South River Gladiators vs. Route 66 Hot Rods
SPB2-1973 ALCS GAME 1 THE 1973 American League Championship Series An epic head to head matchup between the two best teams in the American League, Mike See’s 113 Win Route 66 Hot Rods and Joe Dezarlo’s 104 Win South River Gladiators. I have played in many many LCS and World Series during my time in SPB, and I must say, this series right here, just might be one of the wildest back and forth series I have EVER been a part of. Game 1 @ Route 66 - The Hot Rods sent Jim Palmer (24-5) to the hill against the South River ace Tom Seaver (26-7). The Gladiators quickly jumped on “Cakes”, plating 4 runs in the first 3 innings, assisted by 2 outfield errors by Bill North and Reggie Jackson. With a 4 run deficit already in the 3rd, the Hot Rod fans were deflated with the dominant Seaver looking magnificent, but he erupted when their team shocking scored 6 runs off of Tom Terrific in the 3rd, taking a 6-4 lead. With Palmer not his normal self, closer Rolle Fingers was brought in for middle relief, and tossed 3 scoreless frames, while the Hot Rods offense scored 3 more runs, led by Bill Melton’s 3 for 3 effort with a walk, double, RBI and 2 runs scored. Hot Rods take game 1 by a score of 9-4. 10/13/1973, GLA73-R6673, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Gladiators 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 7 0 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 x 9 10 2 8 2 Gladiators AB R H BI AVG Hot Rods AB R H BI AVG Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 .000 Carew 2b 4 2 1 0 .250 Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Rose lf 5 0 1 0 .200 Millan 2b 4 1 1 0 .250 Jackson,R rf 4 1 1 0 .250 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Scott,G 1b 4 1 1 2 .250 Scheinblum dh 4 1 2 0 .500 Murcer dh 5 1 1 2 .200 Robinson,F lf 4 0 1 1 .250 Melton 3b 3 2 3 1 1.000 Staub rf 4 0 2 1 .500 Munson c 2 1 0 0 .000 Bench c 2 1 0 0 .000 North cf 3 0 1 1 .333 Driessen 3b 4 1 1 0 .250 Campaneris ss 2 1 1 3 .500 Torre 1b 4 0 2 1 .500 32 9 10 9 Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0 .250 36 4 10 3 Gladiators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Seaver L 0-1 4.1 7 7 7 3 4 92 56 14.54 Monteagudo 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 10 2 0.00 Acosta 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0.00 Hernandez,R 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 17 12 0.00 Stone,S 1.1 1 2 2 2 1 26 14 13.50 Brewer 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 7 6 0.00 8.0 10 9 9 7 6 158 93 Hot Rods INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Palmer W 1-0 5.0 8 4 2 1 0 76 47 3.60 Fingers H 1 3.0 1 0 0 1 1 33 22 0.00 Watt 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 11 8 0.00 9.0 10 4 2 2 2 120 77 GLA: Sudakis batted for Harrelson in the 9th Adams batted for Millan in the 9th E-Jackson,R, North. 2B-Driessen(1), Rose(1), Scott,G(1), Melton 2(2), Campaneris(1). 3B-Jackson,R(1). RBI-Robinson,F(1), Staub(1), Torre(1), Scott,G 2(2), Murcer 2(2), Melton(1), North(1), Campaneris 3(3). K-Robinson,F, Adams, Jackson,R, Scott,G, Murcer 2, North, Campaneris. BB-Bench 2, Carew, Scott,G, Melton, Munson 2, North, Campaneris. SF-Campaneris. HBP-Jackson,R. PB-Bench. HB-Seaver. GWRBI: Campaneris Temperature: 71, Sky: clear, Wind: in from center at 8 MPH. .................................................................................................... 10/13/1973, GLA73-R6673, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Gladiators 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 7 0 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 x 9 10 2 8 2 Gladiators -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Harrelson ss 1>9 7 64/f 7>7 Sudakis ph 9 Millan 2b S 3>9 5>3/g 63 Adams ph k Scheinblum dh e8.1-3;B-2 S.B-2(e9) 53 S Robinson,F lf S.3-H;2-3 13 8 k Staub rf 463/gdp S.2-H;B-2 6>S 8>63 Bench c 2>W 63 Fingers 7 W.1-2 Driessen 3b D.1-3 4>31 9.2-3 53 Torre 1b S.3-H;2-3 S 6 9>Watt 9 Geronimo cf note 1 9 54/f S 1: 463/gdp.3-H Hot Rods -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Carew 2b 1>7 3>S 63 note 1 W.1-2 7 Rose lf D 7 4>4/L 6>8 8.2-3 Jackson,R rf pb.2-3 HBP.1-2 8 T Brewer k 1 Scott,G 1b k W.2-3;1-2 7 52.3xH;B-1 D.3-H;1-H Murcer dh 2>k note 2 5>9 k 63 Melton 3b S D.3-H;1-3 W 7>Stone,S D Munson c 7 W Monteagudo PO2(26) W.1-2 43 North cf S.1-2 note 3 W.2-3;1-2 k Campaneris ss k D.3-H;2-H Acosta 8>W note 4 1: Hernandez,R 2: S.3-H;2-H;1-3 3: 63.3-H;2-3;1-2 4: 9/SF.3-H;2-3;1-2 Gladiators IN OUT ER Hot Rods IN OUT ER Seaver A1 C6 7 L 0-1 Palmer A1 C5 2 W 1-0 Monteagudo C7 C8 0 Fingers C6 D7 0 H 1 Acosta C9 C9 0 Watt D8 E2 0 Hernandez,R D1 D5 0 Stone,S D6 E2 2 Brewer E3 E5 0 .................................................................................................... 10/13/1973, GLA73-R6673, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Gladiators 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 7 0 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 x 9 10 2 8 2 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Harrelson flied out to right (BX) 0-0 1 --- 32 Millan lined a single to shallow center (CBBBFFX) 0-0 1 1-- 11 Millan to third, Scheinblum to second on an error by the center fielder North (SBX) 0-0 1 -23 10 Robinson,F lined a single to right, Millan scored, Scheinblum to third (BX) 1-0 1 1-3 21 Staub grounded into a double play, Carew to Campaneris to Scott,G (BBFX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Hot Rods batting 1-0 0 --- 01 Carew lined out to left (CX) 1-0 1 --- 22 Rose lined a double to left center (BCCBX) 1-0 1 -2- 02 Bench allowed a passed ball, Rose to third (CSB) 1-0 1 --3 22 Jackson,R struck out (CSB.FBS) 1-0 2 --3 12 Scott,G struck out (BCCFFC) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Gladiators batting 1-0 0 --- 31 Bench walked (BBBCB) 1-0 0 1-- 10 Driessen doubled deep to left center, Bench to third (BX) 1-0 0 -23 12 Torre grounded a single up the middle, Bench scored, Driessen to third (CBSFFX) 2-0 0 1-3 00 Geronimo grounded into a double play, Carew to Campaneris to Scott,G, Driessen scored (X) 3-0 2 --- 32 Harrelson flied out to left (CBBFBFX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Hot Rods batting 3-0 0 --- 02 Murcer struck out (CCC) 3-0 1 --- 22 Melton lined a single to right center (BSBSX) 3-0 1 1-- 00 Munson flied out to left (X) 3-0 2 1-- 21 North grounded a single between first and second, Melton to second (CBBX) 3-0 2 12- 22 Campaneris struck out (BCSBS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Gladiators batting 3-0 0 --- 00 Millan flied out to right (X) 3-0 1 --- 00 Scheinblum lined a single to shallow right, Scheinblum to second on an error by the right fielder Jackson,R (X) 3-0 1 -2- 01 Robinson,F grounded out to the mound (SX) 3-0 2 -2- 00 Staub grounded a single between first and second, Scheinblum scored, Staub to second (X) 4-0 2 -2- 21 Bench grounded out to short (CBBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Hot Rods batting 4-0 0 --- 01 Carew lined a single down the left field line (CX) 4-0 0 1-- 31 Rose flied out to left (1BBBCX) 4-0 1 1-- 01 Jackson,R was hit by a pitch, Carew to second (CH) 4-0 1 12- 30 Scott,G walked, Carew to third, Jackson,R to second (BBBB) 4-0 1 123 12 Murcer lined a single to left center, Carew scored, Jackson,R scored, Scott,G to third (BFSX) 4-2 1 1-3 20 Melton lined a double to left center, Scott,G scored, Murcer to third (BBX) 4-3 1 -23 32 Munson walked (B+3FSBFBB) 4-3 1 123 21 North grounded out to short, Murcer scored, Melton to third, Munson to second (BBCX) 4-4 2 -23 22 Campaneris doubled deep to right center, Melton scored, Munson scored (BBSCX) 4-6 2 -2- 22 Carew grounded out to short (CFBFFBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Gladiators batting 4-6 0 --- 22 Driessen grounded out to first (FBBFX) 4-6 1 --- 31 Torre lined a single to center (BCBBX) 4-6 1 1-- 10 Geronimo popped out to right (BX) 4-6 2 1-- 11 Harrelson grounded to short, forcing Torre at second (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Hot Rods batting 4-6 0 --- 00 Rose lined out to second (X) 4-6 1 --- 01 Jackson,R flied out to center (CX) 4-6 2 --- 00 Scott,G flied out to left (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Gladiators batting 4-6 0 --- 11 Millan grounded out to first (FBX) 4-6 1 --- 12 Scheinblum grounded out to third (FFBFFX) 4-6 2 --- 00 Robinson,F flied out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Hot Rods batting 4-6 0 --- 02 Murcer flied out to right (FFX) 4-6 1 --- 31 Melton walked (BBBCB) Monteagudo now pitching 4-6 1 1-- 32 Munson walked, Melton to second (CBBFBB) 4-6 1 12- 30 North walked, Melton to third, Munson to second (BBBB) Acosta now pitching 4-6 1 123 32 Campaneris hit a sacrifice fly to right, Melton scored, Munson to third, North to second (FSBBBX) Hernandez,R now pitching 4-7 2 -23 32 Carew flied out to left (CSBBFBFX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Gladiators batting 4-7 0 --- 11 Staub lined a single to shallow center (BSX) Fingers now pitching 4-7 0 1-- 32 Bench walked, Staub to second (BBBCFB) 4-7 0 12- 32 Driessen flied out to right, Staub to third (FBBFBX) 4-7 1 1-3 11 Torre popped out to short (CBX) 4-7 2 1-3 12 Geronimo grounded to third, forcing Bench at second (CFBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Hot Rods batting 4-7 0 --- 00 Rose flied out to center (X) 4-7 1 --- 00 Jackson,R grounded a triple down the first base line (X) 4-7 1 --3 01 Scott,G grounded to third, Jackson,R out at home, Scott,G to first (CX) 4-7 2 1-- 22 Murcer struck out (CSBBS) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Gladiators batting 4-7 0 --- 00 Harrelson flied out to left (X) 4-7 1 --- 00 Millan grounded out to short (X) 4-7 2 --- 12 Scheinblum lined a single to shallow center (FBSX) 4-7 2 1-- 02 Robinson,F struck out (CFS) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Hot Rods batting Stone,S now pitching 4-7 0 --- 01 Melton lined a double down the left field line (CX) 4-7 0 -2- 02 Melton was picked off second by Bench (CSB+2) 4-7 1 --- 22 Munson grounded out to second (CSB+2.BX) 4-7 2 --- 22 North struck out (CBBSS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Gladiators batting 4-7 0 --- 11 Staub grounded out to short (CBX) 4-7 1 --- 00 Bench flied out to left (X) 4-7 2 --- 00 Driessen grounded out to third (X) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Hot Rods batting 4-7 0 --- 31 Campaneris walked (BBBCB) 4-7 0 1-- 32 Carew walked, Campaneris to second (SBBFBFB) 4-7 0 12- 01 Rose flied out to center, Campaneris to third (CX) Brewer now pitching 4-7 1 1-3 00 Jackson,R popped out to the mound (X) 4-7 2 1-3 01 Scott,G lined a double to left center, Campaneris scored, Carew scored (CX) 4-9 2 -2- 12 Murcer grounded out to short (BFFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Gladiators batting Watt now pitching 4-9 0 --- 12 Torre flied out to right (BCFX) 4-9 1 --- 00 Geronimo reached on an infield single to second (X) Sudakis pinch hitting for Harrelson 4-9 1 1-- 20 Sudakis flied out to right (BBX) Adams pinch hitting for Millan 4-9 2 1-- 02 Adams struck out (CFS)
