FABL
WASHINGTON EAGLES @ HOUSTON COMETS
03/09/1975
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Pitching: RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: RHB Virgil Belisle 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Gil Armstrong 0-0: Sac Bunt to 3S - play at second, runner safe!
Batting: SHB Carlos Zamudio 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 63.8 MPH)
Virgil Belisle to third
Gil Armstrong to second
Batting: SHB Joe Cantrell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Virgil Belisle scores
Gil Armstrong to third
Batting: RHB Al Marino 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Washington 1 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Bill Kelly
Pitching: RHP Bill Kelly
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LSF, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 56, EV 61.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 56D, EV 68.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 1 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: LHB Howdy Oakes 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Custis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LD, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ralph Russell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 1 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Bill Kelly
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 102.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 1 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: RHB Bill Kelly 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Virgil Belisle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Gil Armstrong 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Sac Bunt to 15S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Virgil Belisle to second
Batting: SHB Carlos Zamudio 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 107.5 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Washington 1 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Bill Kelly
Batting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4M, EV 75.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe McCarthy 0-0: Sac Bunt to P - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Wally Austin to second
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 103.1 MPH)
Wally Austin to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 79.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Washington 1 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Pitching: RHP Pete Jones
Batting: SHB Joe Cantrell 0-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Al Marino 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Joe Cantrell to third
Batting: LHB Howdy Oakes 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
Al Marino is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6
0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 78.8 MPH)
Joe Cantrell scores
Batting: RHB Jim Custis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 left on base; Washington 2 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Bill Kelly
Pitching: LHP Hank Oliver
Now at C: Rube Hamilton
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 80.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 2 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Pete Jones
Now at 3B: Frank Bailey
Now in CF: Stan Francis
Batting: LHB Ralph Russell 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25F, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rube Hamilton 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: RHB Al Smith 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Gil Armstrong
Pinch Hitting: RHB Virgil Morris 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 104.4 MPH)
Al Smith to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by RF and OUT! 9-4-2
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Washington 2 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : LHP Hank Oliver
Now at 3B: Joe Cantrell
Now at SS: Chuck Moore
Now in CF: Tom Lieder
Now in RF: Virgil Morris
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 2 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Pete Jones
Pitching: LHP Bob Young
Now at SS: Fred Ruesch
Now in LF: Del Goodell
Pinch Hitting: RHB Lee Murphy 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Pinch Hitting: RHB Ray Abbas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Chuck Moore 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Reaches on Catchers interference
Ray Abbas to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jim Crane 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Stan Graham 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 7LD, EV 95.0 MPH)
Ray Abbas scores
Chuck Moore to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Pinch Hitting: LHB Don Whited 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 111.3 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Washington 4 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : LHP Hank Oliver
Pitching: LHP Leon Smith
Now at 1B: Ray Abbas
Now at 2B: Joe Stocksdale
Now at 3B: Bryan Odgers
Now in LF: Don Whited
Batting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, P, EV 89.4 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LSF, EV 95.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 97.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Washington 4 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 7TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Bob Young
Pitching: RHP Bill Murphy
Now at 1B: Frank Bailey
Now at 2B: Danny Martin
Now at 3B: Don Jones
Batting: RHB Rube Hamilton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Lieder 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Virgil Morris 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 100.0 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 4 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : LHP Leon Smith
Pinch Hitting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34S, EV 74.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Swinging Strike
Frank Bailey is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 89D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 4 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 8TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Bill Murphy
Pitching: RHP Joe Cipolla
Now in RF: Lindsay Cohn
Batting: RHB Bryan Odgers 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Ray Abbas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 108.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe Stocksdale 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 106.3 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Washington 4 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : LHP Leon Smith
Pitching: RHP Bobby Hughes
Batting: RHB Fred Ruesch 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6S, EV 78.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Phil Woods 0-0: Swinging Strike
Fred Ruesch steals 2nd base
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Fred Ruesch to third
Batting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Reached via error on a dropped throw from 3B, E4 (Groundball, 56, EV 100.6 MPH)
Fred Ruesch scores
Phil Woods to second
Pitching: LHP Don Eddy
Now at 2B: George Fox
Pinch Runner at 2nd Grady Smith:
Pinch Hitting: RHB Rich Harper 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 108.8 MPH)
Grady Smith to third
Del Goodell to second
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 66.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 109.4 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by LF
Del Goodell to third
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Del Goodell scores
Rich Harper to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Lindsay Cohn to second
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 56, EV 69.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 2 left on base; Washington 4 - Houston 4
TOP OF THE 9TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe Cipolla
Pitching: RHP Don Lincoln
Now in CF: Lyn Lockwood
Pinch Hitting: LHB Marv Nordberg 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Don Whited 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 96.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Mel Cardoza 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
3-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 110.0 MPH), Distance : 416 ft
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jimmy Henderson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 9th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 5 - Houston 4
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : LHP Don Eddy
Pitching: RHP Don Maguire
Now at C: Mel Cardoza
Now at 2B: Paul Barry
Now in LF: Virgil Morris
Now in CF: Leroy Richardson
Now in RF: Wes Conner
Pinch Hitting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Strikes out looking
Pinch Hitting: LHB Bobby Thompson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 71.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lyn Lockwood 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Hit by Pitch
Pinch Hitting: RHB Charlie Niemiec 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 95.0 MPH)
Lyn Lockwood to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Dave Davis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Washington 5 - Houston 4
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