Don Wilson - May 22, 1971

May 22, 1971

vs.   San Francisco (Rich Robertson)

The Giants had a lead after Bobby Bonds took Wilson deep in the top of the third, but that's all the Giants would get off of Wilson. They had their chances to do more damage leaving nine men on base.

Meanwhile, the Astros offense took a while to get started, but they have another good game giving Wilson plenty of run support. Joe Morgan was a one man wrecking crew for the Astros.  He scored 2 runs and drove in 3 on the strength of two doubles and a single.

San Francisco 002 000 000   -  2    7   0

Houston       000 130 21x   -  7   14   0

W- Wilson  (9-0)    L - Robertson

Home  Run - Bobby Bonds (San Fran)


       IP   H   R  ER  SO  BB
Wilson  8   7   2   2   6   5  

November 16, 1974 - Pacers at Spurs

November 16, 1974
Pacers at Spurs
The Spurs trailed by as many as 15 in the third quarter and found themselves down 96-85 at the end of the quarter.  The Pacers would go cold in the fourth and, when they were not missing shots, they were putting the Spurs on the free throw line. Eventually the Spurs took the lead only to give it back as we near crunch time.  The Spurs went on a bit of a run and this game looked like it might go down to the wire.

Bob Netolicky's jumper with just two timing units gave the Pacers a 122-121 lead. So, we are down to one shot. George Gervin, like Pacers star George  McGinnis, had fouled out, so the Spurs would have to get the big shot from someone else. James Silas received the inbound pass and he found Swen Nater for the open look. Nater shoots, and he nails it! Last shot of the game and the Spurs win 123-122!

The Spurs won this game at the free throw line making 27 of 32 free throws while the Pacers only took 16 (making 15).


Leaders 

Pacers
George McGinnis  26 pts (10-22/6-6 FT) 9 rebs
Bob Netolicky    15 pts (7-12/1-1 FT)
Bill Keller      14 pts (5-10/1-1 FT)  7 rebs
Darnell Hillman  14 pts (7-14)         8 rebs
Billy Knight     14 pts (6-11/2-2 FT)


Spurs
Rich Jones      28 pts (12-21/4-4 FT)   6 rebs
James Silas     28 pts (11-14/6-6 FT) 
George Gervin   26 pts (7-17/12-14 FT) 10 rebs  6 assists
Swen Nater      19 pts (8-15/ 3-6 FT)   9 rebs

Don Wilson - May 17, 1971

May 17, 1971 vs. San Diego (Dave Roberts)

The Astros broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the bottom of the fifth. Joe Morgan's double scored Jesus Alou and Jack Hiatt. Cesar Cedeno followed with a single scoring Morgan.  The Astros added two more in the seventh on a Cedeno single that scored Roger Metzger and a Denis Menke double that scored Cedeno.

Cedeno and Morgan each had three hits, but the real story of this game was Wilson. He took a no-hitter into the eighth. He retired Ivan Murrell to start the inning, but Ed Spiezio broke it up with a double.  Leron Lee drove him in with a double to break up the shutout bid.


San Diego  000 000 001  -  1   2  0
Houston    000 030 20x  -  5  11  0

W - Wilson     L - Roberts

        IP   H   R  ER  SO  BB
Wilson   9   2   1   1   6   3



Wilson through nine starts followed by actual stats in bold.
 
W-L     8-0   (16-10)

ERA     2.07  (2.45)

H/9IP   5.6   (6.5)

SO/9IP  6.0   (6.0)

BB/9IP  2.3   (2.7)

WHIP    0.88  (1.02)

Don Wilson - May 12, 1971

May 12,1971 @ New York (Tom Seaver)

Pity the poor National League as The Don Wilson Total Domination Tour hit New York where Wilson out-pitched the great Tom Seaver.

Roger Metzger led off the game with a single and then scored on Jimmy Wynn's double. Seaver settled down after that and was indeed Tom Terrific until the later innings striking out 8 in the first six innings. Wilson matched Seaver's strike out total while shutting out the Mets through six.

The Astros picked up an unearned run in the top of the seventh when Don Hahn misplayed a Metzger fly ball allowing Doug Rader to score. Jimmy Wynn scored on an eighth inning Norm Miller double. Cesar Cedeno's single brought Miller home to give the Astros a 4-0 lead.

Fred Gladding relieved Wilson in the ninth and allowed an inherited runner to score. It would be the only tally for the Mets.

Although Seaver struck out 9 while walking only 1, the Astros did tag him for 10 hits.

The big surprise of the these first few games has been the Astros hitting. It really wasn't very good in real life, but it's been pretty good so far in the replay.


