MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
NEW YORK EMPIRES AT MONTREAL HABITANTS
09/27/1977
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
NEW YORK EMPIRES AT MONTREAL HABITANTS
GAME ID: 2703 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH , 1977 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Empires 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 0
Montreal Habitants 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 5 10 1
Corte Excels, Montreal Wins Divisional Round Game 1
The Montreal Habitants started the Divisional Round in style, downing the visiting New York Empires at LaSalle Stadium by a score of 5-3 to grab an early 1-0 lead in the best-of-7 series. Habitants shortstop Oscar Corte was 2-4 with a home run and a double. He scored 2 times and drove in 3.

Corte had an important at-bat with a runner on 1st in the bottom of the sixth, when he hit a 2-run home run. The Habitants went on to win.

Corte called it "a solid win."

The next game is set to be played tomorrow at LaSalle Stadium in Montreal.
NEW YORK BATTING LINESCORE MONTREAL BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Hickey CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 0 1
M. Preciado LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 0 0
R. Lintner 3B 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .400 1 1
A. Castro RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .571 0 0
P. Brower 1B 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 .250 0 2
D. Matuzak SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .200 0 0
J. Abarca 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 0 0
   b-L. Montgomery PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
L. Finnegan C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   c-T. Glenn PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0 0
J. Pierce P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-C. Estrada PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0 0
   D. Molina P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   T. Duncan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3 1 4 8      
a - C. Estrada pinch hit for J. Pierce in the 7th
b - L. Montgomery pinch hit for J. Abarca in the 9th
c - T. Glenn pinch hit for L. Finnegan in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: A. Castro (2, 1st Inning off B. Schar, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: R. Lintner (1, 8th Inning off B. Schar, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: R. Hickey , M. Preciado , R. Lintner 5 , A. Castro 3 , P. Brower , L. Montgomery
2-out RBI: R. Lintner , P. Brower
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Matuzak , J. Abarca
GIDP: M. Preciado , R. Lintner
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Lintner-Abarca-Brower)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Compton 1B 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 .750 1 1
D. Chavez CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 0 0
J. Murchison RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 0 0
J. Sullivan LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 0 0
M. Walker C 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .667 0 0
F. Jimenez 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 0 0
D. Miller 2B 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 .000 0 0
O. Corte SS 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 .500 1 3
B. Schar P 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333 0 1
   a-C. Douglas PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   A. Johns P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5 4 5 12      
a - C. Douglas pinch hit for B. Schar in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: O. Corte (1, 2nd Inning off J. Pierce, 1 on, 2 outs) , J. Compton (1, 4th Inning off J. Pierce, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: J. Compton (1, 1st Inning off J. Pierce, 0 on, 0 outs) , O. Corte (1, 6th Inning off J. Pierce, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Compton 7 , J. Murchison , J. Sullivan , M. Walker 2 , O. Corte 6 , B. Schar
2-out RBI: O. Corte , B. Schar
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Compton , D. Chavez , D. Miller
GIDP: J. Sullivan
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
CS: J. Compton (1)

FIELDING
Errors: F. Jimenez
Double Plays: 2 (Miller-Corte-Compton, Miller-Corte-Compton)
NEW YORK PITCHING LINESCORE MONTREAL PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR BF PI ERA   
J. Pierce L (0-1) 6.0 10 5 5 3 4 2 29 111 7.50   
D. Molina 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 0.00   
T. Duncan 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Pierce 33
Batters Faced: J. Pierce 29, D. Molina 4, T. Duncan 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Pierce 8-4, D. Molina 1-2, T. Duncan 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: J. Pierce 111-66, D. Molina 9-4, T. Duncan 10-6
Player IP H R ER BB K HR BF PI ERA   
B. Schar W (1-0) 8.0 7 3 3 1 3 1 31 97 3.38   
A. Johns SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 19 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Schar 58
Batters Faced: B. Schar 31, A. Johns 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Schar 10-9, A. Johns 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Schar 97-64, A. Johns 19-11
WP: B. Schar
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Oscar Corte
Ballpark: LaSalle Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (47 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 18 mph
Start Time: 5:05 PM ET
Time: 2:47
Attendance: 34839
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