9/20/1975, SPK75-FOR75, Tiger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1975 Sparkplugs 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 11 1 11 0 1975 Fortress 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 4 0 5 1 Sparkplugs AB R H BI AVG Fortress AB R H BI AVG LeFlore lf 5 2 2 2 .260 Briggs,D lf 4 0 0 0 .182 Thomas,D 2b 4 1 2 1 .271 Bowa ss 4 0 0 0 .281 Davis,W rf 5 2 2 0 .305 Oliva dh 4 0 0 0 .256 Rettenmund rf 0 0 0 0 .271 McCovey 1b 2 1 1 0 .267 Harrah 3b 4 0 1 0 .269 Balaz ph 1 1 0 0 .238 Thornton dh 2 1 1 1 .307 Hiser cf 2 0 1 0 .298 Squires 1b 5 0 1 0 .294 Mangual,A ph 1 0 0 0 .127 Torres ss 4 0 0 0 .231 Bailey 3b 2 1 1 2 .302 Varney c 4 1 2 2 .214 Doyle 2b 3 0 0 0 .306 Geronimo cf 4 0 0 0 .226 Thompson,D ph 1 1 1 2 .280 37 7 11 6 Armbrister rf 2 0 0 0 .000 Moates ph 1 0 0 0 .283 Foote c 2 0 0 0 .158 Zisk ph 1 0 0 0 .292 Borgmann c 1 0 0 0 .232 31 4 4 4 Sparkplugs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Montefusco W 16-7 6.2 2 1 1 3 6 110 65 3.38 DeMola 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 17 12 3.27 Augustine 0.1 2 3 2 0 0 6 4 6.30 Gossage 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 9 7 2.09 9.0 4 4 3 3 9 142 88 Fortress INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Darcy L 2-11 3.0 6 6 6 5 1 88 45 5.58 Sawyer 2.1 3 1 1 2 0 51 29 13.50 Foucault 2.2 1 0 0 1 1 45 26 3.89 Lindblad 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 7 6 2.27 9.0 11 7 7 8 2 191 106 SPK: Rettenmund inserted at rf in the 8th FOR: Zisk batted for Foote in the 7th Borgmann inserted at c in the 8th Balaz batted for McCovey in the 9th Mangual,A batted for Hiser in the 9th Thompson,D batted for Doyle in the 9th Moates batted for Armbrister in the 9th E-Harrah. 2B-LeFlore(8), Davis,W(26), McCovey(10), Bailey(3). HR-LeFlore(5), Thompson,D(6). RBI-LeFlore 2(33), Thomas,D(74), Thornton(55), Varney 2(7), Bailey 2(36), Thompson,D 2(40). SB-Doyle(6). K-LeFlore 2, Briggs,D 2, Bailey, Armbrister, Foote 2, Zisk, Borgmann, Moates. BB-Thomas,D, Harrah, Thornton 3, Torres, Varney, Geronimo, McCovey, Hiser, Bailey. SF-Bailey. HBP-Armbrister. HB-Montefusco. WP-Sawyer. GWRBI: LeFlore Temperature: 74, Field: wet, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 11 MPH. 9/20/1975, SPK75-FOR75, Tiger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1975 Sparkplugs 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 11 1 11 0 1975 Fortress 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 4 0 5 1 Sparkplugs -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ LeFlore lf 1>k(23) HR.2-H 4>D 7 k Thomas,D 2b W 63 S.2-H 6>S 43 Davis,W rf S.1-3 3>D Sawyer 54/f.B-1 8>63 6 Rettenmund rf Harrah 3b note 1 7.2-3 W.1-2 S.1-3 7 Thornton dh W.2-3;1-2 W W.2-3;1-2 S.3-H;1-3 9 Squires 1b 7 3 note 2 Foucault 9>S 2/fl 4 Torres ss 2>13 W.1-2 13 64/f Lindblad 8 Varney c W note 3 5>9 7>13 S.1-2 Geronimo cf 43.1-2 3/g 9 W 643/gdp 1: 52.3xH;1-2;B-1 2: wp.3-H;2-3;1-2 3: S.3-H;2-H;1-2 Fortress -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Briggs,D lf 1>k k 6>9 8>3 Bowa ss 7 63 7 9 Oliva dh 8 4>3/g 3/g 43 McCovey 1b 2>W 3/g 7>D 9>Augustine Balaz ph e5.B-2 Hiser cf W.1-2 13 S.2-3 Mangual,A ph 13 Bailey 3b k 5>W 8/SF.3-H D.2-H Doyle 2b note 1 64/f.B-1 9 Thompson,D ph HR.2-H Armbrister rf 9 SB2 HBP.1-2 Gossage k Moates ph k Foote c 3>k k DeMola Zisk ph k Borgmann c k 1: 64/f.2-3;B-1 Sparkplugs IN OUT ER