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MINNEAPOLIS MILLERS @ HOUSTON COMETS
08/02/1975
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Pitching: RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: LHB Bill Powell 0-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Hoffer 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Clyde Allen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Carl Kilkenny 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Joe McDowell
Pitching: RHP Joe McDowell
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Sac Bunt to 13 - play at second, runner safe!
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 103.8 MPH)
Stan Francis to third
Hank Andrew to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 72.5 MPH)
Hank Andrew to third
John Edwards to second
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Hank Andrew scores
John Edwards to third
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
3-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 93.1 MPH)
John Edwards scores
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 105.6 MPH)
Johnny Adams to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 93.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 4
TOP OF THE 2ND
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: RHB Bill Barber 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Gene Holbrook 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB George Fisher 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Julio Castaneda 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 4
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Joe McDowell
Batting: RHB Johnny Blackburn 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 78.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6M, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 2-4 (Groundball, 2L, EV 74.4 MPH)
Stan Francis to third
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
John Edwards to second
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 97.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 4
TOP OF THE 3RD
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: RHB Joe McDowell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Bill Powell 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Hoffer 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Clyde Allen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89XD, EV 83.8 MPH)
Bill Powell to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by CF
Batting: LHB Carl Kilkenny 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: Fly out, F1 (Line Drive, P, EV 71.9 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 4
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Joe McDowell
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Johnny Adams to second
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Johnny Blackburn 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 100.0 MPH)
Johnny Adams to third
Maury Moore to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to home
Maury Moore to third
Johnny Blackburn to second
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 3, EV 81.9 MPH)
Maury Moore scores
Johnny Blackburn to third
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 97.5 MPH), Distance : 373 ft
Pitching: RHP Bill Burkhart
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSFF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 75.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 83.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 5 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 9
TOP OF THE 4TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: RHB Bill Barber 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Gene Holbrook 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB George Fisher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Julio Castaneda 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 9
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Bill Burkhart
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Johnny Adams to second
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 9
TOP OF THE 5TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: RHB Bill Burkhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Bill Powell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Hoffer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.6 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 9
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Bill Burkhart
Batting: RHB Johnny Blackburn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 76.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 9
TOP OF THE 6TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: RHB Clyde Allen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Carl Kilkenny 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 95.6 MPH)
Clyde Allen to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Batting: RHB Bill Barber 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Gene Holbrook 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6M, EV 86.3 MPH)
Clyde Allen scores
Batting: RHB George Fisher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Gene Holbrook to second
Batting: RHB Julio Castaneda 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 2L, EV 74.4 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minneapolis 2 - Houston 9
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Bill Burkhart
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 72.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 2 - Houston 9
TOP OF THE 7TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Pinch Hitting: LHB Tony Nava 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25F, EV 88.1 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Aaron Courtney 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Len Kraus 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 2 - Houston 9
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Bill Burkhart
Pitching: RHP Wayne Stevens
Now at 1B: Monte Rollins
Now in LF: Clyde Allen
Now in CF: Aaron Courtney
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Johnny Adams to third
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Maury Moore to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Ernie Carter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 108.1 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, throw by LF
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34S, EV 70.0 MPH) (infield hit)
Maury Moore to third
Bill Blair to second
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Grounds into fielders choice 4-2 (Groundball, 4M, EV 103.8 MPH)
Bill Blair to third
Stan Francis to second
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Minneapolis 2 - Houston 10
TOP OF THE 8TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Pitching: RHP Pete Jones
Batting: RHB Clyde Allen 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 76.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Carl Kilkenny 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Bill Barber 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Carl Kilkenny to second
Batting: SHB Gene Holbrook 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Reached on error, E9 (Flyball, 9, EV 96.3 MPH)
Carl Kilkenny to third
Bill Barber to second
Batting: RHB George Fisher 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Julio Castaneda 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.9 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 left on base; Minneapolis 2 - Houston 10
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Wayne Stevens
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jerry Robinson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, P, EV 73.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Jerry Robinson to second
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, P, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 94.4 MPH)
Jerry Robinson to third
Johnny Adams to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Pinch Hitting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Johnny Adams to third
Bill Blair to second
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minneapolis 2 - Houston 11
TOP OF THE 9TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Pete Jones
Pitching: RHP Wayne Cooper
Batting: RHB Monte Rollins 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Aaron Courtney 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 98.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bill Pierce 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 3D, EV 52.5 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 2 - Houston 11
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