Parker Wins NL Batting Title as Pirates Pound Phillies

National League
St. Louis 9 at Chicago 2
-Lou Brock (.337) went 0-for-3 to lose the batting title to one of his many pursuers. Teammate Bake McBride (.335) went 3-for-5 but also fell short of the hotly contested NL batting title.
New York 2 at Montreal 3 (10)
-Larry Parrish’s RBI double in the 10^th was a nice way for the Expos to end another 90+ loss season – which was better than the Mets who lost 101.
Pittsburgh 13 at Philadelphia 2
-Dave Parker goes 3-for-4 to win the batting title with a .340 mark. Dave May (34) and Gene Tenace (25) each hit two home runs as the Bucs bomb Steve Carlton (13-11, 2.77) and the Phils.
Atlanta 8 at Houston 4
-Rod Gilbreath, Chris Chambliss and Darrell Evans each drove in two as the Braves end the season with two straight wins at the division champs
Los Angeles 3 at San Diego 6
-Randy Jones (20-5, 3.33) gives up eleven hits but still manages to win #20 thanks to three RBI’s by Steve Garvey.
Cincinnati 16 at San Francisco 5
-Pete Rose goes 2-for-5 to fall short in the NL batting race with a .336 average. Johnny Bench did hit home run #40 in the Cincinnati onslaught.

 

NL East: The Pirates have won the division for the second straight season
NL West: The Astros have won the West and will have home-field versus the Pirates

American League:
Detroit 1 at Boston 3
-A day after clinching a second straight AL East crown the Red Sox call up Jim Burton (3-3, 5.59) and he pitches seven innings of three hit ball for the win. Jim Rice powered his 50^th home run in the 8^th inning – his final at-bat of the season – to send the Fenway faithful into a frenzy.
Baltimore 3 at New York 4
-Graig Nettles hit two home runs to reach the 30 home run plateau as the Yankees keep Jim Palmer (19-13, 3.05) from reaching 20 wins
Cleveland 6 at Milwaukee 3
-Toby Harrah drove in three and Ed Crosby knocked in a pair as the Tribe avoid a season ending sweep at County Stadium
Oakland 0 at Minnesota 5
-Jim Hughes (12-9, 3.43) tosses a two hitter as the majors worst pitching staff ends the season with a shutout – go figure. Dan Ford (.340 29HR) and Larry HIsle (.292 31HR) capped off their sensational seasons with home runs.
California 4 at Kansas City 3
-Dave Goltz (18-6, 3.14) pitched seven innings for the win and Fred Lynn hit home run #32 for the Angels.
Chicago 1 at Texas 3
-The White Sox season ends with six consecutive defeats. Richie Zisk drove in two and Roy Howell hit his 6^th of the year for the Rangers.

AL East: The defending World Series champion Red Sox held off the Orioles to repeat as AL East champs
AL West:  The Royals have clinched the division crown and will have home-field advantage in the ALCS

Pittsburgh 13, Philadelphia 2

10/3/1976, PIT76-PHI76, Veterans Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Pittsburgh        0  1  0  2  4  0  3  1  2    13 14  1     3  2
1976 Philadelphia      0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     2 10  0    10  1
 
Pittsburgh           AB  R  H BI   AVG    Philadelphia         AB  R  H BI   AVG
Moreno            cf  5  1  2  1  .287    Bowa              ss  5  0  2  0  .328
Stennett          2b  5  1  1  0  .244    Anderson          cf  5  0  2  0  .266
Parker            rf  4  3  3  1  .340    Lezcano           rf  5  0  0  0  .285
 Bevacqua         ph  1  1  1  0  .250    Schmidt           3b  4  1  2  1  .260
May               lf  3  3  2  5  .303    Perez             1b  3  0  0  0  .276
 Carbo            ph  1  1  1  2  .266     Campbell         p   0  0  0  0  .000
Tenace            c   4  2  2  4  .263     Hutton           ph  0  0  0  0  .236
 Nordhagen        ph  1  0  1  0  .254     Hilgendorf       p   0  0  0  0  .273
Helms             3b  5  0  1  0  .314    Luzinski          lf  2  1  1  0  .260
Fregosi           1b  4  0  0  0  .258    Roberts,D         c   3  0  1  0  .268
Foli              ss  3  1  0  0  .238    Cash              2b  4  0  1  1  .283
Rooker            p   3  0  0  0  .022    Carlton           p   2  0  0  0  .116
 Demery           p   0  0  0  0  .500     Bird             p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     39 13 14 13           McCarver         1b  2  0  1  0  .239
                                                               35  2 10  2
 
Pittsburgh                       INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Rooker           W 10-12         7.2  9  2  2  4  3 129  79  5.08
Demery                           1.1  1  0  0  0  1  13  10  5.65
                                 9.0 10  2  2  4  4 142  89 
 
Philadelphia                     INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Carlton          L 13-11         4.2  7  7  7  2  5  86  58  2.77
Bird                             1.2  2  2  2  0  2  26  17  5.30
Campbell                         1.2  2  2  2  1  1  25  15  3.30
Hilgendorf                       1.0  3  2  2  0  1  22  13  3.52
                                 9.0 14 13 13  3  9 159 103 
 
PIT: Bevacqua batted for Parker in the 9th
     Carbo batted for May in the 9th
     Nordhagen batted for Tenace in the 9th
     Nordhagen moved to c in the 9th
     Bevacqua moved to rf in the 9th
     Carbo moved to lf in the 9th
PHI: McCarver inserted at 1b in the 7th
     Hutton batted for Campbell in the 8th
 
E-Rooker. 2B-Stennett, Bevacqua, Anderson, Roberts,D. 3B-Parker. 
HR-May 2(34), Tenace 2(25), Carbo(15), Schmidt(42). K-Moreno, Parker, May, 
Tenace 2, Helms 2, Fregosi, Rooker, Anderson, Lezcano 2, Luzinski. BB-May, 
Fregosi, Foli, Luzinski 2, Roberts,D, Hutton. SH-Rooker. BALK-Carlton 2. 
GWRBI: May