MLB
HOUSTON DRILLERS @ TWIN CITIES NORTHMEN
03/11/1977
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Syed Farooqi
Pitching: RHP Syed Farooqi
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
3-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89XD, EV 90 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
Mike Lockhart steals 3rd base (no throw)
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 93 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by LF
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMFF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 5S, EV 76 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: LHB Randy Barnes 0-0: Called Strike
Mark Sisson steals 2nd base
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4D, EV 115 MPH)
Mark Sisson to third
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 90 MPH)
Mark Sisson scores
Batting: RHB Charlie Hall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: DOUBLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 106 MPH)
Lowell Bickle to third
Batting: RHB Al Thompson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 1st over - 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Jerry Zaruba
Pitching: RHP Jerry Zaruba
Batting: RHB Ivan Robles 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 110 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chris Berman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 107 MPH)
Batting: RHB Noland Lockhart 0-0: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 91 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Syed Farooqi
Batting: RHB Ivey Smith 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 85 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jerry Zaruba 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Bunted foul
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4MS, EV 79 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 91 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Jerry Zaruba
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Rick Giardina 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 81 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frankie Novy 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 77 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Syed Farooqi
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 86 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Randy Barnes 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 94 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Jerry Zaruba
Batting: RHB Richie Brown 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MS, EV 51 MPH)
Batting: RHB Syed Farooqi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 51 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ivan Robles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 108 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chris Berman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Ivan Robles to second
Batting: RHB Noland Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 86 MPH)
Ivan Robles to third
Chris Berman to second
Ivan Robles scores
Chris Berman to third
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 91 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Syed Farooqi
Pitching: LHP Andy Kinter
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Charlie Hall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 91 MPH)
Batting: RHB Al Thompson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 82 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ivey Smith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 95 MPH)
Lowell Bickle to second
Lowell Bickle to third
Batting: RHB Jerry Zaruba 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 76 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Jerry Zaruba
Pitching: RHP Angel Leiva
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 106 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rick Giardina 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 75 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frankie Novy 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Richie Brown 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 80 MPH)
Frankie Novy to second
Throwing error, E9
Frankie Novy scores
Richie Brown to second
Batting: RHB Andy Kinter 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 97 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 2
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : LHP Andy Kinter
Now at 1B: Mike McGurn
Now in LF: Len Emery
Now in CF: Dave Weaver
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5, EV 86 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 85 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 2
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Angel Leiva
Now at 1B: Rick Mounts
Now at SS: Allen Galyean
Now in CF: Mike Tice
Now in RF: Quince Atkins
Batting: RHB Len Emery 0-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56S, EV 56 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chris Berman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 79 MPH)
Len Emery to second
Batting: RHB Mike McGurn 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Dave Weaver 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Len Emery to third
Mike McGurn to second
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Grounds into fielders choice 4-2 (Groundball, 4S, EV 109 MPH)
Mike McGurn to third
Dave Weaver to second
Batting: LHB Rick Giardina 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Mike McGurn scores
Dave Weaver to third
Steve Pavey to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jim Uhlenkamp 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Dave Weaver scores
Steve Pavey to third
Rick Giardina to second
Batting: RHB Richie Brown 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MS, EV 103 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 2 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 4
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : LHP Andy Kinter
Pitching: RHP Rick Wright
Now at C: Marv Honer
Now at 2B: Ross Clifford
Now at SS: Billy Jo Anderson
Pinch Hitting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 92 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 104 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Hall 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MD, EV 84 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 4
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Angel Leiva
Pitching: RHP Ed Myatt
Now in LF: Dave Elwood
Batting: RHB Ross Clifford 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 88 MPH)
Batting: RHB Len Emery 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 85 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: SHB Jim Thorman 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 93 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 4
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Rick Wright
Now at 3B: Johnny Williams
Batting: LHB Rick Mounts 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 101 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ivey Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 105 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dave Elwood 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Ivey Smith to second
Batting: RHB Mike Tice 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34, EV 77 MPH)
Batting: LHB Allen Galyean 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MS, EV 59 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 4
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Ed Myatt
Pitching: RHP Tommy Westfield
Batting: RHB Mike McGurn 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 76 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dave Weaver 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 53 MPH)
Batting: RHB Billy Jo Anderson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Marv Honer 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 84 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 4
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Rick Wright
Pitching: RHP Jose Menendez
Batting: LHB Quince Atkins 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Hit by Pitch
Pitching: RHP Rick Lindstrom
Now at SS: Tom McNabb
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 94 MPH)
Mickey Hoffman to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made to third
Lowell Bickle to second
Pinch Runner at 3rd Lute Eccles:
Batting: RHB Charlie Hall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 99 MPH)
Lute Eccles scores
Lowell Bickle scores
Batting: LHB Rick Mounts 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 74 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Walt Kaplan 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 8th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 4
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Tommy Westfield
Pitching: LHP Bill Switzer
Now at C: Lute Eccles
Batting: RHB Tom McNabb 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 85 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 95 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ross Clifford 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Tom McNabb to second
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3, EV 54 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Pete Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9, EV 88 MPH)
Tom McNabb to third
Batting: RHB Johnny Williams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9, EV 75 MPH)
Tom McNabb scores
Pete Walker to second
Batting: RHB Mike McGurn 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Pete Walker to third
Johnny Williams to second
Batting: LHB Dave Weaver 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 55 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 5
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Rick Lindstrom
Pitching: RHP Bill Smith
Now in LF: Pete Walker
Now in RF: Carl Jacobs
Batting: LHB Dave Elwood 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Mike Tice 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 71 MPH)
Batting: LHB Allen Galyean 0-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 91 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 5
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