[1]BOXSCORE: 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers At 1955 Grand River Ghostmen    8/31/1959

[1]  Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Ghostmen           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Frisch 2B         3  0  1  0 .314     B.Hamilton LF       4  0  1  0 .306 
  W.Boggs 3B          2  0  0  1 .306     T.Raines 2B         4  0  0  0 .240 
  B.Bonds CF          3  0  0  1 .253     M.Mantle RF         4  1  1  0 .254 
  H.Aaron RF          4  0  1  0 .291     W.Mays CF           4  1  3  2 .276 
  M.McGwire 1B        4  0  0  0 .263     B.Williams 1B       4  1  1  0 .250 
  J.Torre C           4  0  1  0 .272     S.Gordon 3B         3  0  0  0 .258 
  D.Winfield LF       4  0  0  0 .222     B.Dickey C          4  0  0  0 .282 
  O.Smith SS          2  1  0  0 .226     T.Lazzeri SS        4  0  1  1 .240 
  L.Corcoran P        2  1  1  0 .192     N.Rucker P          2  0  1  0 .200 
A-R.Sierra PH         0  0  0  0 .111     R.Kroh P            0  0  0  0 ---- 
  D.Wells P           0  0  0  0 .310   B-J.Olerud PH         1  0  0  0 .300 
  M.Soto P            0  0  0  0 .000     A.Messersmith P     0  0  0  0 .000 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      28  2  4  2                 Totals      34  3  8  3

A-Pinch Hit For Corcoran In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kroh In 8th Inning

Bombers......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 1 0  -  2  4  0
Ghostmen........ 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 2  -  3  8  0

[1]Bombers (73-56)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
L.Corcoran                7       4   1   1   1   5   1  94   3.54  A1 C8
D.Wells LOSS(3-5) BS(1st) 1       3   2   2   0   0   0  25   4.06  C9 D5
M.Soto                    0 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0  10   2.73  D6
[1]Totals                    8 2/3   8   3   3   1   6   1

[1]Ghostmen (54-71)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
N.Rucker                  7 1/3   3   2   2   3   2   0 111   2.68  A1 D1
R.Kroh                    0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   7   4.63  D2 D3
A.Messersmit WIN(3-6)     1       1   0   0   0   0   0  16   5.21  D4
[1]Totals                    9       4   2   2   3   3   0

ATTENDANCE- 22,536 DATE- Monday, August 31st 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Bombers: 5  Ghostmen: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bombers: 0  Ghostmen: 0
DOUBLES- M.Mantle(15th), W.Mays(22nd)
HOME RUNS- W.Mays(24th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Williams(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Frisch
SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Boggs, B.Bonds
WALKS- W.Boggs, O.Smith, R.Sierra, S.Gordon
STRIKE OUTS- B.Bonds, M.McGwire-2, B.Hamilton, M.Mantle, S.Gordon, B.Dickey,
             T.Lazzeri, N.Rucker
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Ozzie Smith robbed John Olerud of a base hit.

With the hometown crowd on the edge of their seats, Grand River Ghostmen came
from behind to top Bat Cracking Bombers, 3 to 2.

Grand River came through with the game-winning runs in the 9th inning scoring
2 runs using 4 hits.  Mickey Mantle led off the inning for Grand River when
he doubled.  Willie Mays was next and he lined a base-hit scoring a run.
Mays took second on the throw.  Billy Williams then slapped a one-base hit.
Williams got a great jump and stole second easily.  Sid Gordon followed, but
he was set down on strikes.  After another out, Tony Lazzeri stepped up to
the plate and he slapped a single giving Grand River the victory and sending
the 22,536 home-town fans home happy.  For the game Grand River out-hit Bat
Cracking 8 to 4. 

The win went to Andy Messersmith(3-6) who allowed no runs in 1 inning. David
Wells(3-5) was tagged with the loss in relief.  'What a win!', Messersmith
said.  'These are the kind of games that stand out in your mind at the end of
a season.'
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