1977 CRL Championship, Game 2: Los Angeles Angels At Chicago Fire 10/30/1977
Angels AB R H RBI AVG Fire AB R H RBI AVG B.Boisclair CF 5 1 1 0 .407 K.Reitz 3B 5 0 1 1 .231 G.Templeton SS 5 0 1 0 .205 D.Cash 2B 4 0 3 0 .440 O.Gamble LF 4 0 0 0 .292 R.Jackson LF 4 0 1 0 .286 K.Griffey RF 4 0 3 0 .382 C.Chambliss 1B 3 1 1 0 .353 E.Murray 1B 4 0 1 1 .290 D.Winfield CF 4 0 0 0 .370 R.Cey 3B 4 0 1 0 .156 E.Valentine RF 3 1 1 0 .429 L.Blanks 2B 3 1 1 0 .207 G.Carter C 4 0 1 2 .160 A.Ashby C 3 0 0 0 .063 F.Patek SS 4 1 1 0 .241 M.Lemongello P 0 0 0 0 ---- F.Barrios P 2 0 0 0 .000 E.Rasmussen P 2 0 1 0 .500 C.Carroll P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-G.Thomasson PH 1 0 0 0 .286 B-T.Whitfield PH 0 0 0 0 .500 D.Heaverlo P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-O.Velez PH 1 0 1 0 .286 D.Hamilton P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Lockwood P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Atkinson P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-J.Milner PH 1 0 0 0 .200 D-J.Essian PH,C 1 0 0 0 .222 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 2 9 1 Totals 35 3 10 3
A-Pinch Hit For Rasmussen In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Carroll In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Whitfield In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Atkinson In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Lockwood In 9th Inning
Angels.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 9 1 Fire............ 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 3 10 1
Angels (4-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA E.Rasmussen 6 3 2 2 1 1 0 86 3.43 D.Heaverlo 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 12.00 D.Hamilton 0 2/3 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00 B.Atkinson 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.93 M.Lemongello LOSS(0-2) 0 2/3 2 1 0 0 1 0 21 12.38 Totals 8 2/3 10 3 2 1 4 0
Fire (6-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA F.Barrios 7 1/3 7 1 1 1 7 0 106 4.38 C.Carroll HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.86 S.Lockwood W(2-0) BS(2nd) 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 20 4.50 Totals 9 9 2 1 1 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 37,077 DATE- Sunday, October 30th 1977 TIME- Night T- 3:00 LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 9 Fire: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 2 Fire: 1 ERRORS- M.Lemongello, E.Valentine DOUBLES- K.Griffey(2nd), L.Blanks(1st), G.Carter(1st) RBIs- E.Murray(4th), K.Reitz(1st), G.Carter-2(3rd) WALKS- L.Blanks, E.Valentine HIT BY PITCH- A.Ashby, C.Chambliss STRIKE OUTS- B.Boisclair, G.Templeton, O.Gamble-2, R.Cey-2, G.Thomasson, J.Essian, R.Jackson, D.Winfield, G.Carter, F.Patek GIDP- L.Blanks, K.Reitz, R.Jackson WILD PITCHES- F.Barrios 2-out RBI- E.Murray, K.Reitz RLISP 2-out- F.Barrios, C.Chambliss, R.Cey-2, D.Winfield-2, G.Templeton TEAM RISP- Angels: 1 for 9 Fire: 3 for 8
In a dramatic ending at Comiskey Park the Chicago Fire won in their last at-bat beating the Los Angeles Angels by the count of 3 to 2.
The game was won by Chicago with a run in the 9th inning. Ellis Valentine reached on an error. Gary Carter was next to the plate, but was promptly struck out. Freddie Patek then delivered a base-hit. Patek took second on the throw. After another out, Ken Reitz came to bat and hit a single resulting in a mighty exciting win for Chicago and the 37,077 home town fans in attendance. Chicago rapped out 10 hits for the night.
The win went to Skip Lockwood(2-0) who allowed 1 run in 1 inning. Mark Lemongello(0-2) ended up with the loss in relief. He gave up 1 run and 2 hits in 2/3 of an inning.