1977 NLDS, Game 1: Houston Astros At Albuquerque Dukes 10/7/1977
Astros AB R H RBI AVG Dukes AB R H RBI AVG T.Sizemore 2B 5 0 2 0 .400 L.Randle 3B 3 1 0 0 .000 J.Cardenal SS 4 0 1 0 .250 T.Puhl CF 4 2 3 0 .750 L.Mazzilli CF 5 1 1 0 .200 B.Carbo LF 2 0 2 21.000 G.Foster LF 4 1 2 2 .500 B-R.Stennett PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .000 G.Tenace C 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Thompson 1B 2 0 0 0 .000 S.Lyle P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-E.Cabell PH,1B 2 0 0 0 .000 F-V.Joshua PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Bench C 5 2 3 1 .600 G.Garber P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Bonds RF 4 0 1 1 .250 M.Ivie 1B 4 1 1 0 .250 D.Decinces 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 W.Crawford RF 3 1 1 0 .333 D-J.Wohlford LF 1 0 1 11.000 J.Baez 3B 4 0 1 0 .250 F.Duffy SS 3 0 0 0 .000 S.Rogers P 3 0 2 2 .667 J.Urrea P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-G.Mitterwald C 1 0 0 0 .000 F.Tanana P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-G.Flores PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Drago P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Sosa P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 4 11 4 Totals 33 5 10 5
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Rogers In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Carbo In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Thompson In 7th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Decinces In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Tanana In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Lyle In 9th Inning
Astros.......... 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 2 Dukes........... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 5 10 0
Astros (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Rogers 6 1/3 6 3 2 3 4 0 112 2.84 S.Lyle BS(1st) 1 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 23 5.40 G.Garber LOSS(0-1) 0 1/3 2 1 1 2 0 0 18 27.00 Totals 8 1/3 10 5 4 5 5 0
Dukes (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Urrea 5 8 4 4 1 2 1 97 7.20 F.Tanana 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 39 0.00 D.Drago 0 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0.00 E.Sosa WIN(1-0) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 Totals 9 11 4 4 4 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 43,655 DATE- Friday, October 7th 1977 TIME- Night T- 3:17 LEFT ON BASE- Astros:10 Dukes:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 1 Dukes: 0 ERRORS- T.Sizemore, M.Ivie DOUBLES- S.Rogers, T.Puhl-2(2nd), J.Bench(1st), J.Wohlford(1st) HOME RUNS- G.Foster(1st) RBIs- G.Foster-2(2nd), S.Rogers-2, B.Carbo-2(2nd), J.Bench(1st), B.Bonds(1st), J.Wohlford(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- F.Tanana SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Carbo WALKS- J.Cardenal, G.Foster, G.Tenace, W.Crawford, L.Randle-2, R.Stennett, J.Thompson, F.Duffy HIT BY PITCH- T.Puhl STRIKE OUTS- G.Tenace, M.Ivie, J.Baez, J.Bench, B.Bonds-2, J.Urrea, G.Flores WILD PITCHES- J.Urrea 2-out RBI- G.Foster-2 RLISP 2-out- J.Cardenal, J.Urrea, B.Bonds, M.Ivie-2, G.Tenace, E.Cabell-2, G.Flores, V.Joshua TEAM RISP- Astros: 1 for 9 Dukes: 5 for 16 WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Frank Duffy robbed Ted Sizemore of a base hit.
Albuquerque Dukes won a dramatic crowd-pleaser over Houston Astros at Chase Field pulling it out in their last at bats, 5 to 4.
Albuquerque won the game with a run in the bottom of the 9th inning. Lenny Randle drew a walk. Terry Puhl came to the plate and stroked a base-hit. Rennie Stennett then was walked intentionally to load the bases. After an out was recorded, Johnny Bench came to bat and ripped a base-knock giving Albuquerque the victory as 43,655 happy fans celebrated wildly. Albuquerque banged out 10 hits on the night.
Elias Sosa(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 2/3 of an inning. Gene Garber(0-1) was tagged with the loss in relief. He surrendered 2 hits and 2 walks in 1/3 of an inning.