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Atlanta at Los Angeles 1979 at Vero Beach, Florida (KTTV/good) 1969 regular season Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs Rick Wise vs. Ferguson Jenkins; Willie Smith homers for Cubs (NBC/good; B&W) 1972 regular season Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Rick Monday's ninth-inning home run helps Cubs steal win (NBC/very good; B&W) Baltimore at Detroit Mickey Lolich tops Dave McNally in pitchers' duel; missing last two innings (NBC/good; B&W) Los Angeles at N.Y. Mets Start of fourth through middle of seventh; Tom Seaver pitching for Mets (KTTV/good; B&W) Oakland at Boston Action from innings 3-6 of Athletics' 5-3 victory; Catfish Hunter vs. Luis Tiant (NBC/good; B&W) California at N.Y. Yankees JIP in third inning of Angels' 6-3 win; a young Dick Enberg announces (KTLA/good; B&W) 1976 regular season N.Y. Yankees at Detroit Mark Fidrych wows Tiger Stadium crowd, Monday Night Baseball audience (ABC/very good) Los Angeles at Pittsburgh John Candelaria no-hits the Dodgers (ABC/good or ABC; KDKA radio audio/good) Kansas City at Baltimore Reggie Jackson in his only year as an Oriole (ABC/good) 1977 regular season Chicago White Sox at Toronto Amid a snowstorm, Blue Jays post a 9-5 victory in their inaugural game (CBC/fair) Houston at Cincinnati Partial from the Astros' 3-1 victory; Enos Cabell and Bob Watson hit home runs (KHTV/good) Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs Pitcher Larry Christensen belts a grand slam in Phillies' victory (WGN/good) 1978 regular season Philadelphia at St. Louis Phillies win in 10; includes cut-ins to White Sox-Yankees backup game (NBC/good) Philadelphia at Cincinnati Perhaps the worst start (2+ IP, 7 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 6 BB, 3 K) of Seavers career (ABC/good) St. Louis at Cincinnati One of the best starts of Seaver's career: a no-hitter (stadium video; WLW radio audio/very good) California at N.Y. Yankees "Louisiana Lightning" strikes: 18 Ks for Ron Guidry (WPIX; WABC radio audio/very good) Detroit at Toronto Jason Thompson's RBI double in 13th inning helps Tigers post 4-3 victory (WDIV/excellent) Seattle at Minnesota Rod Carew goes 4-for-5 with two RBI in Twins' 10-2 triumph (WTCN/very good) St. Louis at Chicago Cubs Extra-innings partial; rare implosion by Bruce Sutter (WGN/very good) Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees Yankees clinch at least a tie in AL East; missing some middle innings (WPIX/very good) N.Y. Yankees at Boston (AL East playoff) Bucky Dent continues Bambino Curse (ABC/good or ABC; WPIX/good) 1979 regular season N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs Opening day! Rich Hebner sparks Mets with home run, four RBI (WGN/good) Texas at N.Y. Yankees Jim Sundberg has a home run, four RBI as Rangers defeat Catfish Hunter (KXAS/good) N.Y. Mets at San Francisco Jack Clark homers, doubles and has three RBI in Giants' 6-4 victory (WOR/good) Pittsburgh at Atlanta Four players ejected, both managers protest game, Pirates outlast Braves 17-9 (WTCG/good) N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City Willie Wilson's inside-the-park home run gives Royals 13-inning triumph (NBC/excellent) Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs The wild day at Wrigley: 45 runs, 50 hits, 11 homers; Phils win 23-22 (WGN/excellent) San Francisco at Montreal John Curtis tosses a complete-game four-hitter in Giants' 2-1 triumph (CBC/excellent) N.Y. Yankees at California Jackson breaks up Nolan Ryans no-hit bid in ninth inning (ABC/very good) California at Boston 38-minute partial; includes Joe Rudi's first-inning grand slam for Angels (ABC/excellent) N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox In his last game, Thurman Munson goes 0-for-1 (WSNS; MSG replay/good) St. Louis at Chicago Cubs Tony Scott homers for Cards; Jack Brickhouse's 5,000th game broadcast (WGN/very good) Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees Bobby Murcer: Munson eulogy in morning, five RBI at night (ABC/good) Los Angeles at San Francisco Don Sutton records 50th career shutout (KTTV/very good) St. Louis at Chicago Cubs JIP in seventh inning; rookie John Fulgham pitches Cardinals to 2-1 victory (WGN/very good) 1980 regular season St. Louis at Chicago Cubs Barry Foote: 4-for-6, two home runs, eight RBI, walk-off grand slam (WGN/fair) Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Garry Templeton goes 4-for-5; Keith Hernandez homers for Cardinals (WGN/good) Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Clark belts two-run homer to help Giants to 8-5 victory (NBC/excellent) Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Ivan DeJesus has three hits; Lynn McGlothen, Bruce Sutter pitch Cubs to win (WGN/good) Philadelphia at Montreal Mike Schmidts 11th-inning homer propels Phillies to NL East crown (WPHL/good) Houston at Los Angeles (NL West playoff) Art Howe (3-for-5, HR, four RBI) helps Astros move on (ABC/excellent) 1981 regular season Baltimore at Chicago White Sox ChiSox pound out 18 runs and 26 hits; Chet Lemon 4-for-5 with four RBI (WGN/good) San Francisco at Montreal Bill North's home run and six RBI spur Giants in win over Expos (NBC/excellent) San Diego at Pittsburgh Broderick Perkins' three-run, eighth-inning double paces Padres to win (KMFB/very good) Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets Lee Mazzilli's ninth-inning RBI single gives Mets triumph over Cubs (WGN/fair) Detroit at Milwaukee Brewers score two runs in eighth for 2-1 victory and AL East second-half title (WDIV/good) Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Last game for two Cubs: Brickhouse and outfielder Bobby Bonds (WGN/good) 1982 regular season Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Opening day; Harry Caray's first game as Cubs broadcaster (WGN/good) N.Y. Yankees at Seattle Gaylord Perry (9 IP, 9 H, 3 ER) collars his 300th career victory (KSTW replay/good) Oakland at Boston Three-run eighth inning provides Red Sox with winning margin in 7-4 triumph (NBC/excellent) Cincinnati at Montreal Gary Carter blasts a three-run homer in eighth inning to propel Expos to 4-1 win (NBC/very good) N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox Pale Hose rally in eighth inning to beat Rich Gossage (SportsVision/good) San Diego at San Francisco Darrell Evans goes 3-for-5 with four RBI in Giants' 9-3 victory (USA/excellent) Milwaukee at Baltimore AL East at stake on the seasons final day; Sutton vs. Jim Palmer (ABC/very good) 1983 regular season Montreal at Los Angeles First Vin Scully-Joe Garagiola Game of the Week; five runs in fifth pace Expos (NBC/excellent) Philadelphia at Montreal Tim Raines' ninth-inning single plates winning run in Expos' 3-2 victory (NBC/excellent) Texas at Chicago White Sox Ron Kittle homers; LaMarr Hoyt has complete game for Sox (SportsVision/very good) Kansas City at Toronto Jim Clancy tosses a five-hitter to lead Blue Jays over Royals (ABC/good) N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox Tom Paciorek goes 3-for-3 with a double in Sox's win (SportsVision/very good) Houston at Cincinnati Astros' Jose Cruz spoils Johnny Bench Night with two hits, including a HR (WLWT/very good) 1984 regular season Detroit at Chicago White Sox Pitching on just three days' rest, Tigers' Jack Morris fires a no-hitter (NBC/good) N.Y. Mets at Houston In his big-league debut, Dwight Gooden (5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER) earns the victory (WOR/very good) St. Louis at Chicago Cubs The Ryne Sandberg game: 5-for-6, seven RBI, two HRs off Bruce Sutter (NBC/very good) Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Jeff Leonard and Scot Thompson have two RBI each for Giants (NBC/excellent) Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets Cubs post an eight-spot in the eighth inning to cop an 11-4 triumph (NBC/good) Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds win in Pete Rose's return to team as player-manager (WLWT/very good) Los Angeles at N.Y. Mets Gooden strikes out 12 to outduel Fernando Valenzuela in Mets' victory (WOR/very good) Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets Goodens one-hitter a bump in Cubs road to NL East title (NBC/very good) Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Holy cow! Cubs win to clinch first postseason trip in 39 years (WGN/very good) 1985 regular season N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox Scott Fletcher goes 4-for-6 with two RBI as White Sox win 5-4 (NBC/excellent) N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox Bases-loaded walk in bottom of ninth gives Sox 4-3 win (WPIX/very good) N.Y. Yankees at Oakland Not again! Another ninth-inning bases-loaded walk ruins Yankees (SportsChannel/good) Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets Gary Carter homers; Ron Darling tosses a five-hit shutout as Mets win (ABC/good) Detroit at N.Y. Yankees Darrell Evans goes 5-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs as Tigers win (NBC/excellent) N.Y. Yankees at Detroit Guidry throws four-hit shutout; includes finish of Angels-White Sox; low audio (NBC/very good) N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati Keith Hernandez: 4-for-5 with three RBI, comes within triple of hitting for cycle (ABC/fair) Atlanta at N.Y. Mets Darryl Strawberrys first-inning grand slam highlights Mets 16-4 rout (NBC/very good) San Diego at Atlanta Tony Gwynn goes 3-for-6 as Padres outlast Braves in 12 innings (WTBS/very good) Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Yankees Seaver wins his 300th career game on Phil Rizzuto Day (WPIX/good) Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets Gooden's complete game, George Foster's