1980 ALCS, Game 2: Reading Pretzles At Homestead Grays 9/16/1980
Pretzles AB R H RBI AVG Grays AB R H RBI AVG V.Joshua DH 2 0 0 0 .250 L.Mazzilli LF 4 0 0 0 .375 A-D.Collins PH 2 0 0 0 .000 R.Miller CF 4 1 1 0 .200 E.Soderholm 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 M.Schmidt 3B 4 0 2 1 .250 T.Simmons C 5 1 3 1 .556 E.Murray 1B 4 1 1 0 .625 J.Rice LF 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Bochte DH 2 0 1 0 .333 B-J.Grubb PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .000 B.McBride RF 4 0 1 1 .143 G.Hendrick RF 4 0 2 0 .375 J.Sundberg C 3 0 0 0 .167 B.Horner 1B 3 0 0 0 .200 D.Lopes 2B 3 0 0 0 .143 C-J.Thompson PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .000 L.Bowa SS 3 0 1 0 .333 R.Landestoy 2B 4 0 1 0 .286 G.Templeton SS 2 0 1 0 .167 G.Maddox CF 3 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 1 7 1 Totals 31 2 7 2
A-Pinch Hit For Joshua In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Rice In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Horner In 8th Inning
Pretzles........ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Grays........... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 1
Pretzles (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA M.Haas 8 5 1 1 1 7 0 115 1.13 G.Hoffman LOSS(0-1) 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 11 ---- Totals 8 7 2 2 2 7 0
Grays (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Guidry 7 5 1 1 4 7 1 124 1.29 D.Miller 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 J.Matlack 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 0.00 W.Garland WIN(2-0) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0.00 Totals 9 7 1 1 6 7 1
ATTENDANCE- 52,318 DATE- Tuesday, September 16th 1980 TIME- Night T- 2:31 LEFT ON BASE- Pretzles:11 Grays: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pretzles: 0 Grays: 0 ERRORS- L.Bowa DOUBLES- B.McBride(1st) TRIPLES- R.Miller(1st) HOME RUNS- T.Simmons(2nd) STOLEN BASES- G.Templeton-2(2nd) CAUGHT STEALING- G.Templeton WALKS- D.Collins, E.Soderholm, J.Rice, G.Templeton-2, G.Maddox, B.Bochte-2 STRIKE OUTS- E.Soderholm-2, J.Rice, G.Hendrick, B.Horner, R.Landestoy, G.Maddox, L.Mazzilli-3, R.Miller, E.Murray, B.McBride, J.Sundberg
Homestead Grays won a dramatic crowd-pleaser over Reading Pretzles at Shea Stadium pulling it out in their last at bats, 2 to 1.
The deciding run was scored by Homestead in the bottom of the 9th. Eddie Murray banged out a single. Bruce Bochte stepped into the batter's box and he drew a walk. Bake McBride then doubled making Homestead the victor and beginning a joyous home town celebration. Both teams finished the game with 7 hits.
Wayne Garland(2-0) went 1 inning allowing no runs for the win. Guy Hoffman(0-1) suffered the loss in relief. He was unable to retire a batter giving up 2 hits and 1 walk.