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BOSTON MINUTEMEN @ DETROIT DYNAMOS
06/12/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Pitching: LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Dick Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Hal Mazur 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Hartsell 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 104.4 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Richie Thornton
Pitching: LHP Richie Thornton
Batting: SHB Dave Black 0-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
Bill Austin is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Jim Morton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Wise 0-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ed Cole 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6M, EV 53.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Vin Long 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Walter Huckaby 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 100.6 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Richie Thornton
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Lucas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Buddy Ensey to second
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: LHB Richie Thornton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Dick Ward 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Hal Mazur 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 74.4 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Richie Thornton
Batting: RHB Elmer Mortensen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Vander Kooi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Dave Black 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Dave Black to second
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Charlie Hartsell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Morton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Wise 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 91.9 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Richie Thornton
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Lucas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 70.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 0
TOP OF THE 5TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: LHB Ed Cole 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Vin Long 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Walter Huckaby 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Richie Thornton 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 108.1 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Richie Thornton
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Ball
1-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 108.8 MPH), Distance : 423 ft
Batting: RHB Elmer Mortensen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Jack Vander Kooi 0-0: Sac Bunt to 23 - play at first, batter OUT! 3-4
Elmer Mortensen to second
Batting: SHB Dave Black 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 88.1 MPH)
Elmer Mortensen to third
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
Passed Ball!
Elmer Mortensen scores
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 5th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 2
TOP OF THE 6TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Dick Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Hal Mazur 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3S, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Hartsell 0-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 81.3 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 2
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Richie Thornton
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4M, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Lucas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 2
TOP OF THE 7TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Jim Morton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 76.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Wise 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ed Cole 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Vin Long 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 81.3 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 2
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Richie Thornton
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Elmer Mortensen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 102.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Pete Dance 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Dave Black 0-0: Called Strike
Balk!
Pete Dance to second
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Pete Dance to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 106.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 0 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 8TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Pitching: LHP Larry Tindall
Batting: RHB Walter Huckaby 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 78XD, EV 105.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bill Robinson 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 94.4 MPH)
Walter Huckaby to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Dick Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Bill Robinson to second
Batting: LHB Hal Mazur 0-0: Sac Bunt by 15 - play at third, runner safe!
Dick Ward to second
Batting: RHB Charlie Hartsell 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5D, EV 103.1 MPH)
Bill Robinson scores
Dick Ward scores
Hal Mazur to third
Batting: RHB Jim Morton 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Hal Mazur scores
Charlie Hartsell to third
Pitching: RHP Bob Reed
Batting: RHB Jim Wise 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Charlie Hartsell scores
Jim Morton to second
Batting: LHB Ed Cole 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 71.9 MPH)
Lined into DP, 6-4 (Line Drive, 6, EV 71.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Vin Long 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Jim Wise to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Vin Long to second
Batting: RHB Walter Huckaby 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 98.1 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 5 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Richie Thornton
Pitching: LHP Bud Shireman
Now at 2B: Bruce Hunt
Now at SS: Charlie Hartsell
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MS, EV 67.5 MPH) (infield hit)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Don Brown 0-0: Ball
1-0: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Lucas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 83.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 5 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 9TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Bob Reed
Now in RF: Don Brown
Batting: RHB Bruce Hunt 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dick Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Bruce Hunt to second
Batting: LHB Hal Mazur 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Bruce Hunt is caught stealing 3rd base 2-5
Dick Ward to second
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 89S, EV 95.6 MPH)
Dick Ward to third
Batting: RHB Charlie Hartsell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Jim Morton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Dick Ward scores
Hal Mazur to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made to third
Jim Morton to second
Batting: RHB Jim Wise 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 6 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Bud Shireman
Now at 1B: John Low
Batting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 108.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Elmer Mortensen 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 103.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Abas Agani 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 99.4 MPH)
Elmer Mortensen to third
Elmer Mortensen scores
Batting: SHB Dave Black 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Abas Agani scores
Pitching: LHP Walt Portelli
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 98.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 6 - Detroit 5
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