1976 CRL Championship, Game 1: Cleveland Indians At Houston Astros 10/26/1976
  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.McBride RF        3  1  0  0 .391     L.Bowa SS           4  3  3  0 .375  
A-T.Humphrey C        1  0  0  0 .231     B.Bell 3B           3  0  1  3 .250  
  H.McRae LF          5  0  2  0 .288     C.Cedeno CF         3  0  1  0 .375  
D-J.Rudi LF           0  0  0  0 .429     G.Foster RF         4  0  1  0 .269  
  J.Morgan 2B         5  3  4  1 .255     L.Hisle LF          4  0  1  0 .250  
  K.Henderson CF,RF   3  0  3  2 .289     G.Tenace C          4  0  0  0 .095  
  G.Nettles 3B        4  0  1  0 .200     M.Trillo 2B         3  0  0  0 .143  
  G.Scott 1B          4  0  2  1 .333     T.Muser 1B          3  0  0  0 .214  
  D.Kessinger SS      4  0  0  0 .051     S.Lyle P            0  0  0  0 ----  
  D.Porter C          2  0  1  0 .217     J.Barr P            2  0  0  0 .000  
B-R.Miller CF         1  0  0  0 .300   C-M.Ivie 1B           1  0  0  0 .222  
  J.Montefusco P      3  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  4 13  4                 Totals      31  3  7  3
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For McBride In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Porter In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Barr In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For McRae In 9th Inning
Indians......... 1 0 2  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  4 13  2
Astros.......... 1 0 1  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  3  7  0
Indians (9-3)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Montefusco WIN(4-0)     9       7   3   2   1   4   0 117   1.06
Totals                    9       7   3   2   1   4   0
Astros (4-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Barr LOSS(2-1)          7      11   4   4   1   2   0 117   1.71
S.Lyle                    2       2   0   0   0   1   0  26   0.00
Totals                    9      13   4   4   1   3   0
ATTENDANCE- 26,528 DATE- Tuesday, October 26th 1976 TIME- Night 
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8  Astros: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1  Astros: 1
ERRORS- D.Porter-2
DOUBLES- H.McRae(5th), K.Henderson(1st), B.Bell(3rd), G.Foster(1st)
RBIs- J.Morgan(6th), K.Henderson-2(6th), G.Scott(10th), B.Bell-3(8th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Morgan(1st), L.Bowa-3(5th), C.Cedeno-2(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- K.Henderson, J.Montefusco
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Bell
WALKS- D.Porter, C.Cedeno
HIT BY PITCH- B.McBride
STRIKE OUTS- G.Nettles, J.Montefusco-2, L.Hisle-2, M.Trillo, J.Barr
GIDP- D.Kessinger
2-out RBI- K.Henderson-2, G.Scott
RLISP 2-out- G.Nettles-3, L.Hisle-2, G.Foster, B.McBride
TEAM RISP- Indians: 5 for 9  Astros: 2 for 7
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Bake McBride robbed George Foster of an extra base hit.
          Top 4th: Cesar Cedeno robbed George Scott of a Homerun!
Second baseman Joe Morgan had 4 hits and scored 3 times and John Montefusco
allowed Craig Cunningham to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game as the
Cleveland Indians bested the Houston Astros 4 to 3 at The
Astrodome.
Cleveland tallied 2 runs in the top of the 3rd inning with the help of 3 hits.
They would hold up as the winning runs.  Cleveland banged out 13 hits on the night.  
The victory was credited to Montefusco(4-0) who went the distance, allowing 3
runs. Jim Barr(2-1) was the losing pitcher.  
Wth the win Cleveland now has a record of 9-3.  With the loss, the Houston
ballclub's record is 4-2.