Boxscore: SSL @ MIT

Date: 1977-06-23

BOXSCORE: 1977 Sterling Silver Sluggers At 1977 Michigan Timbers    6/23/1977

  Silver Sluggers    AB  R  H RBI AVG     Timbers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Evans 3B          5  0  1  0 .296     S.Brye CF           4  0  2  0 .285  
  R.Miller RF,CF      3  1  2  2 .245     I.De Jesus SS       4  0  1  0 .248  
  R.Smith CF          0  0  0  0 .372     C.Yastrzemski LF    4  0  1  0 .245  
A-E.Valentine PR,RF   3  0  1  1 .264     T.Munson C          4  0  0  0 .339  
  R.Jackson LF,RF,LF  3  0  0  0 .268     R.Cey 3B            4  0  1  0 .192  
  C.Chambliss 1B      2  0  1  0 .269     M.Ivie 1B           1  0  0  0 .219  
  G.Carter C          2  0  0  0 .257   D-T.Bosley PH         1  0  0  0 .290  
  R.Yount SS          4  0  0  0 .260     P.Borbon P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  V.Blue P            2  0  1  0 .162     J.Mumphrey RF       3  1  0  0 .255  
B-B.Oglivie PH        1  1  1  0 .239     R.Knight 2B         3  0  1  1 .279  
  L.Sorensen P        0  0  0  0 .000   F-R.Fosse PH          1  0  0  0 .243  
  B.Shirley P         0  0  0  0 .500     B.Blyleven P        2  0  0  0 .038  
  R.Stennett 2B       3  1  0  0 .299   C-T.Poquette PH       1  0  0  0 .262  
                                          D.Giusti P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        E-W.Montanez 1B       0  0  0  0 .246  
                                        G-T.Cox PH            1  0  1  0 .526  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  3  7  3                 Totals      33  1  7  1

A-Pinch Ran For Smith In 1st Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Blue In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Blyleven In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Ivie In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Giusti In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Knight In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Montanez In 9th Inning

INJURY: Reggie Smith INJURED (for 8 more games) in 1st inning

Silver Sluggers. 0 0 0  0 0 0  3 0 0  -  3  7  1
Timbers......... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  1  7  0

Silver Sluggers (35-40)  IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
V.Blue WIN(5-10)          6       5   1   1   3   4   0 107   4.64  A1 C7
L.Sorensen HOLD(7th)      2 2/3   1   0   0   1   2   0  35   3.50  C8 D8
B.Shirley SAVE(1st)       0 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.13  D9
Totals                    9       7   1   1   4   7   0

Timbers (45-44)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Blyleven LOSS(12-8)     7       6   3   3   9   3   0 129   2.93  A1 D6
D.Giusti                  1       0   0   0   1   0   0   7   0.00  D7 D9
P.Borbon                  1       1   0   0   0   0   0  12   3.36  E1
Totals                    9       7   3   3  10   3   0

ATTENDANCE- 36,699 DATE- Thursday, June 23rd 1977 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:40
LEFT ON BASE- Silver Sluggers: 9  Timbers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Silver Sluggers: 1  Timbers: 5
ERRORS- R.Stennett
DOUBLES- E.Valentine(9th), C.Yastrzemski(9th), R.Cey(15th), R.Knight(4th)
RBIs- R.Miller-2(5th), E.Valentine(36th), R.Knight(4th)
STOLEN BASES- S.Brye(2nd)
WALKS- R.Miller-2, E.Valentine, R.Jackson, C.Chambliss-2, G.Carter-2,
       L.Sorensen, R.Stennett, S.Brye, M.Ivie-2, J.Mumphrey
HIT BY PITCH- R.Smith
STRIKE OUTS- E.Valentine, R.Jackson, V.Blue, S.Brye, I.De Jesus, C.Yastrzemski,
             R.Cey, J.Mumphrey, B.Blyleven, T.Poquette
GIDP- E.Valentine, G.Carter, R.Yount-2, R.Stennett
RLISP 2-out- E.Valentine, V.Blue-2, R.Jackson, I.De Jesus, J.Mumphrey, G.Carter,
             T.Bosley
TEAM RISP- Silver Sluggers: 3 for 9  Timbers: 0 for 6

Vida Blue(5-10) and Bert Blyleven(12-8) treated the Michigan fans to a fine
pitching duel at Royal Oaks Ballpark.  The Sterling Silver Sluggers
eventually emerged as victors over the Michigan Timbers by the score of 3 to
1.

Blue had a solid outing for Sterling.  He surrendered 5 hits and 3 walks in 6
innings.  Sterling and Michigan each finished the afternoon with 7 hits.

Blue got relief help from Bob Shirley who gained credit for his 1st save.

SCORESHEET: 1977 Sterling Silver Sluggers at 1977 Michigan Timbers
D.Evans-A1   A1:P/5     B1:P/4     C1:G/23    D1:Si>23   *9*:L/3
                                              12         
                                                         
R.Miller-A1  A2:G/23    B2:W>12 b  C2:W>b1    D2:Si>3#   E2:Si
                        1                     2# 1o      
                                                         
R.Smith-A1   A3:HBP     B3:K       C3:W>12 b  D3:Do>2#   E3:G-DP/6
E.Valent-A4                        1                     43>1o
                                                         
R.Jackso-A1  A4:K       *4*:W>b1   C4:F/7     D4:G/3>23
                                              
                                              
C.Chambl-A1  *2*:Si     B5:W>12 b  *6*:G/43   D5:IW>b1
                        1                     
                                              
G.Carter-A1  A6:G-DP/6  B6:W>23 1  C6:W>b1    D6:F/9
             43>1o      2 b1                  
                                              
R.Yount-A1   A7:G/63    B7:G-DP/5  C7:G-DP/6  *8*:G/13
                        23>3o 23   43>1o      
                        12                    
V.Blue-A1    *3*:Si     B8:K       *7*:Si     D8:W>b1
B.Oglivi-C8                                   
L.Sorens-D7+                                  
R.Stenne-A1  A9:P/1     *5*:G/63   C9:W>12 b  D9:G-DP/4
                                   1          63>1o
                                              

S.Brye-A1    A1:L/5     B1:Si      C1:Si      D1:W>b1    E1:K
                                                         
                                                         
I.De Jes-A1  A2:Si      B2:K       C2:SB>12   D2:Force/
                                   G/63       64>1o b1
                                              
C.Yastrz-A1  A3:Force/  B3:G/3     *6*:K      *8*:Do
             36>1o b1                         
                                              
T.Munson-A1  A4:F/7     *4*:G/63   C4:G/43    D4:G/53
                                              
                                              
R.Cey-A1     *2*:K      B5:Do      C5:E/4     D5:F/7
                                              
                                              
M.Ivie-A1    A6:W>b1    B6:L-DP/4  C6:W>12 b  D6:G/63
T.Bosley-D6             >2o        1          
P.Borbon-D7                                   
J.Mumphr-A1  A7:Force/  *5*:W>b1   C7:Force/  *9*:K
             64>1o b1              64>1o b1   
                                              
R.Knight-A1  A8:G/23    B8:Do>1#   *7*:G/63   D8:G/53
R.Fosse-D8                                    
                                              
B.Blylev-A1  *3*:G/53   B9:K       C9:K       D9:Si
T.Poquet-C9                                   
D.Giusti-D3+