5/20/76: Lionville Turns Back Chester Springs, 8-7, in 12

Tiger-Cats manager Jon Brams:

Fantastic game! Really clutch hitting. Randy didn't have his best stuff, and I stuck with him too long, but the guys never stopped battling and eventually bailed me out. Kenny Reitz was mired in a long slump, and his average had dipped below .200. There was every reason to send up Sperring or Martin to pinch-hit, but I'm so glad I didn't. Kenny tore the cover off the ball. I'm really happy for him. Ghoulach's guys gave us a really tough series, and it's great we could finally steal one.

BOXSCORE: 1976 Chester Springs Two-Fivers At 1976 Lionville Tiger-Cats 5/20/1976
 
  Two-Fivers         AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tiger-Cats         AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Cardenal LF       6  1  1  0 .288     J.Morgan 2B         4  2  1  2 .312  
  L.Bowa SS           5  0  0  0 .165     T.Simmons C         5  0  1  2 .301  
  R.Monday CF         5  2  2  1 .269   C-W.Davis PR,CF       0  0  0  0 .280  
  D.Winfield RF       4  1  0  0 .252     J.Morales CF,RF     6  1  3  1 .240  
  H.Cruz 3B           5  1  2  4 .185     G.Luzinski LF       6  0  0  0 .281  
  B.Boone 1B,C        5  0  1  0 .147     L.Roberts RF        4  1  1  0 .193  
  L.Lacy DH           5  2  3  0 .209   D-H.Morales C         1  0  0  0 .311  
  D.Rader C           2  0  0  0 .385     J.Torre 1B          4  1  3  0 .246  
A-G.Thomasson PH,1B   3  0  0  0 .298   B-E.Kranepool PH,1B   2  0  1  0 .295  
  R.Stennett 2B       4  0  1  2 .287     L.Milbourne DH      5  0  1  0 .158  
                                        E-J.Wynn PH           0  1  0  0 .243  
                                          C.Speier SS         5  2  3  1 .295  
                                          K.Reitz 3B          6  0  1  1 .203  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      44  7 10  7                 Totals      48  8 15  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Rader In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Torre In 10th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Simmons In 11th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Roberts In 12th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Milbourne In 12th Inning
 
Two-Fivers...... 0 0 1  0 0 0  2 1 1  0 2 0  -  7 10  1
Tiger-Cats...... 1 0 0  0 4 0  0 0 0  0 2 1  -  8 15  0
 
Two-Fivers (19-17)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Reuss                   8 1/3  10   5   5   2   4   2 136   4.19
J.Niekro                  1 1/3   0   0   0   2   2   0  21   2.45
W.McEnaney                0 1/3   2   1   1   0   0   0  11   7.20
D.Murray BS(2nd)          0 1/3   1   1   1   1   0   0  11   3.60
M.Sarmiento LOSS(0-1)     1 1/3   2   1   1   1   1   0  27   2.25
Totals                   11 2/3  15   8   8   6   7   2
 
Tiger-Cats (25-10)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Jones                   8       6   5   5   1   2   2 110   2.45
R.Reed                    3       3   2   2   0   3   0  39   2.36
J.Sambito WIN(1-1)        1       1   0   0   0   0   0  18   1.29
Totals                   12      10   7   7   1   5   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 1,075 DATE- Thursday, May 20th 1976 TIME- Night 
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Two-Fivers: 3  Tiger-Cats:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Two-Fivers: 2  Tiger-Cats: 1
ERRORS- B.Boone
DOUBLES- H.Cruz(4th), L.Lacy-2(4th), T.Simmons(4th), L.Roberts(2nd),
         C.Speier(4th)
TRIPLES- R.Stennett(4th)
HOME RUNS- R.Monday(5th), H.Cruz(2nd), J.Morgan(7th), J.Morales(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Stennett
WALKS- D.Winfield, J.Morgan-2, T.Simmons, L.Roberts, J.Wynn, C.Speier
STRIKE OUTS- R.Monday-2, D.Winfield, B.Boone, G.Thomasson, J.Morgan-2,
             G.Luzinski-2, L.Roberts, H.Morales, K.Reitz
GIDP- L.Lacy, G.Luzinski, L.Milbourne
WILD PITCHES- J.Reuss
2-out RBI- J.Morales, J.Morgan-2, H.Cruz-4, K.Reitz
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Chris Speier robbed Bob Boone of a base hit.