FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
NEW YORK IMPERIALS AT LOS ANGELES SUNS
10/10/1975
 
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
NEW YORK IMPERIALS AT LOS ANGELES SUNS
GAME ID: 11668 - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Imperials 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
Los Angeles Suns 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 X 7 13 0
Raucous Wilshire Park Crowd Propels Suns to 7-1 Victory; Series Tied at 1
Behind a bravura effort from starter Pete Meissner, the Los Angeles Suns topped the New York Imperials by the score of 7-1 and got their first win in the 1975 World Championship Series. Meissner threw 8.0 innings of shutout ball for the Suns. The win moves Los Angeles into a 1-1 tie with New York.

Meissner, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, threw 110 pitches over 8 innings, while allowing no runs.

"I put my work in and trusted the process," said Meissner.

The next game is set to be played for Sunday, October 12th , 1975 at Dyckman Stadium in New York.
NEW YORK BATTING LINESCORE LOS ANGELES BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Wilson RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0
A. Reece 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .476 0 4
B. Miller LF 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .292 0 8
G. Love 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .318 0 5
O. Drake SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .421 0 2
   b-J. Gill PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
E. Burris 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .273 0 1
F. Curtis CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .269 1 4
J. Peeples C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
E. Thornton P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0 0
   C. Hoffman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-M. Counts PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   F. Stone P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1 3 4 12      
a - M. Counts pinch hit for C. Hoffman in the 8th
b - J. Gill pinch hit for O. Drake in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: A. Reece (2, 4th Inning off P. Meissner, 0 on, 1 out) , A. Wilson (1, 8th Inning off P. Meissner, 0 on, 2 outs) , B. Miller (3, 9th Inning off J. Blair, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: A. Wilson 2 , A. Reece 2 , B. Miller 2 , O. Drake , E. Burris , J. Peeples
2-out RBI: E. Burris
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Reece , O. Drake
GIDP: B. Miller
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
CS: G. Love (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Drake-Burris-Reece)
OF assists: 1 (Curtis(Hurlbutt at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
E. Kellum 3B 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 .357 1 5
B. Anderson 1B 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .188 1 2
T. Lally SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .214 1 1
S. Forrester RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .308 0 2
J. Thurman LF 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 .321 1 6
B. Perry 2B 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 .310 2 6
L. Hurlbutt CF 3 2 2 3 1 0 1 .481 2 10
B. Gray C 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .417 1 4
P. Meissner P 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 .500 0 0
   a-R. Gray PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 0 2
   J. Blair P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 35 7 13 6 3 5 13      
a - R. Gray pinch hit for P. Meissner in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Perry 2 (2, 2nd Inning off E. Thornton, 1 on, 0 outs; 4th Inning off E. Thornton, 0 on, 1 out) , S. Forrester (2, 5th Inning off E. Thornton, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: L. Hurlbutt (2, 2nd Inning off E. Thornton, 2 on, 0 outs) , E. Kellum (1, 5th Inning off E. Thornton, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: E. Kellum 4 , S. Forrester 2 , J. Thurman 2 , B. Perry 5 , L. Hurlbutt 5 , B. Gray 2 , P. Meissner 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. Kellum , B. Anderson , J. Thurman , P. Meissner
GIDP: E. Kellum
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Lally-Perry-Anderson)
NEW YORK PITCHING LINESCORE LOS ANGELES PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
E. Thornton L (0-1) 5.2 10 4 4 2 4 2 106 5.06   
C. Hoffman 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 0.00   
F. Stone 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 0 24 27.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: E. Thornton 35
Batters Faced: E. Thornton 27, C. Hoffman 4, F. Stone 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Thornton 4-7, C. Hoffman 2-1, F. Stone 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: E. Thornton 106-66, C. Hoffman 24-13, F. Stone 24-16
Inherited Runners - Scored: C. Hoffman 2-0
WP: F. Stone
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
P. Meissner W (1-0) 8.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 110 1.20   
J. Blair 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 24 4.50   
PITCHING
Game Score: P. Meissner 75
Batters Faced: P. Meissner 29, J. Blair 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: P. Meissner 10-8, J. Blair 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: P. Meissner 110-67, J. Blair 24-17
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Pete Meissner
Ballpark: Wilshire Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (60 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 9 mph
Start Time: 8:05 PM PT
Time: 3:02
Attendance: 44743
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