| Breaking News |  | Reds, Mariners Agree to Swap
Monday, July 14th, 1980: In a hastily-called press conference, Cincinnati announced today a trade with Seattle that will send 31-year-old catcher John Wockenfuss and 26-year-old reliever Dave Schuler to the Mariners in exchange for 32-year-old catcher Carlton Fisk and 25-year-old minor league reliever Sheldon Burnside. All players are expected to be in their respective new cities in time for today's games.
This year Wockenfuss is hitting .304 with 9 home runs.
This year Fisk has hit 8 home runs and posted a .266 batting average.
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 | Texas, Toronto Deal Made
Monday, July 14th, 1980: According to BNN there were mixed emotions by the players involved in the trade between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays. As part of the deal, the Rangers swapped 32-year-old catcher Cliff Johnson to the Blue Jays getting 28-year-old right fielder Al Cowens and 19-year-old minor league catcher Bill Bathe in return. The players indicated it was good to get a fresh new start in another city, but it was difficult to leave your friends on the old team.
Currently Johnson is batting .125 with 1 hit and no home runs. He has knocked in 0 runs and scored 0 times.
For his career Cowens has batted .282 and hit 45 home runs.
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 | Chicago's Zisk Gets NL Player of the Week
Monday, July 14th, 1980: There's nothing like being in the prime of your baseball career -- and playing like it. Just ask Richie Zisk, the Chicago right fielder, who swung a sweet bat all week to not only aid his team, but also pick up the National Player of the Week honors.
Zisk piled up 11 hits in 20 at-bats, 1 home run and 4 RBIs while hitting .550.
Thus far this season Zisk is hitting .380 with 6 home runs, 29 RBIs and 24 runs scored. He has 65 hits in 171 at-bats and has played in 62 games.
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| Yesterday's Games - American | | Away Team | Home Team | Result | Time | Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | | Kansas City | Baltimore | 5-10 | 1:05 pm | E.Whitson (6-7, 3.81 ERA) | E.Farmer (2-8, 5.58 ERA) | | Detroit | Boston | 3-4 | 1:05 pm | D.Roberts (10-8, 4.17 ERA) | M.Caldwell (5-9, 4.40 ERA) | | Milwaukee | Toronto | 3-2 | 1:05 pm | J.Denny (6-7, 3.98 ERA) | B.Berenyi (4-10, 4.46 ERA) | | Oakland | California | 2-6 | 4:05 pm | C.Rainey (4-6, 3.46 ERA) | B.Kingman (8-7, 4.40 ERA) | | New York | Chicago | 8-6 | 2:05 pm | R.Langford (6-9, 4.82 ERA) | J.Montefusco (9-8, 3.14 ERA) | | Seattle | Minnesota | 14-1 | 2:05 pm | M.Witt (4-1, 3.57 ERA) | J.Tudor (10-6, 3.23 ERA) | | Cleveland | Texas | 1-6 | 8:05 pm | M.Flanagan (7-8, 3.55 ERA) | J.Matlack (8-8, 3.88 ERA) |
| Yesterday's Games - National | | Away Team | Home Team | Result | Time | Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | | Chicago | Montreal | 5-6 | 1:05 pm | J.Slaton (2-11, 6.24 ERA) | R.Niemann (5-4, 4.68 ERA) | | St. Louis | New York | 1-2 | 1:05 pm | D.Rozema (4-2, 2.82 ERA) | J.Barr (6-8, 4.05 ERA) | | St. Louis | New York | 3-6 | 4:05 pm | R.Guidry (10-6, 3.23 ERA) | P.Redfern (6-9, 5.83 ERA) | | Pittsburgh | Philadelphia | 2-9 | 1:05 pm | M.Scott (3-2, 2.51 ERA) | B.Travers (6-5, 4.31 ERA) | | San Francisco | Cincinnati | 2-9 | 1:05 pm | R.Lerch (6-9, 4.98 ERA) | G.Minton (7-5, 3.02 ERA) | | Atlanta | Houston | 8-10 | 5:05 pm | P.Splittorff (6-6, 4.47 ERA) | D.Darwin (10-5, 3.36 ERA) | | Atlanta | Houston | 8-4 | 8:05 pm | C.Leibrandt (7-7, 4.40 ERA) | W.Fryman (8-6, 4.08 ERA) | | Los Angeles | San Diego | 6-0 | 4:05 pm | M.Krukow (8-6, 3.21 ERA) | J.Clancy (6-11, 4.51 ERA) |
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| Today's Games - American | | Away Team | Home Team | Time | Starting Pitcher Away Team | Starting Pitcher Home Team | | Kansas City (37-48, Road: 20-23) | Baltimore (50-36, Home: 26-15) | 7:05 pm | RHP F.Jenkins (4-8, 2.88 ERA) | RHP P.Zachry (9-4, 3.69 ERA) | | Detroit (34-50, Road: 20-26) | Boston (39-45, Home: 20-19) | 7:05 pm | LHP F.Tanana (8-7, 3.24 ERA) | RHP P.Niekro (7-11, 6.44 ERA) | | Milwaukee (44-39, Road: 23-17) | Toronto (46-39, Home: 24-21) | 7:05 pm | LHP T.Underwood (8-3, 3.52 ERA) | LHP R.Grimsley (4-7, 5.60 ERA) | | Oakland (37-50, Road: 19-22) | California (47-37, Home: 21-22) | 4:05 pm | RHP S.Davis (2-3, 4.12 ERA) | RHP J.Bibby (8-2, 4.04 ERA) | | New York (40-43, Road: 21-25) | Chicago (49-37, Home: 25-22) | 8:05 pm | RHP M.Haas (6-5, 4.37 ERA) | RHP R.Reed (9-4, 4.16 ERA) | | Seattle (45-41, Road: 20-21) | Minnesota (38-48, Home: 18-25) | 2:05 pm | RHP M.Norris (4-4, 5.45 ERA) | LHP L.McWilliams (7-7, 4.93 ERA) | | Cleveland (39-43, Road: 19-25) | Texas (47-36, Home: 27-18) | 2:05 pm | RHP R.Reuschel (8-6, 4.13 ERA) | RHP B.Kison (10-6, 3.39 ERA) |
| Today's Games - National | | Away Team | Home Team | Time | Starting Pitcher Away Team | Starting Pitcher Home Team | | Pittsburgh (50-35, Road: 28-18) | Philadelphia (50-32, Home: 28-17) | 7:05 pm | LHP B.Ojeda (5-4, 4.47 ERA) | LHP K.Kobel (1-0, 5.25 ERA) | | San Francisco (42-43, Road: 18-27) | Cincinnati (43-43, Home: 19-25) | 7:05 pm | RHP D.Petry (2-3, 3.30 ERA) | RHP S.McCatty (4-4, 3.00 ERA) | | Atlanta (41-43, Road: 18-24) | Houston (43-40, Home: 20-20) | 8:05 pm | RHP R.Erickson (4-9, 5.33 ERA) | LHP T.John (5-9, 3.78 ERA) | | Los Angeles (41-43, Road: 23-18) | San Diego (42-45, Home: 24-18) | 4:05 pm | RHP D.Martinez (2-0, 1.80 ERA) | LHP K.Kravec (1-1, 6.75 ERA) |
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