National League Thursday and Friday Games Listed
Scores from Thursday show Pittsburgh 7 Montreal 4 and San Francisco 7 Atlanta 5 while Houston 2 San Diego 1 led Friday slate. Listings include pitchers Magrane Kilgus Smith Gross Ojeda Grimsley Drabek Ojeda Robinson Portugal Hershiser Benes with game times.
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P.smith
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Drabek
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League leaders flicker in batting and power
Key American League leaders include Kirby Puckett and Wade Boggs atop batting averages with .341 and .338 respectively. Runs and RBIs see Sierra and KMitchell shining for Texas and San Francisco, while Salomon Towyn and Ryne Sandberg pace hits and doubles in a packed stat sheet.
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Boggs
Boston
Lansford
Oakland
Sax
New York
A Davis
Seattle
Renderson
McGriff
Toronto
Sierra
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Cubs gain ground in NL pennant race as series opens at Wrigley
Cubs hold 1 game lead in NL East over St Louis and face the Cardinals in a three game set at Wrigley. Mets trail by 3 1 2 games and SF leads NL West as the Giants start a key three game run at the Astrodome. Dascenzo and Wynne homer for Chicago while Bielecki beats Howell in a 6 2 win over Philadelphia.
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Mets
Andre Dawson
Jerome Walton
Doug Cascenzo
Marvell Wynne
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Mets Rout Cardinals as Jefferies Prodigious Night Sparks Win
Gregg Jefferies hit two homers and two doubles driving in five runs as the Mets thumped the Cardinals 13 to 1. Jefferies doubled in the first and fourth, homered in the third and five, and Frank Viola earned the win while adding his first major league RBI.
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Gregg Jefferies
New York
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Jefferies
Cardinals
Frank Viola
Mets
Giants Rally Past Braves as Mitchell Hits 42nd
At Atlanta Kevin Mitchell's 42nd homer and a late rally carried the Giants to a 7 4 victory over the Braves. Will Clark's two run triple tied the game in the seventh, Chris Speier's pinch double and Brett Butler's single produced the go ahead run, Mitchell homered again in the ninth. Bruce Hurst absorbed the loss for San Diego.
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Kevin Mitchell
San Francisco
Braves
Will Clark
Giants
Chris Speier
Brett Butler
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Pirates pull ahead in eighth to beat Expos 7 4
Jeff King delivered a tie breaking triple on a checked swing and scored on Mike Aldrete error in the eighth as Pittsburgh beat Montreal 7 to 4. Barry Bonds started the rally with a double off John Candeleria and King snapped a 2 for 23 slump with a grounder past first. The Pirates added an insurance run in the ninth.
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Mike Aldrete
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Montreal
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John Candelaria
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Astros Rally Past Padres In San Diego Win
At San Diego, Ken Caminiti delivered a two run single in the third and Jim Clancy scattered four hits over seven innings as the Astros halted the Padres.
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Ken Caminiti
Jim Clancy
Houston
Orioles Keep Heat On Blue Jays In AL East Chase
Baltimore swept a Texas Rangers doubleheader 8 3 and 9 4 to close to 1 1/2 games behind Toronto as Mike Devereaux and Steve Finley fueled the offense with multi hit nights and five run second inning. Nolan Ryan struggled against Baltimore in three straight meetings while Toronto beat Cleveland 12 4 as George Bell drove in three and the Blue Jays moved 15 games over .500 under manager Cito Gaston.
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Toronto
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Lloyd Moseley
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