homer lift Mets to 8-3 victory (NBC/excellent) San Diego at N.Y. Mets Gooden wins 20th game; Strawberry hits 20th home run of season (WOR/very good) N.Y. Mets at Los Angeles Mike Scioscia goes 3-for-4, brawl erupts in Dodgers victory (NBC/very good) Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets Gooden pitches well and goes 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI (NBC/good) N.Y. Yankees at Toronto Doyle Alexander throws five-hitter as Blue Jays win AL East championship (CTV/good) 1986 regular season N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia Mike Schmidt goes 4-for-7 with two RBI as Phillies win 14-inning marathon (NBC/excellent) Toronto at Kansas City First four innings; K.C.'s Dennis Leonard makes long-awaited return to mound (NBC/excellent) Chicago Cubs at Montreal Three walks, a passed ball and an error help Expos get winning run in 11th (CBC/good) N.Y. Mets at St. Louis Lenny Dykstras leadoff home run sparks Mets four-run first inning (NBC/very good) N.Y. Mets at St. Louis The next day, Tim Teufel's two-run HR provides Mets with 5-3 win (ABC; WOR/very good) N.Y. Mets at Los Angeles Four runs in eighth inning break game open as Dodgers post 6-2 victory (NBC/excellent) San Francisco at N.Y. Mets Dan Gladden goes 3-for-4 with two RBI in Giants' victory (ABC/excellent) Montreal at Atlanta Bob Horner becomes the 11th man to hit four home runs in a game (WTBS replay/very good) Oakland at Boston Tony La Russa's first game as A's manager; Dave Stewart vs. Roger Clemens (ABC/very good) N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati Roger McDowell, Jesse Orosco play in field for Mets after fight, ejections (WLWT/very good) St. Louis at N.Y. Mets John Morris' RBI triple in 11th inning helps Cardinals to 3-1 triumph (NBC/excellent) California at Baltimore Homers by Cal Ripken, Jim Traber in first inning pace Orioles to 4-2 victory (NBC/excellent) Boston at N.Y. Yankees Dave Winfield's three-run homer highlights Yankees' 11-6 victory (NBC/very good) Atlanta at Houston JIP in fourth inning; Kevin Bass collects two hits and an RBI in Astros' 3-2 triumph (NBC/very good) 1987 regular season Montreal at N.Y. Mets Tim Raines helps Expos defeat Mets in 10 innings; missing ending (NBC/excellent) N.Y. Mets at Houston Howard Johnson hits two home runs off Danny Darwin in Mets' win (NBC/good) Atlanta at Montreal Bob Sebra allows three hits and one earned run in seven innings; Expos win 5-4 (WTBS/excellent) Baltimore at Kansas City Seven-run sixth inning and Ray Knight's four RBIs pave way for Orioles' win (NBC/good) N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox Gary Redus, Ozzie Guillen get two hits each as Sox edge Yankees (NBC/good) Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees With a five-hit shutout, Frank Viola outpitches Ron Guidry (ABC/excellent) N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota Mark Salas three-run homer in seventh inning lifts Yankees (ABC/excellent) Detroit at N.Y. Yankees Evans, Chet Lemon belt back-to-back HRs in seventh inning; Tigers win 10-5 (NBC/very good) St. Louis at N.Y. Mets Greg Mathews' complete game, Tommy Herr's three RBI give Cardinals crucial win (NBC/excellent) Cincinnati at San Francisco Will Clark, Jose Uribe hit homers as Giants close in on West title (NBC/excellent) Detroit at Toronto Jesse Barfield goes 4-for-5; Blue Jays erase five-run deficit to post 10-9 win (NBC/excellent) St. Louis at Chicago Cubs Dan Driessen, Terry Pendleton hit HRs as Cards defeat Cubs (NBC/very good) Toronto at Detroit On final day of year, Frank Tanana pitches Tigers to AL East title (WDIV/excellent or ABC/good) 1988 regular season N.Y. Yankees at Oakland Dave Henderson leads off 14th inning with game-winning HR for A's (ABC/very good) N.Y. Yankees at Oakland Al Leiter injured; Neil Allen comes in to pitch nine shutout innings for N.Y. (KPIX/very good) Oakland at Minnesota Jose Canseco and Walt Weiss hit home runs in Athletics' 8-5 win over Twins (KPIX/very good) N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland Rick Rhoden's pitching, Winfield's two-run homer help Yankees defeat Tribe (NBC/good) Atlanta at Montreal Pasqual Perez pitches his way to victory against former team as Expos win 9-3 (WTBS/excellent) St. Louis at N.Y. Mets David Cone pitches 10 innings; Mazzilli's RBI single in 12th gives Mets win (ABC/very good) N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox John Candelaria strikes out 12 in a two-hit shutout of the Sox (NBC/very good) San Francisco at St. Louis Candy Maldonaldo's ninth-inning RBI single lifts Giants to 6-5 win (NBC/excellent) Los Angeles at San Francisco Kevin Mitchell's two-run homer propels Giants over rival (ABC/excellent) Oakland at Seattle Dave Henderson, Canseco belt back-to-back HRs as Athletics win (KPIX/excellent) N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs