4/11/77: Lionville Takes 2-1 Win Over Kimberton in Opener

Tiger-Cats manager Jon Brams:

I couldn't argue with recycling a frequently used script from last season's pennant run. 1-1, bottom of the 9th. One of our slower runners gets on base - today it was Reitz with his 3rd base hit of the day. Jerry Martin comes in to run and Speier bunts him over to 2nd. Morgan comes through with a base hit and Martin easily beats Hendrick's throw home. Suh-weet! Oh, and that Lefty guy goes all the way, allowing 1 run on only 7 hits and striking out 8. Lefty, you spoil me. One-and-oh!

BOXSCORE: 1977 Kimberton Firefighters At 1977 Lionville Tiger-Cats  4/11/1977
 
  Firefighters       AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tiger-Cats         AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Hendrick CF       3  0  1  0 .333     J.Morgan 2B         4  0  2  1 .500  
  J.Cruz RF           4  0  1  0 .250     T.Simmons C         4  0  2  0 .500  
  B.Watson 1B         4  0  0  0 .000     A.Dawson CF         4  0  1  0 .250  
A-J.Turner PR         0  0  0  0 ----     G.Luzinski DH       4  0  0  0 .000  
B-G.Gross 1B          0  0  0  0 ----     E.Kranepool 1B      4  1  2  0 .500  
  R.Smith DH          4  1  1  0 .250     J.Morales RF        4  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Madlock 3B        3  0  2  0 .667     T.Scott LF          3  0  0  0 .000  
  G.Mitterwald C      3  0  0  0 .000     K.Reitz 3B          4  0  3  1 .750  
  F.Taveras SS        4  0  1  1 .250   C-J.Martin PR         0  1  0  0 ----  
  J.Mumphrey LF       4  0  1  0 .250     C.Speier SS         3  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Youngblood 2B     3  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  1  7  1                 Totals      34  2 10  2
 
A-Pinch Ran For Watson In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Turner In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Reitz In 9th Inning
 
Firefighters.... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  7  0
Tiger-Cats...... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  2 10  1
 
Firefighters (0-1)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
E.Rasmussen LOSS(0-1)     8 1/3  10   2   2   2   4   0 123   2.16
Totals                    8 1/3  10   2   2   2   4   0
 
Tiger-Cats (1-0)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Carlton WIN(1-0)        9       7   1   1   3   8   0 131   1.00
Totals                    9       7   1   1   3   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 1,106 DATE- Monday, April 11th 1977 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Steve Shilling, Mike Payne, Dan Patterson, Ed Berro
T- 2:24
LEFT ON BASE- Firefighters: 7  Tiger-Cats: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Firefighters: 0  Tiger-Cats: 1
ERRORS- C.Speier
DOUBLES- B.Madlock(1st), A.Dawson(1st), E.Kranepool(1st)
STOLEN BASES- B.Madlock(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Cruz
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Speier
WALKS- G.Hendrick, B.Madlock, G.Mitterwald, J.Morgan, T.Scott
STRIKE OUTS- G.Hendrick-2, G.Mitterwald-3, F.Taveras, J.Mumphrey-2, A.Dawson,
             G.Luzinski-2, J.Morales
GIDP- J.Youngblood
2-out RBI- K.Reitz, F.Taveras