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May 1, 1981 | Dukes Field | Detroit, MI
Chicago Fire vs. Detroit Dukes
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Game Preview:
Chicago Fire vs. Detroit Dukes...
Chicago comes into this series with a strong 14-9 record, sharing the top spot in the NBC Central. They’ve been excellent at home (11-3) but less so on the road (3-6). They have a +23 run differential and are on a five-game winning streak, making them one of the hottest teams in the league. Detroit also holds a 14-9 record, making this a battle for division supremacy. They’ve been strong on the road (10-7) but have played fewer games at home (4-2). With a +9 run differential, they’ve been slightly less dominant than Chicago, and they’ve lost their last two games. This series is crucial for the top spot in the NBC Central. Chicago’s home dominance and hot streak make them slight favorites, but Detroit’s strong road performance suggests this could be a tightly contested series.
Detroit Dukes lead the series 107 - 99 | Chicago Fire lead season series 3-1
Key players
Milestones:
CHI – 3B
Shane Cobb #18 needs 30 hits to reach 1500
DET – LF
Francisco Fernandez #80 needs 53 hits to reach 1500
RHP
Marcos Real #16 needs 22 saves to reach 200
RHP
Garret Brown #11 needs 10 games to reach 500.
All-Star Caliber:
Blue players:
CHI - CF Miguel Morales #16 | Age: 26 | Bats: S | Throws: R
DET - None
Green players:
CHI - 1B Sal Gamez #35 | Age: 26 | Bats: L | Throws: L
DET - LF Francisco Fernandez #80 | Age: 37 | Bats: R | Throws: R
RF Ethan Harrison #28 | Age: 36 | Bats: L | Throws: L
The Game:
Welcome baseball fans to Detroit, Michigan, home of the Detroit Dukes. Today’s featured contest pits the home team against the Chicago Fire of Chicago, Illinois, who are striving to improve their standings in the NBC Central Division.
Today’s pitching matchup is LHP
Heriberto Jimenez #37 [4-1 3.76] for Chicago and for the Dukes RHP
Jose Flores #30 [3-0 3.14].
Hello, ABL fans, Big Earl here... coming to you live ... and in color from Detroit MI...! Welcome to Dukes Field...! It's Weekend Series 4! Today we're witnessing an NBC Central Division contest between... Miguel Morales and the Chicago Fire... versus... Ethan Harrison and the Detroit Dukes... 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 Chicago Fire... Managed by Matt Mead... Batting first... playing center field... #51... Xavier Granville... Batting second... the shortstop... #13... Miguel Martinez... Batting third... playing left field... #16... Miguel Morales... Batting clean-up... The designated hitter... #10... Alex O' Donell... Batting fifth... playing first base... #35... Sal Gamez... Batting sixth... playing right field... #34... Victor Hernandez... Batting seventh... playing third base... #18... Shane Cobb... Batting eighth... playing second base... #21... Mel Montelongo... Batting ninth... the catcher... #20... Jose Martinez... The starting pitcher... for the Chicago Fire... Left hander... #37... Heriberto Jimenez... Jimenez has a record of 4-1 with a 3.76 ERA... in five starts. He's walked 17 and struck out 29... His Whip is 1.16.
And now here is the starting lineup for the home-standing Detroit Dukes... Managed by Jose Perez... Batting first... playing left field... #80... Francisco Fernandez... Batting second... playing second base... #22... Luis Rios... Batting third... The designated hitter... #11... Juan Aranda... Batting clean-up... playing right field... #28... Ethan Harrison... Batting fifth... playing first base... #27... Mezian Ridha... Batting sixth... playing third base... #7... Roberto Rodriguez... Batting seventh... playing center field... #32... Tony King... Batting eighth... the catcher... #38... Sergio Ornelas... Batting ninth... the shortstop... #18... Ahmed Hayes... The starting pitcher... for the Detroit Dukes... Right hander... #30... Jose Flores... Flores has a record of 3-oh with a 3.14 ERA... in four starts. He's only walked 2 and struck out 9... His Whip is 0.98.
We are about to get underway here at Dukes Field Today's attendance looks like about 28,000 fans... It's clear skies and a brisk 59 degrees at first pitch ... with the wind blowing out to center at 11 mph ...
Play Ball!!
