1971 WDCS, Game 5: Sacramento River Cats At Wyoming Pioneers 10/20/1971
River Cats AB R H RBI AVG Pioneers AB R H RBI AVG
B.Day CF 6 1 1 0 .300 T.Taylor 3B 4 0 1 0 .364
G.Beckert 2B 5 0 1 0 .333 F.Millan 2B 5 0 0 0 .143
S.Bando 3B 5 0 2 0 .474 B.Williams LF 4 0 1 0 .222
G.Hopkins 1B 2 0 0 0 .111 L.May 1B 5 0 2 1 .300
E-T.Davis PH,1B 2 0 1 1 .545 T.Oliva RF 4 0 0 0 .263
V.Davalillo LF 3 0 1 0 .286 L.Cardenas SS 4 0 1 0 .353
B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Jackson CF 4 0 1 0 .308
F-J.Ortiz PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J-R.Woods PH,CF 1 0 0 0 .000
M.Queen P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Bateman C 2 0 0 0 .125
J.Ray P 0 0 0 0 ---- G-M.Mota PH 1 0 0 0 .429
I-C.Boyer PH 1 0 0 0 .000 H-M.Ryan C 1 0 0 0 .000
S.Lyle P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Wilson P 1 1 1 01.000
M.Lum RF 5 0 1 0 .100 A-F.Howard PH 0 0 0 0 .250
G.Mitterwald C 2 0 0 0 .091 B.Locker P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-G.Luzinski PH 1 0 0 0 .000 S.Mingori P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-M.May C 2 0 0 0 .250 J.Grzenda P 1 0 0 0 .000
R.Metzger SS 5 0 0 0 .250 K-D.Buford PH 1 1 1 11.000
J.Coleman P 2 0 1 0 .667
D.Gullett P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-C.Cedeno LF 3 0 1 0 .286
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Totals 45 1 9 1 Totals 38 2 8 2
A-Pinch Hit For Wilson In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gullett In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Mitterwald In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Luzinski In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Hopkins In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Miller In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Bateman In 9th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Mota In 10th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Ray In 11th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Jackson In 11th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For Grzenda In 12th Inning
River Cats...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 1
Pioneers........ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 0
River Cats (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Coleman 4 2/3 4 1 1 3 2 0 83 2.79
D.Gullett 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0.00
B.Miller 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 26 3.86
M.Queen 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00
J.Ray 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 23 5.40
S.Lyle LOSS(0-1) 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 9 9.00
Totals 11 8 2 2 4 9 1
Pioneers (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Wilson 6 4 0 0 1 5 0 89 2.45
B.Locker HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 0 28 4.91
S.Mingori 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00
J.Grzenda W(1-0) BS(1st) 4 1/3 3 0 0 0 2 0 55 0.00
Totals 12 9 1 1 1 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 36,683 DATE- Wednesday, October 20th 1971 TIME- Day
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- River Cats: 9 Pioneers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- River Cats: 1 Pioneers: 0
ERRORS- G.Beckert
DOUBLES- C.Cedeno(2nd), L.May(2nd)
HOME RUNS- D.Buford(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Taylor, J.Bateman, D.Wilson
WALKS- G.Hopkins, B.Williams, T.Oliva, L.Cardenas, F.Howard
STRIKE OUTS- B.Day, S.Bando, G.Hopkins, G.Mitterwald-2, G.Luzinski, M.May,
R.Metzger, T.Taylor-2, B.Williams, L.May-2, T.Oliva, L.Cardenas,
R.Woods, M.Ryan
GIDP- S.Jackson
WILD PITCHES- D.Wilson
36,683 fans watched an exciting game at Metropolitan Stadium. The Wyoming
Pioneers topped the Sacramento River Cats by the slimmest of margins, 2 to 1.
Both teams were tied at 1 runs apiece after nine innings. Wyoming came out on
top in the 12th inning. Don Buford hit a bases-empty home run making Wyoming
the victor and beginning a joyous home town celebration. Wyoming finished
with 8 hits in the victory.
Joe Grzenda(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 4 and 1/3 innings and
allowing no runs. Sparky Lyle(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief.