1975 NLDS, Game 6: Manchester Minutemen At Houston Astros 10/14/1975
Minutemen AB R H RBI AVG Astros AB R H RBI AVG R.Garr LF 3 1 1 0 .240 L.Bowa SS 4 1 0 0 .217 C-C.Gaston PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .000 C.Cedeno CF 5 1 2 2 .389 D-T.Veryzer PH 1 0 0 0 .167 L.Hisle RF 3 0 0 0 .316 E-B.Mitchell LF 0 0 0 0 .500 G-V.Joshua PH 1 0 1 1 .167 M.Sanguillen C 4 0 0 0 .375 G.Foster LF 4 0 1 0 .318 D.Parker RF 3 1 1 0 .320 G.Tenace C 3 0 0 0 .150 C.Yastrzemski 1B 4 0 0 0 .273 B.Bell 3B 4 0 1 0 .400 H.Torres SS 4 0 1 2 .208 M.Ivie 1B 4 0 1 0 .200 M.Perez 2B 4 0 2 0 .318 M.Trillo 2B 4 0 0 0 .095 D.Chalk 3B 4 0 1 0 .211 J.Barr P 2 0 0 0 .000 P.Blair CF 4 0 0 0 .182 B-W.Crawford PH 1 0 0 0 .333 J.Hughes P 2 0 0 0 .000 G.Jackson P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-B.Buckner PH 1 0 0 0 .200 R.Reed P 0 0 0 0 ---- A.Downing P 1 0 0 0 .000 F-E.Rodriguez PH 0 1 0 0 .000 K.Tekulve P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 2 6 2 Totals 35 3 6 3
A-Pinch Hit For Hughes In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Barr In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Garr In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Gaston In 10th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Veryzer In 10th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Reed In 10th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Hisle In 10th Inning
Minutemen....... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 Astros.......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 0
Minutemen (2-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Hughes 6 3 2 2 3 3 1 89 3.00 A.Downing LOSS(0-1) 3 2/3 2 1 1 1 2 0 58 1.29 K.Tekulve 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 Totals 9 2/3 6 3 3 4 5 1
Astros (4-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Barr 7 5 2 2 1 2 0 87 2.51 G.Jackson 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0.00 R.Reed WIN(1-0) 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 34 0.00 Totals 10 6 2 2 1 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 24,998 DATE- Tuesday, October 14th 1975 TIME- Night T- 2:47 LEFT ON BASE- Minutemen: 5 Astros: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Minutemen: 0 Astros: 0 DOUBLES- B.Bell(1st), M.Ivie(1st) TRIPLES- M.Perez(1st) HOME RUNS- C.Cedeno(2nd) RBIs- H.Torres-2(6th), C.Cedeno-2(4th), V.Joshua(1st) STOLEN BASES- L.Bowa(1st) WALKS- D.Parker, L.Bowa, L.Hisle, G.Tenace, E.Rodriguez STRIKE OUTS- C.Gaston, H.Torres, P.Blair, J.Hughes, L.Hisle, G.Tenace, M.Ivie, M.Trillo, J.Barr WILD PITCHES- R.Reed 2-out RBI- H.Torres-2, V.Joshua RLISP 2-out- J.Hughes, J.Barr-2, D.Chalk, M.Ivie WEB GEMS- Bot 9th: Paul Blair robbed Gene Tenace of a Homerun!
The Houston Astros and the Manchester Minutemen locked up in an exciting one-run game at The Astrodome. The final score was the Houston Astros 3, the Manchester Minutemen 2 in 10 innings.
Both teams had scored 2 runs after nine full innings. Houston came out on top in the 10th inning. After an out was recorded, Ellie Rodriguez drew a walk. One out later, Cesar Cedeno stepped up to the plate and he lined a base-hit. Von Joshua then stroked a single giving Houston the win and sending the home town fans into a frenzy. The game was a scoreless duel until the 6th inning.
Ron Reed(1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 1 and 2/3 innings. Al Downing(0-1) ended up with the loss in relief. He surrendered 2 hits and 1 walk in 3 and 2/3 innings.