1976 ALCS, Game 5: Minnesota Xpress At Cleveland Indians 10/21/1976
Xpress AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
J.Mumphrey RF 4 0 1 0 .222 B.McBride LF 2 2 2 1 .450
G.Maddox CF 4 0 1 0 .235 A-T.Humphrey C 2 0 0 0 .250
G.Luzinski 1B 4 0 1 0 .250 H.McRae DH 4 0 0 0 .277
S.Yeager C 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Morgan 2B 3 0 0 0 .190
R.White LF 4 0 0 0 .294 K.Henderson RF 2 0 2 1 .229
R.Metzger SS 3 0 0 0 .167 G.Nettles 3B 3 0 1 1 .195
R.Smalley DH 2 0 0 0 .077 G.Scott 1B 4 0 1 0 .318
F.White 2B 3 0 0 0 .182 R.Miller CF 3 1 1 0 .333
S.Bando 3B 2 0 0 0 .125 D.Kessinger SS 3 1 1 0 .057
D.Porter C 2 0 0 0 .190
B-J.Rudi LF 2 0 1 0 .429
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Totals 30 0 3 0 Totals 30 4 9 3
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For McBride In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Porter In 5th Inning
Xpress.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1
Indians......... 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 4 9 0
Xpress (1-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Reuschel LOSS(0-1) 4 2/3 5 3 3 4 3 0 102 5.79
D.Hood 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 5.40
D.Miller 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.00
R.Office 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
D.Laroche 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 15 5.40
M.Pattin 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.00
Totals 8 9 4 4 5 6 0
Indians (8-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Grimsley WIN(1-0) 9 3 0 0 1 5 0 118 0.00
Totals 9 3 0 0 1 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 74,522 DATE- Thursday, October 21st 1976 TIME- Night
T- 2:29
LEFT ON BASE- Xpress: 5 Indians:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Xpress: 1 Indians: 0
ERRORS- R.Reuschel
DOUBLES- G.Maddox(2nd), G.Scott(2nd)
TRIPLES- B.McBride(2nd)
RBIs- B.McBride(8th), K.Henderson(4th), G.Nettles(5th)
STOLEN BASES- B.McBride(1st), R.Miller(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Nettles, R.Miller, D.Kessinger
WALKS- R.Smalley, B.McBride, J.Morgan-2, K.Henderson-2
HIT BY PITCH- S.Bando, H.McRae
STRIKE OUTS- J.Mumphrey-2, R.Metzger, S.Bando-2, H.McRae-2, G.Nettles, G.Scott,
R.Miller, D.Kessinger
GIDP- T.Humphrey
2-out RBI- G.Nettles, B.McBride
RLISP 2-out- S.Yeager, G.Scott-2, H.McRae, R.Miller-2, G.Nettles-2, J.Rudi
TEAM RISP- Xpress: 0 for 2 Indians: 4 for 16
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Rick Miller robbed Roy White of a Homerun!
Ross Grimsley threw a 3 hit shutout at Municipal Stadium as the Cleveland
Indians beat the Minnesota Xpress by the count of 4 to 0.
Grimsley(1-0) was virtually untouchable. He allowed only 3 hits and 1 walk in
9 innings. Cleveland banged out 9 hits on the night.
Rick Reuschel(0-1) was the loser. He pitched 4 and 2/3 innings giving up 5
hits and 4 walks.