MLB
CHICAGO HAWKS @ HOUSTON DRILLERS
05/20/1975
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Pitching: LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: LHB Sergio Morales 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Dave Taranto 0-0: Sac Bunt to 15 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Sergio Morales to second
Batting: RHB Don Bozza 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 110.6 MPH), Distance : 448 ft
Batting: LHB Mark Morris 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Jim Farrar 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 64.4 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 2 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : LHP Mike Haskett
Pitching: LHP Mike Haskett
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 107.5 MPH)
Lou Ward scores
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5L, EV 61.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 106.9 MPH)
Mark Sisson scores
Charlie Fee to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made to third
Wade Fields to second
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 1st over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Chicago 2 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 2ND
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: LHB Ray Gardner 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78XD, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Buck DeFalco 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Haskett 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 2 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : LHP Mike Haskett
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MS, EV 72.5 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: LHB Bill Switzer 0-0: Sac Bunt to 15S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Jim Johnson to second
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 105.0 MPH)
Jim Johnson to third
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 83.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Chicago 2 - Houston 2
TOP OF THE 3RD
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: LHB Sergio Morales 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Taranto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Don Bozza 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mark Morris 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25, EV 91.3 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 2 - Houston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : LHP Mike Haskett
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMFF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, W RL, EV 108.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 113.1 MPH), Distance : 451 ft
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 2 - Houston 4
TOP OF THE 4TH
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Jim Farrar 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ray Gardner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 2 - Houston 4
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : LHP Mike Haskett
Batting: LHB Bill Switzer 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 91.3 MPH)
DELAY Rain delay of 33 minutes in the 4th inning.
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
2-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 113.1 MPH), Distance : 449 ft
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Ball
Mike Lockhart steals 2nd base
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 106.3 MPH)
Mike Lockhart to third
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 6D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Mike Lockhart scores
Pitching: LHP Glenn Bailey
Now at 3B: Felipe Chavez
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 4th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 2 - Houston 6
TOP OF THE 5TH
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: LHB Buck DeFalco 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5F, EV 65.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Felipe Chavez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5S, EV 78.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Sergio Morales 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 68.8 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 2 - Houston 6
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : LHP Glenn Bailey
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, P, EV 78.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 2 - Houston 6
TOP OF THE 6TH
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: RHB Dave Taranto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Don Bozza 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
Dave Taranto steals 2nd base
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mark Morris 0-0: Ball
Dave Taranto steals 3rd base
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by CF
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 78.1 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 3 - Houston 6
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : LHP Glenn Bailey
Batting: LHB Bill Switzer 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 91.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 3 - Houston 6
TOP OF THE 7TH
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Batting: SHB Jim Farrar 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 9, EV 95.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Andy Bires 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6S, EV 64.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Buck DeFalco 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
2-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 3 - Houston 6
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : LHP Glenn Bailey
Pitching: LHP Dennis Herrell
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Fee 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3S, EV 64.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 56, EV 76.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 3 - Houston 6
TOP OF THE 8TH
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Now at 1B: Brian Fitch
Now in LF: Mark Sisson
Now in CF: Mickey Hoffman
Batting: RHB Felipe Chavez 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5S, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Sergio Morales 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4MS, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Taranto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Don Bozza 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.6 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Chicago 3 - Houston 6
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Chicago Hawks : LHP Dennis Herrell
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 110.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jerry Duersch 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 96.3 MPH), Distance : 384 ft
Batting: RHB Lou Ward 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Lou Ward to second
Batting: RHB Mark Sisson 0-0: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 113.1 MPH), Distance : 443 ft
Pitching: RHP Denny Chambers
Pinch Hitting: RHB Al Thompson 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MS, EV 73.8 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 78.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Wade Fields 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: Base on Balls
Mickey Hoffman to second
Batting: SHB Rich Lewis 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 56, EV 63.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Chicago 3 - Houston 11
TOP OF THE 9TH
Chicago Hawks batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Bill Switzer
Pitching: LHP Jeff Ferguson
Now at 1B: Jerry Duersch
Batting: LHB Mark Morris 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Jim Farrar 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34, EV 105.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Gene Malone 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Jim Farrar to second
Batting: LHB Buck DeFalco 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6D, EV 49.4 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Chicago 3 - Houston 11
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