1976 NLCS, Game 4: Houston Astros At Portland Beavers 10/20/1976
Astros AB R H RBI AVG Beavers AB R H RBI AVG L.Bowa SS 3 0 1 0 .235 M.Rivers LF 4 1 1 0 .388 B.Bell 3B 4 0 0 0 .188 C-M.Anderson LF 0 0 0 0 .286 C.Cedeno CF 4 0 2 0 .412 D.Concepcion SS 4 0 1 0 .132 G.Foster RF 4 0 1 0 .278 D.Evans 3B 4 1 2 2 .212 W.Crawford LF 2 0 2 0 .667 B.Watson 1B 4 0 0 0 .261 B-L.Hisle PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .308 D-J.Mayberry 1B 0 0 0 0 .250 G.Tenace C 4 0 0 0 .143 T.Poquette RF 3 0 1 0 .276 M.Trillo 2B 4 0 0 0 .200 M.Tyson 2B 3 0 0 0 .240 T.Muser 1B 4 0 0 0 .125 D.Baker CF 3 0 1 0 .206 S.Rogers P 3 0 1 0 .500 B.Fahey C 3 0 0 0 .250 J.Sambito P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Kern P 0 0 0 0 ---- L.Tiant P 2 0 0 0 .143 A-J.Ferguson C 1 0 0 0 .194 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 0 7 0 Totals 31 2 6 2
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Tiant In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Crawford In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Rivers In 9th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Watson In 9th Inning
Astros.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 Beavers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 0
Astros (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Rogers LOSS(1-1) 8 6 2 2 0 6 1 108 1.80 Totals 8 6 2 2 0 6 1
Beavers (5-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA L.Tiant 7 1/3 7 0 0 2 3 0 110 4.09 J.Sambito 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.00 J.Kern WIN(1-0) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00 Totals 9 7 0 0 2 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 26,189 DATE- Wednesday, October 20th 1976 TIME- Night T- 2:25 LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 8 Beavers: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 0 Beavers: 0 ERRORS- S.Rogers DOUBLES- D.Concepcion(2nd) HOME RUNS- D.Evans(1st) RBIs- D.Evans-2(3rd) STOLEN BASES- C.Cedeno(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- C.Cedeno WALKS- L.Bowa, W.Crawford STRIKE OUTS- G.Tenace-2, M.Trillo-2, D.Concepcion, B.Watson-2, M.Tyson-2, D.Baker 2-out RBI- D.Evans-2 RLISP 2-out- B.Bell, M.Trillo, D.Evans, B.Fahey-2 TEAM RISP- Astros: 1 for 4 Beavers: 0 for 3
Jim Kern(1-0) was the winner as Portland Beavers shutout the Houston Astros by a 2 to 0 score at Tiger Stadium.
Portland came up with the deciding runs in the bottom of the 8th inning plating 2 runs on 2 hits. After an out was recorded, Mickey Rivers got things going when he hit a single. Dave Concepcion struck out, unable to help the rally. Darrell Evans then blasted a two-run home run. Houston went down quietly in the 9th.
Steve Rogers(1-1) took the loss. He pitched 8 innings giving up only 6 hits and no walks.