April 7 Highlights

The San Francisco Giants trailed 11-0 going into the bottom of the 6th, when they scored eight runs to cut into the Astros lead. Houston added three in the ninth to push their lead to 14-8, but the Giants rallied with six runs to tie the score. San Francisco went on to win the game in the eleventh inning on a walk-off double by Lanier. The Astros’ Wynn went 4-for-6 with 5 RBIs with a Grand Slam.

Paul Blair’s disputed three-run homer down the left field line gave the Orioles the lead in the seventh against the Indians. Cleveland leftfielder Vada Pinson argued that the ball was foul but the ruling stood. Baltimore went on to score six more runs in the eighth and ninth to make the matter moot. Blair added insult to injury with another home run, giving him six RBIs for the day.

Oakland’s Blue Moon Odom pitched 6-2/3 no hit ball until the Royals’ Amos Otis lined a double down the right field line to break it up. Odom finished with a two-hit shutout in the 3-0 A’s win over Kansas City.

A balk that scored the tying run and a costly error by the shortstop Kubiak led to the Angels scoring four runs in the top of the ninth for a come-from-behind 7-4 win to spoil the inagural game of the newly transplanted Seattle Pilots, now the Milwaukee Brewers. Tommy Harper scored the first run in the history for the Brewers with his sixth inning home run. Trailing 3-1 the Brewers scored three in the seventh to take the lead, but the miscues in the final California at bat would cost them a victory.