TRANS-OCEANIC BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
MOBILE MONSTERS AT ICELAND AURORA
07/07/1953
 
TRANS-OCEANIC BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
MOBILE MONSTERS AT ICELAND AURORA
GAME ID: 196 - TUESDAY, JULY 7TH , 1953 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mobile Monsters (29-20) 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 8 11 0
Iceland Aurora (25-24) 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11 0
Streaking Monsters Win Another One, 8-3
The Mobile Monsters beat the Iceland Aurora, 8-3, at Aurora Field. The Monsters got a fine performance from right fielder Adam Berger, who was 2-3 with a home run. He drove in 5 runs and scored once. The setback makes Iceland 25-24.

Mobile used a clutch at-bat from Steven Wright to capture the win. The second baseman hammered a 2-run home run in the top of the sixth inning to put the Monsters ahead, 3-2. It was his lone hit in 4 at-bats, but it was a humdinger.

"The boys were really swinging the bats today," winning manager Dan Danielson said.
MOBILE BATTING LINESCORE ICELAND BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Olson SS 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 .274 9 26
M. Ward DH 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 .217 0 13
S. Wright 2B 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .273 4 18
O. Bond 1B 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .313 8 35
B. Ward 3B 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .339 11 26
L. Schneider C 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 .260 6 22
A. Acosta LF 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 .256 0 9
J. McIntyre CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 .299 8 28
A. Berger RF 3 1 2 5 0 0 2 .227 3 21
Totals 34 8 11 8 7 2 22      
BATTING
Doubles: L. Schneider (4, 8th Inning off C. Decker, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: S. Wright (4, 6th Inning off R. Holbert, 1 on, 0 outs) , A. Berger (3, 8th Inning off C. Decker, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Olson , M. Ward , S. Wright 4 , O. Bond 2 , B. Ward , L. Schneider 3 , A. Acosta , A. Berger 5
2-out RBI: A. Berger
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , J. Olson 2
GIDP: O. Bond , L. Schneider
Sac Bunt: J. McIntyre
Sac Fly: A. Berger
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Bond-Schneider-Bond)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Newman 1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .237 4 19
   b-J. McCrery PH, RF 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 .238 0 5
B. Cook 2B 5 1 1 2 0 0 6 .206 5 27
S. Migin RF, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .392 4 27
S. Tartaglia LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 5 34
C. Friis-Knutzen SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .315 5 22
G. Ivany 3B 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .242 2 16
D. Roberts C 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .242 1 16
A. Viard CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 1 16
   a-J. Reid PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214 0 0
   c-L. Linden 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 0 0
J. Cutsail DH 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 .227 1 15
Totals 35 3 11 3 2 3 16      
a - J. Reid pinch hit for A. Viard in the 7th
b - J. McCrery pinch hit for T. Newman in the 7th
c - L. Linden substituted for J. Reid in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: L. Linden (1, 9th Inning off J. Harrold, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: B. Cook (5, 3rd Inning off O. Martel, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Newman , J. McCrery , B. Cook 4 , S. Tartaglia , C. Friis-Knutzen 2 , D. Roberts , L. Linden 2 , J. Cutsail 3
2-out RBI: B. Cook
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Cook , C. Friis-Knutzen , D. Roberts
GIDP: B. Cook
Sac Bunt: T. Newman
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
CS: J. Cutsail (3)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Holbert-Friis-Knutzen-Newman, Friis-Knutzen-Cook-Newman)
MOBILE PITCHING LINESCORE ICELAND PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR BF PI ERA   
O. Martel W (6-3) 7.0 9 3 3 1 3 1 29 119 3.95   
J. Harrold 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 39 1.98   
PITCHING
Game Score: O. Martel 49
Batters Faced: O. Martel 29, J. Harrold 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: O. Martel 8-8, J. Harrold 3-3
Pitches - Strikes: O. Martel 119-74, J. Harrold 39-23
Player IP H R ER BB K HR BF PI ERA   
R. Holbert L (3-3) 5.1 5 5 5 5 0 1 24 112 5.40   
C. Decker 2.0 5 3 3 2 1 1 13 50 4.72   
S. Schaminée 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 27 7.04   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Holbert 33
Batters Faced: R. Holbert 24, C. Decker 13, S. Schaminée 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Holbert 7-7, C. Decker 3-2, S. Schaminée 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: R. Holbert 112-65, C. Decker 50-31, S. Schaminée 27-17
Inherited Runners - Scored: C. Decker 2-2 , S. Schaminée 1-0
WP: R. Holbert
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Adam Berger
Ballpark: Aurora Field
Weather: Clear skies (67 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 12 mph
Start Time: 9:05 PM GMT
Time: 3:21
Attendance: 10037
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