MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
HOUSTON DRILLERS AT SEATTLE EMERALDS
08/05/1974
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
HOUSTON DRILLERS AT SEATTLE EMERALDS
GAME ID: 1536 - MONDAY, AUGUST 5TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Drillers (60-52) 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 13 0
Seattle Emeralds (50-59) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Castro Schools Seattle in 5-1 Houston Triumph
The Houston Drillers rode a solid performance from 27-year-old starting pitcher Francisco Castro to a win, beating the Seattle Emeralds, 5-1, at Puget Field. Houston is 60-52 and Seattle, with the loss, 50-59.

Castro tossed 103 pitches over 8 innings to clinch the win for the Drillers. The right-hander allowed just 5 hits, while racking up 11 strikeouts in the game.

"Francisco just settled in and did what he does," said Houston manager Jared Placeholder.
HOUSTON BATTING LINESCORE SEATTLE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Frost RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .293 5 44
M. Sisson CF 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .246 19 55
M. Lockhart LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .268 8 54
W. Fields 3B 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .247 15 68
L. Ward 2B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .248 12 49
R. Lewis C 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .269 7 30
J. Medrano 1B 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 .321 2 17
J. Johnson SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .202 1 12
F. Castro P 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .222 0 3
   a-C. Fee PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 10 31
   H. Mitchell P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 37 5 13 5 1 1 12      
a - C. Fee pinch hit for F. Castro in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Lockhart (21, 7th Inning off F. Wild, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Frost , M. Sisson , M. Lockhart 2 , W. Fields 2 , L. Ward , R. Lewis 2 , J. Medrano 2 , J. Johnson , F. Castro 2
2-out RBI: W. Fields , R. Lewis , J. Medrano 2 , J. Johnson
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Frost , L. Ward
GIDP: R. Lewis , J. Medrano
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Sisson (30)
CS: J. Frost (11)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Medrano-Johnson-Medrano)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Salazar CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .242 9 32
A. Rojas RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .229 2 15
C. Hall 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .295 10 52
A. Link C 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .274 0 14
   b-D. Guest PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .237 5 38
M. Marcas 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250 0 0
R. Soto SS 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 .243 9 44
M. Green LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0
G. Patterson 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .276 2 8
B. Lemley P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
   L. Finkel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   F. Wild P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-J. Guerra PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238 3 17
   T. Westfield P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1 1 12 11      
a - J. Guerra pinch hit for F. Wild in the 8th
b - D. Guest pinch hit for A. Link in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: A. Rojas (16, 9th Inning off H. Mitchell, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: R. Soto (9, 5th Inning off F. Castro, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: A. Rojas 2 , M. Marcas , R. Soto 5 , M. Green , G. Patterson
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Salazar , A. Rojas , M. Marcas
GIDP: M. Green
Sac Bunt: B. Lemley
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Green (1)
CS: C. Hall (2)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Soto-Patterson-Marcas, Soto-Patterson-Marcas)
HOUSTON PITCHING LINESCORE SEATTLE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
F. Castro W (8-8) 8.0 5 1 1 1 11 1 103 3.27   
H. Mitchell 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 22 2.01   
PITCHING
Game Score: F. Castro 78
Batters Faced: F. Castro 28, H. Mitchell 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: F. Castro 5-6, H. Mitchell 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: F. Castro 103-68, H. Mitchell 22-13
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Lemley L (0-1) 5.1 6 2 2 0 1 0 65 3.38   
L. Finkel 0.2 5 3 3 1 0 0 31 40.50   
F. Wild 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 2.19   
T. Westfield 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5.40   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Lemley 49
Batters Faced: B. Lemley 20, L. Finkel 8, F. Wild 7, T. Westfield 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Lemley 5-8, L. Finkel 0-2, F. Wild 3-2, T. Westfield 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: B. Lemley 65-46, L. Finkel 31-15, F. Wild 20-15, T. Westfield 4-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: L. Finkel 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Francisco Castro
Ballpark: Puget Field
Weather: Partly Cloudy (65 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM PT
Time: 2:36
Attendance: 14103
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