Ryan's Effort Draws Astros Within One Game

National League
St. Louis 7 at Montreal 8 (11)
-The Expos rally from 4-0 and 7-4 down to win it in extras when Dan Driessen beat Mario Guerrero’s throw to the plate on Jerry White’s bases loaded ground ball
Chicago 9 at New York 4
-Bobby Murcer hit his 8^th home run of the season and drove in three for the Cubs. Sergio Ferrer went 5-for-5 in a losing cause for New York
Los Angeles 0 at Atlanta 1
-Buzz Capra (8-6, 3.24) tosses a five hitter as he outduels tough luck Dodger Doug Rau (4-10, 3.11)
San Diego 1 at Houston 5
-Nolan Ryan (9-4, 2.95) guts out a 151 pitch two hitter as the Astros move to one game behind the Padres for 1^st in the NL West in the opener of this pivotal four game set at the Astrodome


American League
Baltimore 9 at Boston 8
-The Orioles erase a 6-1 deficit with an eight-run 6^th inning as they take the opener of a pivotal four-game set at Fenway. Ken Singleton, Bobby Grich, Ellie Hendricks and Terry Crowley had two RBI’s each for Baltimore. The Red Sox fall into a 2^nd place tie with the idle Yankees, four behind the Orioles
Detroit 8 at Cleveland 4
-Rick Waits (5-7, 5.57) struggles continue as he gives up five runs in two innings as the Indians lose three of four to the last place Tigers. John Wockenfuss hit his fourth home run and drove in four
Minnesota 2 at Kansas City 4
-Paul Splittorff improves to 13-1, 1.88 and Frank White drives in three runs as the Royals avoid a sweep versus the lowly Twins



Houston 5, San Diego 1

6/17/1976, SDP76-HOU76, Astrodome
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 San Diego         1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     1  2  1     8  2
1976 Houston           1  2  1  0  0  0  1  0  x     5 11  0     8  0
 
San Diego            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Houston              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Hargrove          lf  2  1  1  0  .250    Cedeno            cf  5  1  2  1  .322
Phillips          2b  3  0  1  0  .211    Gross             rf  4  2  3  1  .388
Garvey            1b  4  0  0  0  .308    Howard            lf  4  0  1  0  .284
Winfield          rf  3  0  0  0  .264    Cabell            3b  2  0  0  0  .267
Valentine         3b  3  0  0  0  .325    Ivie              1b  3  1  1  0  .308
Hernandez         ss  2  0  0  1  .278    Boswell           2b  3  0  1  1  .306
Davis,B           c   4  0  0  0  .182    Reynolds          ss  4  0  1  0  .265
Melendez          cf  3  0  0  0  .286    Ashby             c   4  0  1  1  .229
 Bumbry           ph  1  0  0  0  .298    Ryan              p   4  1  1  0  .083
McIntosh          p   2  0  0  0  .278                         33  5 11  4
 Johnson          p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Fuentes          ph  1  0  0  0  .341
 Sawyer           p   0  0  0  0  .250
 Rader            ph  1  0  0  0  .275
                     29  1  2  1
 
San Diego                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
McIntosh         L 6-2           3.0  9  4  4  2  0  60  34  2.45
Johnson                          3.0  1  0  0  0  1  29  21  1.57
Sawyer                           2.0  1  1  0  2  0  32  18  5.57
                                 8.0 11  5  4  4  1 121  73 
 
Houston                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Ryan             W 9-4           9.0  2  1  1  7  8 151  85  2.95
                                 9.0  2  1  1  7  8 151  85 
 
SDP: Fuentes batted for Johnson in the 7th
     Bumbry batted for Melendez in the 9th
     Rader batted for Sawyer in the 9th
 
E-Sawyer. 2B-Hargrove, Cedeno, Ryan. SB-Howard(9). K-Phillips, Garvey, 
Davis,B 3, Melendez, McIntosh, Fuentes, Cabell. BB-Hargrove 2, Phillips, 
Winfield, Valentine, Hernandez 2, Cabell 2, Ivie, Boswell. PB-Ashby. 
GWRBI: Cedeno