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DENVER BRUINS @ DES MOINES DEVILS
05/12/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : LHP Bill Pellegrino
Pitching: LHP Bill Pellegrino
Batting: RHB George Whaley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Bill Gleaton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5L, EV 65.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Grady Smith 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 78XD, EV 110.6 MPH)
George Whaley to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 1 - Minneapolis 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP John Mullins
Pitching: LHP John Mullins
Batting: SHB Heinie Spitler 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Gabe Peyton 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Heinie Spitler to second
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Rusty Robertson 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D, EV 106.3 MPH)
Heinie Spitler to third
John Edwards to second
Batting: RHB Bill Anderson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB John S. Smith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Houston 1 - Minneapolis 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : LHP Bill Pellegrino
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 23, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Mullins 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Sac Bunt to 23 - play at first, batter OUT! 3-4
Danny Martin to second
Batting: RHB George Whaley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Minneapolis 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP John Mullins
Batting: LHB Ken Hubbard 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Batting: LHB Stan Czerwinski 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Pellegrino 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Minneapolis 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : LHP Bill Pellegrino
Batting: RHB Bill Gleaton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hank Andrew 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Grady Smith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 13, EV 78.1 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Minneapolis 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP John Mullins
Batting: SHB Heinie Spitler 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gabe Peyton 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Bunted foul
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB John Edwards 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 102.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Minneapolis 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : LHP Bill Pellegrino
Batting: RHB Lindsay Cohn 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Milt Rush 0-0: Sac Bunt to 13S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Lindsay Cohn to second
Batting: RHB Bill Blair 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Danny Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 34, EV 88.1 MPH)
Lindsay Cohn to third
Batting: RHB John Mullins 0-0: Called Strike
Pickoff Throw to First - Out! 1-3
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Minneapolis 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : LHP John Mullins
Pitching: RHP Bill Murphy
Now at 3B: Larry Underwood
Batting: SHB Rusty Robertson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Anderson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S, EV 68.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB John S. Smith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 90.6 MPH), Distance : 327 ft
Batting: LHB Ken Hubbard 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 66.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Minneapolis 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : LHP Bill Pellegrino
Now at 1B: Wally Austin
Now at 2B: Bob Vernon
Now at SS: Heinie Spitler
Now in CF: Dick DiFilippo
Now in RF: Joe Bateman
Batting: RHB Larry Underwood 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 90.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Howie Hoffman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Bill Gleaton 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 91.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jack Conklin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Howie Hoffman is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Minneapolis 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Bill Murphy
Pitching: RHP Jay Hunt
Now at C: Ricky Gomez
Now at 1B: Howie Hoffman
Now at 2B: Al Rogers
Now at SS: Tex Hendricks
Now in LF: Red Cole
Now in CF: Tony Wiswell
Batting: LHB Stan Czerwinski 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 93.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Dan Perkins 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Heinie Spitler 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78D, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Joe Bateman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Minneapolis 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : LHP Bill Pellegrino
Pitching: RHP Freddy Bradshaw
Now at 3B: George Marsolek
Now at SS: Diego Vazquez
Batting: SHB Al Rogers 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 90.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Phil Woods 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4M, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tex Hendricks 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Phil Woods to second
Batting: RHB Ricky Gomez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Pinch Hitting: LHB Rafael Morales 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base; Houston 1 - Minneapolis 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Jay Hunt
Pitching: RHP Frank Hunter
Now at 1B: Howie Hoffman
Now in LF: Vern Boyd
Now in CF: Red Cole
Now in RF: Phil Woods
Batting: RHB Wally Austin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Dick DiFilippo 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Frank Hayes 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LD, EV 111.3 MPH)
Dick DiFilippo to third
Batting: LHB George Marsolek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 78S, EV 93.8 MPH)
Dick DiFilippo scores
Frank Hayes to third
Batting: RHB Bob Vernon 0-0: Called Strike
George Marsolek is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 101.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Minneapolis 2
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : RHP Freddy Bradshaw
Pitching: LHP Bill Holmes
Now in LF: Ed Norris
Batting: RHB Red Cole 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Larry Underwood 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Howie Hoffman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Larry Underwood to second
Batting: LHB Vern Boyd 0-0: Ball
1-0: Hit by Pitch
Larry Underwood to third
Howie Hoffman to second
Batting: SHB Al Rogers 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Grounds into fielders choice 3-2 (Groundball, 34S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Howie Hoffman to third
Vern Boyd to second
Batting: RHB Phil Woods 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 56D, EV 88.1 MPH)
Howie Hoffman scores
Vern Boyd to third
Al Rogers to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to home
Batting: RHB Tex Hendricks 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.1 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 3 - Minneapolis 2
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Frank Hunter
Pitching: RHP Ken McDonough
Batting: LHB Stan Czerwinski 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Diego Vazquez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Norris 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
3-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - Minneapolis 2
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : LHP Bill Holmes
Batting: RHB Ricky Gomez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 80.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Julian Guerra 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Red Cole 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: SHB Bill Clement 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 3 - Minneapolis 2
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Ken McDonough
Pitching: RHP Cy Boyd
Now at 3B: Bill Clement
Batting: RHB Joe Bateman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Pinch Hitting: LHB Dean Estes 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dick DiFilippo 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - Minneapolis 2
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Comets batting - Pitching for Minneapolis Millers : LHP Bill Holmes
Pitching: RHP Ralph Pierce
Now at 1B: Red Clay
Pinch Hitting: RHB Rich Harper 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Vern Boyd 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 78.1 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Paul Taylor 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Phil Woods 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 110.6 MPH)
Paul Taylor to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Phil Woods to second
Batting: RHB Tex Hendricks 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 104.4 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 3 - Minneapolis 2
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Minneapolis Millers batting - Pitching for Houston Comets : RHP Cy Boyd
Pitching: RHP Bill Morrison
Now at 1B: Chet Dickinson
Now at 2B: Paul Taylor
Pinch Hitting: SHB Frank Adams 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB George Marsolek 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 95.6 MPH)
Frank Adams to second
Pinch Runner at 2nd Cliff Peterson:
Batting: RHB Bob Vernon 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Cliff Peterson to third
George Marsolek to second
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Al Ormsby 0-0: Ball
1-0: Grounds into fielders choice 5-2 (Groundball, 5, EV 100.6 MPH)
George Marsolek to third
Bob Vernon to second
Batting: RHB Diego Vazquez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RD, EV 109.4 MPH)
George Marsolek scores
Bob Vernon scores
Bottom of the 9th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 3 - Minneapolis 4
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