Tuesday, 20 July 1976

Gross Keys 19th inning Onslaught as Astros Outlast Tigers



Interleague Play
St. Louis 6 at Boston 1
-Reggie Smith had three hits including his 22nd home run and Bob Gibson (11-4, 3.67) tossed a three-hitter as the Sox are slowed down by St.Louis
San Francisco 3 at NY Yankees 1
-Jim Barr (7-8, 3.11) hasn’t allowed an earned run in 19 innings and he drove in two runs as the last place Giants win consecutive games in the Bronx. The Yankees made a big trade with the Rangers last night acquiring pending free agent Sparky Lyle and SS Bert Campaneris and a 3rd Rd pick for Paul Lindblad, Ed Brinkman and a 1st Rd Pick. Lyle pitched three shutout innings tonight but Campaneris went 0-for-5 with an error.
Chicago Cubs 1 at Baltimore 3
-Ellie Hendricks ripped his 12th home run of the season and Mike Torrez (10-7, 3.61) pitched seven shutout innings as the Birds down the Cubbies
Atlanta 2 at Cleveland 1
-Dave May’s 17th home run of the season broke a 1-1 tie in the 9th as the Braves edge the Tribe. Frank LaCorte (4-1, 3.24) defeated Dan Spillner (2-5, 4.22) in relief.
Houston 11 at Detroit 4 (19)
-The Astros survive seven shutout innings of relief by John Hiller, Jim Crawford and Bill Campbell until they were able to hang seven runs on Bob Reynolds (1-2, 9.92) and Jim Slaton (8.19). NL Batting Leader Greg Gross (.356) got the game winning RBI in the 19th inning eruption. Houston relievers combined for 14 innings of shutout relief – capped by winner Fred Scherman’s (4-2, 2.08) recording of eleven outs
Cincinnati 4 at Milwaukee 10
- Four Brewers had multi-hit games and Robin Yount (6) and Danny Thomas (7) each went deep for Milwuakee
Philadelphia 3 at Chicago WSox 5
-Mike Schmidt’s 25th home run staked the Phils to a 3-1 lead in the 3rd but Bobby Bonds 23rd home run was a grand slam in the 8th off Steve Carlton (7-8, 2.68) to win it for the Sox. Jerry Koosman improved to 12-4, 3.20 for Chicago.
Los Angeles 14 at Minnesota 3
-It’s possible that the largest scores being posted on the Metropolitan Stadium scoreboard this year are being done by visitors of the Twins, not the Vikings.
New York Mets 3 at Kansas City 8
-Ken Sanders  - acquired from the Mets this month – pitched the final three innings for his 2nd save as KC opens up a big lead late to down the Mets. Paul Splittorff is now 17-3, 2.23 and has a shot at having 20 wins at the All-Star Break
San Diego 3 at Texas 7
-The Rangers fair better than the Yankees the day after the trade as a five-run 6th inning leads them over the struggling Padres. Former Yankee Stan Thomas – not involved in last night’s trade – improved to 2-2, 2.95 with the complete game win. Rookie SS Mark Wagner – vaulted to a starting role with the departure of Campaneris – went 2-for-4 with two RBI’s.
Pittsburgh 6 at California 5 (11)
-Light-hitting Denny Doyle would stun eventual winner Kent Tekulve (6-4, 2.21) with a game tying home run with two outs in the 9th. The Pirates prevail however in the 11th on a wild pitch by Terry Forster (2-4, 4.76). Rookie Wayne Nordhagen had three RBI’s for the Pirates, while Don Baylor hit his 18th home run and drove in four for the Angels.
Montreal 8 at Oakland 0
-The 4th straight win on the coast for the Expos as Bill Lee (11-, 2.18) takes the NL ERA lead with his 4th shutout – also tops in the NL. Dan Driessen smacked his 9th home run and drove in four runs for Montreal.


