Fisk Home Run Ends Orioles 9-game run

American League
Boston 5, Baltimore 4
New York Y 3, Detroit 1
Cleveland 5, Milwaukee 3
Texas 12, Chicago W 3
California 6, Minnesota 4
Oakland 4, Kansas City 2

National League
Chicago C 9, St. Louis 5
New York M 4, Montreal 3
Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 2
Houston 9, Cincinnati 5
San Diego 5, Atlanta 4
Los Angeles 2, San Francisco 1 (11)

• The Orioles fall to 9-1 as Carlton Fisk broke a 4-4 tie in the 8th with a solo home run over the Green Monster. Will be interesting to see how the upstart Orioles fare in upcoming series with the Red Sox and Yankees.
• Detroit loses their 7th straight 3-1 at New York
• Richie Zisk knocks in 6 runs - including a grand slam in the 7th - as the Rangers romp versus Chicago
• Jason Thompson hits his first MLB home run for the Angels and Bob Boone went 4-4 to defeat the Twins in Anaheim
• Claudell Washington homered and scored the winning run on a Billy Williams 7th inning single as Don Sutton moves to 3-0. Oakland has won 5 in a row and are a half game back of Kansas City
• Wayne Granger balked in the winning run in the 9th as the Expos fall at home to the Mets
• Kent Tekulve strikes out 4 in 1.2 innings to close out another win for the 8-2 Pirates
• The Reds have lost three straight despite Johnny Bench's two home runs. Houston is in sole possession of first in the NL West with the win
• Los Angeles has won four in a row thanks to Rick Monday's 11th inning RBI single at San Francisco

Boston 5, Baltimore 4

4/16/1976, BAL76-BOS76, Fenway Park
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Baltimore         0  2  0  0  1  0  0  1  0     4 10  0    11  0
1976 Boston            0  0  2  2  0  0  0  1  x     5  9  1     6  1
 
Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Boston               AB  R  H BI   AVG
Blair             cf  3  0  0  0  .059    Burleson          ss  4  0  0  0  .481
 Grich            ph  1  0  1  1  .355     Duffy            ss  0  0  0  0  .167
 Harper           1b  0  0  0  0  .417    Miller,R          cf  4  0  0  1  .192
Beniquez          lf  4  1  2  0  .293    Yastrzemski       lf  4  0  0  0  .067
 May,L            ph  1  0  0  0  .269    Fisk              c   4  2  2  1  .281
 Jackson          p   0  0  0  0  .000    Watson            1b  3  1  2  0  .290
Singleton         rf  4  0  0  0  .436    Evans             rf  4  0  2  1  .267
Hendricks         c   4  1  1  0  .308    Remy              2b  1  1  1  1  .500
DeCinces          3b  4  1  3  1  .389     Dillard          2b  0  0  0  0  .000
 Maddox           pr  0  0  0  0  .250    Brohamer          3b  4  1  1  0  .258
Anderson          1b  5  0  1  2  .250    Kison             p   2  0  1  1  .143
Smith             2b  3  0  1  0  .188     Drago            p   1  0  0  0  .000
Belanger          ss  3  1  1  0  .280     Lockwood         p   0  0  0  0  .000
Garland           p   2  0  0  0  .000                         31  5  9  5
 Northrup         ph  0  0  0  0  .250
                     34  4 10  4
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Garland                          7.0  6  4  4  2  4 105  62  3.00
Jackson          L 1-1           1.0  3  1  1  1  0  27  16  3.60
                                 8.0  9  5  5  3  4 132  78 
 
Boston                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Kison                            5.1  6  3  3  5  6 129  80  1.96
Drago            H 3             2.0  2  1  1  0  0  22  15  1.50
Lockwood         BS 1, W 1-0     1.2  2  0  0  1  1  23  15  0.00
                                 9.0 10  4  4  6  7 174 110 
 
BAL: Northrup batted for Garland in the 8th
     Grich batted for Blair in the 8th
     May,L batted for Beniquez in the 8th
     Harper inserted at 1b in the 8th
     Anderson moved to lf in the 8th
     Northrup moved to cf in the 8th
     Maddox ran for DeCinces in the 9th
BOS: Dillard inserted at 2b in the 8th
     Duffy inserted at ss in the 8th
 
E-Brohamer. 2B-Beniquez, DeCinces, Fisk, Evans, Remy, Kison. HR-Fisk(2). 
SB-Beniquez(2), Belanger(1). CS-Maddox. K-Blair, Singleton 2, Hendricks, 
Anderson, Belanger, Garland, Burleson, Evans, Kison, Drago. BB-Blair, 
Singleton, Hendricks, Smith, Belanger, Northrup, Watson, Remy, Dillard. 
SH-Garland. SF-DeCinces, Remy. 
GWRBI: Fisk