Eckersley Leads Cubs to 1-0 Blanking of A's

Grapefruit League
Yankees 4, Braves 0
Rangers 12, Orioles 5
Mets 6, Twins 2
Royals 9, White Sox 2
Expos 5, Tigers 4 (10)
Phillies 8, Reds 7 (11)
Red Sox 14, Astros 7
Pirates 6, Dodgers 3

Cactus League
Angels 9, Indians 7
Cubs 1, A's 0
Padres 9, Cardinals 4
Giants 4, Brewers 2

•  All fighting for a spot on the Yankees, Jim York, Mike Wallace and Tom Underwood combine on 3-hit, 0 walk shutout of the Braves in Fort Lauderdale
• Leon Roberts knocked in four for Rangers as the Orioles fall to 1-10 on the spring
• Fred Norman's disastrous spring continues as he and rookie Joe Hoerner blow 7-0 lead for Reds in Clearwater
• Fred Lynn launched his 3rd longball of the spring as Angels hang 9 on Indians in consecutive days, this time in Palm Springs
• Barry Foote's solo shot was all Dennis Eckersley, Ramon Hernandez, Bob Locker and Larry Gura needed in 2-hit blanking of the A's in Mesa

Cubs 1, A's 0

3/31/1976, OAK76-CHC76, Mesa,AZ
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 A's               0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     0  2  0     3  1
1976 Cubs              0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  x     1  4  0     6  1
 
A's                  AB  R  H BI   AVG    Cubs                 AB  R  H BI   AVG
North             cf  3  0  0  0  .346    Tyrone            3b  4  0  0  0  .269
Kubiak            2b  4  0  0  0  .250    Meoli             ss  4  0  0  0  .130
Bando             3b  4  0  1  0  .280    Mitterwald        1b  4  0  1  0  .273
Johnson           lf  3  0  0  0  .045    Garrett           rf  3  0  1  0  .150
Williams,B        dh  3  0  0  0  .160    Hundley           dh  3  0  0  0  .095
McMullen          1b  2  0  0  0  .300    Foote             c   2  1  2  1  .300
Crawford          rf  3  0  1  0  .273    Wallis            cf  2  0  0  0  .167
Tovar             ss  3  0  0  0  .125    Sizemore          2b  2  0  0  0  .350
Haney             c   3  0  0  0  .375    Harris            lf  3  0  0  0  .211
                     28  0  2  0                               27  1  4  1
 
A's                              INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hamilton                         4.0  1  0  0  4  2  69  35  0.96
Arroyo           L 2-1           4.0  3  1  1  0  2  49  35  2.00
                                 8.0  4  1  1  4  4 118  70 
 
Cubs                             INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Eckersley                        5.0  1  0  0  0  2  50  29  3.97
Hernandez        W 2-1           2.0  0  0  0  0  0  19  12  1.93
Locker           H 2             1.0  1  0  0  1  0  13   7  4.70
Gura             S 1             1.0  0  0  0  1  1  12   5  1.13
                                 9.0  2  0  0  2  3  94  53 
 
2B-Bando, Foote. HR-Foote(2). K-Kubiak, Bando, Williams,B, Tyrone 2, 
Mitterwald, Wallis. BB-North, McMullen, Garrett, Foote, Wallis, Sizemore. 
GWRBI: Foote