Palmer Goes Ten Innings to Preserve Orioles Perch

American League:
Boston 8 at New York 3
-Rick Burleson and Jerry Remy had three hits and Fergie Jenkins (15-6, 3.43) went the distance as the Red Sox take two of three in the Bronx
Cleveland 4 at Baltimore  5 (10)
-A thriller at Memorial as Jim Palmer (15-12, 3.22) takes a 2-0 lead in the 9^th but gives up a two run home run to Toby Harrah (21) and another two run shot to Oscar Gamble (32) in the 10^th – but still earns the win thanks to a three run rally in the bottom of the 10^th capped by a Doug DeCinces single.
Milwaukee 4 at Detroit 1
-Danny Thomas (15HR) has homered and Bill Castro (19Sv, 1.89) has earned the save in consecutive wins for the Brewers in Detroit. The Brewers move to within a game of the 5^th place Tigers
Chicago 4 at Minnesota 6
-Eric Soderholm hit home run #30 and Steve Brye and Glenn Borgmann each hit their 5^th helping Jim Hughes (9-7, 3.47) to the win
Texas 6 at Kansas City 4
-Recent free agent singing LaMar Johnson hit his 1^st home run of the season and Darrell Porter added his 10^th as the Rangers have won two of three in K.C.
Oakland 0 at California 7
-Dave Goltz (15-5, 3.31) with the four hitter as the A’s have now lost nine straight. Don Baylor, Ron  Jackson and Orlando Ramirez each knocked in two

AL East: The Orioles are clinging to a half game lead on the Red Sox
AL West:  The Royals lead by 13.5 games

National League
New York 3 at Chicago 9
-Barry Foote hit his 5^th home run of the year as the Cubs push Craig Swan (5-18, 4.19) closer to a 20 loss season
Montreal 1 at Philadelphia 4
-Steve Carlton (12-10, 2.72) and Gene Garber (4Sv, 2.38) combined to five hit the Expos. Recent trade acquisition Mike Anderson drove in two for the Phils
Pittsburgh 5 at St. Louis 6
-Reggie Smith (33) and Ted Simmons (25) homered and Mark Littell retired the final five batters for his 28^th save as the Cardinals nip the Pirates who committed four errors.
Los Angeles 6 at Atlanta 5
-Dusty Baker hit his 17^th home run and Don Stanhouse (6-6, 3.86) earned the win in relief as the Dodgers win their third in a row
Houston 6 at Cincinnati 3
-Cesar Cedeno rapped a pair of doubles and threw a runner out at home to help Nolan Ryan (18-9, 2.95) and the Astros to a big win in Cincy. Ryan struck out eleven and the Reds fall to 4-7 on a pivotal twelve game homestand.
San Francisco 6 at San Diego 0
-Jim Barr (12-10, 3.01), Gary Lavelle (3.63) and Doyle Alexander (4.03) scatter ten hits as the Giants win their third in a row and hand the Padres their first defeat in September.
 
NL East: The Pirates lead the Cardinals by 10 games
NL West: The Astros extend their lead to 5 over the Reds

Baltimore 5, Cleveland 4

9/8/1976, CLE76-BAL76, Memorial Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Cleveland         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  2     4  4  1     1  3
1976 Baltimore         2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3     5 11  0     8  1
 
Cleveland            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Harrah            3b  3  1  1  2  .248    Harper            lf  4  2  0  0  .272
Kuiper            2b  4  0  0  0  .280    Maddox            cf  4  1  2  0  .311
Bochte            1b  3  0  0  0  .311    Singleton         rf  5  2  2  3  .363
Thomas.G          cf  4  1  1  0  .237    May,L             1b  5  0  2  1  .267
Gamble            lf  4  1  2  2  .300    Grich             2b  5  0  1  0  .259
Hendrick          rf  4  0  0  0  .249    DeCinces          3b  3  0  2  1  .235
Fosse             c   4  0  0  0  .269    Hendricks         c   4  0  0  0  .234
Bannister         ss  2  0  0  0  .205    Smith             ss  3  0  2  0  .250
 Kelly            ph  0  0  0  0  .234     Belanger         ss  1  0  0  0  .256
 Crosby           ss  1  0  0  0  .257    Palmer            p   3  0  0  0  .130
Perry,G           p   2  0  0  0  .185     Crowley          ph  1  0  0  0  .248
 Lowenstein       ph  1  1  0  0  .262                         38  5 11  5
 Spillner         p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Buskey           p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     32  4  4  4
 
Cleveland                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Perry,G                          8.0  6  2  1  2  7 120  74  4.19
Spillner         L 6-10          1.1  3  3  3  2  1  34  19  4.95
Buskey           BS 1            0.1  2  0  0  0  1   9   7  4.38
                                 9.2 11  5  4  4  9 163 100 
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Palmer           W 15-12        10.0  4  4  4  3  2 130  83  3.22
                                10.0  4  4  4  3  2 130  83 
 
CLE: Kelly batted for Bannister in the 9th
     Lowenstein batted for Perry,G in the 9th
     Crosby inserted at ss in the 9th
BAL: Belanger inserted at ss in the 8th
     Crowley batted for Palmer in the 10th
 
E-Bannister. HR-Harrah(21), Gamble(32), Singleton(15). CS-Bochte. K-Harrah, 
Fosse, Harper 2, Singleton, May,L, Grich 2, DeCinces, Smith, Palmer. 
BB-Harrah, Bochte, Kelly, Harper, Maddox, DeCinces 2. 
GWRBI: DeCinces