Pittsburgh’s Rennie Stennett hit a walk-off sacrifice fly as the Pirates came back to beat St. Louis 4-3. Trailing 3-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning, Richie Hebner began the rally with a homer off Cardinals starter Ron Reed to tie the contest. Frank Taveras followed with a single off reliever John Curtis, […]
Category: 1970s Baseball History
One swing set the tone as the San Diego Padres went on to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 to take out the top seed in the 1975 Strat-O-Matic Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Mike Ivie hit a three-run homer off Cincinnati starter Don Gullett in the first inning as the Padres grabbed an early […]
Ellie Rodriguez became a hero for California as his two-run homer in the eighth inning gave the Angels a 2-1 victory over Texas. With the Angels trailing 1-0, Dave Chalk began the eighth with a single off Rangers starter Gaylord Perry. Rodriguez was up next and he blasted what turned out to be the game-winner. […]
Cleveland’s Oscar Gamble hit a two-run homer that proved to be the difference as the Indians beat Milwaukee 3-1. After Rico Carty singled in the seventh, Gamble’s blast made a loser out of Brewers starter Pete Broberg, who limited the Indians to five hits in seven innings. Dennis Eckersley, who went the distance for the […]
Bob Forsch of St. Louis tossed a complete game and knocked in the winning run as the Cardinals moved on in the 1975 Strat-O-Matic Tournament Presented by Press Room Pass with a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Chicago’s Jose Cardenal drove in two runs with a single in the top of the fourth, but […]
San Diego’s Randy Jones scattered seven hits as he blanked Atlanta 4-0 as the Padres advanced in the 1975 Strat-O-Matic Tournament Presented by Press Room Pass. Jones fanned only two, but he didn’t allow a walk. Johnny Grubb provided all of the offense that Padres would need with a RBI double in the bottom of […]
The end of the 1975 season was capped by what many believe to be one of the most exciting World Series ever played. The Cincinnati Reds won the world championship for the first time in 35 years. Fred Lynn of Boston was named the American League Most Valuable Player and Rookie-of-the-Year as helped Red Sox […]
There’s an old saying that records are made to be broken, while that’s true, historic moments should still be remembered. The record for the most consecutive batters retired is 46, which was established by Yusmeiro Petit of the San Franscisco Giants in 2014. Petit broke the old mark of 45 set by Bobby Jenks of […]
Felix Millan had 21 games in his 12-year career where he banged out at least four hits. Perhaps his best day at the plate was in 1970 against San Francisco in Atlanta on July 6. Millan collected six hits with a double and a triple as he knocked in six runs as he led the […]
A National Baseball Hall of Fame career began on a summer day in 1959. The rookie first baseman for the San Francisco Giants got four hits as he led his team to a 7-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on July 30, 1959. Willie McCovey singled in his first big league at bat off Robin […]