1976 ALCS, Game 1: Kansas City A's At Durham Bulls 9/16/1976
A's AB R H RBI AVG Bulls AB R H RBI AVG
D.Cash 2B 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Morgan 2B 4 0 1 0 .250
J.Turner LF 3 0 0 0 .000 B.McBride CF 4 0 0 0 .000
A-P.Blair LF 1 0 0 0 .000 H.McRae DH 4 0 2 0 .500
W.Davis CF 4 1 1 0 .250 G.Nettles 3B 4 0 0 0 .000
B.Murcer DH 4 0 2 1 .500 D.Allen 1B 4 0 2 0 .500
M.Jorgensen RF,1B 3 0 0 0 .000 T.Munson C 3 0 0 0 .000
J.Royster 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 D.Evans RF 2 0 0 0 .000
E-B.Robinson 3B 0 0 0 0 ---- B-T.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Mayberry 1B 2 0 0 0 .000 C-R.Torres RF 0 0 0 0 ----
D-C.Spikes PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Bochte LF 3 0 0 0 .000
S.Yeager C 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Dent SS 3 0 0 0 .000
F.Duffy SS 3 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 30 1 3 1 Totals 32 0 5 0
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Turner In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Evans In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Johnson In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Mayberry In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Royster In 9th Inning
A's............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0
Bulls........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Fidrych WIN(1-0) 9 5 0 0 0 2 0 109 0.00
Totals 9 5 0 0 0 2 0
Bulls IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Slaton LOSS(0-1) 7 3 1 1 0 4 0 80 1.29
S.Wall 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
T.Boggs 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0.00
J.Kaat 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00
Totals 9 3 1 1 1 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 28,530 DATE- Thursday, September 16th 1976 TIME- Night
T- 2:00
LEFT ON BASE- A's: 3 Bulls: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 0 Bulls: 0
DOUBLES- D.Allen(1st)
TRIPLES- B.Murcer(1st)
WALKS- S.Yeager
STRIKE OUTS- J.Turner, W.Davis, M.Jorgensen-2, S.Yeager, G.Nettles, D.Allen
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Bucky Dent robbed Charlie Spikes of a base hit.
Mark Fidrych pitched 9 strong innings at Arlington Stadium where the Kansas
City A's beat the Durham Bulls 1 to 0.
Kansas City took the lead off Jim Slaton in the first inning scoring a single
run using 2 hits. That was all Fidrych(1-0) needed. Durham made it exciting
in the 9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across.
Slaton(0-1) ended up with the loss. He gave up only 3 hits and no walks in 7
innings. When questioned about his counterpart after the game, Slaton was
lavish in his praise, 'It was obvious very early on that we were going to be
in for a long night. Fidrych brought his 'A' game with him - he had good
stuff and was able to spot it perfectly. He probably only made one or two
bad pitches the entire game!