Boxscore: DIN @ PBP

Date: 1997-06-13

BOXSCORE: 1997 Denver Dingers At 1997 Pittsburgh Bichipoos          6/13/1997

  Dingers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Bichipoos          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Young 2B          3  0  1  0 .235     A.Martin LF         5  1  1  2 .294  
D-A.Jones PH          1  0  0  0 .258     M.Morandini 2B      4  2  2  0 .273  
E-J.Bates 2B          0  0  0  0 .185     R.Greer RF          4  1  2  2 .303  
  G.Sheffield RF      3  0  0  0 .230     T.Hundley C         3  1  2  0 .316  
  M.McGwire 1B        4  0  0  0 .313     B.Higginson CF      4  0  3  2 .303  
  E.Burks LF          0  0  0  0 .271     B.Bonilla 3B        4  0  0  0 .259  
A-D.Clark PR,LF       3  1  0  0 .250     D.Segui 1B          4  0  1  0 .299  
  B.Giles CF          3  0  0  0 .239     C.Gomez SS          4  0  1  0 .262  
F-M.Dejean PH         1  0  0  0 .200     B.Tewksbury P       2  0  0  0 .200  
  C.Johnson C         2  0  0  0 .201     C.McElroy P         0  0  0  0 .000  
G-P.Spoljaric PH      1  0  0  0 .143     M.Cather P          0  0  0  0 .200  
  K.Orie 3B           3  0  1  0 .233     K.Mercker P         1  1  0  0 .050  
H-C.Finley PH         1  0  0  0 .036                                          
  R.Bournigal SS      3  0  1  1 .200                                          
  J.Lieber P          2  0  0  0 .105                                          
B-W.Newson PH         0  0  0  0 .277                                          
C-G.Vaughn PH         1  0  1  0 .339                                          
  J.Bruske P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  4  1                 Totals      35  6 12  6

A-Pinch Ran For Burks In 2nd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lieber In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Newson In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Young In 7th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Jones In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Giles In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Orie In 9th Inning

INJURY: Ellis Burks INJURED (for 4 more games) in 2nd inning

Dingers......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  1
Bichipoos....... 2 0 1  0 1 0  0 2    -  6 12  1

Dingers (41-23)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Lieber LOSS(5-3)        6       9   4   4   0   2   1  80   2.91  A1 D1
J.Bruske                  2       3   2   2   1   2   1  36   7.71  D2
Totals                    8      12   6   6   1   4   2

Bichipoos (33-34)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Tewksbury WIN(5-3)      6 2/3   3   1   1   2   3   0 106   4.78  A1 C8
C.McElroy                 0       1   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.56  C9 C9
M.Cather HOLD(8th)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0  16   0.33  D1 D3
K.Mercker SAVE(1st)       1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  16   5.35  D4
Totals                    9       4   1   1   2   4   0

ATTENDANCE- 39,837 DATE- Friday, June 13th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:31
LEFT ON BASE- Dingers: 6  Bichipoos: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dingers: 1  Bichipoos: 0
ERRORS- J.Lieber, A.Martin
DOUBLES- B.Higginson(13th)
TRIPLES- T.Hundley(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Martin(2nd), R.Greer(12th)
RBIs- R.Bournigal(3rd), A.Martin-2(8th), R.Greer-2(42nd), B.Higginson-2(42nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Tewksbury
WALKS- G.Sheffield, C.Johnson, T.Hundley
HIT BY PITCH- E.Burks, M.Morandini
STRIKE OUTS- G.Sheffield, M.McGwire, P.Spoljaric, R.Bournigal, A.Martin,
             M.Morandini-2, T.Hundley
GIDP- R.Greer
2-out RBI- R.Bournigal, B.Higginson-2, A.Martin-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Lieber-2, D.Segui-2, B.Bonilla-2, A.Martin, A.Jones
TEAM RISP- Dingers: 1 for 4  Bichipoos: 2 for 8

Rusty Greer slammed a homerun and had 2 RBI as the Pittsburgh Bichipoos beat
the Denver Dingers by a score of 6 to 1.

Bob Tewksbury(5-3) earned his pay with a solid performance for Pittsburgh.  He
went 6 and 2/3 innings surrendering 3 hits and 2 walks seeing his ERA drop
from 5.14 to 4.78.  Overall Pittsburgh out-hit Denver 12 to 4.  

Kent Mercker recorded the save, his 1st.  Jon Lieber(5-3) took the loss.  He
surrendered 4 runs and 9 hits in 6 innings.

SCORESHEET: 1997 Denver Dingers at 1997 Pittsburgh Bichipoos
E.Young-A1   A1:P/4     *3*:Si     C1:G/43    D1:F/8
A.Jones-D1                                    
J.Bates-D2                                    
G.Sheffi-A1  A2:K       B2:F/7     *6*:W>b1   *8*:G/63
                                              
                                              
M.McGwir-A1  A3:G/23    B3:K       C3:L/6     D3:G/43
                                              
                                              
E.Burks-A1   *2*:HBP    B4:F/8     C4:F/7     D4:G/31
D.Clark-A5                                    
                                              
B.Giles-A1   A5:F/8     *4*:G/13   C5:G/31    *9*:G/63
M.Dejean-D5                                   
                                              
C.Johnso-A1  A6:W>12 b  B6:F/8     *7*:G/63   D6:K
P.Spolja-D6  1                                
                                              
K.Orie-A1    A7:F/7     B7:G/53    C7:Si      D7:G/43
C.Finley-D7                                   
                                              
R.Bourni-A1  A8:Si+E/7  *5*:K      C8:F/7
             >2# 13                
                                   
J.Lieber-A1  A9:G/43    B9:G/53    C9:Si>12
W.Newson-C9                        
G.Vaughn-C9+                       

A.Martin-A1  A1:G/43    *3*:FO/2   C1:G/13    D1:K       E1:HR>1#
                                                         b#
                                                         
M.Morand-A1  A2:HBP     B2:Si      *5*:Si     *7*:K      E2:K
                                                         
                                                         
R.Greer-A1   A3:HR>1#   B3:F/8     C3:G-DP/2  D3:Si
             b#                    63>1o      
                                              
T.Hundle-A1  A4:K       B4:Si>13   C4:Tr      D4:W>12 b
                                              1
                                              
B.Higgin-A1  A5:Si      B5:Si>3#   C5:Do>3#   D5:Force/
                        12                    46>23 1o
                                              b1
B.Bonill-A1  A6:G/63    B6:E/1>23  C6:P/4     D6:F/9
                        12                    
                                              
D.Segui-A1   *2*:G/31   B7:G/63    *6*:Si     *8*:F/8
                                              
                                              
C.Gomez-A1   A8:FO/2    *4*:G/31   C8:Force/  D8:Si
                                   36>1o b1   
                                              
B.Tewksb-A1  A9:F/8     B9:G/53    C9:Sac/14  D9:Force/
C.McElro-D2                        >12        26>1o b1
M.Cather-D2+