Code:
Team W/L Pct GB
Brooklyn Royal Giants 53-38 .582 --
Homestead Grays 51-40 .560 2
New York Gothams 45-48 .484 9
Ottawa Mounties 43-48 .473 10
Philadelphia Stars 44-49 .473 10
Effa Manley Division | 16 July
#Brooklyn Royal Giants
Mike Piazza hit 2 out, leading the Royal Giants to a 13-1 walkover of Homestead. As importantly,
Don Drysedale continued his midseason resurgence, improving to 8-4 with 7 plus innings allowing only an unearned run.
#Homestead Grays
Andy Van Slyke went deep twice for the second week in a row, hitting 2 out in a 13-2 trouncing of Houston.
Roberto Clemente,
Josh Gibson, and
Judy Johnson also hit homeruns as
Doug Drabek improved to 4-5 on the year.
#New York Gothams
Don Buford has fit right in since arriving with the Gothams, hitting 2 out in a 9-7 win over Ottawa.
Willie Mays hit a grandslam for his 33rd of the year, and
Don Sutton improved to 10-3 with
Brian Wilson picking up his 14th save.
#Ottawa Mounties
Old Hoss Radbourn still has it from time to time: the Mounties' erstwhile ace tossed a 2 hit shutout as Ottawa topped the Gothams, 10-0. Radbourn walked 4 and whiffed 8 in the effort, improving his record to 10-7.
Rusty Staub,
Álex Rodríguez, and
Brad Ausmus each went deep in support of Radbourn.
#Philadelphia Stars
Aaron Judge went deep twice--bringing him to 30 on the year--and the Stars edged Houston, 6-4 in a game marked by a solid string of performances from the Stars' bullpen with
John Burkett,
Fred Cambria,
Pedro Feliciano, and
Bob Howry combining to allow only a single run over 4 innings.