DaVanon Drives in Four; Astros Tied for First

National League
Philadelphia 5 at Montreal 3
-Home runs by Mike Schmidt (20), Tony Perez (7), and Greg Luzinski (15) power the Phillies to the win at Olympic Stadium
Chicago 2 at New York 1
-Larry Gura (4-5, 4.98) and Bruce Sutter (7Sv, 2.72) limit the Mets to a run as solo home runs by Bobby Murcer (9) and Andre Dawson (6) were all the Cubs needed
Pittsburgh 2 at St. Louis 4
-The Cardinals take two of three from the Pirates as Bob Gibson improves to 8-3, 3.40 and Mark Littell (15Sv, 2.18) recorded the final five outs for the save
Atlanta 6 at Cincinnati 2
-Bill Bonham’s (7-6, 4.42) struggles continue as three RBI’s by Biff Pocoroba lead the Braves to victory at Riverfront. Adrian Devine (1-0, 3.18) with his first major league win for Atlanta.
San Diego 4 at Houston 7
-And we have a tie for 1^st place in the NL West as J.R. Richard (5-6, 5.49) earns a much needed victory and Jerry DaVanon drives in four runs for Houston.
San Francisco 1 at Los Angeles 5
-Andy Messersmith (9-4, 3.10) strikes out ten and Dusty Baker (8) and Ron Cey (10) hit home runs for the Dodgers who complete the sweep of the last place Giants.

American League
Baltimore 3 at Boston 5
-Jim Rice (.309 21HR) homers in all four games in this series and it’s finally in a winning effort. Rick Wise (6-6, 3.17) earned the win and Skip Lockwood (14Sv, 2.83) notched the save
Detroit 3 at New York 5
-Graig Nettles (.259 13HR) caps off a monster 17RBI week with a pair of home runs and four RBI’s as the Yankees sweep the Tigers. Dick Tidrow (17Sv, 1.66) saved all three games for New York
Milwaukee 0 at Cleveland 1
-Four Indian hurlers combine on a two-hitter as the Indians take two of three from the Brewers
Minnesota 10 at Chicago 7 (10)
-The Twins score three in the 9^th and four in the 10^th to stay ahead of Chicago at the bottom of the AL West
Kansas City 8 at Texas 1
-Hal McRae (.270 5HR) homered and drove in four runs and Dennis Leonard (9-5, 3.27) struck out eleven as the Royals salvage a game in Arlington to move into a tie for 1^st place in the tight AL West.
California 6 at Oakland 4
-The Angels are just a half game out in the AL West as they overcome an early 3-0 deficit to complete the sweep at the Oakland Coliseum. The Angels are 34-11 since a 8-15 start

Houston 7, San Diego 4

6/20/1976, SDP76-HOU76, Astrodome
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 San Diego         0  0  0  0  4  0  0  0  0     4  9  4     7  0
1976 Houston           3  2  0  0  0  2  0  0  x     7  9  0     8  2
 
San Diego            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Houston              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Bumbry            lf  5  0  1  0  .295    Cedeno            cf  5  0  0  0  .314
Fuentes           2b  4  0  0  0  .336    Boswell           2b  4  1  1  1  .305
Garvey            1b  4  1  1  2  .303    Gross             rf  3  3  2  0  .382
Davis,W           cf  3  1  1  0  .292    Ivie              1b  3  1  1  1  .317
Valentine         3b  2  0  1  0  .320    Cruz              lf  2  1  0  0  .290
Templeton         ss  4  0  2  2  .291    DaVanon           ss  4  0  2  4  .247
Melendez          rf  4  0  1  0  .284    Cabell            3b  4  0  1  1  .259
Hundley           c   2  1  0  0  .221    Ashby             c   4  0  1  0  .236
 Hargrove         ph  1  0  1  0  .250    Richard           p   4  1  1  0  .216
Strom             p   0  0  0  0  .050     Forsch           p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Phillips         ph  1  0  0  0  .209                         33  7  9  7
 Sawyer           p   1  1  1  0  .400
 Rader            ph  1  0  0  0  .269
 Johnson          p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Metzger          p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Hernandez        ph  1  0  0  0  .268
                     33  4  9  4
 
San Diego                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Strom            L 2-5           2.0  6  5  2  1  1  51  32  4.09
Sawyer                           3.0  1  0  0  2  2  52  27  5.04
Johnson                          2.0  2  2  0  2  0  43  22  1.41
Metzger                          1.0  0  0  0  0  1  13   9  3.68
                                 8.0  9  7  2  5  4 159  90 
 
Houston                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Richard          W 5-6           8.0  7  4  4  5  6 128  78  5.49
Forsch           S 16            1.0  2  0  0  0  0  11   6  2.19
                                 9.0  9  4  4  5  6 139  84 
 
SDP: Phillips batted for Strom in the 3rd
     Rader batted for Sawyer in the 6th
     Hargrove batted for Hundley in the 9th
     Hernandez batted for Metzger in the 9th
 
E-Garvey, Valentine, Templeton, Metzger. 2B-Templeton, Ivie, Ashby, Richard. 
SB-Cedeno(17). CS-Cedeno. K-Bumbry 2, Davis,W 2, Melendez, Rader, Cedeno 2, 
Boswell, Richard. BB-Fuentes, Davis,W, Valentine 2, Hundley, Gross 2, Ivie, 
Cruz 2. SF-Boswell. 
GWRBI: DaVanon