MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
KANSAS CITY BULLS AT ST. LOUIS EXPLORERS
07/17/1974
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
KANSAS CITY BULLS AT ST. LOUIS EXPLORERS
GAME ID: 1272 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 17TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City Bulls (48-43) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 0
St. Louis Explorers (50-43) 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 X 7 8 0
Estes Schools Kansas City in 7-2 St. Louis Triumph
St. Louis Explorers starter Harlan Estes found his groove in his team's 7-2 win over the Kansas City Bulls. The St. Louis win streak is now 4 games.

Estes, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, was dealing all game. He kept Kansas City hitters off-balance, while giving the Explorers 7 quality innings. Estes threw 100 pitches, allowing 3 hits and striking out 6.

"The key at this level is throwing strike one," said Estes. "Successful pitchers do it."
KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. McLemore CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .287 2 13
A. Amador 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .302 5 23
C. Taylor LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .280 19 54
K. Durick RF 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 .343 13 36
R. Turner 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .226 2 7
M. Alva SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .209 7 29
D. Boggs 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .236 7 28
I. Smith C 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .241 2 17
T. McDonald P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .133 1 7
   T. Mitchell P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .120 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2 3 9 9      
BATTING
Doubles: C. Taylor (19, 1st Inning off H. Estes, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: K. Durick (13, 9th Inning off B. Tate, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: H. McLemore , A. Amador 2 , C. Taylor 2 , K. Durick 4 , D. Boggs
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Durick , D. Boggs , I. Smith
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Durick (2)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Darnell 3B 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 .328 0 20
K. Osterhage CF 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 .252 9 45
T. Adams 1B 3 0 2 4 0 1 0 .317 7 35
   a-F. Martinez PH, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210 1 11
G. Parker RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .291 10 47
C. Panetta LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .227 4 24
C. Bartels C 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .189 6 32
T. Guinn SS 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .281 1 20
D. Bieler 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .260 3 35
H. Estes P 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 .175 0 1
   B. Tate P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   D. Lott P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 0 3
Totals 31 7 8 7 4 2 16      
a - F. Martinez pinch hit for T. Adams in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: G. Parker (23, 2nd Inning off T. McDonald, 0 on, 0 outs) , C. Panetta (14, 4th Inning off T. McDonald, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Adams (15, 4th Inning off T. McDonald, 3 on, 2 outs)
Triples: T. Guinn (6, 2nd Inning off T. McDonald, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Adams 3 , G. Parker 2 , C. Panetta 2 , T. Guinn 3 , D. Bieler 2 , H. Estes
2-out RBI: J. Darnell , K. Osterhage , T. Adams 2 , T. Guinn
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , G. Parker 2 , D. Bieler
Sac Bunt: K. Osterhage
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Osterhage(Amador at 2nd base))
KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. McDonald L (9-9) 3.2 7 7 7 3 1 0 70 3.19   
T. Mitchell 4.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 47 5.16   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. McDonald 15
Batters Faced: T. McDonald 21, T. Mitchell 15
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. McDonald 7-3, T. Mitchell 7-5
Pitches - Strikes: T. McDonald 70-41, T. Mitchell 47-30
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Mitchell 1-0
WP: T. McDonald
Balk: T. McDonald
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
H. Estes W (7-2) 7.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 100 2.92   
B. Tate 1.2 3 2 2 1 3 1 37 3.16   
D. Lott 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.58   
PITCHING
Game Score: H. Estes 75
Batters Faced: H. Estes 25, B. Tate 9, D. Lott 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: H. Estes 9-5, B. Tate 1-1, D. Lott 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: H. Estes 100-68, B. Tate 37-21, D. Lott 7-4
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Lott 2-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Harlan Estes
Ballpark: Corps of Discovery Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (79 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM CT
Time: 2:42
Attendance: 18879
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