1969 EDCS, Game 5: Manchester Minutemen At Boston Beaneaters 10/22/1969
Minutemen AB R H RBI AVG Beaneaters AB R H RBI AVG
J.Javier 2B 5 0 1 1 .273 E.Brinkman SS 4 0 1 0 .286
J.Fregosi SS 5 0 1 0 .304 T.Gonzalez CF 4 0 1 0 .333
P.Blair CF 5 1 1 1 .304 E-D.Cater PH 1 0 0 0 .067
C.Yastrzemski LF 4 2 2 0 .300 T.Perez 3B 4 0 0 0 .273
N.Colbert 1B 5 1 4 2 .545 R.Clemente RF 5 1 0 0 .217
B.Oliver RF 5 0 3 1 .182 F.Howard 1B 3 0 1 0 .294
T.Haller C 5 1 1 0 .300 C.Blefary LF 4 2 2 2 .556
J.Kenney 3B 5 0 1 0 .400 F-A.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .231
S.Siebert P 3 0 0 0 .000 T.Helms 2B 4 0 2 0 .333
D.Osinski P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.McCarver C 3 0 1 1 .091
A-R.Fairly PH 1 0 0 0 .333 J.Niekro P 3 0 0 0 .000
D.Higgins P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Williams P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-J.Pagliaroni PH 0 0 0 0 ---- B-M.Shannon PH 1 0 1 0 .250
D-B.Sudakis PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Roland P 0 0 0 0 ----
A.Downing P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.McCormick P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Paul P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Leonhard P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 44 5 14 5 Totals 37 3 9 3
A-Pinch Hit For Osinski In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Williams In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Higgins In 10th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Pagliaroni In 10th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Gonzalez In 10th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Blefary In 10th Inning
Minutemen....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 - 5 14 1
Beaneaters...... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 2
Minutemen (4-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Siebert 7 7 2 0 2 2 0 98 0.00
D.Osinski HOLD(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
D.Higgins W(2-0) BS(1st) 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 14 4.50
A.Downing HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 18 0.00
M.Paul SAVE(3rd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.06
Totals 10 9 3 1 4 3 1
Beaneaters (1-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Niekro 7 9 2 2 0 1 1 84 2.57
S.Williams 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 25 5.40
J.Roland LOSS(0-1) 0 1/3 3 2 2 1 0 0 11 13.50
M.McCormick 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7.71
D.Leonhard 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.70
Totals 10 14 5 5 1 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 34,667 DATE- Wednesday, October 22nd 1969 TIME- Night
T- 2:45
LEFT ON BASE- Minutemen:10 Beaneaters: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Minutemen: 2 Beaneaters: 1
ERRORS- J.Kenney, C.Blefary, T.McCarver
DOUBLES- C.Yastrzemski(2nd), M.Shannon(1st)
TRIPLES- N.Colbert(1st)
HOME RUNS- P.Blair(3rd), C.Blefary(2nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.McCarver
WALKS- C.Yastrzemski, E.Brinkman, T.Perez, F.Howard-2
STRIKE OUTS- J.Fregosi, B.Oliver, S.Siebert, E.Brinkman, T.Perez, R.Clemente
GIDP- J.Kenney, T.Perez, T.Helms
Nate Colbert had 4 hits and 2 RBI at Fenway Park where the Manchester
Minutemen beat the Boston Beaneaters in 10 innings 5 to 3.
The game was deadlocked at 3 after nine full innings. Manchester won the game
in the 10th inning. After an out was recorded, Carl Yastrzemski initiated
the scoring spurt when he drew a walk. Colbert came next and he tripled.
Bob Oliver then stroked a one-base hit. Tom Haller followed and he banged
out a single. For the game Manchester out-hit Boston 14 to 9.
Denny Higgins(2-0) got the win allowing 1 run in 1 inning. Higgins got relief
help from Mike Paul who gained credit for his 3rd save. Jim Roland(0-1)
suffered the loss in relief.