[1]BOXSCORE: 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers At 1955 Grand River Ghostmen     7/9/1959

[1]  Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Ghostmen           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Frisch 2B         4  0  1  0 .317     B.Hamilton LF       3  0  2  1 .292 
  O.Smith SS          4  0  0  1 .217     W.Boggs 3B          4  0  1  0 .303 
  L.O'Doul LF         3  0  0  0 .355     W.Mays CF           4  2  2  2 .256 
  H.Aaron RF          4  0  0  0 .311     M.Mantle RF         3  1  1  1 .247 
  J.Robinson 3B       4  1  0  0 .238     M.Piazza C          3  0  0  0 .276 
  D.Snider CF         4  0  0  0 .298   B-E.Battey C          1  0  0  0 .268 
  J.Torre C           3  0  1  1 .278     B.Johnson 1B        3  0  0  0 .295 
  D.Brouthers 1B      2  1  0  0 .279   C-K.Hernandez 1B      1  0  0  0 .148 
  J.Weimer P          1  0  1  0 .175     J.Franco SS         4  0  0  0 .225 
A-D.Winfield PH       1  0  0  0 .218     T.Raines 2B         2  1  0  0 .288 
  M.Soto P            0  0  0  0 ----     J.McGinnity P       2  0  1  0 .083 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      30  2  3  2                 Totals      30  4  7  4

A-Pinch Hit For Weimer In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Piazza In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Johnson In 8th Inning

Bombers......... 0 1 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  2  3  3
Ghostmen........ 0 0 0  0 0 2  1 1    -  4  7  1

[1]Bombers (44-39)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Weimer                  6       5   2   2   2   3   2  96   3.13  A1 C7
M.Soto LOSS(2-1)          2       2   2   2   1   1   1  27   2.61  C8
[1]Totals                    8       7   4   4   3   4   3

[1]Ghostmen (34-43)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.McGinnity WIN(2-1)      9       3   2   1   2   3   0 104   2.68  A1
[1]Totals                    9       3   2   1   2   3   0

ATTENDANCE- 15,495 DATE- Thursday, July 9th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:14
LEFT ON BASE- Bombers: 4  Ghostmen: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bombers: 1  Ghostmen: 0
ERRORS- F.Frisch, L.O'Doul, D.Brouthers, B.Hamilton
HOME RUNS- W.Mays-2(14th), M.Mantle(20th)
STOLEN BASES- F.Frisch(21st), B.Hamilton(39th), T.Raines(25th)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Hamilton
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Weimer, J.McGinnity
WALKS- L.O'Doul, D.Brouthers, B.Hamilton, M.Mantle, T.Raines
STRIKE OUTS- F.Frisch, H.Aaron-2, M.Piazza, J.Franco-2, J.McGinnity
GIDP- M.Piazza

Willie Mays smashed 2 homeruns and Joe McGinnity pitched a 3 hitter at Yankee
Stadium where the Grand River Ghostmen beat the Bat Cracking Bombers by the
score of 4 to 2.

Grand River took the lead for good in the bottom of the 7th inning scoring one
runner.  Bat Cracking could do no damage in the 9th. 

The winning pitcher was McGinnity(2-1) who allowed 2 runs for the game. Mario
Soto(2-1) was tagged with the loss in relief.  He allowed 2 hits and 1 walk
in 2 innings.