Four runs in seventh inning help Cubs win first official night game at Wrigley (NBC/very good) Detroit at Boston Dwight Evans' monster afternoon: 4-for-5 with two home runs and seven RBI (NBC/excellent) St. Louis at Atlanta Jose Oquendo's three-run HR in first inning sets tone for 9-1 Cardinals win (WTBS/excellent) Los Angeles at N.Y. Mets Gooden, Randy Myers put clamps on Dodger bats in 2-1 Mets victory (NBC/very good) Chicago Cubs at Montreal Randy Johnson pitches six solid innings for Expos to post third career win (WGN/very good) 1989 regular season Detroit at Texas Opening day; Charlie Hough's knuckleball dazzles Tigers in 4-0 Rangers victory (HSE/very good) Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets Greg Maddux vs. Sid Fernandez; Keith Hernandez homers in Mets' win (NBC/very good) Cincinnati at San Francisco Kevin Mitchell hits home run in Giants' win; low audio (NBC/very good) Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Seven-run second inning paves way to Giants' 12-2 rout (ABC/excellent) Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets Little Luis Quinones packs some power: two home runs for Reds (ABC/very good) Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees Andy Hawkins fires three-hit shutout as Yanks defeat Royals (ABC/very good) San Francisco at Los Angeles Matt Williams goes 2-for-4 with a home run as Giants win 5-2 (NBC/excellent) Houston at San Francisco Brett Butler has three hits, one of them a home run, as Giants roll (NBC/excellent) Los Angeles at N.Y. Mets Dave Magadan has three hits and two RBI in Mets' 4-1 win over Dodgers (NBC/very good) Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees Joe Orsulak clubs two home runs to propel Orioles to 6-4 triumph (NBC/very good) Baltimore at Toronto Blue Jays clinch AL East in NBCs final Game of the Week broadcast (NBC/very good) 1990 regular season Montreal at N.Y. Mets Strawberry and Kevin Elster belt home runs in the Mets 5-4 victory (CBS/very good) Detroit at Seattle Randy Johnson: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 6 BB, 8 K (KSTW replay/excellent) N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox Yanks' Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter . . . and loses! (SportsChannel/very good) Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants score two runs in ninth to win wild 10-9 affair (CBS/excellent) Los Angeles at San Francisco Trevor Wilson's two-hitter enables Giants to post 2-1 victory (CBS/excellent) Seattle at Chicago White Sox Pale Hose bid adieu to Old Comiskey Park with 2-1 win (KSTW/excellent) 1991 regular season Oakland at Cleveland Tribe error helps A's break open 6-6 game with four runs in ninth inning (ESPN/excellent) Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Doug Drabek's complete game gives Pirates NL East crown (WTXF/very good) Houston at Atlanta Ron Gant homers, John Smoltz fires complete game as Braves clinch NL West title (CBS/good) 1992 regular season Cleveland at Baltimore Rick Sutcliffe tosses shutout for Orioles in first game at Camden Yards (WMAR/very good) Oakland at Milwaukee Four Brewers pitchers limit Athletics to six hits in 2-1 triumph (CBS/excellent) 1993 regular season Los Angeles at Florida Hough, Doug Harvey pitch Marlins to win in inaugural game (ESPN/excellent) Philadelphia at San Francisco Robby Thompson doubles, homers to lead Giants over Phillies (CBS/excellent) San Francisco at Los Angeles Giants win 5-3, stay tied with Braves with one game left in season (CBS/very good) 1996 regular season Atlanta at Cincinnati Reds ride arms of Mark Portugal and Jeff Brantley; Fox's first Saturday of baseball (Fox/good) N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland Ruben Sierra belts two home runs as Yanks win 11-9 slugfest (Fox/very good) Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees Tino Martinez goes 2-for-4 with two RBI in Yankees' 4-3 victory (Fox/very good) Boston at N.Y. Yankees Derek Jeter's RBI single in 10th inning ends high-scoring game in the Bronx (Fox/excellent) 1997 regular season Oakland at Seattle Mark McGwire "destroys the baseball" with 538-foot HR off Johnson (SportsChannel/very good) Montreal at Toronto First-ever meeting between Expos and Jays; Pedro Martinez vs. Pat Hentgen (CBC/very good) 1998 regular season N.Y. Yankees at Seattle Martinez, Jeter homer off Jamie Moyer in Yankees' victory (Fox/very good) 1999 regular season N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets Mets win with two runs in ninth; Mike Piazza 2-for-3 with a HR, four RBI (Fox/very good) 2001 regular season Oakland at San Francisco Livan Hernandez and Robb Nen slow down the As big hitters (Fox/master) Oakland at Seattle Johnny Damon doubles and homers to lead Athletics to victory (Fox Family/master) Arizona at Philadelphia Diamondbacks break open 1-1 game in seventh