1976 ALCS, Game 2: Cleveland Indians At Minnesota Xpress 10/17/1976
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Xpress AB R H RBI AVG K.Henderson CF 4 1 2 2 .172 R.White LF 4 1 1 0 .375 H.McRae DH 5 1 2 1 .333 G.Gross RF 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Morgan 2B 3 1 1 1 .188 G.Luzinski DH 2 0 0 1 .000 G.Scott 1B 3 1 2 1 .324 R.Carew 1B 3 0 0 0 .333 G.Nettles 3B 3 0 0 1 .200 G.Maddox CF 3 0 0 0 .167 J.Rudi LF 3 0 1 0 .421 R.Smalley 2B 3 0 0 0 .143 D.Kessinger SS 4 0 0 0 .040 S.Bando 3B 3 0 1 0 .167 S.Lezcano RF 4 0 0 0 .345 R.Metzger SS 2 0 0 0 .000 D.Porter C 3 2 1 0 .231 S.Yeager C 3 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 6 9 6 Totals 26 1 2 1
Indians......... 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 6 9 0 Xpress.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 2 1
Indians (6-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Montefusco WIN(3-0) 8 2 1 0 4 7 0 109 0.72 L.Christenso 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0.00 Totals 9 2 1 0 4 7 0
Xpress (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Bird LOSS(0-1) 9 9 6 6 2 4 2 147 6.00 Totals 9 9 6 6 2 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 36,756 DATE- Sunday, October 17th 1976 TIME- Night T- 2:46 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 5 Xpress: 3 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 2 Xpress: 1 ERRORS- S.Yeager DOUBLES- J.Morgan(2nd) HOME RUNS- K.Henderson(1st), G.Scott(4th) RBIs- K.Henderson-2(3rd), H.McRae(5th), J.Morgan(5th), G.Scott(9th), G.Nettles(4th), G.Luzinski(1st) STOLEN BASES- H.McRae(1st), S.Bando(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- K.Henderson, G.Scott, J.Rudi SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Nettles, G.Luzinski WALKS- J.Morgan, D.Porter, G.Gross, G.Luzinski, R.Carew, R.Metzger STRIKE OUTS- G.Scott, J.Rudi, S.Lezcano-2, R.Carew, G.Maddox, S.Bando, R.Metzger, S.Yeager-3 GIDP- H.McRae, G.Luzinski, R.Smalley 2-out RBI- H.McRae RLISP 2-out- S.Yeager, D.Kessinger, J.Morgan TEAM RISP- Indians: 1 for 3 Xpress: 0 for 2
At Xpress Stadium the Minnesota Xpress were battered 6 to 1 by the Cleveland Indians.
Cleveland tallied 4 runs in the top of the 3rd inning when they came up with 3 base hits. That early run support was all that John Montefusco(3-0) required. Cleveland had 9 hits for the game and Minnesota had 2.
Doug Bird was tagged with the loss. He allowed 6 runs and 9 hits in 9 innings.