1977 ALDS, Game 5: Minnesota Xpress At Erie Seawolves 10/12/1977
Xpress AB R H RBI AVG Seawolves AB R H RBI AVG R.Carew 1B 7 0 1 2 .440 J.Beniquez CF 7 2 4 2 .400 J.Mumphrey RF 6 2 2 2 .222 G.Brett DH 5 1 2 1 .389 G.Luzinski DH 4 0 0 0 .250 M.Schmidt 3B 7 0 1 1 .273 S.Bando 3B 5 1 1 0 .200 G.Hendrick RF 5 2 2 1 .200 G.Gross LF 2 1 1 1 .200 J.Stearns C 4 2 1 1 .167 A-R.Staub PH 1 0 0 0 .125 D.Kingman LF 3 1 1 1 .500 B-M.Stanley LF 0 0 0 0 .400 C-K.Henderson LF 1 0 0 0 .333 D-K.Bevacqua PH,LF 3 0 0 0 .000 G-R.Carty PH 0 0 0 1 .222 G.Maddox CF 6 1 1 1 .381 H-L.Piniella LF 1 0 0 0 .333 R.Smalley SS 3 2 2 3 .385 T.Perez 1B 5 1 2 2 .158 E-R.White PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Remy 2B 5 1 0 0 .150 F-R.Metzger SS 2 0 1 0 .250 B.Russell SS 4 0 1 0 .250 F.White 2B 6 0 0 0 .158 S.Yeager C 4 2 2 0 .286 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 50 9 11 9 Totals 47 10 14 10
A-Pinch Hit For Gross In 6th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Staub In 6th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Kingman In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Stanley In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Smalley In 8th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (SS) For White In 8th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Henderson In 9th Inning H-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Carty In 10th Inning
Xpress.......... 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 9 11 0 Seawolves....... 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 10 14 1
Xpress (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Rhoden 5 6 6 6 2 3 0 101 10.80 D.Laroche 1 2/3 3 2 2 0 3 1 29 7.36 M.Pattin 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 0.00 J.Kerrigan BS(1st) 1 2/3 3 1 1 1 1 0 36 2.45 D.Miller LOSS(0-2) 2 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 0 44 7.36 Totals 12 1/3 14 10 10 5 7 1
Seawolves (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA F.Norman 6 2/3 6 7 7 3 3 1 114 9.45 A.Hrabosky 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00 M.Littell HOLD(2nd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0.00 B.Sutter BS(1st) 3 1/3 3 2 2 1 5 1 40 3.18 B.Stanley WIN(1-0) 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 29 3.18 Totals 13 11 9 9 5 12 2
ATTENDANCE- 23,992 DATE- Wednesday, October 12th 1977 TIME- Night T- 3:44 LEFT ON BASE- Xpress: 7 Seawolves: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Xpress: 0 Seawolves: 1 ERRORS- J.Remy DOUBLES- R.Carew(2nd), S.Yeager(2nd), J.Beniquez(2nd), G.Brett(3rd) TRIPLES- M.Schmidt(1st), G.Hendrick(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Mumphrey(1st), R.Smalley(1st), J.Stearns(2nd) RBIs- R.Carew-2(5th), J.Mumphrey-2(2nd), G.Gross(1st), G.Maddox(5th), R.Smalley-3(4th), J.Beniquez-2(5th), G.Brett(4th), M.Schmidt(4th), G.Hendrick(1st), J.Stearns(3rd), D.Kingman(1st), R.Carty(3rd), T.Perez-2(5th) STOLEN BASES- J.Stearns(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Russell SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Hendrick, R.Carty WALKS- G.Luzinski-2, S.Bando, S.Yeager-2, G.Brett-2, J.Stearns, T.Perez, J.Remy HIT BY PITCH- J.Stearns, B.Russell STRIKE OUTS- J.Mumphrey, G.Luzinski, S.Bando, G.Gross, K.Bevacqua-3, G.Maddox, R.White, R.Metzger, F.White-2, M.Schmidt, G.Hendrick, J.Stearns, D.Kingman, T.Perez, J.Remy-2 GIDP- R.Carew 2-out RBI- G.Gross, G.Maddox, R.Smalley-3, J.Beniquez-2, G.Brett, R.Carew-2, J.Mumphrey-2 RLISP 2-out- J.Stearns, G.Brett, J.Mumphrey, R.White, M.Schmidt-2, J.Remy TEAM RISP- Xpress: 5 for 10 Seawolves: 5 for 13 WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Frank White robbed Dave Kingman of a base hit.
Juan Beniquez had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the Erie Seawolves defeated the Minnesota Xpress in 13 innings 10 to 9 at Erie Park.
Both teams were tied at 9 runs apiece after nine innings. Erie ended up winning it in the 13th inning. After an out was recorded, George Brett drew a walk. Mike Schmidt stepped up next and he tripled resulting in an exciting win for Erie and a raucous post-game celebration by the home town fans. The game was a wild affair with the lead changing hands 5 times.
Bob Stanley(1-0) was the winner allowing no runs in 2 innings. Dyar Miller(0-2) was the loser in relief.