MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
HOUSTON DRILLERS AT LOS ANGELES POBLADORES
08/10/1977
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
HOUSTON DRILLERS AT LOS ANGELES POBLADORES
GAME ID: 1655 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10TH , 1977 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Drillers (61-58) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 0
Los Angeles Pobladores (60-57) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Castro Skunks Los Angeles, 4-0
The Los Angeles Pobladores manager was philosophical in the clubhouse following a shutout loss to the Houston Drillers. The Pobladores were overpowered by Houston starter Francisco Castro, who hurled his club to victory, 4-0.

"It was just one of those games -- shake it off and do better next time," Alex Wobbema said.

Over 9 innings, Castro blanked Los Angeles on 5 hits with no walks and 3 strikeouts.

"I kept them off balance. I could tell a lot of them were late on fastballs because they were fouling them off. Once you see that, it sets them up for other pitches," Castro said.

"I set them up, where if they chased one breaking ball, they were going to chase another one."

Thus far this season, Castro has tossed 120.2 innings in 19 starts, fanned 78 batters, walked 35 and put up a 4.55 ERA with 5 wins and 8 losses.
HOUSTON BATTING LINESCORE LOS ANGELES BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Lockhart 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .274 15 47
M. Hoffman RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .202 5 22
M. Sisson CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .265 21 74
R. Barnes LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .423 6 33
L. Bickle 2B 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .297 8 62
L. Eccles C 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .244 5 20
C. Hall 3B 3 1 1 3 1 0 2 .289 7 37
A. Thompson SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .263 0 11
F. Castro P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 0 1
Totals 34 4 6 4 2 4 14      
BATTING
Doubles: L. Bickle (31, 9th Inning off C. Novoa, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: C. Hall (7, 9th Inning off P. Lester, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: M. Lockhart , M. Sisson , L. Bickle 3 , L. Eccles , C. Hall 4
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Sisson , R. Barnes , L. Bickle , A. Thompson
GIDP: A. Thompson
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Sisson (28) , L. Eccles (10)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Hall-Bickle-Lockhart)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Castillo 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .324 26 74
J. Fine SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .282 9 29
R. McCoy RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .296 13 53
R. Somers 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .340 10 37
D. Martin C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .255 8 35
K. Booker 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .245 9 33
B. Bridges LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .278 0 9
R. Henderson CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .284 2 12
   a-J. Roberson PR, CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280 10 49
C. Novoa P 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .068 1 2
   P. Lester P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0 0 3 11      
a - J. Roberson pinch ran for R. Henderson in the 6th

BATTING
Total Bases: M. Castillo 2 , J. Fine , R. Somers , R. Henderson
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. McCoy , R. Somers
GIDP: R. McCoy
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Roberson (20)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Booker 2 (20)
Double Plays: 1 (Castillo-Fine-Somers)
HOUSTON PITCHING LINESCORE LOS ANGELES PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR BF PI ERA   
F. Castro W (5-8) 9.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 31 96 4.55   
PITCHING
Game Score: F. Castro 80
Batters Faced: F. Castro 31
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: F. Castro 16-7
Pitches - Strikes: F. Castro 96-66
Player IP H R ER BB K HR BF PI ERA   
C. Novoa L (7-6) 8.1 4 2 2 2 4 0 32 117 3.70   
P. Lester 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 1 4 14 4.78   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. Novoa 69
Batters Faced: C. Novoa 32, P. Lester 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Novoa 14-6, P. Lester 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: C. Novoa 117-71, P. Lester 14-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: P. Lester 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Francisco Castro
Ballpark: San Vicente Park
Weather: Clear skies (78 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 8 mph
Start Time: 12:05 PM PT
Time: 2:30
Attendance: 19135
Special Notes: CF Ray Henderson was injured while running the bases.
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