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NEW ORLEANS SHOWBOATS @ OMAHA PLAINSMEN
05/04/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Jack Williams
Pitching: RHP Jack Williams
Batting: LHB Aaron Courtney 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 23, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Al Rogers 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 104.4 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Mike Dunlavy
Pitching: LHP Mike Dunlavy
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 71.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Lucas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Jack Williams
Batting: RHB George Whaley 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3L, EV 62.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 100.0 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Mike Dunlavy
Batting: RHB James Huffman 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Sam Hamilton 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Freddy Curtis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 88.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Jack Williams
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Larry Underwood 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MD, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Dunlavy 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MS, EV 72.5 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Mike Dunlavy
Batting: RHB Duke Bell 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB Jack Williams 0-0: Sac Bunt to 25 - play at first, batter OUT! 5-3
Duke Bell to second
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 95.6 MPH), Distance : 358 ft
Batting: RHB Jack Lucas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 3-6 (Groundball, 34, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB James Huffman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 110.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 2
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Jack Williams
Batting: LHB Aaron Courtney 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6D, EV 70.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Al Rogers 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 93.1 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 2
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Mike Dunlavy
Pitching: RHP Frank Hunter
Batting: SHB Sam Hamilton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: TRIPLE (Groundball, 5D, EV 108.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Freddy Curtis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Geoff Taylor 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMFF
0-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Duke Bell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 92.5 MPH), Distance : 330 ft
Pinch Hitting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 110.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 4
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Jack Williams
Pitching: RHP Johnny Taylor
Now at C: Harvey Van Orden
Now at 2B: Jim Wilson
Now in CF: Geoff Taylor
Now in RF: Chuck Dawson
Batting: RHB George Whaley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 98.8 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 4
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Frank Hunter
Pitching: RHP Bill Morrison
Now at 1B: Howie Hoffman
Now in LF: Red Cole
Now in CF: Tony Wiswell
Pinch Hitting: LHB Bob McNall 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56, EV 78.1 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Chuck Dawson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 110.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Detroit 4
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Johnny Taylor
Pitching: RHP Bill Boschen
Now at 1B: Abas Agani
Now at 3B: Virgil Ewing
Now at SS: Ralph Daniel
Now in LF: Chuck Dawson
Now in RF: Bob McNall
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Larry Underwood 0-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 103.1 MPH)
Bill Blair to third
Batting: LHB Howie Hoffman 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 90.0 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by LF
Batting: RHB Tony Wiswell 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78XD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Larry Underwood to third
3-2: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 2R, EV 68.1 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 4
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Bill Morrison
Now at 2B: Maury Moore
Batting: RHB Abas Agani 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 76.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ralph Daniel 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Jim Wilson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Ed Davis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 65.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 4
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Bill Boschen
Pitching: RHP Bob Goff
Now in LF: Ed Davis
Now in CF: Chuck Dawson
Pinch Hitting: LHB Grady Smith 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F1 (Line Drive, P, EV 69.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Red Cole 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Rich Harper 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4M, EV 64.4 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 4
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Bill Morrison
Pitching: RHP Bill Murphy
Now in RF: Grady Smith
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.1 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Pete Morris 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bob McNall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Bob McNall to second
Batting: RHB Chuck Dawson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 56D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Bob McNall scores
Virgil Ewing to third
Batting: RHB Abas Agani 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 5
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Bob Goff
Pitching: LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 87.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Tex Hendricks 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 77.5 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 5
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Bill Murphy
Pitching: LHP Jim Houston
Now at 3B: Tex Hendricks
Now at SS: Danny Martin
Batting: RHB Ralph Daniel 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Jim Wilson 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Ralph Daniel to second
Batting: RHB Ed Davis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Ralph Daniel to third
Ed Davis to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Rick Huffman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Pitching: LHP Bill Gelbaugh
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bill Reinhard 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 5
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Pitching: LHP Gordie Stewart
Now in RF: Bill Reinhard
Batting: LHB Howie Hoffman 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Tony Wiswell 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4M, EV 104.4 MPH)
Howie Hoffman to second
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
3-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RD, EV 109.4 MPH)
Howie Hoffman scores
Tony Wiswell to third
Batting: LHB Grady Smith 0-0: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 102.5 MPH), Distance : 395 ft
Pitching: RHP Eddie Yandow
Pinch Hitting: RHB Phil Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 100.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Vern Boyd 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jack Conklin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Houston 5 - Detroit 5
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP Bill Gelbaugh
Pitching: RHP Danny Wilson
Now at C: Bill Stevenson
Now in LF: Jack Moore
Pinch Hitting: RHB Dave Green 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Pitching: RHP Jay Hunt
Pinch Hitting: RHB John Simmons 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 76.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jack Boyd 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
3-2: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bob Liggins 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 80.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 5 - Detroit 5
TOP OF THE 10TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Eddie Yandow
Pitching: RHP Johnny Ogden
Now at 1B: Jack Boyd
Now at 3B: Dave Green
Now at SS: Bob Liggins
Now in CF: Bill Reinhard
Now in RF: John Simmons
Pinch Hitting: LHB Bobby Thompson 0-0: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tex Hendricks 0-0: Sac Bunt to 5S - play at first, batter OUT! 5-3
Bobby Thompson to second
Pinch Hitting: SHB Clyde Bradshaw 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tony Wiswell 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 63.8 MPH)
Top of the 10th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Houston 5 - Detroit 5
BOTTOM OF THE 10TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Pitching: RHP Cy Boyd
Now at 1B: Bobby Thompson
Now at SS: Clyde Bradshaw
Batting: SHB Jim Wilson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 106.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Don Ayers 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 105.6 MPH), Distance : 406 ft
Bottom of the 10th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 5 - Detroit 6
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