American League:
Milwaukee 6 at Chicago 7 (10)
- Don Money’s 8th home run of the season was a pinch-hit three run home run in the 8th to tie it for the Brewers but the White Sox would prevail in the 10th on a Tim Johnson error. Ralph Garr and Jorge Orta had four hits each for Chicago while rookie Jim Gantner had four for the Brewers.
Detroit 4 at Minnesota 7
- Rookie Mark Fidrych (3.86) carried a shutout into the 8th but the Twins erupted for seven runs to take the game away from Detroit. Lyman Bostock had two hits, a run and two RBI’s in the inning
New York 2 at Kansas City 10
- The Royals win their eighth straight and Hal McRae went 4-for-4 with 6 RBI’s but the story here is Paul Splittorff who wins his 20th game on August 4th (20-3, 2.43)
Boston 0 at Texas 1
-Stan Perzanowski (15-2, 1.99) pitches a three-hit shutout. Fergie Jenkins (3.38) pitched seven shutout innings for the Red Sox but Richie Zisk would hit his 19th home run of the season in the 8th off former Ranger Reggie Cleveland (1-5, 2.37)
Baltimore 5 at California 6
- Rookie Andres Mora tied the game in the top of the 9th with a two-out two run double off Wayne Simpson (5-7, 5.42) but the Angels would win it in the bottom half on Bill Melton’s single off loser Rudy May (5-6, 3.58)
Cleveland 4 at Oakland 8
- Claudell Washington drove in three, Tommy Sandt hit his first career home run and Don Sutton (13-6, 2.57) gutted out a complete game despite allowing fifteen baserunners as the A’s hand the Tribe their 10th straight defeat
Milwaukee 6 at Chicago 7 (10)
- Don Money’s 8th home run of the season was a pinch-hit three run home run in the 8th to tie it for the Brewers but the White Sox would prevail in the 10th on a Tim Johnson error. Ralph Garr and Jorge Orta had four hits each for Chicago while rookie Jim Gantner had four for the Brewers.
Detroit 4 at Minnesota 7
- Rookie Mark Fidrych (3.86) carried a shutout into the 8th but the Twins erupted for seven runs to take the game away from Detroit. Lyman Bostock had two hits, a run and two RBI’s in the inning
New York 2 at Kansas City 10
- The Royals win their eighth straight and Hal McRae went 4-for-4 with 6 RBI’s but the story here is Paul Splittorff who wins his 20th game on August 4th (20-3, 2.43)
Boston 0 at Texas 1
-Stan Perzanowski (15-2, 1.99) pitches a three-hit shutout. Fergie Jenkins (3.38) pitched seven shutout innings for the Red Sox but Richie Zisk would hit his 19th home run of the season in the 8th off former Ranger Reggie Cleveland (1-5, 2.37)
Baltimore 5 at California 6
- Rookie Andres Mora tied the game in the top of the 9th with a two-out two run double off Wayne Simpson (5-7, 5.42) but the Angels would win it in the bottom half on Bill Melton’s single off loser Rudy May (5-6, 3.58)
Cleveland 4 at Oakland 8
- Claudell Washington drove in three, Tommy Sandt hit his first career home run and Don Sutton (13-6, 2.57) gutted out a complete game despite allowing fifteen baserunners as the A’s hand the Tribe their 10th straight defeat
AL East: All losers. The Red Sox and Orioles are tied with the
Yankees trailing by 4.5
AL West: Both teams win again as the Royals maintain a 3.5 game lead over the Angels
National League
Montreal 6 at Chicago 7
- The Cubs jump out to an early 7-1 lead and hang on as Tom Dettore (1Sv, 4.60) gets John Milner to ground into a double play with the bases loaded to end it.
St. Louis 6 at Philadelphia 4
- The Cardinals take two of three in a pivotal series at the Vet. Reggie Smith smashed home run #26 and Eric Rasmussen improves to 10-7, 3.06). Steve Carlton (9-9, 2.77) was charged with all six runs in five innings of work for the Phillies
New York 1 at Pittsburgh 13
-Willie Stargell (22HR) hit a grand slam and Dave May (21HR) hit his fourth home run in six games since being acquired from Atlanta as the Pirates destroy Bob Myrick (4-6, 5.05) and the Mets at Three Rivers
Houston 5 at Atlanta 0
- Rookie phenom Mark Lemongello (16-5, 2.25) tosses a three hitter and Jerry DaVanon (4) and Art Howe (5) hit home runs as the Astros complete an easy three game sweep in Atlanta.
