[1]BOXSCORE: 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers At 1955 Grand River Ghostmen    4/17/1959

[1]  Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Ghostmen           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Frisch 2B         5  1  3  2 .318     B.Hamilton LF       5  0  1  0 .318 
  O.Smith SS          5  0  0  0 .261     N.Lajoie 2B         4  0  2  0 .278 
  L.O'Doul LF         1  0  0  0 .333     W.Mays CF           4  1  2  2 .529 
A-R.Colavito LF       4  1  2  1 .500     B.Terry 1B          4  0  1  0 .318 
  H.Aaron RF,1B       5  2  3  0 .421     M.Piazza C          3  0  0  0 .053 
  W.Boggs 3B          5  1  1  2 .409   B-E.Battey C          1  0  0  0 .000 
  D.Snider CF         4  1  2  2 .556     A.Simmons RF        4  0  0  0 .364 
  J.Torre C           4  0  2  0 .211     B.Johnson 3B        3  1  2  1 .375 
  D.Brouthers 1B      2  0  1  0 .125   C-H.Thompson 3B       1  0  0  0 .000 
E-B.Bonds PR,RF       1  1  0  0 .200     J.Franco SS         4  0  0  0 .118 
  D.Wells P           2  0  0  0 .000     N.Rucker P          0  0  0  01.000 
  D.Leonard P         0  0  0  0 ----     D.Dean P            2  0  0  0 .000 
  D.Vance P           0  0  0  0 ----     M.Cooper P          0  0  0  0 ---- 
D-D.Winfield PH       1  0  0  0 .000     R.Russell P         0  0  0  0 ---- 
  J.Bunning P         0  0  0  0 ----   F-S.Rice PH           1  1  1  0 .250 
  H.Nomo P            0  0  0  0 ----     J.Wetteland P       0  0  0  0 ---- 
G-C.Hafey PH          1  0  0  0 .000   H-C.Travis SS         1  0  0  0 .000 
  W.Hernandez P       0  0  0  0 ----                                         
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      40  7 14  7                 Totals      37  3  9  3

A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For O'Doul In 1st Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Piazza In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Johnson In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Vance In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Brouthers In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Russell In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Nomo In 10th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Wetteland In 10th Inning

INJURY: Lefty O'Doul INJURED (for 1 more game) in 1st inning

Bombers......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 1 1  4 -  7 14  0
Ghostmen........ 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 1 0  0 -  3  9  0

[1]Bombers (4-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Wells                   5 2/3   4   1   1   1   4   1  88   1.59  A1 C3
D.Leonard                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0.00  C4 C4
D.Vance                   1       1   1   1   0   0   1  16   9.00  C5 C8
J.Bunning                 0       2   1   1   0   0   0   8   4.91  C9 D1
H.Nomo WIN(1-0)           2       0   0   0   1   0   0  30   0.00  D2 D8
W.Hernandez               1       2   0   0   0   0   0  24   0.00  D9
[1]Totals                   10       9   3   3   2   4   2

[1]Ghostmen (1-4)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Dean                    7       7   2   2   1   2   1 115   2.57  A1 C8
M.Cooper HOLD(1st)        0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.00  C9 C9
R.Russell BS(1st)         0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  11   2.45  D1 D3
J.Wetteland L(0-1)B(1st)  1 2/3   6   5   5   0   2   3  43  27.00  D4 E5
N.Rucker                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0.00  E6
[1]Totals                   10      14   7   7   1   5   4

ATTENDANCE- 20,078 DATE- Friday, April 17th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:28
LEFT ON BASE- Bombers: 5  Ghostmen: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bombers: 1  Ghostmen: 1
DOUBLES- R.Colavito(1st), N.Lajoie(1st)
TRIPLES- H.Aaron(1st), J.Torre(1st)
HOME RUNS- F.Frisch(1st), R.Colavito(1st), W.Boggs(2nd), D.Snider(2nd),
           W.Mays(3rd), B.Johnson(1st)
STOLEN BASES- H.Aaron(3rd), D.Snider(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- F.Frisch, H.Aaron
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Snider, N.Lajoie
WALKS- D.Brouthers, W.Mays, B.Terry
STRIKE OUTS- H.Aaron, W.Boggs, B.Bonds, D.Wells, D.Winfield, B.Hamilton-2,
             B.Johnson, D.Dean
GIDP- D.Wells, M.Piazza
WILD PITCHES- D.Wells, M.Cooper

At Yankee Stadium the Bat Cracking Bombers tallied 4 runs in the 10th inning
and easily handled the Grand River Ghostmen in 10 innings by the score of 7
to 3.

The game was deadlocked at 3 after nine full innings.  Bat Cracking ended up
winning it in the 10th inning.  The big moment was provided by Wade Boggs who
silenced Yankee Stadium as he lifted one out of the park for a two run home
run (his 2nd of the season).  Grand River was out-hit by Bat Cracking, 14
hits to 9. 

Hideo Nomo(1-0) allowed no runs in 2 innings, and picked up the victory. John
Wetteland(0-1) was hit with the loss in relief.  He was touched for 3
homeruns in his 1 and 2/3 innings of work.