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| Bob Feller |
April 5
Feller walked two and struck out six, using just 71 pitches in his one-hit shutout as Forks bested the A's 4-0. George Foster hit a three-run homer to cap the F's four-run fourth. Mark Langston and three others out-dueled Randy Johnson as Long Beach topped Jefferson County 4-2. Joe DiMaggio's second homer of the opening day game was a grand slam against Aroldis Chapman in the bottom of the ninth as Davenport stunned Cashmere 8-5. Rod Carew had four hits, including a homer, for the C's. Bullet Joe Rogan pitched a three-hitter and Cal Ripken, Jr. knocked in four runs as Renton romped over Ephrata 10-4. Harmon Killebrew's homer in the top of the eighth snapped a 5-all tie and Yakima held on to beat Ephrata 6-5.
April 6
Aberdeen racked up 14 hits in a 10-3 romp over Forks. Joe Adcock and Dick Allen led the way with three hits each, Adcock's including a homer and four RBI while Allen drove in three. Ocean Shores scored five against Roy Halladay in 3+ innings and the O's topped Hoquiam 7-3. Long Beach scored five in the second against Fergie Jenkins and won in a romp 8-3. DiMaggio hit his third homer of the young season, a two-run shot in the fourth, and Davenport and Don Drysdale topped Cashmere and Steve Carlton 2-1. Luke Easter hit a grand slam in the first and Ephrata roughed up Nolan Ryan and Renton 9-2. Both sides piled up 16 hits in a good, old-fashioned donnybrook as Wenatchee outscored Goldendale 13-10. Carl Yastrzemski's RBI double off Craig Kimbrel in the bottom of the ninth gave Yakima a 4-3 win over Kelso. Fernando Valenzuela spun a three-hitter and Vancouver topped Pasco and Jim Palmer 2-1. Tumwater scored three off Bruce Sutter in the bottom of the ninth, the final two on a double by Jim Thome, and the T's edged Snoqualmie 5-4.
April 7
Forks got to Johnny Antonelli for seven earned runs on nine hits in 2 2/3 innings and topped Aberdeen 9-4. Bob Ojeda allowed just three hits over 8 2/3 innings and Ocean Shores beat Hoquiam 4-1. Rico Carty's two-run pinch single in the top of the tenth gave Cashmere a 5-3 win over Davenport. Scott Rolen hit a two-run homer and Babe Ruth went 4-for-4 with a long ball as Renton edged Ephrata 3-2. Hisashi Iwakuma hurled a four-hit shutout, out-dueling Greg Maddux as Quincy blanked Moses Lake 3-0. Troy Glaus hit a three-run pinch homer to cap Goldendale's five-run rally in the bottom of the fifth and the G's edged Wenatchee 6-5. Clayton Kershaw pitched a five-hitter and fanned 12 as Kelso topped Yakima 6-1. Frank Viola scattered six hits over 8 1/3 innings and Vancouver bested Pasco 4-2. Frank Thomas drove in four runs and Danny Tartabull had three RBI, each homering in Tumwater's 14-9 romp over Snoqualmie.
April 8
Forks scored four in the first and held on to beat Aberdeen 5-3. Sadaharu Oh hit a solo homer to snap a 5-all tie in the bottom of the eighth, and Antonio Osuna fanned three in the ninth to save Ocean Shores' 6-5 win over Hoquiam. Dutch Leonard pitched a four-hitter and Fred Lynn drove in three runs as Forks bested Jefferson County 6-2. Davenport hit four home runs backing Martin Dihigo for an 8-4 win over Cashmere. Jimmy Rollins' pinch single with the bases full in the bottom of the ninth gave Renton a 4-3 victory over Ephrata. Moses Lake outscored Quincy 13-12 in a wild, back-and-forth, 11-inning affair. Wenatchee took the lead on Lou Whitaker's three-run homer off Goose Gossage in the top of the eighth, but Goldendale answered with two in the bottom of the frame on Vladimir Guerrero's pinch triple and won 6-5. Yaz hit his third homer of the season and drove in three to lead Yakima over Kelso 8-6. Tony Phillips homered in the top of the tenth and Pasco won at Vancouver 3-2. A couple of North Bend errors in the top of the 11th helped Bainbridge Island score the only run in a 1-0 win.
April 9
Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run pinch homer to cap a three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth as Ocean Shores stunned Hoquiam 5-4. Paul Molitor and Eddie Mathews hit back-to-back homers in the top of the 13th and Moses Lake bested Quincy 5-3. Chief Bender pitched a three-hit shutout and George Brett and Carlos Beltran both had three RBI as Bainbridge Island topped North Bend 8-0. Josh Gibson and Lou Gehrig each had a homer and three RBI and Goldendale thumped Vancouver 10-2.
April 10
Mel Ott had three hits and scored four runs as Ocean Shores roughed up Randy Johnson and Jefferson County 8-5. Jim Edmonds, Luke Easter, and Mark Ellis hit solo homers and Ephrata edged Cashmere 3-2. Ryne Sandberg hit a grand slam in Snoqualmie's five-run first inning and George Sisler had four hits as the S's thumped Moses Lake 8-3. Buster Posey hit a two-run double in the bottom of the eighth as Pasco came from behind to beat Yakima 4-3.
Injuries
Norm Charlton pitched an inning on opening day April 5 but left with shoulder stiffness and will be out for a couple of weeks. Cashmere promoted Bill Caudill to cover for The Sheriff. John Smoltz left an April 8 game with a sore elbow and may miss as much as a month. Curt Schilling was called up to take Smoltz's spot in the Snoqualmie rotation. Sam Zoldak left an April 8 game with a tired arm and will be out for a week or two. Masato Yoshii was called up by Yakima to join the pitching staff.