[1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Grand River Ghostmen At 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers     8/2/1959

[1]  Ghostmen           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Hamilton LF       5  1  1  0 .298     F.Frisch 2B         5  1  2  1 .311 
  T.Raines 2B         3  0  1  1 .258     W.Boggs 3B          4  2  3  0 .312 
  M.Mantle RF         3  0  1  0 .266     B.Bonds CF          4  1  1  2 .249 
  W.Mays CF           3  0  0  0 .249     H.Aaron RF          2  1  0  1 .304 
  B.Williams 1B       4  0  0  0 .230     M.McGwire 1B        4  1  1  3 .265 
  S.Gordon 3B         4  1  2  1 .288     J.Torre C           4  0  0  0 .263 
  B.Dickey C          2  0  0  0 .296     D.Winfield LF       4  0  0  0 .226 
  T.Lazzeri SS        4  0  1  0 .246     O.Smith SS          4  0  2  0 .233 
  L.Grove P           2  0  1  0 .070     J.McGinnity P       4  1  2  0 .154 
A-J.Olerud PH         1  0  0  0 .000     B.Sutter P          0  0  0  01.000 
  B.Dailey P          0  0  0  0 .000                                         
B-M.Carey PH          1  0  0  0 .000                                         
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      32  2  7  2                 Totals      35  7 11  7

A-Pinch Hit For Grove In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Dailey In 9th Inning

Ghostmen........ 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  2  7  0
Bombers......... 0 0 1  0 3 0  3 0    -  7 11  0

[1]Ghostmen (41-57)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
L.Grove LOSS(5-14)        6       7   4   4   2   6   2  95   5.11  A1 C9
B.Dailey                  2       4   3   3   1   1   1  37   8.40  D1
[1]Totals                    8      11   7   7   3   7   3

[1]Bombers (59-45)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.McGinnity WIN(4-4)      8       7   2   2   5   5   1 158   3.69  A1 D7
B.Sutter                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0  12   1.84  D8
[1]Totals                    9       7   2   2   5   6   1

ATTENDANCE- 47,199 DATE- Sunday, August 2nd 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:45
LEFT ON BASE- Ghostmen: 8  Bombers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Ghostmen: 0  Bombers: 1
DOUBLES- S.Gordon(4th)
HOME RUNS- S.Gordon(8th), F.Frisch(9th), B.Bonds(16th), M.McGwire(31st)
STOLEN BASES- B.Hamilton(49th), T.Raines(34th), M.Mantle(9th)
CAUGHT STEALING- T.Raines
WALKS- T.Raines, M.Mantle, W.Mays, B.Dickey-2, W.Boggs, H.Aaron-2
STRIKE OUTS- M.Mantle, W.Mays, B.Williams, T.Lazzeri-2, L.Grove, B.Bonds-3,
             J.Torre, D.Winfield-2, J.McGinnity
GIDP- J.Olerud
WILD PITCHES- B.Dailey
PASSED BALLS- J.Torre

Second baseman Frankie Frisch went deep at Tiger Stadium as the Bat Cracking
Bombers beat the Grand River Ghostmen by the count of 7 to 2.

Joe McGinnity(4-4) delivered a fine performance for Bat Cracking.  He
surrendered 7 hits and 5 walks in 8 innings.  Overall Bat Cracking out-hit
Grand River 11 to 7. 

Lefty Grove(5-14) was the loser.  Bat Cracking now has a record of 59-45.
With the loss, the Grand River ballclub's record is 41-57, worst in the
division.