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MINNEAPOLIS MILLERS @ HOUSTON COMETS
03/31/1975
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Pitching: RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: LHB Tony Nava 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Hoffer 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Clyde Allen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 75.0 MPH)
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 Charlie Martin
Pitching: RHP Charlie Martin
Batting: RHB Ernie Carter 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 86.9 MPH)
Maury Moore to second
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Grounds out, U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 86.9 MPH)
Maury Moore to third
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 98.8 MPH)
Maury Moore scores
Johnny Adams scores
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 81.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 2ND
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: LHB Carl Kilkenny 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB George Fisher 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 100.0 MPH), Distance : 394 ft
Batting: LHB Bill Powell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
3-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6M, EV 60.0 MPH)
Pitching: LHP Joe Barnes
Batting: RHB Len Kraus 0-0: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 66.9 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Charlie Martin
Batting: RHB Tex Strain 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 68.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 89.4 MPH), Distance : 331 ft
Batting: LHB Joe Barnes 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ernie Carter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 3
TOP OF THE 3RD
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Joe Barnes
Pitching: RHP Don Lincoln
Batting: LHB John S. Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Reached on error, E1 (Groundball, 15S, EV 61.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Martin 0-0: Ball
John S. Smith steals 2nd base
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Tony Nava 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 99.4 MPH)
John S. Smith to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Tony Nava to second
Batting: RHB Steve Hoffer 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 89.4 MPH)
Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd with throw by RF
Batting: RHB Clyde Allen 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 106.3 MPH)
Tony Nava scores
Batting: LHB Carl Kilkenny 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 6D, EV 96.9 MPH) - OUT at second base trying to stretch hit.
Clyde Allen scores
Top of the 3rd over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 4 - Houston 3
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Charlie Martin
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Johnny Adams to second
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Sac Bunt to 3S - play at third, runner OUT! 3-5
John Edwards to second
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
John Edwards steals 3rd base
Hank Andrew to second
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 94.4 MPH)
John Edwards scores
Hank Andrew scores
Batting: RHB Tex Strain 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 3rd over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 4 - Houston 5
TOP OF THE 4TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Don Lincoln
Pitching: LHP Duane Alarcon
Now at SS: Danny Martin
Batting: RHB George Fisher 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 98.1 MPH), Distance : 391 ft
Batting: LHB Bill Powell 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Len Kraus 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB John S. Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LM, EV 111.3 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 5 - Houston 5
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Charlie Martin
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Ball
Danny Martin steals 2nd base
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Called Strike
Danny Martin steals 3rd base
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 84.4 MPH)
Danny Martin scores
Maury Moore to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Pitching: RHP Wayne Stevens
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Johnny Adams to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 96.9 MPH)
Maury Moore scores
Johnny Adams to third
John Edwards to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tex Strain 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 91.9 MPH)
John Edwards to third
Wally Austin to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by RF and OUT! 9-2
Bottom of the 4th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minneapolis 5 - Houston 8
TOP OF THE 5TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Duane Alarcon
Pitching: LHP Al Bailey
Now at 1B: Fred Ruesch
Now at 3B: Don Jones
Now in CF: Lyn Lockwood
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bill Barber 0-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89D, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Hoffer 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Clyde Allen 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5L, EV 70.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: SHB Gene Holbrook 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 110.0 MPH)
Bill Barber to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Pinch Hitting: RHB Frank Hayes 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 94.4 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 6 - Houston 8
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Wayne Stevens
Now at C: Bill Pierce
Now at 1B: Bob Place
Now at 2B: Gene Holbrook
Now at 3B: Bill Barber
Now at SS: Bob Vernon
Now in LF: Bill Anderson
Now in CF: Wally Driver
Now in RF: Frank Hayes
Batting: RHB Lyn Lockwood 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 25F, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Lyn Lockwood to second
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Fred Ruesch 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 100.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minneapolis 6 - Houston 8
TOP OF THE 6TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Al Bailey
Pitching: RHP Joe Cipolla
Now at 2B: Charlie Niemiec
Batting: RHB Bill Anderson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 104.4 MPH), Distance : 395 ft
Batting: RHB Bill Pierce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Wally Driver 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Wayne Stevens 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to 2R - play at first, batter OUT! 2-3
Bill Pierce to second
Batting: RHB Bill Barber 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 96.3 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 7 - Houston 8
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Wayne Stevens
Pinch Hitting: LHB Grady Smith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Charlie Niemiec 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 3S, EV 70.6 MPH) (infield hit)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Charlie Niemiec to second
Batting: RHB Tex Strain 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 110.0 MPH)
Charlie Niemiec to third
Del Goodell to second
Batting: RHB Lyn Lockwood 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMFF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Grounds into double play, 5-2-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minneapolis 7 - Houston 8
TOP OF THE 7TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe Cipolla
Pitching: RHP Pete Jones
Now in LF: Lindsay Cohn
Now in RF: Del Goodell
Batting: SHB Bob Place 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 82.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Dean Estes 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Gene Holbrook 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Frank Hayes 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 7 - Houston 8
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Wayne Stevens
Now at 3B: Monte Rollins
Now at SS: Bill Barber
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 2RF, EV 91.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jack Conklin 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 78M, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 100.6 MPH)
Pitching: LHP Ben Baird
Batting: RHB Fred Ruesch 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 88.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 7 - Houston 8
TOP OF THE 8TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Pete Jones
Now at 3B: Frank Bailey
Batting: RHB Bill Anderson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Pierce
Pinch Hitting: RHB Larry Herzberg 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wally Driver 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LSF, EV 93.1 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 7 - Houston 8
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : LHP Ben Baird
Now at C: Julio Castaneda
Batting: RHB Pete Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Batting: RHB Charlie Niemiec 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 110.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 7 - Houston 8
TOP OF THE 9TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Pete Jones
Now at C: Jerry Robinson
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jim Ross 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 106.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Gabe Peyton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4S, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Bob Place 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 109.4 MPH)
Jim Ross to second
Pinch Hitting: LHB Aaron Courtney 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 88.8 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 7 - Houston 8
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