Metropolitan Baseball League
Teaneck Merchants at Clifton Phillies
23-Aug-1987 at Lyndhurst, NJ (Breslin Stadium)
Teaneck Merchants 9 (26-18, 3-1 Playoffs) Clifton Phillies 7 (30-13, 1-2 Playoffs)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Joe Wendolowski ss......... 6 1 3 2 Pat Grady rf............... 4 2 0 0
Jeff Weber cf.............. 5 0 1 1 Ron Fortino 3b............. 4 2 3 2
Mark Geimke 2b............. 4 0 0 0 Bill Mosca 1b.............. 5 1 2 1
Steve Stavros ph/2b....... 0 1 0 0 Bob Fallon cf.............. 5 0 3 1
Tony Listro rf............. 4 2 3 2 Fran Fitzgerald c.......... 5 0 1 0
Dave DeLotto 1b............ 4 0 1 1 Ron Spadaro ss............. 5 0 1 0
Tom Allgor dh.............. 4 0 0 0 Jim Grady dh............... 3 1 1 0
John Ross 3b............... 4 2 1 0 Flip DiCosmo 2b............ 4 0 0 0
Garett Teel c.............. 5 2 3 2 Dan Sinisi lf.............. 2 1 0 0
Larry Hageman lf........... 5 1 2 1 John Kroeger ph........... 1 0 0 0
Norm Tahan lf............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 41 9 14 9 Totals..................... 38 7 11 4
Score by Innings R H E
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Teaneck Merchants... 003 001 320 - 9 14 3
Clifton Phillies.... 003 300 001 - 7 11 3
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E - Wendolowski 2; Geimke; Fortino; Spadaro 2. DP - Merchants 2; Phillies 1. LOB -
Merchants 11; Phillies 8. 2B - Fortino; Mosca; Spadaro; JGrady. HBP - DeLotto. SB -
Wendolowski; Ross; Hageman 2.
Teaneck Merchants IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Bob Smalling .............. 3.0 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 14 2 4
Jim Bouton W,6-5.......... 5.0 5 4 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 21 25 7 6
Jim Daly S................ 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1
Clifton Phillies IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Joe Johnson L,14-2........ 7.0 12 7 7 3 6 0 0 1 0 34 38 6 8
Ken Cerce ................. 0.0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Lou Turco ................. 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 7 2 1
WP - Bouton. HBP - by Johnson (DeLotto).
Strikeouts - Wendolowski; Geimke; Allgor 2; Ross; Teel 2; Hageman; Fallon; JGrady;
Kroeger. Walks - Weber; Stavros; Listro; Allgor; Ross; PGrady; Fortino; JGrady;
Sinisi.
Umpires - HP: Pete Amoruso 1B: Rich Lazar 2B: Gene Mendes 3B: Joe Mulieri
Start: 19:38 Time: 3:06
Cerce faced 2 batters in the 8th.
Bouton faced 2 batters in the 9th.
Game: 0823
Teaneck Merchants starters: 10/ss Wendolowski; 12/cf Weber; 8/2b Geimke; 24/rf
Listro; 41/1b DeLotto; 4/dh Allgor; 23/3b Ross; 43/c Teel; 31/lf Hageman; 45/p
Smalling
Teaneck Merchants 1st - Wendolowski struck out swinging. Weber grounded
out to 3b. Geimke grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Clifton Phillies 1st - PGrady grounded out to 2b. Fortino singled. Mosca
grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Fortino out on the play. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Teaneck Merchants 2nd - Listro singled. DeLotto hit by pitch; Listro
advanced to second. Allgor reached on a fielder's choice; DeLotto out at second
1b to ss; Listro advanced to third. Ross grounded into double play ss to 2b to
1b; Allgor out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Clifton Phillies 2nd - Fallon singled. Fitzgerald flied out to lf.
Spadaro reached on an error by ss; Fallon advanced to third. Spadaro advanced
to second; Fallon out at home c to p. JGrady struck out looking. 0 runs, 1
hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Teaneck Merchants 3rd - Teel singled. Hageman singled; Teel advanced to
third. Wendolowski singled, RBI; Hageman advanced to second; Teel scored. Weber
flied out to cf. Wendolowski stole second; Hageman stole third. Geimke struck
out swinging. Listro singled, 2 RBI; Wendolowski scored; Hageman scored.
