[1]BOXSCORE: 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers At 1955 Grand River Ghostmen    8/29/1959

[1]  Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Ghostmen           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Frisch 2B         4  0  2  0 .314     B.Hamilton LF       5  0  3  0 .302 
  W.Boggs 3B          5  0  2  1 .309     T.Raines 2B         4  0  1  0 .243 
  B.Bonds CF          4  0  0  0 .256   E-B.Horner PH         1  0  0  0 .235 
  H.Aaron RF          5  1  1  1 .294     W.Mays CF           3  0  1  0 .272 
  M.McGwire 1B        4  1  2  1 .267     B.Williams 1B       4  0  1  0 .250 
  J.Torre C           4  0  1  0 .274     B.Dickey C          4  2  3  2 .283 
  D.Winfield LF       4  1  3  0 .227     S.Gordon 3B         4  0  0  0 .264 
  O.Smith SS          4  0  1  0 .227     T.Lazzeri RF        4  1  2  1 .239 
  J.McGinnity P       2  0  1  1 .154     J.Franco SS         3  0  1  0 .221 
B-D.Brouthers PH      1  1  1  0 .292     L.Grove P           1  0  0  0 .074 
  J.Bunning P         0  0  0  0 .125   A-J.Olerud PH         1  0  0  0 .316 
C-D.Snider PH         0  0  0  0 .298     T.Hughson P         1  0  0  0 .000 
  D.Wells P           0  0  0  0 .310   D-B.Chapman PH        1  0  0  0 .286 
  B.Sutter P          0  0  0  0 .500                                         
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      37  4 14  4                 Totals      36  3 12  3

A-Pinch Hit For Grove In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McGinnity In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Bunning In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hughson In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Raines In 9th Inning

Bombers......... 0 0 0  1 2 1  0 0 0  -  4 14  0
Ghostmen........ 0 1 0  0 0 1  0 1 0  -  3 12  0

[1]Bombers (73-54)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.McGinnity WIN(7-6)      5       8   1   1   1   1   1  85   3.36  A1 C3
J.Bunning HOLD(2nd)       2       3   1   1   1   2   1  38   5.25  C4 D4
D.Wells HOLD(3rd)         0 2/3   1   1   1   0   1   1  12   3.94  D5 D7
B.Sutter SAVE(26th)       1 1/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  16   1.99  D8
[1]Totals                    9      12   3   3   2   6   3

[1]Ghostmen (52-71)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
L.Grove LOSS(6-16)        5      12   3   3   0   4   2  81   5.09  A1 C8
T.Hughson                 4       2   1   1   2   2   0  57   4.50  C9
[1]Totals                    9      14   4   4   2   6   2

ATTENDANCE- 45,909 DATE- Saturday, August 29th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:44
LEFT ON BASE- Bombers: 9  Ghostmen: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bombers: 1  Ghostmen: 1
HOME RUNS- H.Aaron(28th), M.McGwire(37th), B.Dickey-2(10th), T.Lazzeri(7th)
STOLEN BASES- F.Frisch(33rd), J.McGinnity
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Bonds, D.Snider
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Frisch
WALKS- B.Bonds, D.Snider, W.Mays, J.Franco
STRIKE OUTS- F.Frisch, W.Boggs-2, B.Bonds, M.McGwire, O.Smith, B.Hamilton,
             B.Horner, S.Gordon, T.Lazzeri, J.Franco, T.Hughson
GIDP- J.Torre, T.Raines
WILD PITCHES- L.Grove

Mark McGwire left the yard as the Bat Cracking Bombers defeated the Grand
River Ghostmen by the score of 4 to 3 at Yankee Stadium.

Bat Cracking had 2 runs cross the plate in the top of the 5th inning with the
help of 4 hits.  After two were out Hank Aaron opened up the scoring as he
smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' (his 28th of the season).  McGwire stepped up
to the plate and he lofted a solo-blast 'downtown' (his 37th of the season).
Bat Cracking had 14 hits for the afternoon. 

The victory was credited to Joe McGinnity(7-6) who went 5 innings, allowing 1
run. Bruce Sutter got the save, his 26th.  Lefty Grove(6-16) was the losing
pitcher. 

'I just wanted to give my team a chance to win.' said McGinnity, 'I got burned
on a couple of pitches. But we won the game, and that's all that matters.'
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