Game of the Day (5/6/14)

Red Sox 4, Reds 3 (12). The aggressively crimson-themed matchup gave starts to Cincinnati's Homer Bailey and Boston's Felix Doubront.

Game of the Day (5/6/84)

There were 15 games on May 6, 1984, which is unusual enough to begin with because there were only 26 teams. (Two doubleheaders, obviously.) Seven of those games ranked in the top 100 of the season so far, and three were in the top 20. The best of the group was Tigers 6, Indians 5 (12), pitting Detroit's Milt Wilcox, an acceptable pitcher over a career of reasonable length (just clearing 2000 innings) against Cleveland's Bert Blyleven, a Hall of Famer. Of course, the Tigers had the best lineup in the league, so the uneven pitching matchup was barely enough to make it fair.

Game of the Day (5/5/14)

There was a game played yesterday in which the home team trailed 3-0 in the sixth, 4-3 in the ninth, and 5-4 in the twelfth; they came back to tie the first two times, and took their first lead on the last play of the game. It was a phenomenal game, the twelfth-best of the season so far.

Giants 11, Pirates 10 (13) was better, and by a healthy margin.

Game of the Day (5/5/84)

Pirates 8, Dodgers 7 (10). LA's Bob Welch and Pittsburgh's John Candelaria both had excellent careers, combining for 388 wins and winning a Cy Young and an ERA title, respectively. This game would not appear anywhere near the top of the career highlight list for either man.

Game of the Day (5/4/14)

A's 3, Red Sox 2 (10). The pitching matchup was of rookie postseason heroes - Sonny Gray from last year, John Lackey from (ready to feel old?) 2002.

Game of the Day (5/4/84)

Cubs 7, Padres 6. San Diego's Andy Hawkins, who was having a lousy year, took on Chicago's Scott Sanderson, in the middle of a decent, if not full-length, season.

Game of the Day (5/3/14)

Yesterday featured one of the best 9-inning games of the year, an 11-10 throwdown in which the home team rallied from a 6-0 deficit with an 8-run fifth inning, blew the resultant lead in the eighth and let the road team go ahead in the ninth, then came back to win with two runs in the bottom of the inning.

It also had an extra-inning game. So naturally, WPL selects Dodgers 9, Marlins 7 (11) as the superior outing.