MLB
LOS ANGELES BLOCKBUSTERS @ CLEVELAND BOBCATS
03/12/1975
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Bob Yolton
Pitching: RHP Bob Yolton
Batting: SHB Bill May 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Norm Parsons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to 25 - play at second, runner OUT! 5-6
Batting: LHB Ernie Ronnebaum 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 5, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Terry Pickering 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 93.8 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 0 - Cleveland 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Jon Hampton
Pitching: RHP Jon Hampton
Batting: LHB Tom Crowell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Benito Olivas 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Harper 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3L, EV 68.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 0 - Cleveland 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Bob Yolton
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB George Strum 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, 34S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Onie Gaskins 0-0: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 0 - Cleveland 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Jon Hampton
Batting: SHB Phil Chirico 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78D, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ruben Galvan 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Phil Chirico to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: SHB Mark Bassett 0-0: Sac Bunt to 2L - play at first, batter OUT! 2-3
Ruben Galvan to second
Batting: SHB Don Pelletier 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rick Gruber 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-2: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Ruben Galvan to third
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Bob Yolton 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Ruben Galvan scores
Rick Gruber to second
Batting: LHB Tom Crowell 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 88.8 MPH)
Rick Gruber to third
Bob Yolton to second
Batting: SHB Benito Olivas 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Los Angeles 0 - Cleveland 2
TOP OF THE 3RD
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Bob Yolton
Batting: RHB Cliff Fowler 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Jon Hampton 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Sac Bunt to 23 - play at first, batter OUT! 3-4
Cliff Fowler to second
Batting: SHB Bill May 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MS, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Norm Parsons 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Cliff Fowler to third
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 0 - Cleveland 2
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Jon Hampton
Batting: RHB Bill Harper 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Phil Chirico 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4M, EV 70.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ruben Galvan 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 0 - Cleveland 2
TOP OF THE 4TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Bob Yolton
Batting: LHB Ernie Ronnebaum 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
2-2: Ball
3-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 105.6 MPH)
Pitching: LHP Jorge Guerrero
Now at C: Kevin Musumeci
Batting: RHB Terry Pickering 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Ernie Ronnebaum to third
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: Base on Balls
Terry Pickering to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Kermit McDaniel 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: TRIPLE (Flyball, 9D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Ernie Ronnebaum scores
Terry Pickering scores
Ken Frederick scores
Batting: RHB Onie Gaskins 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Cliff Fowler 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Jon Hampton 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 98.1 MPH)
Kermit McDaniel scores
Onie Gaskins to second
Batting: SHB Bill May 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.3 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 4 - Cleveland 2
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Jon Hampton
Now at 1B: Harvey Katzen
Batting: SHB Mark Bassett 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Don Pelletier 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rick Gruber 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Don Pelletier to second
Batting: RHB Kevin Musumeci 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 89.4 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Mike Sunseri 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 91.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Los Angeles 4 - Cleveland 2
TOP OF THE 5TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : LHP Jorge Guerrero
Pitching: RHP Steve Eaton
Now at 2B: Billy Booth
Now at 3B: Bill Bennett
Now in LF: Salvador Caballero
Now in CF: Bobby Magnuson
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ernie Ronnebaum 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 96.3 MPH), Distance : 366 ft
Batting: RHB Terry Pickering 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 95.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Pedro Villamil 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Pedro Villamil to second
Pinch Hitting: LHB Ramon Montoya 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Pedro Villamil scores
Harvey Katzen to third
Pinch Hitting: RHB Ernie Schendel 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25F, EV 76.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bill Jimenez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 107.5 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Los Angeles 7 - Cleveland 2
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Jon Hampton
Pitching: RHP Tom Benson
Now at C: Ed Jacques
Now at 2B: Bill May
Now at 3B: Scott Pickard
Now at SS: Pedro Villamil
Now in CF: Ernie Schendel
Now in RF: Larry Messenger
Batting: SHB Billy Booth 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E4 (Line Drive, 4M, EV 75.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Bennett 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bobby Magnuson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Salvador Caballero 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 7 - Cleveland 2
TOP OF THE 6TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Steve Eaton
Pitching: RHP Wayne Guilmette
Pinch Hitting: RHB Tom Hester 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Messenger 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ernie Ronnebaum 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Jacques 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking and he ARGUES THE CALL AND IS TOSSED!
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 7 - Cleveland 2
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Tom Benson
Pitching: RHP John Bailey
Now at C: Gary Gorsegner
Now at 1B: Harvey Katzen
Now at 2B: Tom Hester
Batting: SHB Mark Bassett 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 73.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB Don Pelletier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Rick Gruber 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 15, EV 91.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 7 - Cleveland 2
TOP OF THE 7TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Wayne Guilmette
Pitching: RHP John Colombo
Batting: RHB Pedro Villamil 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Scott Pickard 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 83.1 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 7 - Cleveland 2
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP John Bailey
Pitching: LHP Reggie Eubanks
Batting: RHB Kevin Musumeci 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB John Colombo 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Billy Booth 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Bennett 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Billy Booth to second
Batting: RHB Bobby Magnuson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Los Angeles 7 - Cleveland 2
TOP OF THE 8TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP John Colombo
Pitching: LHP Dave Terry
Batting: RHB Ernie Schendel 0-0: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gary Gorsegner 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 104.4 MPH)
Ernie Schendel to second
Batting: RHB Tom Hester 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 5, EV 105.6 MPH)
Ernie Schendel to third
Gary Gorsegner to second
Batting: LHB Larry Messenger 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Grounds into double play, 3-2-3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 86.3 MPH)
Gary Gorsegner to third
Tom Hester to second
Batting: LHB Ernie Ronnebaum 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 102.5 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 2 left on base; Los Angeles 7 - Cleveland 2
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : LHP Reggie Eubanks
Pitching: RHP Mark Kissel
Batting: LHB Salvador Caballero 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 97.5 MPH), Distance : 339 ft
Batting: SHB Mark Bassett 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Don Pelletier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rick Gruber 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 7 - Cleveland 3
TOP OF THE 9TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : LHP Dave Terry
Batting: RHB Mark Kissel 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Pedro Villamil 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6D, EV 61.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Scott Pickard 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3L, EV 69.4 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 7 - Cleveland 3
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Mark Kissel
Pitching: RHP Steve Hopgood
Batting: RHB Kevin Musumeci 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Dave Terry 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 86.9 MPH)
Kevin Musumeci to second
Batting: SHB Billy Booth 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Single, Error in OF, E9, batter to second base (Groundball, 34D, EV 110.0 MPH)
Kevin Musumeci scores
Batting: RHB Bill Bennett 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89D, EV 101.9 MPH)
Billy Booth scores
Batting: RHB Bobby Magnuson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Salvador Caballero 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 9th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 7 - Cleveland 5
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