| [1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Grand River Ghostmen At 1955 Athens Bobkittens 5/6/1959 [1] Ghostmen AB R H RBI AVG Bobkittens AB R H RBI AVG B.Hamilton LF 3 3 1 0 .308 T.Cobb CF 5 1 2 0 .343 A.Simmons RF 4 0 1 1 .344 H.Wagner SS 3 1 0 0 .337 B-S.Rice PR,RF 1 2 1 3 .182 L.Gehrig 1B 3 1 1 2 .393 W.Mays CF 5 1 2 3 .333 M.Schmidt 3B 3 0 1 1 .345 M.Piazza C 4 0 1 0 .317 H.Heilmann RF 3 0 0 0 .281 C-E.Battey C 1 0 1 1 .364 K.Williams LF 4 0 0 0 .303 B.Terry 1B 5 0 0 0 .320 J.Lopez C 4 0 0 0 .250 S.Gordon 3B 4 1 2 0 .387 B.Herman 2B 4 0 1 0 .214 N.Lajoie 2B 4 0 1 0 .326 J.Chesbro P 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Franco SS 4 1 1 0 .217 H.Brecheen P 0 0 0 01.000 R.Waddell P 2 0 0 0 .250 E-J.Harris PH 0 0 0 0 .571 A-T.Raines PH 1 1 1 0 .333 R.Russell P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Cooper P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-B.Johnson PH 1 1 1 0 .324 N.Rucker P 0 0 0 01.000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 39 10 13 8 Totals 32 3 5 3 A-Pinch Hit For Waddell In 8th Inning B-Pinch Ran For Simmons In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Piazza In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Cooper In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Brecheen In 9th Inning Ghostmen........ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 - 10 13 1 Bobkittens...... 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 5 2 [1]Ghostmen (10-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Waddell WIN(3-1) 7 4 3 2 1 5 1 129 2.86 A1 C9 R.Russell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.63 D1 D1 M.Cooper HOLD(5th) 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 21 4.15 D2 D6 N.Rucker 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 1.88 D7 [1]Totals 9 5 3 2 4 7 1 [1]Bobkittens (14-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Chesbro 7 1/3 6 3 2 2 2 0 121 2.84 A1 C9 H.Brecheen L(2-2) BS(1st) 1 2/3 7 7 0 0 1 0 48 3.38 D1 [1]Totals 9 13 10 2 2 3 0 ATTENDANCE- 37,474 DATE- Wednesday, May 6th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad T- 2:52 LEFT ON BASE- Ghostmen: 4 Bobkittens: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Ghostmen: 1 Bobkittens: 0 ERRORS- N.Lajoie, H.Wagner, L.Gehrig DOUBLES- W.Mays(7th) TRIPLES- S.Rice(1st), E.Battey(1st) HOME RUNS- L.Gehrig(6th) STOLEN BASES- B.Hamilton-2(10th), N.Lajoie(4th), T.Raines-2(6th), T.Cobb-2(24th), H.Wagner(17th), L.Gehrig-2(7th) CAUGHT STEALING- B.Hamilton, M.Piazza WALKS- B.Hamilton-2, L.Gehrig, M.Schmidt, H.Heilmann, J.Harris HIT BY PITCH- H.Wagner STRIKE OUTS- M.Piazza, J.Franco-2, H.Wagner, M.Schmidt, H.Heilmann, J.Lopez-3, J.Chesbro GIDP- T.Cobb The Grand River Ghostmen scored 6 runs in the 9th inning and cruised to a 10 to 3 victory over the Athens Bobkittens at Tiger Stadium. Grand River had the winning rally in the top of the 8th inning scoring 2 runs utilizing 2 base hits. After an out was recorded, Tim Raines initiated the scoring spurt when he stroked a one-base hit. Raines took off for second and slid in with a stolen base. Grand River continued their aggressive style with another stolen base. Billy Hamilton was up next and he reached on an error which scored a run. After another out, Willie Mays stepped in and he doubled scoring the final run of the inning. For the game Grand River out-hit Athens 13 to 5. The victory was credited to Rube Waddell(3-1) who went 7 innings, allowing 3 runs. Harry Brecheen(2-2) was the losing pitcher in relief. He was pinned with the loss despite not allowing an earned run in his 1 and 2/3 innings of work. |