1976 CRL Championship, Game 1: Cleveland Indians At Houston Astros 10/26/1976
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Astros AB R H RBI AVG
B.McBride RF 3 1 0 0 .391 L.Bowa SS 4 3 3 0 .375
A-T.Humphrey C 1 0 0 0 .231 B.Bell 3B 3 0 1 3 .250
H.McRae LF 5 0 2 0 .288 C.Cedeno CF 3 0 1 0 .375
D-J.Rudi LF 0 0 0 0 .429 G.Foster RF 4 0 1 0 .269
J.Morgan 2B 5 3 4 1 .255 L.Hisle LF 4 0 1 0 .250
K.Henderson CF,RF 3 0 3 2 .289 G.Tenace C 4 0 0 0 .095
G.Nettles 3B 4 0 1 0 .200 M.Trillo 2B 3 0 0 0 .143
G.Scott 1B 4 0 2 1 .333 T.Muser 1B 3 0 0 0 .214
D.Kessinger SS 4 0 0 0 .051 S.Lyle P 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Porter C 2 0 1 0 .217 J.Barr P 2 0 0 0 .000
B-R.Miller CF 1 0 0 0 .300 C-M.Ivie 1B 1 0 0 0 .222
J.Montefusco P 3 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 35 4 13 4 Totals 31 3 7 3
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For McBride In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Porter In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Barr In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For McRae In 9th Inning
Indians......... 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 13 2
Astros.......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 7 0
Indians (9-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Montefusco WIN(4-0) 9 7 3 2 1 4 0 117 1.06
Totals 9 7 3 2 1 4 0
Astros (4-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Barr LOSS(2-1) 7 11 4 4 1 2 0 117 1.71
S.Lyle 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 0.00
Totals 9 13 4 4 1 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 26,528 DATE- Tuesday, October 26th 1976 TIME- Night
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8 Astros: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Astros: 1
ERRORS- D.Porter-2
DOUBLES- H.McRae(5th), K.Henderson(1st), B.Bell(3rd), G.Foster(1st)
RBIs- J.Morgan(6th), K.Henderson-2(6th), G.Scott(10th), B.Bell-3(8th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Morgan(1st), L.Bowa-3(5th), C.Cedeno-2(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- K.Henderson, J.Montefusco
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Bell
WALKS- D.Porter, C.Cedeno
HIT BY PITCH- B.McBride
STRIKE OUTS- G.Nettles, J.Montefusco-2, L.Hisle-2, M.Trillo, J.Barr
GIDP- D.Kessinger
2-out RBI- K.Henderson-2, G.Scott
RLISP 2-out- G.Nettles-3, L.Hisle-2, G.Foster, B.McBride
TEAM RISP- Indians: 5 for 9 Astros: 2 for 7
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Bake McBride robbed George Foster of an extra base hit.
Top 4th: Cesar Cedeno robbed George Scott of a Homerun!
Second baseman Joe Morgan had 4 hits and scored 3 times and John Montefusco
allowed Craig Cunningham to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game as the
Cleveland Indians bested the Houston Astros 4 to 3 at The
Astrodome.
Cleveland tallied 2 runs in the top of the 3rd inning with the help of 3 hits.
They would hold up as the winning runs. Cleveland banged out 13 hits on the night.
The victory was credited to Montefusco(4-0) who went the distance, allowing 3
runs. Jim Barr(2-1) was the losing pitcher.
Wth the win Cleveland now has a record of 9-3. With the loss, the Houston
ballclub's record is 4-2.