MLB
KANSAS CITY BULLS @ LOS ANGELES BLOCKBUSTERS
05/17/1972
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Kansas City Bulls batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Messenger
Pitching: RHP Larry Messenger
Batting: RHB Haskell McLemore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Emilio Cortez 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 113.1 MPH), Distance : 420 ft
Batting: LHB Rod Kremer 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 3D, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chris Taylor 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4, EV 81.9 MPH)
Rod Kremer to second
Batting: RHB Bobby Crankshaw 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Rod Kremer to third
Chris Taylor to second
Batting: RHB Roger Turner 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mario Alva 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 93.8 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Kansas City 1 - Los Angeles 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Kansas City Bulls : RHP Bob Crosby
Pitching: RHP Bob Crosby
Batting: RHB Ron Bias 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 5S, EV 70.6 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: LHB Oscar Gonzalez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
0-1: Ball
Pickoff Throw by Catcher to First - Out!
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
3-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 75.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 1 - Los Angeles 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Kansas City Bulls batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Messenger
Batting: RHB Ivey Smith 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bob Crosby 0-0: Sac Bunt to 13 - play at second, runner OUT! 1-6
Batting: RHB Haskell McLemore 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Bob Crosby to second
Batting: LHB Emilio Cortez 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, 13S, EV 64.4 MPH)
Bob Crosby to third
Batting: LHB Rod Kremer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Kansas City 1 - Los Angeles 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Kansas City Bulls : RHP Bob Crosby
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Norm Parsons 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lee Craig 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Fly out, F3 (Flyball, 3D, EV 90.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 1 - Los Angeles 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Kansas City Bulls batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Messenger
Batting: RHB Chris Taylor 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Bobby Crankshaw 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Roger Turner 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 1 - Los Angeles 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Kansas City Bulls : RHP Bob Crosby
Batting: LHB David Obert 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Larry Messenger 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Ron Bias 0-0: Called Strike
David Obert steals 2nd base
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Oscar Gonzalez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 1 - Los Angeles 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Kansas City Bulls batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Messenger
Batting: RHB Mario Alva 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ivey Smith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bob Crosby 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 13S, EV 80.0 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 1 - Los Angeles 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Kansas City Bulls : RHP Bob Crosby
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Norm Parsons 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 1 - Los Angeles 0
TOP OF THE 5TH
Kansas City Bulls batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Messenger
Batting: RHB Haskell McLemore 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Emilio Cortez 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 34D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Haskell McLemore to second
Haskell McLemore to third
Batting: LHB Rod Kremer 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Chris Taylor 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Haskell McLemore scores
Emilio Cortez to second
Throwing error, E8
Emilio Cortez scores
Chris Taylor to second
Batting: RHB Bobby Crankshaw 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Roger Turner 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.1 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Los Angeles 0
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Kansas City Bulls : RHP Bob Crosby
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 100.6 MPH), Distance : 422 ft
Batting: RHB Lee Craig 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 108.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB David Obert 0-0: Sac Bunt to 2L - play at second, runner OUT! 2-6
Batting: LHB Larry Messenger 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 85.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Los Angeles 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Kansas City Bulls batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Messenger
Batting: RHB Mario Alva 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Ivey Smith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6, EV 52.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Bob Crosby 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Sac Bunt to 25 - play at second, runner OUT! 5-6
Batting: RHB Haskell McLemore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Los Angeles 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Kansas City Bulls : RHP Bob Crosby
Batting: RHB Ron Bias 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Oscar Gonzalez 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 87.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Los Angeles 1
TOP OF THE 7TH
Kansas City Bulls batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Messenger
Batting: LHB Emilio Cortez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, P, EV 82.5 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: LHB Rod Kremer 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chris Taylor 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 88.8 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Los Angeles 1
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Kansas City Bulls : RHP Bob Crosby
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Norm Parsons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 25, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Los Angeles 1
TOP OF THE 8TH
Kansas City Bulls batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Larry Messenger
Pitching: RHP Joe Hamby
Batting: RHB Bobby Crankshaw 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 6D, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Roger Turner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mario Alva 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LM, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ivey Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Los Angeles 1
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Kansas City Bulls : RHP Bob Crosby
Batting: RHB Lee Craig 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Ball
2-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 95.0 MPH), Distance : 334 ft
Pitching: RHP Andy Luce
Now at C: Hank Cummings
Batting: LHB David Obert 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: LHB Ramon Montoya 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: LHB George Strum 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Oscar Gonzalez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Los Angeles 2
TOP OF THE 9TH
Kansas City Bulls batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Joe Hamby
Pitching: RHP Tom Benson
Now at 3B: Duane Kennedy
Batting: RHB Hank Cummings 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Haskell McLemore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 34, EV 70.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Emilio Cortez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Los Angeles 2
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Kansas City Bulls : RHP Andy Luce
Now in LF: Hal Lahr
Batting: RHB Ken Frederick 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Ken Frederick to second
Batting: RHB Norm Parsons 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Ken Frederick to third
Harvey Katzen to second
2-1: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Lee Craig 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Ken Frederick scores
Harvey Katzen to third
Jim Brookins to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Bottom of the 9th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Los Angeles 4
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