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By Jennifer Frey and Jennifer Frey,Knight-Ridder Newspapers | July 6, 1991
PHILADELPHIA -- In the general scheme of things, one win when you're 15 1/2 games out and 11 below .500 is no reason to jump up and down and get all excited.But, hey, the Phillies needed this one.They hadn't beaten the Cardinals since, well, it's hard to remember, but it certainly wasn't during the first three games of this series or the whole series in St. Louis last week (try early April). They hadn't won since Sunday, when they sent Dwight Gooden for a loop, then had to all but beg for a 10-9 win.And they hadn't felt good about themselves for a long, long time.
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By Jason LaCanfora and Jason LaCanfora,SUN STAFF | October 6, 1996
CLEVELAND -- Why not strike out 23 times and win? The Orioles have spent all season doing things that had never been done while swinging the bat.In striking out 23 times while eliminating the Cleveland Indians yesterday, the Orioles surpassed the record for most strikeouts in a victory, previously held by the 1972 Cincinnati Reds, who struck out 22 times in a 19-inning regular-season game with the Los Angeles Dodgers, yet won, 2-1. The Orioles' 23 strikeouts...
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By Josie Karp and Josie Karp,Evening Sun Staff | July 1, 1991
You thought Mo Vaughn was big? You thought Jack Clark struck out a lot? You thought the Red Sox, with sluggers like Clark, Tom Brunansky and Mike Greenwell, were going to light up the AL East sky with homers?Think again. The Detroit Tigers, who take on the Orioles in the first of a three-game set tonight at Memorial Stadium (7:35, HTS), will match their sluggers with any in the major leagues, and probably come out on top.With a whopping 512, the Tigers lead the majors in strikeouts, but they also have the most home runs in both leagues, with 93. Their closest competition for the major-league lead is the Chicago Cubs, who have 80.First among the Motown sluggers is the man who makes Mo Vaughn look not so big, Cecil Fielder, last year's major-league leader in home runs, with 51.This year, Fielder is tied for second in the AL in home runs with 18. His extra girth accumulated during the offseason does not appear to be detrimental to his productivity -- he leads the major leagues with 60 RBIs.
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June 5, 1991
CINCINNATI -- David Cone allowed four hits and struck out a season-high 13 in eight innings to lead the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds last night.Cone (6-3) allowed only a pair of unearned runs after overcoming a shaky first inning. The right-hander has given up just three earned runs in his last three starts.Cone's 13 strikeouts matched his career high and pushed him head of teammate Dwight Gooden for the National League lead with 74. He also fanned 13 last Aug. 18 against San Francisco.
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July 31, 2005
Chicago Cubs right-hander and likely Hall of Famer Greg Maddux has been characterized as many things during his brilliant big league career. No one's ever labeled him a strikeout pitcher, though. Yet Tuesday he fanned the San Francisco Giants' Omar Vizquel to record his 3,000th career strikeout, becoming the 13th member of the elite club. He's also the ninth pitcher to reach both 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts. That's what happens when you consistently locate your pitches and keep taking the ball game after game year after year.
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By Milton Kent and Milton Kent,Staff Writer | July 16, 1992
The first few months of 1992 were very good for Orioles pitcher Bob Milacki. He won a $1.1 million salary from an arbitrator in February, and the second spot in the starting rotation in April.But as the year advanced, things soured for Milacki, and he was optioned to the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings yesterday. His spot on the roster will be filled by right-hander Richie Lewis, who was third in the International League in strikeouts.Milacki, 27, is the second Orioles starter to be moved from the roster in as many days.