SPB2-1973 ALCS GAME 2 Game 2 @ Route 66 - An extra innings pitchers duel between young future aces Vida Blue for Route 66 and Bert Blyleven for South River. Both pitchers were dominant for the entire game, but the Gladiators were able to scratch out a run in the 2nd off Blue on an RBI single by “Big Mon” Rico Carty. Blyleven took that 1-0 lead all the way until the 9th inning. In the bottom of the 9th, Bobby Murcer reached on an IF single, chasing Blyleven from the game. After closer John Hiller came in, Murcer then was advanced to 3rd on a Bill Melton single. After a flyout by Thurman Munson, PH Bobby Floyd hit a sac fly to score Murcer, and the game was heading to extra innings tied 1-1. Sparky Lyle relieved Blue in the 10th, and tossed a scoreless frame. In the bottom of the 10th, Hiller retired the first two batters (Carew and Rose), before Mr. October Reggie Jackson came to the plate, and did what Mr. October does, blasting a walk off solo Home Run deep into the night, giving the Hot Rods an improbably 2-1 victory and a 2 game to none series lead heading back to South River. 10/14/1973, GLA73-R6673, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1973 Gladiators 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 1 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 1 8 5 Gladiators AB R H BI AVG Hot Rods AB R H BI AVG Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 .000 Carew 2b 5 0 1 0 .222 Millan 2b 4 0 1 0 .250 Rose lf 4 0 0 0 .111 Torre 1b 4 0 1 0 .375 Jackson,R rf 5 1 2 1 .333 Robinson,F lf 4 0 1 0 .250 Scott,G 1b 4 0 0 0 .125 Bench c 3 1 1 0 .200 Murcer dh 4 1 3 0 .444 Schaal 3b 4 0 1 0 .250 Melton 3b 4 0 1 0 .571 Carty dh 3 0 1 1 .333 Munson c 3 0 0 0 .000 Staub rf 3 0 0 0 .286 North cf 2 0 0 0 .200 Mays cf 3 0 0 0 .000 Alou,M ph 1 0 1 0 1.000 32 1 6 1 Floyd ph 0 0 0 1 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 .000 Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0 .333 36 2 9 2 Gladiators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Blyleven 8.0 7 1 1 2 4 119 76 1.13 Hiller BS 1, L 0-1 1.2 2 1 1 0 0 22 16 5.40 9.2 9 2 2 2 4 141 92 Hot Rods INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Blue 9.0 5 1 1 1 4 116 72 1.00 Lyle W 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 12 6 0.00 10.0 6 1 1 1 4 128 78 R66: Alou,M batted for North in the 7th Jackson,R moved to cf in the 8th Alou,M moved to rf in the 8th Floyd batted for Alou,M in the 9th Jackson,R moved to rf in the 10th Murcer moved to cf in the 10th E-Campaneris. HR-Jackson,R(1). RBI-Carty(1), Jackson,R(1), Floyd(1). K-Millan, Carty, Staub, Mays, Carew, Jackson,R, Scott,G, Campaneris. BB-Bench, Rose, Munson. SF-Floyd. GWRBI: Jackson,R Temperature: 69, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 2 MPH. .................................................................................................... 10/14/1973, GLA73-R6673, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1973 Gladiators 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 1 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 1 8 5 Gladiators -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Harrelson ss 1>7 3>3/L 6>63 9>43 Millan 2b e6.B-1 7 S k Torre 1b S.1-2 9 463/gdp 63 Robinson,F lf 463/gdp 4>9 7>7 0>Lyle S Bench c 2>S W 63 54/f.B-1 Schaal 3b S.1-3 643/gdp 7 643/gdp Carty dh S.3-H;1-2 5>9 8>k Staub rf note 1 8 k Mays cf 8 7 k 1: 463/gdp.2-3 Hot Rods -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Carew 2b 1>31 8 k 8>S 0>43 Rose lf 31 8 W 53.1-2 43 Jackson,R rf S k 43 7.2-3 HR Scott,G 1b 53 4>4/L 6>k 5 Murcer dh 2>S S 9 9>S Melton 3b 8 9 3 Hiller S.1-3 Munson c 8 W.1-2 7>3 8 North cf 5/fl 8 Alou,M ph S Floyd ph 9/SF.3-H Lyle p Campaneris ss 3>S 5>k 543/gdp 7 Gladiators IN OUT ER Hot Rods IN OUT ER Blyleven A1 D5 1 Blue A1 D3 1 Hiller D6 E3 1 BS 1, L 0-1 Lyle D4 D6 0 W 1-0 .................................................................................................... 10/14/1973, GLA73-R6673, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1973 Gladiators 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 1 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 1 8 5 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Harrelson flied out to left (BCFX) 0-0 1 --- 22 Millan to first on an error by the shortstop Campaneris (BBCFX) 0-0 1 1-- 10 Torre reached on an infield single to short, Millan to second (BX) 0-0 1 12- 01 Robinson,F grounded into a double play, Carew to Campaneris to Scott,G (CX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Carew grounded out to first (BCBBSFX) 0-0 1 --- 02 Rose grounded out to first (SFX) 0-0 2 --- 22 Jackson,R lined a single to shallow left (BFSBX) 0-0 2 1-- 02 Scott,G grounded out to third (CSX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Bench reached on an infield single to short (SX) 0-0 0 1-- 01 Schaal lined a single down the left field line, Bench to third (FX) 0-0 0 1-3 01 Carty singled down the left field line and shallow, Bench scored, Schaal to second (CX) 1-0 0 12- 01 Staub grounded into a double play, Carew to Campaneris to Scott,G, Schaal to third (FX) 1-0 2 --3 10 Mays flied out to center (BX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Hot Rods batting 1-0 0 --- 11 Murcer grounded a single between third and short (BCX) 1-0 0 1-- 12 Melton flied out to center (CBFX) 1-0 1 1-- 32 Munson flied out to center (BBBCFX) 1-0 2 1-- 22 North popped out to third (FSBFFBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Gladiators batting 1-0 0 --- 21 Harrelson lined out to first (BCBX) 1-0 1 --- 02 Millan flied out to left (FFFX) 1-0 2 --- 20 Torre flied out to right (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Hot Rods batting 1-0 0 --- 11 Campaneris reached on an infield single to second (CBX) 1-0 0 1-- 11 Carew flied out to center (CBX) 1-0 1 1-- 10 Rose flied out to center (BX) 1-0 2 1-- 12 Jackson,R struck out (CSBS) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Gladiators batting 1-0 0 --- 11 Robinson,F lined out to right (CBX) 1-0 1 --- 30 Bench walked (BBBB) 1-0 1 1-- 31 Schaal grounded into a double play, Campaneris to Carew to Scott,G (BBCBX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Hot Rods batting 1-0 0 --- 10 Scott,G lined out to second (BX) 1-0 1 --- 00 Murcer reached on an infield single to the pitcher (X) 1-0 1 1-- 01 Melton flied out to right (FX) 1-0 2 1-- 31 Munson walked, Murcer to second (BBCBB) 1-0 2 12- 00 North flied out to center (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Gladiators batting 1-0 0 --- 32 Carty flied out to right (CBBFBX) 1-0 1 --- 32 Staub flied out to center (BSBSBFX) 1-0 2 --- 22 Mays flied out to left (CSBBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Hot Rods batting 1-0 0 --- 22 Campaneris struck out (CBBSC) 1-0 1 --- 22 Carew struck out (FCFBBFFFS) 1-0 2 --- 32 Rose walked (CBBCFBB) 1-0 2 1-- 21 Jackson,R grounded out to second (BBSX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Gladiators batting 1-0 0 --- 11 Harrelson grounded out to short (CBX) 1-0 1 --- 00 Millan grounded a single up the middle (X) 1-0 1 1-- 21 Torre grounded into a double play, Carew to Campaneris to Scott,G (BBSX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Hot Rods batting 1-0 0 --- 12 Scott,G struck out (BSSC) 1-0 1 --- 12 Murcer lined out to right (SFBX) 1-0 2 --- 00 Melton popped out to first (X) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Gladiators batting 1-0 0 --- 11 Robinson,F flied out to left (BFX) 1-0 1 --- 21 Bench grounded out to short (BBCX) 1-0 2 --- 32 Schaal flied out to left (BFFBBFX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Hot Rods batting 1-0 0 --- 11 Munson popped out to first (BCX) Alou,M pinch hitting for North 1-0 1 --- 01 Alou,M lined a single to right (CX) 1-0 1 1-- 31 Campaneris grounded into a double play, Schaal to Millan to Torre (BBBCX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Gladiators batting Jackson,R moved to center field Alou,M moved to right field 1-0 0 --- 22 Carty struck out (CBFBFFS) 1-0 1 --- 02 Staub struck out (SCS) 1-0 2 --- 32 Mays struck out (CBSBBS) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Hot Rods batting 1-0 0 --- 31 Carew reached on an infield single to short (BBBCX) 1-0 0 1-- 00 Rose grounded out to third, Carew to second (X) 1-0 1 -2- 01 Jackson,R flied out to left, Carew to third (FX) 1-0 2 --3 21 Scott,G popped out to third (BSBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Gladiators batting 1-0 0 --- 11 Harrelson grounded out to second (CBX) 1-0 1 --- 12 Millan struck out (FFBC) 1-0 2 --- 32 Torre grounded out to short (BBCSBFX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Hot Rods batting 1-0 0 --- 10 Murcer reached on an infield single to short (BX) Hiller now pitching 1-0 0 1-- 10 Melton lined a single down the right field line, Murcer to third (BX) 1-0 0 1-3 11 Munson flied out to center (BCX) Floyd pinch hitting for Alou,M 1-0 1 1-3 00 Floyd hit a sacrifice fly to right, Murcer scored (X) 1-1 2 1-- 22 Campaneris flied out to left (BCBCX) ************** Top of the 10th inning, Gladiators batting Jackson,R moved to right field Murcer moved to center field Lyle now pitching 1-1 0 --- 10 Robinson,F lined a single to right (BX) 1-1 0 1-- 21 Bench grounded to third, forcing Robinson,F at second, Bench to first (BBFX) 1-1 1 1-- 32 Schaal grounded into a double play, Campaneris to Carew to Scott,G (BSSBBX) ************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Hot Rods batting 1-1 0 --- 12 Carew grounded out to second (BFCX) 1-1 1 --- 12 Rose grounded out to second (FFBX) 1-1 2 --- 02 Jackson,R homered to right (CSX)
SPB2-1973 ALCS GAME 3 Game 3 @ South River – A battle between the Hot Rods Jim “Catfish” Hunter and Luis Tiant. The Gladiators jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a Johnny Bench HR, but the Hot Rods once again struck hard in the 3rd, knocking in 4 runs off of Tiant, capped by a 2 run double by Bill Melton, putting Route 66 up 4-1. That lead quickly evaporated in the 4th though, as the Gladiators jumped all over Catfish, with 2 Home Runs by Frank Robinson and Rusty Staub, tying the game at 4-4. It stayed that way until the 7th, when after Sparky Lyle walked Felix Millan, Richie Schienblum took Lyle deep for a HR, putting the Gladiators up by what ended up being the final score, Gladiators 6, Route 66 4. Route 66 still leads series, but now only 2-1. 10/16/1973, R6673-GLA73, San Diego Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 9 1 1973 Gladiators 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 x 6 6 4 4 0 Hot Rods AB R H BI AVG Gladiators AB R H BI AVG Carew 2b 5 0 0 0 .143 Harrelson ss 3 0 1 0 .091 Rose lf 5 0 2 1 .214 Millan 2b 3 1 0 0 .182 Jackson,R rf 5 1 0 0 .214 Scheinblum dh 2 2 1 2 .500 Scott,G 1b 5 1 2 0 .231 Robinson,F lf 4 1 1 2 .250 Murcer dh 4 1 2 1 .462 Staub rf 3 1 1 1 .300 Melton 3b 3 0 1 2 .500 Mays ph 0 0 0 0 .000 Munson c 3 0 0 0 .000 Bench c 3 1 1 1 .250 Goggin ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Driessen 3b 2 0 0 0 .167 North cf 4 0 0 0 .111 Schaal ph 2 0 0 0 .167 Campaneris ss 3 1 0 0 .222 Torre 1b 3 0 0 0 .273 38 4 7 4 Geronimo cf 3 0 1 0 .286 28 6 6 6 Hot Rods INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hunter,J 4.2 5 4 4 1 1 59 36 7.71 McGraw 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 25 10 0.00 Watt 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 0.00 Lyle L 1-1 1.0 1 2 2 2 2 27 13 9.00 Marshall,M 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 0.00 8.0 6 6 6 5 6 122 67 Gladiators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Tiant W 1-0 8.0 6 4 0 2 5 124 77 0.00 Hiller S 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 24 13 3.38 9.0 7 4 0 2 5 148 90 R66: Goggin batted for Munson in the 8th Goggin moved to c in the 8th GLA: Schaal batted for Driessen in the 6th Schaal moved to 3b in the 7th Mays batted for Staub in the 8th Mays moved to cf in the 9th Geronimo moved to rf in the 9th E-Harrelson, Millan, Robinson,F, Driessen. 2B-Melton(3). HR-Scheinblum(1), Robinson,F(1), Staub(1), Bench(1). RBI-Rose(1), Murcer(3), Melton 2(3), Scheinblum 2(2), Robinson,F 2(3), Staub(2), Bench(1). SB-Campaneris(1). K-Jackson,R, Murcer 2, Munson, North, Harrelson, Robinson,F 3, Torre, Schaal. BB-Melton, Campaneris, Millan, Scheinblum 2, Bench, Mays. SH-Harrelson. PB-Munson. GWRBI: Scheinblum Temperature: 67, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 15 MPH. .................................................................................................... 