 | | Howie Reed |
Oklahoma City '89ers 1 Indianapolis Indians 0September 3, 1968 (Game One)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Right-hander Howie Reed reached the pinnacle of his 10-year career Tuesday by pitching a seven-inning no-hitter for a 1-0 victory over Indianapolis in the first game of a doubleheader.
Reed, making only his second start in over three weeks, was superb in his performance, allowing only three base runners--one on a walk in the second, and two others on his teammates' errors., one in the fourth, and one in the sixth. The sixth-inning error was a two-base throwing miff, allowing Jim Williams to reach second for the farthest advancement. Oklahoma scored the only run Reed needed in the first.
Rich Chiles, who had three of the 89ers' six hits, doubled to lead off thefirst, went to third on a pop fly by Leon McFadden, and scored as Nate Colbert's grounder got by Williams. |
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Reed has had three years of major league experience and pitched in the 1965 World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was voted the Pacific Coast League's most valuable player last year when he chalked up a 19 - 8 record.
"It was an unusual game for me," Reed said after his masterpiece, "because I was effective withthe fast ball. I'm a breaking ball pitcher and I was keeping my slider away from the batters."
Reed, thinking back to the closest time heever came to a no-hitter, said, "I was within a strike of no-hit game in 1964 while I was with Spokane, but Ken Harrelson, who was then with Dallas, spoiled it by hitting a home run." In 1962, again against Dallas, Reed went 8-1/3 innings before giving up a hit.
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| Indianapolis Indians
| AB | R | H | RBI |
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| Jimy Williams, ss
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| Arlie Burge, cf
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| Hal McRae, 2b
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| Cal Emery, 1b
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| Ramon Conde, 3b
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| Jimmy Schaffer, c
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| Bob Perry, lf
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| Stan Swanson, rf
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| Fred Katawczik, p
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| | Bob Raudman, ph
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| | Don Secrist, p
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
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| Indianapolis
totals | 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
R |
H |
E |
| Oklahoma City '89ers
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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6
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2
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| Indianapolis Indians
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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Time - n/a
Attendance - 474
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Just so you know, it was Tom Griffin who started the nightcap for Oklahoma City. He was roughed up for three runs in the first, and for another in the second when he wass forced to depart by manager Cot Deal before having recorded an out. Relievers Tom Parsons, Chris Zachary, and a position player named Smith [either George C, or Tom F.] were not much good either, and the Indians won a laugher 10 - 1. Jimy Williams, goat during the no-hitter, homered at some point for the Indians.
The loss dropped Griffin to 7 - 14, and it was with that record that he ended his '68 campaign for the 89ers. He would win 11 games for the Astros in 1969, strike out over 200, and be named the NL's rookie pitcher of the year.
For his part, our hero Reed would get another start in '68, and win it, finishing the year at 15 - 10 with a 3.66. Over '67 and '68 Reed had gone 34 - 18 for Oklahoma City. His 19 wins for the '89ers in 1967 remains the franchise record (even now that they're called the RedHawks), and in 1996 Reed was named by the The Daily Oklahoman as the starting pitcher on Oklahoma City's all-time team. Unlike Griffin, Reed did not pitch in the Astros' organization for 1969; he caught on with the brand-new Expos, and pitched primarily for Montreal, although there was a short stint with AAA Vancouver. 1970 and 1971 were spent wholely at the major league level for Montreal. Howie Reed was 26 - 29 in the majors, with two complete games and a shutout. He would pitch professionally through 1972, when he closed out his career with the AAA Peninsula Whips of the International League. Reed passed away December 7, 1984, at the age of 48, in Corpus Christi, Texas. | 
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