FABL
ATLANTA COPPERHEADS @ WASHINGTON EAGLES
03/20/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Sam Rodgers
Pitching: RHP Sam Rodgers
Batting: LHB Jack Blair 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4D, EV 72.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Al Hubbard 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Earl Skains 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 90.6 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Washington 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Howie Burt
Pitching: LHP Howie Burt
Batting: LHB Ed MacNaughton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 89.4 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB George Fox 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Carlos Zamudio 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Ed MacNaughton to second
Batting: RHB Tom Lorang 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4M, EV 53.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Joe Cantrell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Ed MacNaughton to third
Carlos Zamudio to second
Batting: RHB Al Marino 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 80.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Washington 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Sam Rodgers
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Jim Duchesne 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Henry Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Washington 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Howie Burt
Batting: LHB Wes Conner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rube Hamilton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 109.4 MPH), Distance : 407 ft
Batting: LHB Sam Rodgers 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Ed MacNaughton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Sam Rodgers to second
Batting: RHB George Fox 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Carlos Zamudio 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E6 (Flyball, 6D, EV 93.1 MPH)
Sam Rodgers to third
George Fox to second
Batting: RHB Tom Lorang 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 79.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Washington 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Sam Rodgers
Batting: RHB Jack Finley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Howie Burt 0-0: Sac Bunt to 15S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Jack Finley to second
Batting: LHB Jack Blair 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 90.6 MPH)
Pitching: LHP Hoot Harger
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 69.4 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Washington 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Howie Burt
Pitching: RHP Bill Hunn
Batting: SHB Joe Cantrell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Al Marino 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 34, EV 74.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Wes Conner 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 34D, EV 69.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Washington 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : LHP Hoot Harger
Pitching: RHP Johnny Stiles
Now in CF: Wally Austin
Batting: LHB Al Hubbard 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Earl Skains 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Al Hubbard is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Batter strikes out.
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 85.0 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Washington 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Bill Hunn
Pitching: RHP Frank Maxwell
Now in LF: Jack Abasi
Now in CF: Jack Blair
Batting: RHB Rube Hamilton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4S, EV 64.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56S, EV 63.1 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: LHB Ed MacNaughton 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 34S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Wally Austin to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Grounds into double play, 1-6-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 65.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Washington 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Johnny Stiles
Pitching: LHP Phil Murphy
Now at 1B: Howard Smith
Now at 2B: Chuck Moore
Now at 3B: Dick Ellis
Now in RF: Mark Williams
Batting: LHB Jim Duchesne 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Henry Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Sac Bunt to 2L - play at first, batter OUT! 2-3
Jim Duchesne to second
Batting: RHB Jack Finley 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 96.3 MPH)
Jim Duchesne to third
Batting: RHB Jack Abasi 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4, EV 98.1 MPH) (infield hit)
Jim Duchesne scores
Jack Finley to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Walt Dugan 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 83.1 MPH)
Jack Finley to third
Jack Abasi to second
Batting: RHB Frank Maxwell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 92.5 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Atlanta 1 - Washington 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Frank Maxwell
Pitching: LHP John McCormick
Now at C: George Gray
Now at 3B: Phil Kibby
Now at SS: John Moreland
Now in CF: Jay Hunter
Batting: RHB Mark Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Moore 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 96.9 MPH), Distance : 372 ft
Batting: SHB Joe Cantrell 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4MS, EV 73.1 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Frank Blackman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 15, EV 73.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 1 - Washington 2
TOP OF THE 6TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : LHP Phil Murphy
Pitching: RHP Roy Brandt
Now at SS: Gene Lewis
Pinch Hitting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 25, EV 70.6 MPH) (infield hit)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Lee Lowman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
John Newton to second
Pinch Hitting: LHB Gus Richards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 5S, EV 61.9 MPH) (infield hit)
John Newton to third
Lee Lowman to second
Batting: LHB John Moreland 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 81.3 MPH)
