MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MONTREAL HABITANTS AT LOS ANGELES POBLADORES
08/30/1975
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MONTREAL HABITANTS AT LOS ANGELES POBLADORES
GAME ID: 1882 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 30TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal Habitants (63-73) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 1
Los Angeles Pobladores (62-73) 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 X 9 10 0
Montreal Upended by Los Angeles, 9-3
The home crowd had a good time watching the Montreal Habitants and Los Angeles Pobladores get after it.

The Los Angeles Pobladores picked up a win at San Vicente Park, dropping the Montreal Habitants, 9-3. Phil Lester, who led the ABL in innings pitched with 286.2 in 1971, was the difference-maker. The winner was Lester. He threw 8.0 innings allowing 3 runs. The loser was Erv Koenig.

Early in the game, right fielder Marty Berberet had a 3-run home run for Los Angeles. It was his 8th home run of the season and put the Pobladores on top, 3-0.

"The key at this level is throwing strike one," said Lester. "Successful pitchers do it."

Los Angeles, at 62-73, holds down 5th place in the American Baseball League Western Division.
MONTREAL BATTING LINESCORE LOS ANGELES BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Chavez CF 4 0 1 1 1 2 1 .225 5 31
J. Sullivan LF 5 0 2 2 0 2 1 .248 11 43
D. Hill 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .238 20 65
E. Hudson 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .267 28 78
J. Foulke C 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .221 6 20
T. Delaney RF 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .211 14 38
O. Corte SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .249 7 42
F. Novy 2B 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 .206 4 39
E. Koenig P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .077 0 1
   B. Valentine P 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .286 0 0
   a-J. Crabtree PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .228 2 14
   H. Lelièvre P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 0 3
   b-J. Compton PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .226 6 22
Totals 34 3 9 3 4 9 17      
a - J. Crabtree pinch hit for B. Valentine in the 7th
b - J. Compton pinch hit for H. Lelièvre in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Foulke 2 (8, 2nd Inning off P. Lester, 0 on, 1 out; 6th Inning off P. Lester, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: D. Chavez , J. Sullivan 2 , D. Hill , E. Hudson , J. Foulke 4 , T. Delaney , O. Corte
2-out RBI: D. Chavez , J. Sullivan
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , D. Hill 2 , O. Corte 2
GIDP: E. Hudson , J. Foulke
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Errors: E. Hudson (23)
Double Plays: 2 (Corte-Novy-Hill, Novy-Corte-Hill)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Fine SS 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 .255 4 46
C. Judy 3B 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 .208 9 37
D. Martin C 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .269 16 59
M. Castillo 2B 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 .228 14 46
R. Somers 1B 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 .221 3 13
M. Berberet RF 4 1 1 3 0 0 2 .258 8 33
M. Abreu LF 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .269 2 20
J. Roberson CF 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .269 7 44
P. Lester P 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 .219 0 5
   a-B. Bridges PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .225 4 25
   L. Seger P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 33 9 10 9 5 4 12      
a - B. Bridges pinch hit for P. Lester in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Fine (30, 2nd Inning off E. Koenig, 1 on, 2 outs) , M. Abreu (11, 4th Inning off E. Koenig, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: J. Fine (5, 4th Inning off E. Koenig, 2 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: M. Berberet (8, 2nd Inning off E. Koenig, 2 on, 0 outs) , B. Bridges (4, 8th Inning off H. Lelièvre, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. Fine 5 , C. Judy , D. Martin , M. Berberet 4 , M. Abreu 3 , J. Roberson , P. Lester , B. Bridges 4
2-out RBI: J. Fine , B. Bridges
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , C. Judy 2
GIDP: R. Somers , M. Berberet
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Judy-Castillo-Somers, Judy-Castillo-Somers)
MONTREAL PITCHING LINESCORE LOS ANGELES PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
E. Koenig L (4-11) 3.0 7 8 8 4 1 1 84 4.90   
B. Valentine 3.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 38 2.43   
H. Lelièvre 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 27 3.20   
PITCHING
Game Score: E. Koenig 8
Batters Faced: E. Koenig 19, B. Valentine 11, H. Lelièvre 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Koenig 4-3, B. Valentine 3-4, H. Lelièvre 3-1
Pitches - Strikes: E. Koenig 84-45, B. Valentine 38-20, H. Lelièvre 27-16
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. Valentine 1-1
WP: E. Koenig
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
P. Lester W (10-14) 8.0 9 3 3 3 6 0 137 4.16   
L. Seger 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 20 3.39   
PITCHING
Game Score: P. Lester 55
Batters Faced: P. Lester 34, L. Seger 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: P. Lester 6-10, L. Seger 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: P. Lester 137-94, L. Seger 20-11
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Phil Lester
Ballpark: San Vicente Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 9 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM PT
Time: 2:55
Attendance: 18197
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