1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0 W  
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
T.Martinez    NYY .458 24 11 13  4  5  T.Mulholland  SFG  6  0  0  0  6  0 100
M.McGwire     OAK .423 26 11  8 11  3  D.Mlicki      NYM  8  3  0  0  8  0 000
D.Hollins     ANA .577 26 15  7  7  3  R.Springer    HOU  5  0  0  2  6  0 001
E.Martinez    SEA .371 35 13 12  3  5  S.Reynolds    HOU  6  1  1  2  8  0 100
M.Lansing     MTL .313 32 10 11  1  5  B.Wagner      HOU  5  2  0  2  8  0 101
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
J.Oliver      CIN .040 25  1  0  1  0  W.Blair       DET 10 19 13  2  8  5 010
S.Hatteberg   BOS .148 27  4  1  0  0  T.Belcher     KCR 11 18 15  6  8  4 010
G.Williams    MIL .207 29  6  0  0  0  J.Thompson    DET 12 24 16  5  7  1 010
D.Hamilton    SFG .043 23  1  1  3  0  D.Telgheder   OAK  6 15 10  5  4  3 000
S.Javier      SFG .160 25  4  1  1  0  F.Rodriguez   MIN  9 14 10  3  4  2 020
 
INJURY REPORT
N.Martin, Chicago (AL) - 1 more games
M.Ordonez, Chicago (AL) - 5 more games
R.Ventura, Chicago (AL) - 3 more games
R.Myers, Kansas City - 8 more games
J.Cirillo, Milwaukee - 1 more games
P.Molitor, Minnesota - 9 more games
R.Becker, Minnesota - 2 more games
T.Walker, Minnesota - 4 more games
D.Mashore, Oakland - 1 more games
E.Martinez, Seattle - 3 more games
D.Cedeno, Texas - 2 more games
M.Lemke, Atlanta - 1 more games
B.Boone, Cincinnati - 7 more games
D.Strange, Montreal - 2 more games
S.Bieser, New York (NL) - 3 more games
G.Gaetti, St. Louis - 3 more games
E.Marrero, St. Louis - 15 more games

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