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ATLANTA COPPERHEADS @ BOSTON MINUTEMEN
07/26/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Johnny Hall
Pitching: RHP Johnny Hall
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Gale Schmitt 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Blair 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Boston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Pitching: RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Dick Ward 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Wise 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Willie Stephens 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 83.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Boston 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Johnny Hall
Batting: RHB Earl Skains 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Duchesne 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Boston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Charlie Hartsell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Jim Morton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ed Cole 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Vin Long 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Boston 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Johnny Hall
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB John Moreland 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4D, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Marco Middleton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 85.6 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Boston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Walter Huckaby 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6, EV 105.6 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Johnny Hall 0-0: Sac Bunt to 3S - play at first, batter OUT! 3-1
Walter Huckaby to second
Batting: RHB Dick Ward 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Jim Wise 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 100.6 MPH)
Walter Huckaby to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: LHB Willie Stephens 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 3rd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Boston 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Johnny Hall
Now at 2B: Bruce Hunt
Now at SS: Charlie Hartsell
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Gale Schmitt 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Blair Balk!
Don Riley to second
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 81.9 MPH)
Don Riley to third
Batting: RHB Earl Skains 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 93.8 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Boston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Charlie Hartsell 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: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Morton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Ed Cole 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Bunted foul
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Vin Long 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Charlie Hartsell to second
Batting: RHB Bruce Hunt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Charlie Hartsell to third
Vin Long to second
Charlie Hartsell scores
Vin Long to third
Batting: RHB Johnny Hall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Vin Long scores
Bruce Hunt to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made at trailing runner, OUT! 9-3-6
Bottom of the 4th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 0 - Boston 3
TOP OF THE 5TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Johnny Hall
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 69.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Duchesne 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-1: Ball
2-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 103.1 MPH), Distance : 397 ft
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB John Moreland 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 88.8 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 1 - Boston 3
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Dick Ward 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Jim Wise 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Willie Stephens 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 97.5 MPH)
Jim Wise to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Charlie Hartsell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Jim Morton 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Willie Stephens to second
Batting: LHB Ed Cole 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34S, EV 71.3 MPH) (infield hit)
Willie Stephens to third
Jim Morton to second
Batting: RHB Vin Long 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 85.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Atlanta 1 - Boston 4
TOP OF THE 6TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Johnny Hall
Batting: RHB Marco Middleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Gale Schmitt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-1: Called Strike
Don Riley steals 2nd base
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 83.8 MPH)
Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd, no throw by CF
Batting: LHB Jack Blair 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Don Riley scores
Batting: RHB Earl Skains 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 81.9 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 2 - Boston 4
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Bruce Hunt 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Johnny Hall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Dick Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 2 - Boston 4
TOP OF THE 7TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Johnny Hall
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Jim Duchesne 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Pitching: LHP Walt Portelli
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Howard Smith to second
Batting: LHB John Moreland 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56S, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Marco Middleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 82.5 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Atlanta 2 - Boston 4
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Batting: RHB Jim Wise 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Willie Stephens 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Charlie Hartsell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Morton 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Charlie Hartsell to second
1-0: Ball
2-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 91.3 MPH)
Charlie Hartsell to third
Batting: LHB Ed Cole 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Charlie Hartsell scores
Jim Morton to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made to third
Ed Cole to second
Batting: RHB Vin Long 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Atlanta 2 - Boston 5
TOP OF THE 8TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Walt Portelli
Now at 1B: John Low
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 13, EV 69.4 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: LHB Gale Schmitt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Don Riley to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Ed Reeves 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 15S, EV 70.0 MPH) (infield hit)
Don Riley to third
Gale Schmitt to second
Batting: RHB Earl Skains 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Grounds into fielders choice 5-2 (Groundball, 56S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Gale Schmitt to third
Ed Reeves to second
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Grounds into fielders choice 1-2 (Groundball, 15S, EV 73.1 MPH)
Ed Reeves to third
Earl Skains to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Walt Dugan 0-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56, EV 82.5 MPH)
Ed Reeves scores
Earl Skains to third
Howard Smith to second
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base; Atlanta 3 - Boston 5
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Marco Middleton
Now at 2B: Walt Dugan
Now at 3B: John Newton
Now in LF: Ed Reeves
Batting: RHB Bruce Hunt 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Pinch Hitting: LHB Hal Mazur 0-0: Ball
1-0: TRIPLE (Flyball, 7LD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dick Ward 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Jim Wise 0-0: Ball
Dick Ward is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Hal Mazur scores
Pitching: RHP Frank Maxwell
Batting: RHB John Low 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3S, EV 80.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Atlanta 3 - Boston 6
TOP OF THE 9TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Walt Portelli
Pitching: LHP Richie Thornton
Batting: LHB John Moreland 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 82.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Gus Richards 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LMF, EV 93.8 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Atlanta 3 - Boston 6
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