1975 NLCS, Game 1: River City Rascals At Las Vegas 51's 9/17/1975
Rascals AB R H RBI AVG 51's AB R H RBI AVG B.Campaneris SS 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Hairston LF 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Monday CF 5 0 0 0 .000 G-G.Gross PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Bonds RF 4 0 0 0 .000 B.Grich 2B 5 0 0 0 .000 B.Powell 1B 3 0 0 0 .000 E.Kranepool 1B 4 0 2 0 .500 J.Bench C 4 0 0 0 .000 H-J.Briggs PH 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Rudi LF 5 3 3 1 .600 R.Waits P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Rader 3B 2 0 1 1 .500 J-S.Swisher PH 0 0 0 0 ---- C-W.Garrett PH,3B 2 0 1 1 .500 K-L.Christenson PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Remy 2B 5 0 1 0 .200 S.Bando 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 A.Messersmith P 3 0 0 0 .000 D-L.Lintz PR 0 1 0 0 ---- F-J.Lyttle PH 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Garman P 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Lindblad P 0 0 0 0 ---- I-C.Kusick PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .000 L.Demery P 1 0 0 0 .000 L.Bostock RF 4 1 1 1 .250 L.McDaniel P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Grote C 5 0 2 0 .400 K.Sanders P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Grubb CF 1 0 0 0 .000 A-A.Garrett PH 0 0 0 1 ---- B-E.Maddox CF 2 0 0 0 .000 M.Belanger SS 5 0 0 0 .000 D.Sutton P 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Todd P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-J.Beniquez 3B 1 0 1 0 1.000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 3 6 3 Totals 39 2 6 2
A-Pinch Hit For Grubb In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Garrett In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Rader In 9th Inning D-Pinch Ran For Bando In 9th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Todd In 10th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Messersmith In 10th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Hairston In 10th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Kranepool In 10th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Garman In 10th Inning J-Pinch Hit For Waits In 12th Inning K-Pinch Hit For Swisher In 12th Inning
Rascals......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 6 1 51's............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 3
Rascals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA A.Messersmith 9 5 2 1 4 5 0 140 1.00 P.Lindblad 0 1/3 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 0.00 L.Demery WIN(1-0) 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 26 0.00 L.McDaniel HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 K.Sanders SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 Totals 12 6 2 1 7 6 0
51's IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Sutton 8 2/3 3 2 2 4 4 0 115 2.08 J.Todd 0 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 M.Garman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.00 R.Waits LOSS(0-1) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 28 4.50 Totals 12 6 3 3 4 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 49,485 DATE- Wednesday, September 17th 1975 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good T- 2:47 LEFT ON BASE- Rascals: 6 51's:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Rascals: 2 51's: 0 ERRORS- D.Rader, B.Grich, E.Kranepool, J.Grote DOUBLES- J.Rudi(1st), D.Rader(1st), J.Beniquez(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Rudi(1st) STOLEN BASES- B.Bonds(1st), L.Lintz(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Campaneris, J.Bench, G.Gross SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Garrett WALKS- B.Bonds, B.Powell-2, D.Rader, J.Hairston, B.Grich, J.Briggs, S.Bando, L.Bostock, J.Grubb, J.Beniquez STRIKE OUTS- B.Campaneris, R.Monday, B.Bonds-2, L.Demery, J.Hairston-2, C.Kusick, E.Maddox, M.Belanger-2 GIDP- B.Grich, J.Grote WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Bert Campaneris robbed Bobby Grich of a base hit.
49,485 fans were treated to a fine game at Candlestick Park as only one run separated the combatants at game's end. The River City Rascals won by the slimmest of margins, 3 to 2.
The score was knotted at 2 after nine innings. River City won the game in the 12th inning. Joe Rudi delivered a solo blast (his 1st of the season). The teams had been locked in a scoreless duel until the 7th inning.
Larry Demery(1-0) went 1 and 2/3 innings allowing no runs for the win. Ken Sanders got the save, his 1st. Rick Waits(0-1) took the loss in relief. He pitched 2 innings and surrendered 1 hit and no walks.