MLB
HOUSTON DRILLERS @ NEW YORK EMPIRES
08/17/1972
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Pitching: LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: LHB Armando Amador 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dave Van Loon
Pitching: RHP Dave Van Loon
Batting: RHB Javier Abarca 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Roger Hickey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3S, EV 76.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dave Van Loon
Batting: LHB Rick Lintner 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Al Castro 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 87.5 MPH)
Al Castro to second
Batting: LHB Dave Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6M, EV 79.4 MPH)
Al Castro to third
Batting: LHB Earl Petersen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Don Martinez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Van Loon 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dave Van Loon
Batting: LHB Jon Pierce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 71.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Javier Abarca 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: LHB Armando Amador 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 74.4 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dave Van Loon
Batting: RHB Roger Hickey 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 89M, EV 108.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rick Lintner 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Al Castro 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 71.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Sac Bunt to 5S - play at first, batter OUT! 5-3
Wade Fields to second
Batting: RHB Don Martinez 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Dave Van Loon 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 97.5 MPH)
Wade Fields to third
Don Martinez to second
Batting: LHB Armando Amador 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dave Van Loon
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 68.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dave Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Earl Petersen 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 100.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Fly out, F1 (Popup, 15, EV 76.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
Lou Ward is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dave Van Loon
Pinch Hitting: RHB Mark Goen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Javier Abarca 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunt - Flyout to 15S! F1
Batting: RHB Roger Hickey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 78D, EV 93.1 MPH)
Javier Abarca to third
Batting: LHB Rick Lintner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 85.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Pitching: RHP Tom Duncan
Pinch Hitting: LHB Joe Burke 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: Base on Balls
Joe Burke to second
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 100.6 MPH)
Joe Burke to third
Pinch Hitting: SHB Bobby Jackson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 0
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dave Van Loon
Now at 3B: Ed Shofner
Now at SS: Chuck Walton
Batting: RHB Al Castro 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Dave Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 91.9 MPH)
Al Castro to third
Batting: LHB Earl Petersen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 108.8 MPH)
Al Castro scores
Batting: SHB Tom Duncan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 92.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 1
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : RHP Tom Duncan
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jim Medrano 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 64.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Armando Amador 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 1
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dave Van Loon
Pitching: LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: RHB Javier Abarca 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Roger Hickey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 82.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - New York 1
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : RHP Tom Duncan
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 80.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: SHB Eddie Ellison 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 101.9 MPH), Distance : 399 ft
Batting: RHB Chuck Walton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Hit by Pitch
Rich Lewis to second
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 9th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 1 - New York 1
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Now at C: Rich Lewis
Now in LF: Eddie Ellison
Batting: LHB Rick Lintner 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Al Castro 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 103.1 MPH), Distance : 382 ft
Bottom of the 9th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - New York 2
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