1979 ALCS, Game 6: Homestead Grays At Reading Pretzles 9/21/1979
Grays AB R H RBI AVG Pretzles AB R H RBI AVG B.McBride CF 5 1 2 1 .429 G.Templeton SS 4 0 1 0 .208 R.Miller LF 4 0 1 1 .167 R.Scott 2B 3 1 1 0 .091 B.Bochte DH 4 0 1 0 .348 E-E.Soderholm PH 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Schmidt 3B 4 0 0 0 .200 F-B.Smith 2B 0 0 0 0 .143 E.Murray 1B 4 0 2 1 .348 J.Rice LF 3 1 1 2 .333 J.Sundberg C 4 0 1 0 .294 C.Johnson DH 2 0 0 0 .250 S.Lezcano RF 4 1 1 0 .227 A-D.Walling PH 2 1 0 0 .400 L.Bowa SS 3 1 1 0 .100 G.Hendrick RF 2 0 0 0 .294 D.Lopes 2B 2 0 1 0 .130 B-D.Collins PH 0 0 0 0 .000 C-L.Wolfe PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D-J.Grubb RF 1 1 1 1 .222 T.Simmons C 3 0 0 0 .333 B.Horner 3B 3 0 0 0 .190 J.Thompson 1B 3 0 1 0 .235 G.Maddox CF 3 0 1 0 .130 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 3 10 3 Totals 31 4 6 3
A-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Hendrick In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Collins In 7th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Wolfe In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Scott In 8th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Soderholm In 9th Inning
Grays........... 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 10 0 Pretzles........ 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 6 0
Grays (3-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Guidry 6 3 2 2 0 5 1 68 1.20 S.Lockwood HOLD(3rd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 J.Sambito HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 13.50 B.Sutter L(0-1) BS(1st) 1 1/3 3 2 2 0 2 0 35 4.15 Totals 8 1/3 6 4 4 0 8 1
Pretzles (3-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Stanley 6 1/3 8 3 3 1 2 0 94 4.26 K.Saucier 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 9.00 G.Garber 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 4.50 M.Marshall WIN(1-0) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 20 0.00 Totals 9 10 3 3 2 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 32,395 DATE- Friday, September 21st 1979 TIME- Day T- 2:06 LEFT ON BASE- Grays: 8 Pretzles: 3 DOUBLE PLAYS- Grays: 0 Pretzles: 1 DOUBLES- B.McBride(2nd), J.Grubb(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Rice(2nd) STOLEN BASES- R.Scott(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- L.Bowa, D.Lopes WALKS- R.Miller, D.Lopes HIT BY PITCH- J.Rice STRIKE OUTS- B.McBride, M.Schmidt, E.Murray, J.Sundberg, G.Templeton, R.Scott, G.Hendrick, L.Wolfe, B.Horner-2, J.Thompson-2 GIDP- B.McBride WILD PITCHES- B.Sutter, M.Marshall WEB GEMS- Bot 9th: Davey Lopes robbed Denny Walling of a base hit.
In an great finish the Reading Pretzles won in dramatic fashion over the Homestead Grays by a score of 4 to 3 at Veterans Stadium.
Reading erupted with the game winning runs in the 9th inning scoring 2 runs. Jim Rice led off and started the rally when he was hit by a pitch. After an out was recorded, Johnny Grubb stepped in and he doubled driving in a run. Bruce Sutter then let a pitch get away from him making Reading the victors to the delight of the home town faithful. Although they lost, Homestead did out-hit Reading 10 to 6.
The victory was credited to Mike Marshall(1-0) who went 1 inning, allowing no runs. Sutter(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief.
Glen Macnow was ebullient after the game, 'It's great to win a hard fought game like that. Our guys just weren't going to be denied. And did you see the fans - they were going wild! Yes sir, a very enjoyable win this afternoon!'