1969 CRL Championship, Game 5: Seattle Red Barons At Manchester Minutemen 10/31/1969
Red Barons AB R H RBI AVG Minutemen AB R H RBI AVG M.Belanger SS 3 2 2 0 .471 J.Javier 2B 5 0 2 0 .227 T.Agee CF 5 1 2 1 .318 J.Fregosi SS 5 1 1 0 .150 B.Powell 1B 5 1 1 0 .238 P.Blair CF 5 1 3 2 .238 C.May LF 4 1 1 1 .231 C.Yastrzemski LF 5 0 1 1 .353 A.Shamsky RF 2 1 0 0 .000 N.Colbert 1B 5 0 0 0 .050 C-K.Harrelson PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .077 B.Oliver RF 4 0 1 1 .083 E.Watt P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Haller C 4 0 3 0 .313 I-S.Whitaker PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Kenney 3B 4 1 3 0 .286 K.McMullen 3B 2 1 2 2 .533 S.Siebert P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Edwards C 3 0 2 0 .222 A-B.Sudakis PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D-R.Swoboda PH 1 0 0 0 .000 A.Downing P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-A.Etchebarren C 1 1 1 2 .333 F-R.Fairly PH 1 1 1 0 .500 S.O'Brien 2B 1 0 0 1 .000 L.Stange P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-T.Harmon PH,2B 1 1 0 0 .000 M.Paul P 0 0 0 0 .000 J-B.Knoop PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .000 L.Krausse P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.McLain P 2 0 0 0 .000 H-J.Herrera PH 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Drabowsky P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Higgins P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Hamilton P 0 0 0 0 ---- G-B.Bradford RF 2 0 0 0 .000 J.Palmer P 0 0 0 01.000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 9 11 7 Totals 41 4 15 4
A-Pinch Hit For Siebert In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For O'Brien In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Shamsky In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Edwards In 7th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Swoboda In 7th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Downing In 7th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Hamilton In 7th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Krausse In 8th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Watt In 9th Inning J-Pinch Hit For Harmon In 9th Inning
Red Barons...... 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 - 9 11 0 Minutemen....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 - 4 15 1
Red Barons (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.McLain WIN(1-0) 6 10 3 3 0 6 0 100 4.50 M.Drabowsky HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 4.50 S.Hamilton HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9.00 E.Watt HOLD(1st) 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 0.00 J.Palmer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 3.00 Totals 9 15 4 4 0 6 0
Minutemen (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Siebert LOSS(0-1) 5 8 4 4 4 4 0 92 7.20 A.Downing 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 41 3.86 L.Stange 0 2/3 1 2 0 1 0 0 14 13.50 M.Paul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5.40 L.Krausse 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 D.Higgins 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 17 18.00 Totals 9 11 9 7 8 9 2
ATTENDANCE- 41,310 DATE- Friday, October 31st 1969 TIME- Night T- 2:43 LEFT ON BASE- Red Barons: 9 Minutemen:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Barons: 1 Minutemen: 2 ERRORS- J.Javier DOUBLES- M.Belanger(1st), T.Agee(1st), J.Edwards(1st), P.Blair-2(2nd), C.Yastrzemski(2nd), J.Kenney(1st) HOME RUNS- C.May(2nd), A.Etchebarren(1st) STOLEN BASES- M.Belanger(2nd) SACRIFICE FLIES- S.O'Brien WALKS- M.Belanger, C.May, A.Shamsky, K.McMullen-3, T.Harmon, D.McLain HIT BY PITCH- M.Belanger STRIKE OUTS- T.Agee, B.Powell, C.May, K.Harrelson, S.Whitaker, T.Harmon, B.Knoop, D.McLain-2, J.Fregosi-2, C.Yastrzemski-2, N.Colbert, J.Kenney GIDP- B.Powell, J.Edwards, C.Yastrzemski WILD PITCHES- D.McLain WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Paul Blair robbed Syd O'Brien of a Homerun!
Third baseman Ken McMullen had 2 base hits and 2 RBI at League Park as the Seattle Red Barons beat the Manchester Minutemen by the count of 9 to 4.
Denny McLain(1-0) pitched well enough to earn the win. He allowed 10 hits and no walks in 6 innings. Seattle had many opportunities throughout the game and scored in 6 separate innings.
Sonny Siebert(0-1) was tagged with the loss. He was touched for 8 hits and 4 walks in 5 innings.