Tuesday Baseball Matchups Across The League
A slate of evening games features Cleveland at Baltimore and Kansas City at Detroit among 14 fixture pairings. Starters include Farrell, Milacki, Gordon, Ritz, Stieb, Rosenberg, Tapani, Moyer, Clemens, C Young, Plunk, Johnson, Knudson, McCaskill, Perez, Hill, LaCoss, Armstrong, Wilson, Fernandez, Heaton, Combs, Rasmussen, Smoltz, Martinez, Rhodes.
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Farrell
Baltimore
Milacki
Kansas City
Gordon
Detroit
Ritz
Toronto
Stieb
Chicago
Rosenberg
Minnesota
Tapani
Texas
Moyer
Boston
Clemens
Oakland
C. Young
New York
Plunk
Seattle
Johnson
Milwaukee
Knudson
California
McCaskill
Montreal
Perez
St. Louis
Hill
San Fran
LaCoss
Cincinnati
Armstrong
Wilson
Fernandez
Pittsburgh
Heaton
Philadelphia
Combs
League Leaders Highlight National and American Batting Markers
AP tally shows NL batting leader Towynn of San Diego at .345 with WClark and SSmith close behind. NL runs and RBIs feature WClark, Guerrero, and KMitchell, while H hits list includes Towynn and RAlomar. AL highlights include Puckett and Boggs atop batting, Sierra and Esasky leading RBIs, and McGriff plus Carter powering home runs.
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Wclark
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Ssmith
Atlanta
Grace
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St. Louis
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New York
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Houston
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Minnesota
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Boston
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Milwaukee
Reds Blow 8-Run Lead for Cubs Rally
In a dramatic late comeback, the Giants erased an 8-0 deficit against the Reds to win 9-8. Will Clark and Terry Kennedy started the rally with homers, Chris Speier and Mike Saga sparked the offense, and Sid Nixon and others fueled a ninth inning surge. Bedrosian closed it out as Camacho earned the win.
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Roger Craig
San Francisco Giants
Giants
Cincinnati Reds
San Francisco
Speier
Babe
Saga
Litton
Nixon
Riles
Reds
Craig
Will Clark
Terry Kennedy
Cincinnati
Tim Leary
Clark
Kennedy
Camacho
Steve Bedrosian
Pena
Mike Saga
Cubs Beat Mets Opener Amid Sandberg HR Rally
Cubs top Mets 7 to 3 as Ryne Sandberg belts his 27th homer, Les Lancaster fires four scoreless innings, and Rick Sutcliffe improves to 14 11 after escaping three jams. David Cone takes loss despite 11 strikeouts in eight innings.
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Ryne Sandberg
Les Lancaster
Chicago
New York
Rick Sutcliffe
David Cone
Sandberg
Cardinals rally past Expos in 4 1/4 innings surge
Jose DeLeon earned the win as St Louis beat Montreal 4 to 1. Pedro Guerrero delivered a game tying single and Mariano Walker contributed in a sloppy Montreal defense as the Cardinals improved to 15-11, winners in eight of 11. The Expos have dropped five of seven and 20 of 30.
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Pedro Guerrero
Montreal
St. Louis
Cardinals
Jose DeLeon
Expos
ST Louis
Raines
Coleman
Nixon
Osmith
Oquend
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Orioles Lose to Blue Jays. McGriff homers to pace 5-2 win
Toronto defeats Chicago 5-2 as Fred McGriff hits his 36th homer to break a scoreless tie in the sixth. Jimmy Key earns the win in his return from the DL, while Cal Ripken and Tim Hulett homer for Baltimore in a 5-4 victory over Cleveland later.
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Baltimore Orioles
Toronto
Fred McGriff
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Blue Jays
Chicago White Sox
Baltimore
Orioles
Cal Ripken
Tim Hulett
Cleveland
Hulett
White Sox
Red Sox edge Athletics 8 5 as Evans and Greenwell pace offense
Dwight Evans homered and Mike Greenwell collected three hits and an RBI as John Dopson shines on the mound. Dopson, back from a four week elbow strain, held Oakland to two runs and four hits through eight. The Red Sox built a 2-0 lead with timely hits including Ellis Burks and Greenwell as Greenwell’s grounder Robbie Moore mishandled for an infield run.
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Dwight Evans
Mike Greenwell
RBI
John Dopson
Dopson
Oakland
Red Sox
Marty Barrett
Mike Moore
Ellis Burks
Greenwell
Moore
Tigers Rally Past Royals as Lynn Hits 300th Career HR
Detroit beat Kansas City 5-4 as Fred Lynn belted his 300th homer and rookie Doug Strange also homered. Doyle Alexander earned the win, while Bret Saberhagen saw his eight game winning streak end despite seven innings of four-run ball. The Tigers ride four-game win streak after a 12-game skid.
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Fred Lynn
Doug Strange
Detroit
Bret Saberhagen
Saberhagen
Doyle Alexander
Alexander
Tigers
Kansas City
Lynn
RBI
Strange
Yankees sweep Angels as Don Mattingly delivers deciding homer
Don Mattingly blasted a solo shot in the sixth to break a tie and spark the Yankees to a five game win streak. Emergency starter Clay Parker, returning since July, won his first appearance since July 1 as New York completed a four game sweep while Angels pitcher Jim Abbott took the loss. Angels stranded five straight, with 25 errors this season behind Abbott.
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Don Mattingly
Yankees
Clay Parker
Chuck Cary
New York
Angels
Mattingly
Jim Abbott
Parker
Chili Davis
Kent Anderson
Abbott
Rangers Rally Past Twins Behind Franco Key Hit
Julio Franco went 3-for-3 including a tying two run single in the sixth inning as Texas rallied from a 5-3 deficit to beat Minnesota 8-5. Brad Arnsberg earned the win with four innings of four hit shutout relief and Jeff Russell closed for his 32nd save. All four decisive sixth inning runs were unearned due to five walks issued by rookie Mike Dyer.
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Julio Franco
Brad Arnsberg
Jeff Russell
Rangers
Mike Dyer
Jeff Kunkel
Jack Daugherty
Franco
Juan Berenguer
Minnesota
Wally Backman
Harper
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