FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
NEW YORK IMPERIALS AT CHICAGO COUGARS
07/19/1974
 
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
NEW YORK IMPERIALS AT CHICAGO COUGARS
GAME ID: 4304 - FRIDAY, JULY 19TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Imperials (53-41) 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 10 9 2
Chicago Cougars (40-60) 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 15 2
Watson Collects Hit Number 2000
New York beat Chicago 10-9 yesterday at Cougars Park, but it still was a good game for Cougars center fielder Henry Watson, who went 1-for-5 and reached the 2000-hit mark.

Watson is batting .279 lifetime with 2000 hits, 286 doubles, 58 triples, 283 home runs, and 1072 RBIs to date. He has also scored 978 runs.
NEW YORK BATTING LINESCORE CHICAGO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. German 2B 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 .339 2 12
B. Wood LF 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .292 2 18
A. Reece 1B 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 .267 3 15
   c-D. Giles 3B, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 0 2
   E. Cooper P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 1
M. Counts RF 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 .284 9 41
   f-J. McMillan RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 3 10
P. O'Leary CF 5 1 1 3 0 2 4 .257 8 40
F. Arnold 3B, 1B 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 .212 0 3
A. Curtis C 4 1 0 0 1 4 5 .224 2 5
D. Raz SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .213 6 22
   b-P. Terry PH 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .282 15 46
   d-R. Tejada SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 4 16
E. Thornton P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .184 0 2
   D. Johnston P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   a-F. Curtis PH 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .282 10 53
   M. Dunlavy P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
   e-G. Love 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 14 47
Totals 36 10 9 10 6 8 17      
a - F. Curtis pinch hit for D. Johnston in the 7th
b - P. Terry pinch hit for D. Raz in the 7th
c - D. Giles substituted for A. Reece in the 7th
d - R. Tejada substituted for P. Terry in the 7th
e - G. Love substituted for M. Dunlavy in the 8th
f - J. McMillan substituted for M. Counts in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: F. Arnold (3, 2nd Inning off B. Goldman, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: M. Counts (3, 3rd Inning off B. Goldman, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: S. German (2, 7th Inning off H. Thompson, 1 on, 1 out) , P. Terry (15, 7th Inning off H. Thompson, 2 on, 2 outs) , P. O'Leary (8, 7th Inning off H. Thompson, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. German 5 , M. Counts 4 , P. O'Leary 4 , F. Arnold 4 , P. Terry 4
2-out RBI: M. Counts , P. O'Leary , P. Terry
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: P. O'Leary , A. Curtis , E. Thornton
GIDP: D. Raz
Sac Bunt: B. Wood
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: S. German (7)

FIELDING
Errors: S. German (2) , F. Arnold (3)
Double Plays: 1 (Raz-German-Reece)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Menz RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 5 35
C. Ennis SS 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 .290 0 4
S. Morrison LF 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 .275 3 24
P. Vazquez 3B 4 3 2 0 1 0 4 .249 10 41
B. Grimm 2B 5 2 3 3 0 0 4 .230 6 21
C. Johnson 1B 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 .287 2 14
   a-G. Homer PH, 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .285 6 39
C. Sanders C 5 0 1 2 0 0 3 .277 6 45
H. Watson CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 .213 5 20
B. Goldman P 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .075 0 1
   H. Thompson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   J. Norris P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-F. Cronin PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .204 6 18
   B. Scott P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0
Totals 43 9 15 9 1 2 20      
a - G. Homer pinch hit for C. Johnson in the 7th
b - F. Cronin pinch hit for J. Norris in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Watson (5, 1st Inning off E. Thornton, 1 on, 2 outs) , B. Grimm (11, 2nd Inning off E. Thornton, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: C. Ennis 3 , S. Morrison 3 , P. Vazquez 2 , B. Grimm 4 , C. Johnson 2 , C. Sanders , H. Watson 2
2-out RBI: B. Grimm , C. Johnson , H. Watson
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Grimm , B. Goldman , F. Cronin
GIDP: B. Grimm
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Errors: P. Vazquez 2 (23)
Double Plays: 1 (Grimm-Ennis-Johnson)
NEW YORK PITCHING LINESCORE CHICAGO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
E. Thornton 1.2 9 8 5 0 1 0 55 4.94   
D. Johnston W (3-1) 4.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 2.99   
M. Dunlavy H (11) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 16 3.94   
E. Cooper SV (22) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 1.64   
PITCHING
Game Score: E. Thornton 6
Batters Faced: E. Thornton 15, D. Johnston 15, M. Dunlavy 6, E. Cooper 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Thornton 2-2, D. Johnston 6-6, M. Dunlavy 0-2, E. Cooper 0-6
Pitches - Strikes: E. Thornton 55-37, D. Johnston 39-25, M. Dunlavy 16-7, E. Cooper 23-19
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Johnston 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Goldman 6.1 5 3 3 4 7 0 121 3.62   
H. Thompson L (0-2) 0.1 4 7 1 2 0 3 23 10.38   
J. Norris 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5.69   
B. Scott 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 4.57   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Goldman 54
Batters Faced: B. Goldman 27, H. Thompson 8, J. Norris 1, B. Scott 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Goldman 8-3, H. Thompson 1-0, J. Norris 1-0, B. Scott 1-4
Pitches - Strikes: B. Goldman 121-71, H. Thompson 23-12, J. Norris 7-5, B. Scott 26-18
Inherited Runners - Scored: H. Thompson 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Sam German
Ballpark: Cougars Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (70 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 11 mph
Start Time: 8:05 PM CT
Time: 3:09
Attendance: 13498
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