[1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Limerick Hurlers At 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers         9/2/1959

[1]  Hurlers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Roush CF          5  2  3  3 .309     F.Frisch SS         5  0  0  0 .309 
  J.Cronin SS         5  0  0  0 .263     W.Boggs 3B          5  0  1  0 .302 
  G.Goslin RF         5  0  1  1 .321   D-O.Smith PR          0  0  0  0 .226 
  B.Bonds LF          3  0  1  0 .289     L.O'Doul LF         5  0  0  0 .335 
  M.Ott 3B            4  1  1  1 .251     H.Aaron RF          4  2  3  0 .295 
  H.Trosky 1B         4  1  1  0 .322     D.Snider CF         3  1  2  1 .301 
  G.Grantham 2B       4  0  0  0 .235     M.McGwire 1B        4  0  1  1 .265 
  E.Howard C          4  1  1  0 .358     J.Torre C           4  0  0  1 .271 
  J.Devlin P          1  0  1  1 .355     J.Robinson 2B       2  2  1  0 .285 
B-E.Flick PH          1  1  1  0 .234     J.McGinnity P       2  0  2  1 .195 
  B.Ewing P           1  0  0  0 .000   A-D.Brouthers PH      1  0  0  0 .291 
  B.Adams P           0  0  0  0 .000     M.Soto P            0  0  0  0 .000 
  B.Shawkey P         0  0  0  0 ----   C-B.Herman PH         1  0  0  0 .000 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      37  6 10  6                 Totals      36  5 10  4

A-Pinch Hit For McGinnity In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Devlin In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Soto In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Boggs In 9th Inning

Hurlers......... 0 0 2  1 0 0  2 1 0  -  6 10  1
Bombers......... 0 0 1  2 0 1  0 0 1  -  5 10  1

[1]Hurlers (59-69)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Devlin WIN(5-6)         6       9   4   3   1   2   0 101   5.08  A1 C9
B.Ewing HOLD(1st)         2       0   1   1   2   1   0  36   4.50  D1 D8
B.Adams HOLD(3rd)         0 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0  15   6.46  D9 E2
B.Shawkey SAVE(1st)       0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   7.71  E3
[1]Totals                    9      10   5   4   3   4   0

[1]Bombers (74-57)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.McGinnity               6       7   3   3   1   1   0  97   3.42  A1 C8
M.Soto LOSS(8-2) BS(1st)  3       3   3   3   0   3   2  54   3.31  C9
[1]Totals                    9      10   6   6   1   4   2

ATTENDANCE- 45,377 DATE- Wednesday, September 2nd 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:44
LEFT ON BASE- Hurlers: 6  Bombers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Hurlers: 1  Bombers: 0
ERRORS- B.Bonds, J.Torre
DOUBLES- E.Roush(9th), B.Bonds(21st)
TRIPLES- E.Flick(7th), D.Snider(8th)
HOME RUNS- E.Roush(10th), M.Ott(19th)
STOLEN BASES- G.Goslin(13th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Devlin
WALKS- B.Bonds, D.Snider, J.Robinson-2
STRIKE OUTS- G.Goslin, G.Grantham, E.Howard, B.Ewing, F.Frisch, W.Boggs,
             J.Torre, B.Herman
GIDP- D.Snider
WILD PITCHES- B.Shawkey

45,377 fans watched an exciting game at Tiger Stadium.  The Limerick Hurlers
came in to the game in quite a tailspin, but they were able to snap their 5
game slide and topped the Bat Cracking Bombers by the slimmest of margins, 6
to 5.

Edd Roush had a big day against Bat Cracking.  He laced a one-base hit in the
1st inning, doubled scoring a run in the 3rd inning and bombed a two-run
dinger (his 10th of the season) in the 7th inning.  Bat Cracking had a chance
to come back in the 9th but they came up short. 

The win went to Jim Devlin(5-6) who allowed 4 runs in 6 innings. Bob Shawkey
gained credit for his 1st save.  Mario Soto(8-2) was charged with the loss in
relief. 

Jimmy Dugan was in a talkative mood in the clubhouse, 'Great game! If only we
could win all of the close ones - wouldn't that be nice! Since that's not
going to happen, I think I'll savor this one for a little while.'
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