| [1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Limerick Hurlers At 1955 Grand River Ghostmen 5/4/1959 [1] Hurlers AB R H RBI AVG Ghostmen AB R H RBI AVG E.Flick CF 3 1 0 0 .208 B.Hamilton LF 5 0 0 0 .307 D-E.Roush CF 1 0 0 0 .241 N.Lajoie 2B 5 0 0 0 .333 J.Cronin SS 4 0 0 0 .345 A.Simmons RF 5 1 2 1 .354 B.Bonds LF 2 1 1 1 .271 W.Mays CF 4 1 0 0 .318 M.Ott 3B 5 0 1 0 .247 M.Piazza C 3 0 1 0 .324 G.Goslin RF 5 0 3 0 .360 A-E.Battey C 1 0 0 0 .300 M.McGwire 1B 3 0 0 0 .338 G-B.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .324 Y.Berra C 5 0 1 1 .277 B.Terry 1B 4 0 1 0 .341 G.Grantham 2B 5 1 1 0 .292 S.Gordon 3B 4 0 1 0 .391 C.Bender P 3 0 0 0 .083 C.Travis SS 4 0 0 0 .125 C-H.Kelly PH 1 0 0 0 .286 A.Joss P 1 0 0 0 .200 B.Pierce P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Russell P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Devlin P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Harvey P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-E.Howard PH 1 0 1 1 .533 B-S.Rice PH 1 0 0 0 .125 W.Cooper P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Cooper P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Adams P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-B.Williams PH 1 0 0 0 .188 J.Wetteland P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 38 3 8 3 Totals 39 2 5 1 A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Piazza In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Harvey In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Bender In 9th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Flick In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Cooper In 10th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Devlin In 11th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Battey In 11th Inning INJURY: Elmer Flick INJURED (for 1 more game) in 9th inning Hurlers......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 8 2 Ghostmen........ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 1 [1]Hurlers (13-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Bender 8 4 1 0 1 7 0 105 1.51 A1 D2 B.Pierce BS(1st) 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 9 3.24 D3 D6 J.Devlin WIN(1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 D7 D9 W.Cooper HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0.00 E1 E4 B.Adams SAVE(3rd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.70 E5 [1]Totals 11 5 2 1 2 8 1 [1]Ghostmen (9-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET A.Joss 7 3 2 2 6 2 0 119 2.68 A1 D3 R.Russell 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.63 D4 D5 B.Harvey 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 5.40 D6 D8 M.Cooper 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 22 4.70 D9 E6 J.Wetteland LOSS(0-2) 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 6.00 E7 [1]Totals 11 8 3 3 6 6 0 ATTENDANCE- 36,758 DATE- Monday, May 4th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:19 LEFT ON BASE- Hurlers:10 Ghostmen: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Hurlers: 1 Ghostmen: 2 ERRORS- E.Flick, M.McGwire, B.Hamilton DOUBLES- E.Howard(1st) HOME RUNS- A.Simmons(3rd) STOLEN BASES- E.Flick-2(5th), B.Bonds(4th), N.Lajoie(3rd), W.Mays(2nd) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Cronin SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Bonds WALKS- E.Flick-2, B.Bonds-2, M.McGwire-2, W.Mays, A.Joss STRIKE OUTS- B.Bonds, G.Goslin, M.McGwire, G.Grantham-2, C.Bender, B.Hamilton, N.Lajoie, A.Simmons, M.Piazza, B.Terry-2, C.Travis, A.Joss GIDP- M.Ott, C.Travis WEB GEMS- Bot 10th: George Grantham robbed Cecil Travis of a base hit. Chief Bender came through with a solid 8 innings at Yankee Stadium where the Limerick Hurlers beat the Grand River Ghostmen in 11 innings 3 to 2. Both teams were tied at 2 runs apiece after nine innings. Limerick won the hard fought contest in the 11th inning. After an out was recorded, George Grantham stroked a one-base hit. Elston Howard stepped up next and he doubled scoring the run. Limerick had 8 hits overall, while Grand River had 5. Jim Devlin(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1 inning. Babe Adams was credited with his 3rd save. John Wetteland(0-2) took the loss in relief. |