1977 ALCS, Game 3: Homestead Grays At Memphis Redbirds 9/19/1977
Grays AB R H RBI AVG Redbirds AB R H RBI AVG K.Griffey LF,RF 5 1 1 1 .167 D.Money 3B 3 1 1 0 .300 L.Bowa SS 5 2 2 0 .429 I.Dejesus SS 4 1 2 0 .273 R.Staub DH 4 0 1 1 .417 M.Hargrove 1B 5 2 2 0 .308 E.Murray 1B 5 0 3 0 .455 R.Smith RF 4 1 1 1 .300 R.Jones RF 1 0 0 1 .333 L.Bostock CF 3 1 2 1 .600 A-C.Johnson PH 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Fisk C 3 0 1 2 .273 B-W.Nordhagen RF,CF 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Mulliniks DH 2 1 1 0 .400 J.Sundberg C 4 0 0 0 .182 C-L.Stanton PH 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Hobson 3B 4 0 0 0 .083 D-B.Powell PH 1 0 1 1 .500 D.Winfield CF 2 0 1 0 .200 F-J.Clark PH 1 0 0 0 .000 E-G.Adams PH,LF 1 0 1 01.000 S.Lezcano LF 4 1 1 3 .100 D.Lopes 2B 4 0 0 0 .091 W.Randolph 2B 5 0 1 0 .083 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 3 9 3 Totals 35 8 13 8
A-Pinch Hit For Jones In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Johnson In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Mulliniks In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Stanton In 7th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Winfield In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Powell In 8th Inning
Grays........... 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 Redbirds........ 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 - 8 13 2
Grays (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Niekro LOSS(0-1) 6 9 4 4 3 2 1 113 6.00 S.Lyle 0 1/3 1 1 1 1 0 0 11 27.00 P.Borbon 0 2/3 3 3 3 2 0 0 28 40.50 D.Ellis 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 23 0.00 Totals 8 13 8 8 8 3 1
Redbirds (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA F.Barrios WIN(1-0) 6 1/3 8 3 3 3 4 1 128 4.26 L.Gura HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0.00 D.Giusti HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 D.Tomlin SAVE(1st) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.00 Totals 9 9 3 3 4 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 48,846 DATE- Monday, September 19th 1977 TIME- Night T- 2:43 LEFT ON BASE- Grays:11 Redbirds:13 DOUBLE PLAYS- Grays: 0 Redbirds: 1 ERRORS- I.Dejesus, M.Hargrove DOUBLES- E.Murray-2(2nd), D.Winfield(1st), I.Dejesus(1st), B.Powell(1st) HOME RUNS- K.Griffey(1st), S.Lezcano(1st) STOLEN BASES- L.Bowa(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- D.Money SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Jones, L.Bostock WALKS- R.Staub, R.Jones, C.Johnson, D.Winfield, D.Money, I.Dejesus, R.Smith, L.Bostock, C.Fisk-2, R.Mulliniks, S.Lezcano STRIKE OUTS- L.Bowa, R.Staub, E.Murray, R.Jones, B.Hobson, M.Hargrove, L.Bostock, J.Clark GIDP- J.Sundberg
Lyman Bostock had 2 base hits as the Memphis Redbirds beat the Homestead Grays by a score of 8 to 3.
Memphis took the lead for good in the bottom of the 6th inning as they scored 2 runs on 2 base hits. The crucial at-bat was provided by Sixto Lezcano who elicited a roar from the hometown fans when he cracked a two-run shot (his 1st of the season). Dave Tomlin was perfect in the ninth giving him his 1st save on the season.
Francisco Barrios(1-0) allowed 3 runs in 6 and 1/3 innings, and picked up the victory. Joe Niekro(0-1) was hit with the loss. He was touched for 9 hits and 3 walks in 6 innings.