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May 1, 1981 | Blues Stadium | Nashville, TN
Cincinnati Cougars vs. Nashville Blues
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Cincinnati Cougars vs. Nashville Blues...
Cincinnati is part of a three-way tie at the top of the ABC Central with a 12-11 record. They have a +23 run differential, highlighting their ability to outscore opponents. Strong at home (10-4) but weaker on the road (2-7), they’ll be looking to maintain their position. Nashville also holds a 12-11 record, with a +16 run differential. They’ve been more successful on the road (8-9) than at home (4-2), and they’re currently on a three-game winning streak. This series is crucial for Nashville to continue their momentum. This series could define the direction of the ABC Central Division. Both teams have strengths that could make for an exciting and tightly contested matchup. Cincinnati’s home advantage might give them the edge, but Nashville’s recent form makes them a formidable opponent.
Cincinnati Cougars lead the series 107 - 95 | Cougars lead season series 3-1
Key players
Milestones:
CIN – CF
Scott Reis #19 needs 25 hits to reach 1500
and 12 home runs to reach 250
and 16 runs for 1000.
LF
Victor Torres #22 needs 56 hits to reach 1500
and 14 home runs to reach 200
and 76 runs to reach 1000
and 51 base on balls to reach 1000.
NAS – LF
Brett Petrillo #22 needs 36 hits to reach 1500.
1B
Ricardo Espinosa #78 needs 10 home runs to reach 200.
All-Star Caliber:
Blue players:
CIN - CF Scott Reis #19 | Age: 35 | Bats: R | Throws: R
NAS - LF Brett Petrillo #22 | Age: 36 | Bats: L | Throws: L
Green players:
CIN - 1B Esteban Martinez #26 | Age: 25 | Bats: S | Throws: R
LF Victor Torres #22 | Age: 33 | Bats: L | Throws: R
NAS - 3B Jose Orozco #20 | Age: 23 | Bats: S | Throws: R
The Game:
Welcome baseball fans to Nashville, Tennessee, home of the Nashville Blues. Today’s featured contest pits the home team against the Cincinnati Cougars of Cincinnati, Ohio, who are striving to improve their standings in the ABC Central Division.
Today’s pitching matchup is LHP
Alex Perez #49 [3-1 4.00] for Cincinnati and for the Blues RHP
Sal Serrano #87 [2-2 5.48].
Hello, ABL fans, Big Earl here... coming to you live ... and in color from Nashville TN...! Welcome to Blues Stadium...! It's Weekend Series 4! Today we're witnessing an ABC Central Division ballgame between... Reigning MVP Scott Reis and the Cincinnati Cougars... versus... Brett Petrillo and the Nashville Blues... This is Game One of a Three-Game Series
Attention! ... Attention please! ... ... Have your pencil ... and scorecards ready ... and I'll give you... the correct lineups ... for today's ball game.
First, for the visiting Cincinnati Cougars... Managed by Chris Allison... Batting first... playing left field... #22... Victor Torres... Batting second... playing right field... #12... Tony Jones... Batting third... playing first base... #26... Esteban Martinez... Batting clean-up... playing center field... #19... Scott Reis... Batting fifth... The designated hitter... #10... Barry Wilson... Batting sixth... the shortstop... #36... Joe Rogers... Batting seventh... the catcher... #11... Felipe Martin... Batting eighth... playing third base... #35... Luis Mata... Batting ninth... playing second base... #55... Pablo Loureiro... The starting pitcher... for the Cincinnati Cougars... Left hander... #49... Alex Perez...
And now here is the starting lineup for the home-standing Nashville Blues... Managed by Francisco Hernandez... Batting first... playing first base... #9... Andres Salas... Batting second... the shortstop... #17... Jordan Arteaga... Batting third... playing left field... #22... Brett Petrillo... Batting clean-up... playing right field... #19... Kevin Walker... Batting fifth... playing third base... #20... Jose Orozco... Batting sixth... The designated hitter... #78... Ricardo Espinosa... Batting seventh... playing center field... #6... Juan Grant.. Batting eighth... playing second base... #34... Joe Marriott... Batting ninth... the catcher... #15... German Puello... The starting pitcher... for the Nashville Blues... Left hander... #87... Sal Serrano...
