1979 ALCS, Game 3: Homestead Grays At Reading Pretzles 9/17/1979
Grays AB R H RBI AVG Pretzles AB R H RBI AVG D.Lopes 2B 4 0 0 0 .154 G.Templeton SS 5 1 1 0 .250 R.Miller LF,CF 5 0 1 0 .273 R.Scott 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 B.Bochte DH 4 0 2 0 .364 J.Rice LF 3 2 2 2 .400 M.Schmidt 3B 1 0 0 0 .200 C-J.Grubb LF 0 0 0 0 .250 E.Murray 1B 4 0 0 0 .250 C.Johnson DH 3 1 2 1 .250 J.Sundberg C 2 0 1 0 .333 G.Hendrick RF 4 2 2 1 .273 S.Lezcano RF 3 0 0 0 .273 T.Simmons C 3 1 1 0 .364 B.McBride CF 2 0 0 0 .375 B.Horner 3B 3 0 1 1 .200 A-G.Gross PH,LF 2 0 1 0 .500 B-E.Soderholm PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .000 L.Bowa SS 4 0 0 0 .100 J.Thompson 1B 4 0 0 1 .000 G.Maddox CF 4 1 1 1 .182 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 0 5 0 Totals 33 8 10 7
A-Pinch Hit For McBride In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Horner In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Rice In 8th Inning
Grays........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 2 Pretzles........ 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 - 8 10 0
Grays (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.McGregor LOSS(0-1) 6 1/3 7 5 5 1 3 2 110 7.11 C.Swan 1 2/3 3 3 1 0 4 0 35 5.40 Totals 8 10 8 6 1 7 2
Pretzles (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Lamp WIN(1-0) 7 2/3 4 0 0 5 3 0 106 0.00 M.Marshall 1 1/3 1 0 0 2 1 0 27 0.00 Totals 9 5 0 0 7 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 50,699 DATE- Monday, September 17th 1979 TIME- Night T- 2:45 LEFT ON BASE- Grays:11 Pretzles: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Grays: 1 Pretzles: 1 ERRORS- R.Miller, J.Sundberg DOUBLES- R.Miller(1st), G.Templeton(1st), J.Rice(1st), G.Hendrick-2(2nd), T.Simmons(2nd) HOME RUNS- J.Rice(1st), G.Maddox(1st) WALKS- D.Lopes, M.Schmidt-3, J.Sundberg-2, S.Lezcano, J.Rice HIT BY PITCH- C.Johnson, T.Simmons STRIKE OUTS- R.Miller, S.Lezcano-3, G.Templeton-2, R.Scott, G.Hendrick, E.Soderholm, J.Thompson, G.Maddox GIDP- E.Murray, G.Hendrick CATCHERS INTERFERENCE- R.Scott PASSED BALLS- J.Sundberg, T.Simmons
The Homestead Grays pitchers essentially took the day off at Veterans Stadium as the Reading Pretzles offense erupted for 8 runs while Dennis Lamp(1-0), with relief help from Mike Marshall, throttled Homestead.
Lamp delivered a fine performance for Reading. He allowed 4 hits and 5 walks in 7 and 2/3 innings. Reading out-hit Homestead for the game, 10 hits to 5.
Scott McGregor(0-1) was the loser. He pitched 6 and 1/3 innings giving up 7 hits and 1 walk.