inning; hold on for win (Fox/master) San Diego at Arizona Diamondbacks prevail with Matt Williams home run in the 10th inning (Fox/master) Los Angeles at Arizona Luis Gonzalez hits 55th home run to highlight Diamondbacks rout (Fox/master) Los Angeles at San Francisco Barry Bonds, with 72 home runs, pinch-hits a single (Fox/master) 2002 regular season Cleveland at Anaheim Bartolo Colon deals opening-night shutout for Tribe (ESPN2/master) Texas at Oakland Mark Mulder pitches strong; Eric Chavez and David Justice homer for As (ESPN/master) Arizona at Los Angeles Andy Ashby shuts out the Diamondbacks (Fox/master) N.Y. Mets at Atlanta Vinny Castillas first-inning grand slam propels Braves to win over Mets (ESPN/master) Oakland at San Francisco Reggie Sanders smacks two home runs as Giants win Bay area battle (Fox/master) Houston at Milwaukee Brewers win, but Geoff Jenkins suffers a broken ankle (ESPN/master) Boston at Los Angeles Shawn Greens two-run home run spurs Dodgers in win against Red Sox (Fox/master) St. Louis at Chicago Cubs Grieving Cardinals play in their first game after Darryl Kiles death (ESPN/master) Atlanta at N.Y. Mets Unlikely hero: Keith Lockharts ninth-inning home run lifts Braves to win (ESPN/master) San Francisco at Oakland Jeff Kents first-inning homer helps pave way to Giants victory (Fox/master) Los Angeles at San Francisco Dodgers potent in late innings in 5-1 victory over Giants (Fox/master) N.Y. Yankees at Texas Rondell White, Jorge Posada homer as Yankees light up Kenny Rogers (ESPN/master) Arizona at N.Y. Mets Erubiel Durazos two homers lead the D-Backs to an extra-innings win (Fox/master) Atlanta at Houston Geoff Blum goes 3-for-4 with a home run to lift Astros over Braves (Fox/master) Arizona at Chicago Cubs Durazo strikes again with game-winning grand slam in ninth inning (Fox/master) Seattle at Oakland Tim Hudson handcuffs the Mariners in a shutout victory (Fox/master) Houston at St. Louis Lance Berkmans home run and three RBI propels Astros over Cardinals (Fox/master) Houston at San Francisco Bonds belts go-ahead home run as Giants clinch NL wild card (Fox/master) 2003 regular season Texas at Anaheim Alex Rodriguez, Juan Gonzalez and Michael Young hit HRs on opening night (ESPN/master) Philadelphia at Los Angeles Brett Myers and Phillies' bullpen combine to shut out Dodgers (ESPN2/master) St. Louis at Cincinnati Aaron Boone leads off the bottom of the ninth with winning home run (ESPN2/master) Anaheim at Boston Trot Nixon's ill-advised toss to fan helps Angels break open close game (Fox/master) N.Y. Mets at San Francisco Steve Trachsel's pitching, Cliff Floyd's homer lift Mets over Giants (Fox/master) N.Y. Yankees at Boston Five-run first inning helps Yanks and David Wells cruise to win (ESPN2/master) San Francisco at Colorado Kurt Ainsworth's seven solid innings, Pedro Feliz's HR propel Giants (Fox/master) Tampa Bay at Anaheim Heavenly day for Troy Glaus: 4-for-5, home run, four RBI (Fox/master) Seattle at Minnesota Edgar Martinez, Ichiro Suzuki belt homers as M's win fifth in a row (Fox/excellent) Pittsburgh at St. Louis Kenny Lofton's 26-game hit streak ends, but Pirates edge Cardinals (Fox/master) Colorado at San Francisco Shawn Chacon (seven innings, six hits, one run) silences Giants (ESPN/master) N.Y. Yankees at Chicago Cubs One swing of Eric Karros' bat ruins Roger Clemens' 300th win bid (Fox/excellent) Cleveland at Arizona New acquisition Shea Hillenbrand rallies D-Backs with two-RBI triple (Fox/master) Philadelphia at Anaheim Jimmy Rollins and Jim Thome belt homers in Phillies' 3-0 win (ESPN/master) St. Louis at N.Y. Yankees Five innings of rainy contest; most of Braves-Mariners backup game (Fox/master) Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Moises Alou and Eric Karros belt back-to-back HRs in Cubs' win (ESPN/master) Anaheim at Los Angeles Adrian Beltre's three-run homer highlights four-run Dodger first inning (Fox/master) Oakland at Texas Athletics score all of their runs in ninth inning to steal 3-1 victory (ESPN2/master) Oakland at San Francisco Giants rally from six-run deficit against Barry Zito, win in 10 innings (Fox/master) Chicago at Philadelphia Thome's two-run homer helps Phillies come back for 4-3 win (ESPN/master) Boston at N.Y. Yankees Red Sox drill three homers during 10-2 mugging in the Bronx (Fox/excellent) Arizona at Los Angeles Odalis Perez takes a no-hitter into eighth en route to beating D-Backs (Fox/master) San Francisco at Arizona Bonds and Ray Durham belt home runs off Curt Schilling as Giants win (Fox/master) Minnesota at Anaheim Jerrod Washburn fires seven strong innings to lead Angels over Twins (Fox/excellent) St. Louis at Los Angeles Rookie Dan Haren outduels Kevin Brown for first big-league victory (Fox/master) Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Sammy Sosa's home run and four RBI lead Cubs to 15-6 