John Newton scores
Lee Lowman to third
Gus Richards to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Gus Richards to third
John Moreland to second
Pinch Hitting: SHB Joe Dentinger 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 91.3 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by RF
Batting: RHB George Gray 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Jack Abasi 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 108.8 MPH) (infield hit)
John Moreland to third
Batting: RHB Phil Kibby 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 6th over - 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Atlanta 4 - Washington 2
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP John McCormick
Pitching: RHP Bill Burfeind
Now at 1B: Jack Bell
Now at 2B: John Newton
Now in CF: Oscar Gunderson
Now in RF: Lee Lowman
Batting: RHB Dick Ellis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: RHB Dode Best 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 4 - Washington 2
TOP OF THE 7TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Roy Brandt
Pitching: RHP Don Maguire
Now at C: Dode Best
Batting: RHB Jack Bell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Lee Lowman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 97.5 MPH)
John Newton to second
Batting: RHB Oscar Gunderson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB John Moreland 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 102.5 MPH)
John Newton to third
Lee Lowman to second
Pinch Hitting: LHB Gale Schmitt 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 106.9 MPH)
John Newton scores
Lee Lowman to third
John Moreland to second
Batting: RHB George Gray 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 7th over - 1 run, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Atlanta 5 - Washington 2
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Bill Burfeind
Pitching: RHP Jay Page
Pinch Hitting: LHB Skeeter Davis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LD, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 90.6 MPH)
Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd with throw by LF
Batting: RHB Mark Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fielders Choice at home, 4-2 (Groundball, 13, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Moore 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Mark Williams to second
Pinch Hitting: LHB Dick Baker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 34, EV 70.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Atlanta 5 - Washington 2
TOP OF THE 8TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Don Maguire
Now at 2B: Alvin Thomas
Now at 3B: Chuck Moore
Now at SS: Dick Ellis
Now in LF: Dick Baker
Pinch Hitting: RHB Pete Hart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LSF, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Phil Kibby 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Bell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Single, Error in OF, E7, batter to second base (Groundball, 56D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Phil Kibby to third
Pinch Hitting: RHB Wally Melvin 0-0: Reached on error, E7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 76.3 MPH)
Phil Kibby scores
Jack Bell to third
Pinch Hitting: RHB Virgil Humphrey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 94.4 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by LF
Batting: RHB Oscar Gunderson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
Wally Melvin steals 2nd base
3-0: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: SHB Bernie Dennis 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Wally Melvin to third
Oscar Gunderson to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Al Castle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 92.5 MPH)
Wally Melvin scores
Oscar Gunderson scores
Bernie Dennis to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by LF and OUT! 7-6-2
Top of the 8th over - 4 runs, 3 hits, 3 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 9 - Washington 2
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Jay Page
Pitching: RHP Tom Henderson
Now at 2B: Wally Melvin
Now at SS: Bernie Dennis
Now in LF: Pete Hart
Now in RF: Virgil Humphrey
Pinch Hitting: RHB Virgil Belisle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: LHB Stan Graham 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 91.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jake Pitts 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 103.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Virgil Morris 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 9 - Washington 2
TOP OF THE 9TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Don Maguire
Pitching: LHP Ron Campbell
Now at C: Jim Custis
Now at 3B: Virgil Belisle
Now at SS: Chuck Moore
Now in CF: Virgil Morris
Pinch Hitting: RHB George Roney 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Ed Smith 0-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 13, EV 83.1 MPH)
George Roney to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Ed Dorsa 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4M, EV 103.8 MPH) (infield hit)
George Roney to third
Pinch Hitting: LHB Miguel Serrano 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 87.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Frank Reid 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.0 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Atlanta 9 - Washington 2
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Tom Henderson
Pitching: LHP Jack Grayson
Now at C: George Roney
Now at 1B: Billy Holly
Now at 2B: Ed Dorsa
Now at 3B: Frank Reid
Now in LF: Ed Smith
Batting: RHB Alvin Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 8RS, EV 93.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Joe Bradley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Alvin Thomas to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Joe Sikes 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 98.1 MPH)
Alvin Thomas to third
Joe Bradley to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jack Persall 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 97.5 MPH)
Alvin Thomas scores
Joe Bradley to third
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jim Crane 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 9th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 9 - Washington 3
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