Frank McCormick<\/strong> led the Black Barons to a 7-1 win over Miami, driving in 5 with 2 homeruns. One was a grand slam, the other a 525 foot bomb for the 2nd longest homerun in WBL history. Omar Infante<\/strong>, Frank Isbell<\/strong>, and Bob Nieman<\/strong> added 2 hits each in support of Alejandro Pena<\/strong>, who moved to 5-5 with 6 strong innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 hits each from Duke Snider<\/strong> and Jermaine Dye<\/strong> (including Snider’s 15th homerun of the season) led Brooklyn to a 10-5 victory over the Black Yankees. Jackie Robinson<\/strong> and Ray Dandridge<\/strong> added 2 hits apiece and each scored 2 runs in support of Sandy Koufax<\/strong>, who improved to 3-2 on the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A WBL record-tying 3 doubles from Jos\u00e9 Cardenal<\/strong> weren’t enough as the Cuban Giants fell to Birmingham, 5-4. Manny Machado<\/strong> added 2 hits for Miami, who are more troubled by Camilo Pascual<\/strong>‘s fall from among the league’s best than this particular loss. Pascual is now 4-5 with an ERA heading towards the mid-3.00’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With Paul Molitor<\/strong> out for about a month, Miami recalled Pete Runnels<\/strong> from AAA. Runnels, who started the year with Memphis, was released on May 25th and signed with the Cuban Giants five days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The injuries keep coming for Miami: Alejandro Oms<\/strong> is out for just over a week with a strained shoulder. Eddie Milner<\/strong> was recalled from AAA to help out in CF in Oms’ absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harry Hooper<\/strong> drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th in a game Portland almost gave away. Hooper and Fred Dunlap<\/strong> each drove in two runs, and Mike Cuellar<\/strong> earned the victory with three innings of relief, evening his record at 4-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dick Lundy<\/strong>, who has forced his way into the starting lineup, will miss about a month with a strained oblique muscle. This both prolongs the challenge of Eddie Joost<\/strong> (still struggling at 156\/277\/291) and brings Miguel Cairo<\/strong> up from AAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wally Moon<\/strong> and Rickey Henderson<\/strong> had 3 hits each, leading the Sea Lions to a come from behind victory over Memphis by a score of 8-6. Henderson scored 3 times and stole 2 bases–just another day at the office for Rickey–and Jack Clark<\/strong> hit a 3-run homerun. After Cy Falkenberg<\/strong> struggled through 5 innings, the victory went to Huston Street<\/strong>, with Rod Beck<\/strong> picking up his 16th save.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" #Birmingham Black Barons Frank McCormick led the Black Barons to a 7-1 win over Miami, driving in 5 with 2 homeruns. One was a grand slam, the other a 525 foot bomb for the 2nd longest homerun in WBL history. 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