FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
NEW YORK IMPERIALS AT MONTREAL SAINTS
07/27/1974
 
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
NEW YORK IMPERIALS AT MONTREAL SAINTS
GAME ID: 4370 - SATURDAY, JULY 27TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Imperials (53-46) 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 8 1
Montreal Saints (43-56) 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 X 7 11 0
Imperials Handed 7-4 Loss by Montreal
Montreal catcher Eddie Thomas made his presence felt in the 7-4 Saints triumph over the New York Imperials. Thomas was 3 for 4 with a home run and a double, while adding 3 RBI and scoring once. Jose Martinez got the win, improving to 7-9. He worked 7.2 innings, giving up 4 runs on 8 hits, while striking out 7 and walking 0. The Saints improved their record to 43-56 by beating New York.

In the bottom of the third, Montreal center fielder Joe Robertson had a productive at-bat. With runners on 1st and 2nd and one out, Robertson stroked a run-scoring single to center. It made the score 2-1, Montreal. For the game, he went 1 for 3 with a walk.

"You never take a win for granted in this league," said Robertson.
NEW YORK BATTING LINESCORE MONTREAL BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
G. Love 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .251 15 48
F. Curtis CF 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .276 11 54
M. Counts 1B 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .282 9 42
P. Terry RF, LF 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 .280 15 47
P. O'Leary LF 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 .255 8 41
   a-J. McMillan LF, RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .277 3 10
J. Poole 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .246 4 19
T. Rusconi C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .252 3 23
D. Raz SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .215 6 23
D. Johnston P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0 0
   S. Madden P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-B. Wood PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .277 2 18
   S. Boone P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4 0 9 11      
a - J. McMillan substituted for P. O'Leary in the 6th
b - B. Wood pinch hit for S. Madden in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: G. Love (12, 1st Inning off J. Martinez, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Rusconi 2 (14, 5th Inning off J. Martinez, 0 on, 1 out; 7th Inning off J. Martinez, 0 on, 0 outs) , P. O'Leary (10, 6th Inning off J. Martinez, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: G. Love 2 , M. Counts 2 , P. Terry , P. O'Leary 2 , J. Poole , T. Rusconi 4
2-out RBI: P. Terry , P. O'Leary , J. Poole
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: G. Love , P. O'Leary , D. Johnston
Hit by Pitch: F. Curtis
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: F. Curtis (6)
CS: J. Poole (8)

FIELDING
Errors: P. O'Leary (2)
Double Plays: 1 (Love-Counts)
OF assists: 1 (Curtis(Taylor at 3rd base))
PB: T. Rusconi
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Taylor SS 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .300 2 7
J. Robertson CF 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .254 5 20
J. Hendricks RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .307 7 38
D. Turner 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .217 14 46
K. Steinbach 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .304 3 42
D. Baker LF 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 .232 3 15
R. Barrell 1B 3 1 2 2 1 1 0 .237 3 15
E. Thomas C 4 1 3 3 0 0 1 .196 4 21
J. Martinez P 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .152 0 3
   M. Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 30 7 11 7 5 3 10      
BATTING
Doubles: E. Thomas (6, 3rd Inning off D. Johnston, 0 on, 0 outs) , R. Barrell (9, 8th Inning off S. Boone, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: E. Thomas (4, 4th Inning off D. Johnston, 2 on, 2 outs) , D. Baker (3, 6th Inning off S. Madden, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: B. Taylor , J. Robertson , J. Hendricks , D. Turner , K. Steinbach , D. Baker 4 , R. Barrell 3 , E. Thomas 7
2-out RBI: , R. Barrell 2 , E. Thomas
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. Thomas
GIDP: D. Turner
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
CS: J. Robertson 2 (5) , R. Barrell (3)
NEW YORK PITCHING LINESCORE MONTREAL PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Johnston L (3-2) 4.1 7 5 5 4 0 1 80 3.38   
S. Madden 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 1 22 6.75   
S. Boone 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 33 2.82   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Johnston 25
Batters Faced: D. Johnston 21, S. Madden 6, S. Boone 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Johnston 5-5, S. Madden 1-1, S. Boone 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: D. Johnston 80-44, S. Madden 22-17, S. Boone 33-21
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Madden 2-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Martinez W (7-9) 7.2 8 4 4 0 7 0 109 3.98   
M. Hernandez SV (13) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 2.60   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Martinez 54
Batters Faced: J. Martinez 31, M. Hernandez 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Martinez 9-6, M. Hernandez 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: J. Martinez 109-77, M. Hernandez 18-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Hernandez 1-0
Hit Batsmen: J. Martinez
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Eddie Thomas
Ballpark: Stade Montreal
Weather: Clear skies (74 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 12 mph
Start Time: 5:05 PM ET
Time: 2:42
Attendance: 20011
Special Notes: LF Pete O'Leary was injured while running the bases.
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