rout (ESPN2/master) Oakland at Anaheim A's rookie Rich Harden pitches with a veteran's poise, earns first ML win (Fox/master) Arizona at Chicago Cubs Alex Cintron, Raul Mondesi help D-Backs get two runs in ninth to win (Fox/master) Kansas City at Chicago White Sox Aaron Guiel's three-run double helps Royals to 13-9 triumph (ESPN/master) Philadelphia at San Francisco Phillies erase late three-run deficit to beat Giants in 10 innings (Fox/master) Boston at Seattle Pedro Martinez allows three hits in seven innings, goes to 11-0 against M's (Fox/master) Anaheim at Chicago White Sox Frank Thomas' walk-off two-run homer gives Pale Hose victory (ESPN/master) San Francisco at Arizona In first game after his father's death, Bonds hits 653rd home run (Fox/master) Arizona at San Francisco Marquis Grissom draws a bases-loaded walk in the 11th to give Giants win (Fox/master) Oakland at Seattle Mariners score four runs against Zito in first inning en route to 7-4 victory (Fox/master) 2004 regular season N.Y. Yankees at Boston Bill Mueller, Manny Ramirez homer during Red Sox's four-run first inning (Fox/excellent) Arizona at Atlanta At 40, Randy Johnson becomes oldest man ever to pitch a perfect game (FSN Arizona/excellent) Arizona at Florida Luis Castillo's grand slam highlights Marlins' 11-2 dismantling of Diamondbacks (Fox/master) St. Louis at Houston Albert Pujols goes 4-for-5 and homers twice in Cardinals' 10-3 romp of Astros (Fox/master) St. Louis at Chicago Cubs Scott Rolen hits three-run HR; Jim Edmonds nails a runner at the plate (ESPN2/master) Los Angeles at Boston Seven-run fifth inning paces Dodgers; Olmedo Saenz homers, has four RBI (Fox/master) Chicago Cubs at Houston Mark Prior vs. Roger Clemens; Cubs get to "The Rocket" in 7-2 victory (ESPN/master) Boston at San Francisco Edgardo Alfonzo's pinch-hit home run in eighth inning lifts Giants to win (Fox/master) Cleveland at Chicago White Sox Ronnie Belliard and Casey Blake homer in the first inning for Tribe (ESPN/master) Anaheim at Los Angeles Garret Anderson belts a pair of two-run homers as Angels win 7-5 (Fox/master) Oakland at San Francisco Mark McLemore's RBI single ignites four-run ninth inning as A's win (Fox/master) San Diego at Houston Mark Loretta's home run, David Wells' pitching lift Padres over Astros (Fox/master) Seattle at Anaheim Jose Guillen's two-run HR in 11th inning climaxes Angels' comeback victory (Fox/master) Boston at Tampa Bay Tim Wakefield celebrates 38th birthday by pitching Red Sox to a win (ESPN/master) Los Angeles at San Francisco Pedro Feliz has four hits, including a grand slam, in Giants' 9-5 win (Fox/master) San Francisco at Los Angeles Steve Finley's walk-off grand slam propels Dodgers to NL West title (Fox/master) 2005 regular season L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers Chone Figgins' eighth-inning RBI double helps Halos to 3-1 victory (Fox/master) San Diego at San Francisco Phil Nevin clubs a three-run homer in eighth to power Padres to 5-3 win (Fox/master) St. Louis at Houston Reggie Sanders hits grand slam, pitcher Jason Marquis homers as Cards top Astros (Fox/master) Boston at St. Louis In 2004 World Series rematch, pitcher Matt Morris improves to 7-0 for Cardinals (ESPN2/master) Boston at Chicago Cubs Todd Walker and Todd Hollandsworth have three hits each as Cubs top Red Sox (Fox/master) Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Yankees Derek Jeter's first career grand slam highlights Yankees' 8-1 victory (Fox/master) Seattle at San Diego Xavier Nady and Khalil Greene homer for Padres; teams wear vintage PCL jerseys (Fox/master) San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers Jason Phillips' RBI single caps Dodgers' two-run rally in ninth (Fox/master) N.Y. Yankees at Texas Ruben Sierra's single in eighth plates winning run in Yanks' 11-10 triumph (ESPN/master) Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Derrek Lee, Jeromy Burnitz and Aramis Ramirez homer for Cubs in 6-5 victory (Fox/master) Texas at Baltimore Alfonso Soriano has three hits, a homer and two RBIs as Rangers beat Orioles (ESPN/master) Boston at L.A. Angels Rookie Ervin Santana takes shutout into eighth inning; Angels hold on for 4-2 win (Fox/master) St. Louis at Washington Jason Marquis shuts out Nationals; includes extra innings of Twins-Rangers (Fox/master) N.Y. Yankees at Boston Randy Johnson starts, Mariano Rivera finishes as Yankees clinch AL East title (Fox/master) 2006 regular season Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox ChiSox roll to 7-0 victory; Michael Barrett-A.J. Pierzynski fight (Fox/master) St. Louis at San Diego Cards win 4-3; catcher Yadier Molina picks Brian Giles off first base to end game (Fox/master) Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cubs' Aramis Ramirez belts a grand slam; Albert Pujols suffers oblique injury (Fox/master) Boston at