Team | W/L | Pct | GB |
---|---|---|---|
San Francisco Sea Lions | 28-18 | .609 | — |
Chicago American Giants | 24-20 | .545 | 3 |
Los Angeles Angels | 21-21 | .500 | 5 |
Miami Cuban Giants | 22-23 | .489 | 5.5 |
Portland Sea Dogs | 19-26 | .422 | 8.5 |
#Los Angeles Angels
The Angels recalled John Stearns from AAA.
#Miami Cuban Giants
Gary Sheffield was the key in a back-and-forth game that resulted in a 13-11 win for the Cuban Giants over Portland. Sheffield had 4 hits, 2 homeruns, scored 4, and drove in 7 for Miami.
Julio Rodríguez and José Canseco each went yard twice as the Cuban Giants built a lead and held on for dear life in a 9-8 win over Baltimore.
The same pair–Rodríguez and Canseco–did it again, this time in a wild, 12 inning, back and forth affair won by the Cuban Giants, 12-11. Miami needed homeruns in the bottom of the 9th and 10th to tie the game, and Canseco sent a solo shot out to win it in the 12th.
And then it was Jim Thome‘s turn to hit 2 out (Canseco, Rodríguez, Sheffield, and Ryan Braun also went deep) as Miami topped Baltimore, 10-3 behind a solid outing from Cole Hamels.
#Portland Sea Dogs
Jim Fregosi went deep twice, leading the Sea Dogs to a 5-3 win over Miami. Dizzy Trout evened his record at 3-3 with 6 strong innings.
#San Francisco Sea Lions
The Sea Lions saw enough of Roy Hartzell, jettisoning the backup SS and reaching all the way down to AA to bring up Royce Clayton, presumably for his glove as Dick Lundy’s backup.
Lefty Grove is putting it all together, with his latest outing being a 2-hit whitewash of Cleveland. Grove improved to 6-4, striking out 12 in the complete game, with Clayton being the hitting star with 3 RBI’s including his first homerun of his career. Jimmie Foxx and Rickey Henderson also went deep for the Sea Lions.
Turkey Stearnes went deep twice in a losing effort, as the Sea Lions fell to Los Angeles, 8-3.