MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MONTREAL HABITANTS AT DETROIT WOLVERINES
08/17/1976
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MONTREAL HABITANTS AT DETROIT WOLVERINES
GAME ID: 1739 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 17TH , 1976 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal Habitants (65-59) 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 9 1
Detroit Wolverines (62-62) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
Habitants Upend Wolverines, 5-2
Montreal Habitants starter Rich Barron turned in an exceptional performance against the Detroit Wolverines at Wolverine Field, resulting in a Montreal win, 5-2. Barron, now 12-7, was the winner. In 9 innings, he gave up 5 hits, while striking out 4, walking 2, and allowing 2 runs. Montreal has run its win streak to 8 in a row.

Montreal shortstop Oscar Corte contributed a timely at-bat in the top of the third. With two down, he hit a sinker to center field for a 2-run single. It was his 100th hit of the season and put the Habitants ahead, 4-1.

"We'll keep riding this wave," said Corte.
MONTREAL BATTING LINESCORE DETROIT BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Chavez CF 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 .235 1 18
J. Sullivan LF 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 .241 13 59
E. Hudson 3B 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 .282 21 72
J. Compton RF 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .243 11 49
F. Jimenez 1B 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 .301 2 13
O. Corte SS 4 0 1 2 0 0 3 .249 8 36
J. Foulke C 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .242 0 18
A. Poma 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .264 0 5
R. Barron P 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200 0 4
Totals 34 5 9 5 5 9 11      
BATTING
Doubles: D. Chavez (8, 3rd Inning off S. Litwak, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: J. Sullivan (13, 1st Inning off S. Litwak, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: D. Chavez 2 , J. Sullivan 4 , E. Hudson , J. Compton 2 , F. Jimenez 2 , O. Corte , J. Foulke
2-out RBI: J. Compton , F. Jimenez , O. Corte
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: O. Corte , J. Foulke , R. Barron
GIDP: E. Hudson
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: F. Jimenez (12)
CS: F. Jimenez (11)

FIELDING
Errors: D. Chavez (3)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Lee LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .258 2 36
S. Hudson CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .202 5 24
J. Plumley RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .275 12 54
J. Voss 3B 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .258 9 60
T. Stallings 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .267 5 40
D. Cox SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 2 30
   b-G. Jordan PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 0 20
B. Taylor 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .247 4 28
L. Adams C 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .277 6 40
S. Litwak P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169 2 7
   F. Harrison P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-P. Morrison PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .241 8 24
   W. Matz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2 2 4 11      
a - P. Morrison pinch hit for F. Harrison in the 7th
b - G. Jordan pinch hit for D. Cox in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Lee (27, 1st Inning off R. Barron, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: B. Taylor (4, 5th Inning off R. Barron, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. Lee 3 , J. Voss , B. Taylor 5
2-out RBI: J. Voss
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Stallings , D. Cox
Sac Bunt: J. Voss
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Voss (55)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Cox-Taylor-Stallings)
MONTREAL PITCHING LINESCORE DETROIT PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Barron W (12-7) 9.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 119 3.20   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Barron 71
Batters Faced: R. Barron 35
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Barron 10-13
Pitches - Strikes: R. Barron 119-76
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Litwak L (12-8) 5.0 6 4 4 4 4 1 96 2.21   
F. Harrison 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 25 4.50   
W. Matz 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24 6.02   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Litwak 39
Batters Faced: S. Litwak 23, F. Harrison 10, W. Matz 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Litwak 3-6, F. Harrison 2-2, W. Matz 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: S. Litwak 96-54, F. Harrison 25-18, W. Matz 24-18
Inherited Runners - Scored: F. Harrison 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Rich Barron
Ballpark: Wolverine Field
Weather: Partly Cloudy (69 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 2:48
Attendance: 17352
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