[1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Lake Erie Mohawks At 1955 Grand River Ghostmen       6/16/1959

[1]  Mohawks            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Ghostmen           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Kauff RF          4  0  0  0 .364     B.Hamilton LF       5  1  2  0 .301 
  T.O'Neill LF        4  1  0  0 .296     W.Boggs 3B          4  1  3  1 .309 
  J.Dimaggio CF       3  1  1  0 .270   F-S.Rice PR           0  1  0  0 .176 
  J.Mize 1B           3  1  1  2 .317     W.Mays CF           4  0  0  1 .272 
  J.Kent 3B           4  1  1  2 .280     M.Mantle RF         5  0  1  1 .224 
  M.Cochrane C        4  0  0  0 .254     M.Piazza 1B         4  1  2  0 .267 
  G.Davis SS          3  0  1  0 .270     B.Johnson 2B        3  0  0  0 .299 
  C.Childs 2B         4  0  0  0 .269   B-C.Travis PH         0  0  0  0 .216 
  S.Koufax P          2  0  1  0 .091   C-T.Raines PR,2B      0  0  0  0 .317 
  R.Beck P            0  0  0  0 ----     E.Battey C          3  1  2  1 .364 
  D.White P           0  0  0  0 .000     L.Boudreau SS       3  0  1  1 .238 
E-D.Dimaggio PH       1  0  0  0 .200     J.McGinnity P       1  0  0  0 .000 
  D.Hughes P          0  0  0  0 .000   A-S.Gordon PH         1  0  0  0 .265 
                                          R.Nelson P          0  0  0  0 ---- 
                                          R.Kroh P            0  0  0  0 ---- 
                                          A.Messersmith P     0  0  0  0 .000 
                                        D-B.Williams PH       1  0  0  0 .203 
                                          N.Rucker P          0  0  0  01.000 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      32  4  5  4                 Totals      34  5 11  5

A-Pinch Hit For McGinnity In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Travis In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Messersmith In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For White In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Boggs In 9th Inning

Mohawks......... 0 0 0  0 0 4  0 0 0  -  4  5  1
Ghostmen........ 2 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 1  -  5 11  1

[1]Mohawks (32-25)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
S.Koufax                  7       9   4   3   2   8   1 107   4.10  A1 D5
R.Beck                    0 1/3   0   0   0   2   0   0   6   2.89  D6 D8
D.White                   0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.05  D9 E1
D.Hughes LOSS(1-2)        0       2   1   1   1   0   0  10   2.60  E2
[1]Totals                    8      11   5   4   5   8   1

[1]Ghostmen (26-32)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.McGinnity               6       4   4   0   2   3   1  81   2.65  A1 C6
R.Nelson                  0 1/3   1   0   0   1   0   0  13   2.70  C7 C9
R.Kroh                    0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.70  D1 D1
A.Messersmit              1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  19   7.23  D2 D5
N.Rucker WIN(1-0)         1       0   0   0   1   1   0  17   1.37  D6
[1]Totals                    9       5   4   0   4   5   1

ATTENDANCE- 37,402 DATE- Tuesday, June 16th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE- Mohawks: 5  Ghostmen:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mohawks: 0  Ghostmen: 1
ERRORS- J.Dimaggio, J.McGinnity
DOUBLES- J.Mize(10th), G.Davis(2nd)
HOME RUNS- J.Kent(13th), E.Battey(1st)
STOLEN BASES- G.Davis(9th), B.Hamilton(27th), T.Raines(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Boudreau
WALKS- J.Dimaggio, J.Mize, G.Davis, S.Koufax, W.Boggs, W.Mays, C.Travis,
       E.Battey, J.McGinnity
STRIKE OUTS- B.Kauff, T.O'Neill, J.Kent, G.Davis, C.Childs, B.Hamilton-2,
             W.Mays-2, M.Mantle, B.Johnson, J.McGinnity, S.Gordon
BALKS- S.Koufax
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Lou Boudreau robbed Sandy Koufax of a base hit.
          Bot 6th: Sandy Koufax robbed Lou Boudreau of a base hit.

Catcher Earl Battey went yard at Yankee Stadium as the Grand River Ghostmen
won a thriller over the Lake Erie Mohawks in, 5 to 4.

The game was won by Grand River with a run in the 9th inning.  Wade Boggs
stroked a single.  Willie Mays stepped into the batter's box and he drew a
walk.  Mickey Mantle then lined a single making Grand River the winners and
sending the 37,402 fans home happy.  For the game Grand River out-hit Lake
Erie 11 to 5. 

Nap Rucker(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 1 inning and allowing no
runs. Dick Hughes(1-2) was the losing pitcher in relief.  He allowed 2 hits
and 1 walk without retiring a batter.