1977 CRL Championship, Game 1: Los Angeles Angels At Chicago Fire 10/29/1977
Angels AB R H RBI AVG Fire AB R H RBI AVG B.Boisclair CF 5 1 1 1 .455 K.Reitz 3B 5 2 2 0 .238 G.Templeton SS 5 0 1 0 .206 D.Cash 2B 5 2 3 1 .381 L.Blanks 2B 4 2 1 0 .192 R.Jackson LF 4 2 2 1 .294 K.Griffey RF 4 0 1 0 .333 C.Chambliss 1B 4 2 3 3 .357 E.Murray 1B 3 1 2 1 .296 D-O.Velez PH 1 0 1 1 .167 J.Burroughs LF 3 1 1 4 .333 S.Lockwood P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Cey 3B 4 0 0 0 .143 D.Winfield CF 4 0 2 1 .435 A.Ashby C 4 1 1 0 .077 E.Valentine RF 4 0 0 0 .444 D.Leonard P 3 0 0 0 .000 G.Carter C 4 0 1 1 .143 D.Heaverlo P 0 0 0 0 ---- F.Patek SS 4 0 0 0 .240 D.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Alexander P 1 0 1 01.000 C.Williams P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-S.Ontiveros PH 1 1 1 01.000 E-G.Thomasson PH 0 0 0 0 .308 P.Vuckovich P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-T.Whitfield PH 1 0 1 0 .500 C.Carroll P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-J.Milner PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 6 8 6 Totals 39 9 17 8
A-Pinch Hit For Alexander In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Vuckovich In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Carroll In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Chambliss In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Williams In 9th Inning
Angels.......... 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 1 Fire............ 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 - 9 17 1
Angels (4-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Leonard LOSS(3-1) 7 14 7 7 1 4 1 127 3.86 D.Heaverlo 0 2/3 2 2 1 0 1 0 14 18.00 D.Knowles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 C.Williams 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 8 17 9 8 1 5 1
Fire (5-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Alexander 5 8 6 2 1 2 1 80 3.60 P.Vuckovich 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 0.00 C.Carroll WIN(1-0) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 4.50 S.Lockwood SAVE(3rd) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 5.40 Totals 9 8 6 2 3 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 34,089 DATE- Saturday, October 29th 1977 TIME- Day T- 2:46 LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 5 Fire: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 1 Fire: 1 ERRORS- J.Burroughs, K.Reitz DOUBLES- E.Murray-2(5th), A.Ashby(1st), K.Reitz(2nd), C.Chambliss(1st), T.Whitfield(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Burroughs(2nd), C.Chambliss(1st) RBIs- B.Boisclair(1st), E.Murray(3rd), J.Burroughs-4(10th), D.Cash(3rd), R.Jackson(4th), C.Chambliss-3(4th), O.Velez(1st), D.Winfield(4th), G.Carter(1st) SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Winfield WALKS- E.Murray, J.Burroughs, G.Thomasson, R.Jackson STRIKE OUTS- B.Boisclair-3, R.Cey, A.Ashby, D.Leonard, K.Reitz, D.Cash, R.Jackson, F.Patek-2 GIDP- R.Cey, G.Carter WILD PITCHES- D.Leonard 2-out RBI- E.Murray, J.Burroughs-4, R.Jackson, C.Chambliss-2, G.Carter, O.Velez RLISP 2-out- J.Burroughs-2, R.Jackson, R.Cey, K.Reitz, D.Winfield TEAM RISP- Angels: 3 for 8 Fire: 4 for 10
Chris Chambliss homered and had 3 RBI as the Chicago Fire defeated the Los Angeles Angels by a score of 9 to 6 at Comiskey Park.
Chambliss helped send the fans home happy. He slapped a one-base hit in the 4th inning, popped a two-run clout over the fence in the 5th inning and doubled plating a run in the 7th inning. Los Angeles was out-hit by Chicago, 17 hits to 8.
Clay Carroll(1-0) allowed no runs in 2 innings, and picked up the victory. Skip Lockwood got the save, his 3rd. Dennis Leonard(3-1) absorbed the loss. He surrendered 14 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings.