MLB
DETROIT WOLVERINES @ HOUSTON DRILLERS
06/04/1977
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Jerry Zaruba
Pitching: RHP Jerry Zaruba
Batting: RHB Steve Tingle 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 93 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Cox 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9, EV 77 MPH)
Steve Tingle to second
Batting: LHB Jerry Plumley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 90 MPH)
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 88 MPH)
Batting: RHB Joe Voss 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4M, EV 94 MPH)
Steve Tingle to third
Dave Cox to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by CF and OUT! 8-3-2
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Detroit 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Scott Litwak
Pitching: LHP Scott Litwak
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 93 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 93 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Hall 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 92 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 52 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Jerry Zaruba
Batting: LHB Gary Jordan 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 23, EV 64 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gasper Copeland 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 88 MPH)
Batting: RHB Danny Strickland 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 78S, EV 80 MPH)
Batting: LHB Scott Litwak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
3-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34, EV 79 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Scott Litwak
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 13, EV 56 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 88 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 93 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Jerry Zaruba
Batting: RHB Steve Tingle 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 57 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Cox 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 85 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jerry Plumley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 93 MPH)
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, U6 (Groundball, 6M, EV 84 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Scott Litwak
Batting: RHB Ivey Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6S, EV 86 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jerry Zaruba 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunted foul
1-1: Bunted foul
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 63 MPH)
Ivey Smith to second
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 110 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 15, EV 72 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Detroit 0 - Houston 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Jerry Zaruba
Batting: RHB Joe Voss 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Gary Jordan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 62 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gasper Copeland 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9, EV 86 MPH)
Batting: RHB Danny Strickland 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Gasper Copeland to second
Batting: LHB Scott Litwak 0-0: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 2R, EV 63 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Detroit 0 - Houston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Scott Litwak
Batting: RHB Charlie Hall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 71 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 104 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89XD, EV 97 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 90 MPH)
Jackie Frost to third
Mike Wells to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Ivey Smith 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 15, EV 76 MPH)
Mike Wells to third
Jim Johnson to second
Batting: RHB Jerry Zaruba 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MS, EV 80 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base; Detroit 0 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Jerry Zaruba
Batting: RHB Steve Tingle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 80 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Cox 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 25, EV 40 MPH)
Steve Tingle to third
Batting: LHB Jerry Plumley 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 108 MPH)
Steve Tingle scores
Dave Cox to third
Jerry Plumley to second
Batting: RHB Joe Voss 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, W LL, EV 99 MPH)
Dave Cox scores
Jerry Plumley scores
Troy Stallings to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by LF and OUT! 7-4-2
Batting: LHB Gary Jordan 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 87 MPH)
Joe Voss to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: RHB Gasper Copeland 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LM, EV 100 MPH)
Batting: RHB Danny Strickland 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 5th over - 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Detroit 4 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Scott Litwak
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 106 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 56 MPH)
Mike Lockhart to second
Batting: RHB Charlie Hall 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 104 MPH)
Mike Lockhart to third
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5D, EV 113 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 4 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Jerry Zaruba
Batting: LHB Scott Litwak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 51 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Tingle 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 78 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Cox 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-1: TRIPLE (Flyball, 9LD, EV 101 MPH)
Steve Tingle scores
Batting: LHB Jerry Plumley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F1 (Popup, P, EV 54 MPH)
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4MD, EV 65 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 5 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Scott Litwak
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 81 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 92 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 94 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ivey Smith 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 100 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 5 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 7TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Jerry Zaruba
Batting: RHB Joe Voss 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 85 MPH)
Batting: LHB Gary Jordan 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
Joe Voss is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Gasper Copeland 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 97 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 5 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Scott Litwak
Pinch Hitting: RHB Al Thompson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 57 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 5 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 8TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : RHP Jerry Zaruba
Pitching: LHP Billy Duprey
Batting: RHB Danny Strickland 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 86 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bob Allen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 84 MPH)
Batting: RHB Steve Tingle 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Danny Strickland to second
Batting: RHB Dave Cox 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E1 (Groundball, 13S, EV 72 MPH)
Danny Strickland to third
Steve Tingle to second
Batting: LHB Jerry Plumley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Grounds into fielders choice 3-2 (Groundball, 34S, EV 106 MPH)
Steve Tingle to third
Dave Cox to second
Batting: RHB Troy Stallings 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Steve Tingle scores
Dave Cox to third
Jerry Plumley to second
Batting: RHB Joe Voss 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 83 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 left on base; Detroit 6 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : LHP Scott Litwak
Pitching: RHP Doug Fiorentino
Batting: RHB Charlie Hall 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MS, EV 71 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lowell Bickle 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 113 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jackie Frost 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Lowell Bickle to second
Batting: LHB Mike Wells 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 90 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Johnson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 23F, EV 54 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Detroit 6 - Houston 1
TOP OF THE 9TH
Detroit Wolverines batting - Pitching for Houston Drillers : LHP Billy Duprey
Batting: LHB Gary Jordan 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Gasper Copeland 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 60 MPH)
Batting: RHB Danny Strickland 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 113 MPH), Distance : 399 ft
Batting: RHB Doug Fiorentino 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Steve Tingle 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6M, EV 93 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 8 - Houston 1
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Houston Drillers batting - Pitching for Detroit Wolverines : RHP Doug Fiorentino
Pinch Hitting: SHB Al Reilly 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 88 MPH), Distance : 405 ft
Pinch Hitting: LHB Lute Eccles 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Reached via error on a dropped throw from 1B, E1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 108 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Lockhart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 92 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mickey Hoffman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 15, EV 93 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 left on base; Detroit 8 - Houston 2
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