[1]BOXSCORE: 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers At 1955 Brentwood Bearcats      8/27/1959

[1]  Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Bearcats           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Frisch SS         5  1  3  1 .314     C.Gehringer 2B      5  0  1  0 .341 
  W.Boggs 3B          4  1  1  0 .308     J.McGraw 3B         5  0  0  0 .298 
  L.O'Doul LF         4  0  1  1 .337     B.Ruth RF           3  2  0  0 .323 
  H.Aaron RF          3  0  1  0 .295     W.Stargell LF       4  0  1  0 .324 
A-D.Winfield RF       1  0  0  0 .216     J.Bench 1B          3  0  1  0 .220 
  D.Snider CF         4  0  0  0 .300     G.Van Haltren CF    4  0  2  2 .326 
  M.McGwire 1B        3  2  1  1 .262     L.Appling SS        4  0  1  0 .298 
  J.Torre C           4  1  0  0 .270     R.Schalk C          3  0  1  0 .258 
  J.Robinson 2B       4  2  2  3 .287     W.Johnson P         1  0  0  0 .217 
  L.Corcoran P        4  0  0  0 .180   B-H.Greenberg PH      1  0  0  0 .300 
                                          J.Franco P          0  0  0  0 .000 
                                        C-F.Lynn PH           1  0  0  0 .238 
                                          B.Blyleven P        0  0  0  0 .500 
                                        D-R.Palmeiro PH       1  0  0  0 .143 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      36  7  9  6                 Totals      35  2  7  2

A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Aaron In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Franco In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Blyleven In 9th Inning

INJURY: Hank Aaron INJURED (for 1 more game) in 5th inning

Bombers......... 0 0 1  3 2 1  0 0 0  -  7  9  1
Bearcats........ 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  -  2  7  5

[1]Bombers (72-53)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
L.Corcoran WIN(12-11)     9       7   2   1   3   6   0 144   3.63  A1
[1]Totals                    9       7   2   1   3   6   0

[1]Bearcats (71-50)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
W.Johnson LOSS(13-7)      5       7   6   3   2   1   1  99   2.61  A1 C5
J.Franco                  2       1   1   1   0   1   1  28   5.01  C6 D3
B.Blyleven                2       1   0   0   0   3   0  33   1.89  D4
[1]Totals                    9       9   7   4   2   5   2

ATTENDANCE- 38,348 DATE- Thursday, August 27th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:17
LEFT ON BASE- Bombers: 4  Bearcats: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bombers: 0  Bearcats: 2
ERRORS- W.Boggs, W.Stargell-2, J.Bench, L.Appling-2
TRIPLES- C.Gehringer(13th)
HOME RUNS- M.McGwire(36th), J.Robinson(4th)
STOLEN BASES- H.Aaron(12th), M.McGwire(1st), G.Van Haltren(31st)
WALKS- W.Boggs, M.McGwire, B.Ruth, J.Bench, R.Schalk
STRIKE OUTS- L.O'Doul, D.Snider, J.Torre, L.Corcoran-2, J.McGraw, J.Bench,
             R.Schalk-2, H.Greenberg, F.Lynn
GIDP- M.McGwire
WILD PITCHES- W.Johnson
PASSED BALLS- R.Schalk

Larry Corcoran tossed a complete game and Jackie Robinson touched them all and
had 3 RBI as the Bat Cracking Bombers defeated the Brentwood Bearcats by a
score of 7 to 2 at Tiger Stadium.

Bat Cracking took the lead for keeps in the 3rd inning plating an isolated run
using 2 hits.  Robinson stroked a base-hit, and an error was also committed.
After an out was recorded, Frankie Frisch came up and he smacked a single
scoring the run.  Bat Cracking totaled 9 on the afternoon.

Corcoran(12-11), allowing 2 runs for the game, picked up the victory. Walter
Johnson(13-7) was hit with the loss.  Bat Cracking scored big getting 6 runs
off him in 5 innings.
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