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BROOKLYN ROYAL GIANTS @ BIRMINGHAM BLACK BARONS
05/01/2002
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Brooklyn Royal Giants batting - Pitching for Birmingham Black Barons : LHP Lefty Gomez
Pitching: LHP Lefty Gomez
Batting: RHB Jackie Robinson 0-0: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 15, EV 61 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dan Brouthers 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 73 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ron Cey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Brooklyn 0 - Birmingham 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Birmingham Black Barons batting - Pitching for Brooklyn Royal Giants : LHP Dutch Leonard
Pitching: LHP Dutch Leonard
Batting: SHB Melky Cabrera 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 104 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bobby Grich 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Bunted foul
3-2: Base on Balls
Melky Cabrera to second
Batting: RHB Hank Aaron 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 96 MPH)
Melky Cabrera scores
Bobby Grich to third
Batting: RHB Ryan Braun 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Joe Torre 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 25, EV 62 MPH)
Bobby Grich scores
Hank Aaron to third
Ryan Braun to second
Batting: RHB Albert Belle 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 88 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by CF
Batting: RHB Tommy Davis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 93 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Brooklyn 0 - Birmingham 3
TOP OF THE 2ND
Brooklyn Royal Giants batting - Pitching for Birmingham Black Barons : LHP Lefty Gomez
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 4D, EV 70 MPH)
Batting: SHB Roy White 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 78 MPH)
Batting: RHB Vern Stephens 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 78 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mookie Betts 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Vern Stephens to second
Batting: RHB George Hendrick 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 72 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Brooklyn 0 - Birmingham 3
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Birmingham Black Barons batting - Pitching for Brooklyn Royal Giants : LHP Dutch Leonard
Batting: RHB Dick Groat 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 103 MPH)
Batting: LHB Cupid Childs 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 55 MPH)
Batting: SHB Melky Cabrera 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E1 (Groundball, 15S, EV 55 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bobby Grich 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 101 MPH)
Melky Cabrera to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, OUT! 8-5
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Brooklyn 0 - Birmingham 3
TOP OF THE 3RD
Brooklyn Royal Giants batting - Pitching for Birmingham Black Barons : LHP Lefty Gomez
DELAY Rain delay of 38 minutes in the 3rd inning.
Batting: RHB Ray Dandridge 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 87 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jackie Robinson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
Passed Ball!
Ray Dandridge to second
3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 62 MPH)
Ray Dandridge to third
Batting: LHB Dan Brouthers 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 3S, EV 64 MPH) (infield hit)
Ray Dandridge scores
Batting: RHB Ron Cey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 91 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
3-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 3rd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Brooklyn 1 - Birmingham 3
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Birmingham Black Barons batting - Pitching for Brooklyn Royal Giants : LHP Dutch Leonard
Batting: RHB Hank Aaron 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 86 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ryan Braun 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 79 MPH)
Batting: RHB Joe Torre 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 95 MPH)
Batting: RHB Albert Belle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MS, EV 72 MPH) (infield hit)
Joe Torre to third
Batting: RHB Tommy Davis 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 98 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Brooklyn 1 - Birmingham 3
TOP OF THE 4TH
Brooklyn Royal Giants batting - Pitching for Birmingham Black Barons : LHP Lefty Gomez
Batting: SHB Roy White 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 80 MPH)
Batting: RHB Vern Stephens 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Mookie Betts 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Brooklyn 1 - Birmingham 3
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Birmingham Black Barons batting - Pitching for Brooklyn Royal Giants : LHP Dutch Leonard
Batting: RHB Dick Groat 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MS, EV 87 MPH)
Batting: LHB Cupid Childs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Melky Cabrera 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 101 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bobby Grich 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-1: Ball
Passed Ball!
