Simmons Solo Shot Sends Pirates to First Loss

American League
Boston 6, Cleveland 5 (12)
Cleveland 7, Boston 1
Baltimore 10, Detroit 9
New York Y 5, Milwaukee 3
Kansas City 3, Chicago W 0
Oakland 16, Minnesota 13
Texas 6, California 5

National League
Chicago C 10, New York M 4
Philadelphia 13, Montreal 2
St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1
Cincinnati 10, San Francisco 0
Houston 5, Atlanta 4 (10)
Los Angeles 2, San Diego 0

• The Red Sox rallied in the first of two versus Cleveland in their home opener. Dwight Evans smacked a 2-out 3-run double in the 9th to tie it and Carlton Fisk hit a home run to lead off the 12th for the dramatic victory
• Paul Splittorff pitched his second consecutive shutout to open the season for the Royals
• Oakland outpowers Minnesota 16-13 in a final score that appears like a preview of the 1976 Super Bowl 
• Richie Zisk delighted his new home town fans with a game winning single in the 9th for the Rangers as California's Terry Forster falls to 0-3
• Rookie Joaquin Andujar impressed in his debut and Ted Simmons home run off Dave Guisti in the 8th provided the edge for St.Louis over Pittsburgh. Baltimore remains the lone undefeated team in baseball now
• Gary Nolan did not walk a batter in his 5-hit shutout of the Giants. Nolan has gone the distance in both his starts
• Andy Messersmith shook off his early season struggles with a masterful 3-hit shutout of the Padres earning the Dodgers first home win of the season

St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1

4/13/1976, STL76-PIT76, Three Rivers Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 St. Louis         0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0     2  8  0     9  1
1976 Pittsburgh        0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0     1  7  1     6  0
 
St. Louis            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Pittsburgh           AB  R  H BI   AVG
Brock             lf  5  0  2  0  .250    Stennett          2b  4  0  1  0  .261
Guerrero          ss  5  1  0  0  .265    Parker            rf  4  0  1  0  .290
 Littell          p   0  0  0  0  .000    Oliver            cf  3  0  2  0  .208
Hernandez         1b  4  0  1  0  .241    Robinson,B        lf  4  0  1  0  .320
Ferguson          rf  3  0  0  0  .154    Stargell          1b  3  1  0  0  .182
Simmons           c   4  1  2  1  .346    Tenace            c   3  0  0  0  .269
Grieve            cf  4  0  1  1  .231    Hebner            3b  2  0  1  1  .261
Tyson             2b  4  0  0  0  .136     Helms            ph  2  0  0  0  .444
Sutherland        3b  3  0  0  0  .333    Taveras           ss  3  0  0  0  .111
Andujar           p   2  0  1  0  .500    Ellis             p   2  0  1  0  .200
 McBride          ph  1  0  1  0  .414     Alexander        ph  1  0  0  0  .000
 McEnaney         p   0  0  0  0  .000     Giusti           p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Fairly           ph  1  0  0  0  .000                         31  1  7  1
 Kelleher         ss  0  0  0  0  .000
                     36  2  8  2
 
St. Louis                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Andujar                          6.0  7  1  1  1  2  80  49  1.50
McEnaney         W 1-0           2.0  0  0  0  0  1  16  12  0.00
Littell          S 3             1.0  0  0  0  1  1  17   9  0.00
                                 9.0  7  1  1  2  4 113  70 
 
Pittsburgh                       INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Ellis                            7.0  7  1  0  2  4  96  64  0.00
Giusti           L 0-1           2.0  1  1  1  0  1  26  17  2.35
                                 9.0  8  2  1  2  5 122  81 
 
STL: McBride batted for Andujar in the 7th
     Fairly batted for McEnaney in the 9th
     Kelleher inserted at ss in the 9th
PIT: Helms batted for Hebner in the 7th
     Alexander batted for Ellis in the 7th
     Helms moved to 3b in the 8th
 
E-Taveras. 3B-Simmons, Oliver. HR-Simmons(2). SB-Stargell(1). CS-Robinson,B. 
K-Ferguson 2, Simmons, Grieve 2, Parker, Tenace, Ellis, Helms. BB-Ferguson, 
Sutherland, Stargell, Tenace. HBP-Oliver. HB-McEnaney. 
GWRBI: Simmons