[1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Grand River Ghostmen At 1955 Sacramento Soches       4/21/1959

[1]  Ghostmen           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Soches             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Raines LF         4  0  1  0 .333     R.Henderson RF      4  1  1  0 .361 
  N.Lajoie 2B         4  0  1  0 .273     L.Smith P           0  0  0  0 ---- 
  W.Mays CF           4  0  0  0 .303     L.Whitaker 2B       4  1  2  1 .269 
  B.Terry 1B          4  0  1  0 .289     R.Campanella C      2  0  0  0 .206 
  A.Simmons RF        4  1  1  1 .361     R.Santo 3B          4  0  0  0 .242 
  E.Battey C          3  0  0  0 .000   C-L.Brock PR,LF       0  0  0  0 ---- 
  C.Travis 3B         4  1  2  1 .400     C.Yastrzemski LF,3B 4  0  2  1 .313 
  J.Franco SS         3  0  0  0 .194     W.Clark 1B          4  1  2  1 .208 
  R.Roberts P         1  0  0  0 .000     K.Puckett CF        3  0  0  0 .174 
A-B.Hamilton PH       0  0  0  0 .270     P.Reese SS          3  0  0  0 .219 
  N.Rucker P          0  0  0  01.000     J.Palmer P          2  0  0  0 .000 
  R.Russell P         0  0  0  0 ----   B-W.McCovey PH,RF     0  0  0  0 .500 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      31  2  6  2                 Totals      30  3  7  3

A-Pinch Hit For Roberts In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Palmer In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Santo In 8th Inning

Ghostmen........ 0 0 1  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  2  6  0
Soches.......... 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  3  7  0

[1]Ghostmen (1-8)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Roberts                 4       6   2   2   1   2   0  73   9.64  A1 B9
N.Rucker                  2       0   0   0   0   1   0  24   0.00  C1 C6
R.Russell LOSS(0-1)       2 1/3   1   1   1   1   0   1  39   3.00  C7
[1]Totals                    8 1/3   7   3   3   2   3   1

[1]Soches (6-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Palmer                  7       5   2   2   3   1   2 127   4.50  A1 D1
L.Smith WIN(1-0)          2       1   0   0   0   2   0  33   4.15  D2
[1]Totals                    9       6   2   2   3   3   2

ATTENDANCE- 48,925 DATE- Tuesday, April 21st 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:16
LEFT ON BASE- Ghostmen: 6  Soches: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Ghostmen: 1  Soches: 0
DOUBLES- R.Henderson(2nd), L.Whitaker(2nd), C.Yastrzemski(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Simmons(2nd), C.Travis(1st), W.Clark(1st)
STOLEN BASES- W.Clark(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Hamilton, L.Brock
SACRIFICE HITS- N.Rucker
WALKS- E.Battey, J.Franco, B.Hamilton, R.Campanella, W.McCovey
HIT BY PITCH- R.Campanella
STRIKE OUTS- N.Lajoie, W.Mays, A.Simmons, L.Whitaker, K.Puckett, J.Palmer
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Earl Battey blocked the plate, saving a run!

Will Clark slammed a homerun at Candlestick Park as the Sacramento Soches won
a thriller over the reeling Grand River Ghostmen in, 3 to 2.

The deciding run was scored by Sacramento in the 9th.  After an out was
recorded, Clark providing the offense himself as he belted a solo home run
(his 1st of the season) giving Sacramento the win much to the delight of the
home town crowd.  Sacramento finished with 7 hits in the victory. 

Lee Smith(1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 2 innings. Reb Russell(0-1)
suffered the loss in relief.  He surrendered 1 run in 2 and 1/3 innings and
saw his ERA increase from 2.45 to 3.00.