TEXAN BASE-BALL LEAGUE
ABILENE PREACHERS AT MARFA GHOST LIGHTS
06/15/1897
 
TEXAN BASE-BALL LEAGUE
ABILENE PREACHERS AT MARFA GHOST LIGHTS
GAME ID: 5694 - TUESDAY, JUNE 15TH , 1897 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Abilene Preachers (1-0) 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 10 17 1
Marfa Ghost Lights (0-1) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 11 1
Abilene Gets 10-4 Win Against Ghost Lights
The 1897 season began for the Marfa Ghost Lights with a loss to the Abilene Preachers at Ghost Lights Field. The final score was 10-4. Abilene right fielder Ángel Narváez had a fine performance. Abilene pitcher Efraín Rivera got the win, upping his record to 1-0. Christiansen Goldbaek got the loss.

Abilene relied on the bat of Louie Rushton to get the win. The third baseman ripped a 2-run double in the top of the second inning to put the Preachers ahead, 2-0. For the game, Rushton had 1 double and 1 home run in 4 at-bats.

"We put it together today and came out with the win," Rushton said in postgame remarks. "That's the main thing."
ABILENE BATTING LINESCORE MARFA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Christensson SS 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0
   a-E. Johncke PH, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Á. Narváez RF 5 3 4 0 0 0 1 .800 0 0
H. Spurr 2B 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 .600 0 2
M. Corral CF 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .750 0 2
F. Marando 1B 4 2 1 0 1 0 5 .250 0 0
B. Soto LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .500 0 1
G. Jaramillo C 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .250 0 1
   b-R. Guzmán PH, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
L. Rushton 3B 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 .500 1 3
E. Rivera P 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 0 0
Totals 40 10 17 9 2 1 18      
a - E. Johncke pinch hit for J. Christensson in the 8th
b - R. Guzmán pinch hit for G. Jaramillo in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: L. Rushton (1, 2nd Inning off C. Goldbaek, 2 on, 2 outs) , G. Jaramillo (1, 6th Inning off C. Goldbaek, 2 on, 0 outs)
Triples: Á. Narváez (1, 5th Inning off C. Goldbaek, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: L. Rushton (1, 8th Inning off N. Keown, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: Á. Narváez 6 , H. Spurr 3 , M. Corral 3 , F. Marando , B. Soto 2 , G. Jaramillo 2 , L. Rushton 6 , E. Rivera
2-out RBI: M. Corral , B. Soto , L. Rushton
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Marando
GIDP: J. Christensson , H. Spurr
Hit by Pitch: M. Corral , B. Soto
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: H. Spurr (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Mendoza RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 0 0
L. Santos 2B 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 .667 0 0
   a-D. Savoie PH, 2B 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 0 1
R. Banfield LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 0 0
F. Gutiérrez CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .250 0 0
R. Barnett SS 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 .500 0 2
B. Saldaña 1B 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 .750 0 1
T. Gutiérrez C 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0
J. Sheffield 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0
C. Goldbaek P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
   N. Keown P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-J. Sroka PH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4 0 2 14      
a - D. Savoie pinch hit for L. Santos in the 8th
b - J. Sroka pinch hit for N. Keown in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Saldaña 2 (2, 4th Inning off E. Rivera, 0 on, 2 outs; 6th Inning off E. Rivera, 1 on, 2 outs) , L. Santos (1, 6th Inning off E. Rivera, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: R. Barnett (1, 6th Inning off E. Rivera, 1 on, 2 outs) , F. Gutiérrez (1, 8th Inning off E. Rivera, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: C. Mendoza , L. Santos 3 , D. Savoie , F. Gutiérrez 3 , R. Barnett 4 , B. Saldaña 5 , C. Goldbaek
2-out RBI: D. Savoie , R. Barnett 2 , B. Saldaña
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Banfield , T. Gutiérrez 3
Hit by Pitch: J. Sroka
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Sroka (1)
CS: C. Mendoza (1)

FIELDING
Errors: R. Barnett (1)
Double Plays: 2 (Santos-Barnett-Saldaña, Barnett-Santos-Saldaña)
OF assists: 3 (Mendoza(Rushton at home), Gutiérrez(Marando at 3rd base), Mendoza(Spurr at 3rd base))
ABILENE PITCHING LINESCORE MARFA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
E. Rivera W (1-0) 9.0 11 4 4 0 2 0 123 4.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: E. Rivera 51
Batters Faced: E. Rivera 39
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Rivera 14-10
Pitches - Strikes: E. Rivera 123-85
Hit Batsmen: E. Rivera
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
C. Goldbaek L (0-1) 6.1 13 8 6 2 1 0 106 8.53   
N. Keown 2.2 4 2 2 0 0 1 50 6.75   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. Goldbaek 18
Batters Faced: C. Goldbaek 31, N. Keown 13
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Goldbaek 11-2, N. Keown 4-4
Pitches - Strikes: C. Goldbaek 106-59, N. Keown 50-32
Inherited Runners - Scored: N. Keown 1-1
WP: N. Keown
Hit Batsmen: C. Goldbaek , N. Keown
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Ángel Narváez
Ballpark: Ghost Lights Field
Weather: Partly Cloudy (18 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 16 km/h
Start Time: 1:05 PM CT
Time: 2:38
Attendance: 971
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