MLB
ST. LOUIS EXPLORERS @ LOS ANGELES BLOCKBUSTERS
04/20/1973
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : LHP Billy Duprey
Pitching: LHP Billy Duprey
Batting: RHB Tommy Pickett 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Ken Osterhage 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to 13 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Tommy Pickett to second
Batting: RHB Adam Voeller 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Fernando Martinez 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Tommy Pickett to third
Adam Voeller to second
Batting: LHB Charlie Bartels 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Grounds into fielders choice U2 (Groundball, 15S, EV 69.4 MPH)
Adam Voeller to third
Fernando Martinez to second
Batting: RHB Dave Bieler 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 93.8 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Los Angeles 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : LHP Jorge Gonzalez
Pitching: LHP Jorge Gonzalez
Batting: RHB Rich Pakula 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Roger Adair 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4M, EV 54.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Los Angeles 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : LHP Billy Duprey
Batting: RHB Tom Guinn 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kevin Campbell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Jorge Gonzalez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunted foul
1-1: Sac Bunt to 2L - play at first, batter OUT! 2-3
Tom Guinn to second
Batting: RHB Tommy Pickett 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, P, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Los Angeles 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : LHP Jorge Gonzalez
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Duane Kennedy 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Ken Frederick to second
Batting: RHB Clinton Groce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Ken Frederick to third
Duane Kennedy to second
Batting: RHB Ron Bias 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Ken Frederick scores
Duane Kennedy to third
Clinton Groce to second
Batting: RHB Pedro Villamil 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Duane Kennedy scores
Clinton Groce to third
Ron Bias to second
Batting: LHB Billy Duprey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 76.9 MPH)
Clinton Groce scores
Ron Bias to third
Pedro Villamil to second
Batting: RHB Rich Pakula 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 75.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Roger Adair 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4S, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 108.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Los Angeles 3
TOP OF THE 3RD
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : LHP Billy Duprey
Batting: SHB Ken Osterhage 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Adam Voeller 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 7, EV 83.1 MPH)
Ken Osterhage to second
Batting: RHB Fernando Martinez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F1 (Line Drive, P, EV 70.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Charlie Bartels 0-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 98.1 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Los Angeles 3
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : LHP Jorge Gonzalez
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 5D, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Duane Kennedy 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Clinton Groce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Ken Frederick to second
Batting: RHB Ron Bias 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 89.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 0 - Los Angeles 3
TOP OF THE 4TH
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : LHP Billy Duprey
Batting: RHB Dave Bieler 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Guinn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Dave Bieler to second
Batting: LHB Kevin Campbell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 89S, EV 94.4 MPH)
Dave Bieler to third
Tom Guinn to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Jorge Gonzalez 0-0: Sac Bunt to 2L - play at first, batter OUT! 2-4
Tom Guinn to third
Kevin Campbell to second
Batting: RHB Tommy Pickett 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 81.9 MPH)
Tom Guinn scores
Kevin Campbell to third
Batting: SHB Ken Osterhage 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 3
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : LHP Jorge Gonzalez
Batting: RHB Pedro Villamil 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Billy Duprey 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rich Pakula 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89XD, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Roger Adair 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 76.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 3
TOP OF THE 5TH
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : LHP Billy Duprey
Batting: RHB Adam Voeller 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Fernando Martinez 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Sac Bunt to 15 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Adam Voeller to second
Batting: LHB Charlie Bartels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78S, EV 76.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Bieler 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 91.9 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 3
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : LHP Jorge Gonzalez
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 13, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Duane Kennedy 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Clinton Groce 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Ron Bias 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 89S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Ken Frederick to third
Clinton Groce to second
Batting: RHB Pedro Villamil 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Ken Frederick scores
Clinton Groce to third
Ron Bias to second
Batting: LHB Billy Duprey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 105.0 MPH)
Clinton Groce scores
Ron Bias to third
Pedro Villamil to second
Pitching: RHP Harlan Estes
Now at 2B: Fernando Najera
Pinch Hitting: LHB Oscar Gonzalez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: GRAND SLAM HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 93.1 MPH), Distance : 353 ft
Batting: SHB Roger Adair 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 108.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 13, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 6 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 9
TOP OF THE 6TH
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : LHP Billy Duprey
Now in RF: Oscar Gonzalez
Batting: RHB Tom Guinn 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kevin Campbell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4S, EV 60.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Fernando Najera 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 9
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : RHP Harlan Estes
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Duane Kennedy 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Clinton Groce 0-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 98.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 9
TOP OF THE 7TH
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : LHP Billy Duprey
Batting: RHB Tommy Pickett 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Ken Osterhage 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Adam Voeller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 9
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : RHP Harlan Estes
Batting: RHB Ron Bias 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Pedro Villamil
Pinch Hitting: LHB Ramon Montoya 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MD, EV 53.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Billy Duprey 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Bunted foul
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Oscar Gonzalez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 95.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 9
TOP OF THE 8TH
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : LHP Billy Duprey
Now at SS: David Obert
Batting: RHB Fernando Martinez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Charlie Bartels 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 111.3 MPH)
Fernando Martinez to second
Pinch Hitting: SHB Bernie Tudor 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 90.6 MPH)
Fernando Martinez to third
Charlie Bartels to second
Batting: RHB Tom Guinn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6M, EV 104.4 MPH) (infield hit)
Fernando Martinez scores
Charlie Bartels to third
Bernie Tudor to second
Batting: LHB Kevin Campbell 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 103.1 MPH)
Charlie Bartels scores
Bernie Tudor to third
Tom Guinn to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Tom Guinn to third
Kevin Campbell to second
Pitching: RHP Tom Benson
Pinch Hitting: SHB Jeff McPhearson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tommy Pickett 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 93.8 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by LF
Batting: SHB Ken Osterhage 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 90.0 MPH)
Kevin Campbell scores
Batting: RHB Adam Voeller 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 6D, EV 91.9 MPH)
Ken Osterhage to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Fernando Martinez 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 15, EV 83.8 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 6 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 8 - Los Angeles 9
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : RHP Harlan Estes
Pitching: RHP Robbie Goolsby
Now at 2B: Jeff McPhearson
Batting: SHB Roger Adair 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
0-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: Ball
1-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 89.4 MPH)
Roger Adair to third
Batting: RHB Duane Kennedy 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Line Drive, 9LD, EV 93.1 MPH), Distance : 329 ft
Batting: RHB Clinton Groce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 8th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 8 - Los Angeles 11
TOP OF THE 9TH
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Tom Benson
Now in LF: Clinton Groce
Now in CF: Norm Parsons
Batting: LHB Charlie Bartels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 91.3 MPH), Distance : 344 ft
Pinch Hitting: RHB Gary Parker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Guinn 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kevin Campbell 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 91.3 MPH)
Pinch Runner at 2nd Jack O'Neil:
Batting: SHB Jeff McPhearson 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 91.9 MPH)
Jack O'Neil to third
Batting: RHB Tommy Pickett 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 9 - Los Angeles 11
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