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BOSTON MINUTEMEN @ ATLANTA COPPERHEADS
03/22/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Pitching: RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Charlie Hartsell 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Strikes out swinging passed ball, reaches first!
Batting: LHB George Brown 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-1: Bunted foul
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
2-2: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5L, EV 72.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Willie Stephens 0-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 81.9 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Atlanta 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Harry Draper
Pitching: RHP Harry Draper
Batting: LHB Jack Blair 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Al Hubbard 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6M, EV 78.8 MPH)
John Newton to second
Batting: RHB Earl Skains 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 94.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Boston 0 - Atlanta 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Dick Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Jim Wise 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Ward 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 13, EV 83.8 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Atlanta 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Harry Draper
Batting: LHB Jim Duchesne 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Hunter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Henry Woods 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 100.6 MPH), Distance : 392 ft
Batting: RHB George Gray 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 81.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Atlanta 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Bill Gallagher 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Walter Huckaby 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Harry Draper 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 108.8 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Atlanta 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Harry Draper
Batting: RHB Marco Middleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Blair 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3L, EV 64.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Al Hubbard 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 86.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 0 - Atlanta 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Charlie Hartsell 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB George Brown 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Willie Stephens 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Dick Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Willie Stephens to second
Batting: RHB Jim Wise 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Willie Stephens to third
Dick Ward to second
Batting: RHB Bill Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 100.6 MPH)
Willie Stephens scores
Dick Ward to third
Jim Wise to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Jim Wise to third
Bill Ward to second
Batting: RHB Bill Gallagher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 94.4 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 2 - Atlanta 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Harry Draper
Batting: RHB Earl Skains 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Duchesne 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Hunter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Henry Woods 0-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Jim Duchesne to second
Batting: RHB George Gray 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 2 - Atlanta 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Now at 1B: Lee Lowman
Now at SS: Jack Finley
Now in LF: Jack Abasi
Now in CF: Jack Blair
Batting: RHB Walter Huckaby 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jim Morton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3F, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Hartsell 0-0: Ball
Walter Huckaby steals 2nd base
1-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 70.0 MPH)
Walter Huckaby to third
Batting: LHB George Brown 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB John Ames 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 103.8 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 2 - Atlanta 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Harry Draper
Pitching: LHP Walt Portelli
Now at 1B: John Ames
Now at 2B: Al Smith
Now at 3B: Al McCoy
Now in LF: Frank Kirouac
Now in RF: Tom Daze
Pinch Hitting: LHB Gale Schmitt 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Jack Abasi 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5, EV 63.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 2 - Atlanta 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Pitching: LHP Ike Abraham
Now at 3B: Phil Kibby
Now in CF: Don Riley
Now in RF: Virgil Humphrey
Batting: RHB Frank Kirouac 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Al Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3, EV 76.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: SHB Dick Anderson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 2 - Atlanta 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Walt Portelli
Pitching: LHP Bud Shireman
Now at C: Gene Martin
Now in CF: Dick Anderson
Pinch Hitting: RHB Wally Melvin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Virgil Humphrey 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Phil Kibby 0-0: Sac Bunt to 15S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Virgil Humphrey to second
Batting: RHB Jack Finley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 2 - Atlanta 1
TOP OF THE 7TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Ike Abraham
Pitching: LHP Jack Grayson
Now at 2B: Wally Melvin
Batting: RHB Gene Martin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 96.9 MPH), Distance : 348 ft
Pinch Hitting: LHB Hal Mazur 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 76.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Daze 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Al McCoy 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 88.1 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 3 - Atlanta 1
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Bud Shireman
Pitching: RHP Al McCauley
Now at 2B: Hal Mazur
Now at SS: Al Smith
Batting: LHB Lee Lowman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB George Gray 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Walt Dugan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 109.4 MPH), Distance : 406 ft
Pinch Hitting: LHB Gus Richards 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Abasi 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 106.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 3 - Atlanta 3
TOP OF THE 8TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Jack Grayson
Pitching: RHP Fred Jones
Now in CF: Gus Richards
Pinch Hitting: RHB Mickey Barker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Ames 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4D, EV 68.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Kirouac 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 3 - Atlanta 3
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Al McCauley
Pitching: RHP Ken West
Batting: RHB Wally Melvin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 96.3 MPH), Distance : 331 ft
Batting: RHB Virgil Humphrey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Phil Kibby 0-0: Reached on error, E3 (Flyball, 3D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Finley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Phil Kibby to second
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Lee Lowman 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 67.5 MPH)
Phil Kibby to third
Jack Finley to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4D, EV 51.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base; Boston 3 - Atlanta 4
TOP OF THE 9TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Fred Jones
Pitching: RHP Tom Henderson
Now at C: Howard Smith
Pinch Hitting: LHB George Surprenant 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Dick Anderson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: SHB Elmer Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 100.0 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 3 - Atlanta 4
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