Kern K's Four; Saves Rangers Win Over Red Sox

American League:

Texas 2 at Boston 1
-Roger Moret (3-3, 4.16) and Jim Kern (24Sv, 1.93) combine on the four hitter as the Rangers nip the Red Sox. Kern fanned four in two innings to close the door.
Kansas City 4 at New York 1
-Make it ten straight and 38 of 46 for the Royals as Amos Otis (5HR, 36SB) homered and stole a base and Steve Busby (12-6, 3.39) pitched eight innings of four hit ball for the win
California 1 at Baltimore 6
-Bobby Grich (17HR) homered and drove in three as the O’s end a five game slide. Ross Grimsley (13-7, 3.72) went the distance for the win
Oakland 2 at Cleveland 3
-Toby Harrah had three hits including the game winning single in the 9^th for the Tribe. Gary Thomasson hit his 14^th home run in a losing cause for the A’s
Minnesota 2 at Detroit 3
-Vern Ruhle (9-10, 3.76) and John Hiller (14Sv, 3.23) combine to five hit the Twins.
Chicago 2 at Milwaukee 8
-Charlie Moore hit his 3^rd home run of the season and drove in three as Eduardo Rodriguez (8-12, 3.41) struck out eight in seven innings to earn the win

AL East: The Orioles restore a 2 game advantage on the Red Sox
AL West:  The Royals lead by 13.5 games

National League
San Francisco 0 at Montreal 7
-Steve Rogers (7-12, 3.89) pitches the shutout and Jerry White, Al Oliver and Andre Thornton had three hits apiece for the Expos
Los Angeles 3 at New York 8
-Hasn’t been a great year for Dave Kingman who began with the Padres but he hits his 20^th home run today and drives in four as the Mets maul Burt Hooton (9-15, 3.80). Jon Matlack (7-14, 3.66) with the complete game.
San Diego 5 at Philadelphia 7
-Mike Schmidt’s 34^th home run plated the go-ahead runs in the 5^th as the Phillies prevail. Tug McGraw (23Sv, 1.94) pitched two shutout innings for the save
Chicago 6 at Atlanta 5
-The Cubs have won four of five on the road following an embarrassing 0-7 homestand. Steve Ontiveros (9), Bobby Murcer (22) and Adrian Garrett (22) all went deep for the Cubs
St. Louis 6 at Cincinnati 7 (11)
-Four walks and a pinch-hit double by Ed Armbrister keyed a three run Reds rally in the 9^th and Mike Lum drove in the winning run in the 11^th as the Reds rally from 6-1 down for a big win. Pat Darcy, Manny Sarmiento, Rawly Eastwick, Clay Carroll and ex-Cardinal Will McEnaney (6-3, 3.18) pitched nine innings of four hit relief for Cincy.
Pittsburgh 4 at Houston 5
-Mike Ivie (31HR) hit a three-run home run in the 3^rd as the Astros hand John Candelaria (12-8, 2.70) his first loss as a Pirate. Rookie sensation Bob Knepper (10- 2, 2.64) and Ken Forsch (31Sv, 2.48) factored in the decision for Houston.

NL East: The Pirates remain 11 games up on the Cardinals
NL West: The Astros maintain a 3 game lead on the Reds

Texas 2, Boston 1

8/31/1976, TEX76-BOS76, Fenway Park
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Texas             0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0     2  8  0     8  0
1976 Boston            0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0     1  4  3     5  0
 
Texas                AB  R  H BI   AVG    Boston               AB  R  H BI   AVG
Rivers            cf  5  1  2  0  .277    Remy              2b  3  0  0  0  .297
Cardenas          2b  3  0  0  0  .240    Dillard           3b  4  0  0  0  .274
 Howell           ph  1  0  0  0  .288    Fisk              c   3  1  1  1  .284
 Kern             p   0  0  0  0  .125     Yastrzemski      ph  1  0  0  0  .272
Grubb             1b  4  0  1  1  .305     Rader            c   0  0  0  0  .269
Roberts,L         rf  4  0  2  1  .323    Rice              lf  4  0  0  0  .312
Cubbage           3b  4  0  0  0  .310    Evans             rf  4  0  0  0  .240
Porter            c   4  0  0  0  .217    Watson            1b  4  0  3  0  .283
Zisk              lf  4  0  1  0  .257    Miller,R          cf  2  0  0  0  .262
Wagner            ss  4  0  0  0  .243    Burleson          ss  3  0  0  0  .279
Moret             p   2  0  1  0  .235    Wise              p   2  0  0  0  .074
 Johnson          ph  1  1  0  0  .292     Duffy            ph  1  0  0  0  .252
 Flynn            2b  1  0  1  0  .236     Drago            p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     37  2  8  2                               31  1  4  1
 
Texas                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Moret            W 3-3           7.0  4  1  1  2  6 105  61  4.16
Kern             S 24            2.0  0  0  0  0  4  32  20  1.93
                                 9.0  4  1  1  2 10 137  81 
 
Boston                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Wise                             7.0  5  1  1  0  6  88  58  3.76
Drago            L 8-4           2.0  3  1  0  0  2  38  24  2.47
                                 9.0  8  2  1  0  8 126  82 
 
TEX: Johnson batted for Moret in the 8th
     Howell batted for Cardenas in the 8th
     Flynn inserted at 2b in the 8th
BOS: Duffy batted for Wise in the 7th
     Yastrzemski batted for Fisk in the 8th
     Rader inserted at c in the 9th
 
E-Watson, Miller,R, Burleson. HR-Fisk(11). SB-Rivers(54). CS-Rivers. 
K-Rivers, Grubb 2, Roberts,L, Cubbage, Wagner 2, Moret, Remy 2, Dillard, 
Fisk, Rice 2, Evans 2, Miller,R, Yastrzemski. BB-Remy, Miller,R. 
GWRBI: Roberts,L