FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
CHICAGO COUGARS AT SAN FRANCISCO SAILORS
09/14/1974
 
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
CHICAGO COUGARS AT SAN FRANCISCO SAILORS
GAME ID: 8697 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Chicago Cougars (68-80) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 6 11 1
San Francisco Sailors (66-81) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 13 0
Sailors Lose Late, 6-3
The Chicago Cougars faced a tough opponent in San Francisco pitcher Elmer Peters, but did just enough to pull out the victory at Golden Gate Stadium by a final score of 6-3. Peters went 7 innings and allowed 1 run. The win was credited to Bill Scott in relief. His record improves to 5-7. Ralph Pierce took the loss. The Cougars improved their record to 68-80 by beating San Francisco.

Who knows how it would've ended, had it not been for Fuzzy Cronin? The 26-year old center fielder Cronin stroked a 2-run double in the top of the 12th inning to put Chicago up, 5-3. For the game, he was 3 for 6, including 1 double and 2 singles.

Cronin said afterward that "winning, obviously, is the main objective."
CHICAGO BATTING LINESCORE SAN FRANCISCO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Cronin CF 6 1 3 2 0 1 2 .240 10 38
B. Grimm 2B 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .231 10 39
   c-C. Johnson PH, 1B, 2B 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 .312 2 24
G. Homer 3B 5 1 1 1 1 0 3 .270 12 55
B. Menz RF 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 .258 10 54
C. Sanders C 5 0 2 2 1 0 2 .298 15 81
C. Ennis SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .275 0 13
B. Ryan LF 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 0 2
H. Watson 1B 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .206 5 21
   a-G. Case PH, 1B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .235 1 3
B. Goldman P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .107 0 5
   A. Hicks P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-S. Morrison PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .271 4 43
   B. Scott P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 0 0
   d-T. Halliday PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .237 9 54
   D. Ireland P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 45 6 11 6 4 6 18      
a - G. Case pinch hit for H. Watson in the 10th
b - S. Morrison pinch hit for A. Hicks in the 10th
c - C. Johnson pinch hit for B. Grimm in the 10th
d - T. Halliday pinch hit for B. Scott in the 12th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Menz (25, 9th Inning off D. Haas, 1 on, 1 out) , F. Cronin (17, 12th Inning off R. Pierce, 2 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: G. Homer (12, 7th Inning off E. Peters, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: F. Cronin 4 , C. Johnson , G. Homer 4 , B. Menz 2 , C. Sanders 2 , G. Case , S. Morrison , T. Halliday
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Cronin , B. Grimm , G. Homer , B. Ryan 2
Sac Bunt: B. Goldman
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: F. Cronin (18)

FIELDING
Errors: C. Ennis (5)
Double Plays: 2 (Sanders-Watson, Ennis-Grimm-Watson)
OF assists: 1 (Ryan(Hurlbutt at 3rd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Myers 1B, LF 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 .276 6 30
J. Kingsbury LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .255 7 53
   b-W. Richardson PH, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .275 9 46
L. Hurlbutt RF 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 .227 0 1
A. Gates SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 .257 11 61
I. Brown CF 5 1 1 0 0 0 5 .258 11 54
E. Carter 3B 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 .222 7 48
E. Sargent 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .244 7 60
W. Evans C 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .252 9 38
   c-C. Jarzombek PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 0 3
   e-E. Frazee C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 3 15
E. Peters P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .074 0 2
   a-P. Gibson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .290 10 58
   D. Haas P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-R. Turner PH 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .322 6 22
   R. Pierce P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .042 0 2
   f-T. Ludwig PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 2 17
Totals 43 3 13 3 4 4 23      
a - P. Gibson pinch hit for E. Peters in the 7th
b - W. Richardson pinch hit for J. Kingsbury in the 8th
c - C. Jarzombek pinch hit for W. Evans in the 9th
d - R. Turner pinch hit for D. Haas in the 9th
e - E. Frazee substituted for C. Jarzombek in the 10th
f - T. Ludwig pinch hit for R. Pierce in the 12th

BATTING
Home Runs: R. Turner (6, 9th Inning off A. Hicks, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: H. Myers 3 , J. Kingsbury , L. Hurlbutt 3 , A. Gates , I. Brown , E. Carter 2 , E. Sargent , R. Turner 4
2-out RBI: R. Turner
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. Carter , E. Peters
GIDP: I. Brown , P. Gibson
Sac Bunt: A. Gates
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
CS: H. Myers (7) , J. Kingsbury (12) , E. Carter (10)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Richardson)
CHICAGO PITCHING LINESCORE SAN FRANCISCO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Goldman 7.2 7 0 0 4 4 0 100 3.59   
A. Hicks BS (1) 1.1 3 3 0 0 0 1 19 6.75   
B. Scott W (5-7) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 4.57   
D. Ireland SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Goldman 65
Batters Faced: B. Goldman 30, A. Hicks 7, B. Scott 7, D. Ireland 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Goldman 9-6, A. Hicks 2-1, B. Scott 2-3, D. Ireland 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: B. Goldman 100-62, A. Hicks 19-11, B. Scott 19-13, D. Ireland 17-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: A. Hicks 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
E. Peters 7.0 2 1 1 1 5 1 92 3.87   
D. Haas 2.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 36 3.86   
R. Pierce L (5-9) 3.0 7 3 3 1 1 0 42 3.74   
PITCHING
Game Score: E. Peters 73
Batters Faced: E. Peters 24, D. Haas 10, R. Pierce 16
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Peters 7-9, D. Haas 3-3, R. Pierce 2-5
Pitches - Strikes: E. Peters 92-57, D. Haas 36-16, R. Pierce 42-32
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Elmer Peters
Ballpark: Golden Gate Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (59 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 18 mph
Start Time: 10:05 PM PT
Time: 3:32
Attendance: 14347
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