Fortress IN OUT ER Montefusco A1 C8 1 W 16-7 Darcy A1 C2 6 L 2-11 DeMola C9 D3 0 Sawyer C3 D5 1 Augustine D4 D7 2 Foucault D6 E6 0 Gossage D8 D9 0 Lindblad E7 E9 0 9/20/1975, SPK75-FOR75, Tiger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1975 Sparkplugs 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 11 1 11 0 1975 Fortress 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 4 0 5 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Sparkplugs batting 0-0 0 --- 22 LeFlore struck out, Foote to McCovey (SBSBS) 0-0 1 --- 31 Thomas,D walked (BBFBB) 0-0 1 1-- 12 Davis,W grounded a single between first and second, Thomas,D to third (CFFBX) 0-0 1 1-3 22 Harrah grounded to third, Thomas,D out at home, Davis,W to second, Harrah to first (BSCFFBX) 0-0 2 12- 31 Thornton walked, Davis,W to third, Harrah to second (BCBBB) 0-0 2 123 11 Squires flied out to left (FBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Fortress batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Briggs,D struck out (CBBFS) 0-0 1 --- 31 Bowa flied out to left (BBCBX) 0-0 2 --- 01 Oliva flied out to center (CX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Sparkplugs batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Torres grounded out to the mound (CBFBFX) 0-0 1 --- 32 Varney walked (BFCBFBB) 0-0 1 1-- 21 Geronimo grounded out to second, Varney to second (CBBX) 0-0 2 -2- 20 LeFlore homered deep to left, Varney scored (BBX) 2-0 2 --- 21 Thomas,D grounded out to short (BCBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Fortress batting 2-0 0 --- 32 McCovey walked (BBSBSB) 2-0 0 1-- 32 Hiser walked, McCovey to second (BFFBBFB) 2-0 0 12- 02 Bailey struck out (CSC) 2-0 1 12- 21 Doyle grounded to short, forcing Hiser at second, McCovey to third, Doyle to first (BCBX) 2-0 2 1-3 32 Armbrister flied out to right (BFBBF>X) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Sparkplugs batting 2-0 0 --- 00 Davis,W lined a double to right center (X) 2-0 0 -2- 10 Harrah flied out to left, Davis,W to third (BX) 2-0 1 --3 32 Thornton walked (BCFBBB) 2-0 1 1-3 22 Squires popped out to first (BFCBX) 2-0 2 1-3 31 Torres walked, Thornton to second (1BBBCB) 2-0 2 123 11 Varney lined a single between third and short, Davis,W scored, Thornton scored, Torres to second (BCX) 4-0 2 12- 22 Geronimo grounded out to first (BBSFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Fortress batting 4-0 0 --- 12 Foote struck out (BCSFS) 4-0 1 --- 32 Briggs,D struck out (BSSBBFS) 4-0 2 --- 32 Bowa grounded out to short (BBFBSX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Sparkplugs batting 4-0 0 --- 22 LeFlore grounded a double down the third base line (BCBFX) 4-0 0 -2- 10 Thomas,D lined a single up the middle, LeFlore scored (BX) Sawyer now pitching 5-0 0 1-- 10 Davis,W popped out to short (1BX) 5-0 1 1-- 31 Harrah walked, Thomas,D to second (Bp1BBCB) 5-0 1 12- 32 Thornton walked, Thomas,D to third, Harrah to second (CBBSBB) 5-0 1 123 00 Sawyer threw a wild pitch, Thomas,D scored, Harrah to third, Thornton to second (B) 6-0 1 -23 22 Squires popped out to the catcher (B.BFFFX) 6-0 2 -23 00 Torres grounded out to the mound (X) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Fortress batting 6-0 0 --- 22 Oliva grounded out to first (BCCBX) 6-0 1 --- 12 McCovey grounded out to first (CCBX) 6-0 2 --- 11 Hiser grounded out to the mound (BCX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Sparkplugs batting 6-0 0 --- 32 Varney flied out to right (BCSBBFX) 6-0 1 --- 22 Geronimo flied out to right (BCCFBX) 6-0 2 --- 22 LeFlore flied out to left (BCSBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Fortress batting 6-0 0 --- 31 Bailey walked (BBBCB) 6-0 0 1-- 02 Doyle grounded to short, forcing Bailey at second, Doyle to first (CCX) 6-0 1 1-- 00 Doyle stole second (>C) 6-0 1 -2- 12 Armbrister struck out (>C.SBS) 6-0 2 -2- 02 Foote struck out (CCC) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Sparkplugs batting 6-0 0 --- 01 Thomas,D lined a single up the middle (SX) 6-0 0 1-- 11 Davis,W grounded to third, forcing Thomas,D at second, Davis,W to first (1BFX) 6-0 1 1-- 21 Harrah lined a single down the left field line, Davis,W to third (1BSB1X) 6-0 1 1-3 12 Thornton grounded a single between first and second, Davis,W scored, Harrah to third (BSFX) Foucault now pitching 7-0 1 1-3 12 Squires popped out to second (BCFFX) 7-0 2 1-3 10 Torres grounded to short, forcing Thornton at second (BX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Fortress batting 7-0 0 --- 02 Briggs,D flied out to right (FCX) 7-0 1 --- 10 Bowa flied out to left (BX) 7-0 2 --- 20 Oliva grounded out to first (BBX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Sparkplugs batting 7-0 0 --- 21 Varney grounded out to the mound (SBBX) 7-0 1 --- 32 Geronimo walked (CBCBFBFFB) 7-0 1 1-- 22 LeFlore struck out (CBCBS) 7-0 2 1-- 21 Thomas,D grounded out to second (BBFX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Fortress batting 7-0 0 --- 32 McCovey doubled deep to right (BBBCCX) 7-0 0 -2- 21 Hiser grounded a single up the middle, McCovey to third (BBFX) 7-0 0 1-3 00 Bailey hit a sacrifice fly to center, McCovey scored (X) 7-1 1 1-- 22 Doyle popped out to right (BSBFFX) 7-1 2 1-- 01 Armbrister was hit by a pitch, Hiser to second (CH) DeMola now pitching Zisk pinch hitting for Foote 7-1 2 12- 12 Zisk struck out (BFCbC) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Sparkplugs batting Borgmann now playing catcher 7-1 0 --- 11 Davis,W grounded out to short (BCX) 7-1 1 --- 10 Harrah flied out to left (BX) 7-1 2 --- 31 Thornton flied out to right (BCBBX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Fortress batting Rettenmund now playing right field 7-1 0 --- 10 Briggs,D popped out to first (BX) 7-1 1 --- 20 Bowa flied out to right (BBX) 7-1 2 --- 12 Oliva grounded out to second (CFBFFFFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Sparkplugs batting 7-1 0 --- 22 Squires lined a single up the middle (CCBFBX) Lindblad now pitching 7-1 0 1-- 00 Torres lined out to center (X) 7-1 1 1-- 02 Varney lined a single to left, Squires to second (CCX) 7-1 1 12- 11 Geronimo grounded into a double play, Bowa to Doyle to McCovey (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Fortress batting Augustine now pitching Balaz pinch hitting for McCovey 7-1 0 --- 00 Balaz to second on an error by the third baseman Harrah (X) Mangual,A pinch hitting for Hiser 7-1 0 -2- 00 Mangual,A grounded out to the mound (X) 7-1 1 -2- 20 Bailey lined a double to left center, Balaz scored (BBX) Thompson,D pinch hitting for Doyle 7-2 1 -2- 00 Thompson,D homered deep to left, Bailey scored (X) Gossage now pitching Moates pinch hitting for Armbrister 7-4 1 --- 02 Moates struck out (CFS) 7-4 2 --- 22 Borgmann struck out (CSBBFS)