Randy Bass swats a sacrifice fly off Dan Quisenberry to start a two-run rally and give the Rangers a 12-inning, 3 – 1 win over the Royals. Charlie Hough goes the distance for Texas, scattering six hits.
Larry Herndon of the Detroit Tigers hits three home runs in an 11 – 9 win over Oakland, and in the process becomes the 14th player in major league history to hit home runs in four consecutive plate appearances. On May 16th, he homered in his final at-bat to give the Tigers a 7 – 6 victory over Minnesota.
The Chicago White Sox beat the visiting Texas Rangers, 10 – 2, behind LaMarr Hoyt’s 13th consecutive win stretching back to 1981. Hoyt’s record at Comiskey Park is now 15-0.
Pirate pitcher Rick Rhoden makes his 12 – 9 win over the Reds a little easier when he doubles and homers in the Bucs’ nine-run 3rd inning. Johnny Ray drives in five runs in the big inning. The Reds make it close with eight runs in the 8th and 9th.
5/14/1982: Pittsburgh’s Lee Lacy batted in the bottom of the eighth inning as the first batter to face Tom Hume of the Reds. The bases were loaded with no outs and Lacy hit one of Hume’s pitches out of the park. However, in the celebration during his run around the bases, Lacy passed Omar Moreno between first and second. He is credited with a single and three runs batted in. Luckily, Moreno’s run won the game for the Pirates 8-7.
The Cubs become the first major league team to win 8,000 games when Allen Ripley and Lee Smith combine to shut out Houston in Chicago’s 5-0 victory at the Astrodome. The milestone comes in the 15,337th contest in the 107 year history of the franchise.
May 12, 1982, The Minnesota Twins trade Roger Erickson and Butch Wynegar to the New York Yankees for Pete Filson, Larry Milbourne, John Pacella, and cash. People in Minnesota are upset. In the first month of the season, Twins owner Calvin Griffith has traded three Opening Day starters in Wynegar, Roy Smalley, and Rob WIlfong,…
May 12, 1982 – At Royal Stadium, Milwaukee Brewers Paul Molitor hits 3 solo home runs, 2 off Dennis Leonard, including a leadoff home run, and his third off Dan Quisenberry in the 9th. But Milwaukee loses 9-7 to Kansas City as Hal McRae and Greg Pryor drive in three runs each. Molitor will say,…
May 9, 1982 Montreal Expos GM John McHale opens his office door at 8 am and finds Bill Lee sitting on the floor eating a peanut butter sandwich. Lee is subsequently released and he never pitches in the big leagues again. But he’s still pitching. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@
May 7, 1982 St Louis Cardinals OF David Green, the centerpiece of the huge trade between St. Louis and Milwaukee Brewers that sent the Rollie Fingers and Pete Vuckovich to the Brewers, injures his hamstring on a play at first base. The Cardinals call up a kid from Triple-A named WIllie McGee. Vintage…
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