| [1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Grand River Ghostmen At 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers 7/18/1959
[1] Ghostmen AB R H RBI AVG Bombers AB R H RBI AVG B.Hamilton LF 2 1 0 0 .296 F.Frisch 2B 5 2 2 0 .313 W.Boggs 3B 4 0 3 1 .304 J.Robinson 3B 1 1 0 0 .263 W.Mays CF 5 0 2 1 .255 B.Bonds CF 5 1 2 2 .263 M.Mantle RF,2B 4 0 0 0 .247 H.Aaron RF 3 1 2 3 .311 M.Piazza C 5 0 1 0 .267 J.Torre C 3 0 0 0 .271 B.Williams 1B 4 0 1 0 .245 D.Winfield LF 4 0 2 0 .234 L.Boudreau SS 4 0 1 0 .229 D.Brouthers 1B 3 0 1 0 .285 T.Raines 2B 4 1 2 0 .272 O.Smith SS 3 0 1 0 .228 A-M.Carey PR,RF 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Vance P 1 0 0 0 .000 L.Grove P 3 0 0 0 .028 D.Leonard P 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Messersmith P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Soto P 1 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 35 2 10 2 Totals 29 5 10 5 A-Pinch Ran For Raines In 8th Inning Ghostmen........ 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 0 Bombers......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 10 0 [1]Ghostmen (34-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Grove LOSS(5-11) 7 1/3 10 5 5 8 5 1 165 4.83 A1 E3 A.Messersmit 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5.22 E4 [1]Totals 8 10 5 5 8 6 1 [1]Bombers (50-39) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Vance 6 1/3 9 2 2 2 6 0 118 4.23 A1 D3 D.Leonard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4.87 D4 D4 M.Soto WIN(4-1) 2 2/3 1 0 0 1 4 0 35 1.84 D5 [1]Totals 9 10 2 2 4 10 0 ATTENDANCE- 47,748 DATE- Saturday, July 18th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good T- 2:52 LEFT ON BASE- Ghostmen:12 Bombers:12 DOUBLE PLAYS- Ghostmen: 0 Bombers: 0 DOUBLES- T.Raines(8th) TRIPLES- B.Bonds-2(5th) HOME RUNS- H.Aaron(21st) STOLEN BASES- T.Raines(29th), F.Frisch-2(23rd), H.Aaron(9th), D.Winfield(3rd) CAUGHT STEALING- J.Robinson SACRIFICE HITS- L.Grove, J.Robinson, D.Vance-2 SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Boggs, H.Aaron WALKS- B.Hamilton-3, M.Mantle, J.Robinson-3, H.Aaron, J.Torre-2, D.Brouthers, O.Smith STRIKE OUTS- B.Hamilton, W.Mays-2, M.Mantle, M.Piazza-2, B.Williams, L.Boudreau-2, L.Grove, J.Robinson, B.Bonds-2, J.Torre, D.Brouthers, D.Vance WILD PITCHES- D.Vance WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Jackie Robinson robbed Mickey Mantle of a base hit. Hank Aaron connected with a 'big fly' and had 3 RBI at Tiger Stadium as the Bat Cracking Bombers beat the struggling Grand River Ghostmen 5 to 2. Mario Soto(4-1) looked good in relief and was the winning pitcher. He didn't give up much, just 1 hit and 1 walk in 2 and 2/3 innings and racked up 4 strikeouts lowering his ERA to 1.84. Both teams ended up with 10 on the night. Lefty Grove(5-11) took the loss. He got hit pretty hard, allowing 10 hits and 8 walks in 7 and 1/3 innings. |