Houston   100 001 200  -  4 10 1
New York  000 000 001  -  1 3  2

W - Wilson       L - Seaver
 
        IP   H   R  ER  SO  BB
Wilson   8   3   1   1   9   2

Don Wilson - May 7,1971

May 7, 1971
At Philadelphia (Jim Bunning) 

Same old story here - Wilson pitches another good game and gets plenty of run support.

Houston      103 000 001 -  6  11  1

Philadelphia 002 001 000 -  3   5  1

W - Wilson    L -Bunning

        IP  H   R  ER  SO  BB

Wilson   8  5   3   3   6   4  

Nov. 9, 1974 ABA - Pacers at Spurs

November 9, 1974

Pacers at Spurs

Collis Temple's late 4th quarter shot brought the Spurs to within a point of the Pacers with just one shot left. The Spurs intentionally fouled Darrell Hillman who hit both his free throws to make it a 131-128 game. The Spurs missed the potential game tying three pointer on the last shot of the game.

The Pacers had a big advantage at the free throw line shooting 41 free throws to the Spurs 27. In fact, Swen Nater, Rich Jones, and Coby Dietrick fouled out of the game while George Gervin and George Karl had five fouls each. 

The free throw disparity and some poor shooting by the spurs helped the 

pacers to open up a 16 point lead in the second half. The Spurs slowly chipped away in the fourth quarter before coming up just short. Next week - a rematch of these two teams.

Indiana      35  37  34  25  -  131

San Antonio  32  32  28  36  -  128

Pacers Leaders

Points - 29 Darrell Hillman (11-14 FG, 7-9 FT)

         26 George McGinnis (8-22 FG, 11-12 FT)

         18 Bill Keller (7-11 FG, 4-4 FT)

Rebounds - 18 George McGinnis

           10 Bill Keller

         

Spurs Leaders

Points - 29 James Silas (11-17 FG, 7-7 FT) 

         21 Rich Jones (8-14 FG, 5-7 FT)

         19 George Gervin (8-19 FG, 3-3 FT)

  

Rebounds - 17 Swen Nater 

            8 Donnie  Freeman

1974-75 Upcomong Hoops Games

Nov 16
Indiana @ San Antonio
Houston @ Detroit

Nov 23
Denver @ Virginia
Milwaukee @ New York

Nov 30
San Diego @ Kentucky
Los Angeles @ Golden State

Don Wilson - May 2, 1971

May 2, 1971
New York (Jerry Koosman) @ Houston

Wilson and Koosman hooked up for an old fashioned pitchers duel. Wilson pitched beautifully allowing only two baserunners to reach scoring position. Koosman was also terrific striking out 8 Astros in eight innings. 

The only score of the game came on a bad break for Koosman. In the bottom of the fifth Cesar Cedeno reached on a Bob Aspromonte error and then scored on a Jack Hiatt double. Koosman loses on an unearned run!


                        R H E
New York  000 000 000 - 0 5 1
Houston   000 010 00x - 1 5 1

W - Wilson               L - Koosman

 
        ER  H  R  ER  SO  BB
Wilson   9  5  0   0   6   1

1974-75 ABA - Spurs at Squires

San Antonio at Virginia
November 2, 1974

While the Squires proved a pesky bunch, they just didn't have enough to keep up with the Spurs as San Antonio wins 106-96. Although George Gervin dominated the first half, teammate Rich Jones stole the spotlight from "The Iceman" in the second half and posted a game high 32 points. Gervin finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds. Swen Nater snagged a game high 16 rebounds.

The Squires attack could only be described as balanced. Dave Tzardzik and Willie Wise each scored 14, while Gorge Irvine scored 13 and two other players scored an even dozen. But you're not going to beat the Spurs shooting just 41%.

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Virginia Squires vs San Antonio Spurs
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VISITORS: San Antonio Spurs
                      TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS                        
No.     N A M E        M-A     M-A  FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP   A TO BLK S MIN QP
13 Silas, James........8-12   0-0    3-3    2  5  7   0  19   5  2  0  0  --  4
20 Freeman, Donnie.....1-10   0-0    0-1    2  1  3   2   2   1  3  1  0  --  4
21 Warren, Bob.........0-1    0-0    0-1    0  1  1   1   0   1  1  0  0  --  2
22 Karl, George........4-6    0-0    0-0    1  2  3   1   8   1  2  0  1  --  3
23 Franklin, William...0-1    0-0    0-0    2  1  3   0   0   0  1  0  0  --  1
25 Dietrick, Coby......3-8    0-0    1-1    3  5  8   0   7   0  1  0  0  --  3
30 Terry, Chuck........1-3    0-0    3-6    0  1  1   2   5   1  0  0  0  --  3
31 Nater, Swen.........2-10   0-0    3-4    2 14 16   5   7   2  7  0  3  --  3
33 Jones, Rich........14-22   0-1    4-4    4  3  7   3  32   0  2  0  2  --  4
44 Gervin, George.....11-15   0-0    4-4    2  9 11   3  26   2  3  0  1  --  4
TOTALS                44-88   0-1   18-24  18 42 60  17 106  13 22  1  7  --

