St Louis Pro Faces East in National League Tilt
St Louis Pro shows 22 losses and a 27 3 record in NL East play as it hosts a pivotal league game. The team carries a 55 overall loss column and seeks to snap a recent skid with a home stand.
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1989
Page
8
St Louis Pro shows 22 losses and a 27 3 record in NL East play as it hosts a pivotal league game. The team carries a 55 overall loss column and seeks to snap a recent skid with a home stand.
The top batting leaders include Towynn of San Diego at .341 and Clark of San Francisco at .339 in the National League. Leaders in runs, RBIs, hits, and doubles feature Johnson and Mitchell in the NL, and Boggs, Puckett, and Yount head the American League in multiple categories with solid showings from Sierra, Franco, and others.
Tony La Russa deflects Cy Young chatter while Mike Moore shines in eight innings, lifting Oakland to a 5-0 win over Minnesota. Moore improves to 8th win in nine starts, tied with Dave Stewart for AL lead with 16 victories. Stewart praises Moore as the Cy Young front runner despite team aims.
Kirk McCaskill pitched a four-hitter with seven strikeouts to improve to 13-7, earning his league leading fourth win of the season in a 1-0 or close scoreline victory for the Angels over the Indians.
League leading Indians win as Bud Black pitches a three hitter despite a seventh inning error by third baseman Brook Jacoby. Kent Anderson reaches on a miscue, advances on a sacrifice, and scores on Johnny Ray’s bunt. Emery records the final outs for his 11th save despite early trouble.
Charlie O'Brien launched a three run homer powering a four run sixth inning rally off Mike Smithson 6 12 as Milwaukee beat Boston 6 to 3 at County Stadium Milwaukees win marked their ninth in ten games Jaime Navarro 8 0 allowed two hits in 113 innings and Tony Fossas earned his first major league save with 2 23 ERA Milwaukee shifts to Baltimore for a three game set with the Orioles first place in the standings in sight
Charlie Hough improved to 8-12 after a decisive 7 to 1 victory for the Rangers over the White Sox. He allowed four walks and fanned five, completing his fourth complete game effort in a season marked by a prior one-hitter loss to Seattle.
In pennant race action Willie Randolph and Ernest Riles hit ninth inning homers to power the Dodgers and Giants. Riles belted a grand slam as San Francisco beat Philadelphia and Bass added a two slam surge late to keep the Giants two games ahead of Houston. The Astros swept Chicago to stretch their lead in the NL Central as Jeff Brantley earned the win for the Giants. Elsewhere Ed Whitson won his 15th, and Mark Davis collected his 31st save as San Diego beat Montreal 5 2 to end that club’s slide.
Cardinals beat Reds 8 to 6 as Zeile and Brunansky homer in a six run fourth. Zeile, called up Friday, started the rally with his first major league homer and finished the weekend 4 for 9 at Riverfront Stadium.
Billy Hatcher homered and Jay Bell added a two run triple as Pittsburgh capitalized on three Atlanta errors to defeat the Braves 7 to 6.
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