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CHICAGO FIRE @ DETROIT DUKES
05/01/1981 Game 1 of 3
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TOP OF THE 1ST
Chicago Fire batting - Pitching for Detroit Dukes : RHP Jose Flores
Pitching: RHP Jose Flores
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: LHB Xavier Granville
0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 96.3 MPH)
No Outs, Runner on 1st
Batting: RHB Miguel Martinez
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 81.3 MPH)
1 Out, Runner on 1st
Batting: SHB Miguel Morales
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 92.5 MPH)
2 Outs, Runner on 1st
Batting: RHB Alex O' Donell
0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 90.0 MPH)
Xavier Granville to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to trailing runner, SAFE at third!
Fire 1, Dukes 0
2 Outs, Runner on 3rd
Batting: LHB Sal Gamez
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 81.9 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 1 - Detroit 0
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BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Detroit Dukes batting - Pitching for Chicago Fire : LHP Heriberto Jimenez
Pitching: LHP Heriberto Jimenez
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: RHB Francisco Fernandez
0-0: Hit by Pitch
No Outs, Runner on 1st
Batting: RHB Luis Rios
0-0: Ball
Francisco Fernandez steals 2nd base
No Outs, Runner on 2nd
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Francisco Fernandez to third
No Outs, Runners on 1st & 3rd
Batting: RHB Juan Aranda
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 102.5 MPH)
Francisco Fernandez scores
Luis Rios to second
Fire 1, Dukes 1
No Outs, Runners on 1st & 2nd
Batting: LHB Ethan Harrison
0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Luis Rios to third
Juan Aranda to second
No Outs, Bases loaded
Batting: RHB Mezian Ridha
0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
1 Out, Bases loaded
Batting: SHB Roberto Rodriguez
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 64.4 MPH)
2 Outs, Bases loaded
Batting: LHB Tony King
0-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S, EV 94.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Chicago 1 - Detroit 1
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TOP OF THE 2ND
Chicago Fire batting - Pitching for Detroit Dukes : RHP Jose Flores
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: RHB Victor Hernandez
0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
1 Out, Bases empty
Batting: SHB Shane Cobb
0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4M, EV 101.9 MPH)
1 Out, Runner on 1st
Batting: SHB Mel Montelongo
0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
Shane Cobb steals 2nd base
1 Out, Runner on 2nd
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
2 Outs, Runner on 2nd
Batting: SHB Jose Martinez
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 105.6 MPH)
Shane Cobb scores
Fire 2, Dukes 1
2 Outs, Runner on 2nd
Batting: LHB Xavier Granville
0-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 88.1 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 2 - Detroit 1
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TOP OF THE 3RD
Chicago Fire batting - Pitching for Detroit Dukes : RHP Jose Flores
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: RHB Miguel Martinez
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RD, EV 103.1 MPH)
No Outs, Runner on 2nd
Batting: SHB Miguel Morales
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: DOUBLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 100.0 MPH)
Miguel Martinez scores
Fire 3, Dukes 1
No Outs, Runner on 2nd
Batting: RHB Alex O' Donell
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
1 Out, Runner on 2nd
Batting: LHB Sal Gamez
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 85.6 MPH)
Miguel Morales to third
2 Outs, Runner on 3rd
Batting: RHB Victor Hernandez
0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 3rd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 3 - Detroit 1
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BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Detroit Dukes batting - Pitching for Chicago Fire : LHP Heriberto Jimenez
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: LHB Tony King
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 93.1 MPH)
No Outs, Runner on 1st
Batting: LHB Sergio Ornelas
0-0: Bunt - Flyout to P! F1
1 Out, Runner on 1st
Batting: RHB Ahmed Hayes
0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-2: Hit by Pitch
Tony King to second
1 Out, Runners on 1st & 2nd
Batting: RHB Francisco Fernandez
0-0: Hit by Pitch
Tony King to third
Ahmed Hayes to second
1 Out, Bases loaded
Batting: RHB Luis Rios
0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Tony King scores
Ahmed Hayes to third
Francisco Fernandez to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Francisco Fernandez to third
Luis Rios to second
Fire 3, Dukes 3
1 Out, Runners on 2nd & 3rd
Batting: RHB Juan Aranda
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
0-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 56, EV 86.9 MPH)
Francisco Fernandez scores
Fire 3, Dukes 4
1 Out, Runners on 1st & 2nd
Batting: LHB Ethan Harrison
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