TOT-FG Q1: 12-24 50%  Q2:  9-22 41%  Q3:  9-19 47%  Q4: 14-23 61%  Game: 50%
 
3pt-FG Q1:  0-0  00%  Q2:  0-0  00%  Q3:  0-0  00%  Q4:  0-1  00%  Game: 00% 
 
FThrow Q1:  3-4  75%  Q2:  7-9  78%  Q3:  4-5  80%  Q4:  4-6  67%  Game: 75%   

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HOME TEAM: Virginia Squires
                        TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS                        
No.     N A M E          M-A     M-A  FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP   A TO BLK S MIN QP
05 Powell, Cincinnatus.. 3-10   0-0    0-0    2  3  5   4   6   0  0  0  0  --  3
11 Elston, Darrell....   2-2    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   0   4   0  3  0  1  --  2
13 Twardzik, Dave....... 7-10   0-0    0-0    1  2  3   3  14   1  1  0  2  --  4
30 Irvine, George....... 6-12   1-2    0-1    3  2  5   1  13   1  1  0  3  --  3
31 Jackson, Mike........ 2-6    0-0    2-2    4  3  7   1   6   0  1  0  1  --  3
33 Batts, Lloyd......... 3-8    0-0    6-6    0  4  4   2  12   1  2  0  0  --  4
40 Parkhill, Barry..... 3-10    0-0    1-2    0  0  0   2   7   0  1  0  1  --  3
42 Wise, Willie.........6-17    1-3    1-1    1  2  3   3  14   0  3  0  1  --  4
45 Vaughn, David .......3-14    0-0    2-2    2  8 10   3   8   1  2  0  2  --  4
52 Billingy, Lionel.....5-8     0-0    2-2    2  3  5   1  12   0  2  0  0  --  3
TOTALS                 40-97    2-5   14-16  16 28 44  20  96   4 16  0 11  --

TOT-FG Q1:  7-23 30%  Q2:  9-21 43%  Q3: 12-26 46%  Q4: 12-27 44%  Game: 41%
 
3pt-FG Q1:  0-0  00%  Q2:  0-0  00%  Q3:  0-0  00%  Q4:  2-5  40%  Game: 40% 
 
FThrow Q1:  5-6  83%  Q2:  7-8  88%  Q3:  2-2  100%  Q4:  0-0  00%  Game: 88%   

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                       San Antonio Spurs              Virginia Squires
Points Off Turnovers                  14                            36
2nd Chance Points                     18                            14
Technical Fouls                        1                             2
ATTENDANCE:  0
SCORE BY PERIODS:                        1st  2nd  3rd  4th   OT   TOTAL
San Antonio Spurs                         27   25   22   32          106
Virginia Squires                          19   25   26   26           96


 

Don Wilson - April 28, 1971

April 28, 1971                                                                               
Philadelphia (Randy Lersh) @ Houston 
The Phillies scored a first inning run off of Wilson, but that's all they would get off him. Meanwhile, Randy Lersh initially baffled the Astros striking out four of the first seven hitters he faced before the Astros figured him out. After scoring three in the third, they sent Lersh to the showers by scoring two more runs in the sixth.

Bob Watson had a another fine game in support of Wilson. He went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI. Roger Metzger went 3 for 5 including two doubles.
Philadelphia  100 000 002   -  3   7  1
Houston       003 002 20x  -   7  12  0

W - Wilson        L - Lersh


        IP   R  ER   H  SO  BB
Wilson   8   1   1   5   5   0

Herb Score - June 2, 1956

June 2, 1956 @ Washington (Dean Stone)  

Another game and more gopher ball problems for Score. It started well enough as the Tribe staked him to an early 4-1 lead. It went south in a hurry. A walk and an outfield error set the stage for a game tying three run Roy Sievers blast in the third. A fourth inning solo shot by Lyle Luttrell gave the Senators a 5-4 lead.

