7/11/1977, EKL77-CRU77, Veterans Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1977 Lions 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 1
1977 Cruisers 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 4 8 0 6 1
Lions AB R H BI AVG Cruisers AB R H BI AVG
Randle lf 4 0 0 0 .239 Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0 .259
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0 .241 Puhl cf 3 1 2 0 .314
Yeager c 4 0 0 0 .252 Cooper 1b 3 0 0 0 .295
Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0 .250 Nettles 3b 4 1 1 2 .259
Rodriguez,A 3b 4 0 2 0 .216 Valentine,E rf 4 1 2 0 .307
McKay ss 2 0 0 0 .232 Whitfield lf 3 0 2 1 .322
Staub ph 1 0 1 0 .275 Piniella dh 3 1 1 1 .304
Patek ss 1 0 0 0 .251 Downing c 3 0 0 0 .235
Mumphrey cf 3 0 0 0 .267 Cerone c 0 0 0 0 .273
Smith,B dh 1 0 0 0 .238 DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0 .285
Washington,C ph 1 0 1 0 .268 30 4 8 4
Cruz,J rf 2 0 0 0 .298
31 1 5 0
Lions INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Niekro,P L 9-13 8.0 8 4 4 3 3 113 74 3.12
8.0 8 4 4 3 3 113 74
Cruisers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Splittorff 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 27 19 4.70
Laxton 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 23 14 4.88
Paxton W 2-3 3.0 2 0 0 1 2 58 39 3.98
Hamilton S 1 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 20 14 2.08
9.0 5 1 1 1 3 128 86
EKL: Staub batted for McKay in the 7th
Washington,C batted for Smith,B in the 7th
Patek inserted at ss in the 7th
CRU: Cerone inserted at c in the 8th
2B-Rodriguez,A(16), Puhl(6), Valentine,E(17). HR-Nettles(31), Piniella(14).
RBI-Nettles 2(87), Whitfield(27), Piniella(50). SB-Cruz,J(5). K-Randle,
Chambliss, Rodriguez,A, Randolph, Cooper 2. BB-Cruz,J, Puhl, Cooper,
Whitfield. SH-Piniella. HBP-Smith,B. HB-Laxton. WP-Niekro,P.
GWRBI: Nettles
Paul Splittorff was removed after a rain delay
Temperature: 103, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind:
out to center at 11 MPH, Rain Delays: 86 and 17 minutes.
7/11/1977, EKL77-CRU77, Veterans Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1977 Lions 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 1
1977 Cruisers 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 4 8 0 6 1
Lions -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Randle lf 1>3/fl 7 SB2 8>k
63
Wills 2b 7 63 6>5/fl 53
Yeager c 7 4>13 9 8
Chambliss 1b 2>S 9 k 9>13
Rodriguez,A 3b S.1-3 D 7>k 9
McKay ss note 1 Paxton
8
Staub ph S
Patek ss 8
Mumphrey cf 63 5>53 54/f.B-1
Smith,B dh 3>Laxton 43
HBP
Washington,C ph S.1-3
Cruz,J rf 53.1-2 W Hamilton
64/f
1: 643/gdp.3-H
Cruisers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Randolph 2b 1>9 43 5>k 31
Puhl cf S 3>W D 43
Cooper 1b k wp.1-2 k 8>W
13
Nettles 3b HR.1-H 53 23 8
Valentine,E rf D 63 6>8 S.1-2
Whitfield lf S.2-H;B-2 4>S 3/g W.2-3;1-2
Piniella dh 53 54/SH.1-2 HR 643/gdp
Downing c 2>53 31.2-3 63
Cerone c
DeJesus ss 23 8 7>63
Lions IN OUT ER Cruisers IN OUT ER
Niekro,P A1 D7 4 L 9-13 Splittorff A1 A7 1
Laxton A8 B5 0
Paxton B6 C8 0 W 2-3
Hamilton C9 D6 0 S 1
7/11/1977, EKL77-CRU77, Veterans Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1977 Lions 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 1
1977 Cruisers 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 4 8 0 6 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Lions batting
0-0 0 --- 11 Randle popped out to first (SBX)
0-0 1 --- 12 Wills flied out to left (BFFFX)
0-0 2 --- 11 Yeager flied out to left (BCX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Cruisers batting
0-0 0 --- 12 Randolph flied out to right (FBCX)
0-0 1 --- 00 Puhl reached on an infield single to second (X)
0-0 1 1-- 12 Cooper struck out (FSBFS)
0-0 2 1-- 11 Nettles homered deep to right, Puhl scored (FBX)
0-2 2 --- 00 Valentine,E lined a double to right center (X)
0-2 2 -2- 22 Whitfield lined a single to shallow center, Valentine,E
scored, Whitfield to second (BBSFX)
0-3 2 -2- 01 Piniella grounded out to third (CX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Lions batting
0-3 0 --- 10 Chambliss lined a single to left (BX)
0-3 0 1-- 22 Rodriguez,A lined a single to right center, Chambliss to
third (1SB>FBFX)
Started raining
0-3 0 1-3 00 McKay grounded into a double play, DeJesus to Randolph to
