Boxscore: PBP @ SSL
Date: 1961-04-20
BOXSCORE: 1961 Pittsburgh Bichipoos At 1961 Sterling Silver Slugger 4/20/1961
Bichipoos AB R H RBI AVG Silver Sluggers AB R H RBI AVG
D.Howser SS 5 0 1 0 .264 B.Virdon CF 5 2 3 1 .444
T.Gonzalez CF 5 0 0 0 .235 D.Blasingame 2B 2 1 1 0 .200
E.Mathews 3B 4 1 2 1 .343 A-B.Richardson 2B 2 0 0 0 .500
D.Stuart 1B 4 1 0 0 .268 R.Maris RF 3 2 1 2 .182
N.Siebern LF 5 1 2 0 .352 H.Killebrew 3B 5 0 2 0 .455
E.Averill C 3 0 1 1 .280 J.Blanchard LF 1 1 0 0 .500
C.Schilling 2B 4 0 0 0 .281 B.Skowron 1B 4 0 2 2 .385
E.Francis P 2 0 0 0 .000 D.Brown C 4 0 1 0 .444
B-B.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .267 E.Grba P 2 0 0 1 .000
S.Jones P 0 0 0 0 .500 J.Nuxhall P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-S.Bilko PH 1 0 1 1 .240 H.Nunn P 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Lemay P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.McMillan SS 4 0 0 0 .000
L.Green RF 3 0 3 0 .276
D-A.Heist PH,RF 0 0 0 0 .286
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Totals 37 3 10 3 Totals 32 6 10 6
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Blasingame In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Francis In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Jones In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Green In 8th Inning
Bichipoos....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 10 1
Silver Sluggers. 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 0
Bichipoos (9-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
E.Francis LOSS(0-1) 6 10 6 6 6 6 2 117 6.00 A1 D6
S.Jones 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 8.03 D7 E1
D.Lemay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6.75 E2
Totals 8 10 6 6 6 8 2
Silver Sluggers (3-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
E.Grba WIN(1-0) 7 1/3 8 3 3 3 8 1 129 3.68 A1 D6
J.Nuxhall HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 D7 D7
H.Nunn SAVE(1st) 1 1/3 2 0 0 1 1 0 28 10.80 D8
Totals 9 10 3 3 4 9 1
ATTENDANCE- 35,098 DATE- Thursday, April 20th 1961 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Bichipoos:11 Silver Sluggers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bichipoos: 0 Silver Sluggers: 0
ERRORS- L.Green
DOUBLES- N.Siebern-2(8th), S.Bilko(2nd), D.Blasingame(1st)
HOME RUNS- E.Mathews(8th), B.Virdon(1st), R.Maris(1st)
RBIs- E.Mathews(17th), E.Averill(14th), S.Bilko(2nd), B.Virdon(1st),
R.Maris-2(2nd), B.Skowron-2(3rd), E.Grba
STOLEN BASES- B.Virdon(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Virdon
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Blasingame, E.Grba
WALKS- E.Mathews, D.Stuart, E.Averill, A.Heist, R.Maris-2, J.Blanchard-3,
E.Grba
STRIKE OUTS- D.Howser, T.Gonzalez-2, D.Stuart-4, C.Schilling, E.Francis,
J.Blanchard, B.Skowron, D.Brown, E.Grba-2, R.McMillan-3
WILD PITCHES- H.Nunn
2-out RBI- B.Skowron, B.Virdon, E.Averill, S.Bilko
RLISP 2-out- D.Brown-2, R.McMillan-2, C.Schilling, B.Richardson, E.Averill,
B.Skowron, T.Gonzalez, B.Virdon, D.Howser-2, N.Siebern
TEAM RISP- Bichipoos: 2 for 9 Silver Sluggers: 5 for 10
Center fielder Bill Virdon went deep as the Sterling Silver Sluggers defeated
the Pittsburgh Bichipoos by the score of 6 to 3 at LA Wrigley
Field.
Pittsburgh found themselves trailing quickly as the Sterling bats came through
in the first inning scoring a single run using 3 hits. Both teams ended up
with 10 hits on the afternoon.
Eli Grba(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 7 and 1/3 innings and
allowing 3 runs. Grba got help from Howie Nunn who earned his 1st save. The
losing pitcher was Earl Francis(0-1). He was unable to control the Sterling
offense and allowed 10 hits and 6 walks in 6 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1961 Pittsburgh Bichipoos at 1961 Sterling Silver Sluggers
D.Howser-A1 A1:K B1:F/9 C1:F/9 D1:Si>13 E1:Force/
64>1o b1
T.Gonzal-A1 A2:F/8 *4*:F/8 C2:K D2:K *9*:G/63
E.Mathew-A1 A3:FO/2 B3:G/3 *6*:W>b1 *8*:HR>b# E3:Si
D.Stuart-A1 *2*:K B4:W>b1 C4:K D4:K E4:WP>12
K
N.Sieber-A1 A5:G/3 B5:Do>13 C5:G/43>1 D5:Do E5:F/9
2
E.Averil-A1 A6:G/13 B6:Si>3# C6:G/3 D6:W>b1
23
C.Schill-A1 *3*:K B7:G/43 *7*:L/5 D7:F/7
E.Franci-A1 A8:K *5*:F/8 C8:G/63 D8:Do>2#
B.Johnso-C8 13
S.Jones-D3+
L.Green-A1 A9:Si B9:Si C9:Si D9:W>b1
A.Heist-D9
B.Virdon-A1 A1:F/7 B1:HR>b# *4*:Si D1:Si>13 E1:G/31
CS/24>1o
D.Blasin-A1 A2:Do B2:G/53 C2:SB>12 *6*:G/31 *8*:G/63
B.Richar-C7 Sac/34>23
R.Maris-A1 A3:L/4 *3*:W>b1 C3:HR>3# D3:W>b1 E3:G/43
b#
H.Killeb-A1 A4:Si>23 B4:F/8 C4:Si D4:G/43>1 E4:G/43
2
J.Blanch-A1 A5:IW>12 B5:IW>12 C5:K D5:IW>b1
b1 b1
B.Skowro-A1 A6:Si>3# B6:Si>2# C6:G/63 D6:K
23 12 12
D.Brown-A1 A7:G/63 B7:Si>23 *5*:G/13 *7*:K
12
E.Grba-A1 *2*:K B8:Sac/34 C8:W>b1 D8:K
J.Nuxhal-E2 >3# 23 12
H.Nunn-E2
R.McMill-A1 A9:K B9:K C9:K D9:E/9>b2