1979 ALCS, Game 4: Homestead Grays At Reading Pretzles 9/18/1979
Grays AB R H RBI AVG Pretzles AB R H RBI AVG G.Gross LF 2 0 0 0 .250 D.Collins DH 3 0 0 0 .000 D-B.McBride CF 1 0 1 0 .444 B-C.Johnson PH 2 1 1 0 .300 D.Lopes 2B 4 0 0 0 .118 D.Walling LF 3 0 2 0 .667 R.Miller CF,LF 5 1 0 0 .188 C-G.Hendrick PH,RF 2 0 0 0 .231 B.Bochte DH 5 2 2 0 .375 J.Rice RF,LF 4 0 1 0 .357 M.Schmidt 3B 3 1 2 1 .375 T.Simmons C 4 0 2 0 .400 E.Murray 1B 4 1 3 4 .375 B.Horner 3B 4 0 0 0 .143 J.Sundberg C 4 0 1 0 .300 J.Thompson 1B 3 0 2 1 .200 S.Lezcano RF 4 0 0 0 .200 G.Maddox CF 4 0 0 0 .133 L.Bowa SS 4 0 0 0 .071 G.Templeton SS 4 0 0 0 .188 B.Smith 2B 1 0 0 0 .250 A-R.Scott PH,2B 1 1 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 5 9 5 Totals 35 2 8 1
A-Pinch Hit For Smith In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Collins In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Walling In 7th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Gross In 8th Inning
Grays........... 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 - 5 9 1 Pretzles........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 8 2
Grays (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA M.Proly WIN(1-0) 6 5 0 0 4 6 0 99 0.00 J.Sambito 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 11 ---- S.Lockwood HOLD(2nd) 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 23 0.00 B.Sutter SAVE(2nd) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 26 0.00 Totals 9 8 2 1 5 10 0
Pretzles (1-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA L.Tiant LOSS(0-1) 7 4 3 3 3 2 1 101 3.86 K.Saucier 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 27.00 G.Garber 0 1/3 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 9.00 B.Roberge 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 M.Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 Totals 9 9 5 4 3 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 52,044 DATE- Tuesday, September 18th 1979 TIME- Night T- 2:40 LEFT ON BASE- Grays: 8 Pretzles:11 DOUBLE PLAYS- Grays: 0 Pretzles: 1 ERRORS- J.Sambito, T.Simmons, G.Templeton DOUBLES- B.Bochte(1st), E.Murray(1st) HOME RUNS- E.Murray(2nd) SACRIFICE HITS- D.Lopes WALKS- G.Gross-2, M.Schmidt, J.Rice, T.Simmons, J.Thompson, B.Smith, R.Scott STRIKE OUTS- M.Schmidt, S.Lezcano, D.Collins, J.Rice-2, B.Horner-4, G.Maddox, G.Templeton, B.Smith GIDP- L.Bowa
The Homestead Grays defeated the Reading Pretzles by a score of 5 to 2 at Veterans Stadium.
Eddie Murray had a big evening at the plate. He lofted a three-run 'big-fly' (his 2nd of the season) in the 4th inning, doubled in the 6th inning and singled bringing in a run in the 8th inning. Bruce Sutter pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 2nd save.
Mike Proly(1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 6 innings. Luis Tiant(0-1) was hit with the loss. He pitched 7 innings allowing 4 hits and 3 walks.