| [1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Grand River Ghostmen At 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers 7/16/1959 [1] Ghostmen AB R H RBI AVG Bombers AB R H RBI AVG B.Hamilton LF 5 1 2 0 .299 F.Frisch 2B 5 1 1 0 .311 W.Boggs 3B 4 0 1 0 .297 O.Smith SS 3 0 1 0 .219 W.Mays CF 5 0 0 0 .252 C-D.Winfield PH,RF 1 1 1 0 .218 M.Mantle RF 4 1 0 0 .248 L.O'Doul LF 3 1 1 0 .348 M.Piazza C 4 0 0 0 .270 D-B.Bonds PR 0 1 0 0 .260 B-E.Battey C 0 0 0 0 .268 F-B.Grich SS 0 0 0 0 .192 B.Williams 1B 3 1 2 2 .244 H.Aaron RF,LF 3 0 0 1 .306 L.Boudreau SS 3 0 1 0 .223 J.Robinson 3B 4 1 1 1 .249 T.Raines 2B 3 1 0 0 .266 D.Snider CF 4 2 1 2 .299 J.McGinnity P 3 0 1 0 .133 J.Torre C 4 0 1 1 .273 R.Kroh P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Brouthers 1B 4 0 2 1 .285 G-B.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .277 L.Corcoran P 2 0 0 0 .156 A-C.Hafey PH 1 0 0 0 .175 M.Soto P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-R.Sierra PH 1 0 0 0 .091 D.Wells P 0 0 0 0 .321 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 35 4 7 2 Totals 35 7 9 6 A-Pinch Hit For Corcoran In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Piazza In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Smith In 8th Inning D-Pinch Ran For O'Doul In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Soto In 8th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Bonds In 9th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Kroh In 9th Inning Ghostmen........ 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 4 7 4 Bombers......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 - 7 9 6 [1]Ghostmen (34-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.McGinnity LOSS(2-2) 7 1/3 7 6 3 1 3 1 120 2.83 A1 D5 R.Kroh 0 2/3 2 1 0 0 1 0 13 1.86 D6 [1]Totals 8 9 7 3 1 4 1 [1]Bombers (48-39) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Corcoran 7 5 4 0 4 3 1 129 3.62 A1 D4 M.Soto WIN(3-1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 2.25 D5 D8 D.Wells SAVE(2nd) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.77 D9 [1]Totals 9 7 4 0 4 3 1 ATTENDANCE- 46,137 DATE- Thursday, July 16th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:47 LEFT ON BASE- Ghostmen: 8 Bombers: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Ghostmen: 0 Bombers: 2 ERRORS- B.Hamilton, W.Mays, M.Mantle, T.Raines, F.Frisch-3, O.Smith, D.Brouthers, L.Corcoran DOUBLES- B.Williams(4th), L.Boudreau(5th), D.Brouthers(14th) TRIPLES- O.Smith(3rd) HOME RUNS- B.Williams(2nd), D.Snider(12th) STOLEN BASES- B.Hamilton-2(42nd), T.Raines-2(28th), L.O'Doul-2(8th) SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Aaron WALKS- W.Boggs, B.Williams, L.Boudreau, T.Raines, L.O'Doul STRIKE OUTS- W.Boggs, M.Mantle, J.McGinnity, F.Frisch, H.Aaron, J.Robinson, R.Sierra GIDP- W.Mays-2 At Tiger Stadium the Bat Cracking Bombers offense put up 5 runs on the scoreboard in the 8th inning and outscored the Grand River Ghostmen 7 to 4. Mario Soto(3-1) looked good in relief and was the winning pitcher. He allowed just 1 hit and no walks in 1 inning reducing his ERA from 2.45 to 2.25. Bat Cracking had 9 hits for the night. Soto got help from David Wells who was credited with his 2nd save. Joe McGinnity(2-2) suffered the loss. The Bat Cracking ballclub's record now stands at 48-39. Grand River continued their losing ways and their record is now 34-47, worst in the division. They are 2-8 in their last ten games. |