10/16/1973, R6673-GLA73, San Diego Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 9 1 1973 Gladiators 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 x 6 6 4 4 0 Hot Rods -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Carew 2b 1>13 9.2-3 31 SB2 5/fl 53 Rose lf 63 S.3-H 5>e5.B-1 7>9 S Jackson,R rf 8 36/f.B-1 k 2/fl e4.1-2;B-1 Scott,G 1b 2>S S.1-2 64/f.B-1 8 8 Murcer dh k note 1 S.1-2 8>k Melton 3b W.1-2 D.3-H;2-H 8 e6.B-1 Munson c k 13 6>13 Goggin ph 9 North cf 53 4>143 8 k Campaneris ss 3>e7.B-2 43 W 9>Hiller 63 1: S.2-H;1-3;B-2 Gladiators -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Harrelson ss 1>S 7 34/SH.1-2 k Millan 2b 8 63 63 W Scheinblum dh 8 4>W McGraw HR.1-H W Robinson,F lf pb.1-2 HR.1-H k k k Staub rf 2>9 HR 6>43 Mays ph 8>W Bench c HR 2 W Marshall,M 643/gdp Driessen 3b 8 7 Schaal ph 8 k Torre 1b 43 3/fl Watt k Geronimo cf 3>5 5>S 7>Lyle 3/g Hot Rods IN OUT ER Gladiators IN OUT ER Hunter,J A1 C2 4 Tiant A1 D8 0 W 1-0 McGraw C3 C7 0 Hiller D9 E4 0 S 1 Watt C8 C8 0 Lyle C9 D5 2 L 1-1 Marshall,M D6 D7 0 .................................................................................................... 10/16/1973, R6673-GLA73, San Diego Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 9 1 1973 Gladiators 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 x 6 6 4 4 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Carew grounded out to the mound (X) 0-0 1 --- 00 Rose grounded out to short (X) 0-0 2 --- 12 Jackson,R flied out to center (CCBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 02 Harrelson grounded a single between first and second (FFX) 0-0 0 1-- 22 Millan flied out to center (BBCFFX) 0-0 1 1-- 00 Scheinblum flied out to center (X) 0-0 2 1-- 22 Munson allowed a passed ball, Harrelson to second (BBCCB) 0-0 2 -2- 32 Robinson,F struck out (BBCCB.S) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Scott,G lined a single to right center (CBFBX) 0-0 0 1-- 12 Murcer struck out (BCSS) 0-0 1 1-- 31 Melton walked, Scott,G to second (BBBCB) 0-0 1 12- 22 Munson struck out (BCCBS) 0-0 2 12- 10 North grounded out to third (BX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Staub flied out to right (X) 0-0 1 --- 22 Bench homered deep to left (CBBFFX) 0-1 1 --- 10 Driessen flied out to center (BX) 0-1 2 --- 20 Torre grounded out to second (BBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Hot Rods batting 0-1 0 --- 11 Campaneris to second on an error by the left fielder Robinson,F (BSX) 0-1 0 -2- 11 Carew flied out to right, Campaneris to third (BCX) 0-1 1 --3 10 Rose reached on an infield single to second, Campaneris scored (BX) 1-1 1 1-- 00 Jackson,R grounded to first, forcing Rose at second, Jackson,R to first (X) 1-1 2 1-- 22 Scott,G grounded a single up the middle, Jackson,R to second (BFBFX) 1-1 2 12- 01 Murcer grounded a single up the middle, Jackson,R scored, Scott,G to third, Murcer to second (CX) 2-1 2 -23 11 Melton grounded a double down the third base line, Scott,G scored, Murcer scored (CBX) 4-1 2 -2- 11 Munson grounded out to the mound (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Gladiators batting 4-1 0 --- 11 Geronimo popped out to third (BFX) 4-1 1 --- 10 Harrelson flied out to left (BX) 4-1 2 --- 12 Millan grounded out to short (BCFFX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Hot Rods batting 4-1 0 --- 32 North grounded out to the mound (CBSBBX) 4-1 1 --- 11 Campaneris grounded out to second (BCX) 4-1 2 --- 11 Carew grounded out to first (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Gladiators batting 4-1 0 --- 32 Scheinblum walked (BBFCBB) 4-1 0 1-- 21 Robinson,F homered deep to left, Scheinblum scored (SBBX) 4-3 0 --- 10 Staub homered deep to right (BX) 4-4 0 --- 10 Bench popped out to the catcher (BX) 4-4 1 --- 00 Driessen lined out to left (X) 4-4 2 --- 10 Torre popped out to first (BX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Hot Rods batting 4-4 0 --- 32 Rose to first on an error by the third baseman Driessen (CBBBFFX) 4-4 0 1-- 12 Jackson,R struck out (SBSC) 4-4 1 1-- 12 Scott,G grounded to short, forcing Rose at second, Scott,G to first (FCBFX) 4-4 2 1-- 11 Murcer reached on an infield single to first, Scott,G to second (BCX) 4-4 2 12- 10 Melton flied out to center (BX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Gladiators batting 4-4 0 --- 00 Geronimo grounded a single between first and second (X) 4-4 0 1-- 00 Harrelson sacrifice bunted to first, Geronimo to second (Xb) 4-4 1 -2- 10 Millan grounded out to short (BX) McGraw now pitching 4-4 2 -2- 31 Scheinblum walked (BBSBB) 4-4 2 12- 32 Robinson,F struck out (BCFBB>S) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Hot Rods batting 4-4 0 --- 10 Munson grounded out to the mound (BX) 4-4 1 --- 32 North flied out to center (BBSFBX) 4-4 2 --- 31 Campaneris walked (BBFBB) 4-4 2 1-- 00 Campaneris stole second (>C) 4-4 2 -2- 22 Carew grounded out to third (>C.BFFBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Gladiators batting 4-4 0 --- 21 Staub grounded out to second (FBBX) 4-4 1 --- 30 Bench walked (BBBB) Schaal pinch hitting for Driessen 4-4 1 1-- 22 Schaal lined out to center (CCBBFX) Watt now pitching 4-4 2 1-- 12 Torre struck out (BSCFS) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Hot Rods batting Schaal moved to third base 4-4 0 --- 01 Rose flied out to right (CX) 4-4 1 --- 00 Jackson,R popped out to the catcher (X) 4-4 2 --- 01 Scott,G flied out to center (CX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Gladiators batting Lyle now pitching 4-4 0 --- 21 Geronimo grounded out to first (CBBX) 4-4 1 --- 12 Harrelson struck out (CSBC) 4-4 2 --- 30 Millan walked (BBBB) 4-4 2 1-- 00 Scheinblum homered deep to left center, Millan scored (X) 4-6 2 --- 32 Robinson,F struck out (BFBBFFFC) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Hot Rods batting 4-6 0 --- 12 Murcer struck out (SFBS) 4-6 1 --- 22 Melton to first on an error by the shortstop Harrelson (CBBFX) Goggin pinch hitting for Munson 4-6 1 1-- 11 Goggin flied out to right (BCX) 4-6 2 1-- 32 North struck out (CBBSB>S) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Gladiators batting Goggin moved to catcher Mays pinch hitting for Staub 4-6 0 --- 32 Mays walked (BBCBCB) Marshall,M now pitching 4-6 0 1-- 00 Bench grounded into a double play, Campaneris to Carew to Scott,G (X) 4-6 2 --- 22 Schaal struck out (CFBBC) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Hot Rods batting Mays moved to center field Geronimo moved to right field Hiller now pitching 4-6 0 --- 32 Campaneris grounded out to short (CCBBBX) 4-6 1 --- 32 Carew popped out to third (BBFBFFX) 4-6 2 --- 20 Rose grounded a single up the middle (BBX) 4-6 2 1-- 00 Rose to second, Jackson,R to first on an error by the second baseman Millan (X) 4-6 2 12- 32 Scott,G flied out to center (BSFBFB>X)
SPB2-1973 ALCS GAME 4 Game 4 @ South River – A rematch of game 1 starters Seaver and Palmer. This time, both pitchers kept the game scoreless until the bottom of the 5th, when Rusty Staub lead off with a double and later scored on a Dan Driessen single to take a 1-0 lead. Just like he did in game 1 in the 3rd, Seaver then fell apart in the top of the 6th, when after singles by Carew and Rose, that guy again…..Mr. October Reggie Jackson blasted a 3-run HR off Seaver, then adding a 4th run for good measure to take a 4-1 lead. The score stayed that way until the top of the 9th, which saw the Hot Rods score 3 more runs, capped by a 2-RBI single by George “Boomer” Scott, putting them up 7-1. It was a good thing the Hot Rods added on those runs too, because the Gladiators put up a fight in the bottom of the 9th (A foreshadowing of what was still yet to come), scoring 2 runs on a Joe Torre Home Run, but the Hot Rods held on for a 7-4 victory and a commanding 3-1 series lead. 10/17/1973, R6673-GLA73, San Diego Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 13 0 7 3 1973 Gladiators 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 12 1 6 1 Hot Rods AB R H BI AVG Gladiators AB R H BI AVG Carew 2b 4 2 2 0 .222 Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 .067 Rose lf 5 1 1 0 .211 Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Jackson,R rf 5 2 2 4 .263 Millan 2b 4 0 0 0 .133 Scott,G 1b 4 1 1 2 .235 Scheinblum dh 4 1 2 0 .500 Murcer cf 5 0 1 0 .389 Robinson,F lf 3 0 0 0 .200 Melton 3b 4 0 2 0 .500 Staub rf 4 1 4 1 .500 Alou,M dh 4 0 0 0 .200 Bench c 4 1 0 0 .167 Munson c 4 0 3 1 .250 Driessen 3b 4 0 3 1 .400 Campaneris ss 4 1 1 0 .231 Torre 1b 4 1 1 2 .267 39 7 13 7 Geronimo cf 4 0 2 0 .364 36 4 12 4 Hot Rods INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Palmer W 2-0 5.2 7 2 2 1 3 73 50 3.38 Fingers H 2 2.1 3 1 1 0 0 26 18 1.69 Foster,A 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 16 11 9.00 9.0 12 4 4 1 3 115 79 Gladiators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Seaver L 0-2 8.0 9 4 4 2 3 114 75 8.03 Acosta 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 10 8 18.00 Brewer 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 6 5 9.00 9.0 13 7 7 2 4 130 88 GLA: Sudakis batted for Harrelson in the 9th E-Harrelson. 2B-Scott,G(2), Staub(1). 3B-Geronimo(1). HR-Jackson,R(2), Torre(1). RBI-Jackson,R 4(5), Scott,G 2(4), Munson(1), Staub(3), Driessen(1), Torre 2(3). K-Rose, Jackson,R 2, Alou,M, Harrelson, Robinson,F, Geronimo. BB-Carew, Scott,G, Robinson,F. GWRBI: Jackson,R Temperature: 74, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 15 MPH. .................................................................................................... 10/17/1973, R6673-GLA73, San Diego Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 13 0 7 3 1973 Gladiators 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 12 1 6 1 Hot Rods -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Carew 2b 1>8 63/gdp 6>S 7>W S.1-2 Rose lf 9 4>43 S.1-2 46/f.B-1 k Jackson,R rf 43 k HR.2-H;1-H k Brewer S.2-H;1-2 Scott,G 1b 2>8 7 W 7 note 1 Murcer cf S 5>43 7 8>13 53 Melton 3b 46/f.B-1 S S.1-2 43 Alou,M dh 64/f k note 2 43 Munson c 3>7 S.1-2 S.3-H;1-2 9>Acosta S Campaneris ss S 43 9 16/b/f.B-1 1: D.2-H;1-H;B-3(e6/th) 2: 54/f.2-3;B-1 Gladiators -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Harrelson ss 1>4 2/fl 6>k 43 Sudakis ph 8 Millan 2b 63 4>3/fl 43 8>43 Scheinblum dh 13 63 S S Robinson,F lf 2>5/L k W.1-2 463/gdp Staub rf S 5>D S.2-H;1-2 9>S Bench c 543/gdp 31.2-3 Fingers Foster,A 8 46/f.B-1 Driessen 3b 3>S S.3-H 7>S 7 Torre 1b 643/gdp 8 8 HR.1-H Geronimo cf T k 8 S Hot Rods IN OUT ER Gladiators IN OUT ER Palmer A1 C5 2 W 2-0 Seaver A1 D7 4 L 0-2 Fingers C6 D5 1 H 2 Acosta D8 E2 2 Foster,A D6 E1 1 Brewer E3 E5 1 .................................................................................................... 