FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
CHICAGO COUGARS AT CINCINNATI CANNONS
08/31/1975
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FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
CHICAGO COUGARS AT CINCINNATI CANNONS
GAME ID: 8565 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 31ST , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago Cougars (71-65) 3 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 12 15 2
Cincinnati Cannons (62-76) 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 9 17 0
Big Day for Baab as Cougars Down Cannons, 12-9
The game was a shootout. To win it, the Chicago Cougars had to outpace the Cincinnati Cannons. The final score was 12-9, Cougars. Neither team lacked hitting stars. For Chicago, first baseman John Baab was the foremost. He went 4-4 with a triple, 3 doubles, and a walk. He scored 2 runs and drove in 4. Chicago is in second place in the Continental Association West with a record of 71-65.

Chicago used the hitting of Charlie Sanders to pick up the win. The catcher clubbed a grand slam home run in the top of the third inning to put the Cougars on top, 7-2. For the game, Sanders had 1 home run and 1 single in 5 at-bats.

"Glad to get this win," said Sanders. "But we need to keep playing at a high level."
CHICAGO BATTING LINESCORE CINCINNATI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Morrison LF 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 .278 5 21
C. Ennis 2B 4 3 1 0 2 2 4 .258 0 2
A. Babel RF 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 .284 9 65
J. Baab 1B 4 2 4 4 1 0 0 .275 15 80
G. Homer 3B 4 0 1 2 1 1 5 .241 0 7
F. Cronin CF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .236 6 44
   a-H. Watson CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .213 0 8
   b-B. Rawdon PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 5 26
   d-S. Pratt CF 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 .161 2 9
C. Sanders C 5 1 2 4 0 0 3 .280 10 64
T. Halliday SS 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 .263 7 45
J. Norris P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .265 0 6
   c-J. McMillan PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 0 5
   B. McKinney P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-C. Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 0 6
   L. Williams P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   f-C. Sanders PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .277 9 25
   B. Scott P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 40 12 15 12 8 6 21      
a - H. Watson substituted for F. Cronin in the 3rd
b - B. Rawdon pinch ran for H. Watson in the 5th
c - J. McMillan pinch hit for J. Norris in the 5th
d - S. Pratt substituted for B. Rawdon in the 5th
e - C. Johnson pinch hit for B. McKinney in the 7th
f - C. Sanders pinch hit for L. Williams in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Baab 3 (24, 1st Inning off I. Hawley, 2 on, 1 out; 4th Inning off I. Hawley, 1 on, 2 outs; 6th Inning off J. Rice, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Halliday (17, 2nd Inning off I. Hawley, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: J. Baab (2, 8th Inning off C. Wolf, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: C. Sanders (10, 3rd Inning off I. Hawley, 3 on, 1 out) , T. Halliday (7, 5th Inning off J. Rice, 0 on, 2 outs) , S. Pratt (2, 7th Inning off J. Rice, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Morrison 2 , C. Ennis , J. Baab 9 , G. Homer , F. Cronin , H. Watson , S. Pratt 4 , C. Sanders 5 , T. Halliday 6
2-out RBI: J. Baab , T. Halliday
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Ennis , A. Babel , G. Homer 2 , C. Sanders
GIDP: C. Sanders
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Errors: S. Morrison (8) , S. Pratt (5)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Eddy 3B 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .255 3 38
B. Brown SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .316 10 69
J. Barrett 1B 5 3 4 0 0 1 0 .302 4 31
B. West LF, CF 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 .302 14 60
B. Blake RF 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 .350 3 23
A. Rogers 2B 4 1 3 4 0 0 3 .460 1 13
F. Bradshaw CF 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 .242 4 32
   J. Rice P 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1
   b-M. Rocque PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 4 62
   C. Wolf P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .080 0 1
   J. Walker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-T. Nino PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .275 4 28
T. Evans C 5 0 0 0 0 3 5 .211 4 14
I. Hawley P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .102 0 3
   a-H. Lane CF, LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .151 0 0
   d-G. Horn PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .288 0 7
Totals 41 9 17 9 1 5 21      
a - H. Lane substituted for I. Hawley in the 4th
b - M. Rocque pinch hit for J. Rice in the 7th
c - T. Nino pinch hit for J. Walker in the 9th
d - G. Horn pinch hit for H. Lane in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: B. West (32, 2nd Inning off J. Norris, 0 on, 0 outs) , A. Rogers 2 (6, 2nd Inning off J. Norris, 1 on, 1 out; 7th Inning off L. Williams, 2 on, 1 out) , F. Eddy (15, 3rd Inning off J. Norris, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: F. Eddy 2 , B. Brown , J. Barrett 4 , B. West 3 , B. Blake 3 , A. Rogers 5 , J. Rice , F. Bradshaw , H. Lane
2-out RBI: J. Rice
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. West , T. Evans 2 , I. Hawley , G. Horn
Sac Bunt: B. Blake
Sac Fly: A. Rogers , T. Nino
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Rogers-Brown-Barrett)
OF assists: 1 (Blake(Sanders at 2nd base))
CHICAGO PITCHING LINESCORE CINCINNATI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Norris 4.0 8 5 5 0 1 0 65 3.87   
B. McKinney W (1-0) 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 35 3.09   
L. Williams 2.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 55 3.86   
B. Scott 1.0 2 1 0 0 1 0 21 5.29   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Norris 27
Batters Faced: J. Norris 20, B. McKinney 9, L. Williams 11, B. Scott 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Norris 4-7, B. McKinney 2-3, L. Williams 1-3, B. Scott 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Norris 65-45, B. McKinney 35-23, L. Williams 55-32, B. Scott 21-13
WP: B. McKinney , L. Williams , B. Scott
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
I. Hawley L (8-8) 3.2 8 8 8 4 4 1 92 2.78   
J. Rice 3.1 5 2 2 0 0 2 44 2.70   
C. Wolf 1.2 2 2 2 4 2 0 46 4.88   
J. Walker 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: I. Hawley 11
Batters Faced: I. Hawley 22, J. Rice 14, C. Wolf 11, J. Walker 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: I. Hawley 4-2, J. Rice 4-5, C. Wolf 2-1, J. Walker 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: I. Hawley 92-53, J. Rice 44-27, C. Wolf 46-23, J. Walker 4-2
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Rice 1-0 , J. Walker 2-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: John Baab
Ballpark: Tice Memorial Stadium II
Weather: Rain (66 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 8 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM ET
Time: 3:31
Attendance: 16502
Special Notes: CF Fuzzy Cronin was injured while throwing the ball. RF Henry Watson was injured while running the bases. John Baab ties the CHC regular season game record for doubles with 3.
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