Monday, February 26, 2007
NL Recap July 7th
Strat-O-Matic Report
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1955 National League Date: 7/7/1955
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1955 BRN 52 28 R.Ashburn PHN .351 W.Mays NYN 27 D.Snider BRN 65
1955 MLN 49 28 G.Bell CIN .345 T.Kluszew CIN 25 T.Kluszew CIN 64
1955 CIN 42 32 D.Long PIN .342 S.Lopata PHN 21 C.Furillo BRN 61
1955 NYN 42 37 S.Musial SLN .339 G.Hodges BRN 20 G.Hodges BRN 60
1955 CHN 38 43 T.Kluszew CIN .339 OTHERS TIED W 19 W.Mays NYN 58
1955 SLN 32 44
1955 PHN 33 46 WINS SAVES ERA
1955 PIN 26 56 B.Buhl MLN 10 M.Grissom NYN 7 W.Spahn MLN 2.45
J.Nuxhall CIN 9 J.Hughes BRN 5 A.Fowler CIN 2.55
W.Spahn MLN 9 OTHERS TIED W 4 C.Labine BRN 2.88
G.Conley MLN 9 B.Buhl MLN 2.95
OTHERS TIED W 8 J.Podres BRN 3.07
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
R.Jackson CHN 14 B.Bruton MLN 17 S.Jones CHN 96
R.Repulsk SLN 10 R.Ashburn PHN 15 G.Conley MLN 96
G.Bell CIN 9 W.Mays NYN 11 R.Roberts PHN 84
OTHERS TIED W 8 K.Boyer SLN 10 J.Antonel NYN 81
W.Moon SLN 9 H.Haddix SLN 76
YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BRN 2 at PIN 13 BRN-Loes(5-3, 3.49) at PIN-Kline(3-10, 5.34)
BRN 5 at PIN 1 MLN-Buhl(10-2, 2.95) at CHN-Jones(6-8, 3.62)
MLN 8 at CHN 6 PHN-Dickson(3-7, 4.80) at NYN-Gomez(5-2, 4.70)
PHN 6 at NYN 8 SLN-Haddix(8-7, 3.43) at CIN-Nuxhall(9-5, 4.33)
SLN 1 at CIN 6
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
W.Mays NYN PHN 5 3 3 4 0 1 2 0
J.Dittmer MLN CHN 5 2 2 3 0 0 2 0
B.Bruton MLN CHN 5 2 5 1 0 0 1 1
D.Ennis PHN NYN 3 2 1 2 2 0 1 0
J.King CHN MLN 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 0
PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
R.Face PIN BRN 9.0 7 2 1 1 6 0 W
S.Koufax BRN PIN 9.0 5 1 1 3 3 1 W
J.Collum CIN SLN 9.0 8 1 1 0 2 1 W
H.Wilhelm NYN PHN 2.2 2 0 0 2 1 0 W
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
R.Smalley PHN .321 28 9 9 9 3 H.Haddix SLN 9 4 1 0 6 0 100
W.Mays NYN .375 40 15 10 5 5 J.Klippstein CIN 14 5 0 5 5 0 200
D.Zimmer BRN .389 36 14 9 1 5 W.Spahn MLN 25 18 4 3 10 0 100
S.Burgess CIN .261 23 6 4 6 3 H.Freeman CIN 5 2 0 0 1 0 001
H.Aaron MLN .444 36 16 8 7 3 K.Spooner BRN 17 13 4 7 15 1 300
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Stephenson SLN .083 24 2 0 2 0 G.Staley CIN 8 15 11 5 5 4 020
M.Blaylock PHN .077 26 2 3 2 0 R.Minarcin CIN 9 11 11 6 9 3 010
W.Lockman NYN .226 31 7 0 3 0 D.Newcombe BRN 12 13 9 5 8 4 020
S.Hemus SLN .179 28 5 0 4 0 D.Littlefield PIN 11 12 11 4 7 2 010
D.Cole PIN .200 45 9 4 3 0 T.Poholsky SLN 10 17 11 1 4 3 000
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report
Jackie Collum throws an 8 hitter as the Redlegs take down the Cardinals 6-1.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 St. Louis Cardinals At 1955 Cincinnati Redlegs 7/6/1955
Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Redlegs AB R H RBI AVG
K.Boyer 3B 4 1 1 1 .261 J.Temple 2B 4 0 1 1 .290
W.Moon CF 4 0 2 0 .288 S.Palys LF 4 0 1 0 .278
S.Musial 1B 4 0 0 0 .339 T.Kluszewski 1B 4 2 2 0 .339
R.Repulski LF 4 0 1 0 .245 W.Post RF 4 1 1 2 .318
R.Schoendienst 2B 3 0 0 0 .298 G.Bell CF 4 0 1 1 .345
M.Wright P 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Burgess C 4 2 2 1 .304
B-P.Whisenant PH 1 0 1 0 .081 B.Adams 3B 4 1 1 0 .263
B.Virdon RF 4 0 1 0 .261 R.McMillan SS 3 0 0 0 .248
N.Burbrink C 3 0 1 0 .182 J.Collum P 3 0 1 1 .200
A.Grammas SS 3 0 0 0 .269
L.Jackson P 2 0 1 0 .194
A-S.Hemus 2B 1 0 0 0 .238
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 1 8 1 Totals 34 6 10 6
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Jackson In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Wright In 9th Inning
Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 8 0
