He hit the first grand slam in Mariner history on May 17th, 1977 (box score). in a 10-2 Mariner win as neither starter, Rudy May of the Orioles or Dick Pole of the Mariners, lasted more then 2.1 innings. Enrique Romo came in and pitched six scoreless innings for the win as Montague pitched the ninth and 10,920 watched. Rudy May gave up 5 hits, 4 BB and 7 earned runs.
The St. Louis Cardinals picked him in the 4th round of the 1968 MLB amateur draft. Who is he ? His name is Skip Jutze. He appeared in 42 games and 109 AB's with the 1977 Mariners & (.220) average.
Alfred Henry "Skip" Jutze was born May 28, 1946, in Bayside, New York and he went to Central Connecticut State University. He came up with the 1972 Cardinals in September and played in 21 games. He was a fourth round pick of the Cards back in 1968. In November of 1972 the Cards traded him (with Milt Ramirez) to Houston Astros for Ray Busse and Bobby Fenwick.
He hit .223 in 90 games for the Astros with no power in 1973 and that would be his high water mark in games played for his career. Played in 42 games for the Astros in 1976 and was shipped to Seattle in January of 1977 to play on the expansion Mariners. 1977 was his last year in the bigs.

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