MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CHICAGO TRADERS AT DENVER BURROS
07/06/1972
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CHICAGO TRADERS AT DENVER BURROS
GAME ID: 1213 - THURSDAY, JULY 6TH , 1972 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago Traders (43-43) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 0
Denver Burros (47-39) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 X 5 9 0
Chicago Tumbles Again, Falls, 5-3, to Denver
The Denver Burros defeated the Chicago Traders, 5-3, in National Baseball League action at Gates Crescent Park. David Smith pulled his weight. The 9-year veteran was 3 for 4 with 3 singles. He scored 2 runs. Bob Langham, who led the NBL in saves with 30 in 1970, was the winner in relief. His record is now 2-5. The losing pitcher was Jose Mojica. The second-place Burros have won 4 in a row.

Tom Gregory, who was drafted in the 2nd round of the 1967 draft, helped out the Denver cause in the bottom of the fourth inning with a run-scoring single. For the game, the second baseman was 2 for 4 with 2 singles. He drove in 2 runs.

Said Denver manager Clark Anderson: "At the end of the day, these guys have to perform between the lines, and I think they did."
CHICAGO BATTING LINESCORE DENVER BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Fuentes 2B 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 .300 1 23
F. Precourt CF 3 0 1 1 0 0 6 .307 1 41
J. Sledd 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .318 9 39
J. Madsen LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .273 11 46
J. Benson RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .276 7 47
E. White C 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 .239 4 30
G. Russell 3B 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 .215 8 30
D. Lindsey SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .227 0 10
   a-T. Rathbone PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 1 3
J. Mojica P 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 0 2
   W. Matz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
   b-W. McCord PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .281 0 11
Totals 33 3 11 3 3 3 21      
a - T. Rathbone pinch hit for D. Lindsey in the 9th
b - W. McCord pinch hit for W. Matz in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: G. Russell (12, 2nd Inning off B. Cardenas, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: R. Fuentes (3, 3rd Inning off B. Cardenas, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Madsen (3, 8th Inning off B. Langham, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: E. White (4, 2nd Inning off B. Cardenas, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: R. Fuentes 4 , F. Precourt , J. Sledd , J. Madsen 4 , J. Benson , E. White 4 , G. Russell 3 , D. Lindsey
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. White , J. Mojica 2
GIDP: F. Precourt , J. Sledd , J. Madsen , G. Russell
Sac Bunt: F. Precourt
Team LOB: 7
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
G. Moret RF 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 .328 19 39
J. Crabtree 1B 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .275 12 50
L. Sentner LF 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .224 15 50
   b-J. Bitting CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 4 17
J. Robinson 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .261 11 40
D. Smith CF, LF 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 .233 3 34
B. Raley SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .241 3 25
T. Gregory 2B 4 0 2 2 0 1 2 .259 1 16
T. Clark C 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 .209 3 21
   c-G. Gregory C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169 1 5
B. Cardenas P 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .184 0 2
   a-D. Davis PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .271 0 5
   B. Langham P 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 4 6 5 19      
a - D. Davis pinch hit for B. Cardenas in the 6th
b - J. Bitting substituted for L. Sentner in the 8th
c - G. Gregory substituted for T. Clark in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Crabtree (17, 7th Inning off J. Mojica, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: G. Moret , J. Crabtree 2 , D. Smith 3 , T. Gregory 2 , B. Cardenas 2
2-out RBI: , T. Gregory 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Crabtree , T. Clark , B. Langham , D. Davis
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: G. Moret (53) , D. Smith 3 (28)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 4 (Raley-Gregory-Crabtree, Gregory-Raley-Crabtree, Gregory-Raley-Crabtree, Gregory-Raley-Crabtree)
CHICAGO PITCHING LINESCORE DENVER PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Mojica L (3-8) 6.0 8 5 5 4 3 0 102 5.11   
W. Matz 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 32 1.12   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Mojica 35
Batters Faced: J. Mojica 30, W. Matz 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Mojica 9-6, W. Matz 3-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Mojica 102-65, W. Matz 32-16
Inherited Runners - Scored: W. Matz 2-2
WP: W. Matz
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Cardenas 6.0 8 2 2 3 2 1 96 1.82   
B. Langham W (2-5) 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 43 3.67   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Cardenas 47
Batters Faced: B. Cardenas 27, B. Langham 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Cardenas 10-4, B. Langham 2-4
Pitches - Strikes: B. Cardenas 96-59, B. Langham 43-27
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: David Smith
Ballpark: Gates Crescent Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (73 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM MT
Time: 2:43
Attendance: 17505
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