1977 CRL Championship, Game 3: Chicago Fire At Los Angeles Angels 11/1/1977
Fire AB R H RBI AVG Angels AB R H RBI AVG
K.Reitz 3B 5 1 1 4 .226 B.Boisclair CF 3 0 0 0 .367
D.Cash 2B 5 0 2 1 .433 A-L.Stanton PH 0 0 0 01.000
R.Jackson LF 5 1 1 0 .269 B-J.Zdeb CF 1 0 0 0 .333
C.Chambliss 1B 5 1 1 0 .318 G.Templeton SS 4 0 1 0 .209
T.Whitfield DH 4 3 3 2 .667 G.Thomasson DH 3 1 0 0 .235
D.Winfield CF 5 0 1 0 .344 O.Gamble LF 3 2 2 2 .333
E.Valentine RF 2 1 0 1 .391 K.Griffey RF 4 0 1 1 .368
G.Carter C 2 2 0 1 .148 E.Murray 1B 4 0 0 0 .257
F.Patek SS 3 1 0 0 .219 R.Cey 3B 3 0 0 0 .143
A.Howe 2B 3 0 0 0 .000
A.Ashby C 4 0 2 0 .150
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Totals 36 10 9 9 Totals 32 3 6 3
A-Pinch Hit For Boisclair In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Stanton In 8th Inning
Fire............ 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 - 10 9 0
Angels.......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 6 2
Fire (7-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
N.Espinosa WIN(1-0) 6 2/3 4 2 2 4 3 1 102 1.84
T.Martinez 0 2/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 13 9.00
S.Foucault 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0.00
[1]Totals 9 6 3 3 5 4 1
Angels (4-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Haas LOSS(0-2) 6 1/3 7 9 4 4 3 2 117 5.54
M.Lemongello 2 2/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 45 10.13
Totals 9 9 10 5 5 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 53,538 DATE- Tuesday, November 1st 1977 TIME- Night
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- Fire: 5 Angels: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Fire: 1 Angels: 1
ERRORS- R.Cey, A.Ashby
DOUBLES- C.Chambliss(2nd), O.Gamble(3rd)
HOME RUNS- K.Reitz(1st), T.Whitfield(1st), O.Gamble(2nd)
RBIs- K.Reitz-4(5th), D.Cash(4th), T.Whitfield-2(2nd), E.Valentine(6th),
G.Carter(4th), O.Gamble-2(8th), K.Griffey(5th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Winfield(1st), F.Patek(2nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Valentine
WALKS- T.Whitfield, E.Valentine, G.Carter-2, F.Patek, L.Stanton, G.Thomasson,
O.Gamble, R.Cey, A.Howe
STRIKE OUTS- K.Reitz, C.Chambliss-2, E.Valentine, G.Thomasson, K.Griffey,
E.Murray, R.Cey
GIDP- D.Winfield, K.Griffey
BALKS- T.Martinez
2-out RBI- G.Carter, K.Reitz-4, O.Gamble-2, D.Cash
RLISP 2-out- G.Carter, D.Cash, G.Templeton-2, R.Jackson
TEAM RISP- Fire: 3 for 10 Angels: 1 for 3
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Joe Zdeb robbed Freddie Patek of an extra base hit.
Terry Whitfield homered and had 2 RBI as the streaking Chicago Fire defeated
the Los Angeles Angels by the score of 10 to 3 at Angel Stadium.
Los Angeles never recovered after Chicago took the lead in the 2nd inning
plating an isolated run. After an out was recorded, Whitfield drew a walk.
Dave Winfield stepped up to the plate and he stroked a base-hit. Ellis
Valentine then hit a sacrifice fly scoring the run. Chicago had 9 hits for
the night while Los Angeles had 6.
The winning pitcher was Nino Espinosa(1-0) who allowed 2 runs in 6 and 2/3
innings. Moose Haas(0-2) was charged with the loss. Chicago scored big
getting 9 runs off him in 6 and 1/3 innings.