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[1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Brentwood Bearcats At 1955 Grand River Ghostmen      8/22/1959

[1] Bearcats           AB R H RBI AVG     Ghostmen           AB R H RBI AVG
C.Gehringer 2B      5 2 2 1 .344     B.Hamilton LF       4 0 0 0 .288
J.McGraw 3B         5 1 3 3 .306     T.Raines 2B         4 0 0 0 .248
B.Ruth RF           4 0 0 0 .323     M.Mantle RF         3 1 2 0 .255
H.Greenberg 1B      4 0 0 0 .302   A-J.Franco RF         1 0 0 0 .227
W.Stargell LF       4 0 0 0 .324     W.Mays CF           4 0 1 0 .266
G.Van Haltren CF    4 0 0 0 .327     B.Williams 1B       4 0 0 0 .239
E.Banks SS          4 1 1 1 .261     S.Gordon 3B         3 0 1 1 .268
J.Bench C           4 2 2 1 .212     T.Lazzeri SS        3 0 1 0 .211
W.Johnson P         3 0 0 0 .221     E.Battey C          3 0 0 0 .224
                                          D.Vance P           1 0 0 0 .125
                                        B-J.Olerud PH         1 0 0 0 .286
                                          T.Hughson P         0 0 0 0 ----
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---
[1]         Totals      37 6 8 6                 Totals      31 1 5 1

A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Mantle In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Vance In 8th Inning

INJURY: Mickey Mantle INJURED (for 3 more games) in 6th inning

Bearcats........ 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 - 6 8 1
Ghostmen........ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 3

[1]Bearcats (68-48)         IP       H   R ER BB SO HR PC    ERA SCORESHEET
W.Johnson WIN(13-6)       9       5   1   1   0   5   0 125   2.53 A1
[1]Totals                    9       5   1   1   0   5   0

[1]Ghostmen (49-67)         IP       H   R ER BB SO HR PC    ERA SCORESHEET
D.Vance LOSS(6-9)         8       6   5   4   1   5   3 138   4.00 A1 D7
T.Hughson                 1       2   1   1   0   0   1 17   5.63 D8
[1]Totals                    9       8   6   5   1   5   4

ATTENDANCE- 45,022 DATE- Saturday, August 22nd 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:22
LEFT ON BASE- Bearcats: 6 Ghostmen: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bearcats: 0 Ghostmen: 0
ERRORS- C.Gehringer, B.Williams, T.Lazzeri-2
DOUBLES- S.Gordon(7th)
TRIPLES- T.Lazzeri(3rd)
HOME RUNS- C.Gehringer(13th), J.McGraw(4th), E.Banks(11th), J.Bench(18th)
SACRIFICE HITS- W.Johnson, D.Vance
WALKS- B.Ruth
STRIKE OUTS- B.Ruth, H.Greenberg, W.Stargell, G.Van Haltren, E.Banks,
             B.Hamilton-2, W.Mays, B.Williams-2
WILD PITCHES- W.Johnson

Walter Johnson came through with a solid 9 innings at Yankee Stadium where the
Brentwood Bearcats beat the Grand River Ghostmen by the score of 6 to
1.

Brentwood jumped on top of Grand River in the 5th inning as they scored 2 runs
on 3 base hits. Brentwood had a total of 8 hits for the game.

The victory was credited to Johnson(13-6) who went the distance, allowing 1
run. Dazzy Vance(6-9) was given the loss. He served up 3 gopher balls in 8
innings.