MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
SAN FRANCISCO SEAGULLS AT HOUSTON DRILLERS
09/18/1976
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
SAN FRANCISCO SEAGULLS AT HOUSTON DRILLERS
GAME ID: 2161 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH , 1976 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Seagulls (88-66) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 6 1
Houston Drillers (95-60) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4 8 0
10 Straight Wins for Drillers
The Houston Drillers had to overcome a fine effort from San Francisco pitcher Arturo Lopez to win, 4-3, at Sam Houston Field. Lopez went 7 innings and allowed 3 runs. Houston reliever Ed Myatt was the winner. His record is now 2-0. Archie Sereni took the loss. Houston has run its win streak to 10 in a row.

Lou Ward, who is tied for 5th in the ABL in RBI with 83, helped out the Houston cause in the bottom of the sixth inning with a run-scoring single. For the game, the second baseman was 2 for 4 with 2 singles.

"Everything seems to be clicking right now for us, top to bottom," said Houston manager Tom Harrington.
SAN FRANCISCO BATTING LINESCORE HOUSTON BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Johnson 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .284 5 46
J. Sosa RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .216 3 33
   a-J. Burke PH, LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .229 0 12
S. Wagner 3B 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .261 18 81
J. Barroso C 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .237 9 54
B. Russell CF 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .263 5 44
   b-B. Tapia PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .353 14 92
   A. Sereni P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 0 1
C. Shaffer 2B 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .263 1 1
G. Bishop SS 3 0 1 1 1 1 3 .197 5 22
M. Yoder LF, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 .207 0 2
A. Lopez P 2 0 0 1 0 2 4 .077 1 3
   c-J. Simon CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .196 3 15
Totals 30 3 6 3 6 7 21      
a - J. Burke pinch hit for J. Sosa in the 7th
b - B. Tapia pinch hit for B. Russell in the 8th
c - J. Simon substituted for A. Lopez in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Russell (23, 6th Inning off B. Switzer, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: D. Johnson , J. Barroso 2 , B. Russell 2 , G. Bishop , M. Yoder
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Johnson , M. Yoder
GIDP: J. Sosa 2
Sac Fly: A. Lopez
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: B. Russell (8)
Double Plays: 1 (Bishop-Shaffer-Johnson)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Frost RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .249 7 54
   b-M. Hoffman CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 6 51
M. Sisson CF, RF 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .288 24 81
M. Wells LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .257 19 86
   c-A. Thompson LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 1 14
M. Lockhart 1B 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .312 16 65
L. Eccles C 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .302 7 55
L. Ward 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .283 12 83
C. Hall 3B 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 .248 4 19
J. Johnson SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 5 44
B. Switzer P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .157 0 3
   R. McStay P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-J. Duersch PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .247 4 18
   E. Myatt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4 2 5 8      
a - J. Duersch pinch hit for R. McStay in the 7th
b - M. Hoffman substituted for J. Frost in the 9th
c - A. Thompson substituted for M. Wells in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: L. Eccles (7, 8th Inning off A. Sereni, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: M. Wells , M. Lockhart 2 , L. Eccles 5 , L. Ward 2 , J. Duersch
2-out RBI: L. Eccles , L. Ward
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , C. Hall 2
GIDP: L. Eccles
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Sisson (56) , M. Lockhart (54) , L. Ward (14)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Lockhart-Johnson-Lockhart, Hall-Ward-Lockhart)
SAN FRANCISCO PITCHING LINESCORE HOUSTON PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Lopez 7.0 7 3 3 2 5 0 109 2.94   
A. Sereni L (11-7) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 24 2.19   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Lopez 54
Batters Faced: A. Lopez 29, A. Sereni 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Lopez 8-7, A. Sereni 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: A. Lopez 109-73, A. Sereni 24-15
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Switzer 6.0 6 3 3 6 2 0 122 3.19   
R. McStay 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 1.97   
E. Myatt W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 28 3.63   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Switzer 44
Batters Faced: B. Switzer 28, R. McStay 3, E. Myatt 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Switzer 9-5, R. McStay 1-0, E. Myatt 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: B. Switzer 122-71, R. McStay 13-8, E. Myatt 28-17
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Arturo Lopez
Ballpark: Sam Houston Field
Weather: Partly Cloudy (82 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 7 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM CT
Time: 2:52
Attendance: 29435
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