FABL
HOUSTON COMETS @ BALTIMORE CLIPPERS
07/06/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : RHP Pat Fortier
Pitching: RHP Pat Fortier
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Hit by Pitch
Frank Bailey to second
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Frank Bailey to third
Johnny Adams to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 102.5 MPH)
Johnny Adams to third
Stan Francis to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to home
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ball
Passed Ball!
Stan Francis to third
Del Goodell to second
1-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.3 MPH)
Stan Francis scores
Del Goodell to third
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 107.5 MPH)
Del Goodell scores
Bill Blair to second
Batting: RHB Spencer Reese 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 94.4 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Houston 4 - Baltimore 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Pitching: RHP Spencer Reese
Batting: LHB Hank Butler 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 65.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Clay Roberts 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ike Barnett 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Clay Roberts to second
Batting: RHB Hal Blank 0-0: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 4 - Baltimore 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : RHP Pat Fortier
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 80.6 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 4 - Baltimore 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Batting: LHB Hank Wallace 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Amos Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Cecil Gregg 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Amos Johnson is caught stealing 3rd base 2-5
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 92.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Houston 4 - Baltimore 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : RHP Pat Fortier
Batting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Jerry Robinson to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Base on Balls
Bill Blair to second
Batting: RHB Spencer Reese 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bill Blair to third
Danny Martin to second
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 3D, EV 91.3 MPH)
Bill Blair scores
Danny Martin to third
Spencer Reese to second
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 85.6 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 6 - Baltimore 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Batting: RHB Harry Simmons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Pat Fortier 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Sac Bunt to 13 - play at second, runner safe!
Batting: LHB Hank Butler 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 91.9 MPH)
Harry Simmons scores
Pat Fortier to third
Batting: RHB Clay Roberts 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 111.3 MPH)
Pat Fortier scores
Hank Butler scores
Batting: LHB Ike Barnett 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 90.0 MPH)
Clay Roberts to third
Batting: RHB Hal Blank 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 66.9 MPH)
Clay Roberts scores
Batting: LHB Hank Wallace 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 93.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 6 - Baltimore 4
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : RHP Pat Fortier
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 15S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 108.8 MPH)
Del Goodell to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by CF
Pitching: RHP Sonny Stoyer
Now in RF: Joe Tucker
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Houston 7 - Baltimore 4
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Batting: RHB Amos Johnson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Cecil Gregg 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Harry Simmons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Cecil Gregg is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 7 - Baltimore 4
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : RHP Sonny Stoyer
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 108.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Spencer Reese 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 93.1 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 7 - Baltimore 4
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Batting: LHB Joe Tucker 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Hank Butler 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5S, EV 74.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Clay Roberts 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 81.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 7 - Baltimore 4
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : RHP Sonny Stoyer
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Frank Bailey to second
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 95.6 MPH)
Frank Bailey to third
Johnny Adams to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6M, EV 71.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 8 - Baltimore 4
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Batting: RHB Sonny Stoyer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 4MD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hal Blank 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Hank Wallace 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Amos Johnson 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 110.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 8 - Baltimore 4
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : RHP Sonny Stoyer
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Spencer Reese 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 83.8 MPH)
Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd with throw by RF
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 97.5 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 8 - Baltimore 4
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Batting: LHB Cecil Gregg 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3F, EV 76.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Harry Simmons 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 4MD, EV 60.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe Tucker 0-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Hank Butler 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89XD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Joe Tucker scores
Batting: RHB Clay Roberts 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5L, EV 97.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 8 - Baltimore 5
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : RHP Sonny Stoyer
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25F, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 62.5 MPH)
Stan Francis to third
Del Goodell to second
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 8RS, EV 100.6 MPH)
Stan Francis scores
Del Goodell to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Pitching: LHP George Brown
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D, EV 110.6 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 10 - Baltimore 5
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Spencer Reese
Pinch Hitting: RHB Clarence James 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hal Blank 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 78M, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Hank Wallace 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34, EV 100.6 MPH)
Hal Blank to second
Batting: RHB Amos Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 105.6 MPH), Distance : 418 ft
Pitching: LHP Bob Young
Now at 2B: Maury Moore
Batting: LHB Cecil Gregg 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Harry Simmons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Cecil Gregg to second
Batting: LHB Joe Tucker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Cecil Gregg to third
Harry Simmons to second
Batting: LHB Hank Butler 0-0: Grounds into fielders choice 4-2 (Groundball, 4, EV 101.3 MPH)
Harry Simmons to third
Joe Tucker to second
Batting: RHB Clay Roberts 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 82.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Houston 10 - Baltimore 8
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : LHP George Brown
Pitching: RHP Larry Warren
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 66.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89XD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 105.6 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 10 - Baltimore 8
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Bob Young
Now at 1B: Fred Ruesch
Now in LF: Johnny Adams
Now in CF: Stan Francis
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jack Lewis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MS, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hal Blank 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Hank Wallace 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3D, EV 72.5 MPH)
Pitching: LHP Dutch Lane
Batting: RHB Amos Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 10 - Baltimore 8
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