We are about to get underway here at Blues Stadium Today's attendance looks to be around 21,000 fans... It's partly cloudy and 64 degrees at first pitch ... with the wind blowing out from center at 8 mph ...
Play Ball!!
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CINCINNATI COUGARS @ NASHVILLE BLUES
05/01/1981 Game 1 of 3
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TOP OF THE 1ST
Cincinnati Cougars batting - Pitching for Nashville Blues : LHP Sal Serrano
Pitching: LHP Sal Serrano
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: LHB Victor Torres
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
No Outs, Runner on 1st
Batting: LHB Tony Jones
0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
1 Out, Runner on 1st
Batting: SHB Esteban Martinez
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 101.9 MPH)
Victor Torres to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to trailing runner, OUT at third! 7-3-5
Cougars 1, Blues 0
2 Outs, Bases empty
Batting: RHB Scott Reis
0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMFF
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Cincinnati 1 - Nashville 0
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TOP OF THE 2ND
Cincinnati Cougars batting - Pitching for Nashville Blues : LHP Sal Serrano
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: SHB Barry Wilson
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
No Outs, Runner on 1st
Batting: RHB Joe Rogers
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 69.4 MPH)
Barry Wilson to second
1 Out, Runner on 2nd
Batting: RHB Felipe Martin
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 86.9 MPH)
Barry Wilson to third
2 Outs, Runner on 3rd
Batting: RHB Luis Mata
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Barry Wilson scores
Cougars 2, Blues 0
2 Outs, Bases empty
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
2 Outs, Runner on 1st
Batting: LHB Pablo Loureiro
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Luis Mata to third
2 Outs, Runners on 2nd & 3rd
Batting: LHB Victor Torres
0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Cincinnati 2 - Nashville 0
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BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Nashville Blues batting - Pitching for Cincinnati Cougars : RHP Ryan Hines
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: LHB Brett Petrillo
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 98.1 MPH)
No Outs, Runner on 1st
Batting: RHB Kevin Walker
0-0: Ball
Brett Petrillo steals 2nd base
No Outs, Runner on 2nd
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 90.0 MPH)
Brett Petrillo to third
1 Out, Runner on 3rd
Batting: SHB Jose Orozco
0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Brett Petrillo scores
Cougars 2, Blues 1
1 Out, Runner on 2nd
Batting: RHB Ricardo Espinosa
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 93.8 MPH)
Jose Orozco to third
1 Out, Runners on 1st & 3rd
Batting: LHB Juan Grant
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78S, EV 96.9 MPH)
2 Outs, Runners on 1st & 3rd
Pinch Hitting: LHB Hector Chavez
0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Cincinnati 2 - Nashville 1
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BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Nashville Blues batting - Pitching for Cincinnati Cougars : RHP Ryan Hines
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: RHB Kevin Walker
0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LD, EV 98.1 MPH)
No Outs, Runner on 2nd
Batting: SHB Jose Orozco
0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Kevin Walker scores
Cougars 2, Blues 2
No Outs, Runner on 3rd
Batting: RHB Ricardo Espinosa
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-2: Ball
1-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 9LD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Jose Orozco scores
Cougars 2, Blues 3
No Outs, Runner on 2nd
Batting: LHB Juan Grant
0-0: Intentional Walk
No Outs, Runners on 1st & 2nd
Batting: RHB Marco Figueroa
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 104.4 MPH)
Ricardo Espinosa scores
Juan Grant to third
Cougars 2, Blues 4
Cincinnati Manager Chris Allison is headed to the mound... He's asking for the ball... Pitching change...
Pitching: RHP Isaiah Simmons
No Outs, Runners on 2nd & 3rd
Batting: RHB German Puello
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Juan Grant scores
Cougars 2, Blues 5
1 Out, Runner on 2nd
Batting: RHB Andres Salas
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
1 Out, Runners on 1st & 2nd
Batting: RHB Jordan Arteaga
0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 5D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Marco Figueroa to third
Andres Salas to second
1 Out, Bases loaded
Batting: LHB Brett Petrillo
0-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 106.3 MPH)
Marco Figueroa scores
Andres Salas scores
Jordan Arteaga to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to trailing runner, SAFE at third!
