MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CINCINNATI PACKERS AT CLEVELAND BOBCATS
04/04/1972
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CINCINNATI PACKERS AT CLEVELAND BOBCATS
GAME ID: 5 - TUESDAY, APRIL 4TH , 1972 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati Packers (0-1) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 2
Cleveland Bobcats (1-0) 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 0 X 11 15 0
Packers Suffer 11-3 Road Loss
Opening day festivities have begun throughout the league. Fans of the Cleveland Bobcats were eager to watch Roger Scherf square off against John Stoddard of the visiting Cincinnati Packers. In the end, the Bobcats won the game, 11-3, with Roger Scherf leading the way.

Cleveland center fielder Mike Sunseri contributed a timely at-bat in the bottom of the third. With two down, he hit a cutter to right field for a 2-run single. It was his 3rd hit of the season and put the Bobcats ahead, 5-2.

"Roger had good arm action, good stuff," said Cleveland manager Daniel Mays.
CINCINNATI BATTING LINESCORE CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Stewart LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0
D. Lester SS 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 .500 0 0
D. Davalos 3B 4 2 1 2 0 1 4 .250 1 2
R. King 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .333 0 0
F. Bohley C 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .500 0 1
C. Ruoff RF 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 0 0
   a-G. Palmer PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0
D. Taranto 2B 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250 0 0
R. Brown CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0
J. Stoddard P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
   E. Koenig P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   b-J. Anderson PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3 2 9 14      
a - G. Palmer pinch hit for C. Ruoff in the 8th
b - J. Anderson pinch hit for E. Koenig in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: D. Davalos (1, 1st Inning off R. Scherf, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: D. Stewart , D. Lester 2 , D. Davalos 4 , R. King , F. Bohley 2 , D. Taranto , J. Anderson
2-out RBI: F. Bohley
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Davalos , G. Palmer , J. Stoddard
Hit by Pitch: D. Davalos
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: D. Taranto (1)

FIELDING
Errors: R. King (1) , D. Taranto (1)
OF assists: 1 (Stewart(Harper at 3rd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nielsen 3B 6 3 3 0 0 1 2 .500 0 0
B. Harper RF 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 .667 0 0
H. Batkin 1B 4 2 2 3 1 0 1 .500 0 3
T. Crowell LF 4 1 0 1 1 0 3 .000 0 1
J. Farrar SS 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 .500 0 2
J. McCusker 2B 4 1 2 3 1 0 3 .500 1 3
M. Sunseri CF 5 0 3 2 0 1 4 .600 0 2
K. Musumeci C 4 0 1 0 1 2 2 .250 0 0
R. Scherf P 5 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 0 0
   B. Wilson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 39 11 15 11 7 6 23      
BATTING
Doubles: B. Nielsen (1, 3rd Inning off J. Stoddard, 0 on, 2 outs)
Triples: H. Batkin (1, 4th Inning off J. Stoddard, 2 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: J. McCusker (1, 4th Inning off E. Koenig, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: B. Nielsen 4 , B. Harper 2 , H. Batkin 4 , J. Farrar 2 , J. McCusker 5 , M. Sunseri 3 , K. Musumeci
2-out RBI: T. Crowell , J. Farrar , M. Sunseri
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Nielsen , J. McCusker , M. Sunseri , R. Scherf 2
Team LOB: 11

BASERUNNING
SB: J. McCusker (1)
CS: J. McCusker (1)
CINCINNATI PITCHING LINESCORE CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Stoddard L (0-1) 3.0 7 8 8 6 0 0 74 24.00   
E. Koenig 5.0 8 3 3 1 6 1 96 5.40   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Stoddard 5
Batters Faced: J. Stoddard 21, E. Koenig 25
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Stoddard 5-3, E. Koenig 3-5
Pitches - Strikes: J. Stoddard 74-41, E. Koenig 96-62
Inherited Runners - Scored: E. Koenig 1-1
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Scherf W (1-0) 8.2 7 3 3 2 8 1 141 3.12   
B. Wilson 0.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Scherf 64
Batters Faced: R. Scherf 36, B. Wilson 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Scherf 10-8, B. Wilson 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: R. Scherf 141-91, B. Wilson 11-5
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. Wilson 1-0
Hit Batsmen: R. Scherf
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Roger Scherf
Ballpark: Lakefront Stadium
Weather: Rain (41 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 11 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM ET
Time: 3:07
Attendance: 28430
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