Where’s Nomo? Not On Espn
National League
How frustrating!
With Nomomania and the hype reaching new heights, baseball fans throughout Southern California sat down Wednesday night to watch Hideo Nomo pitch for the Dodgers against the Braves on ESPN.
But instead, they got the San Francisco and Cincinnati game until rain delayed that game, and then got the Boston and Kansas City.
What happened?
Well, someone at ESPN made a big mistake.
ESPN isn’t saying who goofed, but to the network’s credit, ESPN is admitting full responsibility.
“It was a case of someone misreading the blackout restrictions,” ESPN spokesman Rob Tobias said Thursday.
Once the mistake was recognized, the ESPN people in Bristol, Conn., had to lift the blackout from each cable system in Southern California, which took considerable time. Some systems got the telecast by the second inning or later.
DirecTV subscribers never got the game at all on their 18-inch satellite dish systems.
Braves 1, Dodgers 0
Atlanta
Fred McGriff’s runscoring single in the bottom of the ninth lifted Atlanta.
It was the Braves second straight last at-bat win and sixth consecutive triumph.
It was the second pitching duel between the teams in as many nights and gave Atlanta a sweep of the three-game series.
Phillies 10, Pirates 5
Pittsburgh
Left-hander David West woke up Philadelphia’s slumping offense with an unlikely three-run homer and the Phillies stopped a five-game losing streak.
Rockies 9, Expos 6
Denver
Andres Galarraga and Dante Bichette each drove in two runs and Colorado rallied to beat Montreal.
Trailing 6-3, the Rockies cut the deficit on Galarraga’s two-run homer in the fifth.
Cards 3, Marlins 2, (12)
St. Louis
Brian Jordan’s one-out single in the 12th inning drove home the winning run for St. Louis.
Astros 5, Padres 4 (12)
Houston
Jerry Goff’s fielder’s choice to the outfield in the 12th inning drove in Jeff Bagwell with the winning run for Houston.
Giants 7, Reds 5
Cincinnati
Barry Bonds hit a threerun homer in the ninth inning to give San Francisco the win. Bonds homer was an oppositefield shot to left.
Cubs 8, Mets 4
New York
Chicago turned four Mets errors into six unearned runs, and Steve Trachsel earned his first victory in nine starts. Brian McRae opened the game with a home run and went 3 for 5.
Clearing the bases
Ramon Morel, pitching in Class A only two days before, pitched a scoreless sixth inning in his major league debut. Morel is the 13th rookie to play for Pittsburgh this season… . Houston Astros rookie center fielder Brian Hunter will be out two to three weeks with a broken right hand The Phillies are 76-137 in Three Rivers Stadium… . Philadelphia hasn’t lost six in a row since July 5-10, 1994.