1979 World Series, Game 5: Homestead Grays At Philadelphia Warriors 9/30/1979
Grays AB R H RBI AVG Warriors AB R H RBI AVG
D.Lopes 2B 4 0 1 1 .227 J.Mumphrey LF,RF 4 0 0 0 .118
R.Miller LF 3 0 1 1 .263 R.Burleson SS 3 1 1 1 .235
M.Schmidt 3B 4 0 0 0 .053 O.Gamble RF 4 0 2 1 .176
E.Murray 1B 4 0 0 0 .048 E-B.North PR,LF 1 0 0 0 .154
S.Lezcano RF 4 1 0 0 .000 C.Kusick 1B 2 0 1 0 .333
J.Sundberg C 4 0 0 0 .143 A-K.Hernandez PR,1B 1 0 0 0 .263
B.McBride CF 4 1 2 0 .238 G.Thomas CF 3 0 1 0 .125
L.Bowa SS 2 0 0 0 .063 G.Brett 3B 4 2 2 1 .250
B-G.Gross PH 0 1 0 0 .500 B.Boone C 3 2 1 2 .235
J.Sambito P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Trillo 2B 2 0 0 0 .167
F-P.Kelly PH 0 0 0 01.000 K.Forsch P 2 0 1 0 .500
G-B.Rivera PH 1 0 1 1 .250 E.Farmer P 0 0 0 0 ----
S.Lockwood P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Geisel P 0 0 0 0 ----
S.McGregor P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Stoddard P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Niekro P 2 0 0 0 .000 K.Brett P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-T.Crowley PH 1 0 1 0 .333 D.Darwin P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-L.Gomez PR,SS 1 0 0 0 .000 H-B.Harrelson PH 1 0 1 01.000
J.Kern P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 34 3 6 3 Totals 30 5 10 5
A-Pinch Ran For Kusick In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bowa In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Niekro In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Crowley In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Gamble In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Sambito In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Kelly In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Darwin In 8th Inning
Grays........... 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 6 0
Warriors........ 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 - 5 10 4
Grays (1-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Niekro LOSS(0-1) 6 8 4 4 3 1 2 96 3.46
J.Sambito 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 0.00
S.Lockwood 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 16 13.50
S.McGregor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.32
Totals 8 10 5 5 5 1 2
Warriors (4-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
K.Forsch WIN(1-0) 6 4 1 1 2 3 0 81 1.29
E.Farmer HOLD(2nd) 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 28 0.00
D.Geisel HOLD(2nd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00
T.Stoddard HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.15
K.Brett 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 ----
D.Darwin HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
J.Kern SAVE(3rd) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 1.80
Totals 9 6 3 1 5 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 50,921 DATE- Sunday, September 30th 1979 TIME- Night
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Grays: 9 Warriors:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Grays: 0 Warriors: 3
ERRORS- J.Mumphrey, K.Hernandez, B.Boone, M.Trillo
DOUBLES- R.Burleson(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Brett(2nd), B.Boone(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Burleson, M.Trillo, K.Forsch
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Burleson
WALKS- D.Lopes, R.Miller-2, M.Schmidt, G.Gross, J.Mumphrey, C.Kusick, G.Thomas,
B.Boone, M.Trillo
STRIKE OUTS- M.Schmidt, S.Lezcano, J.Niekro-2, G.Thomas
GIDP- M.Schmidt-2, E.Murray
WILD PITCHES- J.Sambito
In a close game it was the Philadelphia Warriors 5, the Homestead Grays 3 at
Comiskey Park.
Ken Forsch(1-0) gave Philadelphia a solid outing. He went 6 innings
surrendering 4 hits and 2 walks. Philadelphia out-hit Homestead for the
game, 10 hits to 6.
Jim Kern recorded the save, his 3rd. Joe Niekro(0-1) took the loss. He
allowed 4 runs and 8 hits in 6 innings.
