FABL
HOUSTON COMETS @ DETROIT DYNAMOS
07/02/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Pitching: LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34S, EV 65.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 78D, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 94.4 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Pitching: RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: SHB Dave Black 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Called Strike
Dave Black is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MS, EV 80.6 MPH)
Stan Francis to second
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Pete Dance 0-0: Sac Bunt to 15 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Bill Austin to second
Batting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25F, EV 78.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe McCarthy 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Sac Bunt by 13 - play at third, runner safe!
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 88.1 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by CF
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Sac Bunt to P - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Joe McCarthy to second
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 91.3 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: RHB Elmer Mortensen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Vander Kooi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Dave Black 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Ball
Dave Black steals 2nd base (no throw)
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Dave Black to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Ball
1-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 90.0 MPH), Distance : 343 ft
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 97.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5F, EV 61.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: RHB Pete Dance 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 95.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6D, EV 52.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe McCarthy 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 90.0 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: RHB Elmer Mortensen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56S, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Vander Kooi 0-0: Sac Bunt to 15S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Elmer Mortensen to second
Batting: SHB Dave Black 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 92.5 MPH)
Elmer Mortensen to third
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 101.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Batting: RHB Pete Dance 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Grounds into double play, U3-6 (Groundball, 3L, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe McCarthy 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Elmer Mortensen 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Vander Kooi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Harvey Van Orden to second
Batting: SHB Dave Black 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 103.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Frank Bailey to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Pitching: RHP Charlie Christianson
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-1: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 2R, EV 68.8 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 2 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Now at 1B: Jerry Robinson
Now in RF: Grady Smith
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey Balk!
Geoff Taylor to second
DELAY Rain delay of 15 minutes in the 8th inning.
0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 103.1 MPH)
Geoff Taylor to third
Buddy Ensey to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: RHB Pete Dance 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Buddy Ensey to third
Bill Austin to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 2 - Detroit 5
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Charlie Christianson
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4M, EV 76.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 13, EV 80.0 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 2 - Detroit 5
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