The Indians were also playing long ball and Al Smith's solo seventh inning shot tied the game at 5-5.  In the top of the ninth Al Rosen came on to pinch hit for Sam Mele and he crushed a deep shot to right field. Will it clear the fence? The ballpark roll says... yes! The Indians go on to win a home run derby type game 7-5.
 

Cleveland   310 000 102  -   7  12  2
Washington  103 100 000  -   5   6  0

W - Don Mossi       L - Bud Byerly

Home Runs - Sam Mele (Cle), Roy Sievers (Was), Lyle Lutrell (Was), Al Smith (Cle), Al Rosen (Cle)

Score      IP   H   R  ER  SO  BB
            8   5   5   4   6   3

Don Wilson - April 23, 1971

April 23, 1971  vs Expos (Carl Morton)

Wilson pitched very well with just a minor hiccup in the fourth when he allowed two runs. Ron Hunt scored on a Rusty Staub double before Jim Fairey drove in Ron Fairly with the second run. As well as Wilson was pitching, Carl Morton was even better tossing eight shutout innings before being relieved by Mike Marshall. Marshall promptly melted down. Denis Menke led off with a double and then scored on Bob  Watson's triple. Cesar Cedeno's double brought home Bob Watson with the tying run and Doug Rader with the winning run.

                         R   H   E
Montreal 000 200 000  -  2   4   1
Houston  000 000 003  -  3   6   1 

W - George Culver       L - Mike Marshall


Wilson's line     IP    H    R   ER   SO   BB
                   8    3    2    2    5    3

Don Wilson - April 16, 1971

April 16 at Los Angeles (Sandy Vance)

Wilson struggled a bit early allowing single runs in the first and second. Bob Watson's two homer tied the game at 2-2 in the third. The Astros broke the tie with three runs in the fifth.  Two of the runs came on another Watson blast.  The Dodgers took advantage of a Jimmy Wynn error to put up two unearned in the bottom of the fifth and get to within a run of the Astros, but the visitors responded  with an insurance run in the eighth.

                             R   H   E

Houston      002 030 010  -  6  14   1

Los Angeles  110 020 000  -  4   9   0

 W - Wilson        L - Sandy Vance

Home Runs - Bob Watson 2 (Hou), Maury Wills (LA)

Wilson's line  IP   H   R   ER   SO   BB

                9   9   4    2    5    2

Don Wilson - April 11, 1971

April 11, 1971 vs Chicago Cubs (Bill Hands)

In this game both pitchers performed well only to see their respective bullpens falter, When it was all over, the Cubs pen sucked a little less than the Astros pen and they win 7-5.


Wilson got off to a rough start allowing the  Cubs to turn three first inning walks into two runs. He righted himself and then retired 20 of 21 during one stretch before the Cubs added a single run in the eighth. Hands was even better and shut out the Astros until allowing single runs in the sixth and seventh,

Then the bullpens came on and mucked it up. First, Bill Bonham and Phil Regan combined to give up three runs to the Astros in the bottom of the eighth. Fred Gladding gave the two run lead right back in the top of the ninth, so we head off to extra innings tied 5-5. 

Apparently not to be out done by Gladding, Jim Ray coughed up to two more runs in top of the tenth. Ray made an error on the lead off hitter Ron Santo before eventually giving up a two run single by Joe Pepitone. The Astros had runners on first and third in the bottom of the tenth, but Rich Thompkins worked out of that jam to get the Save.

Bob Watson had three RBI for the Astros.


                           R  H  E
Cubs     200 000 012 2  -  7  9  0
Astros   000 001 130 0  -  5  11 2

W  - Phil Regan       L - Jim Ray
Sv - Rich Thompkins

Home Run - Bob Watson (Hou)


Wilson's line   IP  H  R  ER SO  BB
                 8  4  3  3   4   4

Don Wilson - April 6, 1971

April 6, 1971 vs the Dodgers (Claude Osteen)

The Astros scored early and often in this one building a 9-1 lead through six innings. Wilson owned the Dodgers until enigmatically giving up a four spot in the seventh. The Dodgers added a couple more in the eighth to make it an almost interesting 9-6 game, but the Astros responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning and win 12-7.

                              R  H E
Los Angelse  010 000 420  -   7 12 1
Houston      032 220 03x  -  12 12 1

W - Wilson   L - Osteen

Home Runs - Wes Parker (LA), Dennis Menke (Hou)

1974-75 ABA - Colonels at Pacers

Replay of a October 26, 1974 game.

The visiting Colonels led 63-62 at the half, but couldn't find the basket at all in the third quarter shooting just 26% from the field. While the Colonels were laying bricks in the third, the Pacers found nothing but net hitting 71% of their shots in the quarter. 