Redlegs......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 - 6 10 0
Cardinals (32-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Jackson LOSS(5-8) 6 2/3 8 5 5 0 5 2 4.07
M.Wright 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 2 0 3.86
Totals 8 10 6 6 0 7 2
Redlegs (42-32) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Collum WIN(2-2) 9 8 1 1 0 2 1 4.24
Totals 9 8 1 1 0 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 8,625 DATE- Wednesday, July 6th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Frank Dascoli, Lou Warneke, Frank Secory, Larry Goetz
T- 1:54
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 5 Redlegs: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0 Redlegs: 1
DOUBLES- B.Virdon(10th), T.Kluszewski(17th)
HOME RUNS- K.Boyer(11th), W.Post(19th), S.Burgess(13th)
STRIKE OUTS- B.Virdon, L.Jackson, J.Temple, S.Palys-2, W.Post, G.Bell,
B.Adams-2
GIDP- S.Hemus
Jackie Collum tossed a complete game at Crosley Field where the Cincinnati
Redlegs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6 to 1.
St. Louis was unable to claim the lead after Cincinnati went ahead in the
bottom of the 5th inning scoring one runner. Cincinnati banged out 10 on the
night.
Collum(2-2) was the winner allowing 1 run for the game. Larry Jackson(5-8) was
given the loss. He gave up 5 runs and 8 hits in 6 and 2/3 innings.
Hank Thompson hit a walk off two run homer as the Giants score 6 in the 9th to beat the Phillies 8-6.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Philadelphia Phillies At 1955 New York Giants 7/6/1955
Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG
R.Ashburn CF 4 1 1 0 .351 A.Dark SS 5 0 1 0 .268
B.Morgan 2B 4 1 2 0 .263 W.Lockman LF 4 1 1 0 .287
M.Blaylock 1B 4 1 0 0 .188 W.Mays CF 5 3 3 4 .336
D.Ennis LF 3 2 1 2 .333 B.Hofman 1B 4 1 1 1 .292
W.Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 .290 D.Mueller RF 4 1 3 1 .283
J.Greengrass RF 4 1 1 2 .202 H.Thompson 3B 4 1 1 2 .289
S.Lopata C 3 0 0 0 .239 W.Terwilliger 2B 4 0 2 0 .353
R.Smalley SS 5 0 1 1 .191 W.Westrum C 3 0 0 0 .142
C.Simmons P 3 0 0 0 .125 A-D.Williams PH 1 1 1 0 .186
J.Meyer P 0 0 0 0 .176 P.Giel P 2 0 0 0 .000
H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-S.Gordon PH 1 0 0 0 .250
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 6 6 5 Totals 37 8 13 8
A-Pinch Hit For Westrum In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 9th Inning
Phillies........ 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 - 6 6 0
Giants.......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 - 8 13 2
Phillies (33-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Simmons 8 2/3 11 5 5 4 3 2 4.28
J.Meyer LOSS(5-7) BS(3rd) 0 2 3 3 1 0 2 4.88
Totals 8 2/3 13 8 8 5 3 4
Giants (42-37) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
P.Giel 6 1/3 4 6 6 8 3 1 1.77
H.Wilhelm WIN(4-2) 2 2/3 2 0 0 2 1 0 3.14
Totals 9 6 6 6 10 4 1
ATTENDANCE- 22,858 DATE- Wednesday, July 6th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:35
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies:11 Giants: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1 Giants: 1
ERRORS- A.Dark-2
DOUBLES- B.Morgan(8th)
HOME RUNS- D.Ennis(12th), W.Mays-2(27th), B.Hofman(8th), H.Thompson(17th)
STOLEN BASES- W.Jones(5th)
WALKS- R.Ashburn, B.Morgan, M.Blaylock, D.Ennis-2, W.Jones, J.Greengrass,
S.Lopata-2, C.Simmons, W.Lockman, B.Hofman, D.Mueller, H.Thompson,
P.Giel
STRIKE OUTS- J.Greengrass, R.Smalley-2, C.Simmons, W.Mays, H.Thompson, P.Giel
GIDP- M.Blaylock, W.Mays
Willie Mays rocketed 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the New York Giants won in
dramatic fashion over the Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 8 to 6 at Polo
Grounds.
