FABL
ATLANTA COPPERHEADS @ HOUSTON COMETS
03/16/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Pitching: RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: RHB Jay Hunter 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB John Moreland 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Al Hubbard 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 101.3 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Pitching: RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: RHB Earl Skains 0-0: Ball
1-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 98.8 MPH), Distance : 370 ft
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Abasi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Finley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4MD, EV 96.3 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 1 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 94.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 1 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: RHB Phil Kibby 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6, EV 68.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Marco Middleton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Jay Hunter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 98.8 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 1 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 2L, EV 66.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Gleaton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Johnny Blackburn 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 71.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 1 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: LHB John Moreland 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Al Hubbard 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Pitching: LHP Harry Taylor
Batting: RHB Earl Skains 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
John Moreland to third
Al Hubbard to second
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 99.4 MPH)
John Moreland scores
Al Hubbard to third
Earl Skains to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Earl Skains to third
Howard Smith to second
Batting: RHB Jack Abasi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 82.5 MPH)
Earl Skains scores
Howard Smith to third
Batting: RHB Jack Finley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 8LS, EV 91.9 MPH)
Howard Smith scores
Batting: RHB Phil Kibby 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Marco Middleton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 4th over - 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 5 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 4MS, EV 70.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Single, Error in OF, E8, batter to second base (Groundball, 4MD, EV 103.8 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Bill Burfeind
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Del Goodell to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 68.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Atlanta 5 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Harry Taylor
Pitching: LHP Joe Barnes
Now at C: Rube Harrison
Now at 1B: Lindsay Cohn
Now in LF: Stan Francis
Now in RF: Charlie Phillips
Pinch Hitting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 90.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Lee Lowman 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 72.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jack Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 101.3 MPH), Distance : 388 ft
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 7 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Bill Burfeind
Now at C: George Gray
Now at 1B: Don Riley
Now at 2B: John Newton
Now at 3B: Jack Finley
Now at SS: Bernie Dennis
Now in CF: Jack Blair
Now in RF: Lee Lowman
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Gleaton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 83.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 7 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Joe Barnes
Pitching: RHP Don Lincoln
Pinch Hitting: RHB Oscar Gunderson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 8RS, EV 93.1 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jim Duchesne 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB George Gray 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: LHB Gus Richards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 7 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Bill Burfeind
Pitching: RHP Tom Henderson
Now at 3B: Jim Duchesne
Now in LF: Oscar Gunderson
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Hit by Pitch
Pinch Runner at 1st Bobby Thompson:
Pinch Hitting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34D, EV 56.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 7 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 7TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Don Lincoln
Now at 2B: John Hunt
Now at 3B: Jim Marshall
Now at SS: Maury Moore
Now in CF: Wally Driver
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Lee Lowman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Don Riley to second
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3S, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25F, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Bernie Dennis 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LM, EV 83.8 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Atlanta 7 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Tom Henderson
Batting: RHB Charlie Phillips 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 73.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rube Harrison 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S, EV 86.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Larry Underwood 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wally Driver 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 106.9 MPH)
Larry Underwood to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, OUT! 7-5
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 7 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 8TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Houston Comets :
Pitching: RHP Wayne Cooper
Batting: RHB Oscar Gunderson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Duchesne 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LM, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB George Gray 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: LHB Gale Schmitt 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 90.6 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 7 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Tom Henderson
Pitching: LHP Ike Abraham
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 69.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Hunt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 106.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 7 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 9TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Wayne Cooper
Pitching: LHP Dutch Lane
Pinch Hitting: SHB Joe Dentinger 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Pinch Hitting: RHB Virgil Humphrey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 70.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Wally Melvin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Pete Hart 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 101.9 MPH)
Wally Melvin to third
Batting: SHB Bernie Dennis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Wally Melvin scores
Pete Hart scores
Pinch Hitting: RHB Clarence Goldstein 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Popup, 5D, EV 60.0 MPH)
Bernie Dennis to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by 3B and OUT! 5-2
Top of the 9th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 9 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Ike Abraham
Pitching: LHP John McCormick
Now at 1B: Joe Dentinger
Now at 2B: Wally Melvin
Now in LF: Clarence Goldstein
Now in CF: Pete Hart
Now in RF: Virgil Humphrey
Pinch Hitting: RHB Tom Butler 0-0: Hit by Pitch
Pinch Hitting: RHB Ben Cooper 0-0: Hit by Pitch
Tom Butler to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Mike Ruiter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rube Harrison 0-0: Ball
1-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 9 - Houston 1
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