MLB
HOUSTON DRILLERS @ DETROIT WOLVERINES
07/05/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP William Matz
Pitching: LHP William Matz
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
Jackie Frost steals 2nd base
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Jackie Frost to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Pitching: LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: RHB Duane Simmons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Emil Wathen 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Pete Morrison 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Duane Simmons to second
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 103.1 MPH)
Duane Simmons to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: RHB Booker Lee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Troy Stallings to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made to third
Booker Lee to second
Batting: RHB Bill Taylor 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Troy Stallings scores
Booker Lee to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Gasper Copeland 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Bill Taylor to second
Batting: RHB Chuck McCormick 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
3-2: Base on Balls
Bill Taylor to third
Gasper Copeland to second
Batting: RHB William Matz 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP William Matz
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Martucci 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: RHB Duane Simmons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Emil Wathen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Pete Morrison 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Called Strike
Pete Morrison is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP William Matz
Batting: LHB Bill Switzer 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6S, EV 73.1 MPH)
Bill Switzer to third
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Bill Switzer scores
Jackie Frost to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
Mark Sisson steals 2nd base (no throw)
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 101.9 MPH)
Mark Sisson to third
Wade Fields to second
Mark Sisson scores
Wade Fields to third
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Rich Lewis to second
Batting: RHB Tom Martucci 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base; Houston 4 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 68.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Booker Lee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6D, EV 67.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Taylor 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 34D, EV 108.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gasper Copeland 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Houston 4 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP William Matz
Batting: LHB Bill Switzer 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Bill Switzer to second
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 97.5 MPH)
Bill Switzer to third
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
Mike Lockhart steals 2nd base (no throw)
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Bill Switzer scores
Mike Lockhart to third
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 105.6 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 5 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: RHB Chuck McCormick 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB William Matz 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Duane Simmons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Emil Wathen 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Duane Simmons to second
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 5 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP William Matz
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, P, EV 86.9 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 3-6 (Groundball, 3, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Martucci 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 100.0 MPH)
Lou Ward to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: LHB Bill Switzer 0-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 25, EV 87.5 MPH)
Tom Martucci to third
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LD, EV 103.8 MPH)
Tom Martucci scores
Bill Switzer to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to trailing runner, SAFE at third!
Pitching: RHP Alfredo Morales
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Mike Lockhart to second
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 90.6 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base; Houston 8 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: LHB Pete Morrison 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Booker Lee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 82.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 8 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : RHP Alfredo Morales
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Rich Lewis to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Batting: RHB Tom Martucci 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 8 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: RHB Bill Taylor 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 72.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gasper Copeland 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Chuck McCormick 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56, EV 88.8 MPH)
Gasper Copeland to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Randy Cowell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 95.6 MPH)
Gasper Copeland to third
Chuck McCormick to second
Batting: RHB Duane Simmons 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Grounds into fielders choice 1-2 (Groundball, 13S, EV 60.6 MPH)
Chuck McCormick to third
Randy Cowell to second
Pitching: RHP Dave Van Loon
Now at SS: Chuck Walton
Batting: RHB Emil Wathen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Houston 8 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : RHP Alfredo Morales
Pitching: RHP Elmer Bernstein
Batting: RHB Chuck Walton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 8 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dave Van Loon
Batting: LHB Pete Morrison 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Booker Lee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Taylor 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 8 - Detroit 3
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : RHP Elmer Bernstein
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 100.0 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 8 - Detroit 3
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dave Van Loon
Batting: RHB Gasper Copeland 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 108.1 MPH), Distance : 433 ft
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jerry Plumley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4, EV 92.5 MPH) (infield hit)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Eddie Taylor 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Jerry Plumley to second
Batting: RHB Duane Simmons 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Emil Wathen 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Pete Morrison 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 93.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Houston 8 - Detroit 4
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : RHP Elmer Bernstein
Pitching: RHP Tim McGovern
Now in CF: Jerry Plumley
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 90.6 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 8 - Detroit 4
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Dave Van Loon
Pitching: RHP Dick Witt
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Booker Lee 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 86.3 MPH)
Troy Stallings to third
Batting: RHB Bill Taylor 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Gasper Copeland 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 100.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 8 - Detroit 4
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