[1]BOXSCORE: 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers At 1955 Grand River Ghostmen    7/11/1959

[1]  Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Ghostmen           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Frisch 2B         4  0  0  0 .310     B.Hamilton LF       5  0  2  1 .293 
  O.Smith SS          4  1  2  0 .221     W.Boggs 3B          5  1  2  1 .301 
  L.O'Doul LF         4  1  0  0 .348     W.Mays CF           4  2  1  2 .259 
  H.Aaron RF          4  3  2  4 .310     M.Mantle RF         5  1  3  2 .254 
  J.Robinson 3B       5  2  2  0 .248     M.Piazza C          3  0  1  0 .274 
  D.Snider CF         5  1  2  2 .300     B.Johnson 1B        3  0  0  0 .283 
  J.Torre C           5  0  0  1 .277     J.Franco SS         4  1  2  0 .227 
E-B.Grich C           0  0  0  0 .192     A.Messersmith P     0  0  0  0 .000 
  D.Brouthers 1B      3  0  2  1 .281   F-K.Hernandez PH      1  0  0  0 .125 
  W.Hernandez P       2  0  0  0 .143     T.Raines 2B         4  0  0  0 .278 
  J.Bunning P         0  0  0  0 .143     A.Joss P            1  0  0  0 .194 
B-D.Winfield PH       0  0  0  0 .217   A-S.Gordon PH         1  0  0  0 .270 
  D.Leonard P         0  0  0  0 .000     B.Dailey P          1  0  0  0 .000 
  M.Soto P            0  0  0  0 ----     G.Winter P          0  0  0  0 .000 
C-R.Colavito PH       1  0  0  0 .138   D-C.Travis SS         1  1  1  0 .220 
  H.Nomo P            0  0  0  0 ----                                         
  B.Sutter P          0  0  0  01.000                                         
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      37  8 10  8                 Totals      38  6 12  6

A-Pinch Hit For Joss In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bunning In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Soto In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Winter In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Torre In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Messersmith In 9th Inning

Bombers......... 3 0 0  2 0 0  0 2 1  -  8 10  0
Ghostmen........ 0 0 2  1 0 0  0 3 0  -  6 12  3

[1]Bombers (46-39)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
W.Hernandez WIN(2-2)      5       9   3   3   2   4   1 102   4.08  A1 C7
J.Bunning HOLD(1st)       1       1   0   0   1   1   0  19   4.66  C8 D3
D.Leonard HOLD(7th)       0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   4.87  D4 D4
M.Soto HOLD(2nd)          0 2/3   0   0   0   1   1   0  18   2.45  D5 D8
H.Nomo                    0 2/3   2   3   3   1   0   1  18   4.36  D9 E4
B.Sutter SAVE(17th)       1 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0  18   2.08  E5
[1]Totals                    9      12   6   6   5   6   2

[1]Ghostmen (34-45)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Joss LOSS(5-5)          4       3   5   2   1   3   1  64   2.83  A1 B9
B.Dailey                  2       2   0   0   1   1   0  29   1.59  C1 C9
G.Winter                  1 1/3   3   2   2   2   1   1  36   3.55  D1 D8
A.Messersmit              1 2/3   2   1   1   1   1   1  40   5.91  D9
[1]Totals                    9      10   8   5   5   6   3

ATTENDANCE- 48,567 DATE- Saturday, July 11th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:45
LEFT ON BASE- Bombers: 8  Ghostmen:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bombers: 0  Ghostmen: 1
ERRORS- J.Franco, T.Raines, A.Joss
TRIPLES- C.Travis(1st)
HOME RUNS- H.Aaron-2(20th), D.Snider(11th), W.Mays(15th), M.Mantle(22nd)
STOLEN BASES- O.Smith-2(28th), J.Robinson(9th), D.Snider(9th),
              D.Brouthers(10th), B.Hamilton(40th), T.Raines(26th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Brouthers
WALKS- F.Frisch, O.Smith, L.O'Doul, H.Aaron, D.Winfield, W.Mays, M.Piazza-2,
       B.Johnson, T.Raines
HIT BY PITCH- B.Johnson
STRIKE OUTS- F.Frisch, O.Smith, H.Aaron-2, J.Robinson, D.Snider, B.Johnson-2,
             J.Franco, T.Raines, S.Gordon, B.Dailey
GIDP- F.Frisch

Right fielder Hank Aaron blasted 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Bruce Sutter
shut Grand River down at Yankee Stadium where the Bat Cracking Bombers beat
the Grand River Ghostmen by the score of 8 to 6.

Aaron led the offense for Bat Cracking.  He lofted a three-run bomb in the 1st
inning and smashed a solo-shot out of the park (his 20th of the season) in
the 9th inning.  Bat Cracking managed 10 in their victory. 

Willie Hernandez(2-2) was the winner allowing 3 runs in 5 innings. Sutter got
the save, his 17th.  Addie Joss(5-5) was charged with the loss.  Bat Cracking
scored big getting 5 runs off him in 4 innings.