DeLotto reached on an error by ss, advanced to second; Listro advanced to
third. Allgor walked. Ross struck out swinging. 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 3
LOB.
Clifton Phillies 3rd - DiCosmo popped up to c. Sinisi grounded out to
ss. PGrady reached on an error by ss. Fortino doubled, RBI; PGrady scored,
unearned. Mosca doubled, RBI; Fortino scored, unearned. Fallon singled, RBI;
Mosca scored, unearned. Fitzgerald reached on a fielder's choice; Fallon out at
second ss to 2b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Teaneck Merchants 4th - Teel struck out swinging. Hageman reached on an
error by 3b. Hageman stole second. Wendolowski flied out to rf. Weber walked.
Geimke flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Clifton Phillies 4th - Bouton to p for Smalling. Spadaro grounded out to
p. JGrady doubled. DiCosmo grounded out to 3b. Sinisi walked. PGrady walked;
Sinisi advanced to second; JGrady advanced to third. Fortino walked, RBI;
PGrady advanced to second; Sinisi advanced to third; JGrady scored. Mosca
reached on an error by 2b; Fortino advanced to second; PGrady advanced to
third; Sinisi scored, unearned. Fallon struck out swinging, reached first on a
wild pitch; Mosca advanced to second; Fortino advanced to third, out at home c
to p; PGrady scored, unearned. 3 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Teaneck Merchants 5th - Listro out at first 1b to p. DeLotto flied out
to cf. Allgor struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Clifton Phillies 5th - Fitzgerald flied out to cf. Spadaro doubled.
JGrady intentionally walked. DiCosmo flied out to cf. Sinisi reached on a
fielder's choice; JGrady out at second 2b to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Teaneck Merchants 6th - Ross singled. Ross stole second. Teel struck out
swinging. Hageman flied out to lf. Wendolowski singled; Ross advanced to third.
Weber singled, RBI, advanced to second on an error by ss; Wendolowski advanced
to third; Ross scored. Geimke grounded out to ss. 1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 2
LOB.
Clifton Phillies 6th - PGrady flied out to lf. Fortino grounded out to
ss. Mosca popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Teaneck Merchants 7th - Listro singled. DeLotto grounded out to p;
Listro advanced to second. Allgor out at first 1b to p; Listro advanced to
third. Ross walked. Teel singled, RBI; Ross advanced to second; Listro scored.
Hageman singled, RBI; Teel advanced to third; Ross scored. Wendolowski singled,
RBI, advanced to second on the throw; Hageman advanced to third; Teel scored.
Weber popped up to 1b. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Clifton Phillies 7th - Fallon flied out to cf. Fitzgerald singled.
Spadaro flied out to rf. JGrady grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,
1 LOB.
Teaneck Merchants 8th - Cerce to p for Johnson. Stavros pinch hit for
Geimke. Stavros walked. Listro walked; Stavros advanced to second. Turco to p
for Cerce. DeLotto singled, RBI; Listro advanced to third; Stavros scored.
Allgor struck out swinging. Ross popped up to 2b. Teel singled, RBI; DeLotto
advanced to second; Listro scored. DeLotto out at third c to 3b. 2 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Clifton Phillies 8th - Stavros to 2b. DiCosmo grounded out to 3b.
Kroeger pinch hit for Sinisi. Kroeger struck out looking. PGrady flied out to
cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Teaneck Merchants 9th - Tahan to lf for Kroeger. Hageman struck out
looking. Wendolowski popped up to ss. Weber grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Clifton Phillies 9th - Fortino singled. Mosca singled; Fortino advanced
to second. Daly to p for Bouton. Fallon singled; Mosca advanced to second;
Fortino advanced to third. Fitzgerald grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b;
Fallon out on the play; Mosca advanced to third; Fortino scored. Spadaro flied
out to rf. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Clifton Phillies starters: 5/rf PGrady; 3/3b Fortino; 24/1b Mosca; 7/cf Fallon;
8/c Fitzgerald; 10/ss Spadaro; 22/dh JGrady; 6/2b DiCosmo; 2/lf Sinisi; 23/p
Johnson