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MINNEAPOLIS MILLERS @ HOUSTON COMETS
09/20/1975
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Pitching: RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: LHB Tony Nava 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 89S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Hoffer 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Sac Bunt to 23 - play at first, batter safe!
Tony Nava to second
Batting: RHB Larry Herzberg 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 91.9 MPH)
Tony Nava to third
Batting: LHB Carl Kilkenny 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 2 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: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Stan Francis to third
Batting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Fred Ruesch 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: LHB Bill Powell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 23, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Ross 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Julio Castaneda 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Chuck Newland 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Joe McDowell
Batting: RHB Ernie Carter 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bobby Thompson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe McCarthy 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: RHB Joe McDowell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tony Nava 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Batting: RHB Steve Hoffer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Joe McDowell
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S, EV 97.5 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Bill Boschen
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Johnny Adams to second
Batting: RHB Fred Ruesch 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 77.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: RHB Larry Herzberg 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Carl Kilkenny 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bill Powell 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Jim Ross 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 92.5 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Bill Boschen
Batting: RHB Ernie Carter 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bobby Thompson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 73.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 5TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: RHB Julio Castaneda 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Chuck Newland 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 78S, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Boschen 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Sac Bunt to 15S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Chuck Newland to second
Batting: LHB Tony Nava 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Chuck Newland to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Steve Hoffer 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
Tony Nava steals 2nd base
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Bill Boschen
Batting: LHB Joe McCarthy 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, P, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4M, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 102.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 6TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Batting: RHB Larry Herzberg 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Carl Kilkenny 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bill Powell 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3S, EV 81.9 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Bill Boschen
Batting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Hit by Pitch
Pinch Hitting: LHB Dick Baker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ernie Carter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 98.1 MPH)
Wally Austin to second
Batting: LHB Bobby Thompson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 86.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 7TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Now at SS: Bill Blair
Batting: RHB Jim Ross 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Julio Castaneda 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Chuck Newland 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Bill Boschen
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 13, EV 86.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 91.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 8TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Joe McCarthy
Pitching: LHP Bob Young
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bill Barber 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Tony Nava 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Hoffer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Tony Nava to second
Batting: RHB Larry Herzberg 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: RHB Frank Hayes 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 75.6 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Bill Boschen
Pitching: LHP Ben Baird
Now at 3B: Gene Holbrook
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Johnny Adams to second
2-0: Reached via error on a dropped throw from SS, E3 (Groundball, 6, EV 89.4 MPH)
Johnny Adams to third
Batting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Don Jones to second
Pinch Hitting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 106.3 MPH)
Johnny Adams scores
Don Jones to third
Wally Austin to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to trailing runner, OUT at third! 8-3-5
Batting: RHB Ernie Carter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 101.3 MPH)
John Edwards to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: LHB Bobby Thompson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 8th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 3
TOP OF THE 9TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Bob Young
Now at SS: Maury Moore
Batting: LHB Bill Powell 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Ross 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Julio Castaneda 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 91.9 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minneapolis 1 - Houston 3
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