[1]BOXSCORE: 1959 Bat Cracking Bombers At 1955 Athens Bobkittens       9/25/1959

[1]  Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Bobkittens         AB  R  H RBI AVG
  O.Smith SS          5  1  2  3 .232     T.Cobb CF           1  0  0  0 .328 
  W.Boggs 3B          3  1  2  1 .296   A-D.Allen CF          3  0  0  0 .254 
  L.O'Doul LF         4  1  2  0 .327     J.Harris RF         4  0  0  0 .288 
  H.Aaron RF          4  1  1  0 .293     L.Gehrig 1B         3  0  0  0 .319 
  D.Snider CF         4  0  0  1 .308     M.Schmidt 3B        3  0  0  0 .237 
  M.McGwire 1B        4  2  1  3 .256     K.Williams LF       3  0  0  0 .326 
  J.Torre C           4  1  1  0 .269     H.Wagner SS         3  1  1  0 .294 
  J.Robinson 2B       4  0  1  0 .283     M.Bishop 2B         2  0  0  0 .217 
  J.McGinnity P       4  1  2  0 .217     C.Mays P            0  0  0  0 .317 
                                        C-H.Heilmann PH       1  0  1  1 .329 
                                          H.Coveleski P       0  0  0  0 ---- 
                                          J.Lopez C           3  0  0  0 .237 
                                          J.Chesbro P         1  0  0  0 .115 
                                        B-B.Madlock 2B        2  0  0  0 .262 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      36  8 12  8                 Totals      29  1  2  1

A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Cobb In 2nd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Chesbro In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Mays In 8th Inning

INJURY: Ty Cobb INJURED (for 3 more games) in 1st inning

Bombers......... 0 0 0  4 2 2  0 0 0  -  8 12  1
Bobkittens...... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  1  2  1

[1]Bombers (83-67)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.McGinnity WIN(8-8)      9       2   1   1   0   3   0 102   3.64  A1
[1]Totals                    9       2   1   1   0   3   0

[1]Bobkittens (82-68)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Chesbro LOSS(9-8)       5       6   6   6   1   2   1  78   4.50  A1 C4
C.Mays                    3       4   2   2   2   0   0  52   4.62  C5 E1
H.Coveleski               1       2   0   0   1   1   0  26   3.57  E2
[1]Totals                    9      12   8   8   4   3   1

ATTENDANCE- 15,332 DATE- Friday, September 25th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:29
LEFT ON BASE- Bombers: 7  Bobkittens: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bombers: 1  Bobkittens: 0
ERRORS- J.McGinnity, B.Madlock
DOUBLES- L.O'Doul(16th)
TRIPLES- O.Smith(4th), H.Wagner(19th)
HOME RUNS- M.McGwire(42nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Boggs, D.Snider
WALKS- W.Boggs, L.O'Doul, H.Aaron, M.McGwire
STRIKE OUTS- D.Snider, J.Robinson, J.McGinnity, J.Harris, M.Schmidt, K.Williams
GIDP- J.Lopez

Joe McGinnity carried a no-hitter into the 8th inning as the Bat Cracking
Bombers beat the Athens Bobkittens by a score of 8 to 1.

McGinnity(8-8) was tremendous on the mound for Bat Cracking.  He allowed only
2 hits and no walks in 9 innings.  The right-handed McGinnity had his no-hit
bid broken up by Honus Wagner who tripled with one out in the 8th inning.
Bat Cracking managed 12 in their victory. 

The loss was charged to Jack Chesbro(9-8).  He allowed Bat Cracking 6 runs in
5 innings of work.
Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

1