George McGinnis led all scorers with 30 and also snagged 9 rebounds.  Artis Gilmore led the Colonels with 17, but he got into foul trouble in the third quarter and fouled out early in the fourth. 


SCORE BY PERIODS:   1st  2nd  3rd  4th     TOTAL
Kentucky Colonels    35   28   20   35       118
Indiana Pacers       37   25   40   27       129


VISITORS: Kentucky Colonels
                     TOT-FG   3-PT         REBOUNDS                        
No.     N A M E        M-A    M-A  FT-FTA  OF DE TOT PF  TP   A TO BLK S MIN QP
10 Dampier, Louie......4-15   1-3    5-5    2  0  2   2  14   2  1  0  2  --  4
11 Roche, John.........2-3    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   4   0  0  0  0  --  1
14 Averitt, Bird.......5-13   0-0    0-0    1  1  2   3  10   3  0  0  3  --  4
22 Jones, Wil..........4-8    2-2    0-0    1  2  3   4  10   1  2  0  0  --  3
23 Littles, Gene.......2-6    1-1    5-6    3  1  4   1  10   1  1  0  2  --  4
24 McClain, Ted........5-9    0-0    0-0    2  3  5   3  10   0  2  0  2  --  4
25 Bradley, Jim........5-9    0-0    4-4    4  6 10   4  14   2  2  0  1  --  3
31 Roberts, Marv.......3-4    0-0    0-0    1  0  1   2   6   0  2  0  0  --  2
42 Thomas, Ronald......3-5    0-0    1-2    3  2  5   0   7   0  3  0  0  --  2
44 Issel, Dan..........7-16   0-0    2-2    0  7  7   3  16   0  4  1  2  --  4
53 Gilmore, Artis......7-16   0-0    3-4    6  8 14   6  17   0  2  0  0  --  4
TEAM --------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS                47-104  4-6   20-23  23 30 53  28  118  9 19  1 12  --

TOT-FG Q1: 16-26 62%  Q2: 11-22 50%  Q3:  7-27 26%  Q4: 13-29 45%  
Game: 45%
 
3pt-FG Q1:  2-2  100%  Q2:  0-0  00%  Q3:  0-1  00%  Q4:  2-3  67%  
Game: 67%  
 
FThrow Q1:  1-1  100%  Q2:  6-8  75%  Q3:  6-6  100%  Q4:  7-8  88%  
Game: 87%   

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HOME TEAM: Indiana Pacers
                      TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS                        
No.     N A M E         M-A     M-A  FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP   A TO BLK S MIN QP
01 Brown, Roger.........0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0  --  1
04 Neumann, Johnny......6-8    1-1    2-5    0  1  1   4  15   2  2  0  0  --  3
06 Pack, Wayne..........1-4    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   2   0  0  0  0  --  1
10 Buse, Don............3-6    0-0    1-2    0  6  6   1   7   1  2  1  2  --  4
11 Keller, Bill.........7-10   1-1    2-2    0  3  3   1  17   1  1  0  1  --  4
20 Hillman, Darnell.....6-11   0-0    2-2    4  3  7   4  14   3  6  1  2  --  4
24 Natolicky, Rob.......2-5    0-0    0-0    2  2  4   2   4   0  0  0  0  --  2
25 Knight, Billy........6-8    0-0    4-5    0  5  5   1  16   4  2  1  0  --  4
30 McGinnis, George....14-22   0-0    2-5    3  6  9   3  30   2  0  0  2  --  4
35 Edge, Charles........3-5    0-0    5-10   3  4  7   2  11   1  2  0  1  --  3
41 Elmore, Len..........3-3    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   1   6   0  0  0  1  --  2
43 Joyce, Kevin.........2-8    0-0    3-3    0  3  3   3   7   0  3  0  0  --  4
TEAM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS                 53-90   2-2   21-34  12 35 47  22  129 14 18  3  9  --

TOT-FG Q1: 13-21 62%  Q2: 12-23 52%  Q3: 17-24 71%  Q4: 11-22 50%  
Game: 59%
 
3pt-FG Q1:  1-1  100%  Q2:  1-1  100%  Q3:  0-0  00%  Q4:  0-0  00%  
Game: 100%  
FThrow Q1: 10-12 83%  Q2:  0-2  00%  Q3:  6-11 55%  Q4:  5-9  56%  
Game: 62%   

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                       Kentucky Colonels                Indiana Pacers
Points Off Turnovers                  33                            27
2nd Chance Points                     24                            15