[1]BOXSCORE: 1955 Grand River Ghostmen At 1955 Old Brooklyn Bombers    10/2/1957

[1]  Ghostmen           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Bombers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Walker RF         4  0  0  0 .118     T.Speaker CF        4  1  2  0 .200 
  N.Lajoie 2B         4  1  1  0 .150     P.Traynor SS        4  0  1  0 .286 
  A.Simmons LF        4  0  3  1 .421     M.Mantle LF         3  1  1  1 .294 
  W.Mays CF           4  0  0  0 .316     H.Aaron RF          3  1  3  0 .200 
  B.Terry 1B          3  1  1  0 .267     W.Boggs 3B          4  0  1  1 .250 
  J.Torre C           4  0  1  0 .200     R.Palmeiro 1B       4  0  0  0 .211 
  H.Thompson 3B       4  0  2  1 .500     Y.Berra C           3  0  1  1 .333 
C-J.McGraw PR         0  0  0  0 ----     N.Fox 2B            3  0  0  0 .211 
  J.Pesky SS          4  0  0  0 .385     C.Mathewson P       2  0  0  0 .200 
  W.Spahn P           2  0  1  0 .400   B-D.Dimaggio PH       1  0  0  0 .000 
A-G.Van Haltren PH    1  0  0  0 .000     D.Eckersley P       0  0  0  0 ---- 
  M.Cooper P          0  0  0  0 ----                                         
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
[1]         Totals      34  2  9  2                 Totals      31  3  9  3

A-Pinch Hit For Spahn In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mathewson In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Thompson In 9th Inning

Ghostmen........ 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  2  9  0
Bombers......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 2    -  3  9  0

[1]Ghostmen (3-2)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
W.Spahn                   6       6   1   1   1   5   0  93   1.80  A1 C5
M.Cooper L(1-1) BS(1st)   2       3   2   2   1   1   0  41   4.91  C6
[1]Totals                    8       9   3   3   2   6   0

[1]Bombers (2-3)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Mathewson WIN(1-1)      8       8   2   2   1   5   0 124   3.38  A1 D4
D.Eckersley SAVE(1st)     1       1   0   0   0   0   0  11   0.00  D5
[1]Totals                    9       9   2   2   1   5   0

ATTENDANCE- 45,804 DATE- Wednesday, October 2nd 1957 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:30
LEFT ON BASE- Ghostmen: 6  Bombers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Ghostmen: 1  Bombers: 1
DOUBLES- N.Lajoie(1st), A.Simmons(2nd), H.Thompson(1st), T.Speaker(1st),
         H.Aaron(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- T.Speaker
WALKS- B.Terry, M.Mantle, H.Aaron
STRIKE OUTS- N.Lajoie, W.Mays, B.Terry, J.Torre, J.Pesky, T.Speaker-2, M.Mantle,
             W.Boggs, Y.Berra, C.Mathewson
GIDP- G.Van Haltren, W.Boggs
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Johnny Pesky robbed Nellie Fox of a base hit.

Hank Aaron had 3 base hits at Ebbetts Field where the Old Brooklyn Bombers
beat the Grand River Ghostmen by the score of 3 to 2.

Christy Mathewson(1-1) pitched a solid game.  He was reached for 8 hits and 1
walk in 8 innings lowering his ERA from 4.50 to 3.38.  Grand River had a
chance to come back in the 9th but they came up short. 

Mathewson got help from Dennis Eckersley who earned his 1st save.  Mort
Cooper(1-1) suffered the loss in relief.  He gave up 3 hits and 1 walk in 2
innings.
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