Los Angeles 2 at San Diego 3
- San Diego’s Steve Garvey drove in the winning run in the 9th with a single off Al Downing (3-4, 3.76) as Danny Frisella (2.85) and Rollie Fingers (3-2, 2.58) combine for three perfect innings of relief to lead the Padres to victory
Cincinnati 4 at San Francisco 3
-Joe Morgan’s two out home run of the 9th was his 15th of the season and broke a 3-3 deadlock as the Reds get a big win to stay close to division leading Houston before heading there this weekend for three big games. Newcomer Will McEnaney (5-3, 3.75) pitched two shutout innings and earned the win and Rawly Eastwick racked up save number 33
NL
East: The
Pirates lead remains 5 over the Cardinals with the Phillies falling 7 behindAL West: Both teams win again as the Royals maintain a 3.5 game lead over the Angels
National League
Montreal 6 at Chicago 7
- The Cubs jump out to an early 7-1 lead and hang on as Tom Dettore (1Sv, 4.60) gets John Milner to ground into a double play with the bases loaded to end it.
St. Louis 6 at Philadelphia 4
- The Cardinals take two of three in a pivotal series at the Vet. Reggie Smith smashed home run #26 and Eric Rasmussen improves to 10-7, 3.06). Steve Carlton (9-9, 2.77) was charged with all six runs in five innings of work for the Phillies
New York 1 at Pittsburgh 13
-Willie Stargell (22HR) hit a grand slam and Dave May (21HR) hit his fourth home run in six games since being acquired from Atlanta as the Pirates destroy Bob Myrick (4-6, 5.05) and the Mets at Three Rivers
Houston 5 at Atlanta 0
- Rookie phenom Mark Lemongello (16-5, 2.25) tosses a three hitter and Jerry DaVanon (4) and Art Howe (5) hit home runs as the Astros complete an easy three game sweep in Atlanta.
Los Angeles 2 at San Diego 3
- San Diego’s Steve Garvey drove in the winning run in the 9th with a single off Al Downing (3-4, 3.76) as Danny Frisella (2.85) and Rollie Fingers (3-2, 2.58) combine for three perfect innings of relief to lead the Padres to victory
Cincinnati 4 at San Francisco 3
-Joe Morgan’s two out home run of the 9th was his 15th of the season and broke a 3-3 deadlock as the Reds get a big win to stay close to division leading Houston before heading there this weekend for three big games. Newcomer Will McEnaney (5-3, 3.75) pitched two shutout innings and earned the win and Rawly Eastwick racked up save number 33
NL West: The Astros maintain their lead of 2.5 over the Reds and 7.5 over the Padres.
Kansas City 10, New York Y 2
8/4/1976, NYY76-KCR76, Royals Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1976 New York Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 1 5 0
1976 Kansas City 2 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 x 10 12 1 5 1
New York Y AB R H BI AVG Kansas City AB R H BI AVG
Randle cf 4 0 1 0 .266 Otis cf 5 0 0 0 .266
White lf 3 0 0 0 .266 Lahoud rf 5 2 2 1 .214
Campaneris ph 1 0 0 0 .234 White 2b 5 3 2 1 .315
Piniella lf 0 0 0 0 .241 Brett 3b 3 3 2 1 .339
Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0 .100 McRae lf 4 1 4 6 .278
Griffey rf 4 1 1 0 .334 Stinson c 3 0 1 1 .285
Nettles 3b 2 1 1 0 .249 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 .244
Dempsey c 4 0 1 1 .218 Patek ss 4 1 1 0 .245
Alomar ss 4 0 0 0 .248 Splittorff p 2 0 0 0 .203
Blomberg 1b 3 0 1 1 .191 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 .000
Tiant p 1 0 0 0 .051 34 10 12 10
Wallace p 0 0 0 0 .000
Scott ph 1 0 0 0 .288
Lyle p 0 0 0 0 .250
Williams ph 1 0 0 0 .275
Medich p 0 0 0 0 .000
32 2 5 2
New York Y INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Tiant L 10-6 3.2 7 7 5 2 3 73 45 2.76
Wallace 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 25 14 5.40
Lyle 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 18 13 2.80
Medich 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 17 12 2.41
8.0 12 10 8 2 6 133 84
Kansas City INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Splittorff W 20-3 8.0 5 2 2 1 3 122 78 2.43
Foucault 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2 3.68
9.0 5 2 2 2 3 129 80
NYY: Scott batted for Wallace in the 6th
Williams batted for Lyle in the 7th
Campaneris batted for White in the 8th
Piniella inserted at lf in the 8th
E-Alomar, Patek. 2B-Griffey, White, Brett, McRae. 3B-Brett. HR-McRae(7).
K-White, Randolph, Tiant, Otis, Lahoud, Brett, Stinson 2, Patek.
BB-Nettles 2, Brett, Mayberry. SH-Splittorff 2. SF-Stinson.
GWRBI: McRae

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