10/17/1973, R6673-GLA73, San Diego Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 13 0 7 3 1973 Gladiators 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 12 1 6 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Carew flied out to center (SX) 0-0 1 --- 01 Rose popped out to right (FX) 0-0 2 --- 22 Jackson,R grounded out to second (CBSBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Harrelson popped out to second (CBSBX) 0-0 1 --- 10 Millan grounded out to short (BX) 0-0 2 --- 12 Scheinblum grounded out to the mound (BCFX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Scott,G flied out to center (FBX) 0-0 1 --- 01 Murcer lined a single to left (CX) 0-0 1 1-- 12 Melton grounded to second, forcing Murcer at second, Melton to first (FFBX) 0-0 2 1-- 02 Alou,M grounded to short, forcing Melton at second (CSX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Robinson,F lined out to third (BSCX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Staub lined a single to shallow left (X) 0-0 1 1-- 11 Bench grounded into a double play, Melton to Carew to Scott,G (BFX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Munson flied out to left (BBFX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Campaneris reached on an infield single to short (BCX) 0-0 1 1-- 20 Carew grounded into a double play, Harrelson to Torre (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Driessen lined a single to right center (X) 0-0 0 1-- 11 Torre grounded into a double play, Campaneris to Carew to Scott,G (CBX) 0-0 2 --- 00 Geronimo lined a triple down the right field line (X) 0-0 2 --3 00 Harrelson popped out to the catcher (X) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Rose grounded out to second (X) 0-0 1 --- 12 Jackson,R struck out (SBSS) 0-0 2 --- 02 Scott,G flied out to left (CSX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Millan popped out to first (SX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Scheinblum grounded out to short (X) 0-0 2 --- 22 Robinson,F struck out (CBSBS) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Murcer grounded out to second (X) 0-0 1 --- 21 Melton grounded a single up the middle (BBSX) 0-0 1 1-- 12 Alou,M struck out (CSBS) 0-0 2 1-- 01 Munson grounded a single between third and short, Melton to second (CX) 0-0 2 12- 31 Campaneris grounded out to second (BFBBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Staub grounded a double down the third base line (BFX) 0-0 0 -2- 22 Bench grounded out to first, Staub to third (SSBBFX) 0-0 1 --3 00 Driessen reached on an infield single to short, Staub scored (X) 0-1 1 1-- 12 Torre flied out to center (FSBX) 0-1 2 1-- 22 Geronimo struck out (CBBFS) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Hot Rods batting 0-1 0 --- 00 Carew lined a single to shallow right (X) 0-1 0 1-- 12 Rose lined a single between first and second, Carew to second (CBFX) 0-1 0 12- 31 Jackson,R homered deep down the left-field line, Carew scored, Rose scored (CBBBX) 3-1 0 --- 30 Scott,G walked (BBBB) 3-1 0 1-- 10 Murcer flied out to left (BX) 3-1 1 1-- 32 Melton grounded a single between third and short, Scott,G to second (BCBSBX) 3-1 1 12- 12 Alou,M grounded to third, forcing Melton at second, Scott,G to third, Alou,M to first (CBFX) 3-1 2 1-3 22 Munson reached on an infield single to second, Scott,G scored, Alou,M to second (BBSCX) 4-1 2 12- 10 Campaneris flied out to right (BX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Gladiators batting 4-1 0 --- 02 Harrelson struck out (CCS) 4-1 1 --- 22 Millan grounded out to second (CFBFBX) 4-1 2 --- 11 Scheinblum grounded a single up the middle (CBX) 4-1 2 1-- 31 Robinson,F walked, Scheinblum to second (BCBBB) 4-1 2 12- 12 Staub lined a single to shallow center, Scheinblum scored, Robinson,F to second (FCBX) Fingers now pitching 4-2 2 12- 02 Bench flied out to center (CFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Hot Rods batting 4-2 0 --- 32 Carew walked (BBCBCFFB) 4-2 0 1-- 02 Rose grounded to second, forcing Carew at second, Rose to first (FSX) 4-2 1 1-- 02 Jackson,R struck out (CSFS) 4-2 2 1-- 11 Scott,G flied out to left (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Gladiators batting 4-2 0 --- 10 Driessen lined a single to center (BX) 4-2 0 1-- 32 Torre flied out to center (CBSBBX) 4-2 1 1-- 01 Geronimo flied out to center (FX) 4-2 2 1-- 22 Harrelson grounded out to second (BCBFX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Hot Rods batting 4-2 0 --- 01 Murcer grounded out to the mound (FX) 4-2 1 --- 10 Melton grounded out to second (BX) 4-2 2 --- 12 Alou,M grounded out to second (CBSX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Gladiators batting 4-2 0 --- 10 Millan grounded out to second (BX) 4-2 1 --- 11 Scheinblum reached on an infield single to short (BCX) 4-2 1 1-- 01 Robinson,F grounded into a double play, Carew to Campaneris to Scott,G (CX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Hot Rods batting Acosta now pitching 4-2 0 --- 10 Munson lined a single between third and short (BX) 4-2 0 1-- 00 Campaneris bunted into an out to the mound, forcing Munson at second, Campaneris to first (Xb) 4-2 1 1-- 02 Carew reached on an infield single to third, Campaneris to second (C>F>X) 4-2 1 12- 12 Rose struck out (SBFS) Brewer now pitching 4-2 2 12- 01 Jackson,R lined a single to left, Campaneris scored, Carew to second (CX) 5-2 2 12- 11 Scott,G lined a double to left center, Carew scored, Jackson,R scored, Scott,G to third on an error by the shortstop Harrelson (BFX) 7-2 2 --3 00 Murcer grounded out to third (X) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Gladiators batting 7-2 0 --- 00 Staub lined a single to shallow right (X) Foster,A now pitching 7-2 0 1-- 21 Bench grounded to second, forcing Staub at second, Bench to first (CBBX) 7-2 1 1-- 10 Driessen flied out to left (BX) 7-2 2 1-- 22 Torre homered deep to left center, Bench scored (CBCBX) 7-4 2 --- 01 Geronimo lined a single to shallow right (SX) Sudakis pinch hitting for Harrelson 7-4 2 1-- 02 Sudakis flied out to center (FCX)
SPB2-1973 ALCS GAME 5 Game 5 @ South River – The Hot Rods had a chance to finish the series off and sent Vida Blue back to the mound to face his game 2 opponent Bert Blyleven again. Both were once again outstanding…..but for 1 crucial mistake. Scoreless into the 3rd, the Gladiators got to Blue for back to back singles by Felix Milan and Joe Torre. Frank Robinson then followed with a 3-run blast to put the Gladiators up 3-0. The Hot Rods scratched out 2 runs off of Blyleven in the 4th and 6th, and would have tired in up but not for George Scott being gunned down at home plate by Robinson in the 5th (A scene that would repeat itself again in the future with a sequel) but the Gladiators took a 3-2 lead into eight, and added an insurance run for good measure and another Frank Robinson Home Run, to win the game 4-2 and tighten the series to only a 3-2 Hot Rods edge as the series headed back to Route 66. 10/18/1973, R6673-GLA73, San Diego Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 0 13 1 1973 Gladiators 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 x 4 7 2 4 1 Hot Rods AB R H BI AVG Gladiators AB R H BI AVG Carew 2b 5 0 2 0 .261 Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 .053 Rose lf 4 0 1 1 .217 Millan 2b 4 1 1 0 .158 Jackson,R rf 4 0 0 0 .217 Torre 1b 4 1 1 0 .263 Scott,G 1b 5 0 2 0 .273 Robinson,F lf 4 2 2 4 .263 Murcer dh 4 1 1 0 .364 Bench c 4 0 1 0 .188 Floyd ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Schaal 3b 3 0 2 0 .333 Melton 3b 5 0 1 0 .421 Carty dh 2 0 0 0 .200 North cf 3 0 0 0 .083 Staub rf 2 0 0 0 .438 Munson c 1 0 0 0 .231 Mays cf 3 0 0 0 .000 Campaneris ss 4 1 3 1 .353 30 4 7 4 36 2 10 2 Hot Rods INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Blue L 0-1 7.0 6 3 3 2 3 102 61 2.25 Watt 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 10 8 3.86 8.0 7 4 4 2 3 112 69 Gladiators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Blyleven W 1-0 7.0 8 2 1 5 4 144 86 1.20 Acosta 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 18.00 Hernandez,R H 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0.00 Hiller S 2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15 11 2.45 9.0 10 2 1 5 4 168 103 R66: Floyd batted for Murcer in the 9th E-Harrelson 2. 2B-Rose(2). HR-Robinson,F 2(3). RBI-Rose(2), Campaneris(4), Robinson,F 4(7). K-Jackson,R, Murcer 2, Munson, Robinson,F 2, Mays. BB-Rose, Jackson,R, Munson 3, Carty, Staub. SH-North. GWRBI: Robinson,F Temperature: 68, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 11 MPH. .................................................................................................... 10/18/1973, R6673-GLA73, San Diego Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 0 13 1 1973 Gladiators 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 x 4 7 2 4 1 Hot Rods -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Carew 2b 1>S 8 S.2-3;1-2 9 note 1 43/gdp.2-3 Rose lf W.1-2 3>9 43 D.1-H 8 Jackson,R rf k 7 5>7 IW 9>Hiller 63 Scott,G 1b 7.2-3 8 S 64/f S Murcer dh k 4>e6.B-1 S.1-2 7>k Floyd ph 8 Melton 3b 2>e6.B-2 7 note 2 7 3 North cf 23/SH.2-3 63.1-2 5/fl 31 Munson c W W 6>k 8>W Campaneris ss note 3 S.2-H;1-2 S Acosta S/b.1-2 1: Hernandez,R 2: S.2xH(72);1-2 3: 52.3xH;1-2;B-1 Gladiators -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Harrelson ss 1>53 3>53 7 8 Millan 2b 43 S 5>63 8>Watt 63 Torre 1b 43 S.1-2 53 53 Robinson,F lf 2>k HR.2-H;1-H k HR Bench c 9 S 6>13 7 Schaal 3b S 3 S Carty dh W.1-2 3/fl 643/gdp Staub rf W.2-3;1-2 4>53 7>63 Mays cf 43 31 k Hot Rods IN OUT ER Gladiators IN OUT ER Blue A1 D1 3 L 0-1 Blyleven A1 D8 1 W 1-0 Watt D2 D5 1 Acosta D9 D9 0 Hernandez,R E1 E2 0 H 1 Hiller E3 E6 0 S 2 .................................................................................................... 10/18/1973, R6673-GLA73, San Diego Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 0 13 1 1973 Gladiators 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 x 4 7 2 4 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Carew reached on an infield single to second (SBX) 0-0 0 1-- 32 Rose walked, Carew to second (1BCFFFBFFBB) 0-0 0 12- 32 Jackson,R struck out (BSBBSC) 0-0 1 12- 02 Scott,G flied out to left, Carew to third (CFX) 0-0 2 1-3 32 Murcer struck out (SBFFBB>F>F>S) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Harrelson grounded out to third (X) 0-0 1 --- 11 Millan grounded out to second (BFX) 0-0 2 --- 11 Torre grounded out to second (BCX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Melton to second on an error by the shortstop Harrelson (CSFBBFBFX) 0-0 0 -2- 01 North sacrifice bunted to the catcher, Melton to third (FbXb) 0-0 1 --3 31 Munson walked (BBSBB) 0-0 1 1-3 01 Campaneris grounded to third, Melton out at home, Munson to second, Campaneris to first (FX) 0-0 2 12- 31 Carew flied out to center (BBBCX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Robinson,F struck out (CBCBBS) 0-0 1 --- 21 Bench flied out to right (BBCX) 0-0 2 --- 00 Schaal reached on an infield single to first (X) 0-0 2 1-- 32 Carty walked, Schaal to second (CFBBB>B) 0-0 2 12- 31 Staub walked, Schaal to third, Carty to second (BBBCB) 0-0 2 123 22 Mays grounded out to second (BFSBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Rose popped out to right (BSFFFX) 0-0 1 --- 01 Jackson,R lined out to left (FX) 0-0 2 --- 22 Scott,G flied out to center (BBCSX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Harrelson grounded out to third (X) 0-0 1 --- 32 Millan lined a single between third and short (CBBFFFFBFX) 0-0 1 1-- 01 Torre grounded a single up the middle, Millan to second (CX) 0-0 1 12- 11 Robinson,F homered deep to left, Millan scored, Torre scored (CBX) 0-3 1 --- 00 Bench grounded a single up the middle (X) 0-3 1 1-- 22 Schaal popped out to first (FBBFX) 0-3 2 1-- 21 Carty popped out to first (FBBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Hot Rods batting 0-3 0 --- 32 Murcer to first on an error by the shortstop Harrelson (FBBBCX) 0-3 0 1-- 00 Melton flied out to left (X) 0-3 1 1-- 11 North grounded out to short, Murcer to second (CBX) 0-3 2 -2- 31 Munson walked (BBBCB) 0-3 2 12- 01 Campaneris lined a single to shallow left, Murcer scored, Munson to second (CX) 1-3 2 12- 01 Carew reached on an infield single to third, Munson to third, Campaneris to second (CX) 1-3 2 123 00 Rose grounded out to second (X) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Gladiators batting 1-3 0 --- 32 Staub grounded out to third (BCBSBX) 1-3 1 --- 01 Mays grounded out to first (FX) 1-3 2 --- 10 Harrelson flied out to left (BX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Hot Rods batting 1-3 0 --- 22 Jackson,R flied out to left (CBSBX) 1-3 1 --- 10 Scott,G lined a single to shallow center (BX) 1-3 1 1-- 10 Murcer grounded a single up the middle, Scott,G to second (BX) 1-3 1 12- 11 Melton lined a single to shallow left, Scott,G out at home, Murcer to second (SBX) 1-3 2 12- 00 North popped out to third (X) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Gladiators batting 1-3 0 --- 12 Millan grounded out to short (CCBX) 1-3 1 --- 00 Torre grounded out to third (X) 1-3 2 --- 32 Robinson,F struck out (BBBCCS) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Hot Rods batting 1-3 0 --- 12 Munson struck out (BSSC) 1-3 1 --- 21 Campaneris reached on an infield single to second (SBBX) 1-3 1 1-- 11 Carew flied out to right (BpFX) 1-3 2 1-- 11 Rose doubled deep down the left-field line, Campaneris scored (CBX) 2-3 2 -2- 30 Jackson,R was walked intentionally (IIII) 2-3 2 12- 11 Scott,G grounded to short, forcing Jackson,R at second (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Gladiators batting 2-3 0 --- 00 Bench grounded out to the mound (X) 2-3 1 --- 20 Schaal lined a single to center (BBX) 2-3 1 1-- 12 Carty grounded into a double play, Campaneris to Carew to Scott,G (FBFFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Hot Rods batting 2-3 0 --- 32 Murcer struck out (BSSFBBC) 2-3 1 --- 32 Melton lined out to left (BFBBCX) 2-3 2 --- 12 North grounded out to first (BFFX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Gladiators batting 2-3 0 --- 20 Staub grounded out to short (BBX) 2-3 1 --- 12 Mays struck out (CBFC) 2-3 2 --- 22 Harrelson flied out to center (BCBCX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Hot Rods batting 2-3 0 --- 32 Munson walked (BFSBBB) Acosta now pitching 2-3 0 1-- 00 Campaneris bunted for a single, Munson to second (Xb) Hernandez,R now pitching 2-3 0 12- 21 Carew grounded into a double play, Millan to Torre, Munson to third (FBBX) 2-3 2 --3 12 Rose flied out to center (CFBX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Gladiators batting Watt now pitching 2-3 0 --- 01 Millan grounded out to short (FbX) 2-3 1 --- 00 Torre grounded out to third (X) 2-3 2 --- 22 Robinson,F homered deep to left (BBFSX) 2-4 2 --- 01 Bench flied out to left (CX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Hot Rods batting Hiller now pitching 2-4 0 --- 01 Jackson,R grounded out to short (CX) 2-4 1 --- 02 Scott,G grounded a single between third and short (CSX) Floyd pinch hitting for Murcer 2-4 1 1-- 22 Floyd popped out to center (CFBBX) 2-4 2 1-- 22 Melton popped out to first (CFBBX)