New York erupted with the game winning runs in the bottom of the 9th inning
when they tallied 6 runs on 5 hits. The key at-bat was by Mays who made the
home-town crowd a happy bunch when he belted a three-run homer (his 27th of
the season). New York finished with 13 hits while Philadelphia ended up with
6.
Hoyt Wilhelm(4-2) got the win allowing no runs in 2 and 2/3 innings. Jack
Meyer(5-7) took the loss in relief. He surrendered 2 hits and 1 walk without
retiring a batter.
'Now that is what I call fun! I just love baseball, especially games like
this, of course,' Lou Durocher offered. 'Everyone at the stadium had a great
time - did you see the fans go wild there at the end?!'
Little used Jack Dittmer slugged two home runs as the Braves outscore the Cubs 8-6.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Milwaukee Braves At 1955 Chicago Cubs 7/6/1955
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
B.Bruton CF 5 2 5 1 .293 L.Merriman CF 4 1 0 0 .193
J.Logan SS 5 0 1 1 .272 G.Baker 2B 5 1 1 0 .288
E.Mathews 3B 4 1 1 0 .245 J.King RF 4 1 1 3 .194
H.Aaron RF,LF 5 0 3 1 .331 E.Banks SS 3 0 2 0 .308
B.Thomson LF 4 1 1 2 .286 H.Sauer LF 4 1 0 0 .173
A-A.Pafko RF 1 0 0 0 .200 R.Jackson 3B 4 0 2 0 .296
J.Adcock 1B 4 1 2 0 .254 D.Fondy 1B 4 1 2 1 .316
D.Crandall C 5 0 0 0 .252 C.McCullough C 3 0 0 0 .227
J.Dittmer 2B 5 2 2 3 .222 B-F.Baumholtz PH 1 0 0 0 .317
G.Conley P 3 1 0 0 .271 C-H.Chiti C 0 0 0 0 .211
B.Rush P 3 1 1 2 .231
D.Hillman P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-B.Speake PH 1 0 0 0 .207
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 41 8 15 8 Totals 36 6 9 6
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Thomson In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McCullough In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Baumholtz In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hillman In 9th Inning
Braves.......... 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 - 8 15 1
Cubs............ 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 9 2
Braves (49-28) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Conley WIN(9-5) 9 9 6 5 2 9 2 3.64
Totals 9 9 6 5 2 9 2
Cubs (38-43) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Rush LOSS(8-8) 6 1/3 11 6 5 1 5 2 3.53
D.Hillman 2 2/3 4 2 2 2 1 2 3.60
Totals 9 15 8 7 3 6 4
ATTENDANCE- 11,214 DATE- Wednesday, July 6th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:44
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 9 Cubs: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 1 Cubs: 2
ERRORS- E.Mathews, L.Merriman, G.Baker
DOUBLES- J.Logan(19th), H.Aaron(21st), G.Baker(17th)
HOME RUNS- B.Bruton(4th), B.Thomson(8th), J.Dittmer-2(3rd), J.King(4th),
B.Rush(1st)
STOLEN BASES- B.Bruton(17th)
WALKS- E.Mathews, J.Adcock, G.Conley, L.Merriman, E.Banks
STRIKE OUTS- J.Logan, E.Mathews-2, B.Thomson-2, J.Adcock, L.Merriman-3, G.Baker,
H.Sauer, D.Fondy, C.McCullough, B.Rush, B.Speake
GIDP- A.Pafko, D.Crandall, F.Baumholtz
Jack Dittmer smacked 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI and Gene Conley pitched a
complete game at Wrigley Field where the Milwaukee Braves beat the Chicago
Cubs by the score of 8 to 6.
Dittmer led the offense for Milwaukee. He bombed a two-run dinger in the 2nd
inning and smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' (his 3rd of the season) in the 8th
inning. A wild and woolly affair, this game saw the lead change 5 times.
The victory went to Conley(9-5) who went the distance allowing 6 runs. Bob
Rush(8-8) took the loss. Milwaukee now has a record of 49-28. With this
loss, Chicago has a 5-5 record of late, 38-43 overall.
Rookie Sandy Koufax threw a 5 hitter in his 1st big league start as Brooklyn wins 5-1 to split the doubleheader with Pittsburgh.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates 7/6/1955
Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
D.Hoak 3B 4 0 0 0 .149 R.Clemente RF 4 1 2 1 .253
P.Reese SS 4 0 1 0 .285 D.Cole 2B 4 0 2 0 .208
D.Snider CF 2 1 1 2 .279 R.Mejias LF 4 0 0 0 .180
G.Hodges 1B 5 0 2 1 .277 F.Thomas CF 3 0 0 0 .256
S.Amoros LF 4 0 0 0 .313 D.Long 1B 3 0 0 0 .342
D.Zimmer 2B 5 1 1 0 .333 G.Freese 3B 3 0 0 0 .199
J.Gilliam RF 4 1 2 0 .266 D.Groat SS 4 0 1 0 .247
R.Walker C 3 2 1 0 .275 H.Peterson C 3 0 0 0 .085
S.Koufax P 3 0 2 2 .333 V.Law P 2 0 0 0 .154
A-J.O'Brien PH 1 0 0 0 .294
B.Friend P 0 0 0 0 .091
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 5 10 5 Totals 31 1 5 1
A-Pinch Hit For Law In 8th Inning
Dodgers......... 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 10 0
Pirates......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 5
Dodgers (52-28) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Koufax WIN(2-0) 9 5 1 1 3 3 1 1.26
Totals 9 5 1 1 3 3 1
Pirates (26-56) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
V.Law LOSS(5-9) 8 9 5 1 6 5 0 3.25
B.Friend 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.47
Totals 9 10 5 1 6 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 5,328 DATE- Wednesday, July 6th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Frank Dascoli, Lou Warneke, Frank Secory, Larry Goetz
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers:11 Pirates: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 1 Pirates: 2
ERRORS- G.Freese-2, D.Groat-2, H.Peterson
DOUBLES- D.Cole(5th)
HOME RUNS- R.Clemente(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- D.Snider(8th), G.Hodges(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Zimmer
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Koufax
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Snider-2
WALKS- D.Hoak, P.Reese, D.Snider, S.Amoros, J.Gilliam, R.Walker, F.Thomas,
D.Long, G.Freese
STRIKE OUTS- D.Hoak-2, P.Reese, G.Hodges, D.Zimmer, R.Clemente, G.Freese,
D.Groat
GIDP- J.Gilliam, H.Peterson
WILD PITCHES- S.Koufax
Sandy Koufax had 2 base hits and 2 RBI and he went the distance as the
Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5 to 1 at Forbes Field.
In the top of the 2nd inning Brooklyn scored 3 runs. Don Zimmer led off and
keyed the rally when he reached on an error. Jim Gilliam stepped into the
batter's box and he banged out a single, and an error was also committed.
Rube Walker then drew a walk to load the bases. Koufax was up next and he
delivered a base-hit driving home two runs. Don Hoak was a strikeout victim,
unable to help out. Pee Wee Reese added to the outburst and drew a walk to
load the bases. Duke Snider was next and he hit a sacrifice fly scoring the
final run of the inning. That was all the runs Koufax(2-0) needed. Brooklyn
managed 10 in their victory.
The loss was charged to Vern Law(5-9). He pitched 8 innings allowing 9 hits
and 6 walks.
