BOXSCORE: 1956 Wilmington Hornets At 1956 Peoria Chiefs             10/7/1956

 

  Hornets            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Chiefs             AB  R  H RBI AVG

  J.Rivera RF,CF      5  0  2  0 .279     R.Ashburn CF,LF     5  0  0  0 .281 

  J.Temple 2B         5  1  2  0 .264     P.Reese SS          5  2  1  0 .259 

  E.Mathews 3B        5  3  3  2 .343     W.Mays RF,CF        4  0  0  0 .286 

  S.Lopata C          3  0  1  1 .293     T.Kluszewski 1B     2  2  2  1 .368 

G-B.Sarni C           0  0  0  0 .259   D-J.Lemon PH          1  0  0  0 .379 

  V.Wertz 1B          3  0  1  1 .268   E-R.Pless 1B          0  0  0  0 .216 

H-J.Groth RF          0  0  0  0 .258     R.Katt C            3  0  2  0 .299 

  G.Hodges LF,1B      4  0  0  0 .268   B-J.Hegan C           1  1  1  0 .187 

  A.Smith CF,LF       3  1  0  0 .278   L-G.Stephens PH       0  0  0  1 .236 

  J.Logan SS          4  0  0  0 .285     C.Maxwell LF        3  0  1  2 .293 

  H.Wehmeier P        2  0  1  1 .308   C-C.Furillo LF,RF     1  0  1  1 .279 

A-D.Gernert PH        1  0  0  0 .270     G.Kell 3B           4  0  0  0 .249 

  B.Shantz P          0  0  0  0 .125     B.Avila 2B          3  1  1  1 .211 

  N.King P            0  0  0  0 .200   I-J.Small PH          1  0  1  0 .300 

  W.McCall P          0  0  0  0 .000   J-J.Pyburn PR         0  1  0  0 .000 

F-B.Thurman PH        1  1  1  1 .319     S.Maglie P          3  0  0  0 .045 

  B.Miller P          0  0  0  0 .286     L.Sleater P         0  0  0  0 .500 

                                          J.Meyer P           0  0  0  0 ---- 

                                          H.Aguirre P         0  0  0  0 .000 

                                          V.Law P             0  0  0  0 .250 

                                        K-A.Dark PH           1  0  0  1 .141 

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     

         Totals      36  6 11  6                 Totals      37  7 10  7

 

A-Pinch Hit For Wehmeier In 7th Inning

B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Katt In 8th Inning

C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Maxwell In 8th Inning

D-Pinch Hit For Kluszewski In 8th Inning

E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Lemon In 9th Inning

F-Pinch Hit For McCall In 9th Inning

G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Lopata In 9th Inning

H-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Wertz In 9th Inning

I-Pinch Hit For Avila In 9th Inning

J-Pinch Ran For Small In 9th Inning

K-Pinch Hit For Law In 9th Inning

L-Pinch Hit For Hegan In 9th Inning

 

Hornets......... 0 0 0  1 1 0  0 1 3  -  6 11  1

Chiefs.......... 0 1 0  0 0 2  1 1 2  -  7 10  0

 

Hornets                  IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET

H.Wehmeier                6       6   3   3   1   2   1  71   4.20  A1 C7

B.Shantz                  1       1   1   1   0   1   1   9   4.00  C8 D2

N.King                    0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.95  D3 D3

W.McCall                  0 2/3   2   1   1   0   0   0  14   5.01  D4 D7

B.Miller L(7-8) BS(7th)   0 2/3   1   2   2   3   0   0  28   2.95  D8

Totals                    8 2/3  10   7   7   4   3   2

 

Chiefs                   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET

S.Maglie                  8 1/3   9   5   5   2   8   3 145   3.85  A1 E2

L.Sleater                 0       1   1   1   0   0   0   5   4.78  E3 E3

J.Meyer BS(1st)           0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0.00  E4 E4

H.Aguirre                 0       1   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.86  E5 E5

V.Law WIN(5-2)            0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.55  E6

Totals                    9      11   6   6   2   8   3

 

ATTENDANCE- 26,226 DATE- Friday, October 7th 1956 TIME- Day

UMPIRES- Babe Pinelli, Larry Goetz, Bill Engein, Artie Gore

T- 3:11

LEFT ON BASE- Hornets: 9  Chiefs: 7

DOUBLE PLAYS- Hornets: 0  Chiefs: 0

ERRORS- A.Smith

DOUBLES- J.Temple(25th), V.Wertz(19th), R.Katt(18th), C.Furillo(12th)

TRIPLES- J.Rivera(5th)

HOME RUNS- E.Mathews-2(37th), B.Thurman(4th), T.Kluszewski(55th), B.Avila(12th)

STOLEN BASES- P.Reese(15th), J.Pyburn-2(13th)

SACRIFICE HITS- G.Hodges

SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Lopata

WALKS- S.Lopata, V.Wertz, W.Mays, T.Kluszewski, R.Pless, G.Stephens

HIT BY PITCH- V.Wertz, A.Smith

STRIKE OUTS- J.Rivera, J.Temple-2, E.Mathews, V.Wertz, A.Smith-2, D.Gernert,

             C.Maxwell, B.Avila, S.Maglie

 

It was a great finish at Yankee Stadium as the very potent Peoria Chiefs

pulled off a dramatic comeback beating the Wilmington Hornets by the count of

7 to 6.

