1979 ALCS, Game 5: Reading Pretzles At Homestead Grays 9/19/1979
Pretzles AB R H RBI AVG Grays AB R H RBI AVG
G.Maddox CF 5 0 0 0 .100 D.Lopes 2B 4 0 0 0 .095
J.Grubb LF 4 0 0 0 .125 G.Gross LF 3 0 1 0 .286
J.Rice DH 4 0 1 0 .333 R.Miller CF 4 0 0 0 .150
B.Horner 3B 4 2 2 0 .222 B.Bochte DH 3 0 1 0 .368
B-E.Soderholm 3B 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Schmidt 3B 3 0 0 0 .273
T.Simmons C 3 1 1 1 .389 E.Murray 1B 3 0 0 0 .316
G.Hendrick RF 2 1 2 3 .333 S.Lezcano RF 3 0 1 0 .222
J.Thompson 1B 4 1 1 1 .214 J.Sundberg C 3 0 1 0 .308
C-L.Wolfe 1B 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Bowa SS 3 0 0 0 .059
G.Templeton SS 4 1 1 1 .200
B.Smith 2B 3 0 0 0 .143
A-R.Scott 2B 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 34 6 8 6 Totals 29 0 4 0
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Smith In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Horner In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Thompson In 9th Inning
Pretzles........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 - 6 8 0
Grays........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
Pretzles (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Wise WIN(1-1) 9 4 0 0 1 4 0 107 2.35
Totals 9 4 0 0 1 4 0
Grays (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Niekro LOSS(1-1) 6 1/3 4 4 4 1 4 2 92 4.73
C.Swan 2 2/3 4 2 2 1 2 1 46 6.23
Totals 9 8 6 6 2 6 3
ATTENDANCE- 49,384 DATE- Wednesday, September 19th 1979 TIME- Night
T- 2:14
LEFT ON BASE- Pretzles: 4 Grays: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pretzles: 1 Grays: 0
DOUBLES- B.Horner(1st)
HOME RUNS- G.Hendrick(1st), J.Thompson(1st), G.Templeton(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- L.Bowa
WALKS- G.Hendrick-2, G.Gross
HIT BY PITCH- T.Simmons
STRIKE OUTS- G.Maddox, J.Rice-2, J.Thompson, G.Templeton, B.Smith, E.Murray-3,
S.Lezcano
GIDP- M.Schmidt
Rick Wise delivered 9 solid innings and right fielder George Hendrick homered
and had 3 RBI as the Reading Pretzles defeated the Homestead Grays 6 to 0 at
Shea Stadium.
Wise(1-1) was simply too much for the Homestead batters. He didn't allow
much, just 4 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings improving his ERA from 5.68 to
2.35. Reading finished with 8 hits in the victory.
Joe Niekro(1-1) took the loss. He gave up 4 hits and 1 walk in 6 and 1/3 innings.