1975 CRL Championship, Game 1: Portland Beavers At Texas Rangers 10/28/1975
Beavers AB R H RBI AVG Rangers AB R H RBI AVG M.Rivers CF 5 0 1 0 .235 D.Cash 2B 4 1 1 0 .231 D.Evans 3B 3 0 0 0 .233 D.Baylor LF 4 1 1 1 .368 B.Watson DH 5 0 0 0 .303 M.Hargrove 1B 4 0 1 0 .280 J.Mayberry 1B 4 3 4 2 .414 T.Munson C 2 1 0 1 .375 D.Baker RF,LF 3 0 0 0 .207 D.May RF 3 0 0 1 .200 J.Oates C 3 0 1 1 .333 G.Matthews DH 4 0 2 0 .357 B-A.Etchebarren PH,C 1 0 0 0 .000 F.Lynn CF 4 0 0 0 .156 D.Concepcion SS 3 2 2 1 .500 T.Harrah 3B 3 0 1 0 .231 M.Nettles LF 3 0 0 0 .222 T.Foli SS 3 0 0 0 .455 C-M.Anderson PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .364 D-O.Brown PH 1 0 0 0 .286 D.Griffin 2B 2 0 0 0 .250 A-R.Andrews 2B 1 0 0 0 .385 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 5 8 4 Totals 32 3 6 3
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Griffin In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Oates In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Nettles In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Foli In 9th Inning
Beavers......... 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 - 5 8 2 Rangers......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 1
Beavers (5-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA K.Holtzman WIN(3-0) 9 6 3 2 1 3 0 108 1.17 [1]Totals 9 6 3 2 1 3 0
Rangers (4-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA A.Messersmit LOSS(1-2) 7 1/3 6 5 4 5 3 3 120 3.57 T.Hilgendorf 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 22 4.76 M.Garman 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 8 5 4 5 5 3
ATTENDANCE- 34,145 DATE- Tuesday, October 28th 1975 TIME- Night T- 2:30 LEFT ON BASE- Beavers: 7 Rangers: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Beavers: 1 Rangers: 2 ERRORS- M.Nettles, D.Griffin, A.Messersmith DOUBLES- J.Mayberry-2(5th), D.Baylor(3rd), M.Hargrove(2nd), G.Matthews(2nd) HOME RUNS- J.Mayberry-2(5th), D.Concepcion(1st) RBIs- J.Mayberry-2(8th), J.Oates(2nd), D.Concepcion(3rd), D.Baylor(7th), T.Munson(9th), D.May(1st) STOLEN BASES- D.Concepcion(2nd) SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Munson, D.May WALKS- D.Evans-2, D.Baker, D.Concepcion, D.Griffin, T.Harrah HIT BY PITCH- T.Munson STRIKE OUTS- M.Rivers, D.Evans, J.Oates, A.Etchebarren, M.Anderson, D.May, F.Lynn-2 GIDP- D.Evans, B.Watson WILD PITCHES- K.Holtzman, A.Messersmith 2-out RBI- J.Mayberry RLISP 2-out- G.Matthews, J.Oates, F.Lynn, B.Watson, D.Baylor
First baseman John Mayberry slammed 2 homeruns and scored 3 times and Ken Holtzman had a complete game as the Portland Beavers beat the Texas Rangers by a score of 5 to 3.
Mayberry led the offense for Portland. He doubled in the 2nd inning, doubled in the 4th inning, hit a bases-empty home run in the 6th inning and cracked a solo homerun in the 8th inning. Portland had 8 hits for the night.
Holtzman(3-0) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 3 runs. Andy Messersmith(1-2) absorbed the loss. He was touched for 3 homeruns in his 7 and 1/3 innings of work.