Friday, 2 July 1976

Gamble Drives in Six, Tribe Trounce ChiSox

American League
Oakland 4 at Boston 6
-Fergie Jenkins (8-3, 3.87) fans ten in consecutive starts and Carlton Fisk (9) and Dwight Evans (12) both homered as the Sox hand the A’s their sixth defeat in seven games
California 0 at New York 1
-Roy White’s 6th home run of the year in the 1st is held up by the four-hit pitching of Don Gullett (9-4, 3.86) and Dick Tidrow (20Sv, 1.69)
Minnesota 6 at Baltimore 4
-The Twins continue to be much better away from home as they help out the Red Sox and Yankees by downing the O’s in Baltimore. Rod Carew hit his 2nd home run of the season and Paul Hartzell improved to 5-4, 3.28
Chicago 2 at Cleveland 8
-Oscar Gamble (14HR) hit a grand slam and drove in six as Gaylord Perry (8-6, 3.82) and the Tribe win handily over the ChiSox
Kansas City 4 at Detroit 2
-The Royals end a five game slide as Paul Splittorff (15-2, 2.19) carries a shutout into the 9th and wins again. Bill Madlock (15) hit a three run home run to give the Royals a scare but Marty Pattin would come on to earn his 12th save. Hal McRae had two doubles to raise his average to .301. He was hitting below .200 in late May
Texas 6 at Milwaukee 9
-A couple of hot teams slug it out at County Stadium as Danny Thomas (5) hits a grand slam as the Brewers take an early 6-0 lead. The Rangers would rally to tie it but Cecil Cooper’s RBI single in the 7th regained the lead for the Brewers and they’d go on to win for the sixth time in seven games

National League
Atlanta 1 at Montreal 5
-Steve Rogers (4-7, 3.59) tossed a complete game as the Expos send the Braves to their sixth straight defeat
Houston 8 at New York 3
-Mike Ivie hammered his 22nd home run of the season and phenom Mark Lemongello improves to 11-4, 2.40 as the Astros remain tied atop the NL West
Cincinnati 1 at Philadelphia 3
-Nino Espinosa (3-1, 2.36) and Tug McGraw (14Sv, 2.00) shut down the Machine and Larry Bowa drives in two runs as the Phillies cut the Pirates lead in the East to 3.5 games
Pittsburgh 1 at Los Angeles 5
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Jerry Reuss (6-5, 3.65) pitches a complete game and Jay Johnstone had three hits as L.A. wins easily over the East leaders
St. Louis 5 at San Diego 8
-The Padres jump on rookie Joaquin Andujar (4-6, 4.33) for seven runs in the 1st inning to win their fourth straight and remain in a tie for 1st with the Astros
Chicago 0 at San Francisco 2
-Vida Blue (5-7, 3.78) strikes out eight and walks none as he outduels Geoff Zahn (7-6, 4.45) in a matchup of southpaws at Candlestick.


Cleveland 8, Chicago W 2
7/2/1976, CHW76-CLE76, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Chicago W         2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     2  7  0     6  1
1976 Cleveland         1  0  0  0  0  4  1  2  x     8  8  0     4  1
 
Chicago W            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Cleveland            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Bonds             rf  4  0  2  0  .258    Harrah            3b  2  1  0  0  .238
Garr              lf  4  1  0  0  .254    Velez             rf  3  1  1  0  .274
Downing           c   2  1  1  2  .321    Bochte            1b  2  2  1  0  .309
Spencer           1b  4  0  0  0  .260    Gamble            lf  3  2  2  6  .291
Hairston          cf  4  0  3  0  .350    Hendrick          cf  4  0  0  0  .220
Orta              2b  4  0  1  0  .263    Fosse             c   4  0  1  1  .280
Stein             3b  4  0  0  0  .265    Kuiper            2b  2  1  1  0  .290
Smalley           ss  3  0  0  0  .231    Crosby            ss  4  0  1  1  .240
 Muser            ph  1  0  0  0  .286    Perry,G           p   4  1  1  0  .178
Kirkwood          p   2  0  0  0  .000                         28  8  8  8
 Vuckovich        p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Hill             ph  1  0  0  0  .276
 Schueler         p   0  0  0  0  .333
 Barrios          p   0  0  0  0  .250
                     33  2  7  2
 
Chicago W                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Kirkwood         L 1-2           5.1  4  5  5  3  4  72  44  4.65
Vuckovich                        0.2  0  0  0  0  0   3   3  4.86
Schueler                         1.0  2  2  2  1  1  25  14  5.35
Barrios                          1.0  2  1  1  1  1  26  16  5.77
                                 8.0  8  8  8  5  6 126  77 
 
Cleveland                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Perry,G          W 8-6           9.0  7  2  2  2  2 109  74  3.82
                                 9.0  7  2  2  2  2 109  74 
 
CHW: Hill batted for Vuckovich in the 7th
     Muser batted for Smalley in the 9th
 
2B-Hairston. 3B-Bochte, Crosby. HR-Downing(8), Gamble(14). SB-Bonds(19), 
Harrah(21), Gamble(4). K-Spencer, Stein, Velez, Bochte, Gamble, Hendrick, 
Perry,G 2. BB-Downing 2, Harrah, Velez, Bochte, Kuiper 2. SH-Harrah, Bochte. 
SF-Gamble. 
GWRBI: Gamble
 
 
 

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