MLB
HOUSTON DRILLERS @ TWIN CITIES NORTHMEN
07/31/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Roger Long
Pitching: RHP Roger Long
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 81.3 MPH)
Runner from 1st tags up, SAFE at 2nd
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 91.3 MPH), Distance : 341 ft
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Pitching: RHP Rick McStay
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Miguel Preciado 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 65.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Roger Long
Batting: RHB Jim Medrano 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Jim Medrano to second
Batting: RHB Rick McStay 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Sac Bunt to 15S - play at third, runner OUT! 1-6
Jim Johnson to second
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 80.6 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMFF
1-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 103.8 MPH), Distance : 394 ft
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Earl Haack 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Buddy Shingleton is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Roger Long
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 63.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 23F, EV 86.9 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB John Kinney 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3, EV 72.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Roger Long 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Miguel Preciado 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Darrell Miller to second
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 103.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Roger Long
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3, EV 64.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Medrano 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Wade Fields is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 89M, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 90.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Roger Long
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Rick McStay 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.0 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB Earl Haack 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Kinney 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Roger Long 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Sac Bunt to 13 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Earl Haack to second
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 23, EV 87.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Roger Long
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Popup, 4D, EV 53.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
Mark Sisson steals 2nd base (no throw)
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 110.0 MPH)
Mark Sisson to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB Miguel Preciado 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 56D, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
Miguel Preciado is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6, EV 74.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 80.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Roger Long
Batting: RHB Jim Medrano 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Rick McStay 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Earl Haack 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Kinney 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 2LF, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Roger Long
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 8LS, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-1: Ball
Mark Sisson steals 2nd base
2-1: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 108.1 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Now in LF: Mark Sisson
Now in CF: Mickey Hoffman
Pinch Hitting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 99.4 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Larry Bilski
Now in CF: Bobby Jackson
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Miguel Preciado 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Greg Clement to second
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Greg Clement to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
David Davalos to second
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 2
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Roger Long
Pitching: RHP Paul Whitaker
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Medrano 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, P, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 68.1 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 2
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Larry Bilski
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 76.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Rick Giardina 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, P, EV 83.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 2
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