CLEVELAND (73-60) @ CALIFORNIA (58-73)
STARTING PITCHERS
8XYW (9-14 4.01) 4RZ (1-2 4.20)
Tony Horton gave old southpaw Curt Simmons a rude welcome, blasting a three run Homer in the initial inning. But Sudden Sam McDowell could not stand posterity, getting nicked for single runs in the 1st and 2nd before giving it all away in the 4th as Aurilio Rodriguez doubled home the go ahead runs. Curt Simmons recovered to go 5 good innings before faltering, getting picked up by the exceptional rescue job by Pete Cimino giving the Cherubs the opening game of the series.
CLE 300 000 000 3 5 1
CAL 110 300 10x 6 8 0
2B CLE Hinton 14
CAL Fregosi 20 A. Rodriguez 1
HR CLE T. Horton 12 (1st off Simmons)
CAL Fregosi 15 (7th off Pena)
RBI CLE T. Horton 3(43)
CAL A. Rodriguez 2(2) Fregosi 51 Morton 17 H. Taylor 5 Knoop 41
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
McDowell 4 5 0 3 4 5 5 20 33
Simmons 5 5 1 0 0 3 3 21 45
WP Simmons 2-2 4.44 LP McDowell 9-15 4.16 SV Rojas 19
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 1 .. Hinton doubled. Wagner hit by a pitch. T. Horton homered scoring three runs. CLE 3 CAL 0
BOTTOM 1 .. Fregosi doubled. Morton singled scoring a run. CLE 3 CAL 1
BOTTOM 2 .. Held walked. H. Taylor singled putting runners on the corners. Knoop sac fly scoring a run. CLE 3 CAL 2
BOTTOM 4 .. Skowron walked. Held walked. H. Taylor singled scoring a run. Simmons sac bunt. A. Rodriguez doubled scoring two runs. CLE 3 CAL 5
BOTTOM 7 .. Fregosi homered. CLE 3 CAL 6
NOTES: 19 year old rookie Aurelio Rodriguez made a big splash in his debut, ripping a double to put the Halos ahead for good. Newly acquired Hawk Taylor continues to sizzle, batting .455 as an Angel. Pete Cimino rescued Curt Simmons, coming on with 2 aboard and getting all 8 batters he faced in recording 9 outs.
STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double HR RBI
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