MLB
LOS ANGELES BLOCKBUSTERS @ CLEVELAND BOBCATS
04/29/1977
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Paul Darch
Pitching: RHP Paul Darch
Batting: SHB Frank Bohley 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Rob Norton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunt - Flyout to 23! F3
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 105 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 0 - Cleveland 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Rick McStay
Pitching: RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB Fred Johnson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 91 MPH)
Batting: SHB Benito Olivas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Bunt - Flyout to 2R! F2
Batting: RHB Bill Harper 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 5D, EV 112 MPH)
Fred Johnson to second
Batting: SHB Phil Chirico 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 92 MPH)
Batting: LHB Alan Romano 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Fred Johnson to third
Bill Harper to second
Batting: RHB Ernie Wilkins 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Fred Johnson scores
Bill Harper to third
Alan Romano to second
Batting: RHB Keith MacPherson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 1st over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Los Angeles 0 - Cleveland 1
TOP OF THE 2ND
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Paul Darch
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 78 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Panetta 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 62 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Hester 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 88 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 0 - Cleveland 1
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB Jim Baumann 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, P, EV 99 MPH)
Batting: SHB Paul Darch 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 87 MPH)
Batting: RHB Fred Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MS, EV 73 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 0 - Cleveland 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Paul Darch
Batting: RHB Dave Taranto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 92 MPH)
Batting: SHB Bill May 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 91 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rick McStay 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to P - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Bill May to second
Batting: SHB Frank Bohley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 105 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 0 - Cleveland 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: SHB Benito Olivas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 54 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Harper 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 82 MPH)
Batting: SHB Phil Chirico 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4S, EV 55 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 0 - Cleveland 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Paul Darch
Batting: RHB Rob Norton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9, EV 94 MPH)
Rob Norton to second
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 34, EV 99 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chuck Panetta 0-0: Called Strike
Rob Norton steals 3rd base
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Tom Hester 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 89 MPH)
Rob Norton scores
Jim Brookins to second
Throwing error, E8
Jim Brookins scores
Tom Hester to second
Batting: RHB Dave Taranto 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 77 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 2 - Cleveland 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: LHB Alan Romano 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 89 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ernie Wilkins 0-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Line Drive, 7LD, EV 96 MPH), Distance : 341 ft
Batting: RHB Keith MacPherson 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4MD, EV 86 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Baumann 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 94 MPH)
Batting: SHB Paul Darch 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 4th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 2 - Cleveland 3
TOP OF THE 5TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Paul Darch
Batting: SHB Bill May 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 87 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rick McStay 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 94 MPH), Distance : 366 ft
Batting: SHB Frank Bohley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 13, EV 90 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rob Norton 0-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 113 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MS, EV 88 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Los Angeles 3 - Cleveland 3
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Rick McStay
Batting: RHB Fred Johnson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 113 MPH)
Batting: SHB Benito Olivas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Bunted foul
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Fred Johnson to second
Batting: RHB Bill Harper 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Phil Chirico 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 103 MPH)
Fred Johnson scores
Benito Olivas to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by RF
Pitching: RHP Gary Forgette
Batting: LHB Alan Romano 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Ernie Wilkins 0-0: Ball
Phil Chirico steals 3rd base
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 87 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, OUT at HOME! 9-2
Bottom of the 5th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 3 - Cleveland 5
TOP OF THE 6TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Paul Darch
Batting: RHB Chuck Panetta 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 60 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Hester 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 89 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Taranto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6, EV 59 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 3 - Cleveland 5
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Gary Forgette
Batting: RHB Keith MacPherson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 5D, EV 106 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Baumann 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 85 MPH)
Batting: SHB Paul Darch 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Ball
1-1: Bunted foul
1-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4MD, EV 50 MPH)
Batting: RHB Fred Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 93 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 3 - Cleveland 5
TOP OF THE 7TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Paul Darch
Batting: SHB Bill May 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
2-2: Reached on error, E8 (Line Drive, 78D, EV 75 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jimmy Locricchio 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 87 MPH)
Bill May to third
Batting: SHB Frank Bohley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Rob Norton 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 54 MPH)
Bill May scores
Frank Bohley to second
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 7th over - 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Los Angeles 4 - Cleveland 5
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Gary Forgette
Pitching: RHP Cardell Franklin
Batting: SHB Benito Olivas 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Bill Harper 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 80 MPH)
Batting: SHB Phil Chirico 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 95 MPH)
Batting: LHB Alan Romano Balk!
Phil Chirico to second
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 4 - Cleveland 5
TOP OF THE 8TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Paul Darch
Batting: RHB Chuck Panetta 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34, EV 88 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Hester 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 80 MPH)
Chuck Panetta to second
Batting: RHB Dave Taranto 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Bill May 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 85 MPH)
Chuck Panetta to third
Throwing error, E7
Chuck Panetta scores
Bill May to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Larry Allen 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 104 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Los Angeles 5 - Cleveland 5
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Cleveland Bobcats batting - Pitching for Los Angeles Blockbusters : RHP Cardell Franklin
Pitching: RHP Bill Kaiser
Batting: RHB Ernie Wilkins 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 101 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Rick Gruber 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Jim Baumann 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
Ernie Wilkins steals 3rd base
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Popup, 5D, EV 53 MPH)
Ernie Wilkins scores
Rick Gruber to second
Pinch Runner at 2nd Lamar Snyder:
Pinch Hitting: SHB Don Pelletier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 101 MPH), Distance : 450 ft
Pitching: RHP Paul Carter
Batting: RHB Fred Johnson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4M, EV 111 MPH)
Batting: SHB Benito Olivas 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 85 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Harper 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 96 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Los Angeles 5 - Cleveland 9
TOP OF THE 9TH
Los Angeles Blockbusters batting - Pitching for Cleveland Bobcats : RHP Paul Darch
Pitching: RHP Mike Chernock
Now at 3B: Bill Harper
Now in LF: Billy Booth
Batting: SHB Frank Bohley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89D, EV 86 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rob Norton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-2: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56S, EV 94 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Brookins 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 119 MPH)
Frank Bohley to third
Batting: RHB Harvey Katzen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Chuck Panetta 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Harvey Katzen to second
Batting: RHB Tom Hester 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 82 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 left on base; Los Angeles 5 - Cleveland 9
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