SPB2-1973 ALCS GAME 6 Game 6 @ Route 66 - With their back still against the wall, the Gladiators sent Luis Tiant back to the mound against Catfish Hunter. And it was the Luis Tiant show. Tiant tossed a 5-hit shutout over the vaunted Hot Rods, scoring just 2 runs off of Catfish, but that was all they needed. In addition to the aforementioned Tiant, the Gladiators were led by a Richie Schienblum Home Run and Dan Driessen RBI single. 2-0 Gladiators win, and the Series was now tied at 3 games apiece and headed to another classic SPB Game 7! 10/20/1973, GLA73-R6673, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Gladiators 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 12 0 11 1 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 1 Gladiators AB R H BI AVG Hot Rods AB R H BI AVG Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 .043 Carew 2b 4 0 1 0 .259 Taylor,Ca ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Rose lf 4 0 0 0 .185 Phillips ss 0 0 0 0 .000 Jackson,R rf 3 0 1 0 .231 Millan 2b 5 0 2 0 .208 Scott,G 1b 4 0 1 0 .269 Scheinblum dh 5 1 3 1 .533 Murcer cf 3 0 1 0 .360 Robinson,F lf 5 0 0 0 .208 Melton 3b 4 0 0 0 .348 Staub rf 4 1 1 0 .400 Alou,M dh 3 0 0 0 .125 Bench c 3 0 1 0 .211 Munson c 3 0 0 0 .188 Driessen 3b 2 0 2 1 .500 Campaneris ss 3 0 1 0 .350 Schaal ph 1 0 0 0 .300 31 0 5 0 Torre 1b 4 0 2 0 .304 Geronimo cf 3 0 1 0 .357 Mays ph 1 0 0 0 .000 38 2 12 2 Gladiators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Tiant W 2-0 9.0 5 0 0 2 6 111 77 0.00 9.0 5 0 0 2 6 111 77 Hot Rods INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hunter,J L 0-1 6.2 10 2 2 1 1 104 65 4.76 Lyle 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 26 13 6.00 Watt 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 3.38 McGraw 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.00 9.0 12 2 2 2 2 141 88 GLA: Schaal batted for Driessen in the 8th Mays batted for Geronimo in the 8th Taylor,Ca batted for Harrelson in the 8th Phillips inserted at ss in the 8th Schaal moved to 3b in the 8th Mays moved to cf in the 8th 2B-Staub(2), Campaneris(2). 3B-Scheinblum(1). HR-Scheinblum(2). RBI-Scheinblum(3), Driessen(2). K-Harrelson, Staub, Carew, Jackson,R, Scott,G 2, Melton, Munson. BB-Bench, Driessen, Jackson,R, Murcer. PB-Munson. GWRBI: Scheinblum Temperature: 72, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 21 MPH. .................................................................................................... 10/20/1973, GLA73-R6673, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Gladiators 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 12 0 11 1 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 1 Gladiators -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Harrelson ss 1>k 3>6 5>9 46/f Watt Taylor,Ca ph 63 Phillips ss Millan 2b 31 S 9 7>53 9>S Scheinblum dh T 54/f.B-1 HR S McGraw 361/gdp Robinson,F lf 9 64/f 3/g 13.1-2 63 Staub rf 2>8 4>8 6>D Lyle pb.2-3 k Bench c 53 S 8.2-3 8>W Driessen 3b S W.1-2 S.3-H Schaal ph 4 Torre 1b S.1-2 9.2-3 36/f.B-1 S.1-2 Geronimo cf 43 31 S.1-2 Mays ph 7.2-3 Hot Rods -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Carew 2b 1>k 7 S.2-3 8>7 Rose lf 43 4>8 9 43 Jackson,R rf W S 6>8 k Scott,G 1b 6 k S 9>k Murcer cf 2>63 W.1-2 43.1-2 S Melton 3b 8 7 k 643/gdp Alou,M dh 53 5>53 7>8 Munson c 3>k 8 43 Campaneris ss 8 D 43 Gladiators IN OUT ER Hot Rods IN OUT ER Tiant A1 D6 0 W 2-0 Hunter,J A1 D4 2 L 0-1 Lyle D5 D9 0 Watt E1 E2 0 McGraw E3 E4 0 .................................................................................................... 10/20/1973, GLA73-R6673, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Gladiators 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 12 0 11 1 1973 Hot Rods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Harrelson struck out (CBSBBFS) 0-0 1 --- 12 Millan grounded out to first (FFBFX) 0-0 2 --- 00 Scheinblum tripled deep to right center (X) 0-0 2 --3 32 Robinson,F flied out to right (FCBFBBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Carew struck out (BSCS) 0-0 1 --- 00 Rose grounded out to second (X) 0-0 2 --- 31 Jackson,R walked (BBBCB) 0-0 2 1-- 11 Scott,G popped out to short (BCX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Staub flied out to center (FBX) 0-0 1 --- 32 Bench grounded out to third (CBBBSFX) 0-0 2 --- 02 Driessen reached on an infield single to second (CFX) 0-0 2 1-- 00 Torre lined a single to shallow left, Driessen to second (X) 0-0 2 12- 21 Geronimo grounded out to second (BSBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Murcer grounded out to short (X) 0-0 1 --- 10 Melton flied out to center (BX) 0-0 2 --- 11 Alou,M grounded out to third (SBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Harrelson popped out to short (CX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Millan reached on an infield single to the pitcher (X) 0-0 1 1-- 11 Scheinblum grounded to third, forcing Millan at second, Scheinblum to first (BCX) 0-0 2 1-- 01 Robinson,F grounded to short, forcing Scheinblum at second (SX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Munson struck out (BFCFS) 0-0 1 --- 22 Campaneris flied out to center (CBBSFFX) 0-0 2 --- 01 Carew flied out to left (CX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 20 Staub flied out to center (BBX) 0-0 1 --- 01 Bench reached on an infield single to short (FX) 0-0 1 1-- 32 Driessen walked, Bench to second (CBSFB+1BB) 0-0 1 12- 20 Torre flied out to right, Bench to third (BBX) 0-0 2 1-3 12 Geronimo grounded out to first (BCSX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Rose flied out to center (FbBX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Jackson,R grounded a single between third and short (X) 0-0 1 1-- 12 Scott,G struck out (BCCS) 0-0 2 1-- 31 Murcer walked, Jackson,R to second (BBCBB) 0-0 2 12- 00 Melton flied out to left (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 20 Harrelson flied out to right (BBX) 0-0 1 --- 21 Millan flied out to right (BCBX) 0-0 2 --- 00 Scheinblum homered deep to right (X) 1-0 2 --- 21 Robinson,F grounded out to first (BBCX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Hot Rods batting 1-0 0 --- 22 Alou,M grounded out to third (CBBFX) 1-0 1 --- 02 Munson flied out to center (SSX) 1-0 2 --- 21 Campaneris grounded a double down the third base line (BFBX) 1-0 2 -2- 00 Carew reached on an infield single to second, Campaneris to third (X) 1-0 2 1-3 01 Rose flied out to right (SX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Gladiators batting 1-0 0 --- 11 Staub lined a double to right center (FBX) 1-0 0 -2- 10 Bench flied out to center, Staub to third (BX) 1-0 1 --3 11 Driessen lined a single to shallow right, Staub scored (BFX) 2-0 1 1-- 10 Torre grounded to first, forcing Driessen at second, Torre to first (BX) 2-0 2 1-- 22 Geronimo lined a single to shallow right, Torre to second (CBCBX) 2-0 2 12- 21 Harrelson grounded to second, forcing Geronimo at second (SBBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Hot Rods batting 2-0 0 --- 00 Jackson,R flied out to center (X) 2-0 1 --- 12 Scott,G grounded a single between first and second (CFBFX) 2-0 1 1-- 12 Murcer grounded out to second, Scott,G to second (SBSX) 2-0 2 -2- 02 Melton struck out (CFC) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Gladiators batting 2-0 0 --- 10 Millan grounded out to third (BX) 2-0 1 --- 12 Scheinblum grounded a single up the middle (BCCX) 2-0 1 1-- 01 Robinson,F grounded out to the mound, Scheinblum to second (CX) Lyle now pitching 2-0 2 -2- 11 Munson allowed a passed ball, Scheinblum to third (BFB) 2-0 2 --3 22 Staub struck out (BFB.CC) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Hot Rods batting 2-0 0 --- 10 Alou,M flied out to center (BX) 2-0 1 --- 11 Munson grounded out to second (SBX) 2-0 2 --- 12 Campaneris grounded out to second (BSFX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Gladiators batting 2-0 0 --- 32 Bench walked (SBBBSFB) Schaal pinch hitting for Driessen 2-0 0 1-- 21 Schaal popped out to second (BFBX) 2-0 1 1-- 32 Torre lined a single between third and short, Bench to second (BCCBBFX) Mays pinch hitting for Geronimo 2-0 1 12- 20 Mays flied out to left, Bench to third (BBX) Watt now pitching Taylor,Ca pinch hitting for Harrelson 2-0 2 1-3 12 Taylor,Ca grounded out to short (CBFX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Hot Rods batting Phillips now playing shortstop Schaal moved to third base Mays moved to center field 2-0 0 --- 12 Carew flied out to left (FBSX) 2-0 1 --- 12 Rose grounded out to second (CBSX) 2-0 2 --- 22 Jackson,R struck out (FBBFS) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Gladiators batting 2-0 0 --- 01 Millan lined a single to left (CX) McGraw now pitching 2-0 0 1-- 01 Scheinblum grounded into a double play, Scott,G to Campaneris to McGraw (CX) 2-0 2 --- 02 Robinson,F grounded out to short (CCX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Hot Rods batting 2-0 0 --- 02 Scott,G struck out (FCC) 2-0 1 --- 22 Murcer lined a single to right (SBBSX) 2-0 1 1-- 22 Melton grounded into a double play, Phillips to Millan to Torre (CBCBFX)
