Rookies Rule Wrigley as Cubs Top Cards

American League
Boston 4, Baltimore 3
New York Y 2, Detroit 1
Cleveland 4, Milwaukee 2
Minnesota 10, California 3
Kansas City 3, Oakland 1
Chicago at Texas, ppd

National League
Chicago C 4, St. Louis 1
New York M 9, Montreal 0
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2 (13)
Cincinnati 2, Houston 1
San Diego 3, Atlanta 1
Los Angeles 10, San Francisco 2

•  Boston hands Baltimore their 2nd straight close loss at Fenway with former Oriole Dick Drago winning in relief courtesy a Rick Miller 8th inning tiebreaking single. The Red Sox are now just a game out of 1st
• John Hiller fanned 12 Yankees without issuing a walk but the Tigers still drop their 8th straight. Luis Tiant won his 2nd and Dick Tidrow posted his 4th save as the Yankees hurlers outdual Hiller
• Paul Splittorff is now 3-0 with a 0.35 ERA as K.C. evened their series in Oakland at agame apiece
• Andre Dawson launched his first two career home runs and fellow rookie Bruce Sutter won his first game in relief as the Cubs improved to a surprising 7-4 by defeating the rival Cardinals
• Craig Swan and Mickey Lolich 3-hit the Expos as New York extended Montreal's losing streak to five
• The Pirates took a 2-1 lead in the 13th at Philadelphia but the Phillies rallied in the bottom half as Sixto Lezcano double off Larry Demery plated the winning run
• Cincinnati only mustered two hits off Houston pitching but that was enough for Gary Nolan who now is a sparkling 3-0, 0.72 in three starts
• Ron Cey hit his 5th home run of the year and Andy Messersmith is 2-2 on the year after a dominant performance in the Dodgers 10-2 rout at Candlestick

 Chicago C 4, St. Louis 1

4/17/1976, STL76-CHC76, Wrigley Field
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 St. Louis         0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0     1  5  2     4  0
1976 Chicago C         0  0  0  0  0  0  1  3  x     4  8  1     9  2
 
St. Louis            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Chicago C            AB  R  H BI   AVG
McBride           cf  3  0  0  0  .351    Rosello           ss  4  0  0  0  .154
Guerrero          ss  3  0  1  0  .271     Hernandez        p   0  0  0  0  .000
Hernandez         1b  4  0  0  0  .283    LaCock            rf  4  0  1  0  .143
Ferguson          rf  4  0  1  0  .140    Ontiveros         3b  4  0  1  0  .389
Simmons           c   3  1  1  1  .359     Harris           3b  0  0  0  0  .333
Grieve            lf  3  0  1  0  .231    Garrett           1b  3  1  1  0  .257
Tyson             2b  2  0  0  0  .129    Foote             c   4  1  1  0  .279
 Brock            ph  1  0  1  0  .341    Dawson            cf  4  2  3  4  .281
 Lintz            2b  0  0  0  0  .273    Sperring          lf  3  0  0  0  .286
Sutherland        3b  2  0  0  0  .281    Sizemore          2b  3  0  1  0  .320
Dierker           p   2  0  0  0  .000    Burris            p   2  0  0  0  .000
 Fairly           ph  1  0  0  0  .000     Wallis           ph  1  0  0  0  .154
 McEnaney         p   0  0  0  0  .000     Sutter           p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     28  1  5  1           Kimm             ph  1  0  0  0  .000
                                           Meoli            ss  0  0  0  0  .200
                                                               33  4  8  4
 
St. Louis                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Dierker                          7.0  4  1  1  3  8 124  76  4.66
McEnaney         L 1-2           1.0  4  3  3  1  0  27  19  5.40
                                 8.0  8  4  4  4  8 151  95 
 
Chicago C                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Burris                           7.0  4  1  1  2  2  95  57  1.80
Sutter           W 1-0           1.0  1  0  0  1  1  16  10  0.00
Hernandez        S 1             1.0  0  0  0  0  0  13   8  0.00
                                 9.0  5  1  1  3  3 124  75 
 
STL: Brock batted for Tyson in the 8th
     Fairly batted for Dierker in the 8th
     Lintz inserted at 2b in the 8th
CHC: Wallis batted for Burris in the 7th
     Kimm batted for Sutter in the 8th
     Harris inserted at 3b in the 9th
     Meoli inserted at ss in the 9th
 
E-Guerrero, Hernandez, Ontiveros. HR-Simmons(3), Dawson 2(2). SB-Brock(4). 
CS-McBride, Guerrero, Dawson. K-Ferguson, Grieve, Fairly, Rosello 3, Garrett, 
Foote, Dawson, Sperring, Burris. BB-McBride, Guerrero, Simmons, Rosello, 
Garrett, Sperring, Sizemore. SH-Sutherland. 
GWRBI: Dawson