6/22/77: J. Niekro Struggles to 8th Win as Chester Springs Tops Lionville, 9-8

Tiger-Cats manager Jon Brams: 

When you can't get anyone out, you're almost always going to lose. Pretty simple. We did dominate from the 7th on, though, giving me some hope Lefty will be able to beat Ghoulach and his guys tomorrow night and salvage us some pride.

BOXSCORE: 1977 Chester Springs Two-Fivers At 1977 Lionville Tiger-Cats 6/22/1977
 
  Two-Fivers         AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tiger-Cats         AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Randle 3B         4  3  1  0 .299     A.Dawson CF         5  2  3  1 .283  
  L.Bowa SS           5  3  3  2 .259     K.Reitz 3B          5  1  1  2 .269  
  G.Thomasson 1B      4  1  2  3 .264     J.Morales RF        4  1  0  0 .248  
  D.Winfield RF       4  1  1  1 .325     G.Luzinski DH       5  2  3  3 .284  
  B.Boone C           4  1  1  1 .285     E.Kranepool 1B      5  0  1  1 .291  
  L.Lacy 2B           5  0  0  1 .260   C-J.Martin PR         0  0  0  0 .200  
  R.Monday LF         4  0  1  0 .242     E.Ott C             5  1  2  0 .262  
  J.Royster CF        3  0  0  0 .182     T.Scott LF          4  0  2  0 .236  
  B.Valentine DH      4  0  0  0 .215     C.Speier SS         3  1  2  1 .226  
                                          R.Knight 2B         1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-V.Davalillo PH      1  0  0  0 .267  
                                        B-F.Gonzalez 2B       1  0  0  0 .288  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  9  9  8                 Totals      39  8 14  8
 
A-Pinch Hit For Knight In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Davalillo In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Kranepool In 9th Inning
 
Two-Fivers...... 2 3 0  4 0 0  0 0 0  -  9  9  0
Tiger-Cats...... 2 0 1  0 0 0  3 1 1  -  8 14  2
 
Two-Fivers (45-22)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Niekro WIN(8-1)         8 2/3  13   8   8   2   6   2 154   3.72
C.Hough SAVE(16th)        0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   9   3.29
Totals                    9      14   8   8   2   6   2
 
Tiger-Cats (35-33)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Kison LOSS(4-5)         1 2/3   5   5   5   4   2   1  54   4.96
D.Collins                 1 2/3   3   4   2   0   0   0  40   2.19
T.Cornutt                 2 2/3   1   0   0   2   3   0  49   1.19
J.Sambito                 1       0   0   0   0   2   0  10   1.77
F.Holdsworth              1       0   0   0   0   0   0  10   3.22
R.Reed                    1       0   0   0   0   1   0  11   3.83
Totals                    9       9   9   7   6   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 988 DATE- Wednesday, June 22nd 1977 TIME- Night 
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Two-Fivers: 7  Tiger-Cats: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Two-Fivers: 1  Tiger-Cats: 0
ERRORS- E.Kranepool, R.Knight
DOUBLES- L.Randle(10th), L.Bowa-2(5th), G.Thomasson(13th), D.Winfield(11th),
         K.Reitz(13th), E.Kranepool(14th), E.Ott(3rd), C.Speier(9th)
HOME RUNS- G.Thomasson(11th), A.Dawson(11th), G.Luzinski(20th)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Winfield
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Speier
WALKS- L.Randle, G.Thomasson, D.Winfield, B.Boone, R.Monday, J.Royster,
       J.Morales, R.Knight
STRIKE OUTS- L.Randle, L.Bowa, B.Boone, L.Lacy, R.Monday, J.Royster-2,
             B.Valentine, K.Reitz-2, E.Kranepool, E.Ott, T.Scott-2
GIDP- J.Morales
WILD PITCHES- J.Niekro, C.Hough
2-out RBI- G.Luzinski-3, E.Kranepool