Friday, 16 July 1976

Pirates' Mendoza Stuns A's With Pinch-Homer



Interleague Play:
Philadelphia 2 at Boston 7
-Bruce Kison (9-8, 4.62) wins his third consecutive start and Carlton Fisk drives in three for Boston
Chicago Cubs 7 at NY Yankees 4
-Bobby Murcer  and Adrian Garrett each hit their 14th home runs of the season and Tom Dettore (1-1, 6.08) pitches three shutout innings of relief for the win
Atlanta 6 at Baltimore 3
-Ray Sadecki (5-10, 6.07) wins his first as a Brave thanks to a six-run 8th that erased a 3-0 deficit
San Francisco 6 at Cleveland 7
-John Lowenstein (.275 9HR) hit a pair of home runs, stole his 8th base and had four runs and four hits as the Tribe outslug the last place Giants
NY Mets 1 at Detroit 2
-Bill Madlock’s 21st home run of the season was the game winner to lead off the bottom of the 9th against the Mets’ Bob Apodaca (2-5, 2.78)
Houston 9 at Milwaukee 3
-Mark Lemongello (14-4, 2.33) leads the NL in wins and Cesar Cedeno, Jose Cruz and Jerry DaVanon each drove in a pair for 1st place Houston
San Diego 3 at Chicago WSox 5
-Rookies Bart Johnson (5-8, 4.33) and Pablo Torrealba (5SV, 2.94) get the better of Alan Foster (8-9, 3.00) and the Padres at Comiskey
Cincinnati 3 at Minnesota 4
-Three Dan Ford RBI’s were enough for the Twins to defeat Bill Bonham (9-8, 3.81) despite his completer game effort
Los Angeles 2 at Kansas City 4
-Ken Sanders earned his first save as a Royal and Steve Busby improves to 8-6, 4.00
St. Louis 3 at Texas 5
-Stan Perzanowski (13-2, 1.95) and Jim Kern (16Sv, 1.73) continues to impress for the victorious Rangers
Montreal 3 at California 4
-Rookie Jason Thompson’s 17th home run of the season was a three-run shot that vaulted the Angels into the lead and chased Expos’ John Candelaria (7-7, 3.08) from the game in the 7th
Pittsburgh 3 at Oakland 2 (13)

- Light hitting Mario Mendoza stuns the A’s with a pinch-hit solo home run in the 13th off rookie Bo McLaughlin (0-1, 7.20). Eddie Soloman (5-3, 4.73) pitched two shutout innings for the win in relief for the Bucs.

AL East: The Red Sox move 2 games up on the Orioles with the Yankees now 6.5 and the Indians 7 games behind
AL West: The Royals remain a half game up on the Angels and are now 3.5 up on the A’s.
NL East:
The Pirates raise their lead to 5 games on the Phillies and Cardinals
NL West:
 The Astros extend their lead over the Reds to 2.5 and lead the Padres by 3.5 games.
ALvsNL: AL leads 8-4. League with best record in the 144 interleague games earns home-field advantage in the World Series


7/16/1976, PIT76-OAK76, Oakland Coliseum
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12
1976 Pittsburgh        0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0
1976 Oakland           0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
 
                      13     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Pittsburgh        1     3 12  1    13  1
1976 Oakland           0     2 13  1    13  2
 
Pittsburgh           AB  R  H BI   AVG    Oakland              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Parker            rf  6  0  2  0  .312    Washington        cf  4  0  3  0  .311
Stennett          2b  6  1  0  0  .290     North            cf  2  0  1  0  .222
Oliver            cf  6  0  2  0  .310    Kubiak            2b  5  0  1  0  .285
Stargell          1b  5  1  2  2  .263    Rudi              rf  6  0  2  0  .293
Fregosi           3b  6  0  0  0  .250    Williams,B        1b  6  0  0  0  .309
Carbo             lf  5  0  1  0  .246    Johnson           c   5  1  1  0  .292
Taveras           ss  6  0  2  0  .234    Thomasson         lf  3  1  2  2  .297
Nordhagen         c   2  0  1  0  .259     Horton           ph  3  0  0  0  .257
 Moreno           ph  1  0  0  0  .264    McKay             ss  3  0  2  0  .297
 McDowell         p   0  0  0  0  .000     Bell             ph  0  0  0  0  .167
 Giusti           p   0  0  0  0  .000     Hamilton         p   0  0  0  0  .500
 Helms            ph  0  0  0  0  .313     Dunning          p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Tekulve          p   0  0  0  0  .000     Williams,E       ph  1  0  0  0  .270
 Kirkpatrick      ph  1  0  0  0  .241     McLaughlin       p   1  0  0  0  .000
 Solomon          p   0  0  0  0  .000    Bando             3b  5  0  1  0  .195
 Mendoza          ph  1  1  1  1  .171    Norris            p   3  0  0  0  .167
 Demery           p   0  0  0  0  .000     Arroyo           p   0  0  0  0  .167
Reuschel,R        p   1  0  0  0  .118     Stanley          ph  3  0  0  0  .210
 Tenace           ph  3  0  1  0  .255                         50  2 13  2
                     49  3 12  3
 
Pittsburgh                       INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Reuschel,R                       6.0  9  2  2  0  7  86  54  2.68
McDowell                         1.2  1  0  0  2  2  36  19  3.49
Giusti                           0.1  0  0  0  1  0   7   2  2.81
Tekulve                          2.0  0  0  0  0  1  23  13  2.13
Solomon          W 5-3           2.0  2  0  0  0  1  27  16  4.73
Demery           S 2             1.0  1  0  0  0  2  21  14  7.20
                                13.0 13  2  2  3 13 200 118 
 
Oakland                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Norris                           7.1  7  2  1  2  3 107  70  3.50
Arroyo                           0.2  0  0  0  0  0   7   3  2.20
Hamilton                         1.1  1  0  0  1  3  30  17  2.69
Dunning                          1.2  3  0  0  1  1  27  17  3.90
McLaughlin       L 0-1           2.0  1  1  1  1  1  26  14  7.20
                                13.0 12  3  2  5  8 197 121 
 
PIT: Moreno batted for Nordhagen in the 7th
     Tenace batted for Reuschel,R in the 7th
     Tenace moved to c in the 7th
     Helms batted for Giusti in the 9th
     Kirkpatrick batted for Tekulve in the 11th
     Mendoza batted for Solomon in the 13th
OAK: North inserted at cf in the 8th
     Horton batted for Thomasson in the 8th
     Bell batted for McKay in the 8th
     Stanley batted for Arroyo in the 8th
     Horton moved to lf in the 9th
     Stanley moved to ss in the 9th
     Williams,E batted for Dunning in the 11th
 
E-Stargell, Williams,B. 2B-Parker, Oliver, Stargell, Rudi, Johnson, McKay. 
HR-Stargell(18), Mendoza(1), Thomasson(9). SB-Washington(31). CS-Washington. 
K-Parker, Stennett, Carbo 2, Taveras 2, Tenace 2, Rudi 2, Williams,B, 
Johnson 2, Bando 3, Norris, Horton 3, Stanley. BB-Parker, Stargell, Carbo, 
Tenace, Helms, Johnson, Bando, Bell. SH-Reuschel,R, Kubiak. PB-Johnson. 
WP-Norris. 
GWRBI: Mendoza
 
 
 

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