6/8/77: Kranepool Homers as Lionville Throttles Devault, 8-4

Tiger-Cats manager Jon Brams:

Kranepool's night: He kick-started our 4-spot in the 2nd and hit a 2-run bomb in the 5th. Lefty got quite a workout. He fanned 11 despite a couple of bad innings to win his 9th. He's on a pace to win 27. He couldn't quite finish though, so Reed came in with 2 on and got Kong to ground into a game-ending double play. Excellent work! Ron's back to looking like a closer. So at the one-third mark we're on pace for 90 wins. Not bad but with Chester Springs' starting pitching 90 probably wouldn't be enough. We have to pick up the pace. One ominous note: Bull's in a mini-slump. Maybe he needs a day off …

BOXSCORE: 1977 Lionville Tiger-Cats At 1977 Devault Dynamiters       6/8/1977
 
  Tiger-Cats         AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dynamiters         AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Morgan 2B         4  1  2  1 .266     D.Kingman LF        5  0  0  0 .253  
A-F.Gonzalez 2B       1  0  0  0 .308     D.Unser 1B          4  0  0  0 .235  
  T.Simmons C         4  1  2  0 .342     G.Carter C          4  1  1  1 .286  
  J.Morales RF        5  0  1  1 .272     T.Perez DH          4  1  1  0 .210  
  G.Luzinski DH       4  0  0  0 .290     M.Vail RF           4  1  1  0 .258  
  E.Kranepool 1B      4  2  3  2 .280     R.Gilbreath 3B      3  1  1  0 .191  
B-J.Martin 1B         1  0  0  0 .203     G.Maddox CF         3  0  1  1 .285  
  A.Dawson CF         4  2  2  0 .265     B.Russell SS        4  0  1  2 .270  
  K.Reitz 3B          4  1  2  2 .288     M.Champion 2B       4  0  3  0 .250  
  T.Scott LF          4  1  1  1 .235                                          
  C.Speier SS         4  0  0  0 .226                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39  8 13  7                 Totals      35  4  9  4
 
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Morgan In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Kranepool In 7th Inning
 
Tiger-Cats...... 0 4 0  0 3 1  0 0 0  -  8 13  1
Dynamiters...... 0 1 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  4  9  2
 
Tiger-Cats (30-24)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Carlton WIN(9-3)        8 1/3   9   4   4   1  11   1 133   3.82
R.Reed SAVE(4th)          0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.46
Totals                    9       9   4   4   1  11   1
 
Dynamiters (28-29)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Sawyer LOSS(2-3)        1 2/3   6   4   4   0   0   0  41   6.80
T.Griffin                 3       4   3   3   1   1   1  58   5.72
B.Metzger                 1       3   1   1   0   0   0  16   1.96
R.Gossage                 3 1/3   0   0   0   1   2   0  33   2.81
Totals                    9      13   8   8   2   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 779 DATE- Wednesday, June 8th 1977 TIME- Night 
T- 2:44
LEFT ON BASE- Tiger-Cats: 6  Dynamiters: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tiger-Cats: 1  Dynamiters: 2
ERRORS- S.Carlton, B.Russell, T.Griffin
DOUBLES- A.Dawson(10th)
HOME RUNS- E.Kranepool(4th), G.Carter(15th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Kingman(4th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Maddox
WALKS- T.Simmons, G.Luzinski, R.Gilbreath
STRIKE OUTS- G.Luzinski-2, E.Kranepool, D.Kingman-2, D.Unser-3, G.Carter,
             T.Perez-3, M.Vail, R.Gilbreath
GIDP- J.Morales, T.Scott, D.Kingman
WILD PITCHES- R.Sawyer
2-out RBI- J.Morgan, E.Kranepool-2, K.Reitz, J.Morales, B.Russell-2