[1]BOXSCORE: 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers At 1955 Grand River Ghostmen    3/16/1959

[1]  Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Ghostmen           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Frisch 2B         5  1  0  0 .266     C.Travis 2B         4  1  1  0 .270 
  O.Smith SS          5  0  0  0 .180     S.Rice RF           4  0  2  0 .474 
  L.O'Doul LF         2  1  2  1 .241     Z.Wheat CF          3  0  0  1 .071 
  H.Aaron RF          4  0  1  1 .275     B.Horner 1B         4  0  1  0 .242 
  W.Boggs 3B          4  0  0  0 .390     H.Thompson 3B       3  0  0  0 .211 
  D.Snider CF         2  0  0  0 .308     E.Battey C          2  1  2  1 .400 
  J.Torre C           4  0  0  0 .273   D-B.Johnson PH        1  0  0  0 .167 
  D.Brouthers 1B      3  1  1  1 .333   E-M.Sanguillen C      0  0  0  0 ---- 
  M.Soto P            0  0  0  0 ----     S.Gordon LF         3  0  1  0 .333 
  J.Bunning P         0  0  0  0 .000     R.Chapman SS        4  0  0  0 .000 
  C.Mathewson P       2  0  0  0 .182     A.Messersmith P     2  0  1  0 .333 
A-D.Winfield PH       1  0  0  0 .286     B.Dailey P          0  0  0  0 .000 
  D.Vance P           0  0  0  0 .000   B-B.Williams PH       1  0  0  0 .313 
  D.Leonard P         0  0  0  0 .000     N.Rucker P          0  0  0  0 ---- 
C-B.Grich 1B          1  0  1  0 .538   F-P.Browning PH       1  0  0  0 .303 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      33  3  5  3                 Totals      32  2  8  2

A-Pinch Hit For Mathewson In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Dailey In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Leonard In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Battey In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Johnson In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Rucker In 9th Inning

Bombers......... 2 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  3  5  0
Ghostmen........ 0 1 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  2  8  3

[1]Bombers (11-4)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Mathewson WIN(3-1)      6       6   2   2   0   3   1  76   2.23  A1 C5
D.Vance HOLD(3rd)         0 1/3   1   0   0   1   0   0  14   5.87  C6 C8
D.Leonard HOLD(2nd)       1 1/3   1   0   0   1   0   0  20   3.00  C9 D5
M.Soto HOLD(1st)          0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   4  12.27  D6 D6
J.Bunning SAVE(3rd)       1       0   0   0   0   0   0  15   6.14  D7
[1]Totals                    9       8   2   2   2   4   1

[1]Ghostmen (6-10)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Messersmit LOSS(1-1)    6       3   3   2   3   2   1 104   1.35  A1 C8
B.Dailey                  1       0   0   0   1   1   0  26   4.50  C9 D4
N.Rucker                  2       2   0   0   1   2   0  26   4.91  D5
[1]Totals                    9       5   3   2   5   5   1

ATTENDANCE- 47,341 DATE- Monday, March 16th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:23
LEFT ON BASE- Bombers: 9  Ghostmen: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bombers: 1  Ghostmen: 0
ERRORS- C.Travis, H.Thompson, E.Battey
DOUBLES- L.O'Doul(3rd), H.Aaron(3rd)
HOME RUNS- D.Brouthers(2nd), E.Battey(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- F.Frisch(7th), O.Smith(8th), L.O'Doul(2nd), S.Rice(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Gordon
SACRIFICE FLIES- Z.Wheat
WALKS- L.O'Doul-3, D.Snider, D.Brouthers, H.Thompson, E.Battey
HIT BY PITCH- D.Snider
STRIKE OUTS- F.Frisch, O.Smith, H.Aaron, D.Brouthers, C.Mathewson, S.Rice,
             H.Thompson-2, B.Johnson
GIDP- C.Travis
BALKS- A.Messersmith

Lefty O'Doul had 2 base hits at Yankee Stadium as the Bat Cracking Bombers
beat the Grand River Ghostmen by the count of 3 to 2.

Christy Mathewson(3-1) gave Bat Cracking a solid outing.  He allowed 6 hits
and no walks in 6 innings.  Bat Cracking took care of Grand River with no
trouble in the bottom of the 9th. 

Jim Bunning earned the save, his 3rd. The loss was charged to Andy
Messersmith(1-1).  He pitched 6 innings allowing 3 hits and 3 walks.
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