 

Peoria had the winning rally in the bottom of the 9th inning scoring 2 runs.

Jim Small led off and he ripped a base-knock.  Pyburn got a great jump and

stole second easily.  Peoria continued their aggressive style with another

stolen base.  Alvin Dark stepped in and he would hit into a fielders choice

which scored a run.  Two outs later Willie Mays came up and he was walked

intentionally.  Rance Pless contributed to the rally and drew a walk to load

the bases.  Gene Stephens followed and he drew a walk giving Peoria the

victory as 26,226 happy fans celebrated wildly.  A wild affair, this game saw

the lead change 5 times. 

 

The victory was credited to Vern Law(5-2) who went 1/3 of an inning, allowing

no runs. Bob Miller(7-8) was given the loss in relief. 

 

 

BOXSCORE: 1956 Peoria Chiefs At 1956 Wilmington Hornets             10/8/1956

 

  Chiefs             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Hornets            AB  R  H RBI AVG

  R.Ashburn CF        5  1  4  0 .287     J.Temple 2B         5  1  3  3 .265 

  P.Reese SS          4  1  1  0 .259     J.Logan SS          5  2  2  1 .288 

  T.Kluszewski 1B     4  0  1  0 .365     A.Smith CF,LF       4  0  1  0 .279 

  W.Mays RF           5  2  2  4 .289     S.Lopata C          3  0  0  0 .291 

  C.Maxwell LF        5  2  2  1 .294     G.Hodges 1B         4  0  2  2 .272 

  R.Katt C            4  0  2  0 .298     D.Gernert LF        4  0  0  0 .267 

F-J.Pyburn PR         0  0  0  0 .000   C-J.Rivera CF         0  0  0  0 .278 

  G.Kell 3B           5  0  1  2 .250     J.Groth RF          3  3  2  0 .264 

G-N.Siebern PR        0  0  0  0 .333     B.Martin 3B         2  1  1  0 .255 

  B.Avila 2B          5  0  0  0 .208   B-E.Mathews PH,3B     2  0  0  0 .338 

  H.Haddix P          1  0  0  0 .286     W.Nixon P           2  1  1  1 .161 

  J.Crimian P         0  0  0  0 .308     W.McCall P          1  0  0  0 .000 

A-R.Pless PH          1  1  1  0 .227     R.Craig P           0  0  0  0 .158 

  V.Law P             1  0  0  0 .231   E-M.Bolling PH        1  0  0  0 .333 

D-G.Stephens PH       0  0  0  0 .236     B.Shantz P          0  0  0  0 .125 

  H.Aguirre P         0  0  0  0 .000     B.Miller P          0  0  0  0 .286 

  L.Sleater P         0  0  0  0 .500                                          

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     

         Totals      40  7 14  7                 Totals      36  8 12  7

 

A-Pinch Hit For Crimian In 5th Inning

B-Pinch Hit For Martin In 5th Inning

C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Gernert In 8th Inning

D-Pinch Hit For Law In 8th Inning

E-Pinch Hit For Craig In 8th Inning

F-Pinch Ran For Katt In 9th Inning

G-Pinch Ran For Kell In 9th Inning

 

Chiefs.......... 0 0 0  0 4 0  1 0 2  -  7 14  2

Hornets......... 1 4 2  0 0 0  0 1    -  8 12  1

 

Chiefs                   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET

H.Haddix LOSS(14-8)       2 1/3  10   7   7   2   2   0  80   4.02  A1 C1

J.Crimian                 1 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0  14   3.40  C2 C5

V.Law                     3       0   0   0   0   0   0  33   4.37  C6 D6

H.Aguirre                 0 2/3   1   1   1   0   0   0  13   4.06  D7 D9

L.Sleater                 0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   8   4.53  E1

Totals                    8      12   8   8   2   2   0

 

Hornets                  IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET

W.Nixon                   4 1/3   5   3   0   1   1   0  65   6.61  A1 C2

W.McCall                  1 2/3   4   2   2   1   1   1  44   5.06  C3 D3

R.Craig WIN(18-7)         2       2   0   0   1   1   0  26   4.23  D4 E2

B.Shantz                  0 1/3   2   2   2   0   1   0  11   4.15  E3 E5

B.Miller SAVE(24th)       0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   2.78  E6

Totals                    9      14   7   3   3   4   1

 

ATTENDANCE- 47,220 DATE- Saturday, October 8th 1956 TIME- Day

UMPIRES- Bill Summers, Carl Hubbard, Frank Umont, Jim Honochick

T- 2:19

LEFT ON BASE- Chiefs:10  Hornets: 6

DOUBLE PLAYS- Chiefs: 1  Hornets: 1

ERRORS- R.Ashburn, G.Kell, B.Martin

DOUBLES- W.Mays(28th), C.Maxwell(13th), J.Temple(25th), B.Martin(4th)

HOME RUNS- W.Mays(40th)

STOLEN BASES- N.Siebern(1st)

SACRIFICE HITS- P.Reese

WALKS- T.Kluszewski, R.Katt, G.Stephens, S.Lopata, J.Groth

STRIKE OUTS- T.Kluszewski, W.Mays, B.Avila, H.Haddix, S.Lopata, W.Nixon

GIDP- P.Reese

 

Johnny Temple had 3 base hits and 3 RBI as the amazing Wilmington Hornets beat

the Peoria Chiefs by a score of 8 to 7.

