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first The Toronto manager said League baseball Vldory over Royals record He also holds John Mayberry then drew the lays who have won only T9 flagsand downs team recordsfor victories walkJoe Zdeb followed with one of six games on their every year bufihevseem to innings pitched starts and Single to score Otis and current home stand are balahce out in mv févor shutouts and became the fir Buck Martinez doubled May strugglingat the plate st Kansas City pitcher to win berry home Were just not getting the Splttorffv Who 91th for 20 games when he had 2011 The Royals got their fourth base hits When we need me go medalwmnmg US record in 1971 run in the eighth when Zdeb them he said But youve team at the 1967 Pan American Games in Win nipeg is on hot streak now In his last three startsall Vs victorieshe has pitched 23 23 innings and allowed just two earned runs He has four strikeouts and five walks for 076 earnedrun average in thatspan The streak has levelled his record at 44 and improved DICK WILLIAMS Two wins for Expos NEW YORK tAPr Lovely just lovely was how Montreal manager Dick Williams described the Expos sweep of National League doubleheader against New York Mets The losses by scores of 51 and 32 extended New Yorks losing streak to six games and pushed the Mets deeper in the NL East cellar New York has lost nineof its last lllgames The Expos had not exactly been the hottest team in the league losing 15 of their last 18 before they reached New York But with the exception of right fielder Ellis Valentine they did well against the Mcts Valentine who has been one of the clubs bright spots with 327 batting average woke up Monday with sore throat and was late scratch from Wit liamss lineup llis replacement was Andre Dawson who brought with him 223 aver age After what Dawson did the Mets would have preferred to take their chances with healthy Valentine found out was going to play about an hour before the first game said Dawson He not only inherited Valentines right field job but also his No slot in the batting order Steve Rogers throttlcd the Mets on just four hits in the opener and Tony Perez gave the Expos the lead with two run homer in the sixth But it was Dawson who clinched the victory in the seventh 2012 win for Dotsun Simcoe Datsun used eight hits to their fullest Saturday to defeat Starr Electric 2012 in tyke division play of the Barrie Minor Baseball League at Steele Street School Mike Miller and Dale Mac donald wielded home run swings for Simcoe Datsun with Mike McLaughlin cracking roundtrippcr for Starr Elec tric Miller had perfect day at the plate with three hits while Jim Sands worked the mound for the win Sands also slamm ed triple to help his own cause Andy Barton had two hits for Starr including triple with Stuart Peterson making the most of his two trips to the plate with pair of hits Robert Gray proved too fleet of foot as he crossed home three times for the winners The win was the second in as many games for Simcoe Dar sun Splittorff said he began to tire in the seventh inning Monday Reliever Larry Gura came in to pitch to one batter in the eighth and Mark Littell completed the game to earn his sixth save of the season Im basically warm weather pitcher Spliltorff said In the seventh inning had trouble getting loose JERRY GARVIN because of the cold and began to tire For first win of season Eckersley hurls nohitter who was safe on fielders choice scored on Fred Pateks double SCORED ON ERROR The Blue Jays scored their only run in the third when Hector Torres singled and moved to second on sacrifice He went to third on Bob Bailors bloop single and scored when shortstop Patek got to remember that were an expansion club and things like this are going to hap pen Hartsfield said the team is losing lot of oneand two run ball games which are harder to take than the games where the other team blows you out of the ball park after couple of in nings to contain Angels hitters By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS What does the future hold for Dennis Eckersley Will anyone ever get another hit off him On Monday night the 227 yearold Cleveland Indians righthander pitched 12 strikeout nohitter in besting Frank Tanana and California Angels 10 This is my first time caught complete nohitter said Indians catcher Ray Fossc But if Im around Cleveland much longer Im sure Ill catch more of his In his previous outing Ecka ersley had beaten Seattle Marie ners 21 in 12 innings and held the expansion club hitlcss over the final 211 innings The no hitter gave him streak of in innings without allowing hit The major league record is 23 by Bostons Young in 1901 Eckcrslcy was named Ameri can League rookie pitcher of the year by The Sporting News in 1973 after 13 season with 260 earnedrun average In 1976 he became only the sixth leveland pitcher to strike out 200 batters in one season The Angels did not come close to hit They managed only two baserunncrs rone when Eckcrslcy walked Tony Solaita with two out in the first inning anti the other when Bob by Bonds struck otit to open the eighth but reached base when the third strikc got by Fossc and Eckcrsley was charged with wild pitch In other AL games Baltimore Orioles defeated Minnesota Twins 97 New York Yankees nipped Boston Red Sox Fri Milwaukee Brewers edged hicago 441 in the opener of doubleheader but the White Sox took the nightcap 841 Seat tle Mariners swept Texas Rangers 74 and 93 Oakland As downed Detroit Tigers rii and Kansas City Royals beat Toronto Blue lays 41 STEALS TIIE SHOW But Eckersley sixfoot twoinch righthander was the star thc Mcmorial Day baseball show giving thc 111400 fans in lcveland Stadium something to remember had good feeling after the fifth inning he said The Padres win first two games under new skippers calls By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weve got lot of young players lot of good ones says Alvin IJark Ive got to find out who can do what The new Sanliego Iadrcs manager took look at just about everyone and found out that Mike we can hit thcball lhe Iadrcs 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