MLB
HOUSTON DRILLERS @ CHICAGO HAWKS
05/23/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : RHP Ken Eldridge
Pitching: RHP Ken Eldridge
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 76.9 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Chicago 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Tom McAteer
Pitching: RHP Tom McAteer
Batting: LHB Sergio Morales 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MD, EV 47.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Bobby Strange 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Bozza 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 81.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Chicago 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : RHP Ken Eldridge
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6M, EV 60.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSFF
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6D, EV 92.5 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Chicago 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Tom McAteer
Batting: LHB Mark Morris 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Jim Farrar 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ray Gardner 0-0: Called Strike
Jim Farrar steals 2nd base
0-1: Ball
1-1: Single, Error in OF, E9, batter to second base (Line Drive, 9S, EV 104.4 MPH)
Jim Farrar scores
Batting: LHB Ron Brown 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - Chicago 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : RHP Ken Eldridge
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Tom Martucci 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 73.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB Tom McAteer 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Sac Bunt to 15S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-4
Charlie Fee to second
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Charlie Fee scores
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Chicago 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Tom McAteer
Batting: RHB Ken Eldridge 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Sergio Morales 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Bobby Strange 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Chicago 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : RHP Ken Eldridge
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 111.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 96.3 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Chicago 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Tom McAteer
Batting: RHB Don Bozza 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 8RXD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mark Morris 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 112.5 MPH), Distance : 428 ft
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 78S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Jim Farrar 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Lute Eccles to second
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Lute Eccles to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Jim Farrar to second
Batting: LHB Ray Gardner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
2-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 64.4 MPH)
Jim Farrar to third
Batting: LHB Ron Brown 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Ken Eldridge 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 4th over - 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Chicago 4
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : RHP Ken Eldridge
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Tom Martucci 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 2-6 (Groundball, 2R, EV 64.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Tom McAteer 0-0: Ball
Tom Martucci steals 2nd base
1-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 105.6 MPH)
Tom Martucci scores
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 2 - Chicago 4
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Tom McAteer
Batting: LHB Sergio Morales 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Bobby Strange 0-0: Called Strike
Sergio Morales steals 2nd base
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 4MD, EV 86.9 MPH)
Sergio Morales to third
Batting: RHB Don Bozza 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Bobby Strange to second
Batting: LHB Mark Morris 0-0: Grounds into fielders choice 5-2 (Groundball, 56, EV 88.8 MPH)
Bobby Strange to third
Don Bozza to second
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Jim Farrar 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Reached via error on a dropped throw from 2B, E3 (Groundball, 4, EV 85.0 MPH)
Bobby Strange scores
Don Bozza to third
Mark Morris to second
Batting: LHB Ray Gardner 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 left on base; Houston 2 - Chicago 5
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : RHP Ken Eldridge
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 96.9 MPH), Distance : 365 ft
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - Chicago 5
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Tom McAteer
Batting: LHB Ron Brown 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Ken Eldridge 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F1 (Line Drive, P, EV 72.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Sergio Morales 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Bobby Strange 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 5, EV 106.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 3 - Chicago 5
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : RHP Ken Eldridge
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 100.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: SHB Bobby Jackson 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5, EV 74.4 MPH)
Lined into DP, 5-3 (Line Drive, 5, EV 74.4 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Mickey Hoffman to second
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Mickey Hoffman to third
Jackie Frost to second
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Base on Balls
Mickey Hoffman scores
Jackie Frost to third
Mark Sisson to second
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Jackie Frost scores
Mark Sisson to third
Mike Lockhart to second
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 5D, EV 93.1 MPH)
Mark Sisson scores
Mike Lockhart to third
Mike Wells to second
Mike Lockhart scores
Mike Wells to third
Pitching: RHP Leonardo Ibarra
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 110.0 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 7 - Chicago 5
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Tom McAteer
Pitching: LHP Jeff Ferguson
Now at SS: Jim Johnson
Batting: RHB Don Bozza 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 80.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Paul Backer 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6M, EV 106.3 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: SHB Jim Farrar 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 2LF, EV 87.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 7 - Chicago 5
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : RHP Leonardo Ibarra
Now in RF: Paul Backer
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 98.1 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S, EV 94.4 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 7 - Chicago 5
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Jeff Ferguson
Pitching: RHP Dick Witt
Batting: LHB Ray Gardner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ron Brown 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 107.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Buck DeFalco 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 94.4 MPH), Distance : 351 ft
Batting: LHB Sergio Morales 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 7 - Chicago 6
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : RHP Leonardo Ibarra
Pitching: RHP Mark Evert
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Mike Lockhart to second
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9D, EV 108.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 7 - Chicago 6
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dick Witt
Now at 1B: Jim Medrano
Batting: SHB Bobby Strange 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Bozza 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 93.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Marv Haynes 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-1: Grounds into double play, 3-6-3 (Groundball, 3, EV 100.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 7 - Chicago 6
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