1976 ALCS, Game 4: Minnesota Xpress At Cleveland Indians 10/20/1976
Xpress AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG R.White LF 5 2 2 0 .385 S.Lezcano RF 3 0 0 0 .314 D-J.Mumphrey RF 0 0 0 0 .200 J.Morgan 2B 3 1 1 0 .205 G.Luzinski DH 5 0 2 0 .250 H.McRae DH 4 1 0 0 .302 R.Carew 1B 4 0 0 1 .267 J.Rudi LF 4 0 3 1 .423 E-D.Dyer C 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Nettles 3B 3 0 0 0 .184 G.Maddox CF 3 0 1 0 .231 F-S.Dillard PH 1 0 0 0 .429 A-R.Office PH,CF 0 0 0 01.000 G.Scott 1B 4 0 2 0 .325 R.Smalley SS 4 0 0 0 .091 R.Miller CF 3 0 0 0 .333 B-R.Metzger SS 0 0 0 0 .222 G-B.McBride PH 1 0 0 0 .389 S.Bando 3B 4 1 0 0 .143 D.Kessinger SS 3 0 0 0 .031 G.Gross RF,LF 2 0 0 0 .071 D.Porter C 3 0 1 0 .211 S.Yeager C 3 0 0 0 .000 C-T.Solaita PH,1B 1 1 1 2 .250 F.White 2B 4 0 1 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 4 7 3 Totals 32 2 7 1
A-Pinch Hit For Maddox In 8th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Smalley In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Yeager In 9th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For White In 9th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Carew In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Nettles In 9th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Miller In 9th Inning
Xpress.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 4 7 1 Indians......... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1
Xpress (1-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA G.Jackson 6 4 2 0 1 2 0 78 0.00 M.Pattin WIN(1-0) 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 29 0.00 D.Laroche SAVE(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 7.71 Totals 9 7 2 0 1 4 0
Indians (7-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA G.Nolan 7 1/3 5 2 1 2 4 0 102 2.45 R.Hernandez HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 T.Boggs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 R.Fingers L(2-1) BS(1st) 1 1/3 2 2 1 0 2 1 26 1.23 Totals 9 7 4 2 3 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 79,839 DATE- Wednesday, October 20th 1976 TIME- Night T- 2:31 LEFT ON BASE- Xpress: 7 Indians: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Xpress: 2 Indians: 0 ERRORS- G.Maddox, S.Lezcano TRIPLES- J.Morgan(1st) HOME RUNS- T.Solaita(1st) RBIs- R.Carew(2nd), T.Solaita-2(2nd), J.Rudi(2nd) STOLEN BASES- F.White(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Morgan WALKS- R.Office, G.Gross-2, S.Lezcano STRIKE OUTS- R.White, G.Luzinski-2, R.Smalley-2, S.Yeager, H.McRae, J.Rudi, G.Nettles, G.Scott GIDP- R.Miller-2 WILD PITCHES- G.Jackson 2-out RBI- J.Rudi RLISP 2-out- S.Bando, G.Nettles, R.Smalley, H.McRae, G.Luzinski, B.McBride TEAM RISP- Xpress: 2 for 10 Indians: 2 for 8
Roy White had 2 base hits at Municipal Stadium where the Minnesota Xpress beat the Cleveland Indians 4 to 2.
Minnesota came up with the deciding runs in the 9th inning plating 2 runs utilizing 2 base hits. Sal Bando led off and started the attack as he reached on an error. After an out was recorded, Tony Solaita stepped up to the plate and he clubbed a two-run home run. Both teams finished the game with 7 hits.
The winning pitcher was Marty Pattin(1-0) who allowed no runs in 2 innings. Dave Laroche gained credit for his 1st save. Rollie Fingers(2-1) was hit with the loss in relief.