1976 ALCS, Game 6: Durham Bulls At Kansas City A's 9/23/1976
Bulls AB R H RBI AVG A's AB R H RBI AVG J.Morgan 2B 2 2 1 0 .238 J.Turner LF 4 0 1 0 .154 R.Torres CF 3 0 0 1 .000 D.Cash 2B 3 0 0 0 .231 H.McRae DH 4 1 1 1 .222 J.Mayberry 1B 4 0 2 0 .400 D.Allen 1B 4 1 1 0 .333 W.Davis CF 4 0 0 0 .296 D-B.Valentine 1B 0 0 0 0 .500 J.Royster 3B 4 0 0 0 .211 D.Evans RF 3 1 0 1 .056 M.Jorgensen RF 3 0 1 0 .227 T.Munson C 4 0 1 2 .269 B.Murcer DH 3 0 1 0 .389 L.Roberts LF 2 0 1 0 .667 F.Duffy SS 3 0 0 0 .182 A-B.Bochte LF 1 0 0 0 .133 S.Yeager C 2 0 0 0 .100 G.Nettles 3B 4 0 0 0 .227 B-J.Cardenal PH 1 0 0 0 .077 B.Dent SS 4 0 1 0 .300 C-E.Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 5 6 5 Totals 31 0 5 0
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Roberts In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Yeager In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Cardenal In 9th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Allen In 9th Inning
Bulls........... 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 5 6 0 A's............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1
Bulls IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Lonborg WIN(1-0) 8 1/3 5 0 0 1 3 0 101 0.00 M.Littell 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7.71 Totals 9 5 0 0 1 3 0
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Gullett LOSS(1-1) 8 6 5 4 6 4 0 124 3.07 D.Pole 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00 Totals 9 6 5 4 6 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 29,998 DATE- Thursday, September 23rd 1976 TIME- Night T- 1:59 LEFT ON BASE- Bulls: 6 A's: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Bulls: 1 A's: 2 ERRORS- D.Cash DOUBLES- H.McRae(1st), T.Munson(1st), J.Mayberry(1st) TRIPLES- J.Morgan(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- R.Torres WALKS- J.Morgan-3, R.Torres, D.Evans, B.Bochte, D.Cash STRIKE OUTS- D.Allen-2, D.Evans, B.Bochte, J.Turner, B.Murcer, S.Yeager GIDP- R.Torres, G.Nettles, W.Davis
Jim Lonborg(1-0), with relief help from Mark Littell, blanked the Kansas City A's at Anaheim Stadium. The Durham Bulls scored scored 5 runs for the victory.
Durham started with a bang, jumping out to an early lead in their half of the first scoring one runner. That was all the runs Lonborg needed. Durham had only 6 hits for the night.
The loss was charged to Don Gullett(1-1). He pitched 8 innings allowing 6 hits and 6 walks.