6/23/77: P. Niekro, Chester Springs Frustrate Lionville, 5-3, as Bowa Homers

Tiger-Cats manager Jon Brams:

5 double plays turned on us! I just can't accept that they're so much better than us. And Bowa - the way he tipped his helmet at Lefty near the end of his home run trot. What a little hot dog!

BOXSCORE: 1977 Chester Springs Two-Fivers At 1977 Lionville Tiger-Cats 6/23/1977
 
  Two-Fivers         AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tiger-Cats         AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Winfield RF       4  0  0  0 .320     J.Morgan 2B         4  0  2  0 .276  
  J.Cardenal LF       4  1  1  2 .302     T.Simmons C         3  1  0  0 .345  
  R.Monday CF         3  1  0  0 .238     A.Dawson CF         4  1  1  2 .282  
  H.Cruz 3B           4  1  1  1 .130     G.Luzinski LF       3  0  1  0 .285  
  L.Bowa SS           4  1  2  2 .263     D.Johnson 1B        2  0  0  0 .386  
  L.Randle DH         4  0  0  0 .291   A-E.Kranepool PH,1B   1  0  0  0 .289  
  B.Boone 1B          3  0  0  0 .281     D.Iorg DH           1  0  0  0 .423  
  J.Stearns C         3  1  1  0 .246     J.Morales RF        3  0  1  0 .249  
  J.Royster 2B        3  0  0  0 .179     C.Speier SS         3  0  1  0 .228  
                                        B-E.Ott PH            1  0  0  0 .259  
                                          F.Gonzalez 3B       4  1  1  1 .286  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  5  5  5                 Totals      29  3  7  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Speier In 9th Inning
 
Two-Fivers...... 2 0 0  1 0 0  0 2 0  -  5  5  0
Tiger-Cats...... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 2 0  -  3  7  0
 
Two-Fivers (46-22)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
P.Niekro WIN(8-4)         7 1/3   7   3   3   5   2   2 134   2.91
M.Sarmiento SAVE(1st)     1 2/3   0   0   0   2   0   0  23   0.00
Totals                    9       7   3   3   7   2   2
 
Tiger-Cats (35-34)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Carlton LOSS(10-4)      7 2/3   5   5   5   1   4   2 122   3.87
D.Schatzeder              1 1/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  14   0.90
Totals                    9       5   5   5   1   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 1,083 DATE- Thursday, June 23rd 1977 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Steve Shilling, Mike Payne, Dan Patterson, Ed Berro
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Two-Fivers: 1  Tiger-Cats: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Two-Fivers: 5  Tiger-Cats: 0
DOUBLES- J.Stearns(4th), G.Luzinski(11th)
TRIPLES- H.Cruz(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Cardenal(1st), L.Bowa(2nd), A.Dawson(12th), F.Gonzalez(2nd)
WALKS- R.Monday, T.Simmons, G.Luzinski, D.Johnson, D.Iorg-3, J.Morales
STRIKE OUTS- J.Cardenal, R.Monday, H.Cruz, L.Bowa, L.Randle, B.Boone, T.Simmons,
             G.Luzinski
GIDP- T.Simmons-2, E.Kranepool, F.Gonzalez
WILD PITCHES- P.Niekro
2-out RBI- H.Cruz, L.Bowa, J.Cardenal-2