[1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Grand River Ghostmen At 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers    4/27/1959

[1]  Ghostmen           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Hamilton LF       4  2  2  1 .365     F.Frisch 2B         5  2  2  1 .338 
  C.Travis 3B         5  0  1  1 .160     O.Smith SS          3  0  0  0 .278 
  A.Simmons RF        4  1  0  1 .320     L.O'Doul LF         4  0  0  0 .231 
  W.Mays CF           5  2  1  0 .317     H.Aaron RF          4  0  1  0 .333 
  M.Piazza C          4  0  4  2 .300     W.Boggs 3B          4  1  2  0 .368 
  B.Terry 1B          4  1  1  0 .288     D.Snider CF         4  0  0  0 .400 
  N.Lajoie 2B         4  1  3  1 .357     J.Torre C           4  1  3  1 .360 
  J.Franco SS         4  0  0  0 .222     D.Brouthers 1B      4  0  1  1 .130 
  D.Dean P            3  0  0  0 .143     K.Appier P          1  0  0  0 .200 
  J.Wetteland P       0  0  0  0 ----   A-C.Hafey PH          1  0  0  0 .250 
                                          H.Nomo P            0  0  0  0 ---- 
                                        B-B.Grich PH          1  0  0  0 .000 
                                          J.Bunning P         0  0  0  0 ---- 
                                        C-R.Colavito PH       1  0  0  0 .273 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      37  7 12  6                 Totals      36  4  9  3

A-Pinch Hit For Appier In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Nomo In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Bunning In 9th Inning

Ghostmen........ 2 2 1  0 0 0  0 1 1  -  7 12  1
Bombers......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 1 2  -  4  9  2

[1]Ghostmen (6-9)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Dean WIN(2-0)           8 1/3   9   4   3   1   2   1 145   2.66  A1 D8
J.Wetteland SAVE(1st)     0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   7.50  D9
[1]Totals                    9       9   4   3   1   2   1

[1]Bombers (7-7)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
K.Appier LOSS(0-1)        6       9   5   3   2   3   0 108   6.75  A1 D1
H.Nomo                    2       2   1   1   0   0   0  26   3.27  D2 D9
J.Bunning                 1       1   1   1   0   1   0  15   7.27  E1
[1]Totals                    9      12   7   5   2   4   0

ATTENDANCE- 35,537 DATE- Monday, April 27th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:03
LEFT ON BASE- Ghostmen: 6  Bombers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Ghostmen: 0  Bombers: 2
ERRORS- C.Travis, L.O'Doul, W.Boggs
DOUBLES- M.Piazza(3rd), N.Lajoie(5th)
TRIPLES- J.Torre(2nd)
HOME RUNS- F.Frisch(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- B.Hamilton(6th), F.Frisch(4th)
CAUGHT STEALING- O.Smith
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Dean
WALKS- B.Hamilton, A.Simmons, O.Smith
STRIKE OUTS- C.Travis, W.Mays, B.Terry, D.Dean, D.Snider-2
GIDP- B.Terry
BALKS- K.Appier
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Frankie Frisch robbed Billy Hamilton of a base hit.
          Bot 4th: Nap Lajoie robbed Lefty O'Doul of a base hit.
          Bot 6th: Julio Franco robbed Chick Hafey of a base hit.
          Bot 7th: Nap Lajoie robbed Dan Brouthers of a base hit.

Mike Piazza had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the Grand River Ghostmen beat the Bat
Cracking Bombers by a score of 7 to 4.

Dizzy Dean(2-0) gave Grand River a solid outing.  He was reached for 9 hits
and 1 walk in 8 and 1/3 innings.  For the game Grand River out-hit Bat
Cracking 12 to 9. 

Dean got relief help from John Wetteland who gained credit for his 1st save.
The losing pitcher was Kevin Appier(0-1).  He got hit hard, allowing 9 hits
and 2 walks in 6 innings.