SPB2-1973 ALCS GAME 7 Game 7 @ Route 66 – I’m at a loss for words for this game. I’ll try my best. Lets just say it was EPIC. This is very long, so apologies. For the 3rd time in the series, the Gladiators ace Tom Seaver faced off against the Hot Rods ace Jim Palmer. After a scoreless top of the first, Rod Carew ignited the Hot Rod Faithful in their first AB, blasting a solo HR off of Seaver to put the Hot Rods up 1-0. Billy North followed next with a triple, and scored on a Reggie Jackson ground out, and just like that, it was 2-0. The Hot Rods struck again in the 3rd with a Solo HR by Thurman Munson and it was now 3-0 Hot Rods. The fans were feeling good! From that point, Seaver wasn’t great, but he pitched around a lot of jams (including having the based loaded and 0 outs in the 5th, but manager Dezarlo stuck with him and he worked his way out of it somehow without allowing a run). The Hot Rods should have scored again in the 6th, but CF Casar Geronimo gunned down the speedy Bert Campeneris at the plate to keep the game close at 3-0. The Hot Rods were “finally” able to chase Seaver in the 7th, after a Reggie Jackson doubled and later scored to put Route 66 up 4-0 in the 7th. Meanwhile, Jim Palmer was incredible once again, putting up zeros through the top of the 7th. Manager See finally relieved him after a Joe Torre walk and wild pitch, he was looking “gassed” and See brought in closer Rollie Fingers for the final out of the 7th, still up 4-0. Fingers tossed a scoreless 8th, and with the score still 4-0 heading into the 9th, with Frank Robinson, Rusty Staub and Johnny Bench due up, Manager See left his closer out there to get the final outs. Manager Joe Dezarlo desperately wanted to get future Hall of Famer Willie Mays (who announced this season would be his last prior to the playoffs) one final at bat, but didn’t want to pinch hit him for any of his big bats in an effort to try to make a comeback. He would need someone to get a hit at least. That problem was immediately solved when Fingers gave up a solo Home Run to Frank Robinson, making the score 4-1. Mays might get a chance to wrap up his career after all (Willie has spent his ENTIRE career with the Gladiators….since Joe himself drafted him as a rookie in 1951 22 years ago!) Fingers seemed a bit rattled after the Robinson homer, but he them proceeded to retire Rusty Staub and Johnny Bench. There were now 2 outs in the 9th, and LH Dan Driessen was in the on deck circle. Even though the matchup was better for the left handed Driessen, who had also hot very well in the series, Dezarlo called him back, and with tears in his eyes, he sent Willie Mays to the plate, for what was likely his final AB in SPB-2, and possibly the final AB of the series for the Gladiators. After tossing a called strike on first pitch, a confident Fingers was ready to close out the series by sending the 42 year old Mays into retirement, but in what this writer can only describe as a “Roy Hobbs’esqe” moment, Willie became the Willie Mays of old, and ripped Rollie’s next pitch for a single, and the Gladiators bench erupted! The old man Willie Mays had given them life. A focused Joe Torre then stepped to the plate a launched a 2-run Home run, scoring Mays and tightening the Hot Rods lead to just 4-3. Fingers was done…. there would be no save for him now, as manager See called for Dr. Mike Marshall to try to close out the series. Manager Dezarlo sent Paul Schaal to the plate as a pinch hitter for Cesar Geronimo….and as the great Vin Scully once said, “In a game that has been so improbable……THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED!” As Schaal sent the next Marshall pitch into ORBIT for a Home Run, and just like that, game 7 was now tied at 4-4!!!! The Hot Rods Fans and bench were left stunned, and it didn’t stop there. Marshall walked the next batter Buddy Harrelson, which led to another pitching change to Alan Foster. Foster then gave up a single, putting Harrelson at 3rd as the go ahead run, and See finally called for Tug McGraw, who was able to strike out Richie Schienblum to keep game 7 at least tied 4-4 heading into the bottom of the 9th. (Authors note….to say that this was the most deflating moment I have experienced in SPB would be an understatement. I was very happy for Joe and Mays at the time….but not after!! LOL!) That took us now to a bottom of the 9th that ABSOLUTLY NO ONE on either team or in the stands expected to happen, but here we were, now tied at 4-4. Mays stayed in the game, and moved into CF. With Mr. October due up first, the Hot Rods had hope. Ramon Hernandez got Reggie to fly out. Their would be no magic walkoff for Mr. October. Next up was George Scott. Scott did what Reggie couldn’t and doubled. This brought Pete Rose to the plate, who had been absolutely horrible in the series, batting just .194. Given his weakness against lefties, how bad he had been in the series and with the less than fleet-footed Scott on second, manager Dezarlo decided to face Rose and not walk him to try to setup a double play. A confident Rose stepped to the plate and on a 2-2 pitch from Hernandez, grounded a slow bouncing single up the middle, which headed towards none other than the just entered into the game Willie Mays. Realizing that ace closer Hiller would likely enter the game if Scott held at 3rd, 3rd base coach Jim Landis raised his arms in the air, frantically waiving Big Boomer to try for home. As CF Willie Mays fielded the ball and while not the Mays of old, unleashed a bullet to Bench, and it likely would have been in time to throw him out, but not for an incredible slide by Boomer Scott, just avoiding the tag by Bench, and as the umpire screamed “SAFE”, the Route 66 Hot Rods has won the AL pennant, ending Willie’s career, and one of the most amazing and memorable SPB LCS series I have ever played in. Series Notes: MVP for this one was tough, but Jim Palmer, who was 2-0 (and should have been the winner in game 7 too) was named series MVP. The team won all 3 of his starts and he had a 2.08 era, beating Tom Seaver 3 times. I want to congratulate my old friend Joe Dezarlo as well, such a great season and he really made this series so much fun to play H2H. The Willie Mays moments at the end were just incredible, and I was so happy for Joe to see Wille get to cap his 22-year career as a Gladiator in SPB-2 like this. I’m sure he would have loved if he had thrown out Scott, but there just was no more Say Hey Magic left. Here’s to you Willie Mays. And here’s to a World Series matchup between the leagues two best teams, the Hot Rods and the Totems, finally matching up in an SPB-2 World Series. It will be the 5th straight appearance for the Totems, who have won 3 of the last 4, and the first for the Hot Rods since their last World Series win in 1968. Hope you enjoyed this VERY long write-up. 😊 10/21/1973, GLA73-R6673, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Gladiators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 10 0 8 1 1973 Hot Rods 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 13 1 11 3 Gladiators AB R H BI AVG Hot Rods AB R H BI AVG Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0 .038 Carew 2b 5 1 4 1 .344 Millan 2b 4 0 2 0 .250 North cf 5 1 2 0 .176 Scheinblum dh 5 0 0 0 .400 Jackson,R rf 4 1 2 1 .267 Robinson,F lf 4 1 2 1 .250 Scott,G 1b 3 1 1 0 .276 Staub rf 4 0 0 0 .333 Rose lf 4 0 1 2 .194 Bench c 4 0 1 0 .217 Murcer dh 3 0 1 0 .357 Driessen 3b 3 0 1 0 .467 Melton 3b 4 0 0 0 .296 Mays ph 1 1 1 0 .125 Munson c 3 1 1 1 .211 Torre 1b 3 1 2 2 .346 Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0 .333 Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0 .294 35 5 13 5 Schaal ph 1 1 1 1 .364 35 4 10 4 Gladiators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Seaver 6.1 9 4 4 5 4 102 61 7.23 Brewer 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 5.40 Monteagudo 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15 8 0.00 Hernandez,R L 0-1 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 10 6 3.38 8.1 13 5 5 5 4 135 80 Hot Rods INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Palmer 6.2 4 0 0 3 1 82 43 2.08 Fingers H 3 2.0 4 3 3 0 1 24 16 4.91 Marshall,M BS 1 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 7 3 9.00 Foster,A 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 9.00 McGraw W 1-0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 0.00 9.0 10 4 4 4 3 120 66 GLA: Mays batted for Driessen in the 9th Schaal batted for Geronimo in the 9th Mays moved to cf in the 9th Schaal moved to 3b in the 9th E-Melton. 2B-Carew(1), Jackson,R(1), Scott,G(3). 3B-North(1). HR-Robinson,F(4), Torre(2), Schaal(1), Carew(1), Munson(1). RBI-Robinson,F(8), Torre 2(5), Schaal(1), Carew(1), Jackson,R(6), Rose 2(4), Munson(2). SB-Harrelson(1), Campaneris(2). K-Scheinblum, Staub, Geronimo, Rose, Melton 2, Campaneris. BB-Harrelson 2, Millan, Torre, Jackson,R, Scott,G 2, Murcer, Munson. SF-Rose. PB-Bench. WP-Palmer. GWRBI: Rose Temperature: 58, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to right at 13 MPH. .................................................................................................... 10/21/1973, GLA73-R6673, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Gladiators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 10 0 8 1 1973 Hot Rods 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 13 1 11 3 Gladiators -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Harrelson ss 1>W 43 53 8>3/b W Millan 2b SB2 3>3/fl 43 S Foster,A W S.1-3 Scheinblum dh 9 7 6>7 463/gdp McGraw k Robinson,F lf note 1 S 5 9>HR Staub rf 43 54/f 8 k(23) Bench c 2>S 4>63 7>e5.B-1 53 Driessen 3b 63.1-2 S 463/gdp Mays ph S Torre 1b S.2-3 463/gdp W HR.1-H Geronimo cf 3 5>k wp.1-2 Marshall,M Fingers 4/L Schaal ph HR 1: 54/f.2-3;B-1 Hot Rods -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Carew 2b 1>HR D 46/f SB2 S note 1 North cf T 7 5>S 5/fl 4 Jackson,R rf 63.3-H 3>W S.1-2 7>D 9>note 2 7 Scott,G 1b W 643/gdp pb.2-3;1-2 8.2-3 D W Rose lf 7 k 7 Brewer S.2-H 8/SF.3-H Murcer dh 9 4>W note 3 S Melton 3b 2>k k 5/f 8 Munson c HR W.1-2 6>43 8>Monteagudo 7 Campaneris ss 31 k S 43 1: S.2xH(82);B-2 2: Hernandez,R 3: 32/f.2-3;1-2;B-1 Gladiators IN OUT ER Hot Rods IN OUT ER Seaver A1 D4 4 Palmer A1 C8 0 Brewer D5 D7 0 Fingers C9 D8 3 H 3 Monteagudo D8 E2 0 Marshall,M D9 E1 1 BS 1 Hernandez,R E3 E5 1 L 0-1 Foster,A E2 E2 0 McGraw E3 E3 0 W 1-0 .................................................................................................... 10/21/1973, GLA73-R6673, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1973 Gladiators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 10 0 8 1 1973 Hot Rods 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 13 1 11 3 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Gladiators batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Harrelson walked (CBFBBB) 0-0 0 1-- 00 Harrelson stole second (>B) 0-0 0 -2- 30 Millan walked (>B.BBB) 0-0 0 12- 00 Scheinblum flied out to right (>X) 0-0 1 12- 22 Robinson,F grounded to third, forcing Millan at second, Harrelson to third, Robinson,F to first (BCBSX) 0-0 2 1-3 00 Staub grounded out to second (X) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Hot Rods batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Carew homered deep to right (BFBX) 0-1 0 --- 00 North lined a triple to right center (X) 0-1 0 --3 00 Jackson,R grounded out to short, North scored (X) 0-2 1 --- 32 Scott,G walked (BBBCFFB) 0-2 1 1-- 21 Rose flied out to left (CBBX) 0-2 2 1-- 00 Murcer flied out to right (X) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Gladiators batting 0-2 0 --- 11 Bench lined a single to shallow left (BFX) 0-2 0 1-- 11 Driessen grounded out to short, Bench to second (BCX) 0-2 1 -2- 20 Torre lined a single to center, Bench to third (BBX) 0-2 1 1-3 21 Geronimo popped out to first (BFBX) 0-2 2 1-3 21 Harrelson grounded out to second (BCBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Hot Rods batting 0-2 0 --- 12 Melton struck out (FCBC) 0-2 1 --- 21 Munson homered deep down the right field line (BCBX) 0-3 1 --- 01 Campaneris grounded out to first (CX) 0-3 2 --- 02 Carew lined a double to right center (CSX) 0-3 2 -2- 10 North flied out to left (BX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Gladiators batting 0-3 0 --- 01 Millan popped out to first (FX) 0-3 1 --- 20 Scheinblum flied out to left (BBX) 0-3 2 --- 10 Robinson,F reached on an infield single to short (BX) 0-3 2 1-- 00 Staub grounded to third, forcing Robinson,F at second (X) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Hot Rods batting 0-3 0 --- 30 Jackson,R walked (BBBB) 0-3 0 1-- 11 Scott,G grounded into a double play, Harrelson to Millan to Torre (SBX) 0-3 2 --- 02 Rose struck out (CFS) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Gladiators batting 0-3 0 --- 30 Bench grounded out to short (BBBX) 0-3 1 --- 11 Driessen lined a single to shallow center (CBX) 0-3 1 1-- 21 Torre grounded into a double play, Carew to Campaneris to Scott,G (BBSX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Hot Rods batting 0-3 0 --- 32 Murcer walked (BBBCFB) 0-3 0 1-- 22 Melton struck out (FBBCC) 0-3 1 1-- 31 Munson walked, Murcer to second (BBFBB) 0-3 1 12- 32 Campaneris struck out (BCCBBS) 0-3 2 12- 02 Carew grounded to second, forcing Munson at second (FCX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Gladiators batting 0-3 0 --- 12 