7/13/76: Fan Picks Take All-Star Game, 5-1

Fan Picks (and Tiger-Cats) manager Jon Brams:

I had a blast - and came out a winner! Though I must say it was strange sitting in the home dugout at Hickory. George Foster [named MVP] sure thrilled his home town fans with a great performance. For me the highlight was the suicide squeeze Chris Speier laid down in that big 7th inning - sheer perfection! Solid pitching by my Ti-Cats guys - Jones and Reed for my Fan Picks and Hooton for John Young's squad. That's a tough role John took on. I felt a little bad for Sutton serving up those balls Foster and Schmidt clobbered in the 4th - epic blasts! Kudos to Steve Shilling and his umpiring crew for doing a nice job and keeping things light.

BOXSCORE: 1976 Runner-Ups At 1976 Fan Picks, Hickory Park, Eagle      7/13/1976
 
  Runner-Ups         AB  R  H RBI  AVG     Fan Picks          AB  R  H RBI  AVG
  K.Griffey RF        4  0  0  0  .000     J.Morgan 2B         4  0  2  0  .500  
  B.Madlock 3B        4  0  1  0  .250     A.Oliver DH         2  0  0  0  .000  
  C.Cedeno CF         2  0  0  0  .000   C-J.Johnstone PH,DH   2  0  1  1  .500  
A-C.Geronimo PH,CF    2  0  0  0  .000     G.Foster LF         3  1  3  1 1.000  
  G.Luzinski LF       4  0  1  0  .250     D.Kingman RF        4  0  1  1  .250  
  S.Garvey 1B         2  0  0  0  .000     M.Schmidt 3B        1  1  1  1 1.000  
B-W.Montanez PH,1B    2  0  0  0  .000   D-R.Cey PH,3B         2  0  0  0  .000  
  P.Rose DH           2  0  1  0  .500     B.Watson 1B         4  0  0  0  .000  
E-G.Maddox PH,DH      1  0  1  0 1.000     T.Simmons C         4  1  1  0  .250  
  D.Cash 2B           3  0  0  0  .000     R.Monday CF         2  0  0  0  .000  
  J.Ferguson C        3  0  1  0  .333   F-B.McBride PH,CF     1  1  1  0 1.000  
  L.Bowa SS           2  1  0  0  .000     C.Speier SS         3  1  1  1  .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  5  0                 Totals      32  5 11  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Cedeno In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Garvey In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Oliver In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Schmidt In 6th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Rose In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Monday In 7th Inning
 
Runner-Ups...... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  0
Fan Picks....... 0 0 0  2 0 0  3 0    -  5 11  0
 
Runner-Ups               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Montefusco              2       0   0   0   1   1   0  34   0.00
D.Sutton LOSS             2       3   2   2   0   1   2  26   9.00
J.Reuss                   1       1   0   0   0   0   0  16   0.00
B.Hooton                  1       1   0   0   0   2   0  18   0.00
D.Medich                  1       6   3   3   0   0   0  34  27.00
G.Garber                  1       0   0   0   0   2   0  10   0.00
Totals                    8      11   5   5   1   6   2
 
Fan Picks                IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Jones                   2       1   0   0   0   0   0  25   0.00
J.Matlack                 1       2   1   1   0   1   0  24   9.00
R.Reed WIN                2       1   0   0   1   2   0  34   0.00
S.Lockwood HOLD           2       1   0   0   0   1   0  21   0.00
R.Eastwick                1       0   0   0   0   1   0   7   0.00
C.Hough                   1       0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0.00
Totals                    9       5   1   1   1   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 1,696 DATE- Tuesday, July 13th 1976 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Steve Shilling, Mike Payne, Dan Patterson, Ed Berro
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Runner-Ups: 4  Fan Picks: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Runner-Ups: 1  Fan Picks: 0
DOUBLES- G.Luzinski(1st), J.Ferguson(1st), J.Morgan(1st), G.Foster(1st)
HOME RUNS- G.Foster(1st), M.Schmidt(1st)
STOLEN BASES- L.Bowa(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Maddox, J.Morgan
WALKS- L.Bowa, M.Schmidt
HIT BY PITCH- G.Foster
STRIKE OUTS- K.Griffey-2, C.Geronimo, D.Cash, J.Ferguson, D.Kingman-3, R.Cey-2,
             T.Simmons
GIDP- T.Simmons
BALKS- J.Matlack
2-out RBI- J.Johnstone, D.Kingman