6/10/76: Guthriesville Gets 7 in 9th, Stuns Lionville, 10-9

Tiger-Cats manager Jon Brams: 

Just in case we thought we were invincible ...

For posterior - I mean posterity - here's how the disastrous bottom of the 9th unfolded:
- Hooton with a 9-3 lead wants to try to finish.
- Dyer singles.
- Summers grounds to Boswell. He boots it. Hooton convinces me to let him stay in.
- Cabell singles to load 'em up. Leon comes on.
- Rosello walks - 9-4.
- Leon walks Brock on 4 pitches - 9-5. This is when I started to feel we could blow it. I bring in Reed.
- Scott brings in Tolan to pinch-hit for Lopes. Tolan belts Reed's first pitch over the fence in left-center - tie game.
- Cedeno doubles. This is when I became convinced we would blow it.
- Murcer flies out to deep right. Cedeno tags and runs to third.
- Hernandez swats one way over Willie Davis' head to score Cedeno. Lights out (even though this was a day game).

BOXSCORE: 1976 Lionville Tiger-Cats At 1976 Guthriesville Golddiggers 6/10/1976
 
  Tiger-Cats         AB  R  H RBI AVG     Golddiggers        AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Morgan 2B         4  2  2  1 .360     L.Brock LF          4  2  1  1 .279  
  T.Simmons C         6  1  2  1 .298     D.Lopes 2B          3  0  1  1 .230  
  G.Luzinski LF       5  0  3  3 .289   A-B.Tolan PH          1  1  1  4 .283  
  E.Kranepool 1B      5  0  2  0 .299     C.Cedeno CF         5  2  1  0 .316  
  J.Morales RF        4  1  1  0 .269     B.Murcer RF         5  0  1  1 .288  
  W.Davis CF          5  1  1  0 .302     K.Hernandez 1B      4  0  1  1 .292  
  J.Torre DH          4  3  2  2 .255     D.Dyer C            4  1  1  0 .197  
  K.Boswell SS        5  1  3  0 .583     C.Summers DH        4  2  1  0 .163  
  K.Reitz 3B          5  0  1  1 .206     E.Cabell 3B         4  1  2  1 .211  
                                          D.Rosello SS        3  1  0  1 .231  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      43  9 17  8                 Totals      37 10 10 10
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lopes In 9th Inning
 
Tiger-Cats...... 2 0 0  4 2 0  0 0 1  -  9 17  4
Golddiggers..... 1 1 1  0 0 0  0 0 7  - 10 10  0
 
Tiger-Cats (41-14)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Hooton                  8       7   6   4   1   5   0 121   3.32
M.Leon                    0       0   2   2   2   0   0  10   6.75
R.Reed LOSS(6-3) BS(2nd)  0 1/3   3   2   2   0   0   1  15   2.83
Totals                    8 1/3  10  10   8   3   5   1
 
Golddiggers (15-41)      IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
L.Christenso              3 2/3   8   6   6   2   1   0  86   5.12
A.Foster                  4 1/3   9   3   2   1   0   0  95   6.42
B.Apodaca WIN(3-2)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0  11   3.67
Totals                    9      17   9   8   3   1   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 288 DATE- Thursday, June 10th 1976 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Bryan Swell, Jim Whit, John Dewatt, Ricardo Dwyer
T- 2:56
LEFT ON BASE- Tiger-Cats:11  Golddiggers: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tiger-Cats: 0  Golddiggers: 1
ERRORS- T.Simmons, W.Davis, K.Boswell, K.Reitz
DOUBLES- J.Morgan(14th), T.Simmons(10th), G.Luzinski(8th), D.Lopes(6th),
         C.Cedeno(17th), C.Summers(5th)
HOME RUNS- B.Tolan(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- W.Davis(4th), L.Brock(21st), D.Lopes(21st), E.Cabell(10th)
WALKS- J.Morgan-2, J.Morales, L.Brock, K.Hernandez, D.Rosello
HIT BY PITCH- J.Torre, D.Lopes
STRIKE OUTS- J.Torre, D.Lopes, C.Cedeno, K.Hernandez, D.Dyer, D.Rosello
GIDP- K.Reitz
WILD PITCHES- A.Foster
PASSED BALLS- D.Dyer
2-out RBI- T.Simmons, G.Luzinski, K.Reitz, J.Morgan