A decent enough albeit up-and-down start for the lads in a fairly uneventful first sectional, before a late surge sees us win 8 in a row. We then finish off with a pair of losses to the Mets that put us at 26-19 and in a virtual tie with them on top of the NL East as we enter June.
Only early I know, but as is customary I seem to have once again underestimated our boys, who look like they mean business.
Another strong start by Richie Hebner and I simply cannot fathom how he loses out to Joe Morgan in the April hitting award. Let's hope he can maintain it a bit better than he did last year.
So far, so good, for the most part.
We re-up with Jim Bibby (1/245), Lee Lacy (3+1/1180), Rich Gossage (1/150) and Terry Forster (1/138) That’s us done now in this regard until after the ED. We’ll be letting Joe Coleman, Rick Miller, Woody Woodward, Tom Griffin, Jim Shellenback and the mighty Ron Brand walk at season’s end.
Frustratingly, Lee Mazzilli goes down for 6 weeks with an ankle sprain in his seventh game of the season down at AAA.
Cincy start the season with 11 straight wins and look set to dominate again, although the Astros are also quick out of the gates.
Monthly Award Winners
April
American League
- Batter – Phil Garner (White Sox): 437 / 3 HR / 14 RBI
- Pitcher – Donnie Moore (Royals): 5-1 / 1.20 / 1 SV / 6 K / 15 IP
- Rookie – Donnie Moore
National League
- Batter – Joe Morgan (Reds): 293 / 4 HR / 16 RBI
- Pitcher – Tom Seaver (Mets): 5-0 / 1.47 / 36 K / 43 IP
- Rookie – Ken Kravec (Astros): 3-0 / 0.57 / 20 K / 31.2 IP
May
American League
- Batter – Oscar Gamble (White Sox): 333 / 6 HR / 27 RBI
- Pitcher – Len Barker (Tigers): 4-1 / 2.10 / 39 K / 55.2 IP
- Rookie – Len Barker
National League
- Batter – Lyman Bostock (Padres): 433 / 3 HR / 17 RBI
- Pitcher – John Montefusco (Padres): 6-0 / 3.20 / 29 K / 45 IP
- Rookie – Pete Redfern (Cardinals): 4-1 / 1.75 / 32 K / 46.1 IP
News and Leaders
Milestones and Observations of Note
- 2000 Hits: Willie Stargell
- 200 Wins: Gaylord Perry
- The Padres lose young gun Dave Winfield for 6 weeks to an ankle injury.
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