[1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Limerick Hurlers At 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers        6/21/1959

[1]  Hurlers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Roush CF          4  0  0  0 .265     F.Frisch 2B         4  1  2  0 .332 
  D.Bancroft SS       4  0  0  0 .200     O.Smith SS          4  1  2  0 .226 
  G.Goslin RF         3  0  0  0 .319     L.O'Doul LF         3  0  1  2 .341 
  B.Bonds LF          3  0  2  0 .268     H.Aaron RF          1  0  0  0 .313 
  M.Ott 3B            3  0  0  0 .252   A-B.Bonds RF          3  1  2  0 .299 
  M.McGwire 1B        3  0  0  0 .267     J.Robinson 3B       4  1  1  0 .221 
  Y.Berra C           3  0  1  0 .237     D.Snider CF         3  1  2  1 .305 
  G.Grantham 2B       3  0  0  0 .236     J.Torre C           3  0  1  2 .285 
  C.Bender P          1  0  0  0 .130     D.Brouthers 1B      4  0  1  0 .283 
B-E.Flick PH          1  0  0  0 .236     C.Mathewson P       4  0  0  0 .125 
  E.Shore P           0  0  0  0 ----                                         
C-H.Groh PH           1  0  1  0 .143                                         
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      29  0  4  0                 Totals      33  5 12  5

A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Aaron In 2nd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bender In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Shore In 9th Inning

INJURY: Hank Aaron INJURED (for 3 more games) in 1st inning

Hurlers......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  1
Bombers......... 0 1 0  2 1 0  1 0    -  5 12  0

[1]Hurlers (26-36)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Bender LOSS(2-4)        5       8   4   4   1   3   0  87   4.58  A1 C5
E.Shore                   3       4   1   0   0   1   0  52   3.52  C6
[1]Totals                    8      12   5   4   1   4   0

[1]Bombers (37-29)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Mathewson WIN(6-4)      9       4   0   0   0   6   0  91   4.02  A1
[1]Totals                    9       4   0   0   0   6   0

ATTENDANCE- 45,376 DATE- Sunday, June 21st 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:17
LEFT ON BASE- Hurlers: 2  Bombers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Hurlers: 0  Bombers: 2
ERRORS- M.Ott
DOUBLES- B.Bonds(5th)
TRIPLES- F.Frisch(9th), J.Robinson(1st), D.Snider(4th)
STOLEN BASES- F.Frisch(18th), O.Smith(23rd), B.Bonds(14th)
CAUGHT STEALING- O.Smith
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.O'Doul, J.Torre
WALKS- D.Snider
STRIKE OUTS- E.Roush, D.Bancroft-2, G.Goslin, M.Ott, G.Grantham, F.Frisch,
             O.Smith, L.O'Doul, J.Torre
GIDP- E.Roush, G.Grantham
WILD PITCHES- C.Bender

Duke Snider had 2 base hits and Christy Mathewson delivered 9 solid innings at
Tiger Stadium where the Bat Cracking Bombers beat the Limerick Hurlers by the
score of 5 to 0.

Mathewson(6-4) simply dominated Limerick.  He surrendered only 4 hits and no
walks in 9 innings improving his ERA from 4.43 to 4.02.  Bat Cracking totaled
12 on the afternoon. 

Chief Bender(2-4) took the loss.  'I've been working on a few things in my
delivery, and I think I'm hitting a good groove.' Mathewson said after the
game.  'I'm ready to start another game tomorrow!'