Palmer Pitches O's Into Tie With Red Sox

American League:
Milwaukee 0 at Baltimore 2
-Jim Palmer (18-12, 3.03) comes up with a big three-hit shutout and Bobby Grich goes 4-for-4 as the Orioles avoid  a sweep by the Brewers
Kansas City 3 at California 2
-Ruppert Jones (10HR) homered and Jim Colborn (15-8, 2.74) strikes out seven in seven innings as the Royals rack up win #103
Minnesota 17 at Oakland 4 5
-The Twins rack up twenty-two hits including home runs by Chris Speier(8^th) and Steve Brye (5^th). Rod Carew had five hits, Speier had five RBI’s and Eric Soderholm had four hits, runs and RBI’s in the pummeling.
Boston at Cleveland, ppd
New York at Detroit, ppd
Texas at Chicago, ppd

AL East: The Orioles tie the rained out Red Sox with a week to go. Boston plays eight games in the final seven days while the Orioles will play six
AL West:  The Royals have clinched the division crown

National League
Montreal  10 at New York 2
-The Expos outscore the Mets 24-5 in a three game sweep at Shea. Rookie Dan Briggs had four hits and Frank Taveras (48SB) had three hits and two steals. Tom Seaver (13-11, 3.37) has been roughed up in consecutive outings for the Mets
Philadelphia 4 at Pittsburgh 3
-The Phillies rally for two in the 9^th as Gene Garber (8-6, 2.24) and Tug McGraw (25Sv, 2.55) combine for three perfect innings for the decision. It’s been a disappointing season in Philly but this series win at rival division champion Pittsburgh is a satisfying way to reach .500.
Chicago 2 at St. Louis 0
-The Cubs salvage one at Busch Stadium thanks to a six-hit shutout by Larry Gura (10-10, 4.00) and Bruce Sutter (20Sv, 2.91)
Houston 6 at Atlanta 4
-The Astros magic number is one as they win their ninth in a row. Mike Ivie (36) and Alan Ashby (7) each hit three run home runs to stake the ‘Stros to a 6-0 lead. Ken Forsch (38Sv, 2.79) stymied a Brave rally for the save
San Francisco 1 at Cincinnati 9
-The Reds have won six of seven but it looks to be too little too late because the Astros keep winning. Dan Driessen (13) and George Foster (30) homered and Joe Morgan swiped his 72^nd base
San Diego 11 at Los Angeles 8 (12)
-Both teams have 20 hits as the Padres win in extras on consecutive days in L.A.. Steve Garvey had five hits and Dave Rader five RBI’s for the Padres

NL East: The Pirates have won the division for the second straight season
NL West: The Astros lead the Reds by 6 games and have a magic number of 1

Baltimore 2, Milwaukee 0

9/26/1976, MIL76-BAL76, Memorial Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Milwaukee         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     0  3  0     5  0
1976 Baltimore         0  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  x     2  8  0     6  0
 
Milwaukee            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Yount             ss  4  0  1  0  .279    Harper            lf  4  0  0  0  .271
Johnson           2b  3  0  0  0  .291    Maddox            cf  4  1  1  0  .307
Thomas,D          lf  4  0  0  0  .328    Singleton         rf  4  0  2  0  .363
Cooper            1b  3  0  0  0  .261    Grich             2b  4  0  4  1  .259
Briggs            rf  4  0  0  0  .274    May,L             1b  4  0  0  0  .264
Moore             c   3  0  0  0  .240    Duncan            c   3  0  0  0  .226
Gantner           3b  3  0  0  0  .249    DeCinces          3b  3  1  1  1  .229
Wohlford          cf  3  0  1  0  .220    Belanger          ss  3  0  0  0  .247
Caldwell          p   2  0  1  0  .091    Palmer            p   3  0  0  0  .126
 Oglivie          ph  1  0  0  0  .280                         32  2  8  2
 Holdsworth       p   0  0  0  0  .250
                     30  0  3  0
 
Milwaukee                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Caldwell         L 10-16         7.0  7  2  2  0  2  91  57  3.20
Holdsworth                       1.0  1  0  0  0  1  15   9  2.01
                                 8.0  8  2  2  0  3 106  66 
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Palmer           W 18-12         9.0  3  0  0  2  1 118  77  3.03
                                 9.0  3  0  0  2  1 118  77 
 
MIL: Oglivie batted for Caldwell in the 8th
 
2B-Grich 2. HR-DeCinces(16). SB-Wohlford(19). K-Gantner, May,L, Duncan, 
Belanger. BB-Johnson, Cooper. BALK-Palmer. 
GWRBI: Grich