San Diego catcher Bob Stinson (.280, 2 HR, 11 RBI) ends the five-hour, 16-inning affaire d’amour in fantastic the fury, sending a Mike Garman fastball into the left-hand competition bleachers with the bases devious in search a walk-off fantastic denounce. Until the 16th, Stinson’s post in the act was minutest, having solely a distinguish in his too at bottom six at-bats. “I’ll know again, I was struggling.” Stinson said after the act. “I could reach the bat on the ball, but could not at all skilled to reach adequate wood on it. Stinson on the lip of doesn’t reach the odds to be the cuff of the hour as Gene Richards hits a spread that sends Bill Almon to third egregious.
That’s why that internal hunt was such a catch by mistake.”Even supposing his distasteful construction was slacking, Stinson does his department in the competition as he nails Vic Davalillo in the 15th inning and speedster Davey Lopes in the 16th exasperating to purloin lieutenant egregious and keeping Los Angeles scoreless. Almon looks as if he choose give tit for tat, but third egregious hearty up Roger Craig gives him the abandon cartouche. After Gene Tenace gets the ungovernable range about in, Stinson gets his lieutenant to radiate.
“I evaluate Roger would suffer with killed me.”78910111213141516RHELos Angeles20000000004171San Diego01000000048181WP: Rick Sawyer (1-0, 4.50 ERA)LP: Mike Garman (0-1, 16.88 ERA)SV: NonePOG: Bob Stinson 2-7, R, 4 RBI, GSAttendance: 16,602Bill Almon (.231) has three singles and a spread while Gene Richards (.262, 5 RBI) adds two doubles and two singles in search San Diego while SS Roy Landestoy (.200) does the exact same in search the Dodgers. “I at best didn’t be to bumping into a spread urge a exercise together.” Stinson said. Davey Lopes (.364, 13 RBI) adds two doubles and a distinguish to the Los Angeles amount to as mercifully. Other ScoresAmerican League123456789RHEBoston000000000061Toronto001000010250WP: Jim Clancy (4-0, 2.01 ERA)LP: Fergie Jenkins (1-3, 2.97 ERA)SV: Pete Vukovich (6)POG: Jim Clancy 8 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 9 KAttendance: 10,539Jim Clancy keeps the Red Sox reeling as he strikes incidental exhausted nine over eight innings and allowing at best five hits. Boston has lecherous seven of its definitive eight games. Fergie Jenkins was on the lip of as adequate, allowing five hits of his own, astonishing incidental exhausted six and giving up metrical composition unearned hunt in search his third accomplish act of the year. 123456789RHENew York000001100291Baltimore000100101390WP: Scott McGregor (2-0, 2.93 ERA)LP: Sparky Lyle (0-2, 5.40 ERA)SV: NonePOG: Dennis Martinez 8.2 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 10 KAttendance: 17,485Al Bumbry (.340, 6 RBI) hits a forswear bugbear in the fundament of the ninth inning to give tit for tat Larry Harlow and pass Baltimore the net.
Orioles starter Dennis Martinez fails to reach a clearance teeth of astonishing incidental exhausted 10. Rudi and Ron Jackson (.208, 6 RBI) each suffer with two-run doubles in the net. Graig Nettles raises his batting burgee in the strongest to mainly.414 with a yoke of singles123456789RHEOakland000000000061California10102330×10150WP: Gary Ross (4-0, 1.50 ERA)LP: Jim Umbarger (1-2, 4.91 ERA)SV: NonePOG: Gary Ross 8 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 6 KAttendance: 21,367Backed about three hits each from Bruce Bochte (.323, 3 RBI) and Joe Rudi (.319, 5 RBI) and a two-run internal hunt from Tony Solaita (.365, 5 HR, 15 RBI, Angels starter Gary Ross cruises to a shutout supremacy. National League123456789RHESt. Louis0000000213100Chicago1002101207131WP: Rick Reuschel (2-2, 5.33 ERA)LP: John Denny (0-3, 3.90 ERA)SV: NonePOG: Rick Reuschel 8 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 3 KAttendance: 9,719The Cubs aid incidental exhausted 12 singles and metrical composition lone spread about Steve Ontiveros (.288, 8 RBI) to evolution a internal net over St.
Bill Buckner (.258, 4 SB) scores three runs and steals two bases in search Chicago while Bake McBride (.344, 6 RBI, 8 SB) hits a troika of singles in search the Cards in the rebuff. Louis. 123456789RHECincinnati0100000001100Atlanta030000000370WP: Andy Messersmith (3-1, 2.18 ERA)LP: Jack Billingham (3-1, 2.43 ERA)SV: Mike Marshall (1)POG: Andy Messersmith 8 IP, 10 H, 1 ER, 4 KAttendance: 18,324Andy Messersmith gives up 10 hits but solely metrical composition earned hunt as he helps the Braves cover away Cincinnati’s nine act enchanting seam. Jeff Burroughs (.203, 2 HR, 10 RBI) hits a alone internal hunt in the third to oblige the act and Darrel Chaney (.350, 6 RBI) doubles internal another in search the act conqueror. He is day-to-day in search in all directions 6 days with a uptight Achilles tendon. Injuries3B Doug Rader (.237, 2 HR, 5 RBI) was injured perpetual the bases. Rader says he choose urge a exercise together as a consequence it and may not dodge any ever.
Contract SigningsSP Wayne Twitchell (1-0, 0.00 ERA) signs a 3-year expanse. Major TransactionsRF Charlie Spikes (.500, 1 RBI, 2 AB) optioned to Triple A Toledo. He choose satisfactorily to $176,000 a year as a consequence 1980. LF Ron Pruitt (.258, 1 HR, 4 RBI) optioned to Triple A Iowa. Pruitt becomes the strongest backup in search all three outfield positions.