 | | FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES BOSTON MINUTEMEN AT PITTSBURGH MINERS 06/29/1962 |  | | | | |
 | | FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES | | BOSTON MINUTEMEN AT PITTSBURGH MINERS | | GAME ID: 727 - FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH , 1962 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Boston Minutemen (30-39) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | | Pittsburgh Miners (38-31) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | | |  | |
| Minutemen Deal Miners 5-1 Loss | The Boston Minutemen beat the Pittsburgh Miners, 5-1. Boston pitcher and Murfreesboro, Tennessee, native Don Griffin led the way. The winner was Griffin. He threw 7.0 innings of shutout ball. The loser was Pat Simon. The Minutemen improved to 30-39.
Boston used the hitting of Sal Nigro to pick up the win. The first baseman clubbed a grand slam home run in the top of the eighth inning to put the Minutemen on top, 5-0. For the game, Nigro had 1 home run and 1 single in 4 at-bats.
"I'm just out there trying to have as much fun as I can while I'm playing," Nigro told the Boston Observer.
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| BOSTON BATTING LINESCORE | | PITTSBURGH BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - D. Richmond pinch hit for C. Potter in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: G. Rutter (3, 1st Inning off P. Simon, 0 on, 1 out) , B. Newhall (12, 4th Inning off P. Simon, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: S. Nigro (1, 8th Inning off H. Cook, 3 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: G. Rutter 3 , J. Kleman 2 , B. Newhall 2 , S. Nigro 5
2-out RBI: J. Kleman , S. Nigro
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. Wise , F. Kirouac 2 , D. Griffin
Sac Bunt: N. Adams
Hit by Pitch: B. Newhall
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING
CS: B. Newhall (1)
FIELDING
Errors: S. Nigro (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Adams-Kleman-Nigro) | | | a - B. Wise pinch hit for P. Simon in the 6th
b - N. Smith pinch hit for H. Cook in the 8th
BATTING
Doubles: F. Selander (17, 4th Inning off D. Griffin, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: C. Draper , F. Selander 3 , J. Moreland 2 , R. McGee , B. Gaines
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Moreland , B. Gaines , C. Waters
GIDP: D. Turner
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING
CS: C. Draper (5) | | |
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| BOSTON PITCHING LINESCORE | | PITTSBURGH PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | D. Griffin W (5-4) | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 103 | 2.91 | | C. Potter | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.06 | | E. Morris | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4.34 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | P. Simon L (7-4) | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 88 | 3.02 | | H. Cook | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 3.98 | | F. Maxwell | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3.06 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Don Griffin
Ballpark: Fitzpatrick Park
Weather: Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 2:48
Attendance: 12842 |
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