7/1/76: Lionville Nips Kimberton, 8-7

Tiger-Cats manager Jon Brams:

Pretty damn hard-fought win. Doesn't get much better than Walker coming in to end it by fanning Smith with the tying and winning runs aboard. Gutsy rally from 3 down in the 8th to take the lead for good. Maybe we're starting to go on another tear. But this leaving 12 or 13 guys on base every game - 13 today - is really getting tiresome. Now we go into Devault with them riding a 6-game losing streak. I don't know if that's good or bad.

BOXSCORE: 1976 Lionville Tiger-Cats At 1976 Kimberton Firefighters   7/1/1976
 
  Tiger-Cats         AB  R  H RBI AVG     Firefighters       AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Morgan 2B         4  3  1  0 .338     J.Cruz LF           4  2  2  0 .317  
  T.Simmons C         4  2  1  0 .292     F.Taveras SS        4  0  3  2 .264  
  J.Morales RF        5  1  1  3 .261     B.Madlock 3B        4  0  1  1 .363  
  G.Luzinski LF       5  0  2  1 .303     B.Watson 1B         5  1  3  0 .289  
  E.Kranepool 1B      4  1  3  3 .316     R.Smith CF,RF       5  0  1  0 .197  
  J.Torre DH          5  0  1  0 .297     J.Turner DH         4  2  1  0 .236  
  W.Davis CF          4  0  1  0 .306     J.Grote C           4  1  1  3 .258  
  K.Reitz 3B          5  0  2  0 .226     M.Trillo 2B         4  0  0  0 .240  
  C.Speier SS         4  1  0  0 .233     G.Gross RF          3  1  1  0 .249  
                                        A-P.Mangual PH,CF     1  0  0  0 .221  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40  8 12  7                 Totals      38  7 13  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Gross In 8th Inning
 
Tiger-Cats...... 3 0 0  0 1 0  0 4 0  -  8 12  1
Firefighters.... 0 2 0  0 2 2  1 0 0  -  7 13  3
 
Tiger-Cats (55-22)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Hooton                  5 1/3   8   6   4   2   2   0 112   3.64
M.Leon                    0 2/3   2   1   1   0   1   0  14   8.64
K.Sanders WIN(3-1)        1 2/3   2   0   0   0   1   0  22   2.22
J.Sambito HOLD(7th)       1       1   0   0   1   0   0  17   1.13
T.Walker SAVE(1st)        0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.79
Totals                    9      13   7   5   3   5   0
 
Firefighters (40-39)     IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
E.Rasmussen               7 1/3   7   6   5   6   2   1 144   3.53
M.Wallace L(1-2) BS(1st)  1 2/3   5   2   2   1   1   0  48   5.56
Totals                    9      12   8   5   7   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 1,019 DATE- Thursday, July 1st 1976 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Samir Haque, Steve Harned, Pete Shauger, Matt Zimmerle
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Tiger-Cats:13  Firefighters: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tiger-Cats: 1  Firefighters: 0
ERRORS- G.Luzinski, F.Taveras-2, J.Grote
DOUBLES- J.Turner(14th)
TRIPLES- G.Gross(1st)
HOME RUNS- E.Kranepool(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Morgan(17th), J.Cruz(28th), F.Taveras(27th), J.Turner(11th),
              J.Grote(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- F.Taveras-2
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Speier
WALKS- J.Morgan-2, T.Simmons-2, J.Morales, E.Kranepool, W.Davis, J.Cruz,
       F.Taveras, B.Madlock
STRIKE OUTS- J.Morgan, G.Luzinski, K.Reitz, B.Watson, R.Smith-3, M.Trillo
GIDP- B.Madlock
BALKS- M.Wallace
WILD PITCHES- E.Rasmussen-2
PASSED BALLS- T.Simmons, J.Grote
2-out RBI- E.Kranepool-3, G.Luzinski