1976 NLCS, Game 2: River City Rascals At Las Vegas 51's 9/17/1976
Rascals AB R H RBI AVG 51's AB R H RBI AVG J.Remy 2B 5 1 2 0 .375 B.North CF 4 0 0 0 .000 B.Campaneris SS 2 1 0 0 .000 S.Bando 3B 5 0 0 0 .111 G.Thomasson 1B 4 1 0 0 .000 J.Grubb RF 5 1 1 0 .200 R.Monday CF 4 2 2 2 .333 D.Tomlin P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Bench C 4 1 1 1 .286 B.Grich 2B 5 1 1 2 .222 D.Rader 3B 2 1 1 3 .333 C.Gaston LF,RF 5 1 2 0 .400 J.Rudi LF 4 0 1 1 .143 E.Kranepool 1B 4 1 1 0 .250 B.Bonds RF 4 0 1 0 .125 M.Belanger SS 3 1 2 0 .500 A.Messersmith P 3 0 0 0 .000 C-C.May PH,LF 1 0 1 0 1.000 B.Apodaca P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Grote C 3 0 0 0 .167 B-T.McCarver PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D-J.Hairston PH 1 1 0 0 .000 B.Metzger P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-T.Helms SS 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Drago P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Hooton P 2 0 0 0 .000 L.Demery P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-G.Gross PH 1 0 1 1 1.000 M.Pattin P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-C.Kusick PH 1 0 1 1 .400 G-S.Swisher C 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 7 8 7 Totals 40 6 10 4
A-Pinch Hit For Hooton In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Apodaca In 9th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Belanger In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Grote In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Pattin In 9th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Hairston In 10th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Kusick In 10th Inning
Rascals......... 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 7 8 2 51's............ 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 6 10 0
Rascals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA A.Messersmith 6 2/3 7 4 3 1 5 1 101 4.05 B.Apodaca HOLD(1st) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 B.Metzger HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 3 2 1 0 0 0 19 13.50 D.Drago 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 ---- L.Demery WIN(1-0) BS(1st) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0.00 Totals 10 10 6 4 2 6 1
51's IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Hooton 7 6 6 6 5 3 2 105 7.71 M.Pattin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0.00 D.Tomlin LOSS(0-1) 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 20 9.00 Totals 10 8 7 7 5 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 25,302 DATE- Friday, September 17th 1976 TIME- Night T- 2:29 LEFT ON BASE- Rascals: 4 51's: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Rascals: 0 51's: 0 ERRORS- G.Thomasson, J.Bench HOME RUNS- R.Monday(1st), D.Rader(1st), B.Grich(1st) STOLEN BASES- J.Remy(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- B.Bonds SACRIFICE HITS- B.Campaneris-2 SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Rader WALKS- B.Campaneris, G.Thomasson, R.Monday, J.Bench, D.Rader, B.North, E.Kranepool STRIKE OUTS- B.Campaneris, J.Bench, J.Rudi, A.Messersmith, B.North, J.Grubb-2, B.Grich-2, B.Hooton WILD PITCHES- D.Drago
25,302 fans watched an exciting game at Candlestick Park. The River City Rascals topped the Las Vegas 51's by the slimmest of margins, 7 to 6.
The score was tied at 6 after nine. River City was victorious in the 10th inning. Jerry Remy slapped a one-base hit. Remy took his lead and swiped second. Bert Campaneris then laid down a sacrifice bunt. One out later, Rick Monday came to the plate and singled scoring the run. River City totaled 8 on the night.
Larry Demery(1-0) allowed no runs in 1 and 1/3 innings, and picked up the victory. The loss was charged to Dave Tomlin(0-1) in relief. He surrendered 2 hits and no walks in 1 inning.