{"id":1746,"date":"2023-07-26T13:47:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2024-03-28T16:14:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T21:14:35","slug":"dynamos-top-hoots-in-home-run-tradeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=1746","title":{"rendered":"Dynamos Top Hoots in Home Run Tradeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RobinsonJackie-212x300.png?resize=212%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RobinsonJackie.png?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RobinsonJackie.png?resize=90%2C128&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RobinsonJackie.png?resize=23%2C32&amp;ssl=1 23w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RobinsonJackie.png?w=279&amp;ssl=1 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Los Angeles Dynamos and Houston Hoots traded home runs. LA came out on top, holding on for a 6-5 win. Houston starter Randy Johnson allowed a 2-run homer to Johnny Bench in the 2nd. Houston responded with a 3-run shot from Hank Aaron against Tom Glavine in the 3rd. Gary Carter added a solo homer to put them up 4-2. But Mike Schmidt misplayed a ball with 2-outs in the 6th to load the bases, and Jackie Robinson hit a grand slam to give the Dynamos a 6-4 lead. The Hoots would add another run to cut the lead, but Jim Bunning pitched a scoreless 8th, and Goose Gossage pitched a scoreless 9th for his 12th save. Johnson finishes the season 5-3 with a 5.38. The win ensures LA of a 2nd-place finish in the National League. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?sp_event=713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Los Angeles @ Houston &#8211; 5\/30\/22<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dynamos and Houston Hoots traded home runs. LA came out on top, holding on for a 6-5 win. Houston starter Randy Johnson allowed a 2-run homer to Johnny Bench in the 2nd. Houston responded with a 3-run shot from Hank Aaron against Tom Glavine in the 3rd. Gary Carter added a solo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pops-s1"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1746"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1748,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions\/1748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}