| [1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Grand River Ghostmen At 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers 5/31/1959 [1] Ghostmen AB R H RBI AVG Bombers AB R H RBI AVG T.Raines LF 4 1 2 0 .306 C.Hafey RF 3 0 0 0 .154 N.Lajoie 2B 3 0 0 0 .305 W.Boggs 3B 3 1 1 0 .287 A.Simmons RF 4 1 1 2 .321 B.Bonds CF 4 1 1 0 .255 W.Mays CF 4 0 0 0 .298 H.Aaron 2B 4 2 2 1 .319 M.Piazza C 4 0 1 0 .270 J.Torre C 3 1 1 2 .306 B.Terry 1B 4 1 1 0 .328 D.Winfield LF 4 0 0 0 .177 S.Gordon 3B 4 0 0 0 .282 D.Brouthers 1B 3 1 2 2 .281 L.Boudreau SS 4 1 3 1 .227 O.Smith SS 3 0 0 0 .232 L.Grove P 3 0 0 0 .000 C.Mathewson P 2 0 1 0 .143 B-B.Hamilton PH 1 0 0 0 .313 A-R.Sierra PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Vance P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Sutter P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 35 4 8 3 Totals 30 6 8 5 A-Pinch Hit For Mathewson In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Grove In 9th Inning Ghostmen........ 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 4 8 0 Bombers......... 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 - 6 8 1 [1]Ghostmen (20-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Grove LOSS(3-6) 8 8 6 6 2 4 2 141 5.20 A1 [1]Totals 8 8 6 6 2 4 2 [1]Bombers (24-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Mathewson WIN(4-2) 7 8 4 3 0 4 1 109 4.48 A1 D3 D.Vance HOLD(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5.40 D4 D6 B.Sutter SAVE(7th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.57 D7 [1]Totals 9 8 4 3 0 4 1 ATTENDANCE- 45,859 DATE- Sunday, May 31st 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:11 LEFT ON BASE- Ghostmen: 5 Bombers: 3 DOUBLE PLAYS- Ghostmen: 1 Bombers: 0 ERRORS- H.Aaron DOUBLES- L.Boudreau(4th) TRIPLES- J.Torre(3rd) HOME RUNS- A.Simmons(10th), H.Aaron(8th), D.Brouthers(2nd) STOLEN BASES- B.Terry(2nd), D.Brouthers(6th) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Hafey WALKS- W.Boggs, J.Torre HIT BY PITCH- N.Lajoie STRIKE OUTS- N.Lajoie, L.Grove-3, B.Bonds-2, D.Brouthers, C.Mathewson GIDP- B.Bonds WILD PITCHES- L.Grove Dan Brouthers went yard and had 2 RBI as the Bat Cracking Bombers defeated the Grand River Ghostmen by a score of 6 to 4 at Tiger Stadium. In the bottom of the 6th inning Bat Cracking scored 3 runs when they had 3 base hits. The highlight belonged to Joe Torre who excited the crowd when he tripled plating two runs. Bruce Sutter was great in relief and recorded his 7th save. Christy Mathewson(4-2) was the winner allowing 4 runs in 7 innings. Lefty Grove(3-6) was hit with the loss. He pitched 8 innings giving up 8 hits and 2 walks. |