Cupid Childs to second
1-1: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Cupid Childs to third
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89XD, EV 104 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Brooklyn 1 - Birmingham 3
TOP OF THE 5TH
Brooklyn Royal Giants batting - Pitching for Birmingham Black Barons : LHP Lefty Gomez
Batting: RHB George Hendrick 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 81 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ray Dandridge 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Jackie Robinson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 95 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dan Brouthers 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 94 MPH)
Ray Dandridge to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: RHB Ron Cey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 90 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Brooklyn 2 - Birmingham 3
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Birmingham Black Barons batting - Pitching for Brooklyn Royal Giants : LHP Dutch Leonard
Batting: RHB Hank Aaron 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 75 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ryan Braun 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 90 MPH)
Batting: RHB Joe Torre 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Brooklyn 2 - Birmingham 3
TOP OF THE 6TH
Brooklyn Royal Giants batting - Pitching for Birmingham Black Barons : LHP Lefty Gomez
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 80 MPH)
Batting: SHB Roy White 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Vern Stephens 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 71 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Brooklyn 2 - Birmingham 3
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Birmingham Black Barons batting - Pitching for Brooklyn Royal Giants : LHP Dutch Leonard
Pitching: RHP Ralph Branca
Batting: RHB Albert Belle 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 111 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tommy Davis 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 81 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dick Groat 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 87 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Brooklyn 2 - Birmingham 3
TOP OF THE 7TH
Brooklyn Royal Giants batting - Pitching for Birmingham Black Barons : LHP Lefty Gomez
Pitching: RHP Don Cardwell
Batting: RHB Mookie Betts 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56, EV 112 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB George Hendrick 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 95 MPH)
Mookie Betts to second
Mookie Betts to third
Batting: RHB Ray Dandridge 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Jackie Robinson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 102 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by CF
Batting: LHB Dan Brouthers 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 90 MPH)
George Hendrick to second
Pitching: RHP Kerry Ligtenberg
Batting: RHB Ron Cey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Reached on error, E8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 95 MPH)
George Hendrick scores
Dan Brouthers to third
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Dan Brouthers scores
Ron Cey to third
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 114 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Brooklyn 5 - Birmingham 3
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Birmingham Black Barons batting - Pitching for Brooklyn Royal Giants : RHP Ralph Branca
Batting: LHB Cupid Childs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Melky Cabrera 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 57 MPH)
Cupid Childs to second
Batting: RHB Bobby Grich 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Pitching: RHP Trevor Hildenberger
Batting: RHB Hank Aaron 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 9S, EV 80 MPH)
Cupid Childs to third
Bobby Grich to second
Batting: RHB Ryan Braun 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LMF, EV 85 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by RF
Batting: RHB Joe Torre 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 103 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Brooklyn 5 - Birmingham 4
TOP OF THE 8TH
Brooklyn Royal Giants batting - Pitching for Birmingham Black Barons : RHP Kerry Ligtenberg
Pitching: RHP Akinori Otsuka
Batting: SHB Roy White 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 87 MPH)
Batting: RHB Vern Stephens 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 103 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mookie Betts 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Brooklyn 5 - Birmingham 4
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Birmingham Black Barons batting - Pitching for Brooklyn Royal Giants : RHP Trevor Hildenberger
Batting: RHB Albert Belle 0-0: Ball
1-0: Hit by Pitch
Pinch Runner at 1st John Malarkey:
Batting: RHB Tommy Davis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LM, EV 99 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Eddie Mathews 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Pitching: LHP Sandy Koufax
Batting: LHB Cupid Childs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
John Malarkey to second
Batting: SHB Melky Cabrera 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Brooklyn 5 - Birmingham 4
TOP OF THE 9TH
Brooklyn Royal Giants batting - Pitching for Birmingham Black Barons : RHP Akinori Otsuka
Now at 3B: Eddie Mathews
Batting: RHB George Hendrick 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 92 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ray Dandridge 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 67 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jackie Robinson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Brooklyn 5 - Birmingham 4
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Birmingham Black Barons batting - Pitching for Brooklyn Royal Giants : LHP Sandy Koufax
Batting: RHB Bobby Grich 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Hank Aaron 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 108 MPH)
Bobby Grich to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Pitching: LHP Terry Forster
Batting: RHB Ryan Braun 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Joe Torre 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Hank Aaron to second
Batting: RHB Paul Konerko 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Tommy Davis 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 93 MPH)
Bobby Grich scores
Hank Aaron to third
Joe Torre to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Bottom of the 9th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Brooklyn 5 - Birmingham 6
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