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DETROIT DYNAMOS @ ATLANTA COPPERHEADS
08/29/1975
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Howie Burt
Pitching: LHP Howie Burt
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Called Strike
Geoff Taylor steals 2nd base
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56D, EV 101.9 MPH)
Geoff Taylor to third
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Gil Jones 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Pitching: LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 89M, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 94.4 MPH), Distance : 332 ft
Batting: LHB Al Hubbard 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Blair 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Hunter 0-0: Ball
Jack Blair steals 2nd base
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6S, EV 71.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 1
TOP OF THE 2ND
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Howie Burt
Batting: RHB Bill Calvin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Melvin Williams 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 101.9 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 1
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: LHB Jim Duchesne 0-0: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Gus Richards 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Howie Burt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Howie Burt
Batting: RHB Elmer Mortensen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Vander Kooi 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Geoff Taylor steals 2nd base
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 92.5 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56S, EV 74.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Al Hubbard 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 78.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Howie Burt
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 108.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gil Jones 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Calvin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Called Strike
Bill Calvin is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Jay Hunter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Jim Duchesne 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Howie Burt
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Melvin Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Elmer Mortensen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: LHB Gus Richards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Howie Burt 0-0: Sac Bunt to 13S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Gus Richards to second
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4M, EV 63.8 MPH)
Lined into DP, U4 (Line Drive, 4M, EV 63.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Howie Burt
Batting: LHB Jack Vander Kooi 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Al Hubbard 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Blair 0-0: Called Strike
Al Hubbard steals 3rd, throwing error, E2
Al Hubbard scores
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jay Hunter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 94.4 MPH), Distance : 351 ft
Batting: LHB Jim Duchesne 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 71.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 3
TOP OF THE 7TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Howie Burt
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Gil Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6D, EV 75.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Calvin 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 3
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Gus Richards 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Howie Burt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 3
TOP OF THE 8TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Howie Burt
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
2-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13, EV 69.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Melvin Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Pete Dance 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 106.3 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 3
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Now at 1B: Pete Dance
Now at 2B: Bill Austin
Now at 3B: Bill Calvin
Now at SS: Melvin Williams
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Reached on error, E7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Al Hubbard 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78S, EV 93.8 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Phil Leis
Batting: LHB Jack Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Detroit 0 - Atlanta 3
TOP OF THE 9TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : LHP Howie Burt
Pinch Hitting: LHB Dean Estes 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 106.3 MPH)
Geoff Taylor to third
Pitching: RHP Buddy Thomas
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 5D, EV 91.3 MPH)
Geoff Taylor scores
Bill Austin to third
Pinch Hitting: LHB Lou Strader 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 4MD, EV 85.0 MPH)
Bill Austin scores
Buddy Ensey to second
Batting: RHB Bill Calvin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Buddy Ensey to third
Lou Strader to second
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Buddy Ensey scores
Lou Strader to third
Bill Calvin to second
Batting: RHB Melvin Williams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Pete Dance 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3S, EV 80.6 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Detroit 3 - Atlanta 3
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Phil Leis
Pitching: LHP Bud Dixon
Now in LF: Lou Strader
Batting: RHB Jay Hunter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 71.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Walt Dugan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Howard Smith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 90.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jack Abasi 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
Walt Dugan steals 2nd base
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 83.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 3 - Atlanta 3
TOP OF THE 10TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Atlanta Copperheads : RHP Buddy Thomas
Pitching: RHP Bill Hunn
Now at 1B: Walt Dugan
Now at 3B: Jack Finley
Now in LF: Don Riley
Pinch Hitting: RHB George Crain 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached via error on a dropped throw from 1B, E1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 92.5 MPH)
Bill Austin to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Batting: LHB Lou Strader 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 103.1 MPH)
Top of the 10th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base; Detroit 3 - Atlanta 3
BOTTOM OF THE 10TH
Atlanta Copperheads batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Bud Dixon
Pitching: RHP Richard Elk
Batting: RHB Jack Finley 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Don Riley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunted foul
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB John Newton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 93.8 MPH), Distance : 337 ft
Bottom of the 10th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 3 - Atlanta 5
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