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DENVER BRUINS @ NEW ORLEANS SHOWBOATS
05/08/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : LHP Jimmy Blair
Pitching: LHP Jimmy Blair
Batting: LHB Vern Boyd 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Gleaton 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Pitching: RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: LHB Ed MacNaughton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6, EV 69.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Crane 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5F, EV 61.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Lorang 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Al Marino 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Tom Lorang to second
Batting: SHB Carlos Zamudio 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 60.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : LHP Jimmy Blair
Batting: LHB Grady Smith 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Al Rogers 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: RHB Bob Smith 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Howdy Oakes 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Lou Geyer 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 95.0 MPH), Distance : 371 ft
Batting: LHB Jimmy Blair 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : LHP Jimmy Blair
Batting: LHB Aaron Courtney 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 68.8 MPH)
Aaron Courtney to third
Batting: RHB Johnny Blackburn 0-0: Fielders Choice at home, 6-2 (Groundball, 6, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Vern Boyd 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 102.5 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: LHB Ed MacNaughton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Crane 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Bunt missed!
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 93.1 MPH)
Ed MacNaughton to second
Ed MacNaughton to third
Batting: RHB Tom Lorang 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3F, EV 59.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Al Marino 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 76.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Carlos Zamudio 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : LHP Jimmy Blair
Batting: RHB Bill Gleaton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Grady Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Al Rogers 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Lindsay Cohn to second
Lindsay Cohn to third
Pitching: RHP Van Taylor
Now in LF: Joe Cantrell
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Hit by Pitch
Al Rogers to second
Batting: LHB Aaron Courtney 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Batting: RHB Bob Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Howdy Oakes 0-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Bob Smith to third
Batting: LHB Lou Geyer 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Joe Cantrell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 87.5 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by CF
Batting: LHB Ed MacNaughton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 2
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Van Taylor
Pitching: RHP Owen Lantz
Now at 3B: Chuck Moore
Now in RF: Dick Baker
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: RHB Rich Harper 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 68.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Howie Hoffman 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 64.4 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 2
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Johnny Blackburn
Pitching: RHP Ken McDonough
Now at 1B: Howie Hoffman
Now at 3B: Jack Conklin
Batting: LHB Dick Baker 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Moore 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Dick Baker to second
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 106.9 MPH)
Dick Baker to third
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bill Neff 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Grounds into double play, 1-6-3 (Groundball, 23, EV 75.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB George Fox 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Dick Baker scores
Pinch Hitting: RHB Virgil Belisle 0-0: Ball
George Fox is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 3
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Owen Lantz
Now at 1B: Virgil Belisle
Now at 2B: Bill Neff
Now at SS: Tommy Ashton
Pinch Hitting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 68.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Red Cole 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Pinch Hitting: RHB Tony Wiswell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 91.9 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 3
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Ken McDonough
Pitching: RHP Frank Hunter
Now at C: Bill Stevenson
Now at SS: Maury Moore
Now in LF: Red Cole
Now in CF: Tony Wiswell
Now in RF: Aaron Courtney
Batting: RHB Virgil Belisle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 101.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Dode Best 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 95.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Frank Bradshaw 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 96.3 MPH), Distance : 370 ft
Batting: SHB Joe Cantrell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 82.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 4
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Owen Lantz
Pitching: RHP Charlie Blake
Now at C: Gene Langford
Now in CF: Frank Bradshaw
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Bill Stevenson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Conklin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 4
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Frank Hunter
Pitching: RHP Bill Murphy
Now at 2B: Maury Moore
Now at SS: Bill Blair
Now in CF: Hank Andrew
Now in RF: Tony Wiswell
Batting: RHB Gene Langford 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Dick Baker 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Moore 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Dick Baker to second
Batting: RHB Bill Neff 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tommy Ashton 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 108.1 MPH)
Dick Baker to third
Chuck Moore to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Chuck Moore to third
Tommy Ashton to second
Batting: RHB Virgil Belisle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 0 - Washington 5
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Charlie Blake
Pinch Hitting: RHB Phil Woods 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Howie Hoffman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Phil Woods to second
Batting: RHB Maury Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Phil Woods to third
Howie Hoffman to second
Pinch Hitting: LHB Bobby Thompson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 90.0 MPH)
Phil Woods scores
Howie Hoffman to third
Pinch Hitting: LHB Rafael Morales 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 90.6 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Washington 5
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Washington Eagles batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Bill Murphy
Pitching: RHP Danny Wilson
Now in LF: Bobby Thompson
Now in RF: Phil Woods
Pinch Hitting: LHB Roberto Lopez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
2-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Bradshaw 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Tony Allen 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gene Langford 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Washington 5
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Washington Eagles : RHP Charlie Blake
Pitching: LHP Jerry Walton
Now in LF: Tony Allen
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Stevenson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 85.6 MPH)
Bill Stevenson to second
Batting: RHB Jack Conklin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Phil Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSFF
3-2: Base on Balls
Bill Stevenson to third
Hank Andrew to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Les Reid 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 left on base; Houston 1 - Washington 5
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