1977 ALCS, Game 4: Los Angeles Angels At Minnesota Xpress 10/21/1977
Angels AB R H RBI AVG Xpress AB R H RBI AVG B.Boisclair CF 5 1 4 0 .556 R.Carew 1B 4 1 2 0 .469 G.Templeton SS 4 0 1 1 .250 J.Mumphrey RF 4 0 1 2 .286 L.Blanks 2B 4 2 2 1 .308 G.Luzinski LF 3 0 1 0 .422 K.Griffey RF 5 1 1 0 .231 R.Staub DH 4 0 0 0 .154 J.Burroughs DH 5 1 2 2 .385 S.Yeager C 1 0 0 0 .314 A.Howe 3B 1 0 0 0 .000 B-D.Dyer PH,C 3 0 0 0 .111 A-R.Cey PH,3B 4 0 0 0 .214 G.Maddox CF 4 0 1 0 .326 O.Gamble LF 5 1 4 2 .778 R.Smalley SS 4 1 1 0 .296 J.Essian C 5 1 1 0 .273 S.Bando 3B 3 0 0 0 .163 E.Murray 1B 4 1 2 2 .286 F.White 2B 3 0 0 0 .184 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 42 8 17 8 Totals 33 2 6 2
A-Pinch Hit For Howe In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Yeager In 5th Inning
Angels.......... 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 - 8 17 0 Xpress.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 6 1
Angels (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Leonard WIN(2-0) 8 5 2 2 1 9 0 109 3.24 D.Knowles 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 B.Atkinson 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.00 Totals 9 6 2 2 1 10 0
Xpress (5-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Rhoden LOSS(0-2) 3 2/3 11 6 6 1 4 0 92 10.67 M.Pattin 5 1/3 6 2 2 0 2 0 64 3.75 Totals 9 17 8 8 1 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 36,437 DATE- Friday, October 21st 1977 TIME- Night T- 2:52 LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 9 Xpress: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 0 Xpress: 1 ERRORS- S.Bando DOUBLES- O.Gamble-2(2nd), E.Murray-2(2nd), G.Maddox(2nd) TRIPLES- J.Mumphrey(1st) RBIs- G.Templeton(2nd), L.Blanks(1st), J.Burroughs-2(5th), O.Gamble-2(4th), E.Murray-2(2nd), J.Mumphrey-2(5th) SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Templeton WALKS- L.Blanks, G.Luzinski STRIKE OUTS- L.Blanks, K.Griffey, A.Howe, R.Cey, J.Essian-2, R.Carew, J.Mumphrey, G.Luzinski, R.Staub, S.Yeager, D.Dyer-2, R.Smalley, S.Bando, F.White GIDP- G.Templeton 2-out RBI- O.Gamble-2, J.Burroughs, J.Mumphrey-2 RLISP 2-out- J.Burroughs, E.Murray, J.Essian, R.Cey, K.Griffey, G.Luzinski, R.Smalley TEAM RISP- Angels: 7 for 18 Xpress: 1 for 3 WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Frank White robbed Ken Griffey of a base hit.
Dennis Leonard took a no-hitter into the 6th inning and Oscar Gamble had 4 hits and 2 RBI at Xpress Stadium where the Los Angeles Angels beat the Minnesota Xpress by the score of 8 to 2.
Leonard(2-0) pitched a solid game. He didn't give up much, just 5 hits and 1 walk in 8 innings. Leonard struckout 9 Minnesota batters lowering his ERA from 4.15 to 3.24. The right-handed Leonard lost his no-hit bid when Rod Carew singled with two outs in the 6th inning. Los Angeles had 17 hits for the night while Minnesota had 6.
Rick Rhoden(0-2) took the loss. He allowed Los Angeles 6 runs in 3 and 2/3 innings of work.