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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1998
Page
11
Rain turned Oakland field into a muddy mess as the Tigers rallied to a 10-5 win over the Athletics. Bobby Higginson hit a two-run homer in the eighth, Joe Randa added a two-run double, and the crowd of 5,335 endured a 35-minute delay in the steady downpour.
American League hits include Detroit at Oakland 2 15 p m and Boston at Kansas City 7 05 p m plus Cleveland at Texas 7 35 p m and Toronto at Seattle 9 05 p m Friday lists Baltimore at Tampa Bay Boston at Kansas City Yankees at Minnesota Cleveland at Texas Toronto at Seattle Detroit at Anaheim Chicago White Sox at Oakland with a full National League slate Colorado at Montreal Arizona at Philadelphia Los Angeles at Florida Cincinnati at Pittsburgh St Louis at NY Mets San Diego at Atlanta and San Francisco at Chicago Cubs plus Friday games San Francisco at Chicago Cubs Colorado at Montreal Arizona at Philadelphia Los Angeles at Florida Cincinnati at Pittsburgh St Louis at NY Mets San Diego at Atlanta and Houston at Milwaukee.
Atlanta pitcher Greg Maddux allowed five hits in seven innings as Chipper Jones and Michael Tucker homered in a 7-0 Braves win that completed a three game sweep of Los Angeles. Maddux improved to 4-2, fanning five with no walks before handing to the bullpen.
Cubs rookie Kerry Wood dominated Houston with 20 strikeouts in a 2 0 victory, tying a major league record for most Ks in a game. He nearly pitched a no hitter until Ricky Gutierrez’s infield single in the third. Wood matched Roger Clemens’ 1986 and 1996 marks and earned praise from Clemens and Nolan Ryan, credits his slider and a first time pairing with catcher Sandy Martinez.
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