LUZINSKI RIPS 3 HRS IN PHILS COMEBACK 'W'
3rd Blow Ties Game in 9th
PHILADELPHIA, June 22 (AP) - Greg Luzinski's solo home run in the bottom of the
ninth inning tied the game and Mike Schmidt's single in the 10th won it as the
Philadelphia Phillies overcame a 4-0 deficit to defeat the Montreal Expos, 6-5,
at Veterans Stadium. The Luzinski game-tier was his third round tripper of
the contest, making the Philadelphia left fielder just the third National
Leaguer--and fifth big leaguer--to accomplish the feat this season.
The Expos took a 4-0 lead with a pair of runs in both the first and fourth
innings. Pepe Mangual led off the ball game with a home run off Phillies
starter Jim Lonborg and Jim Lyttle followed with a double. One out later,
Mike Jorgensen singled home Lyttle to give Montreal a 2-0 lead. In the
fourth, the long ball bit Lonborg again. Tim Foli doubled with one out
and, after Barry Foote grounded out, Pete Mackanin clubbed his fourth home run
of the year. The two-run shot gave the Expos a 4-0 advantage.
But the Phillies got a run back in the bottom of the fourth on Luzinski's first
home run of the game--a solo shot off Montreal starter Clay Kirby.
Philadelphia drew to within a run in the fifth and, once again, Luzinski was
responsible--with some help from the Expos defense. With one out, Larry
Bowa reached on a miscue by first baseman Jorgensen. Kirby fanned Mike
Schmidt but Luzinski's long home run just inside the left field foul pole cut
the Phillies' deficit to a single run.
The Expos got a run back in the sixth when Jorgensen drew a lead-off walk, moved
to second on a ground out and scored on Foote's double. The Phillies
climbed to within a run again when Schmidt drew a lead-off free pass and scored
on a two-out double by Jay Johnstone.
The Expos clung to their 5-4 lead until the ninth. Fred Scherman retired
Bowa and Schmidt, moving Montreal to within one out of victory. But Luzinski deposited a 2-2 breaking ball into the seats in left field for his third
home run, tying the game.
The Expos put two runners on base with two outs in the top of the 10th but Tug
McGraw fanned pinch hitter Bombo Rivera to end the threat.
In the bottom of the tenth, facing Chip Lang, pinch hitter Tommy Hutton drew a
one-out walk and Dave Cash followed with another free pass, putting runners on
first and second. Bowa rolled into a fielder's choice, forcing Cash at
second, leaving it up to Mike Schmidt. The Phillies third baseman jumped
on the first pitch from Lang, grounding a single into left field, scoring Hutton
to win the game.
6/22/1976, Mon76-Phi76, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1976 Expos 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 10 1 10 0 1976 Phillies 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 6 9 0 13 1 Expos AB R H BI AVG Phillies AB R H BI AVG Mangual,P cf 5 1 2 1 .296 Cash 2b 4 0 0 0 .331 Lyttle lf 5 1 2 0 .225 Bowa ss 6 1 0 0 .265 Roenicke rf 3 0 1 0 .296 Schmidt 3b 5 1 1 1 .290 Scanlon 3b 2 0 0 0 .100 Luzinski lf 5 3 3 4 .294 Frias ph 1 0 0 0 .317 Allen 1b 2 0 1 0 .319 Jorgensen 1b 3 1 1 1 .275 Johnstone rf 4 0 2 1 .337 Foli ss 5 1 1 0 .236 Maddox,G cf 4 0 1 0 .341 Foote c 5 0 1 1 .233 Boone c 3 0 1 0 .219 Mackanin 2b 5 1 2 2 .234 McCarver ph 2 0 0 0 .283 Kirby p 2 0 0 0 .059 Lonborg p 2 0 0 0 .063 Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0 .197 Tolan ph 1 0 0 0 .276 Granger p 0 0 0 0 .000 Reed p 0 0 0 0 .154 Dunning p 0 0 0 0 .000 Martin ph 1 0 0 0 .333 Morales,Jo ph 1 0 0 0 .364 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 .000 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hutton ph 0 1 0 0 .222 Rivera ph 1 0 0 0 .204 39 6 9 6 Lang p 0 0 0 0 .000 39 5 10 5 Expos INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Kirby 5.0 3 3 1 5 5 95 50 6.33 Granger H 3 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 12 9 3.52 Dunning H 1 2.0 1 1 1 1 3 30 16 3.63 Scherman BS 1 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 27 15 5.40 Lang L 1-5 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 18 8 5.84 9.2 9 6 4 9 8 182 98 Phillies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lonborg 6.0 8 5 5 2 5 99 65 3.91 Reed 2.0 0 0 0 2 2 30 17 2.55 McGraw W 3-0 2.0 2 0 0 2 2 35 21 0.94 10.0 10 5 5 6 9 164 103 Mon: Dwyer batted for Kirby in the 6th Morales,Jo batted for Dunning in the 9th Frias batted for Scanlon in the 9th Frias moved to 3b in the 9th Rivera batted for Scherman in the 10th Phi: Tolan batted for Lonborg in the 6th McCarver batted for Boone in the 8th Martin batted for Reed in the 8th McCarver moved to c in the 9th Hutton batted for McGraw in the 10th E-Jorgensen. 2B-Lyttle(3), Foli(16), Foote(3), Johnstone(15). HR-Mangual,P(3), Mackanin(4), Luzinski 3(13). RBI-Mangual,P(12), Jorgensen(16), Foote(17), Mackanin 2(18), Schmidt(51), Luzinski 4(46), Johnstone(35). SB-Mangual,P(9). K-Mangual,P, Lyttle, Roenicke 2, Scanlon, Foli, Mackanin, Kirby, Rivera, Schmidt 2, Luzinski, Allen, Johnstone, Boone, Lonborg, McCarver. BB-Roenicke 2, Scanlon 2, Jorgensen 2, Cash 2, Schmidt, Allen 3, Johnstone, Maddox,G, Hutton. PB-Boone. GWRBI: Schmidt Temperature: 93, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 1 MPH. Attendance: 30,051 Game Time: 3:15