MLB
NEW YORK EMPIRES @ DETROIT WOLVERINES
09/20/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Juan Rodriguez
Pitching: LHP Juan Rodriguez
Batting: RHB Roger Hickey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 77.5 MPH)
Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd with throw by RF
Batting: LHB Rick Lintner 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Roger Hickey scores
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
3-2: Strikes out swinging passed ball, reaches first!
Batting: RHB Al Castro 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 101.9 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 1 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Pitching: LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: RHB Duane Simmons 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Emil Wathen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Pete Morrison 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 93.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; New York 1 - Detroit 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Juan Rodriguez
Batting: RHB Javier Abarca 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 75.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ron Ardis 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25, EV 83.1 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; New York 1 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bob Gilley 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Booker Lee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 81.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; New York 1 - Detroit 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Juan Rodriguez
Batting: LHB Jon Pierce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Roger Hickey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunt missed!
1-1: Bunted foul
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5L, EV 66.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, P, EV 81.9 MPH)
Jon Pierce to second
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MS, EV 85.0 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 1 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: RHB Chuck McCormick 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Joe Cooper 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Juan Rodriguez 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Sac Bunt to 23 - play at first, batter OUT! 3-4
Joe Cooper to second
Batting: RHB Duane Simmons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 1 - Detroit 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Juan Rodriguez
Batting: LHB Rick Lintner 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Al Castro 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Javier Abarca 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 90.6 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; New York 1 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: RHB Emil Wathen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Pete Morrison 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4D, EV 66.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 104.4 MPH), Distance : 430 ft
Batting: RHB Bob Gilley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 67.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Booker Lee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 left on base; New York 1 - Detroit 2
TOP OF THE 5TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Juan Rodriguez
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ron Ardis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
2-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jon Pierce 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; New York 1 - Detroit 2
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: RHB Chuck McCormick 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Joe Cooper 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 2L, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Juan Rodriguez 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Sac Bunt to 15 - play at second, runner OUT! 1-6
Batting: RHB Duane Simmons 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Juan Rodriguez to second
Batting: RHB Emil Wathen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 3SF, EV 78.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; New York 1 - Detroit 2
TOP OF THE 6TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Juan Rodriguez
Batting: RHB Roger Hickey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMFF
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 34, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rick Lintner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 110.6 MPH)
Lowell Bickle to third
Lowell Bickle scores
Batting: RHB Al Castro 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 95.6 MPH)
Rick Lintner to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Pitching: RHP Tim McGovern
Batting: RHB Javier Abarca 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 3 - Detroit 2
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: LHB Pete Morrison 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: TRIPLE (Flyball, 9LD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: DOUBLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Pete Morrison scores
Batting: RHB Bob Gilley 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 8LS, EV 90.6 MPH)
Troy Stallings to third
Batting: RHB Booker Lee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 105.6 MPH)
Troy Stallings scores
Bob Gilley to second
Batting: RHB Chuck McCormick 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 100.6 MPH)
Bob Gilley to third
Batting: RHB Joe Cooper 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 5, EV 82.5 MPH)
Bob Gilley scores
Pinch Hitting: RHB Randy Cowell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; New York 3 - Detroit 5
TOP OF THE 7TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : RHP Tim McGovern
Pitching: RHP Paul Carter
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 101.3 MPH)
DELAY Rain delay of 33 minutes in the 7th inning.
Batting: RHB Ron Ardis 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 106.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jim Caldwell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4M, EV 73.8 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; New York 3 - Detroit 5
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Pitching: LHP Steve Carroll
Batting: RHB Duane Simmons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Emil Wathen 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Pete Morrison 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, 13, EV 70.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 94.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 3 - Detroit 5
TOP OF THE 8TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : RHP Paul Carter
Batting: RHB Roger Hickey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 93.1 MPH), Distance : 347 ft
Batting: LHB Rick Lintner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 9S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Pinch Runner at 1st Dave Goss:
Batting: RHB Al Castro 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D, EV 108.8 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 4 - Detroit 5
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Steve Carroll
Now at 3B: Steve Gay
Batting: RHB Bob Gilley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 13, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Booker Lee 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck McCormick 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 106.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; New York 4 - Detroit 5
TOP OF THE 9TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : RHP Paul Carter
Batting: RHB Javier Abarca 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 104.4 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Dave Martin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 110.0 MPH), Distance : 408 ft
Pinch Hitting: SHB Eddie Ellison 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Roger Hickey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Bunted foul
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 64.4 MPH)
Eddie Ellison to second
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; New York 6 - Detroit 5
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Steve Carroll
Pitching: LHP Jack Pratt
Now at C: Eddie Ellison
Now in LF: Buzz Deakins
Batting: RHB Joe Cooper 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4S, EV 66.9 MPH) (infield hit)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jerry Plumley 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 105.0 MPH) (infield hit)
Joe Cooper to second
Batting: RHB Duane Simmons 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd, no throw by RF
Batting: RHB Emil Wathen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Jerry Plumley to second
Batting: LHB Pete Morrison 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
2-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 13, EV 81.3 MPH)
Joe Cooper scores
Jerry Plumley scores
Bottom of the 9th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; New York 6 - Detroit 7
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