Hendricks & DeCinces Go Back-to-Back Twice as O's Keep Pace

American League
New York 1 at Boston 5
-Bob Watson drove in two and Fergie Jenkins (17-7, 3.30) went the distance as the Sox stay in 1^st with the win
Baltimore 8 at Cleveland 2
-Ellie Hendricks (22HR) and Doug DeCinces (18) hit back to back home runs – twice! – as Mike Torrez (16-10, 3.44) and the O’s win easily. Oscar Gamble joined teammate Gorman Thomas in the 40^th home run club for the Tribe.
Detroit 3 at Milwaukee 5
-The Tigers are trying to avoid consecutive last place finishes but didn’t help themselves today. Danny Thomas(.331) and Cecil Cooper (.262) accounted for all five Brewer RBI’s
Minnesota 11 at Chicago 8
-Bobby Bonds (36HR) hit a grand slam in the 9^th but it was much too late as the Twins outslug the Sox in the West’s battle to avoid last. Dan Ford (27) and Eric Soderholm (37) went deep for Minnesota
Kansas City 7 at Texas 3
-Hal McRae (.291) had three doubles to lead K.C. to yet another victory. Frank White (40SB) joined teammate Amos Otis (47SB) in the 40 steals club
California 0 at Oakland 4
-Sonny Siebert (13-11, 3.53) with the six hit shutout and Ted Kubiak had three hits and two RBI’s. Both men were acquired last offseason from the Padres for Tito Fuentes.

AL East: The Red Sox lead the Orioles by a half game
AL West: The Royals are runaway division winners

National League
Pittsburgh 2 at Chicago 1
-Omar Moreno (.299 37SB) had two steals in the Bucs narrow victory over the Cubs
Philadelphia 3 at New York 2
-Mike Schmidt (39) and Greg Luzinski (28) homered and Tug McGraw earned his 26^th save as the Phils hand the Mets their 99^th loss of the season
Montreal 7 at St. Louis 5
-It’s been a tough second half for All-Star starter Bill Lee (17-14, 3.14) but he gets the win today. Rusty Staub hit his 25^th home run for the Expos
Cincinnati 9 at Atlanta 5
-George Foster (33HR) hit three home runs and he along with Johnny Bench drove in three as the Reds hand Buzz Capra his 19^th defeat of the season
Houston 4 at San Diego 5
-Randy Jones (19-5, 3.33) will have a chance to win twenty games as he and the Padres break the Astros nine-game winning streak
San Francisco 3 at Los Angeles 4
-Jay Johnstone (12HR) hit a three run home run to help Hank Webb (2-5, 4.16) to victory.

NL East: The Pirates have repeated as division winners
NL West : The Astros have clinched the division

Baltimore 8, Cleveland 2

9/28/1976, BAL76-CLE76, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Baltimore         0  2  0  0  3  0  0  3  0     8  9  0     5  0
1976 Cleveland         0  0  0  1  0  0  0  1  0     2  7  0     8  0
 
Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Cleveland            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Harper            lf  5  1  1  1  .270    Harrah            3b  3  1  0  0  .245
Maddox            cf  5  0  1  2  .306    Bochte            1b  4  0  3  0  .319
Singleton         rf  4  0  1  0  .362    Hendrick          rf  4  0  0  0  .262
Grich             2b  5  0  0  0  .256    Gamble            lf  4  1  2  2  .294
May,L             1b  3  1  0  0  .262    Thomas.G          cf  3  0  0  0  .233
Hendricks         c   4  2  3  3  .249    Lowenstein        2b  3  0  1  0  .287
DeCinces          3b  3  3  2  2  .232    Fosse             c   3  0  0  0  .258
Belanger          ss  3  1  1  0  .247     Kelly            ph  1  0  0  0  .228
Torrez            p   4  0  0  0  .169     Pruitt           c   0  0  0  0  .273
 Miller,D         p   0  0  0  0  .000    Crosby            ss  2  0  0  0  .251
                     36  8  9  8           Perry,J          p   0  0  0  0  .235
                                           Velez            ph  1  0  1  0  .306
                                           Buskey           p   0  0  0  0  .000
                                           Kuiper           ph  1  0  0  0  .276
                                          Perry,G           p   1  0  0  0  .180
                                           Bannister        ss  3  0  0  0  .206
                                                               33  2  7  2
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Torrez           W 16-10         7.2  7  2  2  4  3 124  67  3.44
Miller,D                         1.1  0  0  0  0  0   7   4  2.96
                                 9.0  7  2  2  4  3 131  71 
 
Cleveland                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Perry,G          L 11-12         4.1  4  5  5  3  7  74  47  4.17
Perry,J                          2.2  3  0  0  0  2  33  26  4.22
Buskey                           2.0  2  3  3  1  1  33  20  4.82
                                 9.0  9  8  8  4 10 140  93 
 
CLE: Bannister inserted at ss in the 5th
     Velez batted for Perry,J in the 7th
     Kelly batted for Fosse in the 8th
     Pruitt inserted at c in the 9th
     Kuiper batted for Buskey in the 9th
 
2B-Bochte, Lowenstein. 3B-Maddox. HR-Hendricks 2(22), DeCinces 2(18), 
Gamble(40). K-Harper, Maddox, Singleton 2, Grich, May,L, Belanger, Torrez 3, 
Thomas.G 2, Bannister. BB-Singleton, May,L, DeCinces, Belanger, Harrah 2, 
Thomas.G, Lowenstein. 
GWRBI: Hendricks