MLB
TWIN CITIES NORTHMEN @ HOUSTON DRILLERS
08/02/1973
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Pitching: RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Bunt - Flyout to 23! F3
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 97.5 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Twin Cities 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Gerald Gross
Pitching: RHP Gerald Gross
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 70.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe Burke 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Twin Cities 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: SHB Ed Laub 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Juan Alicea 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 65.6 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Twin Cities 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Gerald Gross
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Twin Cities 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB Gerald Gross 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMFF
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Twin Cities 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Gerald Gross
Batting: RHB Chuck Walton 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Rick McStay 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 106.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Twin Cities 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34S, EV 70.0 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, 34S, EV 63.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB Ed Laub 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Sac Bunt to 25 - play at first, batter OUT! 5-3
Buddy Shingleton to second
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 71.9 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Twin Cities 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Gerald Gross
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe Burke 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Twin Cities 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 5TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Juan Alicea 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gerald Gross 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Twin Cities 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Gerald Gross
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 68.8 MPH)
Charlie Fee to second
Batting: RHB Chuck Walton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Twin Cities 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 6TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 111.9 MPH), Distance : 443 ft
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Twin Cities 1 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Gerald Gross
Pinch Hitting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34S, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe Burke 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunt missed!
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Twin Cities 1 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 7TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Rick McStay
Pitching: LHP Jeff Ferguson
Batting: SHB Ed Laub 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 103.8 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Twin Cities 1 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Gerald Gross
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 34D, EV 91.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 103.8 MPH)
Charlie Fee to second
Batting: RHB Chuck Walton 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 94.4 MPH)
Charlie Fee to third
Jackie Frost to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to trailing runner, OUT at third! 8-3-5
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Twin Cities 1 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 8TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Jeff Ferguson
Now at 3B: Ed Shofner
Now at SS: Don Martinez
Batting: RHB Juan Alicea 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Pinch Hitting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Greg Clement to second
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Twin Cities 1 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Gerald Gross
Pitching: RHP Brian Williams
Pinch Hitting: LHB Armando Amador 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, P, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Joe Burke 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 34, EV 69.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Twin Cities 1 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 9TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Jeff Ferguson
Pitching: RHP Warner Manning
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: SHB Ed Laub 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 3-6 (Groundball, 3, EV 86.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jim McCusker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 103.8 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Twin Cities 1 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Brian Williams
Now at 2B: Jim McCusker
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Martinez 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 103.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Twin Cities 1 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 10TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Warner Manning
Now at C: Rich Lewis
Batting: SHB Darrell Miller 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Juan Alicea 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: LHB Mark Clark 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Greg Clement 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 10th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Twin Cities 1 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 10TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Brian Williams
Pitching: LHP Tommy Lloyd
Batting: RHB Chuck Walton 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 3S, EV 70.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: SHB Bobby Jackson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-1: Base on Balls
Bobby Jackson to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jeff Drago 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 104.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 10th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Twin Cities 1 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 11TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Warner Manning
Pitching: RHP Bill Footman
Now in CF: Bobby Jackson
Now in RF: Mark Sisson
Batting: RHB Melvin Perez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 72.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 81.3 MPH)
Top of the 11th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Twin Cities 1 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 11TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : LHP Tommy Lloyd
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LSF, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 5, EV 83.8 MPH)
Mike Wells to second
Batting: RHB Don Martinez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd, no throw by LF
Batting: RHB Chuck Walton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 96.9 MPH)
Mike Wells scores
Bottom of the 11th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Twin Cities 1 - Houston 2
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