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MINNEAPOLIS MILLERS @ HOUSTON COMETS
03/07/1975
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Pitching: RHP Spencer Reese
Batting: LHB Tony Nava 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Ross 0-0: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 23F, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB George Fisher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Hub Huffman
Pitching: RHP Hub Huffman
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 34D, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Bunted foul
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4, EV 90.0 MPH)
Jim Marshall to second
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 3-6 (Groundball, 34, EV 81.9 MPH)
Jim Marshall to third
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Batting: LHB Carl Kilkenny 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Barber 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Heinie Spitler 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 87.5 MPH)
Bill Barber to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Bill Pierce 0-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 5S, EV 43.8 MPH)
Heinie Spitler to second
Batting: RHB Julio Castaneda 0-0: Ball
1-0: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 98.8 MPH), Distance : 368 ft
Batting: RHB Hub Huffman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tony Nava 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 83.8 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 4 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Hub Huffman
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 4 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Batting: RHB Jim Ross 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB George Fisher 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 68.1 MPH)
Jim Ross to second
Batting: LHB Carl Kilkenny 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Jim Ross to third
Batting: RHB Bill Barber 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 70.6 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 4 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Hub Huffman
Batting: RHB Spencer Reese 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6M, EV 108.1 MPH)
Spencer Reese to second
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 89.4 MPH)
Spencer Reese to third
Jim Marshall to second
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 83.1 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, throw by CF
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Jim Marshall to third
John Edwards to second
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Minneapolis 4 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Batting: SHB Heinie Spitler 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Pierce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LM, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Julio Castaneda 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MS, EV 71.9 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 4 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Hub Huffman
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 95.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Phil Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 4 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Pitching: LHP Duane Alarcon
Now at 2B: Charlie Niemiec
Now at SS: Fred Ruesch
Now in LF: Del Goodell
Now in RF: Lindsay Cohn
Batting: RHB Hub Huffman 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tony Nava 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 88.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Wally Driver 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB George Fisher 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 98.8 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 4 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Hub Huffman
Pitching: RHP Bob Ciaramella
Now at C: Len Kraus
Now at 1B: Bob Place
Now at 2B: Gene Holbrook
Now at 3B: John S. Smith
Now in CF: Steve Hoffer
Batting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Fred Ruesch 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5F, EV 66.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 4 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Duane Alarcon
Pitching: LHP Bob Young
Now at 1B: Don Jones
Batting: RHB Steve Hoffer 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Gene Holbrook 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 95.0 MPH)
Steve Hoffer to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bob Vernon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Steve Hoffer to third
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bill Anderson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Bob Place 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.0 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minneapolis 4 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Bob Ciaramella
Now at 3B: Monte Rollins
Now at SS: John S. Smith
Now in LF: Bill Anderson
Now in RF: Frank Hayes
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MS, EV 65.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Niemiec 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Lindsay Cohn to second
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Lindsay Cohn to third
Charlie Niemiec to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jack Conklin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Lindsay Cohn scores
Charlie Niemiec to third
Don Jones to second
Batting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Grounds into fielders choice U2 (Groundball, 15S, EV 68.1 MPH)
Don Jones to third
Jack Conklin to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Lyn Lockwood 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 15, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Minneapolis 4 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 7TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Bob Young
Pitching: RHP Wayne Cooper
Now at 3B: Jack Conklin
Batting: RHB Len Kraus 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MS, EV 85.6 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: LHB John S. Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 81.9 MPH)
Len Kraus to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Larry Herzberg 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 95.6 MPH)
Len Kraus to third
John S. Smith to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
John S. Smith to third
Larry Herzberg to second
Batting: RHB Frank Hayes 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 105.0 MPH)
John S. Smith scores
Larry Herzberg to third
Batting: RHB Steve Hoffer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-1: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4M, EV 67.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Gene Holbrook 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 111.3 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 6 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Bob Ciaramella
Pitching: LHP Ben Baird
Batting: RHB Fred Ruesch 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 89.4 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 70.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.6 MPH)
Jerry Robinson to second
Batting: RHB Charlie Niemiec 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 6MD, EV 95.0 MPH)
Jerry Robinson to third
Lindsay Cohn to second
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base; Minneapolis 6 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 8TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Wayne Cooper
Now in CF: Wally Austin
Batting: RHB Monte Rollins 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Anderson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Bob Place 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 6 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : LHP Ben Baird
Pitching: LHP Del Robinson
Batting: RHB Jack Conklin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 93.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 100.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Rich Harper 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 92.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 6 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 9TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Wayne Cooper
Pitching: RHP Elmer Martin
Now in LF: Milt Rush
Batting: RHB Len Kraus 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB John S. Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 78.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Del Robinson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3L, EV 73.1 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 6 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : LHP Del Robinson
Batting: RHB Fred Ruesch 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Swinging Strike
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 91.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Tex Strain 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Reached on error, E9 (Flyball, 89D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Grady Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 87.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 6 - Houston 2
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