MLB
HOUSTON DRILLERS @ TWIN CITIES NORTHMEN
03/26/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Syed Farooqi
Pitching: RHP Syed Farooqi
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Pitching: RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - Twin Cities 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Syed Farooqi
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Lou Ward to second
Batting: RHB Tom Martucci 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 105.6 MPH)
Lou Ward to third
Charlie Fee to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Rick McStay 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 8RS, EV 93.1 MPH)
Charlie Fee to third
Tom Martucci to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to trailing runner, OUT at third! 8-3-5
Top of the 2nd over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dave Weaver 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Noland Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 68.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 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: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Called Strike
Jackie Frost steals 2nd base
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 73.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 93.1 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB John Wilson 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Syed Farooqi 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 75.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 2 - Twin Cities 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Syed Farooqi
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 100.6 MPH)
Wade Fields to second
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Tom Martucci 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Wade Fields to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Tom Martucci to second
Batting: RHB Rick McStay 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
0-1: Ball
Passed Ball!
Tom Martucci to third
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3F, EV 61.3 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 66.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - Twin Cities 0
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Syed Farooqi
Now at 2B: Darrell Miller
Now at 3B: Earl Haack
Pinch Hitting: LHB Joe Burke 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 106.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 8LXD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Joe Burke scores
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3L, EV 71.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jim Medrano 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6S, EV 82.5 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Now at 1B: Jim Medrano
Now in CF: Mickey Hoffman
Now in RF: Chuck Walton
Batting: LHB Dave Weaver 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Noland Lockhart 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 34, EV 70.0 MPH)
Lined into DP, U3 (Line Drive, 34, EV 70.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Wilson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 0
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Syed Farooqi
Pitching: RHP Dave Simister
Now at 1B: Miguel Preciado
Now at SS: Tom McNabb
Now in LF: Noland Lockhart
Now in RF: Richie Brown
Pinch Hitting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Martucci 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56, EV 100.0 MPH)
Charlie Fee to second
Pinch Hitting: SHB Bobby Jackson 0-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Charlie Fee to third
Tom Martucci to second
Batting: RHB Chuck Walton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Grounds into fielders choice 4-2 (Groundball, 34, EV 107.5 MPH)
Tom Martucci to third
Bobby Jackson to second
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6M, EV 104.4 MPH)
Tom Martucci scores
Bobby Jackson to third
Chuck Walton to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 96.3 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Pitching: LHP Jeff Ferguson
Now at 2B: Tom Martucci
Now at SS: Ed Shofner
Batting: RHB Miguel Preciado 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom McNabb 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 66.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Earl Haack 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 109.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 0
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Dave Simister
Now at 2B: Ross Clifford
Batting: RHB Jim Medrano 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 75.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 90.0 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Jeff Ferguson
Pitching: RHP Dave Van Loon
Batting: RHB Richie Brown 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Carl Jacobs Pickoff Throw to First - Out! 1-3
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ross Clifford 0-0: Single, Error in OF, E9, batter to second base (Groundball, 4D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Frank Kane 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 4M, EV 70.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 0
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Dave Simister
Pitching: RHP Paul Whitaker
Now at 1B: Carl Jacobs
Now in LF: Miguel Preciado
Now in CF: Noland Lockhart
Batting: RHB Tom Martucci 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Walton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 97.5 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dave Van Loon
Pitching: RHP Dick Knight
Batting: RHB Noland Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 108.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Wilson 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Miguel Preciado 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Tom McNabb 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 109.4 MPH)
Miguel Preciado to second
Batting: RHB Earl Haack 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 96.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 6 - Twin Cities 0
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Paul Whitaker
Pitching: RHP Pete McMillian
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Jim Medrano 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56S, EV 73.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Jim Medrano to second
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Jim Medrano to third
Wade Fields to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by RF and OUT! 9-2
Wade Fields to third
Ed Shofner to second
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 101.3 MPH)
Wade Fields scores
Ed Shofner scores
Batting: RHB Tom Martucci 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 101.3 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Houston 8 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dick Knight
Pitching: LHP Hank Mitchell
Batting: RHB Richie Brown 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ross Clifford 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 110.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Ross Clifford scores
Batting: RHB Noland Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 9S, EV 91.9 MPH)
David Davalos to third
Pinch Hitting: RHB John Kinney 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 8 - Twin Cities 1
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