N.Y. Yankees Yankees score all of their runs in first three innings in 13-5 rout of rivals (ESPN/master) Chicago White Sox at Texas Jose Contreras (8 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 11 K) wins 15th straight decision (ESPN/master) Boston at Atlanta Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz leave the yard as Red Sox defeat Braves (Fox/master) Oakland at San Francisco Ray Durham's three-run homer in ninth inning gives Giants 8-7 triumph (Fox/master) San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers Durham strikes again, going 2-for-3 with homer and three RBI (Fox/master) Postseason 1972 ALCS Detroit at Oakland, Game 2 (NBC/good) 1976 NLCS Philadelphia at Cincinnati, Game 3 (ABC/good) 1976 ALCS Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, Game 5 (ABC/very good) 1977 NLCS Los Angeles at Philadelphia, Game 3 (WPHL/excellent) 1977 NLCS Los Angeles at Philadelphia, Game 4 (NBC/good) 1978 ALCS Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, Game 3 (ABC/good) 1978 ALCS Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, Game 4 (ABC/good) 1978 NLCS Philadelphia at Los Angeles, Game 4 (ABC/very good) 1979 NLCS Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Game 1 (NBC; KDKA/very good) 1979 NLCS Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Game 2 (KDKA/good) 1979 ALCS California at Baltimore, Game 1 (NBC; WFBR radio audio/very good) 1979 ALCS California at Baltimore, Game 2 (NBC/very good) 1979 NLCS Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, Game 3 (NBC/very good) 1979 ALCS Baltimore at California, Game 4 (NBC/good) 1980 ALCS N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, Game 2 (ABC/excellent) 1980 ALCS Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, Game 3 (WPIX; ABC/good) 1981 ALDS Kansas City at Oakland, Game 3 (ABC/good) 1981 ALDS Milwaukee at N.Y. Yankees, Game 5 (ABC/excellent) 1981 ALCS Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, Game 2 (NBC/excellent) 1981 ALCS N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, Game 3 (NBC/good) 1981 NLDS Houston at Los Angeles, Game 5 (NBC/fair) 1981 NLCS Los Angeles at Montreal, Game 5 (NBC/good) 1982 NLCS Atlanta at St. Louis, Game 1 (ABC/good) 1982 NLCS Atlanta at St. Louis, Game 2 (ABC/good) 1970 World Series: Baltimore Orioles vs. Cincinnati Reds Game 5 at Baltimore Frank Robinson, Merv Rettenmund homer as Orioles capture championship (NBC/excellent) 1973 World Series: New York Mets vs. Oakland Athletics Game 3 at New York A's battle back from 2-0 deficit to win 3-2; footage cuts off in extra innings (NBC/fair) 1975 World Series: Cincinnati Reds vs. Boston Red Sox Game 1 at Boston Luis Tiant twists, turns and tosses a five-hit shutout as Red Sox get the jump (NBC/excellent) Game 2 at Boston Doubles by Johnny Bench, Ken Griffey help Reds score two in ninth inning for 3-2 win (NBC/excellent) Game 3 at Cincinnati Reds win in 10 innings; controversial Ed Armbrister-Carlton Fisk incident (NBC/excellent) Game 4 at Cincinnati Tiant's pitching, five runs in fourth inning enable Red Sox to knot series (NBC/excellent) Game 5 at Cincinnati Tony Perez belts two home runs to lift Reds to 6-2 triumph (NBC/very good) Game 6 at Boston Fisk kisses the foul pole in 12th inning to end perhaps the best game ever played (NBC/excellent) Game 7 at Boston Joe Morgan's clutch RBI single in ninth gives Reds 4-3 win, Series victory for the ages (NBC/excellent) 1978 World Series: New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Game 1 at Los Angeles Davey Lopes' two home runs shoot Dodgers out of gate with 11-5 win (NBC/very good) Game 2 at Los Angeles Bob Welch's dramatic strikeout of Reggie Jackson saves game for Dodgers (NBC/very good) Game 3 at New York Yankees lefty Ron Guidry flashes Cy Young form with complete-game triumph (NBC/very good) Game 4 at New York Lou Pinella's RBI single in 10th inning squares series at two games each (NBC/very good) Game 5 at New York Thurman Munson goes 3-for-5 with five RBI as Yankees roll to 12-2 win (NBC/very good) Game 6 at Los Angeles Reggie's revenge: He homers off Welch in Yanks' title-clinching victory (NBC/very good) 1979 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles Game 1 at Baltimore Doug DeCinces hits two-run homer; Mike Flanagan tosses complete game for O's (ABC/good) Game 2 at Baltimore Manny Sanguillen's pinch-hit RBI single in ninth inning enables Pirates to win (ABC/good) Game 3 at Pittsburgh Kiko Garcia collects four hits and four RBI as Orioles earn 8-4 triumph (ABC/good) Game 4 at Pittsburgh Pirates in peril: O's erase late three-run deficit to win, take 3-1 series lead (ABC/good) Game 5 at Pittsburgh Bill Madlock goes 4-for-4, Tim Foli has three RBI as Bucs stave off elimination (ABC/good) Game 6 at Baltimore Candelaria, Kent Tekulve silence Orioles' bats as Pirates knot series (ABC/good) Game 7 at Baltimore