Palmer With Clutch Win at Fenway

American League:
Baltimore 2 at Boston 1
-Jim Palmer (17-12, 3.19) with a clutch complete game victory at Fenway capped off with a strike out of Carl Yastrzemski to end it. The go-ahead run was scored in the 7^th on a Bobby Grich sacrifice fly.
Detroit 2 at Cleveland 3
-Paul Reuschel (3-3, 5.24) and Dan Spillner (13Sv, 4.83) lead the Tribe to a narrow victory in a game without an extra base hit
New York 5 at Milwaukee 3
-Ken Griffey (.312) had three hits and Tom Underwood (13-1, 3.49) pitched seven innings for the win. Dick Tidrow racked up his 35^th save
California 4 at Chicago 3 (12)
-Bobby Bonds (32HR) hit two home runs for the White Sox but was set down in the 12^th to finish the game as the Angels prevail thanks to Reggie Jackson’s 26^th home run of the season in extras.
Oakland 1 at Kansas City 4
-After consecutive no decisions Paul Splittorff (26-3, 2.32) adds to his gaudy win total. He also had two hits in the win.
Minnesota 13  at Texas 1
-Lyman Bostock (.278) and Dan Ford (.347 24HR) each had four hits and Eric Soderholm ripped his 32^nd home run as the Twins maul Texas. Ford also homered, he will be one of the more sought after free agents in the offseason.

AL East: The Red Sox lead is trimmed back to a half game by the Orioles
AL West:  The Royals lead by 13 games and their magic number to clinch is 4

National League
Chicago 7 at Montreal 2
-Vic Harris drove in three runs and Dennis Ecksersley (11-15, 3.54) went the distance for the Cubs
Atlanta 2 at San Francisco 4
-Ed Halicki (11-14, 2.96) fanned eight in eight innings as the Giants halt a five game slide

NL East: The Pirates lead by 10 games. Their magic number is 7
NL West: The Astros lead the Reds by 4 games. The teams begin a three-game set in Houston tomorrow.

 Baltimore 2, Boston 1

9/16/1976, BAL76-BOS76, Fenway Park
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Baltimore         1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0     2  6  0    10  0
1976 Boston            0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     1  7  1     5  1
 
Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Boston               AB  R  H BI   AVG
Harper            lf  2  1  0  0  .264    Remy              2b  4  0  1  0  .307
 Northrup         ph  0  0  0  0  .291    Burleson          ss  4  0  1  0  .268
Maddox            cf  3  1  1  0  .312    Fisk              c   4  0  0  0  .277
Singleton         rf  5  0  2  0  .357    Rice              rf  4  1  1  0  .317
Grich             2b  3  0  0  1  .258    Watson            1b  4  0  2  0  .291
May,L             1b  4  0  1  1  .270    Yastrzemski       lf  4  0  0  0  .280
Duncan            c   3  0  0  0  .225    Dillard           3b  3  0  1  1  .276
DeCinces          3b  4  0  1  0  .227    Miller,R          cf  3  0  1  0  .258
Belanger          ss  4  0  1  0  .248    Kreuger           p   2  0  0  0  .121
Palmer            p   4  0  0  0  .134     Drago            p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     32  2  6  2           Rader            ph  1  0  0  0  .275
                                           Willoughby       p   0  0  0  0  .000
                                                               33  1  7  1
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Palmer           W 17-12         9.0  7  1  1  0  4  99  64  3.19
                                 9.0  7  1  1  0  4  99  64 
 
Boston                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Kreuger          L 11-8          6.1  5  2  2  5  5 109  61  3.61
Drago                            0.2  1  0  0  0  1  14  11  2.74
Willoughby                       2.0  0  0  0  1  1  23  15  3.34
                                 9.0  6  2  2  6  7 146  87 
 
BAL: Northrup batted for Harper in the 9th
     Northrup moved to lf in the 9th
BOS: Rader batted for Drago in the 7th
 
E-Remy. 2B-Singleton, DeCinces, Watson. K-Harper, Grich 2, May,L, Duncan, 
DeCinces, Palmer, Fisk, Rice, Yastrzemski, Miller,R. BB-Harper 2, Maddox 2, 
Duncan, Northrup. SF-Grich. 
GWRBI: Grich