1979 ALCS, Game 1: Reading Pretzles At Homestead Grays 9/22/1979
Pretzles AB R H RBI AVG Grays AB R H RBI AVG
G.Maddox CF 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Lopes 2B 5 1 1 0 .200
J.Grubb LF 4 0 1 0 .250 R.Miller LF 4 0 2 1 .500
A-D.Collins PR,LF 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Bochte DH 4 0 2 1 .500
J.Rice DH 3 1 0 0 .000 M.Schmidt 3B 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Horner 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 E.Murray 1B 4 1 1 1 .250
T.Simmons C 4 2 3 2 .750 S.Lezcano RF 4 1 1 0 .250
G.Hendrick RF 3 0 1 1 .333 B.McBride CF 4 0 1 1 .250
J.Thompson 1B 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Sundberg C 1 1 0 0 .000
B-C.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .000 L.Bowa SS 4 0 0 0 .000
G.Templeton SS 3 0 0 0 .000
B.Smith 2B 3 0 1 0 .333
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Totals 32 3 6 3 Totals 31 4 8 4
A-Pinch Ran For Grubb In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Thompson In 9th Inning
Pretzles........ 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 6 0
Grays........... 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 - 4 8 0
Pretzles (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Wise LOSS(0-1) 6 1/3 8 4 4 4 3 1 94 5.68
S.Stewart 1 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 21 0.00
Totals 8 8 4 4 6 4 1
Grays (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Niekro WIN(1-0) 7 6 3 3 2 3 1 110 3.86
S.Lockwood HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
B.Sutter SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00
Totals 9 6 3 3 2 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 49,725 DATE- Saturday, September 22nd 1979 TIME- Night
T- 2:08
LEFT ON BASE- Pretzles: 4 Grays: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pretzles: 0 Grays: 1
DOUBLES- T.Simmons(1st), S.Lezcano(1st)
HOME RUNS- T.Simmons(1st), E.Murray(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.McBride
WALKS- J.Rice, G.Hendrick, M.Schmidt-3, J.Sundberg-3
STRIKE OUTS- J.Thompson-2, G.Templeton, E.Murray-2, S.Lezcano-2
GIDP- J.Rice
WILD PITCHES- J.Niekro-2
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Garry Maddox robbed Larry Bowa of an extra base hit.
Left fielder Rick Miller had 2 base hits as the Homestead Grays defeated the
Reading Pretzles 4 to 3 at Shea Stadium.
Homestead had 3 runs cross the plate in the bottom of the 4th inning when they
had 5 base hits. They ended up being the winning runs. Bruce Sutter, after
tossing a perfect ninth, was credited with his 1st save.
Joe Niekro(1-0) was the winner allowing 3 runs in 7 innings. The loss was charged
to Rick Wise(0-1). He pitched 6 and 1/3 innings giving up 8 hits and 4 walks.