FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
ATLANTA COPPERHEADS AT BOSTON MINUTEMEN
05/02/1975
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FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
ATLANTA COPPERHEADS AT BOSTON MINUTEMEN
GAME ID: 255 - FRIDAY, MAY 2ND , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta Copperheads (13-7) 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12 0
Boston Minutemen (5-12) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 7 1
Minutemen Score Late to Nip Copperheads, 5-4
The home crowd was treated to a thrilling, walk-off win.

The Boston Minutemen faced a tough opponent in Atlanta pitcher Marco Middleton, but did just enough to pull out the victory at Minuteman Stadium by a final score of 5-4. Middleton went 8 innings and allowed 4 runs. The Minutemen with just their 5th win in 17 games, have played uninspired baseball so far.

Howard Smith was the walk-off hero for Boston. With the game tied in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Minutemen first baseman hit a dramatic run-scoring single to send the teams home.

"This place was rockin'," Smith said.
ATLANTA BATTING LINESCORE BOSTON BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Hunter CF 4 0 1 0 1 3 3 .243 1 4
J. Newton SS 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .395 3 9
A. Hubbard 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .253 4 17
J. Blair RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 5 .280 1 8
H. Smith C 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 .222 2 9
J. Duchesne 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .286 5 9
E. Skains LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .191 2 6
J. Moreland 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .288 1 10
M. Middleton P 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .100 0 0
   a-W. Dugan PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .300 0 0
   B. Hunn P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 3 2 6 13      
a - W. Dugan pinch hit for M. Middleton in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Newton (6, 1st Inning off B. Scott, 0 on, 1 out) , J. Blair (5, 3rd Inning off B. Scott, 0 on, 2 outs) , M. Middleton (1, 4th Inning off B. Scott, 0 on, 2 outs) , J. Moreland (3, 6th Inning off R. Thornton, 0 on, 2 outs) , W. Dugan (1, 9th Inning off B. Shireman, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: H. Smith (2, 3rd Inning off B. Scott, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. Hunter , J. Newton 3 , A. Hubbard , J. Blair 2 , H. Smith 4 , J. Duchesne , E. Skains , J. Moreland 3 , M. Middleton 2 , W. Dugan 2
2-out RBI: H. Smith
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , J. Hunter 2 , J. Blair 2 , M. Middleton
Sac Bunt: M. Middleton
Team LOB: 9
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Ward LF 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .208 2 7
G. Armstrong CF 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 .238 0 3
C. Hartsell 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .254 1 6
W. Stephens 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250 0 6
   B. Shireman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
J. Wise 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .234 1 4
B. Menz RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .143 0 0
D. Raz SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .138 0 1
B. Gallagher C 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .441 0 5
B. Scott P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0
   a-J. Morton PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .328 2 13
   R. Thornton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-H. Mazur PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 0 4
   c-H. Smith 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .286 1 2
Totals 31 5 7 5 4 4 5      
a - J. Morton pinch hit for B. Scott in the 5th
b - H. Mazur pinch hit for R. Thornton in the 8th
c - H. Smith substituted for H. Mazur in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: W. Stephens (3, 4th Inning off M. Middleton, 0 on, 2 outs) , B. Gallagher (1, 5th Inning off M. Middleton, 0 on, 2 outs) , J. Wise (3, 9th Inning off B. Hunn, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: G. Armstrong (2, 8th Inning off M. Middleton, 3 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: D. Ward , G. Armstrong 3 , C. Hartsell , W. Stephens 2 , J. Wise 2 , B. Gallagher 2 , H. Smith
2-out RBI: H. Smith
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Wise , J. Morton
Sac Fly: C. Hartsell
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
CS: D. Ward (1)

FIELDING
Errors: B. Shireman (1)
OF assists: 1 (Menz(Hunter at home))
ATLANTA PITCHING LINESCORE BOSTON PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Middleton 8.0 5 4 4 3 4 0 114 2.36   
B. Hunn L (2-2) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 15 3.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Middleton 57
Batters Faced: M. Middleton 31, B. Hunn 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Middleton 5-14, B. Hunn 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: M. Middleton 114-65, B. Hunn 15-12
WP: M. Middleton
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Scott 5.0 8 3 3 0 3 1 80 4.00   
R. Thornton 3.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 43 1.74   
B. Shireman W (2-2), BS (4) 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 20 2.51   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Scott 42
Batters Faced: B. Scott 23, R. Thornton 11, B. Shireman 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Scott 5-7, R. Thornton 3-3, B. Shireman 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Scott 80-48, R. Thornton 43-25, B. Shireman 20-14
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Marco Middleton
Ballpark: Minuteman Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (57 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 11 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 2:47
Attendance: 10512
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