MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
HOUSTON DRILLERS AT TWIN CITIES NORTHMEN
06/14/1977
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
HOUSTON DRILLERS AT TWIN CITIES NORTHMEN
GAME ID: 916 - TUESDAY, JUNE 14TH , 1977 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Drillers (26-39) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 1
Twin Cities Northmen (40-29) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 X 4 9 1
Drillers Lose Again, 4-3, to Northmen
The home crowd had a good time watching the Houston Drillers and Twin Cities Northmen get after it.

The Twin Cities Northmen locked up a win at Twin Cities Stadium, knocking off the Houston Drillers, 4-3. On the mound for Twin Cities was right-hander Gerald Gross. He played a major role in the triumph. In 7 innings, Gross surrendered 5 hits, while striking out 4 and walking 5. He allowed 2 runs.

Pete Walker chipped in a 2-run home run for Twin Cities in the bottom of the fourth. For the game, the left fielder had 2 hits in 3 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 1 run scored, and 2 RBI.

"I'm just looking to see the ball, hit the ball," said Walker.

The last-place Drillers have dropped 6 straight games.
HOUSTON BATTING LINESCORE TWIN CITIES BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
L. Eccles C 4 0 2 1 1 1 2 .260 2 13
M. Lockhart 1B 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .274 8 28
M. Sisson CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .270 14 43
M. Wells LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .266 12 32
L. Bickle 2B 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 .292 3 30
C. Hall 3B 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .312 3 20
   B. Switzer P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1
M. Hoffman RF 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .200 2 15
J. Johnson SS 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 .220 5 21
J. Zaruba P 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 .158 0 0
   a-A. Galyean 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256 0 3
Totals 32 3 7 3 5 5 17      
a - A. Galyean substituted for J. Zaruba in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: C. Hall (17, 2nd Inning off G. Gross, 1 on, 1 out)
Triples: J. Johnson (1, 9th Inning off R. Lindstrom, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: L. Eccles 2 , M. Lockhart , L. Bickle , C. Hall 2 , J. Johnson 4
2-out RBI: L. Eccles
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: L. Eccles , J. Zaruba 2
Sac Fly: M. Hoffman
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
CS: L. Eccles (4) , M. Lockhart (9)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Johnson (11)
Double Plays: 1 (Johnson-Bickle-Lockhart)
OF assists: 1 (Sisson(Jacobs at 3rd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Jacobs RF 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 .274 11 34
J. Thorman SS, 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .313 4 34
D. Davalos 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .367 11 40
   R. Lindstrom P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
N. Lockhart CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .276 4 28
P. Walker LF 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 .263 4 26
   b-M. McGurn 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 1 10
S. Pavey 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .235 4 23
R. Giardina C 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .175 5 15
C. Berman 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 2 33
   c-T. McNabb SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 0 7
G. Gross P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 3
   a-D. Weaver PH, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .351 1 10
Totals 32 4 9 3 2 4 7      
a - D. Weaver pinch hit for G. Gross in the 7th
b - M. McGurn substituted for P. Walker in the 8th
c - T. McNabb substituted for C. Berman in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: D. Davalos 2 (12, 6th Inning off J. Zaruba, 0 on, 0 outs; 7th Inning off J. Zaruba, 1 on, 2 outs) , S. Pavey (7, 6th Inning off J. Zaruba, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: P. Walker (4, 4th Inning off J. Zaruba, 1 on, 1 out) , C. Jacobs (11, 7th Inning off J. Zaruba, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: C. Jacobs 4 , J. Thorman 2 , D. Davalos 4 , N. Lockhart , P. Walker 5 , S. Pavey 2
2-out RBI: C. Jacobs
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: N. Lockhart , R. Giardina 2
GIDP: P. Walker
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: N. Lockhart (8)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Thorman (20)
HOUSTON PITCHING LINESCORE TWIN CITIES PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR BF PI ERA   
J. Zaruba L (3-6) 7.0 9 4 3 2 3 2 31 118 4.19   
B. Switzer 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 4.21   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Zaruba 46
Batters Faced: J. Zaruba 31, B. Switzer 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Zaruba 8-8, B. Switzer 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: J. Zaruba 118-72, B. Switzer 11-8
Player IP H R ER BB K HR BF PI ERA   
G. Gross W (4-4) 7.0 5 2 2 5 4 0 30 110 4.20   
R. Lindstrom SV (12) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 8 33 4.35   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. Gross 58
Batters Faced: G. Gross 30, R. Lindstrom 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Gross 9-6, R. Lindstrom 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: G. Gross 110-69, R. Lindstrom 33-24
Balk: G. Gross
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Gerald Gross
Ballpark: Twin Cities Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (72 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM CT
Time: 2:41
Attendance: 20014
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