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When Greg Brock homered twice and drove in 6 runs previously for the Dodgers against the Padres, it was in a game in which the Padres jumped out to a 10-0 lead. Well, Brock homered twice again against the Padres and this time, the Dodgers were in the winning column at Chavez Ravine , 8-3. Brock's heroics started in the 5th with the Dodgers leading 4-3, a solo leadoff home run off Tim Lollar . Then in the 6th after Ken Landreaux slugged a solo shot with 1 out, Brock struck again with Candy Maldonado on base. In his last 2 games, Brock belted 4 home runs, driving in 9, helping to avert a rare Padre sweep at the "Ravine." But it didn't start out well again for the Dodgers, as the Padres jumped out to a 3-0 lead on leadoff error by Steve Sax , Luis Salazar reaching. Salazar stole 2nd, then took 3rd on a throwing error by Steve Yeager. Alan Wiggins drove in Salazar with a sac fly. Steve Garvey singled with 2 outs and scored on Terry Kennedy 's 2-run homer. Dodgers...

  Tiger-killer Greg Walker slugged a 2-out pinch-hit solo homer in the 9th off Juan Berenguer to tie, then Carlton Fisk and Greg Luzinski provided 10th inning homers off Aurelio Lopez to rally the White Sox to a 6-4 win over the Tigers in 10 innings at "The Corner of Michigan and Trumbull."  The Tigers had a 3-2 lead entering the 9th inning and got the 1st 2 outs on a liner to 2nd by Mike Squires and a Berenguer strikeout of Vance Law , who had hit a 2-run homer earlier in the game. Walker, who had gone 6-6 in an earlier replay game against the Tigers, would strike again pinch-hitting for Scott Fletcher, striking one into the RF bleachers for a tie game. The Tiges had a chance in the bottom of the inning off Juan Agosto and Ron Reed with runners at 1st/3rd with 2 out when Darrell Evans lined to 2nd, forcing the 10th. Lopez took over for Berenguer and retired Rudy Law on a grounder to 1st. Carlton Fisk, no stranger to late-inning heroics, grooved a Lopez puff of "...

Since I am posting games that were played on Easter Sunday, forgive me if we run across a game or two that "laid an egg." In this case, save for a 2-run rally in the 8th it was that kind of a game for the Red Sox , as the A's jumped out to 9-0 lead after 2-1/2 enroute to a 10-2 win over the egg-on-face Sox at Fenway . Carney Lansford paced the 17-hit attack with 2 home runs, including 1 in a 6-run 3rd which abruptly ended Dennis Eckersley 's afternoon. Also contributing to Eck's poor outing, Mike Davis with a 3-run shot in the 2nd, Dave Kingman followed up his 4-hit effort of the previous game with another one, which like yesterday's, was devoid of his usual " Kong " power.  Steve McCatty pitched 8 solid innings, even though Mike Easler provided the only notable blemish with 4 hits, including a 2-run single in the 8th that made the final a little respectable. OAK 10-7 BOS 7-8 OAK 10-17-0 BOS 2-9-2 WP-McCatty LP-Eckersley HR-Davis, Lansford (2) ...

Mike Boddicker scattered 3 Twins hits, while Cal Ripken scattered 4 hits across the outfield as the Orioles downed the Twins, 3-1 at Memorial Stadium .  Ripken's singles came in the 1st, 4th, 6th and 8th innings. The single in the 4th scored on Eddie Murray 's 2-run homer, while the single in the 8th scored John Shelby with the Birds' 3rd run.  Mike Boddicker was dazzling for the World Series champs of 83 , allowing hits in the 1st, 3rd and 4th, the hit in the 4th coming off the bat of Dave Engle who singled home Kent Hrbek with the lone Twin run. Boddicker struck out just 1 Twin batter but induced enough ground balls to retire the final 13 Twins while improving the Bird record to 11-4. BAL 3-8-0 MIN 1-4-0 WP-Boddicker LP- Butcher HR-Murray BAL 11-4 MIN 6-8

The Astros erupted for 3 runs on 6 hits in the 6th and held off a late Braves rally to complete a sweep of the struggling Atlanta ballclub by a final of 4-2.  The Astros got RBI singles from Jerry Mumphrey , Phil Garner and Alan Ashby to take a 3-1 lead in the 6th, chasing Brave starter Pete Falcone in the process. The Braves crept closer when Rafael Ramirez doubled home Albert Hall, making the score 3-2 but the Braves promptly gave the run back in the 8th when Phil Garner greeted Terry Forster with a leadoff double, then scored on Ashby's 2nd RBI single. The Braves had a great chance in the 8th when Dale Murphy led off with a walk, advanced to 3rd on a single by Bob Horner, who then took 2nd on a bases-loading walk by Chris Chambliss. Frank DiPino took over for Joe Niekro and got Jerry Royster to line to Enos Cabell at 1st and for good measure, got Bruce "Eggs" Benedict to lay one himself, grounding into an 6-4-3 rally-killing DP . The Braves could only muster a 1-out...

Gary Pettis threw out two potential runs at home which turned out to be the difference as the Halos beat the Blue Jays by a 3-1 final at Exhibition Stadium . In the Jays 4th, Lloyd Moseby led off with a single, stole 2nd and remained at 2nd with 2 outs when George Bell singled to center, Pettis threw a strike to Bob Boone that clipped Moseby at home. But Pettis wasn't done. Dave Collins doubled with 1 out and was headed for home on a Willie Upshaw single when Pettis threw another strike to Boone at home, gunning down Collins. Boone had the big hit of the game in the 5th when after a leadoff single by Bobby Grich and double by Ron Jackson , Boone singled them both in. Boone would figure prominently in the Halos insurance run in the 8th, when after a leadoff walk, he was sacrificed to 2nd by Dick Schofield and with 2 outs, scored on a "clutch" single by Rob Wilfong .  In the Jays 9th, Cliff Johnson led off with a double, scored on a Rance Mulliniks single, who wa...