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DES MOINES DEVILS @ NEW ORLEANS SHOWBOATS
08/15/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
New York Gothams batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Bugs Donna
Pitching: LHP Bugs Donna
Batting: RHB John Jones 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Red Jackson 0-0: Swinging Strike
John Jones steals 2nd base
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 23, EV 89.4 MPH)
John Jones to third
Batting: LHB Max Morris 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mose Christopher 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 0 - Boston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for New York Gothams : RHP Bill Ketterman
Pitching: RHP Bill Ketterman
Batting: SHB Carl Carr 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dan Fowler 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Chick Dyer 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ed Calvert 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 80.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 0 - Boston 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
New York Gothams batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Bugs Donna
Batting: RHB Don Ward 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Don Tyra 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 66.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bobby Sprague 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Ryan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Bobby Sprague to third
Batting: RHB Bill Ketterman 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 110.6 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; New York 0 - Boston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for New York Gothams : RHP Bill Ketterman
Batting: RHB Earl Michael 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bobby Gentry 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Tokio Oppermann 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25F, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bugs Donna 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Earl Michael to second
Batting: RHB Ben Huffman 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; New York 0 - Boston 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
New York Gothams batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Bugs Donna
Batting: RHB John Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Red Jackson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Max Morris 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 108.8 MPH)
Red Jackson to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, OUT! 8-5
Batting: RHB Mose Christopher 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Max Morris to second
Batting: RHB Don Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 88.1 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; New York 0 - Boston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for New York Gothams : RHP Bill Ketterman
Batting: SHB Carl Carr 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dan Fowler 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 100.0 MPH)
Carl Carr to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: LHB Chick Dyer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Ed Calvert 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 86.9 MPH)
Dan Fowler to third
Batting: RHB Earl Michael 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Reached on error, E7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Dan Fowler scores
Batting: RHB Bobby Gentry 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 82.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; New York 0 - Boston 2
TOP OF THE 4TH
New York Gothams batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Bugs Donna
Batting: SHB Don Tyra 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bobby Sprague 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 3D, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Ryan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Ketterman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 0 - Boston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for New York Gothams : RHP Bill Ketterman
Batting: LHB Tokio Oppermann 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 86.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Bob Waller 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 108.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ben Huffman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 98.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; New York 0 - Boston 2
TOP OF THE 5TH
New York Gothams batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Bugs Donna
Pitching: LHP Dode Jefferis
Batting: RHB John Jones 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Red Jackson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Max Morris 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mose Christopher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Max Morris to second
Batting: RHB Don Ward 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 94.4 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; New York 0 - Boston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for New York Gothams : RHP Bill Ketterman
Pitching: RHP Ed Hartshorn
Now at C: Johnny Simpson
Batting: SHB Carl Carr 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Dan Fowler 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Chick Dyer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Ed Calvert 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: TRIPLE (Flyball, 7LD, EV 111.9 MPH)
Chick Dyer scores
Batting: RHB Earl Michael 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 0 - Boston 3
TOP OF THE 6TH
New York Gothams batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Dode Jefferis
Batting: SHB Don Tyra 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5SF, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bobby Sprague 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: TRIPLE (Flyball, 9LD, EV 114.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Ryan 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Johnny Simpson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 108.1 MPH)
Bobby Sprague scores
Pinch Hitting: RHB Dick Dickey 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 8LS, EV 87.5 MPH)
Johnny Simpson to second
Batting: RHB Ed Hartshorn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; New York 1 - Boston 3
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for New York Gothams : RHP Ed Hartshorn
Now in RF: Dick Dickey
Batting: RHB Bobby Gentry 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tokio Oppermann 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Dode Jefferis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Sac Bunt to 3S - play at first, batter OUT! 3-1
Tokio Oppermann to second
Batting: RHB Ben Huffman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 1 - Boston 3
TOP OF THE 7TH
New York Gothams batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Dode Jefferis
Pinch Hitting: RHB Ollie Clark 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Joe Jones 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: LHB Chris Odle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MS, EV 73.8 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; New York 1 - Boston 3
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for New York Gothams : RHP Ed Hartshorn
Now at 1B: Ollie Clark
Now at 2B: Chris Odle
Now at 3B: Joe Jones
Pinch Hitting: LHB Bud Berry 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: RHB Dick Copeland 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 86.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Mike Cifelli 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Swinging Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Glenn Tweed 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 73.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 1 - Boston 3
TOP OF THE 8TH
New York Gothams batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Dode Jefferis
Now at 1B: Bud Berry
Now in LF: Al Couch
Now in CF: Dick Copeland
Now in RF: Glenn Tweed
Batting: SHB Don Tyra 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 85.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Erv Frith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: LHB Earl Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34S, EV 70.0 MPH) (infield hit)
Erv Frith to second
Pitching: RHP Gerald Samuelsson
Batting: RHB Johnny Simpson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Erv Frith to third
Earl Johnson to second
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: LHB Bud Jameson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 3D, EV 93.8 MPH)
Erv Frith scores
Earl Johnson to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Pinch Hitting: LHB Mahlon Strong 0-0: TRIPLE (Flyball, 9D, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bud Jameson scores
Batting: RHB Ollie Clark 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 8th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 4 - Boston 3
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for New York Gothams : RHP Ed Hartshorn
Pitching: RHP Arch Carr
Now in LF: Earl Johnson
Now in CF: Erv Frith
Now in RF: Mahlon Strong
Pinch Hitting: SHB Mel Black 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Hughie Fletcher 0-0: Sac Bunt - play at second, runner OUT -> throw to first, DP!
Pinch Hitting: RHB Hooks Green 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; New York 4 - Boston 3
TOP OF THE 9TH
New York Gothams batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Gerald Samuelsson
Now at C: Hughie Fletcher
Now at 3B: Hooks Green
Now at SS: Mel Black
Batting: RHB Joe Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Chris Odle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 69.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Don Tyra 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Erv Frith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34S, EV 85.0 MPH) (infield hit)
Joe Jones to third
Batting: LHB Earl Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; New York 4 - Boston 3
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for New York Gothams : RHP Arch Carr
Pinch Hitting: LHB Ron Davis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Frank Hutchinson 0-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89XD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Ron Davis to third
Batting: LHB Bud Berry 0-0: Intentional Walk
Pinch Hitting: RHB Charlie Barry 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, OUT at HOME! 8-2
Frank Hutchinson to third
Bud Berry to second
Batting: RHB Al Couch 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, P, EV 85.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; New York 4 - Boston 3
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