Boxscore: DSP @ IMG

Date: 1974-05-28

BOXSCORE: 1974 Detroit Polecats At 1974 Iowa MnlightGraham          5/28/1974

  Polecats           AB  R  H RBI AVG     MnlightGraham      AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.McBride CF        5  2  3  2 .328     S.Brye CF           4  0  0  0 .239  
  J.Orta 2B           4  2  3  1 .311     C.Spikes RF         4  0  1  0 .263  
  P.Rose LF           5  0  1  1 .333     B.Sharp LF          3  0  0  0 .333  
  A.Oliver RF         5  1  3  3 .310   F-R.Blomberg 3B       1  0  0  0 .338  
  R.Cey 3B            5  1  2  1 .246     J.Torre 1B          2  0  0  0 .246  
  D.Johnson 1B        4  0  0  0 .246   D-B.Oglivie PH,1B     1  0  0  0 .313  
  K.Rudolph C         3  0  1  0 .200     D.Rader 3B          2  0  0  0 .205  
A-J.Grote C           2  0  0  0 .313   E-D.Parker PH,LF      1  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Russell SS        4  0  0  0 .221     T.Munson C          2  0  0  0 .201  
  A.Messersmith P     4  2  2  0 .200   G-L.Haney PH,C        1  0  0  0 .111  
                                          C.Rojas 2B          3  0  1  0 .204  
                                          M.Belanger SS       1  0  0  0 .118  
                                        B-L.Piniella PH       1  0  0  0 .360  
                                        C-D.Maxvill SS        1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          J.Barr P            1  0  0  0 .154  
                                          E.Rodriguez P       2  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41  8 15  8                 Totals      30  0  2  0

A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Rudolph In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Belanger In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Piniella In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Torre In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Rader In 7th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Sharp In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Munson In 8th Inning

INJURY: Bill Sharp INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning

Polecats........ 0 2 1  0 2 3  0 0 0  -  8 15  1
MnlightGraham... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  0

Polecats (28-19)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Messersmit WIN(6-4)     9       2   0   0   0   7   0 123   2.77  A1
Totals                    9       2   0   0   0   7   0

MnlightGraham (18-17)    IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Barr LOSS(0-4)          5      13   8   8   2   3   2 120   4.94  A1 D2
E.Rodriguez               4       2   0   0   0   0   0  52   0.00  D3
Totals                    9      15   8   8   2   3   2

ATTENDANCE- 29,599 DATE- Tuesday, May 28th 1974 TIME- Day 
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Polecats: 8  MnlightGraham: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Polecats: 0  MnlightGraham: 1
ERRORS- A.Messersmith
DOUBLES- B.McBride(6th), J.Orta(7th), A.Oliver(10th), A.Messersmith,
         C.Spikes(2nd)
TRIPLES- A.Messersmith
HOME RUNS- A.Oliver(4th), R.Cey(4th)
RBIs- B.McBride-2(11th), J.Orta(23rd), P.Rose(22nd), A.Oliver-3(32nd),
      R.Cey(15th)
WALKS- J.Orta, D.Johnson
STRIKE OUTS- D.Johnson, K.Rudolph-2, S.Brye, C.Spikes-2, J.Torre, B.Oglivie,
             T.Munson, E.Rodriguez
GIDP- P.Rose
WILD PITCHES- E.Rodriguez
PASSED BALLS- K.Rudolph
RLISP 2-out- S.Brye, A.Messersmith, B.Russell-2, D.Johnson, A.Oliver,
             R.Blomberg
TEAM RISP- Polecats: 6 for 16  MnlightGraham: 0 for 4

Andy Messersmith allowed 2 hits while blanking Iowa and Al Oliver touched them
all and had 3 RBI as the Detroit Polecats outscored the Iowa MnlightGraham 8
to 0.

Messersmith(6-4) simply dominated Iowa.  He gave up just 2 hits and no walks
in 9 innings improving his ERA from 3.07 to 2.77.  Detroit totaled 15 hits on
the afternoon.  

Jim Barr(0-4) was given the loss.  He was knocked around by Detroit, allowing
13 hits and 2 walks in 5 innings.  'He had his 'A' game today,' Detroit's
manager said of Messersmith.  'Very impressive performance.'

SCORESHEET: 1974 Detroit Polecats at 1974 Iowa MnlightGraham
B.McBrid-A1  A1:F/7     B1:Si>3#   *5*:Si     D1:Do>2#   *8*:G/63
                                                         
                                                         
J.Orta-A1    A2:W>b1    B2:Force/  C2:Si>13   D2:Do>2#   E2:Si
                        36>1o b1                         
                                                         
P.Rose-A1    A3:G-DP/6  B3:L/3     C3:Si>3#   D3:G/43>2  E3:WP>12
             43>1o                 13         3          F/9>23
                                                         
A.Oliver-A1  *2*:HR>b#  B4:G/31    C4:Si>3#   D4:Do>3#   E4:P/4
                                   13                    
                                                         
R.Cey-A1     A5:HR>b#   *4*:Si     C5:P/4     D5:G/31>2  *9*:P/3
                                              3          
                                                         
D.Johnso-A1  A6:K       B6:F/8     C6:W>12 b  D6:P/3     E6:G/63
                                   1                     
                                                         
K.Rudolp-A1  A7:K       B7:Si>12   C7:K       *7*:G/63   E7:G/43
J.Grote-C9                                               
                                                         
B.Russel-A1  A8:P/3     B8:F/7     C8:FO/2    D8:G/63
                                              
                                              
A.Messer-A1  *3*:Tr     B9:P/4     *6*:Do     D9:F/8
                                              
                                              

S.Brye-A1    A1:F/9     B1:L/6     C1:K       D1:G/53
                                              
                                              
C.Spikes-A1  A2:K       *4*:K      *7*:E/1    D2:Do
                                              
                                              
B.Sharp-A1   A3:G/43    B3:G/63    C3:F/8     D3:F/8
R.Blombe-C6                                   
                                              
J.Torre-A1   *2*:K      B4:F/8     C4:K
B.Oglivi-C4                        
                                   
D.Rader-A1   A5:G/63    *5*:F/8    C5:F/8
D.Parker-C5                        
                                   
T.Munson-A1  A6:G/53    B6:K       *8*:G/63
L.Haney-C6                         
                                   
C.Rojas-A1   *3*:Si     B7:L/4     C7:F/8
                                   
                                   
M.Belang-A1  A8:PB>12   *6*:F/7    C8:F/7
L.Piniel-B8  G/63                  
D.Maxvil-C2                        
J.Barr-A1    A9:F/8     B9:K       *9*:P/3
E.Rodrig-B8