[Joy in Mudville]

Kansas City--Birds of a feather don't always stick together.

Former Baltimore Oriole teammates Rawly Eastwick and Rick Burleson faced off against one another to decide game four of the Joy in Mudville World Series.

With two on and two out, Eastwick got Burleson to ground out thus preserving a 5-3 New York Met victory at Royals Stadium Sunday afternoon.

Eastwick's second save of the Series upped New York's advantage to three games to one. The Mets hope to close out the Series Monday in the final game in Kansas City.

Eastwick was the seventh pitcher used by the Mets to hang onto Sunday's victory. The 25-year-old right-hander has appeared in all four Series game thus far.

Righty Bob Sykes, who pitched 4.1 innings in relief of starter Ken Frailing, picked up the win.

The Mets built a 4-1 lead by the fourth inning and held off the Royals down the game's stretch.

Steve Braun, Wayne Garrett and Tim Foli each had three hits for New York. Braun hit a two-run homer off Kansas City starter Steve Busby.

Jay Johnstone (4-for-4) and Frank White (3-for-4) combined for seven of Kansas City's 11 hits.

Game five starters are Larry Dierker for the Royals and Don Hood for New York.



Game ID: 6731 - Sunday, October 17th, 1976 -

Sunday, October 17th, 1976
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 8 2
Kansas City Royals 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 11 1


New York AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Braun 3B 4 1 2 2 1 0 2 .265 1 2
G. Locklear LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .086 0 1
D. Ford RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .314 1 5
B. Powell 1B 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .286 3 7
E. Kranepool DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 0 2
M. Jorgensen CF 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .194 2 3
W. Garrett 2B 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 .375 0 2
J. Grote C 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .235 0 1
T. Foli SS 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .154 0 3
a-L. Stanton PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
B. Harrelson SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 1
Totals 33 5 8 5 4 4 13

a - L. Stanton pinch hit for T. Foli in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: S. Braun (1, 3rd Inning off S. Busby, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Foli 2, B. Powell, S. Braun 5, W. Garrett 2, D. Ford
2-out RBI: T. Foli, W. Garrett
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Grote, S. Braun
GIDP: G. Locklear
Sac Bunt: G. Locklear
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: B. Powell , S. Braun
Double Plays: 1 (Braun-Garrett-Powell)


Kansas City AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Briggs 1B 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 .103 0 0
L. Piniella LF 5 0 1 1 0 1 4 .206 0 4
J. Johnstone CF 4 0 4 2 1 0 0 .300 1 4
P. Kelly RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 8 .258 0 1
D. Allen 3B 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 .296 2 5
E. Rodriguez C 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .214 0 1
a-J. Brohamer PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 1
R. Burleson SS 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .385 0 6
C. May DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .182 0 0
F. White 2B 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 .286 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3 6 6 24

a - J. Brohamer pinch hit for E. Rodriguez in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: R. Burleson (3, 7th Inning off L. Hardy, 0 on, 2 outs) J. Johnstone 3 (3, 4th Inning off B. Sykes, 1 on, 2 outs; 6th Inning off B. Sykes, 1 on, 2 outs; 9th Inning off E. Romo, 0 on, 0 outs) F. White (1, 4th Inning off B. Sykes, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: E. Rodriguez, J. Briggs, R. Burleson 2, J. Johnstone 7, L. Piniella, F. White 4
2-out RBI: , J. Johnstone 2, L. Piniella
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. Rodriguez, R. Burleson, P. Kelly 3, C. May
GIDP: L. Piniella
Team LOB: 14

BASERUNNING
CS: F. White 2 (2)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Briggs
Double Plays: 1 (White-Burleson-Briggs)


New York IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA
K. Frailing 1.2 4 1 0 1 1 0 42 24 0.00
B. Sykes W (1-0) 4.1 5 2 2 3 3 0 72 37 6.00
L. Hardy H (1) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 25 14 0.00
E. Romo H (1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0.00
R. Sadecki H (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 7 1.93
S. Simpson H (1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 5 0.00
R. Eastwick SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7.36

PITCHING
Game Score: K. Frailing 39
Batters Faced: K. Frailing 11, B. Sykes 20, L. Hardy 6, E. Romo 2, R. Sadecki 1, S. Simpson 2, R. Eastwick 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Frailing 1-3, B. Sykes 4-5, L. Hardy 0-2, E. Romo 1-0, R. Sadecki 0-0, S. Simpson 1-0, R. Eastwick 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: K. Frailing 42-24, B. Sykes 72-37, L. Hardy 25-14, E. Romo 5-4, R. Sadecki 10-7, S. Simpson 9-5, R. Eastwick 3-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. Sykes 2-0, E. Romo 1-0, R. Sadecki 1-0, S. Simpson 1-0, R. Eastwick 2-0


Kansas City IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA
S. Busby L (0-1) 5.0 4 4 2 3 2 1 77 44 5.79
D. Drago 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 12 0.00
R. Moffitt 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 0.00
T. Burgmeier 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 32 21 3.00

PITCHING
Game Score: S. Busby 46
Batters Faced: S. Busby 22, D. Drago 4, R. Moffitt 4, T. Burgmeier 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Busby 6-6, D. Drago 2-0, R. Moffitt 2-0, T. Burgmeier 5-0
Pitches - Strikes: S. Busby 77-44, D. Drago 19-12, R. Moffitt 12-7, T. Burgmeier 32-21


GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: J. Johnstone
Ballpark: Royals Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (53 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 14 mph
Start Time: 7:05 pm
Time: 3:15
Attendance: 41939