FABL
BALTIMORE CLIPPERS @ HOUSTON COMETS
07/15/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Pitching: RHP Jay Hunt
Batting: LHB Hank Butler 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Clay Roberts 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Ike Barnett 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Hal Blank 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56, EV 100.0 MPH)
Ike Barnett to second
Batting: LHB Hank Wallace 0-0: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 2L, EV 95.0 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Baltimore 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : LHP Buck Guthrie
Pitching: LHP Buck Guthrie
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Maury Moore to second
Maury Moore to third
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ball
Johnny Adams steals 2nd base
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56S, EV 69.4 MPH) (infield hit)
Maury Moore scores
Johnny Adams to third
Hank Andrew to second
Pinch Runner at 1st Milt Rush:
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 98.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base; Baltimore 0 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 2ND
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Now at C: Milt Rush
Batting: LHB Cecil Gregg 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, P, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Harry Simmons 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB George Best 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Harry Simmons to second
Batting: LHB Buck Guthrie 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Hank Butler 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Baltimore 0 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : LHP Buck Guthrie
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 23F, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Hunt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Baltimore 0 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Batting: RHB Clay Roberts 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ike Barnett 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5SF, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hal Blank 0-0: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 8RXD, EV 101.3 MPH)
Clay Roberts scores
Batting: LHB Hank Wallace 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Cecil Gregg 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3L, EV 66.9 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Baltimore 1 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : LHP Buck Guthrie
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MS, EV 66.9 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Johnny Adams to second
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 84.4 MPH)
Johnny Adams to third
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 110.0 MPH)
Johnny Adams scores
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 101.3 MPH)
Frank Bailey to second
Frank Bailey to third
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, P, EV 85.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 1 run, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Baltimore 1 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 4TH
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Batting: RHB Harry Simmons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB George Best 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 13, EV 84.4 MPH)
Harry Simmons to second
Batting: LHB Buck Guthrie 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Harry Simmons to third
Batting: LHB Hank Butler 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 100.0 MPH)
Harry Simmons scores
Batting: RHB Clay Roberts 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Baltimore 2 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : LHP Buck Guthrie
Batting: RHB Jay Hunt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSFF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Baltimore 2 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 5TH
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Batting: LHB Ike Barnett 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hal Blank 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 98.1 MPH)
Ike Barnett to third
Batting: LHB Hank Wallace 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Cecil Gregg 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Ike Barnett scores
Hal Blank to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Harry Simmons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Baltimore 4 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : LHP Buck Guthrie
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Baltimore 4 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 6TH
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Batting: RHB George Best 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Buck Guthrie 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Hank Butler 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Baltimore 4 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : LHP Buck Guthrie
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Stan Francis to third
Pinch Hitting: RHB Fred Ruesch 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 73.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Baltimore 4 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 7TH
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Pitching: LHP Dutch Lane
Batting: RHB Clay Roberts 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ike Barnett 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hal Blank 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 108.1 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Baltimore 4 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : LHP Buck Guthrie
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 13S, EV 75.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 66.9 MPH)
Maury Moore to second
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Baltimore 4 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 8TH
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Dutch Lane
Batting: LHB Hank Wallace 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Cecil Gregg 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Harry Simmons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB George Best 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89S, EV 77.5 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Baltimore 4 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : LHP Buck Guthrie
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34, EV 63.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Baltimore 4 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 9TH
Baltimore Clippers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Dutch Lane
Now in RF: Del Goodell
Pinch Hitting: RHB Clarence James 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Hank Butler 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Clarence James to second
Batting: RHB Clay Roberts 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 110.6 MPH)
Clarence James to third
Hank Butler to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: LHB Ike Barnett 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 3-6 (Groundball, 34, EV 86.3 MPH)
Hank Butler to third
Batting: RHB Hal Blank 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Hank Butler scores
Ike Barnett to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made to third
Hal Blank to second
Batting: LHB Hank Wallace 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Ike Barnett scores
Hal Blank to third
Batting: LHB Cecil Gregg 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 91.9 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Baltimore 7 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Baltimore Clippers : LHP Buck Guthrie
Pitching: RHP Larry Warren
Pinch Hitting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Hit by Pitch
Pinch Runner at 1st Lindsay Cohn:
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 108.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Lindsay Cohn to second
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 90.6 MPH)
Lindsay Cohn to third
Johnny Adams to second
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 107.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Baltimore 7 - Houston 2
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