MLB
HOUSTON DRILLERS @ NEW YORK EMPIRES
03/10/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Larry Stanford
Pitching: LHP Larry Stanford
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 96.9 MPH)
Mike Lockhart to second
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 9LD, EV 103.8 MPH)
Mike Lockhart scores
Mike Wells to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by RF
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 1st over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 2 - New York 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Francisco Castro
Pitching: RHP Francisco Castro
Batting: RHB Roger Hickey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gary Austin 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4S, EV 75.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 4M, EV 70.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 2 - New York 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Larry Stanford
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 13, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3F, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Francisco Castro 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 84.4 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 2 - New York 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Francisco Castro
Batting: LHB Rick Lintner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Rick Lintner to second
Batting: SHB Eddie Ellison 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Grounds into double play, 3-6-1 (Groundball, 3, EV 86.9 MPH)
Rick Lintner to third
Batting: LHB Jim Caldwell 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Rick Lintner scores
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 91.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 2 - New York 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Larry Stanford
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 108.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5S, EV 68.8 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 2 - New York 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Francisco Castro
Batting: LHB Larry Stanford 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Roger Hickey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 65.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gary Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4, EV 100.6 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Gary Austin to second
Batting: LHB Rick Lintner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 86.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 2 - New York 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Larry Stanford
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 7LD, EV 95.6 MPH), Distance : 350 ft
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 79.4 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - New York 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Francisco Castro
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
2-2: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Eddie Ellison 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 78XD, EV 108.8 MPH)
Paul Brower scores
Batting: LHB Jim Caldwell 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 56D, EV 89.4 MPH)
Eddie Ellison to third
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Larry Stanford 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 106.3 MPH)
Eddie Ellison scores
Jim Caldwell to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Al Castro 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Gary Austin 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 98.1 MPH)
Jim Caldwell to third
Larry Stanford to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Pinch Hitting: RHB Javier Abarca 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Larry Stanford to third
Gary Austin to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Chuck Estrada 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 98.1 MPH)
Larry Stanford scores
Gary Austin to third
Javier Abarca to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to trailing runner, OUT at third! 9-3-5
Bottom of the 4th over - 5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 3 - New York 6
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Larry Stanford
Now at C: Len Finnegan
Now at 2B: Javier Abarca
Now at 3B: Chuck Estrada
Now in CF: Al Castro
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Batting: LHB Francisco Castro 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - New York 6
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Francisco Castro
Now at C: Mickey Hoffman
Now at 2B: Chuck Walton
Now at SS: Jim Medrano
Now in LF: Mark Sisson
Now in CF: Bobby Jackson
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Len Finnegan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Bunted foul
1-2: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Caldwell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34S, EV 80.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - New York 6
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Larry Stanford
Pitching: LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 101.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Joe Burke 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 101.9 MPH)
Joe Burke to second
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Joe Burke to third
Mark Sisson to second
Batting: SHB Bobby Jackson 0-0: Grounds into fielders choice 4-2 (Groundball, 4, EV 83.1 MPH)
Mark Sisson to third
Wade Fields to second
Batting: RHB Chuck Walton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Houston 3 - New York 6
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Francisco Castro
Pitching: RHP Randy Robins
Now at 1B: Joe Burke
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 74.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jon Pierce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Al Castro 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Jon Pierce to second
Batting: RHB Gary Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Jon Pierce scores
Al Castro to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to trailing runner, OUT at third! 7-3-5
Batting: RHB Javier Abarca 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Estrada 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Javier Abarca to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made to third
Chuck Estrada to second
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Javier Abarca scores
Chuck Estrada to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to home
Batting: RHB Len Finnegan 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 6D, EV 83.1 MPH)
Paul Brower to second
Batting: LHB Jim Caldwell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 78XD, EV 95.0 MPH)
Paul Brower scores
Len Finnegan to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by CF
Pitching: RHP Larry Bilski
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 91.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 6 runs, 8 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 3 - New York 12
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Batting: RHB Jim Medrano 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5, EV 71.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Larry Bilski 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 81.9 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - New York 12
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Larry Bilski
Pinch Hitting: LHB Dave Martin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Al Castro 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Gary Austin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34, EV 83.1 MPH)
Dave Martin to second
Pitching: LHP Jeff Ferguson
Batting: RHB Javier Abarca 0-0: Single, Error in OF, E9, batter to second base (Groundball, 34D, EV 99.4 MPH)
Dave Martin scores
Gary Austin to third
Batting: RHB Chuck Estrada 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 98.8 MPH)
Gary Austin scores
Javier Abarca to third
Batting: RHB Paul Brower 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 3 - New York 14
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Jon Pierce
Pitching: LHP Danilo Molina
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe Burke 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 3D, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 108.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 70.0 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 3 - New York 14
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
New York Empires batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Jeff Ferguson
Batting: RHB Len Finnegan 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Jim Caldwell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Dave Matuzak 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 70.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 3 - New York 14
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for New York Empires : LHP Danilo Molina
Pitching: RHP Tom Duncan
Batting: SHB Bobby Jackson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Walton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25F, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Medrano 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5D, EV 68.1 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
0-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6D, EV 73.1 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 3 - New York 14
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