1977 ALDS, Game 1: Erie Seawolves At Minnesota Xpress 10/7/1977
Seawolves AB R H RBI AVG Xpress AB R H RBI AVG
J.Remy 2B 2 1 2 01.000 R.Carew 1B 4 1 4 01.000
D-R.Carty PH 1 0 0 0 .000 G.Gross RF 3 1 1 0 .333
G.Hendrick RF 5 0 0 0 .000 B-J.Mumphrey RF 2 0 0 0 .000
M.Schmidt 3B 4 1 2 1 .500 G.Luzinski DH 4 2 2 1 .500
G.Brett DH 5 1 1 2 .200 S.Bando 3B 4 1 1 0 .250
T.Perez 1B 3 1 0 0 .000 G.Maddox CF 4 0 2 2 .500
J.Stearns C 2 1 1 2 .500 M.Stanley LF 3 2 1 1 .333
J.Beniquez CF 4 0 1 0 .250 D.Dyer C 3 1 1 3 .333
L.Piniella LF 4 0 1 0 .250 C-S.Yeager C 1 0 1 01.000
B.Russell SS 4 0 0 0 .000 R.Smalley SS 1 0 1 11.000
A-R.Metzger SS 2 0 0 0 .000
F.White 2B 4 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 34 5 8 5 Totals 35 8 14 8
A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Smalley In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Gross In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Dyer In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Remy In 9th Inning
Seawolves....... 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 - 5 8 1
Xpress.......... 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 8 14 0
Seawolves (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
K.Brett LOSS(0-1) 5 9 6 6 2 2 1 75 10.80
W.Brusstar 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 26 18.00
M.Littell 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 33 0.00
Totals 8 14 8 8 3 3 1
Xpress (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Reuschel WIN(1-0) 6 2/3 7 4 4 3 8 1 121 5.40
D.Laroche HOLD(1st) 1 1/3 1 1 1 1 0 1 17 6.75
J.Kerrigan SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 0.00
Totals 9 8 5 5 5 8 2
ATTENDANCE- 36,055 DATE- Friday, October 7th 1977 TIME- Day
T- 2:20
LEFT ON BASE- Seawolves: 8 Xpress: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Seawolves: 3 Xpress: 1
ERRORS- M.Schmidt
DOUBLES- M.Schmidt(1st), G.Luzinski(1st), S.Bando(1st), D.Dyer(1st),
R.Smalley(1st)
HOME RUNS- G.Brett(1st), J.Stearns(1st), M.Stanley(1st)
RBIs- M.Schmidt(1st), G.Brett-2(2nd), J.Stearns-2(2nd), G.Luzinski(1st),
G.Maddox-2(2nd), M.Stanley(1st), D.Dyer-3(3rd), R.Smalley(1st)
WALKS- J.Remy-2, M.Schmidt, J.Stearns-2, R.Carew, M.Stanley, R.Smalley
HIT BY PITCH- T.Perez
STRIKE OUTS- G.Hendrick-3, M.Schmidt, J.Stearns, J.Beniquez-2, B.Russell,
J.Mumphrey, G.Luzinski, G.Maddox
GIDP- G.Brett, G.Gross, J.Mumphrey, G.Luzinski
WILD PITCHES- R.Reuschel
2-out RBI- D.Dyer-3, R.Smalley, M.Stanley, J.Stearns-2, M.Schmidt, G.Brett-2
RLISP 2-out- F.White, B.Russell, J.Mumphrey
TEAM RISP- Seawolves: 1 for 2 Xpress: 4 for 9
Greg Luzinski had 2 base hits at Xpress Stadium as the Minnesota Xpress beat
the Erie Seawolves 8 to 5.
Rick Reuschel(1-0) pitched well for Minnesota in their victory. He went 6 and
2/3 innings and surrended up 7 hits and 3 walks. Reuschel mowed down 8 Erie
batters. Minnesota finished with 14 hits while Erie ended up with 8.
Reuschel got help from Joe Kerrigan who was credited with his 1st save. Ken
Brett(0-1) was charged with the loss. He got hammered, allowing 9 hits and 2
walks in 5 innings.