MLB
HOUSTON DRILLERS @ TWIN CITIES NORTHMEN
03/20/1976
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Edgar Trask
Pitching: RHP Edgar Trask
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 88.8 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Twin Cities 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Francisco Castro
Pitching: RHP Francisco Castro
Batting: RHB Noland Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Sac Bunt to 2R - play at first, batter OUT! 2-3
Noland Lockhart to second
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Pete Walker 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Noland Lockhart to third
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 98.1 MPH)
Noland Lockhart scores
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4S, EV 75.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 2ND
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Edgar Trask
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brian Fitch 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Francisco Castro
Batting: RHB Len Emery 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rick Giardina 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Uhlenkamp 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Edgar Trask 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 76.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Edgar Trask
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Tice 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Francisco Castro 0-0: Sac Bunt to 13 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Mike Tice to second
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Houston 0 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Francisco Castro
Batting: RHB Noland Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Steve Pavey 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB David Davalos 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 90.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 0 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Edgar Trask
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 102.5 MPH)
Lou Ward to second
Lou Ward to third
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Brian Fitch 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Lou Ward scores
Mike Wells to second
Batting: RHB Ed Shofner 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Ball
1-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 100.0 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 1 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Francisco Castro
Batting: RHB Pete Walker 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Buddy Shingleton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Len Emery 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 104.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Edgar Trask
Now at 1B: Mike McGurn
Now in LF: Len Emery
Now in RF: Richie Brown
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Fly out, F1 (Popup, P, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Tice 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 105.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Ball
Mike Tice steals 2nd base
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 89.4 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jose Gonzalez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 1 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Francisco Castro
Pitching: RHP Warner Manning
Now at 2B: Jose Gonzalez
Now in CF: Mike Tice
Now in RF: Mark Sisson
Batting: LHB Rick Giardina 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 25F, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Uhlenkamp 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 101.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Dave Weaver 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 108.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 1 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Edgar Trask
Pitching: RHP Paul Whitaker
Now at C: Marv Honer
Now at 3B: Earl Haack
Pinch Hitting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 98.1 MPH), Distance : 410 ft
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: LHB Rick Mounts 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 101.9 MPH), Distance : 393 ft
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jerry Duersch 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Al Thompson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 92.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 15, EV 86.9 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jose Acosta 0-0: Ball
Jackie Frost is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Top of the 6th over - 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Warner Manning
Pitching: RHP Terry Holland
Now at 1B: Rick Mounts
Now at 3B: Jim Sparks
Now at SS: Al Thompson
Now in LF: Mark Sisson
Now in CF: Jackie Frost
Now in RF: Mike Lockhart
Pinch Hitting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 100.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Ross Clifford 0-0: Ball
1-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike McGurn 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 93.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 4 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 7TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Paul Whitaker
Pitching: RHP Jose Menendez
Now at 2B: Ross Clifford
Now in LF: Keith Friedrichs
Now in CF: Richie Brown
Now in RF: Carl Jacobs
Batting: RHB Jim Sparks 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jose Gonzalez 0-0: Ball
Mark Sisson steals 2nd base
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Mark Sisson to third
Mike Lockhart to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to trailing runner, OUT at third! 8-3-5
Top of the 7th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 5 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Terry Holland
Batting: RHB Richie Brown 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Tom McNabb 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MS, EV 65.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Keith Friedrichs 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Earl Haack 0-0: Ball
Keith Friedrichs steals 2nd base
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 93.8 MPH)
Keith Friedrichs to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by RF and OUT! 9-2
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 5 - Twin Cities 1
TOP OF THE 8TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Jose Menendez
Now at SS: Tom McNabb
Batting: LHB Rick Mounts 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 80.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Willie Shaw 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Al Thompson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Houston 5 - Twin Cities 1
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Terry Holland
Pitching: RHP Ed Myatt
Batting: SHB Marv Honer 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Hit by Pitch
Pinch Hitting: SHB Jim Thorman 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 23F, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Carl Jacobs 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 3-6 (Groundball, 3, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ross Clifford 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 105.6 MPH)
Carl Jacobs to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: RHB Mike McGurn 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 75.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Houston 5 - Twin Cities 2
TOP OF THE 9TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Twin Cities Northmen : RHP Jose Menendez
Pitching: RHP Steve Eaton
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 7LS, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Sparks 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 108.1 MPH)
Jackie Frost to second
Jackie Frost to third
Pinch Hitting: LHB Dave Elwood 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 107.5 MPH)
Jackie Frost scores
Jim Sparks to second
Batting: RHB Jose Gonzalez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Jim Sparks to third
Dave Elwood to second
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 80.0 MPH)
Jim Sparks scores
Dave Elwood to third
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 66.3 MPH)
Dave Elwood scores
Mike Lockhart to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Mark Peeples 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Ed Myatt 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Mike Lockhart to third
Mark Peeples to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Mark Peeples to third
Ed Myatt to second
Pitching: RHP Pete McMillian
Batting: RHB Al Thompson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Houston 9 - Twin Cities 2
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Twin Cities Northmen batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Ed Myatt
Pitching: RHP Angel Leiva
Now at 1B: Mark Peeples
Now in LF: Dave Elwood
Batting: RHB Richie Brown 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Pinch Hitting: RHB John Wilson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E1 (Groundball, 25, EV 73.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Keith Friedrichs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Earl Haack 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 90.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Houston 9 - Twin Cities 2
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