1977 ALDS, Game 7: Erie Seawolves At Minnesota Xpress 10/15/1977
Seawolves AB R H RBI AVG Xpress AB R H RBI AVG J.Remy 2B 3 0 0 0 .130 R.Carew 1B 5 2 3 3 .471 G.Brett 3B 3 1 0 0 .333 G.Gross RF 3 2 3 2 .385 J.Beniquez CF 4 1 2 2 .370 A-J.Mumphrey RF 2 0 1 0 .333 M.Schmidt SS 4 0 0 0 .222 G.Luzinski DH 5 1 2 3 .357 G.Hendrick RF 4 0 0 0 .148 S.Bando 3B 5 0 0 0 .172 R.Carty DH 4 1 2 1 .308 G.Maddox CF 5 0 0 0 .300 J.Nolan C 4 0 2 0 .500 M.Stanley LF 4 2 1 0 .333 T.Perez 1B 3 0 0 0 .154 S.Yeager C 4 3 2 1 .318 K.Henderson LF 3 0 1 0 .333 R.Smalley SS 4 1 2 1 .412 F.White 2B 4 2 2 3 .185 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 3 7 3 Totals 41 13 16 13
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Gross In 4th Inning
Seawolves....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 3 7 3 Xpress.......... 1 6 4 0 0 0 1 1 - 13 16 0
Seawolves (3-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA K.Brett LOSS(0-3) 1 2/3 6 7 4 0 1 3 46 9.00 B.Stanley 5 1/3 10 6 2 0 4 1 115 3.27 B.Sutter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.70 Totals 8 16 13 6 0 5 4
Xpress (4-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Reuschel WIN(3-0) 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 71 2.75 M.Pattin SAVE(1st) 3 5 3 3 0 3 2 40 4.05 Totals 9 7 3 3 2 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 33,584 DATE- Saturday, October 15th 1977 TIME- Night T- 2:45 LEFT ON BASE- Seawolves: 4 Xpress: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Seawolves: 1 Xpress: 2 ERRORS- J.Remy-2, K.Henderson DOUBLES- R.Carew(4th) HOME RUNS- J.Beniquez(2nd), R.Carty(1st), G.Gross(1st), G.Luzinski(2nd), S.Yeager(1st), F.White(2nd) RBIs- J.Beniquez-2(7th), R.Carty(4th), R.Carew-3(8th), G.Gross-2(3rd), G.Luzinski-3(6th), S.Yeager(2nd), R.Smalley(5th), F.White-3(4th) WALKS- J.Remy, G.Brett STRIKE OUTS- M.Schmidt-2, G.Hendrick, T.Perez, R.Carew, J.Mumphrey, G.Luzinski, M.Stanley-2 GIDP- J.Nolan, T.Perez, S.Bando 2-out RBI- G.Luzinski-2, R.Carew-3, G.Gross, R.Carty, J.Beniquez-2 RLISP 2-out- J.Mumphrey, J.Beniquez, G.Maddox TEAM RISP- Seawolves: 0 for 1 Xpress: 6 for 10 WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: George Hendrick robbed Roy Smalley of a Homerun!
They almost ran out of baseballs at Xpress Stadium as Minnesota Xpress clobbered the Erie Seawolves pitching staff, scoring 13 runs while Rick Reuschel, with relief help from Marty Pattin, surrendered 3 runs to Erie.
Reuschel earned his pay with a solid performance for Minnesota. He was reached for 2 hits and 2 walks in 6 innings improving his ERA from 3.95 to 2.75. Minnesota ended up with 16 hits for the game while Erie had 7.
Reuschel got relief help from Pattin who gained credit for his 1st save. Ken Brett was hit with the loss. He surrendered 3 homeruns in his 1 and 2/3 innings.