Tiant and Tidrow Combine as Yanks Blank Baltimore

American League:
New York 1 at Baltimore 0
-Luis Tiant (14-8, 2.83) and Dick Tidrow (34Sv, 2.10) shut out the Orioles as Lou Piniella drove in Sandy Alomar in the 4^th for the games only run
Milwaukee 5 at Cleveland 6
-Toby Harrah’s 22^nd home run of the year was the walk off winner in the 9^th off Bill Castro (4-6, 2.23) as the Tribe rally from 5-0 down to win it. John Lowenstein (.269 14HR) hit two home runs and swiped his 15^th base of the season for the Indians
Boston 1 at Detroit 2 (11)
-Bill Madlock rapped the game winning double in the 11^th as the Tigers keep the Red Sox from taking over sole possession of 1^st place. John Hiller (6-6, 3.42) pitched three shutout innings of relief for the win.
Texas 6 at Minnesota 1
-The Rangers erupt for six runs in the 7^th inning and Stan Thomas (4Sv, 2.89) pitched three perfect innings to close the game out for the Rangers.
Kansas City 0 at Oakland 1
-Don Sutton (17-7, 2.93) tosses a five hitter outdueling Dennis Leonard (17-9, 3.05) as the A’s run was unearned.
Chicago at California, ppd – rare Southern California rain…

AL East: The Orioles and Red Sox remain tied for 1^st. The Yankees trail by 8.
AL West:  The Royals lead by 13.5 games

National League
Philadelphia 2 at Chicago 4
-The Cubs have won five in a row here at Wrigley to open the seasons final stretch of divisional play. Bobby Murcer hit home run #24 to break a 2-2 tie in the 8th and Bruce Sutter (10-5, 3.01) earned the win in relief
Pittsburgh 5 at Montreal 1 (12)
-Dave Parker led off the 12^th with his 22^nd home run and the Pirates would add three more off rookie Santo Alcala (0-4, 5.48) to win the opener at the Big O. Former Expo John Candelaria got the start for Pittsburgh and pitched seven strong innings.
New York 5 at St. Louis 4
-Sergio Ferrer (.271  25SB) scored three runs and stole four bases and Jon Matlack (8-15, 3.83) earned the win as the Mets end a seven game losing streak
Houston 5 at San Francisco 1
-Cesar Cedeno (13HR) homered and drove in four and rookie sensation Bob Knepper (12-2, 2.38) went the distance as the Astros win the opener at Candlestick
Cincinnati at Los Angeles – ppd
Atlanta at San Diego - ppd

 
NL East: The Pirates lead by 10 games
NL West: The Astros extend their lead to 4.5 over the Reds

New York Y 1, Baltimore 0

9/10/1976, NYY76-BAL76, Memorial Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 New York Y        0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0     1  4  0     5  0
1976 Baltimore         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     0  7  0    12  0
 
New York Y           AB  R  H BI   AVG    Baltimore            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Randle            cf  3  0  1  0  .286    Harper            lf  5  0  0  0  .267
Mumphrey          lf  3  0  0  0  .204    Maddox            cf  5  0  1  0  .309
Scott             1b  4  0  1  0  .279    Singleton         rf  4  0  0  0  .357
Nettles           3b  4  0  0  0  .252    May,L             1b  4  0  3  0  .274
Williams          2b  4  0  0  0  .276    Grich             2b  3  0  1  0  .260
Munson            c   4  0  0  0  .252    DeCinces          3b  4  0  2  0  .237
Alomar            ss  3  1  1  0  .245    Hendricks         c   4  0  0  0  .231
Piniella          rf  3  0  1  1  .233    Belanger          ss  2  0  0  0  .253
Tiant             p   3  0  0  0  .064     Crowley          ph  0  0  0  0  .248
 Tidrow           p   0  0  0  0  .167     Smith            ss  1  0  0  0  .249
                     31  1  4  1          Luebber           p   1  0  0  0  .061
                                           Northrup         ph  0  0  0  0  .287
                                           Jackson          p   0  0  0  0  .000
                                           Duncan           ph  1  0  0  0  .229
                                                               34  0  7  0
 
New York Y                       INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Tiant            W 14-8          8.0  6  0  0  5  5 134  80  2.83
Tidrow           S 34            1.0  1  0  0  0  0  10   6  2.10
                                 9.0  7  0  0  5  5 144  86 
 
Baltimore                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Luebber          L 7-5           7.0  4  1  1  2  6 117  70  3.07
Jackson                          2.0  0  0  0  0  1  16  11  2.54
                                 9.0  4  1  1  2  7 133  81 
 
BAL: Crowley batted for Belanger in the 7th
     Northrup batted for Luebber in the 7th
     Smith inserted at ss in the 8th
     Duncan batted for Jackson in the 9th
 
SB-Randle(23), Alomar(29). K-Scott, Williams, Munson 2, Piniella, Tiant 2, 
Harper 2, Singleton, Grich, DeCinces. BB-Randle, Mumphrey, Singleton, Grich, 
Luebber, Crowley, Northrup. 
GWRBI: Piniella