Sunday, 12 September 1976

Bench Powers Reds to Doubleheader Sweep of Dodgers


National League
Philadelphia 10 at Chicago 8
-Greg Luzinski’s 26th home run was his third in two days and Larry Bowa, Mike Schmidt and Luzinski each had three hits as the Phils outslug the Cubs at Wrigley
Pittsburgh 12 at Montreal 5
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Dave Parker leads the way again with four hits including his 23rd home run and Dave May ripped his 29th as the Bucs rough up Bill Lee and the Expos to complete the sweep
New York 1 at St. Louis 4
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Lou Brock (.344) and Bake McBride (.347) each had two hits for the Cardinals to keep pace with each other in the NL batting title race and helping Lynn McGlothen (11-5, 2.99) to victory
Cincinnati 7 at Los Angeles 4 (game 1)
-Johnny Bench (.263 37HR) hit two doubles and a home run as the Reds jump all over Jerry Reuss (16- 6, 3.66) early and cruise to victory.
Cincinnati 2 at Los Angeles 1 (game 2)
-The Reds gut out another 13 inning win in LA to complete the sweep. Clay Carroll (4-1,2..96) earned the win and Manny Sarmiento (2Sv, 2.25) the save. Pete Rose’s single scored Cesar Geronimo with the winning run
Atlanta 3 at San Diego 5 (game 1)
-Al Bumbry (.295 14HR) won’t be repeating his 1975  NL batting title but he hit a pair of home runs today to lead his team to victory
Atlanta 3 at San Diego 4 (game 2)
- Steve Garvey had three hits and Danny Frisella (10-5, 2.79) earned the win in relief as the Padres sweep the double-dip
Houston 3 at San Francisco 2
-The Astros break a 1-1 tie in the 9th with two runs and hang on in the bottom half to complete the sweep of the Giants. Davey Lopes had the game winning RBI  and Ken Forsch struggled to earn his 33rd save
 
NL East: The Pirates lead by 11  games
NL West: The Astros lead is now 4 games over the Reds



American League:
New York 4 at Baltimore 7
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Bobby Grich (22HR) hit a three run home run in the 7th off Dick Tidrow (3-11, 2.29) to break a 4-4 tie as the O’s avoid the sweep versus the Yankees. Rudy May racked up save #20
Milwaukee 2  at Cleveland 8
-Toby Harrah hit his 23rd home run and stole his 29th base and Bruce Bochte (.311) had three hits as the Tribe take two of three from the Brew Crew
Boston 3 at Detroit 2
-Steve Dillard’s two-run single in the 7th vaults Bruce Kison (15-11, 3.82) and the Red Sox to victory. Skip Lockwood (36Sv, 2.17) got the final five outs for another save
Texas 5 at Minnesota 4 (game 1)
- Richie Zisk hits his 24th home run and Jim Kern (26 Sv, 2.04) struck out four in two perfect innings for the save
Texas 5 at Minnesota 2 (game 2)
-Jim Kern (27Sv, 2.01) saves both ends of the doubleheader as Leon Roberts drives in two and Stan Perzanowski ups his mark to 18-5, 2.82
Chicago 10 at California  11 (game 1)
-A day after winning 1-0 the Angels win 11-10. Reggie Jackson went 4-for-4 and Ron Jackson (13HR) drove in four
Chicago 5 at California 4 (game 2)
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The White Sox only seem to win when Jerry Koosman (19-6, 2.76) is on the mound. He strikes out ten in seven innings and the Sox hang on to win
Kansas City 4 at Oakland 5
-Willie Horton (14HR) hit a pinch-hit game winning home run in the bottom of the 9th off Lindy McDaniel (6-7, 3.39). Paul Splittorff (2.36) remains stuck on 25 wins

AL East: The Red Sox remain 1 game up on the Orioles
AL West:  The Royals lead by 13 games



Cincinnati 7, Los Angeles 4

9/12/1976, CIN76-LAD76, game 1, Dodger Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Cincinnati        3  0  3  1  0  0  0  0  0     7 13  1    11  1
1976 Los Angeles       0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  3     4  8  0     7  2
 
Cincinnati           AB  R  H BI   AVG    Los Angeles          AB  R  H BI   AVG
Morgan            2b  3  0  1  0  .302    North             lf  5  0  1  2  .250
Rose              3b  4  1  1  0  .338    Lacy              ss  5  0  1  0  .327
Biittner          rf  5  1  1  0  .375    Johnstone         rf  4  0  2  0  .316
Bench             c   5  3  4  2  .263    Cey               3b  4  0  0  0  .274
Foster            lf  4  0  2  1  .285    Monday            cf  3  0  0  0  .269
Concepcion        ss  4  1  1  1  .278    Buckner           1b  4  2  2  0  .253
Driessen          1b  4  1  0  0  .287    Garner            2b  3  1  1  0  .254
Geronimo          cf  4  0  1  1  .255    Yeager            c   2  0  0  0  .230
Billingham        p   4  0  2  2  .145     McMullen         ph  1  0  0  0  .262
 Sarmiento        p   0  0  0  0  .091     Pasley           c   1  1  1  0  .229
 Eastwick         p   0  0  0  0  .000    Reuss             p   1  0  0  1  .229
                     37  7 13  7           Wall             p   0  0  0  0 1.000
                                           Hough            p   1  0  0  0  .500
                                           Baker            ph  1  0  0  0  .252
                                           Webb             p   0  0  0  0  .000
                                           Powell           ph  0  0  0  1  .248
                                                               35  4  8  4
 
Cincinnati                       INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Billingham       W 12-10         8.2  6  2  1  2  4 121  70  4.19
Sarmiento                        0.0  1  2  0  0  0   2   2  2.27
Eastwick                         0.1  1  0  0  1  0   9   3  2.24
                                 9.0  8  4  1  3  4 132  75 
 
Los Angeles                      INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Reuss            L 16-6          2.2  6  6  6  4  1  77  45  3.66
Wall                             2.0  5  1  1  0  0  27  17  5.76
Hough                            2.1  2  0  0  1  2  35  20  7.94
Webb                             2.0  0  0  0  1  1  29  19  4.73
                                 9.0 13  7  7  6  4 168 101 
 
LAD: McMullen batted for Yeager in the 7th
     Baker batted for Hough in the 7th
     Pasley inserted at c in the 8th
     Powell batted for Webb in the 9th
 
E-Sarmiento. 2B-Rose, Bench 2, Foster, Garner. HR-Bench(37). 
SB-Billingham(1). K-Biittner 2, Foster, Geronimo, North, Cey, Monday 2. 
BB-Morgan, Rose, Foster, Concepcion, Driessen, Geronimo, Monday, Garner, 
Powell. SH-Billingham. HBP-Morgan. PB-Bench. HB-Wall. 
GWRBI: Bench
 
 
 

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