We Are Family! Willie Stargell's go-ahead home run helps give Pirates crown (ABC/good) 2001 World Series: New York Yankees vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Game 1 at Arizona Curt Schilling, Craig Counsell help D-Backs get off on right foot (Fox/master) Game 2 at Arizona Yankees cant touch Randy Johnson and leave the desert in two-game hole (Fox/master) Game 3 at New York Roger Clemens starts, Mariano Rivera finishes as Yanks get back in series (Fox/master) Game 4 at New York Tino Martinez proves Yankees cant be counted out until the final out (Fox/master) Game 5 at New York Scott Brosius makes Byung-Hyun Kim the most popular man in Big Apple (Fox/master) Game 6 at Arizona Facing elimination, D-Backs blast Yankees pitching en route to 15-2 win (Fox/master) Game 7 at Arizona Rivera is mortal for one inning, making D-Backs champions for a lifetime (Fox/master) All-Star Game 1968 In the year of the pitcher, one unearned run is all the National League needs (NBC/good; B&W) 1971 Wind blowing out at Tiger Stadium; six future Hall-of-Famers hit HRs as American League wins (NBC/excellent) 1972 Fourth through seventh innings; hometown favorite Hank Aaron homers to lead NL to win (NBC/good; B&W) 1974 Steve Garvey shakes off sickness to go 2-for-4 with a double and RBI in National League victory (NBC/excellent) 1975 Bill Madlock's clutch hit helps the National League score three runs in the ninth inning to win (NBC/excellent) 1976 Mark Fidrych starts for American League, but NL rolls to 7-1 victory (ABC/very good) 1977 Joe Morgan belts leadoff HR, Don Sutton wins MVP for NL (NBC/very good) 1978 NL scores four runs in eighth to win; includes pregame and postgame (ABC/good) 1979 Perhaps the best All-Star Game ever played; three words: Dave Parkers arm (NBC/very good) 1980 Home run by MVP Ken Griffey gets National League started in 4-2 triumph (ABC/excellent) 1981 Gary Carter belts two home runs as baseball returns from a 59-day players' strike (NBC/excellent) 1982 First All-Star Game played outside the United States; Dave Concepcion homers, wins MVP for NL (ABC/good) 1983 AL puts third-inning licking on Atlee Hammacker en route to first victory since 1971 (NBC/excellent) 1984 Dwight Gooden and Fernando Valenzuela combine to strike out six straight AL hitters (ABC/very good) 1987 Tim Raines' two-RBI triple in 13th inning finally breaks scoreless deadlock as NL wins (NBC/excellent) 1988 Terry Steinbach responsible for both American League runs in 2-1 triumph (ABC/very good) 1989 Bo Jackson hits a long leadoff homer to spur AL victory (NBC/very good) 1992 AL hitters pepper Tom Glavine in first two innings en route to easy victory (CBS/very good) 1994 Fred McGriff's homer ties game in ninth, Moises Alou's RBI double wins it for NL in 10th (NBC/very good) 1995 NL victorious as all of its hits are home runs; Florida's Jeff Conine delivers biggest blow (ABC/very good) 1996 Mike Piazza homers to win MVP; National League pitchers silence AL bats (NBC/very good) 1997 In Cleveland, hometown hero Sandy Alomar Jr. hits game-winning home run for AL (Fox/very good) 1998 Typical Coors Field: lots of scoring; missing bottom of ninth, but no runs (NBC/master) 1999 Ted Williams honored as All-Century team is unveiled; Pedro Martinez rocks (Fox/master) 2000 Derek Jeter gets three hits to win MVP honors (NBC/master) 2001 Cal Ripken belts a home run and wins MVP in final Midsummer Classic (Fox/master) 2002 Torii Hunter makes a spectacular catch, but in the end, theyre fit to be tied (Fox/master) 2003 Hank Blalock's three-run homer in eighth inning gives AL home field in World Series (Fox/master) 2004 Over in a hurry: AL batters overwhelm Roger Clemens during six-run first inning (Fox/master) 2005 Miguel Tejada's home run helps AL win 7-5 and extend undefeated All-Star streak to nine games (Fox/master) 2006 Troy Glaus, Michael Young foil Trevor Hoffman in ninth inning as AL extends unbeaten streak to 10 (Fox/master) |
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| The NL East-clinching home run Mike Schmidt belted against Montreal was his 48th round-tripper of the 1980 season. |
| Blast off! Schmidt launches Phillies to title Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt hit 548 home runs in his career. The most memorable was on the next-to-last day of the 1980 season, when Schmidt's 11th-inning blast gave the Philadelphia Philles a 6-4 victory over the Montreal Expos and the National League East championship. When Montreal relief pitcher Stan Bahnsen played for the New York Yankees, his teammates once mailed his suitcase of clothes to Hawaii as a joke. Schmidt's home run seemingly travelled just as far. My version of the game is from Philadelphia station WPHL, replete with announcer Harry Kalas going crazy as the ball landed several rows back behind the outfield fence at Olympic Stadium. |