1976 CRL Championship, Game 2: Cleveland Indians At Houston Astros 10/27/1976
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Astros AB R H RBI AVG R.Miller CF 5 3 3 1 .400 L.Bowa SS 4 0 1 0 .357 H.McRae LF 3 0 2 1 .309 B.Bell 3B 4 0 1 0 .250 A-J.Rudi LF 2 0 1 1 .433 C.Cedeno CF 4 0 0 0 .321 J.Morgan 2B 4 0 2 1 .275 G.Foster RF 4 0 0 0 .233 K.Henderson RF 2 0 0 0 .275 L.Hisle LF 3 0 0 0 .217 G.Nettles 3B 4 1 2 1 .224 G.Tenace C 3 0 1 0 .125 G.Scott 1B 4 0 1 0 .327 M.Trillo 2B 3 0 1 0 .167 D.Kessinger SS 4 0 0 0 .047 M.Ivie 1B 3 0 0 0 .167 D.Porter C 3 0 0 0 .192 B.Hooton P 2 0 1 0 .250 B-T.Humphrey C 1 0 0 0 .214 C-W.Crawford PH 1 0 0 0 .600 C.Hunter P 3 1 0 0 .000 G.Garber P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 5 11 5 Totals 31 0 5 0
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For McRae In 5th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Porter In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Hooton In 8th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 - 5 11 0 Astros.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
Indians (10-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA C.Hunter WIN(2-1) 9 5 0 0 0 8 0 102 2.88 Totals 9 5 0 0 0 8 0
Astros (4-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Hooton LOSS(0-1) 8 11 5 5 3 5 1 127 5.02 G.Garber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 11 5 5 3 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 25,632 DATE- Wednesday, October 27th 1976 TIME- Night T- 2:11 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 6 Astros: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Astros: 1 DOUBLES- R.Miller(2nd), J.Morgan(4th), M.Trillo(1st), B.Hooton TRIPLES- R.Miller(1st) HOME RUNS- G.Nettles(2nd) RBIs- R.Miller(2nd), H.McRae(8th), J.Rudi(3rd), J.Morgan(7th), G.Nettles(6th) STOLEN BASES- R.Miller(2nd) CAUGHT STEALING- H.McRae WALKS- K.Henderson-2, C.Hunter STRIKE OUTS- J.Morgan, G.Nettles, D.Porter, C.Hunter-2, B.Bell, C.Cedeno, G.Foster-2, L.Hisle, G.Tenace-2, W.Crawford GIDP- D.Kessinger 2-out RBI- J.Morgan RLISP 2-out- D.Kessinger, G.Nettles-2, C.Cedeno, K.Henderson, T.Humphrey TEAM RISP- Indians: 4 for 9 Astros: 1 for 3
Catfish Hunter had an impressive outing and Rick Miller collected 2 extra-base hits and scored 3 times at The Astrodome as the Cleveland Indians beat the Houston Astros by the count of 5 to 0.
Houston never recovered after Cleveland took the lead in the 3rd inning scoring a single run on 3 hits. After two outs Miller delivered a base-hit. Miller swiped second base. Hal McRae then delivered a one-base hit. Joe Morgan followed and he stroked a base-hit scoring the run. That early scoring held up. Cleveland finished with 11 hits in the victory.
Hunter(2-1) went the distance for the shutout. Burt Hooton(0-1) was given the loss. He was touched for 11 hits and 3 walks in 8 innings.