Guess it’s my year for pitching masterpieces – from very unlikely sources. Today, it was the Lakers’ Brooks Lawrence’s turn for pitching a gem. Lawrence, one of the Laker’s 2nd round picks in the Phase 1 draft, yielded a lead-off single to Joe Cunningham in the 4th inning and a 2-out walk to Ray Boone that same inning for the Tigers’ only threat to score. Lawrence hit Vic Power on an 0-2 pitch to lead off the 5th, and Dropo kicked the only ball hit to him (Kaline in the 9th) – and that was it. You know it’s only DMB: Charlie Bishop, former Laker, plunked Lawrence in the bottom of the 4th. Lawrence plunked the first guy he saw in the 5th (on the second pitch, no less!) Bishop hit TWO Lakers in the bottom of the 7th (Andy Carey and Hal Naragon). No bench-clearing brawl, no ejections.... Lakers took 3 of 5 from Wabash and lost 3 of 5 to the Tigers. A 5-5 month on the shores of Lake Michigan. 5/24/1954, MAS54-EKL54, County Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1954 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 1954 Lakers 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 x 3 6 1 14 0 Tigers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Cunningham 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216 10 1 2 0 Kaline rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .298 1 0 0 0 Rivera lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 0 0 0 0 Boone 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 1 2 0 0 Fitz Gerald c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 4 0 0 0 Power cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .213 2 0 0 0 Grammas ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317 3 4 0 0 Coleman Jerry 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 1 5 0 0 Pope ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 0 0 0 0 Lepcio 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 1 0 0 0 Bishop p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 1 1 0 0 Moryn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 0 0 0 0 Buhl p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 28 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 24 13 2 0 Lakers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Torgeson 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320 14 0 0 0 Wilson B cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 0 0 0 0 Baumholtz cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .274 2 0 0 0 Dropo 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 0 0 1 0 Carey 3b 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .219 1 1 0 0 Wertz rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215 1 0 0 0 Groth rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 0 0 0 0 Valo lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 0 0 0 Fox N 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 2 5 0 0 Logan ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 1 4 0 0 Naragon c 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .318 5 0 0 0 Lawrence p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .375 0 2 0 0 30 3 6 3 0 1 0 7 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 27 12 1 0 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Bishop L 0-2 7.0 4 2 1 7 3 132 69 36 0 0 3 0 1 6.43 Buhl 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 18 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.79 8.0 6 3 2 7 3 150 79 41 0 0 3 0 1 Lakers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Lawrence W 2-1 9.0 1 0 0 1 5 105 69 31 0 0 1 0 0 3.60 9.0 1 0 0 1 5 105 69 31 0 0 1 0 0 MAS: Pope batted for Coleman Jerry in the 8th Moryn batted for Bishop in the 8th Lepcio inserted at 2b in the 8th EKL: Wilson B inserted at cf in the 9th Dropo inserted at 1b in the 9th Groth inserted at rf in the 9th GWRBI: Valo Temperature: 59, Sky: clear, Wind: none.