 | | FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES LOS ANGELES SUNS AT CHICAGO CHIEFS 07/28/1974 |  | | | | |
 | | FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES | | LOS ANGELES SUNS AT CHICAGO CHIEFS | | GAME ID: 4379 - SUNDAY, JULY 28TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Los Angeles Suns (56-48) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 | | Chicago Chiefs (43-61) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | | |  | |
| Suns Send Chicago Home with 5-3 Loss | Despite a great performance by Chicago first baseman Andy Ellefsen, the Los Angeles Suns defeated the Chiefs by the score of 5-3 at Whitney Park. Ellefsen was 3-4 with a home run and a double. He drove in 2 runs and scored once. Jimmy Blair picked up the win, improving his season record to 6-7. He struck out 5 in 7.2 innings. Bill Smith, who finished 3rd in the FA in strikeouts with 157 in 1962, earned the save for Los Angeles.
Harry Dellinger, the Los Angeles first baseman, contributed a run-scoring single in the top of the fourth inning to make the score 2-0, Suns. For the game, Dellinger went 2-4 with 2 singles.
"Another day, another win. On to the next one," Dellinger told the Los Angeles Chronicle.
The Suns improved their record to 56-48 by beating Chicago.
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| LOS ANGELES BATTING LINESCORE | | CHICAGO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - B. Kearney pinch hit for A. Johnson in the 9th
b - E. Mooney pinch hit for H. Draper in the 9th
c - S. Graham substituted for H. Dellinger in the 9th
BATTING
Total Bases: S. Forrester 2 , E. Kellum 2 , T. Lally 2 , H. Dellinger 2 , H. Hart , B. Perry , A. Johnson , E. Mooney
2-out RBI: H. Hart , B. Perry
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Perry , A. Johnson
GIDP: E. Kellum , J. Blair
Sac Fly: B. Calvin
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING
SB: B. Perry (3)
CS: H. Dellinger (9)
FIELDING
Errors: H. Dellinger (11)
Double Plays: 2 (Kellum-Lally-Dellinger, Dellinger-Lally-Dellinger) | | | a - C. Wells pinch hit for H. McDaniel in the 8th
b - B. Thornton substituted for C. Wells in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: A. Ellefsen (13, 6th Inning off J. Blair, 1 on, 2 outs) , R. Johnson (7, 7th Inning off J. Blair, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: A. Ellefsen (5, 8th Inning off J. Blair, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: R. Castillo , A. Ellefsen 7 , T. Ashton , J. Siniscalchi , H. McDaniel , R. Johnson 2 , B. Starr , R. Ziegler 2
2-out RBI: A. Ellefsen
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Siniscalchi , J. Thomas
GIDP: T. Ashton , R. Johnson
Sac Bunt: F. Carmichael
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING
CS: R. Ziegler 2 (2)
FIELDING
Errors: H. McDaniel (14)
Double Plays: 2 (Johnson-Ashton-Ellefsen, Ashton-Thornton-Ellefsen)
OF assists: 1 (Castillo(Lally at 2nd base)) | | |
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| LOS ANGELES PITCHING LINESCORE | | CHICAGO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | J. Blair W (6-7) | 7.2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 107 | 4.69 | | H. Draper H (1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.94 | | B. Smith SV (1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9.53 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | F. Carmichael L (5-3) | 6.2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 116 | 2.78 | | J. Thomas | 2.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 5.75 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Andy Ellefsen
Ballpark: Whitney Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 11 mph
Start Time: 5:05 PM CT
Time: 2:56
Attendance: 18832 |
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