2 Outs, Runners on 1st & 2nd
Batting: RHB Mezian Ridha
0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 78D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Luis Rios scores
Juan Aranda to third
Fire 3, Dukes 5
2 Outs, Runners on 2nd & 3rd
Batting: SHB Roberto Rodriguez
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 4th over - 4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Chicago 3 - Detroit 5
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TOP OF THE 6TH
Chicago Fire batting - Pitching for Detroit Dukes : RHP Jose Flores
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: LHB Sal Gamez
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Ball
1-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 100.0 MPH), Distance : 388 ft
Fire 4, Dukes 5
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: RHB Victor Hernandez
0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 94.4 MPH), Distance : 372 ft
Pitching: RHP Bill Hackman
Fire 5, Dukes 5
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: SHB Shane Cobb
0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 93.1 MPH)
1 Out, Bases empty
Batting: SHB Mel Montelongo
0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 56D, EV 88.8 MPH)
1 Out, Runner on 1st
Batting: SHB Jose Martinez
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-1: Base on Balls
Mel Montelongo to second
1 Out, Runners on 1st & 2nd
Batting: LHB Xavier Granville
0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 5L, EV 65.6 MPH)
Lined into DP, 6-3 (Line Drive, 5L, EV 65.6 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 5 - Detroit 5
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TOP OF THE 7TH
Chicago Fire batting - Pitching for Detroit Dukes : RHP Bill Hackman
No Outs, Bases empty
Batting: RHB Miguel Martinez
0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 95.6 MPH)
No Outs, Runner on 1st
Batting: SHB Miguel Morales
0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, 34S, EV 61.9 MPH)
1 Out, Runner on 1st
Batting: RHB Alex O' Donell
0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78D, EV 106.3 MPH)
Miguel Morales to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by CF
Fire 6, Dukes 5
1 Out, Runner on 2nd
Batting: LHB Sal Gamez
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 100.6 MPH)
Alex O' Donell to third
2 Outs, Runner on 3rd
Batting: RHB Victor Hernandez
0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Flyball, 4D, EV 88.1 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 6 - Detroit 5
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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 Chicago Fire, 6 runs, on 14 hits, 1 error, they left 7 men on base. Their record improves to 15-9. for the Detroit Dukes, 5 runs, on 8 hits, No errors, they left 10 men on base. They fall to 14-10.
The Chicago Fire edged out the Detroit Dukes 6-5 in a nail-biter at Dukes Field on May 1, 1981. Chicago started strong with early runs in the first three innings, highlighted by Alex O'Donnell's sharp double in the first and Miguel Morales' crucial extra-base hits, including a third-inning double and a ninth-inning triple. But the game took a dramatic turn in the fourth inning when Detroit capitalized on a critical error by Chicago's shortstop Miguel Martinez, sparking a four-run rally. Mezian Ridha’s clutch double and Luis Rios’ groundball single brought the Dukes roaring back, but Chicago's Heriberto Jimenez, despite some rough patches, managed to keep the Dukes from scoring again.
The sixth inning proved decisive, with Sal Gamez and Victor Hernandez launching back-to-back solo home runs off Detroit’s starter Jose Flores, tying the game and setting the stage for O'Donnell's go-ahead double in the seventh off Bill Hackman. Jimenez dug deep, delivering eight gritty innings before closer Matt Hyman sealed the win with a perfect ninth, securing his fifth save. The victory pushed Chicago to a 15-9 record, while Detroit, now 14-10, was left to rue missed opportunities and the fine margins that often decide games in the ABL. The 28,076 fans in attendance witnessed a contest that encapsulated the drama and unpredictability that makes ABL baseball so compelling.
The winning pitcher is... Heriberto Jimenez... his record improves to... 5-1... The save goes to... Chicago closer, Matt Hyman, his fifth The loss... goes to... Bill Hackman... His record falls to 0-1...
The player of the game is Fire Starting Pitcher... Heriberto Jimenez...
The paid attendance was 28,076 disgruntled fans.
To recap...
Baseball fans saw a good contest between the Chicago Fire and Detroit Dukes. The Chicago Fire picked up a win at Dukes Field, knocking off the Detroit Dukes, 6-5. Starting pitcher Heriberto Jimenez was a big reason why. The loss makes Detroit 14-10. Chicago took a 6-5 lead on Alex O' Donell's 7th double of the season. The run-scoring double, which O' Donell hit in the top of the seventh, left Detroit pitcher Bill Hackman visibly frustrated. "If we play like this, we can win a lot of games," Jimenez told the Chicago Today. Chicago improves to 15-9.
This is Big Earl signing off from Dukes Field. Where today's final score is...
Chicago Fire 6 – Detroit Dukes 5
Until next time... This is the Game!
WIN!!
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