Cooper, Chambliss scored (X)
1-3 2 --- 22 Mumphrey grounded out to short (BFFBFFX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Cruisers batting
1-3 0 --- 00 Downing grounded out to third (X)
1-3 1 --- 22 DeJesus grounded out to the catcher (CBBCX)
1-3 2 --- 01 Randolph grounded out to second (CX)
Game delayed by rain for 86 minutes
Splittorff left the game after a rain delay
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Lions batting
Laxton now pitching
1-3 0 --- 11 Smith,B was hit by a pitch (BCH)
1-3 0 1-- 22 Cruz,J grounded out to third, Smith,B to second (BpSBFX)
1-3 1 -2- 01 Randle flied out to left (FX)
1-3 2 -2- 11 Wills grounded out to short (BSX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Cruisers batting
1-3 0 --- 31 Puhl walked (CBBBB)
1-3 0 1-- 00 Niekro,P threw a wild pitch, Puhl to second (B)
1-3 0 -2- 12 Cooper grounded out to the mound (B.FFX)
Started raining
1-3 1 -2- 32 Nettles grounded out to third (BBCFFFBX)
1-3 2 -2- 10 Valentine,E grounded out to short (BX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Lions batting
1-3 0 --- 11 Yeager grounded out to the mound (BCX)
1-3 1 --- 21 Chambliss flied out to right (BFBX)
1-3 2 --- 11 Rodriguez,A lined a double to left center (BCX)
Paxton now pitching
1-3 2 -2- 12 McKay flied out to center (CFFBX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Cruisers batting
1-3 0 --- 21 Whitfield reached on an infield single to second (FBBX)
1-3 0 1-- 00 Piniella sacrifice bunted to third, Whitfield to second
(Xb)
1-3 1 -2- 22 Downing grounded out to first, Whitfield to third (BBSFX)
1-3 2 --3 01 DeJesus flied out to center (FX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Lions batting
1-3 0 --- 00 Mumphrey grounded out to third (X)
1-3 1 --- 12 Smith,B grounded out to second (BCFX)
1-3 2 --- 32 Cruz,J walked (SBFFBBFB)
Game delayed by rain for 17 minutes
1-3 2 1-- 10 Cruz,J stole second (B>B)
1-3 2 -2- 32 Randle grounded out to short (B>B.BCFFFX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Cruisers batting
1-3 0 --- 02 Randolph struck out (CSS)
1-3 1 --- 10 Puhl lined a double down the third base line (BX)
1-3 1 -2- 02 Cooper struck out (2CCS)
1-3 2 -2- 02 Nettles grounded out to the catcher (CFX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Lions batting
1-3 0 --- 12 Wills popped out to third (CCFBX)
1-3 1 --- 02 Yeager lined out to right (CCX)
1-3 2 --- 22 Chambliss struck out (CBFBS)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Cruisers batting
1-3 0 --- 11 Valentine,E flied out to center (FBX)
1-3 1 --- 12 Whitfield grounded out to first (CBSX)
1-3 2 --- 10 Piniella homered deep down the left-field line (BX)
1-4 2 --- 32 Downing grounded out to short (SSBBFFFBX)
Started raining
************** Top of the 7th inning, Lions batting
1-4 0 --- 22 Rodriguez,A struck out (BSBSS)
Staub pinch hitting for McKay
1-4 1 --- 00 Staub lined a single to right center (X)
1-4 1 1-- 32 Mumphrey grounded to third, forcing Staub at second,
Mumphrey to first (CSBBB11FX)
Washington,C pinch hitting for Smith,B
1-4 2 1-- 22 Washington,C lined a single down the right field line,
Mumphrey to third (CBBFFX)
Hamilton now pitching
1-4 2 1-3 12 Cruz,J grounded to short, forcing Washington,C at second
(BSFX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Cruisers batting
Patek now playing shortstop
1-4 0 --- 00 DeJesus grounded out to short (X)
1-4 1 --- 00 Randolph grounded out to first (X)
1-4 2 --- 10 Puhl grounded out to second (BX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Lions batting
Cerone now playing catcher
1-4 0 --- 22 Randle struck out (SBCBS)
1-4 1 --- 10 Wills grounded out to third (BX)
1-4 2 --- 01 Yeager flied out to center (CX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Cruisers batting
1-4 0 --- 32 Cooper walked (BFFBBB)
1-4 0 1-- 21 Nettles lined out to center (1BFBX)
1-4 1 1-- 11 Valentine,E grounded a single up the middle, Cooper to
second (CBX)
1-4 1 12- 32 Whitfield walked, Cooper to third, Valentine,E to second
(BFBFBB)
1-4 1 123 00 Piniella grounded into a double play, Patek to Wills to
Chambliss (X)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Lions batting
1-4 0 --- 12 Chambliss grounded out to the mound (CFBX)
1-4 1 --- 00 Rodriguez,A flied out to right (X)
1-4 2 --- 10 Patek flied out to center (BX)