1976 NLCS, Game 6: Las Vegas 51's At River City Rascals 9/23/1976
51's AB R H RBI AVG Rascals AB R H RBI AVG B.North CF 5 0 2 0 .333 B.Bonds RF 4 1 2 0 .316 S.Bando 3B 4 1 0 0 .174 B.Campaneris SS 3 1 0 0 .200 J.Grubb RF 2 2 1 0 .267 J.Bench C 4 0 0 1 .250 B.Grich 2B 2 1 0 0 .130 L.Johnson 1B 4 0 2 1 .538 C.May LF 2 0 1 0 .571 J.Rudi LF 3 0 1 0 .250 B-C.Gaston PH,LF 1 1 1 0 .375 E-T.McCarver PH 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Pattin P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Monday CF 2 0 0 0 .200 S.Mingori P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-S.Alomar PH 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Belanger SS 3 0 2 5 .333 D.Rader 3B 4 0 1 0 .286 E.Kranepool 1B 4 0 0 0 .143 J.Remy 2B 2 0 0 0 .368 J.Grote C 3 0 0 0 .133 G-A.Bannister PH 1 0 0 0 .500 D-S.Swisher PH,C 1 0 0 0 .000 A.Messersmith P 2 0 0 0 .000 J.Matlack P 3 0 0 0 .000 A-J.Morales PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Tomlin P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Drago P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-G.Gross LF 1 0 0 0 .500 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 5 7 5 Totals 32 2 6 2
A-Pinch Hit For Messersmith In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For May In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Tomlin In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Grote In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Rudi In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Monday In 9th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Remy In 9th Inning
51's............ 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 5 7 2 Rascals......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1
51's IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Matlack WIN(1-1) 6 2/3 6 2 2 1 2 0 103 5.02 D.Tomlin HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6.75 M.Pattin HOLD(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.00 S.Mingori SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 Totals 9 6 2 2 1 3 0
Rascals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA A.Messersmith LOSS(0-1) 7 3 3 3 4 2 0 110 3.95 D.Drago 2 4 2 2 1 1 0 39 6.00 Totals 9 7 5 5 5 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 45,025 DATE- Thursday, September 23rd 1976 TIME- Night T- 2:26 LEFT ON BASE- 51's: 6 Rascals: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- 51's: 0 Rascals: 0 ERRORS- B.North, J.Grote, D.Drago DOUBLES- M.Belanger(1st), L.Johnson(2nd) TRIPLES- B.Bonds-2(2nd) STOLEN BASES- B.North(2nd), B.Campaneris(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Grich, M.Belanger, R.Monday, J.Remy WALKS- S.Bando, J.Grubb-2, B.Grich, C.May, B.Campaneris STRIKE OUTS- B.North, S.Bando, B.Grich, B.Campaneris, J.Rudi, J.Remy WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Bill North robbed Bobby Bonds of an extra base hit.
Shortstop Mark Belanger had 2 base hits and 5 RBI at Fenway Park as the Las Vegas 51's beat the River City Rascals by the count of 5 to 2.
Las Vegas went ahead for good in the top of the 6th inning plating an isolated run. Las Vegas banged out 7 on the night.
Jon Matlack(1-1) got credit for the victory, pitching 6 and 2/3 innings and allowing 2 runs. Steve Mingori recorded the save, his 1st. Andy Messersmith(0-1) was the losing pitcher. He pitched 7 innings giving up 3 hits and 4 walks.