MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
DALLAS WRANGLERS AT HOUSTON DRILLERS
09/23/1976
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
DALLAS WRANGLERS AT HOUSTON DRILLERS
GAME ID: 2221 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD , 1976 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dallas Wranglers (82-77) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Houston Drillers (97-62) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 X 4 4 3
Switzer Leads Houston Past Dallas
The Houston Drillers beat the Dallas Wranglers, 4-1. Houston pitcher and Portland, Oregon, native Bill Switzer led the way. The first-place Drillers, at 97-62, now lead their division by 5½ games.

Switzer earned the win, going 7 strong innings for Houston. The left-hander allowed just 2 hits, while striking out 9. Dallas hitters had little success against him.

"Really good pitchers have that ability to raise their game when they need to," said Houston manager Tom Harrington.
DALLAS BATTING LINESCORE HOUSTON BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Howard 2B 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 .235 13 46
M. Weatherby SS 4 0 3 1 1 1 1 .269 7 35
D. Simmons 1B 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 .285 19 89
P. Simmons LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 .278 11 81
J. Hammit 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .246 6 35
F. Johnson C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .234 16 73
E. Hernandez RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .261 1 20
M. Shreve CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260 9 31
A. Stager P 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .162 0 4
   D. Perez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 0 1
   a-M. Gaines PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .244 0 15
Totals 33 1 4 1 5 10 19      
a - M. Gaines pinch hit for D. Perez in the 9th

BATTING
Triples: M. Weatherby (9, 1st Inning off B. Switzer, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: M. Weatherby 5 , M. Gaines
2-out RBI: M. Weatherby
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Howard , D. Simmons , P. Simmons 2 , J. Hammit , M. Shreve
Sac Bunt: F. Johnson
Team LOB: 11
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Frost RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 8 55
   b-J. Duersch 1B 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .260 6 22
M. Sisson CF, RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .285 24 83
R. Barnes LF 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .294 3 21
M. Lockhart 1B 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .314 17 68
   T. McAteer P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 0 0
L. Eccles C 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .302 7 58
L. Ward 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .280 13 85
C. Hall 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 4 19
J. Johnson SS 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .212 5 45
B. Switzer P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .153 0 3
   a-M. Hoffman CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .238 6 51
Totals 27 4 4 4 3 3 4      
a - M. Hoffman substituted for B. Switzer in the 8th
b - J. Duersch substituted for J. Frost in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: M. Lockhart (17, 7th Inning off A. Stager, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Duersch (6, 8th Inning off D. Perez, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Duersch 4 , M. Lockhart 5 , L. Eccles
2-out RBI: M. Lockhart
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: L. Ward
Team LOB: 2

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Barnes (13) , M. Lockhart (56)
CS: L. Eccles (13)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Duersch (5) , C. Hall (7) , J. Johnson (22)
PB: L. Eccles
DALLAS PITCHING LINESCORE HOUSTON PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Stager L (9-9) 7.0 3 3 3 3 2 1 108 3.80   
D. Perez 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13 3.93   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Stager 58
Batters Faced: A. Stager 26, D. Perez 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Stager 13-5, D. Perez 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: A. Stager 108-65, D. Perez 13-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Perez 1-1
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Switzer W (16-9) 7.0 2 0 0 4 9 0 129 3.08   
T. McAteer SV (30) 2.0 2 1 0 1 1 0 49 3.38   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Switzer 78
Batters Faced: B. Switzer 29, T. McAteer 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Switzer 7-5, T. McAteer 4-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Switzer 129-75, T. McAteer 49-29
WP: T. McAteer
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Bill Switzer
Ballpark: Sam Houston Field
Weather: Partly Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 9 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM CT
Time: 2:47
Attendance: 28908
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