1979 NLDS, Game 4: Portland Beavers At Columbus Redbirds 10/13/1979
Beavers AB R H RBI AVG Redbirds AB R H RBI AVG
M.Rivers CF 5 1 2 0 .267 C.Cooper 1B 2 0 0 0 .222
R.Wilfong 2B 5 1 3 0 .455 D-K.Bevacqua PH,1B 1 1 0 0 .200
D.Evans 3B 5 2 2 1 .250 T.McGraw P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Horner 1B 4 2 3 1 .385 G.Roenicke CF,RF,CF 4 1 0 0 .313
D.Baker LF 5 0 1 0 .143 C.Summers LF 2 0 0 0 .167
G.Adams RF 3 1 2 1 .500 A-R.Manning CF 0 0 0 0 .375
C-T.Armas RF 1 0 0 0 .000 E-J.Wilhelm PH,LF 1 1 1 01.000
K-J.Kennedy PH 1 0 0 0 .250 G-H.Powell PH,LF 1 0 1 0 .333
J.Ferguson C 3 0 0 0 .111 W.Wilson RF,LF,RF 4 3 2 3 .353
D.Concepcion SS 3 0 0 1 .143 T.Brookens 3B 3 1 1 0 .143
L.Tiant P 1 0 0 0 .000 H-A.Rodriguez 3B 0 0 0 0 .500
B-B.Watson PH 1 0 0 1 .200 R.Burleson SS 3 1 1 2 .333
S.Trout P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Flynn 2B 4 0 2 2 .286
F-D.Roberts PH 1 0 0 0 .333 R.Dempsey C 3 0 0 0 .273
D.Darwin P 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Niekro P 2 0 1 1 .250
A.Lopez P 0 0 0 0 ---- I-D.Dyer PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J-D.Briggs 1B 0 0 0 01.000
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Totals 38 7 13 5 Totals 31 8 9 8
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Summers In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Tiant In 5th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Adams In 5th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Cooper In 5th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Manning In 5th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Trout In 7th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 7th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Brookens In 8th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Niekro In 8th Inning
J-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Dyer In 9th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For Armas In 9th Inning
Beavers......... 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 - 7 13 2
Redbirds........ 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 - 8 9 1
Beavers (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Tiant 4 4 3 3 2 2 0 73 6.75
S.Trout 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 40 7.20
D.Darwin 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 27.00
A.Lopez LOSS(1-1) BS(2nd) 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 34 3.86
Totals 8 9 8 8 6 3 1
Redbirds (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Niekro WIN(1-0) 8 12 7 6 3 5 0 138 5.14
T.McGraw SAVE(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.38
Totals 9 13 7 6 3 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 36,965 DATE- Saturday, October 13th 1979 TIME- Day
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Beavers: 8 Redbirds: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Beavers: 1 Redbirds: 2
ERRORS- D.Evans, L.Tiant, J.Wilhelm
DOUBLES- B.Horner-2(2nd)
HOME RUNS- W.Wilson(1st)
RBIs- D.Evans(1st), B.Horner(3rd), G.Adams(1st), D.Concepcion(1st),
B.Watson(2nd), W.Wilson-3(3rd), R.Burleson-2(2nd), D.Flynn-2(3rd),
P.Niekro
STOLEN BASES- K.Bevacqua(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Roenicke
SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Niekro
WALKS- B.Horner, J.Ferguson, D.Concepcion, K.Bevacqua-2, G.Roenicke, T.Brookens,
R.Burleson, R.Dempsey
HIT BY PITCH- B.Watson
STRIKE OUTS- R.Wilfong, D.Baker, J.Ferguson-2, B.Watson, C.Cooper, G.Roenicke,
W.Wilson
GIDP- D.Evans, J.Kennedy
WILD PITCHES- P.Niekro-3
2-out RBI- G.Adams, D.Concepcion, B.Watson, R.Burleson-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Baker-2, C.Cooper, D.Concepcion, P.Niekro, M.Rivers-2,
G.Roenicke
TEAM RISP- Beavers: 4 for 10 Redbirds: 3 for 9
The Columbus Redbirds and the Portland Beavers locked up in an exciting
one-run game at Busch Stadium. The final score was the Columbus Redbirds 8,
the Portland Beavers 7.
Portland was unable to claim the lead after Columbus went ahead in the bottom
of the 7th inning when they scored 2 runs on 2 hits. The highlight belonged
to Rick Burleson who made the crowd come alive when he delivered a base-hit
bringing in two baserunners. Portland made it exciting in the 9th, but they
were unable to push the needed runs across.
The win was credited to Phil Niekro(1-0) who went 8 innings allowing 7 runs.
Tug McGraw recorded the save, his 1st. Aurelio Lopez(1-1) was the loser in
relief. He gave up 2 hits and 1 walk in 2 innings.
'It's a disheartening loss, no question about it' said Keith Bessinger 'But we
have to get over it and get ready for the next game.'