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DES MOINES DEVILS @ NEW ORLEANS SHOWBOATS
05/16/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Jack Williams
Pitching: RHP Jack Williams
Batting: LHB Bobby Martinez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 13, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Adam Byrd 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MS, EV 68.8 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB George Wagner 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-2: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Adam Byrd scores
Batting: RHB Frank Kirouac 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 101.3 MPH)
George Wagner scores
Batting: LHB Ed Cole 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.3 MPH)
Frank Kirouac scores
Batting: RHB Myles Barber 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 91.9 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 3 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Marty Yates
Pitching: LHP Marty Yates
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 65.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Lucas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Johnny Adams to second
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 106.3 MPH)
Johnny Adams scores
Jack Lucas to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to trailing runner, OUT at third! 9-3-5
Batting: RHB James Huffman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Sam Hamilton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Freddy Curtis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Boston 3 - Detroit 2
TOP OF THE 2ND
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Jack Williams
Batting: SHB Dick Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Walter Huckaby 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Marty Yates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to 23 - play at first, batter OUT! 3-4
Walter Huckaby to second
Batting: LHB Bobby Martinez 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 93.8 MPH)
Walter Huckaby to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Bobby Martinez to second
Batting: RHB Adam Byrd 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 76.9 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 4 - Detroit 2
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Marty Yates
Batting: RHB Ed Davis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Duke Bell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Jack Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Johnny Adams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 88.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 4 - Detroit 2
TOP OF THE 3RD
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Jack Williams
Batting: RHB George Wagner 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Kirouac 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ed Cole 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 76.3 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 4 - Detroit 2
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Marty Yates
Batting: RHB Jack Lucas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB James Huffman 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Sam Hamilton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 94.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 4 - Detroit 2
TOP OF THE 4TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Jack Williams
Batting: RHB Myles Barber 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Dick Miller 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 15, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Walter Huckaby 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Marty Yates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 88.8 MPH)
Walter Huckaby to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Pinch Hitting: RHB Vin Long 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 110.6 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 4 - Detroit 2
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Marty Yates
Now in RF: Jim Clark
Batting: RHB Freddy Curtis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Davis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4S, EV 70.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Duke Bell 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 4 - Detroit 2
TOP OF THE 5TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Jack Williams
Pitching: RHP Jesse Muller
Now at C: Harvey Van Orden
Now at 2B: Virgil Ewing
Now at 3B: Abas Agani
Now at SS: Bob Liggins
Batting: RHB Adam Byrd 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB George Wagner 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 84.4 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Dick Lee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 4 - Detroit 2
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Marty Yates
Now at SS: Joe Reed
Now in LF: Dick Lee
Batting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LSF, EV 88.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Chuck Dawson 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78D, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Abas Agani 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 98.1 MPH)
Chuck Dawson to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to home
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MS, EV 68.8 MPH)
Abas Agani to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Don Brown 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 93.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 4 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 6TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Jesse Muller
Pitching: RHP Stan Boone
Now at 1B: Jack Boyd
Now in LF: Chuck Dawson
Now in RF: Bob McNall
Pinch Hitting: LHB Dick Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Ball
2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 96.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Hal Mazur 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4M, EV 75.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Dick Miller 0-0: Ball
Dick Smith steals 3rd base
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Joe Reed 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-1: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Dick Smith scores
Pinch Hitting: RHB John Low 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 104.4 MPH)
Joe Reed to second
Joe Reed to third
Batting: SHB Jim Clark 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Boston 5 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Marty Yates
Pitching: RHP Charlie Williams
Now at 1B: Harry Green
Now at 2B: Hal Mazur
Now in CF: Frank McCarroll
Batting: RHB Bob Liggins 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 3S, EV 68.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bob McNall 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Boyd 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4D, EV 82.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 5 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 7TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Stan Boone
Pitching: RHP Orville Johnson
Now in LF: Buddy Ensey
Now in CF: Chuck Dawson
Pinch Hitting: RHB Clarence James 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMFF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Frank McCarroll 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Dick Lee 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25F, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Harry Green Pickoff Throw to First - Out! 1-3 CS
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 5 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Charlie Williams
Pitching: RHP Johnny Baylor
Now at 3B: Joe Roper
Batting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Chuck Dawson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Abas Agani 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 5 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 8TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Orville Johnson
Batting: RHB Harry Green 0-0: Hit by Pitch
Batting: LHB Hal Mazur 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Dick Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Harry Green to second
Batting: RHB Joe Reed 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Harry Green to third
Dick Miller to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Dick Miller to third
Joe Reed to second
Batting: RHB Joe Roper 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 3D, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Jim Clark 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 8th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 6 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : RHP Johnny Baylor
Pitching: LHP Bud Shireman
Batting: RHB Harvey Van Orden 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78S, EV 93.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bill Reinhard 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Bob Liggins 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 6 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 9TH
Boston Minutemen batting - Pitching for Detroit Dynamos : RHP Orville Johnson
Pitching: LHP Jack Vander Kooi
Pinch Hitting: LHB Bill Brewer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6M, EV 103.1 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Frank McCarroll 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4D, EV 56.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Chick Dickey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Harry Green 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Bill Brewer to second
Batting: LHB Hal Mazur 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Reached on error, E1 (Groundball, 15S, EV 70.0 MPH)
Bill Brewer to third
Harry Green to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bill Smith 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
0-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 34D, EV 93.1 MPH)
Bill Brewer scores
Harry Green to third
Hal Mazur to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Hal Mazur to third
Bill Smith to second
Batting: RHB Joe Reed 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 9th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Boston 8 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Detroit Dynamos batting - Pitching for Boston Minutemen : LHP Bud Shireman
Pitching: RHP Paul Sullivan
Now at C: Larry Irwin
Now in LF: Chick Dickey
Batting: LHB Buddy Ensey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bob McNall 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jack Boyd 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Bob McNall to second
Batting: RHB Virgil Ewing 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: RHB Claude Beck 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, U6 (Groundball, 6M, EV 103.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 8 - Detroit 3
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