[1]BOXSCORE: 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers At 1955 Cleveland Mayors        8/20/1959

[1]  Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mayors             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Frisch SS         5  1  2  0 .309     E.Collins 2B        5  0  2  2 .277 
  W.Boggs 3B          5  1  2  0 .308     R.Carew CF          5  1  1  0 .333 
  L.O'Doul LF         5  1  1  1 .333     G.Sisler RF         5  0  0  0 .368 
  H.Aaron RF          5  1  1  0 .295     G.Foster LF         3  1  0  0 .251 
  D.Snider CF         4  3  2  2 .299     H.Baker 3B          4  2  2  2 .270 
  M.McGwire 1B        4  1  2  4 .259     E.Martinez 1B       5  1  1  0 .314 
  J.Torre C           3  2  1  0 .268     B.Larkin SS         1  0  0  1 .214 
  J.Robinson 2B       4  0  1  1 .290     E.Lombardi C        4  1  1  0 .279 
  J.McGinnity P       3  0  0  1 .143     A.Spalding P        1  0  0  0 .255 
  B.Sutter P          0  0  0  0 .500   A-P.Waner PH          1  0  0  0 .260 
                                          T.Lyons P           0  0  0  0 .500 
                                        B-A.Rosen PH          1  0  0  0 .215 
                                          O.Radbourn P        0  0  0  0 .000 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      38 10 12  9                 Totals      35  6  7  5

A-Pinch Hit For Spalding In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lyons In 8th Inning

Bombers......... 0 3 0  2 2 0  0 2 1  - 10 12  5
Mayors.......... 0 0 0  0 1 1  0 4 0  -  6  7  5

[1]Bombers (68-51)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.McGinnity WIN(6-5)      7 1/3   6   6   2   5   2   1 136   3.29  A1 D8
B.Sutter                  1 2/3   1   0   0   1   2   0  32   1.95  D9
[1]Totals                    9       7   6   2   6   4   1

[1]Mayors (40-75)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Spalding LOSS(10-7)     5       8   7   4   1   0   1  60   3.25  A1 C6
T.Lyons                   3       3   2   1   0   3   1  41   8.31  C7 D9
O.Radbourn                1       1   1   0   1   0   0  23   5.00  E1
[1]Totals                    9      12  10   5   2   3   2

ATTENDANCE- 27,970 DATE- Thursday, August 20th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:31
LEFT ON BASE- Bombers: 5  Mayors: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bombers: 0  Mayors: 2
ERRORS- F.Frisch, H.Aaron, D.Snider, J.Torre, J.Robinson, R.Carew, G.Sisler,
        H.Baker, B.Larkin, A.Spalding
DOUBLES- W.Boggs(13th)
TRIPLES- J.Torre(5th)
HOME RUNS- D.Snider(19th), M.McGwire(33rd), H.Baker(9th)
CAUGHT STEALING- E.Martinez
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.McGwire, J.McGinnity, B.Larkin
WALKS- D.Snider, J.Torre, G.Foster-2, H.Baker, B.Larkin-2, T.Lyons
STRIKE OUTS- H.Aaron, M.McGwire, J.McGinnity, R.Carew-2, G.Foster, E.Martinez
GIDP- W.Boggs, M.McGwire
WILD PITCHES- J.McGinnity

Mark McGwire slammed a homerun and had 4 RBI at League Park as the Bat
Cracking Bombers beat the pitiful Cleveland Mayors by the count of 10 to
6.

Joe McGinnity(6-5) earned his pay with a solid performance for McGinnity.  He
surrendered 6 hits and 5 walks in 7 and 1/3 innings.  Bat Cracking out-hit
Cleveland for the game, 12 hits to 7. 

The losing pitcher was Al Spalding(10-7).  He allowed Bat Cracking 7 runs in 5
innings of work.
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