Wednesday, 1 September 1976

Fuentes Homer Cinch's Pads Win Over Phils



National League
San Francisco 7 at Montreal 3
-Milt May (10) homered and drove in four as the Giants defeat John D’Acquisto (1-3, 3.86) who they released in spring training. Rookie Rob Dressler (2-2, 5.37) earned the win for the Giants
Los Angeles 3 at New York 7
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Dave Kingman stayed hot with his 21st home run and Willie Montanez drove in three as Tom Seaver (12-7, 3.06) defeats Andy Messersmith (16-8, 2.76) in a matchup of aces
San Diego 6 at Philadelphia 2
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Tito Fuentes (4HR) breaks the game open with a three run home run in the 9th as Tug McGraw (4-6, 2.09) takes the loss for the Phils
Chicago 0 at Atlanta 3
-Rookie Adrian Devine (3-4, 3.48) scatters nine hits in a shutout as the Cubs strand eleven runners. Rod Gilbreath had four hits for the Braves and Marty Perez hit his 8th home run
St. Louis 3 at Cincinnati 6
-Johnny Bench (34) and Dave Concepcion (9) each hit two run home runs and Rich Hinton improves to 11-3, 3.33 as the Reds sweep a mini two-game series with the Cardinals for the second time in as many weeks.
Pittsburgh 6 at Houston 4
-Home runs by Dave Parker (20) and Gene Tenace help the Pirates to a 6-1 lead in the 9th. The Astros would get the tying run to 2nd base but Kent Tekulve (27Sv, 2.50) would get Jose Cruz to fly out to end the threat.
 
NL East: The Pirates increase their lead to a commanding 12 games over the Cardinals
NL West: The Astros lead is trimmed to 2 by the Reds

American League:
Texas 12 at Boston 3
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The Rangers play spoiler again at Fenway as Leo Cardenas (2), Richie Zisk (22), Johnny Grubb (14) and Darrell Porter (8) and Ed Brinkman (1) all homered for Texas. Boston Rookie Rick Krueger (10-7, 3.82) had his worst outing of the season and Jackie Brown (10-11, 4.24) pitched a complete game. The Rangers are now .500 and have tied the A’s for 3rd in the division.
California 2 at Baltimore 4
-Bobby Grich (18HR) and Ellie Hendricks (19) homered for Baltimore as Mike Torrez (13-10, 3.71) and Rudy May (18Sv, 3.78) limit the Angles to five hits
Oakland 4 at Cleveland 11
-Gorman Thomas takes the MLB home run lead with a pair tonight to give him 37 as the Indians roll over the A’s who committed four errors
Minnesota 2 at Detroit 5
-Richie Hebner and Bill Freehan each drove in a pair and Mark FIdrych (7-9, 3.73) and John Hiller (15Sv, 3.20) earned the decisions for the Tigers who escape last place -  a position they’ve held for pretty much the entirety of two seasons
Chicago 9 at Milwaukee 2
-Bill Stein went 4-for-4 with four RBI’s and Bart Johnson (7-8, 3.71) went the distance in an easy win for the ChiSox. Ralph Garr (.274 10HR) also went 4-for-4 and hit a home run

AL East: The Orioles extend their lead over the Red Sox to 3
AL West:  The Royals don’t play but see their lead extend to a whopping 14 games over the Angels

9/1/1976, SDP76-PHI76, Veterans Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 San Diego         0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  4     6 13  2     7  0
1976 Philadelphia      1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     2  6  0     6  2
 
San Diego            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Philadelphia         AB  R  H BI   AVG
Bumbry            cf  5  1  2  1  .287    Bowa              ss  3  1  1  0  .325
Fuentes           2b  5  1  3  3  .319    Lezcano           rf  3  0  1  1  .311
 Phillips         2b  0  0  0  0  .233    Schmidt           3b  4  0  0  0  .248
Garvey            1b  5  0  2  0  .318    Luzinski          lf  4  0  0  0  .248
Hargrove          lf  2  1  2  0  .291    Hutton            1b  4  0  0  0  .239
 Winfield         ph  1  0  0  0  .268    Maddox            cf  3  0  0  0  .241
 Johnson          p   1  0  0  0  .000     McGraw           p   0  0  0  0  .167
 Fingers          p   0  0  0  0  .000     Hilgendorf       p   0  0  0  0  .300
Davis,W           rf  4  0  0  0  .281     Perez            ph  1  0  0  0  .299
Rader             3b  4  0  1  0  .295    Oates             c   3  1  2  0  .266
Templeton         ss  4  2  2  1  .298    Cash              2b  2  0  1  1  .280
Swisher           c   1  0  0  0  .284     McCarver         ph  1  0  0  0  .245
 Turner           ph  1  0  0  0  .190     Roberts,D        2b  1  0  0  0  .275
 Hundley          c   1  0  0  0  .228    Christnson        p   2  0  1  0  .200
McIntosh          p   2  0  1  1  .240     Anderson         cf  1  0  0  0  .264
 Hernandez        ph  1  0  0  0  .261                         32  2  6  2
 Frisella         p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Valentine        lf  0  1  0  0  .278
                     37  6 13  6
 
San Diego                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
McIntosh                         6.0  5  2  1  1  3  79  54  3.46
Frisella                         1.0  0  0  0  1  1  18   8  2.60
Johnson          W 4-2           1.2  1  0  0  0  0  13   9  3.50
Fingers                          0.1  0  0  0  0  1   5   3  3.26
                                 9.0  6  2  1  2  5 115  74 
 
Philadelphia                     INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Christnson                       6.0  8  2  2  2  3  98  58  3.54
McGraw           L 4-6           2.1  3  2  2  1  0  44  25  2.09
Hilgendorf                       0.2  2  2  2  0  0  22  12  2.77
                                 9.0 13  6  6  3  3 164  95 
 
SDP: Turner batted for Swisher in the 7th
     Hernandez batted for McIntosh in the 7th
     Hundley inserted at c in the 7th
     Winfield batted for Hargrove in the 8th
     Valentine inserted at lf in the 8th
     Phillips inserted at 2b in the 9th
PHI: Anderson inserted at cf in the 7th
     McCarver batted for Cash in the 7th
     Roberts,D inserted at 2b in the 8th
     Perez batted for Hilgendorf in the 9th
 
E-Fuentes, Templeton. 2B-Garvey, Cash. HR-Fuentes(4), Templeton(3). 
SB-Templeton(13). CS-Lezcano. K-Davis,W, Rader 2, Luzinski 2, Maddox, 
McCarver, Roberts,D. BB-Hargrove, Swisher, Valentine, Lezcano, Oates. 
SH-Bowa. PB-Swisher. 
GWRBI: Bumbry
 
 
 

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