MLB
ST. LOUIS EXPLORERS @ LOS ANGELES BLOCKBUSTERS
03/21/1973
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Mitchell
Pitching: RHP Larry Mitchell
Batting: RHB Tommy Pickett 0-0: Ball
1-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 104.4 MPH), Distance : 413 ft
Batting: RHB Dave Bieler 0-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Fernando Martinez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Dave Bieler to second
Batting: RHB Gary Parker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to 2R - play at first, batter OUT! 2-3
Dave Bieler to third
Fernando Martinez to second
Batting: LHB Charlie Bartels 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Adam Voeller 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 68.8 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; St. Louis 1 - Los Angeles 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : RHP Bernie Underwood
Pitching: RHP Bernie Underwood
Batting: RHB Duane Kennedy 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 66.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 1 - Los Angeles 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Mitchell
Batting: RHB Tom Guinn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tim Griffith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Bernie Underwood 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: DOUBLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tommy Pickett 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 110.0 MPH)
Bernie Underwood scores
Batting: RHB Dave Bieler 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 88.8 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : RHP Bernie Underwood
Batting: LHB Oscar Gonzalez 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ramon Montoya 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 76.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Clinton Groce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 92.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Mitchell
Batting: RHB Fernando Martinez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Gary Parker 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 4MS, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Charlie Bartels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : RHP Bernie Underwood
Batting: RHB Ron Bias 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ian Cleary 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Larry Mitchell 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 107.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Mitchell
Batting: RHB Adam Voeller 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, P, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Guinn 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tim Griffith 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 93.1 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : RHP Bernie Underwood
Batting: RHB Duane Kennedy 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LSF, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D, EV 108.8 MPH)
Jim Brookins to third
Batting: LHB Oscar Gonzalez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 98.1 MPH)
Jim Brookins scores
Batting: LHB Ramon Montoya 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 93.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Mitchell
Now at 1B: George Strum
Pinch Hitting: LHB Tom Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: SHB Ken Osterhage 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: SHB Jeff McPhearson 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Fernando Martinez 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 106.9 MPH)
Tom Adams to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made to third
Fernando Martinez to second
Batting: RHB Gary Parker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 98.1 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : RHP Bernie Underwood
Pitching: RHP Joel Goodyear
Now at 2B: Fernando Najera
Now in CF: Ken Osterhage
Pinch Hitting: LHB Ernie Ronnebaum 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ron Bias 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Ernie Ronnebaum to second
Batting: RHB Ian Cleary 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 97.5 MPH)
Ernie Ronnebaum to third
Ron Bias to second
Batting: RHB Larry Mitchell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB George Strum 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: RHB George Schindler 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Mitchell
Now in LF: Ernie Ronnebaum
Now in CF: Norm Parsons
Now in RF: Larry Messenger
Batting: LHB Charlie Bartels 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: SHB Bernie Tudor 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 93.1 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Rich Mackey 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bob Meacham 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
1-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, P, EV 78.8 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : RHP Joel Goodyear
Pitching: RHP Bernie Tate
Now at C: Carl Wright
Now at 1B: Bernie Tudor
Now at SS: Rich Mackey
Now in LF: Bob Roberts
Now in RF: Kevin Campbell
Pinch Hitting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Messenger 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 101.9 MPH)
Harvey Katzen to third
Pinch Hitting: RHB Pedro Villamil 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ernie Ronnebaum 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Ron Bias 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 1
TOP OF THE 7TH
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Mitchell
Pitching: RHP Wayne Guilmette
Now at 2B: Harvey Katzen
Now at SS: Pedro Villamil
Batting: RHB Fernando Najera 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Ken Osterhage 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Carl Wright 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 13, EV 78.1 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 1
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : RHP Bernie Tate
Pitching: RHP Glenn Kittle
Batting: RHB Ian Cleary 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 80.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Earl Yates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4D, EV 108.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB George Strum 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 1
TOP OF THE 8TH
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Wayne Guilmette
Pitching: LHP Basil Anderson
Batting: RHB Fernando Martinez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kevin Campbell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34S, EV 71.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bob Roberts 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 66.9 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 1
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : RHP Glenn Kittle
Pitching: RHP Bill Hoel
Batting: RHB Norm Parsons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 13, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 8RS, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Messenger 0-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; St. Louis 2 - Los Angeles 1
TOP OF THE 9TH
St. Louis Explorers batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : LHP Basil Anderson
Pitching: RHP Gary Ross
Batting: SHB Bernie Tudor 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 8LXD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rich Mackey 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Bernie Tudor to third
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Bernie Tudor scores
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jack O'Neil 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4D, EV 70.6 MPH)
Lined into DP, 4-3 (Line Drive, 4D, EV 70.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Fernando Najera 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Steve Holley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Passed Ball!
Fernando Najera to second
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 78.8 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Los Angeles 1
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for St. Louis Explorers : RHP Bill Hoel
Pitching: RHP Larry Caines
Now in CF: Steve Holley
Batting: RHB Pedro Villamil 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Ernie Ronnebaum 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ron Bias 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ian Cleary 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Gary Ross 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; St. Louis 3 - Los Angeles 1
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