| Breaking News |  | Monday, August 25th, 1986: Medic! Dusty Baker Suffers Injury
"I'm frustrated right now," said Pittsburgh left fielder Dusty Baker. "I can't help this team by sitting on the bench or in the training room." Unfortunately for the Pirates, that's where he will be spending the next 2 weeks. Baker suffered a hyperextended knee in today's game against Atlanta while making a defensive play. "Believe me," he said, "I won't be out a day longer than I have to be."
In 124 games Baker is hitting .289 this season for the Pirates with 129 hits, 13 home runs, 70 RBIs, 80 walks, .395 OBP and has scored 68 runs . |
 | Monday, August 4th, 1986: Hit #2500 for Reds Bell
Cincinnati's Buddy Bell belted his 2500th hit against Pittsburgh today, but the Pirates spoiled the day with a 4-2 victory at Riverfront Stadium. On his historic day, the 34-year-old second baseman went 1 for 4 at the plate for the Reds.
A check of his lifetime stats shows Bell has played in 2188 games with a .307 batting average. Among his 2500 hits are 193 home runs. He also has scored 1197 runs and driven in 1073 runs.
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 | Saturday, August 2nd, 1986: Downs Dominates, Whitewashes Reds
"I felt great out there. After the second or third inning, I got real comfortable," Kelly Downs said in his postgame interview. "Hopefully this is a building block for me. I'm hoping for a few more starts like this."
The Pittsburgh hurler scored a 5-0 shutout victory over the Reds, stopping them on 3 hits. He rung up 2 strikeouts and gave up 1 walk in today's performance.
In 1986 Downs has a 5-4 record with a 3.04 ERA in 11 starts.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | C Dave Sax | strained Achilles tendon | 1 day | Not on DL | | LF Dusty Baker | hyperextended knee | 6 days | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 77-58, .570 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 9.0 GB | | Record at home | 42-25, .627 PCT | | Record on the road | 35-33, .515 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 10-8, .556 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 23-24, .489 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 28-23, .549 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 49-35, .583 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 12-15, .444 PCT | | Record in May | 19-10, .655 PCT | | Record in June | 13-12, .520 PCT | | Record in July | 14-14, .500 PCT | | Record in August | 19-7, .731 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .273 - 4th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .332 - 6th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .404 - 3rd in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .736 - 5th in NL | | Runs Scored | 602 - 6th in NL | | Hits | 1284 - 2nd in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 424 - 2nd in NL | | Home Runs | 75 - tied for 9th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 410 - 10th in NL | | Strikeouts | 637 - 8th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 84 - 5th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.30 - 3rd in NL | | Starters' ERA | 3.57 - 4th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 2.71 - 2nd in NL | | Runs allowed | 511 - 4th in NL | | Hits allowed | 1125 - 3rd in NL | | Opponents AVG | .246 - 3rd in NL | | BABIP | .258 - 2nd in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 90 - 7th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 387 - 3rd in NL | | Strikeouts | 472 - 11th in NL |
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