MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
LOS ANGELES BLOCKBUSTERS AT DENVER BURROS
08/08/1967
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
LOS ANGELES BLOCKBUSTERS AT DENVER BURROS
GAME ID: 1540 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 8TH , 1967 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles Blockbusters (55-57) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3
Denver Burros (61-51) 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 X 10 12 2
Burros Beat Blockbusters, 10-2
The home crowd had a good time watching the Los Angeles Blockbusters and Denver Burros get after it.

Denver starter Dave Church kept the Los Angeles hitters in check, while his team cruised to a win, 10-2. Church, the winner, moves to 7-14. He threw 8.1 innings of 3-hit ball, while fanning 4 and giving up 3 walks.

Jamie Robinson, who was drafted in the 2nd round of the 1966 draft, chipped in for Denver with a 3-run home run in the bottom of the fourth. For the game, the third baseman had 2 hits in 5 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 1 run scored, and 3 runs batted in.

"I really like what we did out there today," Robinson said after the game.

The win gives Denver a season record of 61-51.
LOS ANGELES BATTING LINESCORE DENVER BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Tonner CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .257 0 10
T. Steuart 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .252 6 30
S. Crespo 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .235 3 6
M. Herron SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .240 9 45
N. Hubbard LF 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .191 15 40
J. Horvath RF 4 0 1 2 0 2 2 .184 6 23
J. Aubert 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .241 6 43
A. Florez C 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .223 2 16
S. Farooqi P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .138 0 0
   M. Evert P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 0 0
   J. Quiroga P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-R. Fischer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209 0 11
   B. Duprey P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 2 3 2 3 5 11      
a - R. Fischer pinch hit for J. Quiroga in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Horvath (10, 4th Inning off D. Church, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Tonner , S. Crespo , J. Horvath 2
2-out RBI: J. Horvath
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Crespo , J. Aubert , A. Florez
GIDP: T. Steuart
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Herron (11)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Steuart (9) , N. Hubbard 2 (8)
Double Plays: 2 (Herron-Steuart-Crespo, Steuart-Herron-Crespo)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
G. Moret RF, LF 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 .289 20 41
B. Messinger 1B 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 .256 24 69
R. King LF 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .455 0 5
   a-D. Smith CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 1 16
J. Robinson 3B 5 1 2 3 0 0 3 .261 10 28
T. Alderfer CF, RF 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 .261 4 30
J. Farrar 2B 3 0 1 3 1 0 2 .232 3 37
B. Cook SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .227 5 30
G. Gregory C 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .194 6 32
D. Church P 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 .258 0 3
   G. Drumm P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
Totals 35 10 12 10 6 5 14      
a - D. Smith substituted for R. King in the 7th

BATTING
Triples: J. Farrar (6, 3rd Inning off S. Farooqi, 3 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: G. Moret (20, 3rd Inning off S. Farooqi, 1 on, 1 out) , J. Robinson (10, 4th Inning off M. Evert, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: G. Moret 4 , B. Messinger , R. King 3 , J. Robinson 5 , T. Alderfer 2 , J. Farrar 3 , D. Church 2
2-out RBI: J. Farrar
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Robinson , B. Cook , G. Gregory
GIDP: B. Messinger , J. Farrar
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: J. Robinson (7) , B. Cook (13)
Double Plays: 1 (Messinger-Cook-Messinger)
LOS ANGELES PITCHING LINESCORE DENVER PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Farooqi L (9-9) 3.1 8 6 6 2 2 1 62 3.02   
M. Evert 0.0 2 4 4 2 0 1 23 8.07   
J. Quiroga 3.2 1 0 0 2 2 0 62 3.23   
B. Duprey 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 1.78   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Farooqi 18
Batters Faced: S. Farooqi 18, M. Evert 4, J. Quiroga 15, B. Duprey 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Farooqi 4-2, M. Evert 0-0, J. Quiroga 5-4, B. Duprey 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: S. Farooqi 62-36, M. Evert 23-14, J. Quiroga 62-37, B. Duprey 20-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Evert 1-1
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Church W (7-14) 8.1 3 2 2 3 4 0 134 3.67   
G. Drumm 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 6.35   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Church 70
Batters Faced: D. Church 32, G. Drumm 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Church 13-7, G. Drumm 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: D. Church 134-82, G. Drumm 9-6
Inherited Runners - Scored: G. Drumm 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Dave Church
Ballpark: Gates Crescent Park
Weather: Clear skies (64 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 6 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM MT
Time: 2:58
Attendance: 24537
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