NJ District 5 Little League
Rutherford American vs Wallington
25-Jul-1960 at Wallington, NJ (Little League Field)
Rutherford American 2 (1-1) Wallington 14 (2-0)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Dave Cross 3b.............. 3 0 2 1 Ben Pokrywa 2b............. 1 1 0 1
Ron Hill rf................ 2 1 0 0 Roger Lindquist 2b........ 1 0 0 0
Bob Gaccione p/cf.......... 2 0 1 1 Stan Venski rf............. 3 3 1 4
Doug Watt ss............... 3 0 0 0 Ted Sondej ss.............. 4 1 2 1
Matt Lorusso c............. 3 0 0 0 Richie Pelcher p........... 2 3 1 2
Ed Young cf/lf............. 3 0 1 0 Dan Janiec c............... 4 1 2 1
Greg Reulbach lf/p......... 2 0 0 0 Ed Balut 1b................ 4 1 2 2
Alphonso Alfano 1b......... 2 0 0 0 Bill Mendyk lf............. 2 1 1 0
Mike English ph........... 1 0 0 0 Bruce Tomkovic ph/cf...... 1 0 0 0
Joe Sparano 2b............. 2 1 1 0 Frank Haneyko cf........... 2 2 1 1
Tom Gilroy ph............. 1 0 0 0 Jim Tomko ph/lf........... 1 0 1 0
Mike Russo 3b.............. 3 1 0 1
Totals..................... 24 2 5 2 Totals..................... 28 14 11 13
Score by Innings R H E
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Rutherford American. 001 010 - 2 5 2
Wallington.......... 309 20X - 14 11 2
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E - Cross; Sparano; Sondej; Russo. DP - Wallington 1. LOB - Rutherford A 7;
Wallington 7. 2B - Cross; Gaccione; Sondej. 3B - Pelcher. HR - Venski. SB - Haneyko.
Rutherford American IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Bob Gaccione L,0-1........ 2.1 7 11 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 15 20 2 3
Greg Reulbach ............. 2.2 4 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 13 16 3 3
Wallington IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Richie Pelcher W,1-0...... 6.0 5 2 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 24 27 8 3
PB - Lorusso; Janiec.
Strikeouts - Gaccione; Watt; Lorusso 2; Alfano 2; Sondej 2; Russo 2. Walks - Hill;
Gaccione; Reulbach; Pokrywa 2; Venski; Pelcher 2; Mendyk; Haneyko; Russo.
Umpires -
Start: 18:00
Game notes:
Game account from The South Bergen News, 28-Jul-1960
Game: T725
Rutherford American starters: 3b Cross; rf Hill; p Gaccione; ss Watt;
c Lorusso; cf Young; lf Reulbach; 1b Alfano; 2b Sparano
Rutherford American 1st - Cross singled. Hill reached on a fielder's
choice to pitcher; Cross advanced to second. Gaccione struck out looking. Watt
struck out swinging. Lorusso struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Wallington 1st - Pokrywa grounded out to 2b. Venski walked. Sondej
singled; Venski advanced to second. Pelcher tripled, 2 RBI; Sondej scored;
Venski scored. Janiec grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI; Pelcher scored. Balut
flied out to rf. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Rutherford American 2nd - Young popped up to 2b. Reulbach popped up to
ss. Alfano struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Wallington 2nd - Mendyk singled. Mendyk advanced to second on a passed
ball. Haneyko popped up to ss. Russo struck out looking. Pokrywa walked. Venski
reached on a fielder's choice; Pokrywa advanced to second; Mendyk out at third
3b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Rutherford American 3rd - Sparano singled, advanced to second on a
throwing error by ss. Sparano advanced to third on a passed ball. Cross
doubled, RBI; Sparano scored, unearned. Hill grounded out to p; Cross advanced
to third. Gaccione walked. Watt hit into double play p to 1b to c; Cross out on
the play. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Wallington 3rd - Sondej struck out swinging. Pelcher reached on a
fielding error by 2b. Janiec singled; Pelcher advanced to second. Balut
singled, RBI; Janiec advanced to second; Pelcher scored, unearned. Mendyk
walked; Balut advanced to second; Janiec advanced to third. Haneyko singled,
RBI; Mendyk advanced to second; Balut advanced to third; Janiec scored. Russo
walked, RBI; Haneyko advanced to second; Mendyk advanced to third; Balut
scored. Pokrywa walked, RBI; Russo advanced to second; Haneyko advanced to
third; Mendyk scored. Venski homered to center field, 4 RBI; Pokrywa scored;
Russo scored; Haneyko scored. Gaccione to cf. Young to lf. Reulbach to p.
Sondej struck out swinging. Pelcher walked. Janiec singled; Pelcher advanced to
second. Balut singled, RBI; Janiec advanced to second; Pelcher scored, team
unearned. Mendyk grounded out to ss. 9 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Rutherford American 4th - Lindquist to 2b for Pokrywa. Lorusso grounded
out to ss. Young flied out to lf. Reulbach walked. Alfano struck out looking.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wallington 4th - Haneyko walked. Haneyko stole second. Russo struck out
swinging. Lindquist lined out to 2b. Venski reached on a throwing error by 3b,
advanced to second; Haneyko scored, unearned. Sondej doubled, RBI; Venski
scored, unearned. Pelcher walked. Janiec flied out to cf. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1
error, 2 LOB.
Rutherford American 5th - Sparano popped up to 2b. Cross popped up to
ss. Hill walked. Gaccione doubled, RBI; Hill scored. Watt reached on an error
by 3b; Gaccione advanced to third. Lorusso struck out swinging. 1 run, 1
hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Wallington 5th - Balut fouled out to 3b. Tomkovic pinch hit for Mendyk.
Tomkovic grounded out to 3b. Tomko pinch hit for Haneyko. Tomko singled. Russo
reached on a fielder's choice; Tomko out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Rutherford American 6th - Tomkovic to cf. Tomko to lf. Young singled.
Reulbach flied out to cf. English pinch hit for Alfano. English fouled out to
c. Gilroy pinch hit for Sparano. Gilroy lined out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Wallington starters: 2b Pokrywa; rf Venski; ss Sondej; p Pelcher; c
Janiec; 1b Balut; lf Mendyk; cf Haneyko; 3b Russo