1977 ALCS, Game 5: Memphis Redbirds At Homestead Grays 9/21/1977
Redbirds AB R H RBI AVG Grays AB R H RBI AVG D.Money 3B 5 1 0 0 .222 K.Griffey LF 4 1 1 0 .200 I.Dejesus SS 4 1 1 0 .211 L.Bowa SS 3 0 1 0 .333 M.Hargrove 1B 5 0 0 0 .227 R.Staub DH 4 1 1 3 .375 R.Smith RF 5 2 5 1 .500 E.Murray 1B 3 0 0 0 .278 L.Bostock CF 2 3 0 0 .375 R.Jones RF 4 0 1 0 .286 C.Fisk C 3 2 2 2 .333 J.Sundberg C 4 0 3 0 .278 R.Mulliniks DH 3 0 0 1 .273 B.Hobson 3B 4 0 0 0 .100 S.Lezcano LF 5 0 2 3 .158 D.Winfield CF 4 0 0 0 .118 W.Randolph 2B 5 0 1 1 .150 D.Lopes 2B 2 1 0 0 .133 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 9 11 8 Totals 32 3 7 3
Redbirds........ 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 - 9 11 0 Grays........... 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 2
Redbirds (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA E.Halicki WIN(1-1) 9 7 3 3 2 8 1 122 4.50 Totals 9 7 3 3 2 8 1
Grays (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Leonard LOSS(1-1) 6 2/3 9 8 7 6 3 0 136 5.17 P.Borbon 2 1/3 2 1 0 0 0 0 43 9.00 Totals 9 11 9 7 6 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 50,083 DATE- Wednesday, September 21st 1977 TIME- Night T- 2:48 LEFT ON BASE- Redbirds: 9 Grays: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Redbirds: 1 Grays: 0 ERRORS- R.Jones, D.Leonard DOUBLES- R.Smith(1st), C.Fisk-2(2nd), J.Sundberg(2nd) TRIPLES- L.Bowa(2nd) HOME RUNS- R.Staub(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- I.Dejesus, R.Mulliniks, L.Bowa WALKS- L.Bostock-3, C.Fisk-2, R.Mulliniks, E.Murray, D.Lopes STRIKE OUTS- D.Money, I.Dejesus, M.Hargrove, K.Griffey, E.Murray, R.Jones-2, B.Hobson, D.Winfield, D.Lopes-2 GIDP- R.Jones
Ed Halicki allowed Steve Asta to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game and Reggie Smith had 5 hits at Shea Stadium as the Memphis Redbirds beat the Homestead Grays by the count of 9 to 3.
Memphis took the lead for good in the top of the 5th inning scoring one runner. Offensively, Memphis was a juggernaut. They scored in 6 separate innings.
Halicki(1-1), allowing 3 runs for the game, picked up the victory. Dennis Leonard(1-1) was tagged with the loss. He got hit hard, allowing 9 hits and 6 walks in 6 and 2/3 innings.