Boxscore: SLP @ BBS

Date: 1977-05-05

BOXSCORE: 1977 Towanda Black Knights At 1977 Bristol Blasters        5/5/1977

  Black Knights      AB  R  H RBI AVG     Blasters           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Andrews 2B        5  2  2  0 .348     R.Manning CF        4  1  1  0 .333  
C-D.Doyle 2B          0  0  0  0 .261     M.Trillo 2B         5  0  0  0 .216  
  J.Zdeb CF           5  1  2  1 .333     M.Schmidt 3B        5  0  1  2 .229  
  L.Lagrow P          0  0  0  0 .000     E.Murray 1B         4  0  1  0 .417  
  J.Burroughs RF      3  0  0  1 .246     R.Zisk RF           4  0  1  0 .287  
  L.Piniella 1B       4  0  1  1 .315     R.White LF          4  0  2  0 .174  
D-D.Meyer 1B          0  0  0  0 .184     D.Debarr P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  D.Murphy C          2  0  0  0 .250     S.Bahnsen P         0  0  0  0 .000  
A-C.Fisk C            1  0  1  1 .359     S.Yeager C          4  1  1  0 .307  
  J.Rudi LF           4  0  1  0 .222     M.Belanger SS       3  0  0  0 .143  
  K.Reitz 3B          4  1  3  1 .226     J.Reuss P           3  0  1  0 .125  
  F.Taveras SS        4  0  0  0 .270   B-L.Stanton LF        0  0  0  0 .233  
  R.Cleveland P       3  1  0  0 .000                                          
  G.Serum P           0  0  0  0 .000                                          
  J.Todd P            1  0  1  0 .500                                          
E-F.Lynn CF           0  0  0  0 .325                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  5 11  5                 Totals      36  2  8  2

A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Murphy In 3rd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Reuss In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Andrews In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Piniella In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Todd In 9th Inning

INJURY: Dale Murphy INJURED (for 3 more games) in 3rd inning

Black Knights... 0 0 2  1 2 0  0 0 0  -  5 11  2
Blasters........ 0 0 0  0 1 0  1 0 0  -  2  8  1

Black Knights (25-15)    IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Cleveland WIN(3-1)      6 1/3   6   2   2   3   5   0 113   4.04  A1 D2
G.Serum                   0 1/3   2   0   0   0   0   0  10   0.69  D3 D5
J.Todd HOLD(2nd)          1 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   4.15  D6 E1
L.Lagrow SAVE(7th)        1       0   0   0   0   3   0  13   3.25  E2
Totals                    9       8   2   2   3   8   0

Blasters (7-24)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Reuss LOSS(1-5)         7       8   5   4   0   4   1 113   4.63  A1 D3
D.Debarr                  0 2/3   2   0   0   0   0   0  18  10.80  D4 D7
S.Bahnsen                 1 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  15   0.00  D8
Totals                    9      11   5   4   0   4   1

ATTENDANCE- 19,282 DATE- Thursday, May 5th 1977 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Black Knights: 6  Blasters:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Black Knights: 0  Blasters: 1
ERRORS- R.Andrews, R.Cleveland, M.Belanger
HOME RUNS- K.Reitz(4th)
RBIs- J.Zdeb(1st), J.Burroughs(25th), L.Piniella(17th), C.Fisk(29th),
      K.Reitz(14th), M.Schmidt-2(15th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Manning(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Burroughs, C.Fisk
WALKS- R.Manning, E.Murray, M.Belanger
HIT BY PITCH- L.Stanton
STRIKE OUTS- J.Burroughs-2, D.Murphy, R.Cleveland, M.Trillo-2, M.Schmidt-2,
             E.Murray, R.Zisk-3
GIDP- J.Zdeb
2-out RBI- M.Schmidt
RLISP 2-out- F.Taveras-2, S.Yeager, D.Murphy, M.Schmidt, E.Murray-2, J.Reuss,
             R.White
TEAM RISP- Black Knights: 2 for 7  Blasters: 2 for 11

Third baseman Ken Reitz homered at Veterans Stadium as the Towanda Black
Knights beat the Bristol Blasters by the count of 5 to 2.

Towanda jumped on top of Bristol in the 3rd inning when they tallied 2 runs on
2 hits.  Overall Towanda out-hit Bristol 11 to 8.  

Reggie Cleveland(3-1) went 6 and 1/3 innings allowing 2 runs for the win.
Lerrin Lagrow preserved the game for Cleveland, recording his his 7th save.
The loss was charged to Jerry Reuss(1-5).  

When questioned, Tom Kelly remarked, 'It's been a while since a win felt this
good - heck, it's been a while since we had a win period!'

SCORESHEET: 1977 Towanda Black Knights at 1977 Bristol Blasters
R.Andrew-A1  A1:P/2     B1:Si>12   *5*:Si     *7*:G/63   E1:F/9
D.Doyle-E3                                               
                                                         
J.Zdeb-A1    A2:F/9     B2:Si>2#   C2:Si>13   D2:G/43    E2:G-DP/1
L.Lagrow-E3             13                               63>1o
                                                         
J.Burrou-A1  A3:K       B3:SF/8>3  C3:K       D3:F/7
                        #                     
                                              
L.Piniel-A1  *2*:G/63   B4:G/63>2  C4:Si>3#   *8*:F/8
D.Meyer-E3              3          13         
                                              
D.Murphy-A1  A5:K       B5:G/13    C5:SF/9>3  D5:Si
C.Fisk-B6                          #          
                                              
J.Rudi-A1    A6:Si      *4*:P/6    C6:G/53    D6:F/7
                                              
                                              
K.Reitz-A1   A7:Si>13   B7:HR>b#   *6*:P/6    D7:Si>13
                                              
                                              
F.Tavera-A1  A8:G/63    B8:G/53    C8:F/9     D8:Force/
                                              54>1o b1
                                              
R.Clevel-A1  *3*:E/6    B9:K       C9:G/53    *9*:Si
G.Serum-D4                                    
J.Todd-D4+                                    

R.Mannin-A1  A1:G/31    B1:G/3>12  C1:Si>23   *7*:W>b1   E1:G/13
                                   12                    
                                                         
M.Trillo-A1  A2:G/53    B2:E/1>23  C2:K       D2:SB>12   *9*:K
                                              G/63>23    
                                                         
M.Schmid-A1  A3:G/43    B3:K       C3:Si>3#   D3:G/63>3  E3:K
                                   23 12      #          
                                                         
E.Murray-A1  *2*:W>b1   *4*:G/3    C4:G/43    D4:Si      E4:K
                                                         
                                                         
R.Zisk-A1    A5:K       B5:K       *6*:K      D5:Si>13
                                              
                                              
R.White-A1   A6:Si>1o   B6:F/7     C6:Si      D6:G/3
D.Debarr-D7                                   
S.Bahnse-D7                                   
S.Yeager-A1  A7:F/7     *5*:Si     C7:G/63>1  *8*:G/43
                                   2          
                                              
M.Belang-A1  *3*:F/9    B8:F/7     C8:W>b1    D8:G/63
                                              
                                              
J.Reuss-A1   A9:E/4     B9:Si>12   C9:G/63    D9:HBP
L.Stanto-D7