Geronimo struck out (CCFBS) 0-3 1 --- 11 Harrelson grounded out to third (FBX) 0-3 2 --- 00 Millan grounded out to second (X) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Hot Rods batting 0-3 0 --- 01 North grounded a single between third and short (FX) 0-3 0 1-- 00 Jackson,R reached on an infield single to the pitcher, North to second (>X) 0-3 0 12- 10 Bench allowed a passed ball, North to third, Jackson,R to second (BB) 0-3 0 -23 31 Scott,G walked (BB.BCB) 0-3 0 123 11 Rose flied out to left (FBX) 0-3 1 123 11 Murcer grounded to first, forcing North at home, Jackson,R to third, Scott,G to second, Murcer to first (BCX) 0-3 2 123 00 Melton grounded to third, forcing Scott,G at third (X) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Gladiators batting 0-3 0 --- 11 Scheinblum lined out to left (CBX) 0-3 1 --- 11 Robinson,F popped out to third (BSX) 0-3 2 --- 20 Staub lined out to center (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Hot Rods batting 0-3 0 --- 11 Munson grounded out to second (BFX) 0-3 1 --- 02 Campaneris grounded a single between third and short (CSX) 0-3 1 1-- 00 Campaneris stole second (1>S) 0-3 1 -2- 12 Carew lined a single to shallow center, Campaneris out at home, Carew to second (1>S.FFBX) 0-3 2 -2- 11 North popped out to third (BFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Gladiators batting 0-3 0 --- 11 Bench to first on an error by the third baseman Melton (FBX) 0-3 0 1-- 00 Driessen grounded into a double play, Carew to Campaneris to Scott,G (X) 0-3 2 --- 32 Torre walked (BBSBCB) 0-3 2 1-- 00 Palmer threw a wild pitch, Torre to second (B) Fingers now pitching, entered with a 1-0 count on Geronimo 0-3 2 -2- 10 Geronimo lined out to second (B.X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Hot Rods batting 0-3 0 --- 10 Jackson,R doubled deep down the right field line (BX) 0-3 0 -2- 11 Scott,G flied out to center, Jackson,R to third (BCX) Brewer now pitching 0-3 1 --3 21 Rose lined out to center, Jackson,R scored (BFBX) 0-4 2 --- 11 Murcer grounded a single between first and second (BFX) 0-4 2 1-- 00 Melton flied out to center (X) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Gladiators batting 0-4 0 --- 00 Harrelson popped out on a bunt to first (Xb) 0-4 1 --- 21 Millan lined a single to left (BBCX) 0-4 1 1-- 01 Scheinblum grounded into a double play, Carew to Campaneris to Scott,G (CX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Hot Rods batting Monteagudo now pitching 0-4 0 --- 31 Munson flied out to left (BBFBX) 0-4 1 --- 10 Campaneris grounded out to second (BX) 0-4 2 --- 32 Carew reached on an infield single to second (BBFFBX) 0-4 2 1-- 01 North popped out to second (CX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Gladiators batting 0-4 0 --- 00 Robinson,F homered deep down the left-field line (X) 1-4 0 --- 12 Staub struck out, Munson to Scott,G (SBCS) 1-4 1 --- 21 Bench grounded out to third (BBCX) Mays pinch hitting for Driessen 1-4 2 --- 01 Mays lined a single to left center (CX) 1-4 2 1-- 31 Torre homered deep to left, Mays scored (BCBBX) Marshall,M now pitching Schaal pinch hitting for Geronimo 3-4 2 --- 00 Schaal homered deep down the left-field line (X) 4-4 2 --- 32 Harrelson walked (BSBFBB) Foster,A now pitching 4-4 2 1-- 10 Millan lined a single down the right field line, Harrelson to third (BX) McGraw now pitching 4-4 2 1-3 22 Scheinblum struck out (BBCSS) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Hot Rods batting Mays moved to center field Schaal moved to third base Hernandez,R now pitching 4-4 0 --- 01 Jackson,R flied out to left (CX) 4-4 1 --- 20 Scott,G lined a double to left center (BBX) 4-4 1 -2- 22 Rose grounded a single up the middle, Scott,G scored (BBSCX)
SPB2-1973 ALCS Statistics DMB team batting -- 1973 South River Gladiators League championship -- as of 10/21/1973 S Name P AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS Driessen* 3b .467 .500 .533 5 15 7 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Scheinblum# rf .400 .455 .800 5 20 8 0 1 2 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 Schaal 3b .364 .364 .636 5 11 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Torre 1b .346 .370 .577 7 26 9 0 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 Staub* rf .333 .360 .542 7 24 8 2 0 1 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 Geronimo* cf .294 .294 .412 5 17 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Robinson,F dh .250 .276 .679 7 28 7 0 0 4 4 8 1 7 0 0 0 0 Millan 2b .250 .300 .250 7 28 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Bench c .217 .357 .348 7 23 5 0 0 1 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 Carty lf .200 .333 .200 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Mays cf .125 .222 .125 5 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Harrelson# ss .038 .107 .038 7 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 Taylor,Ca c .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adams lf .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sudakis# 3b .000 .000 .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phillips* ss .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .000 .000 .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total .268 .317 .438 7 235 63 3 2 11 25 24 17 23 0 0 1 0 S Name P GS PA SH SF GDP GW CI OPS RC RC27 ISO TAVG SEC EBH TB CH LH Driessen* 3b 5 16 0 0 1 0 0 1.033 3.6 10.8 .067 1.000 .133 1 8 0 0 Scheinblum# rf 5 22 0 0 2 2 0 1.255 6.0 11.6 .400 1.286 .500 3 16 0 0 Schaal 3b 2 11 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.3 3.8 .273 .778 .273 1 7 0 0 Torre 1b 7 27 0 0 3 0 0 .947 4.0 5.3 .231 .800 .269 2 15 0 0 Staub* rf 7 25 0 0 2 0 0 .902 3.7 5.6 .208 .778 .250 3 13 0 0 Geronimo* cf 5 17 0 0 1 0 0 .706 1.6 3.4 .118 .538 .118 1 7 0 0 Robinson,F dh 7 29 0 0 2 1 0 .954 4.0 4.7 .429 .870 .464 4 19 0 0 Millan 2b 7 30 0 0 0 0 0 .550 2.3 2.9 .000 .429 .071 0 7 0 0 Bench c 7 28 0 0 2 0 0 .705 2.7 3.6 .130 .650 .348 1 8 0 0 Carty lf 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 .533 0.2 1.1 .000 .400 .200 0 1 0 0 Mays cf 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 .347 0.3 1.1 .000 .286 .125 0 1 0 0 Harrelson# ss 7 29 1 0 0 0 0 .146 0.3 0.3 .000 .160 .115 0 1 0 0 Taylor,Ca c 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Adams lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Sudakis# 3b 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Phillips* ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Pitchers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Total 7 253 1 0 16 3 0 .756 27.4 3.9 .170 .644 .247 16 103 S Name P PA/G AB/G BIP IPAVG TBW TBW/PA TBWH TBWH/PA K/BB Driessen* 3b 3.20 3.00 15 .467 9 .563 9 .563 0.0 Scheinblum# rf 4.40 4.00 17 .353 18 .818 18 .818 0.5 Schaal 3b 2.20 2.20 9 .333 7 .636 7 .636 99.0 Torre 1b 3.86 3.71 23 .304 16 .593 16 .593 1.0 Staub* rf 3.57 3.43 20 .350 14 .560 14 .560 3.0 Geronimo* cf 3.40 3.40 15 .333 7 .412 7 .412 99.0 Robinson,F dh 4.14 4.00 17 .176 20 .690 20 .690 7.0 Millan 2b 4.29 4.00 27 .259 9 .300 9 .300 0.5 Bench c 4.00 3.29 22 .182 13 .464 13 .464 0.0 Carty lf 3.00 2.50 4 .250 2 .333 2 .333 1.0 Mays cf 1.80 1.60 6 .167 2 .222 2 .222 2.0 Harrelson# ss 4.14 3.71 24 .042 3 .103 3 .103 1.5 Taylor,Ca c 1.00 1.00 1 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0.0 Adams lf 1.00 1.00 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 99.0 Sudakis# 3b 1.00 1.00 2 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0.0 Phillips* ss 0.00 0.00 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0.0 Pitchers 0.00 0.00 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0.0 Total 36.1 33.5 202 .257 120 .474 120 .474 1.4 DMB team batting -- 1973 South River Gladiators League championship -- as of 10/21/1973 -----------------------Versus Left-handed Pitchers---------------------- S Name P AVG OBP SPC OPS AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K GDP Driessen* 3b .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scheinblum# rf .333 .500 1.333 1.833 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 Schaal 3b .333 .333 .333 .667 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Torre 1b .375 .375 .375 .750 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Staub* rf .000 .125 .000 .125 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Geronimo* cf .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robinson,F dh .200 .200 .500 .700 10 2 0 0 1 3 0 4 1 Millan 2b .286 .375 .286 .661 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Bench c .333 .556 .333 .889 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Carty lf .200 .333 .200 .533 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Mays cf .000 .125 .000 .125 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Harrelson# ss .000 .000 .000 .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Taylor,Ca c .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adams lf .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sudakis# 3b .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phillips* ss .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total .194 .275 .278 .553 72 14 0 0 2 6 8 12 7 ----------------------Versus Right-handed Pitchers---------------------- S Name P AVG OBP SPC OPS AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K GDP Driessen* 3b .467 .500 .533 1.033 15 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 Scheinblum# rf .412 .444 .706 1.150 17 7 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 Schaal 3b .500 .500 2.000 2.500 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 Torre 1b .333 .368 .667 1.035 18 6 0 0 2 5 1 1 2 Staub* rf .471 .471 .765 1.235 17 8 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 Geronimo* cf .313 .313 .438 .750 16 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 Robinson,F dh .278 .316 .778 1.094 18 5 0 0 3 5 1 3 1 Millan 2b .238 .273 .238 .511 21 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bench c .176 .263 .353 .616 17 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 Carty lf .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mays cf 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harrelson# ss .059 .158 .059 .217 17 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Taylor,Ca c .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adams lf .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Sudakis# 3b .000 .000 .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phillips* ss .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total .301 .337 .509 .846 163 49 3 2 9 18 9 11 9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DMB team batting -- 1973 Route 66 Hot Rods League championship -- as of 10/21/1973 S Name P AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS Murcer* cf .357 .400 .357 7 28 10 0 0 0 4 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 Carew* 2b .344 .382 .469 7 32 11 1 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 Campaneris ss .333 .370 .417 7 24 8 2 0 0 4 4 2 3 0 0 2 0 Melton 3b .296 .345 .407 7 27 8 3 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 Scott,G 1b .276 .364 .379 7 29 8 3 0 0 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 Jackson,R* rf .267 .353 .567 7 30 8 1 1 2 6 6 3 7 1 1 0 0 Munson c .211 .423 .368 7 19 4 0 0 1 2 2 7 3 0 0 0 0 Rose# lf .194 .235 .258 7 31 6 2 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 North# cf .176 .222 .294 5 17 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Alou,M* rf .125 .125 .125 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Floyd 2b .000 .000 .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goggin# 2b .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .000 .000 .