Rice, Red Sox Romp Yanks to Draw Closer to Division Crown

American League
New York 2 at Boston 11
-Jim Rice (.333 46HR) goes 5-for-5 with five RBI’s and a home run as the Red Sox pound Catfish Hunter (10-14, 4.55) to complete a sweep of the Yankees. Jerry Remy (.312 50SB) had four hits and two steals and Rick Burleson and Carlton Fisk each had three hits and multi-run scored and RBI games in the bludgeoning.
Baltimore 6 at Cleveland 1
-Jim Palmer (19-12, 2.99) and the Orioles hang in there with an easy win over the Indians. If Palmer is to have a chance to win 20 it would be if the Birds can force a one-game playoff with Boston who they trail by 1.5
Detroit 3 at Milwaukee 2 (14)
-The Tigers  score two in the 9^th and win on Bill Madlock’s triple in the 14^th as they move ahead of the Brewers into 5^th place in the AL East
Minnesota 8 at Chicago 7 (10)
-Larry Milbourne’s 3^rd home run of the year was the difference as the Twins score 26 runs in a three game sweep of the White Sox . The teams entered the series tied for last place.  
Kansas City 8 at Texas 9
-Bruce Dal Canton (7-5, 4.13) walked Leo Cardenas with the bases loaded to plate the winning run for the Rangers. Paul Splittorff (26-3, 2.63) allowed six runs in five innings for K.C.

AL East: The Red Sox lead the Orioles by 1.5 with three days to go.The Red Sox have a doubleheader with Detroit tomorrow and the Orioles visit the Yankees.
AL West: The Royals are runaway division winners

National League
Montreal 3 at St. Louis 9
-Ken Reitz (.259 9HR) went 4-for-4 with a home run and Bob Gibson (14-7, 4.02) went the distance for the win as the Cardinals clinch a winning season
San Francisco 1 at Los Angeles 2 (11)
-Dusty Baker’s single in the 11^th gives L.A. the sweep and the Giants their 8^th straight loss
Houston 8 at San Diego 7
-Jerry DaVanon’s single in the 9^th was the game winning RBI as the Astros win despite a rare bad outing by Mark Lemongello (20-8, 2.64)

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

Boston 11, New York Y 2

9/30/1976, NYY76-BOS76, Fenway Park
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 New York Y        0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0     2  7  0    11  2
1976 Boston            4  3  0  0  1  3  0  0  x    11 18  1     6  1
 
New York Y           AB  R  H BI   AVG    Boston               AB  R  H BI   AVG
Randle            cf  4  0  2  0  .294    Remy              2b  5  3  4  0  .312
White             lf  3  0  1  0  .242    Burleson          ss  4  2  3  2  .268
Griffey           rf  2  0  1  0  .310    Fisk              c   5  3  3  2  .284
Scott             1b  5  0  0  0  .292    Rice              rf  5  2  5  5  .333
Nettles           3b  4  1  1  0  .251    Watson            1b  5  0  1  0  .292
Williams          2b  3  1  1  0  .288    Yastrzemski       lf  4  0  1  2  .280
Munson            c   4  0  1  1  .255    Dillard           3b  4  0  1  0  .276
Alomar            ss  3  0  0  1  .246    Miller,R          cf  4  0  0  0  .254
Hunter            p   0  0  0  0  .161    Segui             p   3  1  0  0  .069
 Lyle             p   2  0  0  0  .133                         39 11 18 11
 Wallace          p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Blomberg         ph  1  0  0  0  .204
 Gullett          p   0  0  0  0  .102
 Mumphrey         ph  1  0  0  0  .217
                     32  2  7  2
 
New York Y                       INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hunter           L 10-14         1.2  8  7  7  0  0  39  24  4.55
Lyle                             3.0  5  1  1  0  3  45  31  4.36
Wallace                          0.1  0  0  0  0  0   4   3  4.11
Gullett                          3.0  5  3  3  1  1  42  27  3.41
                                 8.0 18 11 11  1  4 130  85 
 
Boston                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Segui            W 3-3           9.0  7  2  2  6  3 136  80  4.13
                                 9.0  7  2  2  6  3 136  80 
 
NYY: Blomberg batted for Wallace in the 6th
     Mumphrey batted for Gullett in the 9th
 
E-Dillard. 2B-Munson, Burleson. 3B-Rice. HR-Rice(46). SB-Randle(25), 
Remy 2(30). K-Scott, Nettles, Williams, Watson 2, Yastrzemski, Segui. 
BB-Randle, White 2, Griffey 2, Williams, Segui. SH-Griffey. SF-Alomar, 
Burleson. BALK-Lyle. 
GWRBI: Fisk