1979 World Series, Game 2: Homestead Grays At Philadelphia Warriors 9/26/1979
Grays AB R H RBI AVG Warriors AB R H RBI AVG D.Lopes 2B 2 0 0 0 .222 J.Mumphrey LF 4 2 2 0 .250 R.Miller LF 4 0 1 1 .400 R.Burleson SS 3 0 0 0 .125 M.Schmidt 3B 3 0 0 0 .125 K.Hernandez 1B 3 0 1 1 .222 E.Murray 1B 4 0 1 0 .100 O.Gamble RF 4 0 1 1 .200 S.Lezcano RF 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Kern P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-B.Bochte PH 1 0 0 0 .000 G.Thomas CF 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Sundberg C 3 0 0 0 .000 G.Brett 3B 4 0 1 0 .125 E-G.Gross PH 1 0 1 0 .500 B.Boone C 3 0 0 0 .250 B.McBride CF 4 0 1 0 .200 M.Trillo 2B 3 0 0 0 .111 L.Bowa SS 4 1 0 0 .000 D.Medich P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Niekro P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-M.Ivie PH 1 0 0 0 .000 S.McGregor P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Stoddard P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Rozema P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-C.Kusick PH 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Sambito P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-B.North PH,RF 1 1 1 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 1 4 1 Totals 30 3 6 2
A-Pinch Hit For Medich In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Stoddard In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Kusick In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Lezcano In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Sundberg In 9th Inning
Grays........... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 2 Warriors........ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 6 1
Grays (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Niekro 7 3 1 1 1 2 0 97 1.29 S.McGregor LOSS(0-1) 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 4 5.40 D.Rozema 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 J.Sambito 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 0.00 Totals 8 6 3 2 1 3 0
Warriors (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Medich 6 3 1 0 2 8 0 84 0.00 T.Stoddard WIN(1-1) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 35 4.50 J.Kern SAVE(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 13 3.00 Totals 9 4 1 0 3 11 0
ATTENDANCE- 48,584 DATE- Wednesday, September 26th 1979 TIME- Night T- 2:16 LEFT ON BASE- Grays: 7 Warriors: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Grays: 1 Warriors: 0 ERRORS- E.Murray, J.Sambito, G.Brett DOUBLES- R.Miller(1st), B.McBride(1st) TRIPLES- K.Hernandez(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- D.Lopes, R.Burleson WALKS- D.Lopes, M.Schmidt, J.Niekro, K.Hernandez HIT BY PITCH- G.Thomas STRIKE OUTS- D.Lopes, M.Schmidt-3, E.Murray, S.Lezcano-3, J.Sundberg, B.McBride, L.Bowa, G.Thomas-2, M.Ivie GIDP- B.Boone WILD PITCHES- J.Niekro-2
In a close game the Philadelphia Warriors got by the Homestead Grays by the score of 3 to 1.
Philadelphia scored the decisive runs in a big 8th inning with 2 runs on 3 hits. Bill North kicked off the action when he laced a single. Jerry Mumphrey followed and he smacked a single. Rick Burleson then laid down a sacrifice bunt. Keith Hernandez was up next and he reached on an error which plated a run. Oscar Gamble stepped into the box and delivered a base-hit scoring the final run of the inning. Philadelphia finished with just 6 hits in the victory.
The win was credited to Tim Stoddard(1-1) who went 2 innings allowing no runs. Stoddard got relief help from Jim Kern who gained credit for his 1st save. Scott McGregor(0-1) ended up with the loss in relief. He surrendered 2 runs and 2 hits without retiring a batter.