Thursday, April 26, 2012

72 A's (10) hang on to beat the 62 Giants(7) 8 games to 7!

In our first series going 15 games, the A's hang on to win the series on the 62 Giants 8 games to 7.  The A's had leads of 4 games to 1 and 7 games to 5 but the Giants kept battling back.  Catfish Hunter picks up wins in games 12 and 15 to clinch it for the A's.


Games:
1. A's-4 Giants-3 MVP-Ken Holtzman-9 IP 3 ER for the win.  Duncan goes 3 for 4 with 1 HR
2. Giants-5 A's-3 MVP-Jack Sanford 8 IP 2 ER for the win. Alou goes 3 for 4.
3. A's-7 Giants-1 MVP-Blue Moon Odom 6 IP 0 ER for the win and 1 HR
4. A's-6 Giants-3 MVP- Angel Manguel 1 HR 4 RBIs and goes 2 for 2
5. A's-8 Giants-6 MVP- Reggie Jackson goes 3 for 4.  Manguel gets another HR
6. Giants-10 A's-0 MVP- Billy O'dell tosses 3 hit shutout.  Alou gets 2 HR and 5 RBIs
7. Giants-3 A's-2 MVP-Jack Sanford 9IP 1 ER for the win
8. A's-3 Giants-2 MVP-Tim Cullen.  down 2 to 1 in the bottom of the 9th.  men on 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs, Tim Cullen drives a single to score both.
9. Giants-7 A's-3 MVP-Willie Mays goes 2 for 5 with 1 HR and 3 RBIs
10. A's-5 Giants-0 MVP-Dave Hamilton 7 IP 1 H 0 ER for the win
11. Giants-3 A's-2 MVP-Billy O'dell 8.1 IP 2 ER for the win
12. A's-6 Giants-0 MVP-Catfish Hunter tosses 6 hit shutout
13. Giants-10 A's-2 MVP-Juan Marichal 9IP 2 ER and goes 3 for 5 with 4 RBI's with the win.
14. Giants-9 A's-5 MVP-Tom Haller 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs
15. A's-5 Giants-2 MVP-Catfish Hunter 8 IP 1 ER for the win

Series MVP-Catfish Hunter. Pitches 4 games, including wins in games 12 and 15.  Pitched well in the first 2 but incredible in last 2 to win the series.

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