 | | FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES BALTIMORE CLIPPERS AT WASHINGTON EAGLES 08/04/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES | | BALTIMORE CLIPPERS AT WASHINGTON EAGLES | | GAME ID: 4695 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 4TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Baltimore Clippers (58-50) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 1 | | Washington Eagles (51-60) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | | |  | |
| Simmons Helps Clippers Beat Eagles, 8-3 | The Baltimore Clippers saddled the Washington Eagles with a loss at Columbia Stadium. The final score was 8-3. Harry Simmons was 3 for 4, including 2 singles and 1 home run. The Baltimore center fielder scored 3 runs and drove in 2. By defeating Washington, the 4th-place Clippers improved to 58-50.
Baltimore third baseman Amos Johnson contributed a timely at-bat in the top of the third. With two down, he hit a fastball to center field for a 2-run single. It was his 107th hit of the season and put the Clippers ahead, 2-0.
In postgame comments to the Baltimore Citizen, Simmons said, "If the effort is there, the wins will come." | |
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| BALTIMORE BATTING LINESCORE | | WASHINGTON BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - J. Tucker pinch hit for B. Guthrie in the 8th
BATTING Home Runs: H. Simmons (9, 9th Inning off R. McDonald, 1 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: A. Johnson 4 , H. Wallace , I. Barnett , C. Gregg 3 , H. Simmons 6 , J. Goodman , J. Tucker 2-out RBI: A. Johnson , H. Wallace , I. Barnett , H. Simmons Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Butler , H. Wallace , H. Simmons GIDP: H. Wallace Sac Bunt: B. Guthrie Sac Fly: H. Butler Hit by Pitch: J. Goodman Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: C. Gregg (7)
FIELDING Errors: A. Johnson (27) Double Plays: 1 (Gregg) | | | | |
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| BALTIMORE PITCHING LINESCORE | | WASHINGTON PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | B. Guthrie W (4-1) | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 103 | 3.18 | | L. Warren | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 3.59 | | | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Harry Simmons Ballpark: Columbia Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (87 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 8 mph Start Time: 1:05 PM ET Time: 3:13 Attendance: 21934 |
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