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San Jose Earthquakes 10-24-1977
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Wednesday, October 5th, 1977: Stewart Brilliant, Blanks Earthquakes
Dave Stewart was in command in his outing against the San Jose Earthquakes. He hurled the Austin Armadillos to a 3-0 shutout victory, yielded 5 hits and chalked up 3 strikeouts and 3 walks.

"A complete game shutout. That's fun territory for me," he told reporters in the postgame interview. "I had good balance and mechanics and was able to keep the ball down. When I do that, good things happen."

Tuesday, September 13th, 1977: Brown Strong Arms San Jose
Mordecai Brown of the Oklahoma City Sidewinders whitewashed the San Jose Earthquakes 8-0 in a complete game win, limiting them to 4 hits while chalking up 9 strikeouts and giving up no walks.

"Talking to SION writers after the game, his manager said, "He's got the makeup. He's not afraid to challenge guys. Mordecai is pretty poised out there. He knows how to pitch and how to use his stuff."

In 31 starts this year Brown has crafted a 13-10 record and a 2.08 ERA.

Monday, September 5th, 1977: Player of the Week: San Jose's Lloyd
It was a sweet day for John Lloyd of the San Jose Earthquakes, who found out he has been named the West Side Conference Player of the Week.

The Earthquakes shortstop put up a solid .462 average and contributed 2 home runs and 10 RBIs to claim the honors.

Year-to-date in 131 games Lloyd has compiled a .312 batting average with 154 hits and 10 home runs. He has also scored 74 times and knocked in 68 runs.

Team Leaders AVG

.314

.293

.262

.260

.258

Team Leaders HR

Team Leaders RBI

M. Ivie

Team Leaders W

2 tied with

Team Leaders ERA

2.74

3.05

3.27

3.41

4.76

Team Leaders K

M. Soto

215

182

163

118

100

Pitching Staff
Role	Throws	Pitcher	W	L	SV	ERA
Starter	R	Scott Sanderson	13	17	0	3.27
Starter	R	Mario Soto	18	10	0	3.05
Starter	L	Don Gullett	18	12	0	3.41
Starter	R	Pat Zachry	11	11	0	2.74
Mopup	R	Lynn McGlothen	10	10	0	4.76
Middle Reliever	R	Lerrin LaGrow	6	2	0	3.42
Middle Reliever	L	Roger Moret	3	1	0	2.43
Setup Reliever	R	Larry Andersen	6	1	1	3.09
Setup Reliever	L	Dennis DeBarr	0	2	1	3.14
Closer	L	Joe Sambito	3	7	41	2.48

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Standings
Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB
San Jose Earthquakes	88	74	.543	-
Seattle Pilots	84	78	.519	4.0
Oakland Hells Angels	80	82	.494	8.0
Portland Plutocrats	72	90	.444	16.0

Team Information
Record overall	88-74, .543 PCT
Position in Division	1st, - GB
Record at home	50-31, .617 PCT
Record on the road	38-43, .469 PCT
Record in X-inning games	3-7, .300 PCT
Record in one-run games	25-18, .581 PCT
Record versus LHP	26-14, .650 PCT
Record versus RHP	62-60, .508 PCT
Record last 10 games	6-4, .600 PCT
Record in April	15-13, .536 PCT
Record in May	18-11, .621 PCT
Record in June	10-15, .400 PCT
Record in July	15-14, .517 PCT
Record in August	17-11, .607 PCT
Record in September	13-10, .565 PCT

Team Batting Stats & Rankings
Batting Average	.255 - 4th in WSC
On-Base Percentage	.322 - 3rd in WSC
Slugging Percentage	.371 - 6th in WSC
On-Base + Slugging	.693 - 5th in WSC
Runs Scored	677 - 4th in WSC
Hits	1393 - 5th in WSC
Extra-Base Hits	375 - 9th in WSC
Home Runs	115 - 6th in WSC
Bases-On-Balls	531 - 2nd in WSC
Strikeouts	982 - 9th in WSC
Stolen Bases	92 - 10th in WSC

Team Pitching Stats & Rankings
Earned Run Average	3.40 - 5th in WSC
Starters' ERA	3.38 - 5th in WSC
Bullpen ERA	3.33 - 5th in WSC
Runs allowed	635 - 6th in WSC
Hits allowed	1295 - 2nd in WSC
Opponents AVG	.241 - 2nd in WSC
BABIP	.279 - 5th in WSC
Home Runs allowed	108 - 3rd in WSC
Bases-On-Balls	495 - 10th in WSC
Strikeouts	999 - 4th in WSC