Cougars 2, Blues 8
1 Out, Runner on 3rd
Batting: RHB Kevin Walker
0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by LF
Cougars 2, Blues 9
2 Outs, Bases empty
Batting: SHB Jose Orozco
0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 89.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 8 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Cincinnati 2 - Nashville 9
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TOP OF THE 7TH
Cincinnati Cougars batting - Pitching for Nashville Blues : RHP Frank Larson
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: LHB Victor Torres
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6S, EV 72.5 MPH) (infield hit)
No Outs, Runner on 1st
Batting: LHB Tony Jones
0-0: Called Strike
No Outs, Runner on 2nd
Victor Torres steals 2nd base (no throw)
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
No Outs, Runners on 1st & 2nd
Pinch Hitting: RHB Tim Lewis
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Victor Torres to third
Tony Jones to second
No Outs, Bases loaded
Batting: RHB Scott Reis
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 76.9 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by CF
Tony Jones to third
Cougars 3, Blues 9
1 Out, Runners on 1st & 3rd
Batting: SHB Barry Wilson
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by LF
Cougars 4, Blues 9
2 Outs, Runner on 1st
Batting: RHB Joe Rogers
0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 110.6 MPH)
Tim Lewis to second
Nashville manager Francisco Hernandez is taking the long walk to the mound... He's signaling to the bullpen...
Pitching: RHP Jayden Gray
2 Outs, Runners on 1st & 2nd
Batting: RHB Felipe Martin
0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Cincinnati 4 - Nashville 9
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Well, there you have it... Let's take a look at the totals for today's game. First for the victorious Nashville Blues, 9 runs, on 11 hits, 1 error, they left 6 men on base. Their record improves to 13-11. for the Cincinnati Cougars, 4 runs, on 6 hits, No errors, they left 9 men on base. They fall to 12-12.
In the game between the Cincinnati Cougars and the Nashville Blues, the Cougars took an early 2-0 lead with a run in the first inning, thanks to Victor Torres scoring on an RBI double by Esteban Martinez. They added another run in the second inning when Barry Wilson scored on a wild pitch after advancing to third on a groundout. However, the Cougars struggled to capitalize on opportunities, leaving several runners on base in the later innings and managing only two more runs in the seventh inning.
The Blues took control of the game in the bottom of the sixth inning, staging a powerful rally that produced eight runs. Key hits in this inning included a leadoff double by Kevin Walker, followed by a triple from Jose Orozco, which brought Walker home. Orozco then scored on a double by Ricardo Espinosa. The Blues continued to pile on with additional hits and aggressive base running, pushing their lead to 9-2. Although Cincinnati responded with two runs in the top of the seventh, the Blues' bullpen shut down the Cougars in the final innings, securing a 9-4 victory.
The winning pitcher is... Frank Larson... his record improves to... 1-oh... The loss... goes to... Ryan Hines... His record falls to oh-1...
The player of the game is Blues Left Fielder... Brett Petrillo.
The paid attendance was 21,070 fans.
To recap...
The Nashville Blues bumped off the Cincinnati Cougars, 9-4, at Blues Stadium. Brett Petrillo hit 1 single and 1 double. He also had 3 runs batted in. Cincinnati falls to 12-12. Jose Orozco, who is tied for 6th in the ABC in total bases with 47, helped out the Nashville cause in the bottom of the sixth inning with a run-scoring triple. For the game, the third baseman was 2 for 4 with a triple and a double, while adding 2 RBI and scoring once. "It was a solid team effort," said Petrillo after the game. Nashville improves to 13-11. Note that, Cincinnati starting pitcher Alex Perez was injured while pitching.
This is Big Earl signing off from Blues Stadium. Where today's final score is...
Nashville Blues 9 – Cincinnati Cougars 4
Until next time... This is the Game!
WIN!!
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