AL East: The Orioles move to within a half game of the Red Sox
AL West: The Royals extend their lead to two games on the Angels and five on the fading A’s
NL East:
The Pirates maintain a 3.5 game lead on the Cardinals and lead the Phillies by 5.5
NL West:  The Astros extend their lead to 2.5 on the Reds and 5.5 on the struggling Padres
ALvsNL: The NL extend their lead to 30-26. The league with best record in the 144 interleague games earns home-field advantage in the World Series


7/20/1976, HOU76-DET76, Tiger Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12
1976 Houston           0  0  0  0  0  0  2  2  0  0  0  0
1976 Detroit           0  0  3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
 
                      13 14 15 16 17 18 19     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Houston           0  0  0  0  0  0  7    11 22  2    14  0
1976 Detroit           0  0  0  0  0  0  0     4 10  0    13  3
 
Houston              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Detroit              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Lopes             2b  9  2  4  0  .268    Collins           lf  8  2  3  0  .335
Cedeno            cf  7  1  1  0  .297    Knox              2b  9  1  1  0  .302
Gross             rf  7  2  2  3  .356    Madlock           1b  7  1  3  3  .346
Cruz              lf  7  2  3  1  .267    Meyer             3b  4  0  1  0  .260
Boswell           3b  8  2  4  3  .285     Hebner           3b  4  0  0  0  .275
Ashby             c   9  1  4  1  .239    Wockenfuss        rf  6  0  0  1  .311
Howe              1b  8  0  1  0  .232    Herndon           cf  7  0  0  0  .251
Taveras           ss  2  0  0  0  .143    Freehan           c   7  0  2  0  .254
 Ivie             ph  1  0  0  1  .309    Scrivener         ss  8  0  0  0  .221
 Reynolds         ss  6  0  1  2  .262    Fidrych           p   3  0  0  0  .079
Ryan              p   1  0  0  0  .059     Humphrey         ph  1  0  0  0  .250
 Scott            ph  0  0  0  0  .367     Hiller           p   0  0  0  0  .250
 Rhoden           p   0  0  0  0  .154     Stanley          ph  1  0  0  0  .244
 Howard           ph  1  0  0  0  .267     Crawford         p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Pentz            p   0  0  0  0  .125     Johnson          ph  0  0  0  0  .250
 DaVanon          ph  1  0  0  0  .241     Campbell         p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Forsch           p   0  0  0  0  .000     LeFlore          ph  1  0  0  0  .228
 Jutze            ph  1  0  0  0  .191     Reynolds         p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Sambito          p   2  0  1  0  .429     Slaton           p   0  0  0  0  .167
 Scherman         p   2  1  1  0  .500     DeJesus          ph  1  0  0  0  .159
                     72 11 22 11                               67  4 10  4
 
Houston                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Ryan                             5.0  6  4  4  3  7  99  56  3.41
Rhoden                           1.0  0  0  0  0  1  12   8  3.32
Pentz                            2.0  0  0  0  1  0  31  16  3.00
Forsch                           3.0  0  0  0  0  1  28  18  2.43
Sambito                          4.1  3  0  0  1  1  46  30  1.66
Scherman         W 4-2           3.2  1  0  0  1  0  40  25  2.08
                                19.0 10  4  4  6 10 256 153 
 
Detroit                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Fidrych                          9.0  7  4  4  4  2 113  67  3.43
Hiller                           3.0  3  0  0  2  3  50  28  3.38
Crawford                         2.0  3  0  0  1  0  33  17  3.09
Campbell                         2.0  1  0  0  1  1  32  19  2.94
Reynolds         L 1-2           2.0  6  6  6  1  0  35  25  9.92
Slaton                           1.0  2  1  1  0  0  17  11  8.19
                                19.0 22 11 11  9  6 280 167 
 
HOU: Scott batted for Ryan in the 6th
     Ivie batted for Taveras in the 7th
     Howard batted for Rhoden in the 7th
     Reynolds inserted at ss in the 7th
     DaVanon batted for Pentz in the 9th
     Jutze batted for Forsch in the 12th
DET: Hebner inserted at 3b in the 8th
     Humphrey batted for Fidrych in the 9th
     Stanley batted for Hiller in the 12th
     Johnson batted for Crawford in the 14th
     LeFlore batted for Campbell in the 16th
     DeJesus batted for Slaton in the 19th
 
E-Boswell, Ryan. 2B-Gross, Cruz, Ashby 2, Madlock, Freehan. 3B-Lopes, Howe, 
Madlock. SB-Cruz(29), Collins(23). CS-Lopes 2, Cruz, Knox. K-Cedeno, Cruz, 
Boswell, Ashby 2, Reynolds, Collins, Knox 2, Meyer, Herndon 3, Scrivener, 
Fidrych 2. BB-Lopes, Cedeno 2, Gross 2, Cruz 2, Howe, Scott, Collins, 
Madlock, Wockenfuss, Herndon, Freehan, Johnson. SF-Boswell. HBP-Wockenfuss. 
HB-Ryan. WP-Ryan 2, Scherman, Hiller. 
GWRBI: Gross
 
 
 



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