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total .271 .337 .385 7 247 67 12 2 4 29 29 25 33 1 1 2 0 S Name P GS PA SH SF GDP GW CI OPS RC RC27 ISO TAVG SEC EBH TB CH LH Murcer* cf 7 30 0 0 0 0 0 .757 4.2 6.3 .000 .667 .071 0 10 0 0 Carew* 2b 7 34 0 0 2 0 0 .851 5.0 5.9 .125 .739 .188 2 15 0 0 Campaneris ss 7 27 0 1 1 1 0 .787 4.0 6.0 .083 .824 .250 2 10 0 0 Melton 3b 7 29 0 0 1 0 0 .752 3.6 4.8 .111 .650 .185 3 11 0 0 Scott,G 1b 7 33 0 0 1 0 0 .743 4.0 4.9 .103 .682 .241 3 11 0 0 Jackson,R* rf 7 34 0 0 0 2 0 .920 6.3 7.7 .300 .955 .400 4 17 0 0 Munson c 7 26 0 0 0 0 0 .791 3.7 6.7 .158 .933 .526 1 7 0 0 Rose# lf 7 34 0 1 0 1 0 .493 2.1 2.2 .065 .400 .129 2 8 0 0 North# cf 5 19 1 0 0 0 0 .516 1.2 2.2 .118 .429 .176 1 5 0 0 Alou,M* rf 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0.1 0.5 .000 .143 .000 0 1 0 0 Floyd 2b 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Goggin# 2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Pitchers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Total 7 277 1 3 5 4 0 .722 33.2 4.7 .113 .665 .223 18 95 S Name P PA/G AB/G BIP IPAVG TBW TBW/PA TBWH TBWH/PA K/BB Murcer* cf 4.29 4.00 22 .455 12 .400 12 .400 3.0 Carew* 2b 4.86 4.57 29 .345 17 .500 17 .500 1.0 Campaneris ss 3.86 3.43 22 .364 12 .444 12 .444 1.5 Melton 3b 4.14 3.86 24 .333 13 .448 13 .448 1.5 Scott,G 1b 4.71 4.14 25 .320 15 .455 15 .455 1.0 Jackson,R* rf 4.86 4.29 21 .286 20 .588 21 .618 2.3 Munson c 3.71 2.71 15 .200 14 .538 14 .538 0.4 Rose# lf 4.86 4.43 30 .200 10 .294 10 .294 1.0 North# cf 3.80 3.40 16 .188 6 .316 6 .316 2.0 Alou,M* rf 2.67 2.67 7 .143 1 .125 1 .125 99.0 Floyd 2b 1.00 0.50 2 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0.0 Goggin# 2b 1.00 1.00 1 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0.0 Pitchers 0.00 0.00 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0.0 Total 39.5 35.2 214 .294 120 .433 121 .437 1.3 -----------------------Versus Left-handed Pitchers---------------------- S Name P AVG OBP SPC OPS AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K GDP Murcer* cf .250 .250 .250 .500 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Carew* 2b .000 .000 .000 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Campaneris ss .000 .000 .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Melton 3b .333 .333 .333 .667 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scott,G 1b .667 .667 1.167 1.833 6 4 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 Jackson,R* rf .429 .429 1.143 1.571 7 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Munson c .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rose# lf .400 .333 .400 .733 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 North# cf .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alou,M* rf .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Floyd 2b .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Goggin# 2b .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total .333 .314 .576 .890 33 11 3 1 1 9 0 1 1 DMB team batting -- 1973 Route 66 Hot Rods League championship -- as of 10/21/1973 ----------------------Versus Right-handed Pitchers---------------------- S Name P AVG OBP SPC OPS AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K GDP Murcer* cf .375 .423 .375 .798 24 9 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 Carew* 2b .393 .433 .536 .969 28 11 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 Campaneris ss .364 .400 .455 .855 22 8 2 0 0 4 2 3 1 Melton 3b .292 .346 .417 .763 24 7 3 0 0 3 2 3 1 Scott,G 1b .174 .296 .174 .470 23 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 Jackson,R* rf .217 .333 .391 .725 23 5 1 0 1 4 3 7 0 Munson c .222 .440 .389 .829 18 4 0 0 1 2 7 3 0 Rose# lf .154 .214 .231 .445 26 4 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 North# cf .176 .222 .294 .516 17 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 Alou,M* rf .125 .125 .125 .250 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Floyd 2b .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goggin# 2b .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total .262 .340 .355 .695 214 56 9 1 3 20 25 32 4 ====================================================================================================== DMB team pitching -- 1973 South River Gladiators League championship -- as of 10/21/1973 S Name P ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF Tiant sp 0.00 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 17.0 11 4 0 4 11 0 1 68 Monteagudo mr 0.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 Blyleven sp 1.20 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 15.0 15 3 2 7 8 0 1 67 Hiller* cl 2.45 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 3.2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 16 Hernandez,R* mr 3.38 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 Brewer* cl 5.40 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 Seaver sp 7.23 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 18.2 25 15 15 10 11 3 2 89 Stone,S sp 13.50 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 6 Acosta cl 18.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 6 Total 3.48 3 4 2 7 7 1 1 62.0 67 29 24 25 33 4 5 277 S Name P SB CS IW HBP WP BK SH SF CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9 K/BB PCH/G STR% Tiant sp 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.8 2.1 7.9 5.8 0.0 2.8 117.5 .655 Monteagudo mr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 18.0 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.5 .400 Blyleven sp 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.0 4.2 13.2 4.8 0.0 1.1 131.5 .616 Hiller* cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9.8 0.0 9.8 0.0 2.5 0.0 20.3 .656 Hernandez,R* mr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 0.0 10.1 3.4 0.0 99.0 11.7 .657 Brewer* cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21.6 0.0 21.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 .762 Seaver sp 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.1 4.8 17.4 5.3 1.4 1.1 102.7 .623 Stone,S sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.8 13.5 20.3 6.8 0.0 0.5 26.0 .538 Acosta cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27.0 0.0 27.0 9.0 0.0 99.0 5.7 .706 Total 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 9.7 3.6 13.5 4.8 0.6 1.3 .629 S Name P OPS WHIP BIP IPAVG TBW TBW/BF TBWH TBWH/BF RC RC27 RCERA CERA Tiant sp .424 0.88 53 .208 17 .250 17 .250 3.0 1.5 1.43 1.27 Monteagudo mr .750 3.00 4 .250 3 .500 3 .500 0.8 6.8 6.16 9.51 Blyleven sp .605 1.47 52 .288 23 .343 23 .343 5.7 3.3 3.06 3.40 Hiller* cl .717 1.09 15 .200 7 .438 7 .438 1.9 4.2 4.15 3.68 Hernandez,R* mr .900 1.13 9 .333 6 .600 6 .600 1.2 4.1 3.64 2.83 Brewer* cl 1.194 2.40 9 .444 6 .667 6 .667 2.9 15.6 14.08 10.16 Seaver sp .930 1.88 64 .344 51 .573 52 .584 17.0 8.3 7.36 7.52 Stone,S sp 1.000 2.25 3 .333 4 .667 4 .667 1.3 11.3 7.65 6.99 Acosta cl 1.100 3.00 5 .600 3 .500 3 .500 1.8 15.8 14.26 14.52 Total .722 1.48 214 .294 120 .433 121 .437 33.2 4.7 4.34 4.25 S Name P GS CG CG% SHO QS QS% RS RS/G RL RLS RL% Tiant sp 2 1 .500 1 2 1.000 8 4.0 0 0 .000 Monteagudo mr 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 3 0 .000 Blyleven sp 2 0 .000 0 2 1.000 5 2.5 2 1 .500 Hiller* cl 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 0 0 .000 Hernandez,R* mr 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 0 0 .000 Brewer* cl 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 0 0 .000 Seaver sp 3 0 .000 0 0 .000 12 4.0 2 2 1.000 Stone,S sp 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 2 2 1.000 Acosta cl 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 6 2 .333 Total 7 1 .143 1 4 .571 25 3.6 15 7 .467 S Name P SVO S SV% BS BS% HLD IR IRS IR% G GR GF Tiant sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 Monteagudo mr 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 2 2 0 Blyleven sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 Hiller* cl 3 2 .667 1 .333 0 1 1 1.000 3 3 3 Hernandez,R* mr 0 0 .000 0 .000 1 4 0 .000 3 3 1 Brewer* cl 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 5 5 1.000 3 3 2 Seaver sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 Stone,S sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0 Acosta cl 1 0 .000 0 .000 0 4 1 .250 3 3 0 Total 4 2 .500 1 .250 1 15 7 .467 7 15 6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DMB team pitching -- 1973 Route 66 Hot Rods League championship -- as of 10/21/1973 S Name P ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF McGraw* cl 0.00 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 8 Palmer sp 2.08 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 17.1 19 6 4 5 4 0 6 72 Blue* sp 2.25 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 16.0 11 4 4 3 7 1 5 58 Watt mr 3.38 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 11 Hunter,J sp 4.76 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 11.1 15 6 6 2 2 4 0 51 Fingers cl 4.91 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7.1 8 4 4 1 2 2 2 29 Lyle* cl 6.00 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 14 Foster,A sp 9.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 Marshall,M cl 9.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 Total 3.34 4 3 0 7 7 0 0 62.0 63 25 23 17 23 11 16 253 S Name P SB CS IW HBP WP BK SH SF CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9 K/BB PCH/G STR% McGraw* cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.7 7.7 7.7 0.0 1.0 11.7 .514 Palmer sp 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.9 2.6 12.5 2.1 0.0 0.8 77.0 .606 Blue* sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 1.7 7.9 3.9 0.6 2.3 109.0 .610 Watt mr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 0.0 10.1 6.8 3.4 99.0 8.0 .781 Hunter,J sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11.9 1.6 13.5 1.6 3.2 1.0 81.5 .620 Fingers cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.8 1.2 11.0 2.5 2.5 2.0 27.7 .675 Lyle* cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 9.0 18.0 9.0 3.0 1.0 21.7 .492 Foster,A sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 .667 Marshall,M cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 9.0 18.0 9.0 9.0 1.0 6.5 .538 Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.1 2.5 11.6 3.3 1.6 1.4 .611 S Name P OPS WHIP BIP IPAVG TBW TBW/BF TBWH TBWH/BF RC RC27 RCERA CERA McGraw* cl .250 0.86 4 .000 2 .250 2 .250 0.1 0.3 0.23 0.81 Palmer sp .677 1.38 63 .302 28 .389 28 .389 6.2 3.1 2.90 3.60 Blue* sp .496 0.88 47 .213 17 .293 17 .293 2.3 1.3 1.16 1.67 Watt mr .818 1.13 8 .250 6 .545 6 .545 1.6 5.5 4.97 4.77 Hunter,J sp .965 1.50 43 .256 32 .627 32 .627 10.3 8.2 7.39 6.76 Fingers cl .810 1.23 24 .250 15 .517 15 .517 3.4 4.2 3.80 4.92 Lyle* cl .974 2.00 7 .286 9 .643 9 .643 2.4 7.3 6.54 9.05 Foster,A sp 1.500 3.00 5 .400 6 1.000 6 1.000 3.0 27.0 24.30 25.51 Marshall,M cl 1.833 2.00 1 .000 5 1.250 5 1.250 1.1 9.6 8.63 17.98 Total .756 1.29 202 .257 120 .474 120 .474 27.4 3.9 3.58 4.34 S Name P GS CG CG% SHO QS QS% RS RS/G RL RLS RL% McGraw* cl 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 1 0 .000 Palmer sp 3 0 .000 0 1 .333 21 7.0 4 0 .000 Blue* sp 2 0 .000 0 2 1.000 4 2.0 0 0 .000 Watt mr 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 1 0 .000 Hunter,J sp 2 0 .000 0 1 .500 4 2.0 2 0 .000 Fingers cl 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 1 1 1.000 Lyle* cl 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 3 0 .000 Foster,A sp 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 2 0 .000 Marshall,M cl 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 1 0 .000 Total 7 0 .000 0 4 .571 29 4.1 15 1 .067 S Name P SVO S SV% BS BS% HLD IR IRS IR% G GR GF McGraw* cl 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 4 0 .000 3 3 2 Palmer sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 Blue* sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 Watt mr 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 3 0 .000 4 4 2 Hunter,J sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 Fingers cl 0 0 .000 0 .000 3 4 0 .000 3 3 0 Lyle* cl 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 1 0 .000 3 3 1 Foster,A sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 2 1 .500 2 2 1 Marshall,M cl 1 0 .000 1 1.000 0 1 0 .000 2 2 1 Total 1 0 .000 1 1.000 3 15 1 .067 7 17 7