 

The game started off with Wilmington taking the lead in the first plating an

isolated run using 3 hits.  Peoria made it exciting in the 9th, but they were

unable to push the needed runs across. 

 

Roger Craig(18-7) got credit for the victory, pitching 2 innings and allowing

no runs. Bob Miller earned his 24th save.  Harvey Haddix(14-8) was charged

with the loss.  He was touched for 10 hits and 2 walks in 2 and 1/3 innings.

BOXSCORE: 1956 Peoria Chiefs At 1956 Wilmington Hornets             10/9/1956

 

  Chiefs             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Hornets            AB  R  H RBI AVG

  R.Ashburn CF        5  1  1  1 .286     J.Rivera RF,CF      5  1  1  1 .277 

  P.Reese SS          5  1  2  2 .261     J.Temple 2B         3  1  2  1 .267 

  W.Mays RF           5  0  1  0 .288     E.Mathews 3B        3  1  1  0 .338 

  T.Kluszewski 1B     3  0  0  0 .363     S.Lopata C          4  0  0  0 .289 

  R.Katt C            4  0  0  0 .294     V.Wertz 1B          4  2  3  4 .272 

  C.Maxwell LF        3  1  0  0 .292   A-B.Martin PR         0  0  0  0 .255 

  G.Kell 3B           3  0  0  0 .249   B-J.Groth RF          0  0  0  0 .264 

  B.Avila 2B          4  1  2  0 .210     G.Hodges LF,1B      4  0  0  0 .270 

  W.Schmidt P         2  1  2  1 .246     A.Smith CF,LF       3  1  1  0 .279 

  J.Crimian P         1  0  0  0 .286     J.Logan SS          3  0  0  0 .286 

                                          D.Donovan P         3  0  1  0 .165 

                                        C-D.Gernert PH        1  0  0  0 .266 

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     

         Totals      35  5  8  4                 Totals      33  6  9  6

 

A-Pinch Ran For Wertz In 8th Inning

B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Martin In 9th Inning

C-Pinch Hit For Donovan In 9th Inning

 

Chiefs.......... 0 1 0  1 1 2  0 0 0  -  5  8  1

Hornets......... 0 1 0  3 0 0  1 0 1  -  6  9  3

 

Chiefs                   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET

W.Schmidt                 6 2/3   7   5   5   3   1   2 105   3.85  A1 D2

J.Crimian LOSS(12-4)      1 2/3   2   1   1   1   1   1  39   3.43  D3

Totals                    8 1/3   9   6   6   4   2   3

 

Hornets                  IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET

D.Donovan WIN(22-7)       9       8   5   4   2   3   0 140   4.00  A1

Totals                    9       8   5   4   2   3   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 22,499 DATE- Sunday, October 9th 1956 TIME- Day

UMPIRES- Frank Secory, Jocko Conlan, Bill Stewart, Lee Ballanfant

T- 2:02

LEFT ON BASE- Chiefs: 7  Hornets: 6

DOUBLE PLAYS- Chiefs: 2  Hornets: 0

ERRORS- G.Kell, J.Rivera-2, A.Smith

DOUBLES- P.Reese(20th), W.Mays(29th)

TRIPLES- A.Smith(3rd)

HOME RUNS- J.Rivera(7th), V.Wertz-2(31st)

SACRIFICE HITS- G.Kell

WALKS- T.Kluszewski, W.Schmidt, J.Temple, E.Mathews, A.Smith, J.Logan

HIT BY PITCH- C.Maxwell

STRIKE OUTS- P.Reese, T.Kluszewski, R.Katt, G.Hodges, D.Gernert

GIDP- J.Rivera, E.Mathews

 

First baseman Vic Wertz slammed 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Dick Donovan

pitched a complete game at Wrigley Field as the Peoria Chiefs lost a

heartbreaker to mighty Wilmington Hornets by the score of 6 to 5.

 

Wilmington scored the deciding run in the 9th inning.  After an out was

recorded, Jim Rivera smashed a solo-shot out of the park (his 7th of the

season) resulting in a mighty exciting win for Wilmington and the 22,499 home

town fans in attendance.  This was the kind of game that many fans love as

the lead changed hands 5 times. 

 

The victory was credited to Donovan(22-7) who went the distance, allowing 5

runs. John Crimian(12-4) was given the loss in relief.