Rookie Dale Long was 3 for 5 with 4 RBI as the lowly Pirates trounce the Dodgers 13-2 in the 1st of a twinbill.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates 7/6/1955
Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
D.Hoak 3B 4 0 1 1 .157 R.Clemente RF 4 4 3 0 .250
P.Reese SS 4 0 1 0 .286 D.Cole 2B 5 1 2 1 .200
D.Snider CF 4 1 1 0 .277 J.Lynch LF 4 2 1 0 .301
G.Hodges 1B 4 0 0 0 .275 F.Thomas CF 4 1 2 0 .259
S.Amoros LF 4 0 2 1 .318 D.Long 1B 5 2 3 4 .346
G.Shuba RF 3 0 0 0 .263 T.Atwell C 3 3 1 0 .188
J.Podres P 0 0 0 0 .229 G.Freese 3B 5 0 2 3 .202
D-F.Kellert PH 1 0 0 0 .410 D.Groat SS 5 0 3 3 .247
D.Zimmer 2B 4 1 1 0 .344 R.Face P 5 0 0 0 .000
D.Howell C 2 0 0 0 .080
B-J.Robinson PH 0 0 0 0 .312
C-R.Walker C 0 0 0 0 .270
C.Erskine P 1 0 0 0 .093
E.Roebuck P 0 0 0 0 .083
J.Hughes P 0 0 0 0 .111
A-C.Furillo RF 1 0 1 0 .284
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 2 7 2 Totals 40 13 17 11
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Hughes In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Howell In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Robinson In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Podres In 9th Inning
Dodgers......... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1
Pirates......... 4 0 1 4 1 0 3 0 - 13 17 1
Dodgers (51-28) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Erskine LOSS(8-7) 3 2/3 10 8 8 1 2 0 5.45
E.Roebuck 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6.20
J.Hughes 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 6.91
J.Podres 3 3 3 3 2 3 0 3.07
Totals 8 17 13 13 4 6 0
Pirates (26-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R.Face WIN(4-3) 9 7 2 1 1 6 0 3.51
Totals 9 7 2 1 1 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 6,042 DATE- Wednesday, July 6th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:54
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 5 Pirates: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 1 Pirates: 2
ERRORS- D.Zimmer, G.Freese
DOUBLES- D.Snider(19th), D.Long(10th)
TRIPLES- R.Clemente(7th)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Erskine
WALKS- J.Robinson, J.Lynch, F.Thomas, T.Atwell-2
HIT BY PITCH- R.Clemente
STRIKE OUTS- D.Hoak, D.Snider, G.Hodges-2, D.Zimmer, D.Howell, J.Lynch,
G.Freese, D.Groat, R.Face-3
GIDP- D.Hoak, F.Kellert, J.Lynch
WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Dick Groat robbed Gil Hodges of a base hit.
Roy Face pitched a complete game at Forbes Field as the Pittsburgh Pirates
embarrassed the Brooklyn Dodgers by the lopsided score of 13 to
2.
Pittsburgh took the lead off Carl Erskine in the first inning when they scored
4 runs on 4 hits. That early scoring was all that Face(4-3) needed.
Pittsburgh totaled 17 on the afternoon.
Erskine(8-7) suffered the loss. He gave up 8 runs in 3 and 2/3 innings of
work.
NL Transaction July 6th
The Pittsburgh Pirates sent 27 year old pitcher Nellie King to Triple A. King, in his 2nd season with the Bucs, was (1-3) with a 4.47 ERA in 54 innings, including 4 starts. Last season he was (1-0) with a 12.86 ERA over 7 innings pitched. Pirates Manager Fred Haney is looking for more consistency from King.
NL Transaction July 6th
The Milwaukee Braves sent relief pitcher Joey Jay to triple A and called up pitcher Phil Paine. The 19 year old Jay was (0-1) with a 5.21 ERA in 19 innings, including one start. Last year in a cup of coffee with the big club Joey was (0-1) in 18 IP including one start. Skipper Charlie Grimm really likes the kid but thinks he need more work right now.
The 25 year old righthander Paine was also with the club a brief time last year. He posted a (1-0) record with a 3.95 ERA over 14 innings, all in relief.NL Transaction July 6th
The Philadelphia Phillies placed 2B Granny Hammer on the DL today. At 28 Hammner has spent all or part of 11 seasons with the Phillies. Granny has been struggling with injuries all year leading to his .225 avg with one homer and 15 RBI over 64 games. Last year he hit .273 with 15 homers and 73 RBI in 153 games. It looks as if Hamner will be out for a month.
