FABL
ST. LOUIS PIONEERS @ HOUSTON COMETS
09/27/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
St. Louis Pioneers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Pitching: RHP Jay Hunt
Batting: RHB Quinton Vincent 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: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Tom Spruill 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging passed ball, reaches first!
Batting: RHB Del Jacobs 0-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 95.6 MPH), Distance : 368 ft
Batting: RHB John Richards 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Len Green 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4D, EV 62.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Guay 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 1st over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for St. Louis Pioneers : RHP Tige Bowe
Pitching: RHP Tige Bowe
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 86.3 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, P, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
Jim Marshall steals 2nd base (no throw)
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
3-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Jim Marshall scores
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Stan Francis to third
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 93.1 MPH)
Stan Francis scores
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, 13, EV 74.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tex Strain 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
Frank Bailey is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Bottom of the 1st over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 2ND
St. Louis Pioneers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Batting: RHB Maury Cole 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Ed Holt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tige Bowe 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for St. Louis Pioneers : RHP Tige Bowe
Batting: RHB Tex Strain 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Tex Strain to third
Batting: RHB Jay Hunt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 3RD
St. Louis Pioneers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Batting: RHB Quinton Vincent 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Tom Spruill 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
Quinton Vincent steals 2nd base
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 100.6 MPH)
Quinton Vincent to third
Batting: RHB Del Jacobs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 80.6 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by RF
Batting: RHB John Richards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 91.9 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for St. Louis Pioneers : RHP Tige Bowe
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4D, EV 62.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 4TH
St. Louis Pioneers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Batting: SHB Len Green 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5, EV 73.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Guay 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Maury Cole 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for St. Louis Pioneers : RHP Tige Bowe
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89XD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tex Strain 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 74.4 MPH)
Frank Bailey to third
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Frank Bailey scores
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 102.5 MPH)
Danny Martin to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Bill Blair to second
Batting: RHB Jay Hunt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Danny Martin scores
Bill Blair to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Pitching: RHP Lloyd Ethridge
Now in LF: Milt Howard
Now in CF: Len Green
Batting: LHB Jim Marshall 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Jay Hunt to second
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 83.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Houston 5
TOP OF THE 5TH
St. Louis Pioneers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Batting: RHB Ed Holt 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Milt Howard 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Quinton Vincent 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6D, EV 106.3 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Houston 5
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for St. Louis Pioneers : RHP Lloyd Ethridge
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 78.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Houston 5
TOP OF THE 6TH
St. Louis Pioneers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Batting: RHB Tom Spruill 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Del Jacobs 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB John Richards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 100.0 MPH)
Tom Spruill to second
Tom Spruill to third
Batting: SHB Len Green 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB John Guay 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Houston 5
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for St. Louis Pioneers : RHP Lloyd Ethridge
Batting: RHB Tex Strain 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 34D, EV 64.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 98.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Phil Woods 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, P, EV 82.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Houston 5
TOP OF THE 7TH
St. Louis Pioneers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Pitching: LHP Al Bailey
Pinch Hitting: RHB Larry Cimino 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Ed Holt 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 99.4 MPH)
Larry Cimino to third
Larry Cimino scores
Batting: RHB Milt Howard 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Ed Holt to third
Batting: RHB Quinton Vincent 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Tom Spruill 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 96.3 MPH)
Ed Holt scores
Milt Howard to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to trailing runner, SAFE at third!
Batting: RHB Del Jacobs 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Richards 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: SHB Len Green 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3, EV 66.9 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 6 - Houston 5
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for St. Louis Pioneers : RHP Lloyd Ethridge
Pitching: LHP Manuel Hernandez
Pinch Hitting: RHB Del Goodell 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MD, EV 43.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78S, EV 96.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 6 - Houston 5
TOP OF THE 8TH
St. Louis Pioneers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Al Bailey
Now at 3B: Jack Conklin
Batting: RHB John Guay 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: TRIPLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 101.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Cliff Coleman 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Ed Holt 0-0: Ball
Cliff Coleman is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 110.6 MPH)
John Guay scores
Pitching: LHP Duane Alarcon
Batting: RHB Milt Howard 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
3-2: Base on Balls
Ed Holt to second
Batting: RHB Quinton Vincent 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Spruill 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 56, EV 59.4 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 7 - Houston 5
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for St. Louis Pioneers : LHP Manuel Hernandez
Pitching: LHP Curly Anderson
Batting: RHB Frank Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tex Strain 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Tex Strain to second
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 7 - Houston 5
TOP OF THE 9TH
St. Louis Pioneers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Duane Alarcon
Batting: RHB Del Jacobs 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Richards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Len Green 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSFF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 7 - Houston 5
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for St. Louis Pioneers : LHP Curly Anderson
Now at 1B: Alex Todd
Pinch Hitting: RHB Rich Harper 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Conklin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6M, EV 65.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 7D, EV 99.4 MPH), Distance : 372 ft
Batting: LHB Stan Francis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 89.4 MPH)
Stan Francis to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made at trailing runner, OUT! 9-3-6
Bottom of the 9th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 7 - Houston 6
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