MLB
HOUSTON DRILLERS @ TWIN CITIES NORTHMEN
08/08/1975
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : LHP Bob Freeland
Pitching: LHP Bob Freeland
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Ball
1-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 78D, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 103.1 MPH)
Mike Wells to third
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 93.1 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by CF
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Mike Brown
Pitching: RHP Mike Brown
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LSF, EV 75.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Twin Cities 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : LHP Bob Freeland
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 76.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jerry Duersch 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Mike Brown 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Mike Brown
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Ball
1-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 95.6 MPH), Distance : 346 ft
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Rick Giardina 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Rick Giardina to second
2-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3F, EV 69.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : LHP Bob Freeland
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 5D, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 78XD, EV 110.0 MPH)
Mike Wells to third
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 90.0 MPH)
Mike Wells scores
Mike Lockhart to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 93.1 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Mike Brown
Batting: RHB Bob Freeland 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to 13S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Bob Freeland to second
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56S, EV 80.0 MPH)
Bob Freeland to third
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 96.3 MPH), Distance : 360 ft
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 92.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 4
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : LHP Bob Freeland
Batting: RHB Jerry Duersch 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Mike Brown 0-0: Bunt - Flyout to 15S! F1
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 85.0 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 4
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Mike Brown
Batting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 100.0 MPH), Distance : 366 ft
Batting: LHB Rick Giardina 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bob Freeland 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to 2R - play at first, batter OUT! 2-3
Rick Giardina to second
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4M, EV 69.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 5
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : LHP Bob Freeland
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Hit by Pitch
Jackie Frost to second
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 95.0 MPH), Distance : 342 ft
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Jerry Duersch 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Rich Lewis to second
1-1: Intentional Walk
Pitching: RHP Jose Menendez
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Grounds into double play, 1-4-3 (Groundball, P, EV 65.0 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 5
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Mike Brown
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 66.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 5
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Jose Menendez
Batting: LHB Mike Brown 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 93.8 MPH)
Mike Wells to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by LF made to third
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.1 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 5
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Mike Brown
Batting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Rick Giardina 0-0: Sac Bunt to 5S - play at second, runner OUT! 5-6
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 34, EV 102.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Noland Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6D, EV 101.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 5
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Jose Menendez
Pitching: RHP Gary Forgette
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 68.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5L, EV 68.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jerry Duersch 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 5
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Mike Brown
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 98.8 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Tom McAteer
Now at SS: Al Thompson
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Melvin Perez to third
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4M, EV 85.0 MPH)
Melvin Perez scores
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
David Davalos to second
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
David Davalos to third
Carl Jacobs to second
Batting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Rick Giardina 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 99.4 MPH)
David Davalos scores
Carl Jacobs scores
Buddy Shingleton to third
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Chris Berman 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Buddy Shingleton scores
Rick Giardina to third
Steve Pavey to second
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Reached via error on a dropped throw from 3B, E4 (Groundball, 56, EV 108.8 MPH)
Rick Giardina scores
Steve Pavey to third
Chris Berman to second
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: Base on Balls
Steve Pavey scores
Chris Berman to third
Melvin Perez to second
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 103.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 6 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 3 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 11
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Gary Forgette
Pitching: LHP Jeff Jordan
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Al Thompson 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 11
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Tom McAteer
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 80.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 11
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : LHP Jeff Jordan
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6S, EV 61.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 11
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