VBG forum: vbgbaseball.freeforums.net Sim Date: June 30 - July 5, 1978 No write-up today. Boxscores and reports are available on the website. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  vs.  TANANA THROWS 1-HIT SHUTOUT; GOAT ISLAND BEATS OCEAN VIEW, 8-0 June 11, 1978 [Boxscore] CAPE PORPOISE, ME: Goat Island Lights southpaw Frank Tanana pitched a 1-hit shutout today as the Lights beat the Ocean View Isotopes, 8 to 0. Tanana had a shakey start in the first inning, giving up a line drive single to the first batter of the game, Phil Garner. But Garner was erased from the basepath when the next batter hit into a double play. Tanana held the Isotopes hitless the rest of the way and finished with 2 walks, 3 strikeouts, and 1 hit batsman. Meanwhile the Goat Island batters roughed up Ocean View's Doc Medich, who allowed 6 runs on 7 hits and 7 walks in 6 innings while striking out 4 batters. Goat Island designated hitter Lee May hit a grand slam for his 11th homer of the season. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No write-up today, but take a look at this June 1 game in which both teams' pitching staffs threw shutouts into the 14th inning until one team broke the game open with 5 runs in the top of the 14th: [Boxscore] Boxscores & game reports have been uploaded to the website. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No write-up today, but check out the 21-inning game on May 26: [Boxscore] Boxscores and reports are available on the website. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  vs.  RATTLERS OVERWHELM TILLERS IN 26-7 BLOWOUT; HORNER HAS 3 HOMERS & 9 RBIs May 16, 1978 [Boxscore] WHATELY MA: The Tulsa Timber Rattlers turned tonight's game into extended batting practice with a 26-7 victory against the Lake Hitchcock Glacial Tillers. The Timber Rattlers tallied 21 hits including 4 doubles, a triple, and 6 home runs along with 6 walks. Tulsa scored 8 runs in the 1st inning and never looked back, running up a 20-1 lead after the first 4 innings. Three of Tulsa's 6 home runs were belted by Bob Horner who went 4 for 5 with 3 home runs and 9 RBI. John Mayberry added 2 home runs with 5 RBI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  vs.  SPLITTORFF PITCHES 2-HIT SHUTOUT; RHINOS DEFEAT DIRTY JERSEYS, 2-0 May 10, 1978 [Boxscore] JERSEY CITY, NJ: Paul Splittorff of the Cincinatti Rhinos pitched a 2-hit shutout against the Garden City Dirty Jerseys as Cincy beat Jersey by the score of 2 to 0. Splittorff gave up just 1 base on balls to go with the 2 Garden City hits. Dirty Jerseys starting pitcher Doyle Alexander held the Rhinos to only 1 run in 7 innings of work, scattering 4 hits and 6 walks while striking out 3 batters. The only Rhino run scored against Alexander was a solo home run in the 1st inning by George Brett that turned out to be the game winning RBI. The other Rhino run was scored in the 9th inning against reliever Steve Comer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  vs. McWILLIAMS THROWS 1-HIT SHUTOUT; DEMONS BEAT ISOTOPES, 1-0 April 18, 1978 [Boxscore] OCEAN VIEW, MD: The Clear Lake Demons won a 1-0 pitchers duel against the Ocean View Isotopes, thanks in large part to a 1-hit shutout thrown by Demon starter Larry McWilliams. McWilliams came within 1 batter of pitching a perfect game. He retired every batter until there were 2 outs in the 8th inning, when Lamar Johnson singled for the Isotopes' first and only base runner. McWilliams finished the day with 9 innings pitched, 1 hit and no walks allowed, and 3 strikeouts. He was a model of efficiency, needing only 84 pitches to record the complete game victory and throwing 70 percent of those pitches for strikes. Despite McWilliams' pitching gem, the outcome was in doubt until the final out because the Isotopes' Nolan Ryan put on an outstanding performance of his own. Ryan went the distance and allowed only 1 run on 5 hits and 3 walks with 8 strikeouts. The only run scored against Ryan came in the 6th inning. With 1 out in the 6th Keith Hernandez drew a walk. Ryan got the 2nd out but Hernandez stole 2nd base and scored the game's only run on a single by George Foster. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE 1978 VBG SEASON HAS BEGUN!  vs. TILLERS BEAT ROUGAROU, 4-2, FOR 6TH STRAIGHT WIN April 6, 1978 [Boxscore] WHATLEY, MA: The Lake Hitchcock Glacial Tillers broke a tie in the bottom of the 8th to beat the Vidalia Rougarou by the score of 4 to 2. The victory is the Tillers' 6 consecutive win to start the 1978 season. Vidalia had scored twice in the top of the 8th to tie the game at 2-2. The tie didn't last long, however. With 1 out in the bottom of the 8th, Lake Hitchcock's Robin Yount singled and then scored the go-ahead run on a triple by Dave Parker. Bobby Murcer knocked in an insurance run with a double to make it a 4-2 game. Yount has been the Glacial Tiller's top batter during their winning streak. Through the first 6 games of the season Yount has 13 hits in 26 at-bats and scored 7 runs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About the VBG Welcome to the Vintage Baseball Guild. This centralized league is simulated on Diamond Mind Baseball (v10) and began with the 1927 season. |