On Turkey Stearnes

[lafayette1]

Correction:

Someone inquired about Turkey Stearnes...Here's his best game for me. He also had another 4 HR game for me, but with "only" 7 rbi.

In the following game, he hits a solo, 2 run, three run, triple, then a grand slam, driving in 10 runs:

Air Force....... 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 - 9 10 0
Neptunes........ 1 0 2 5 1 1 4 0 - 14 14 0
Win:Lolich(2-3) Loss:Davis(1-5)
Homeruns- T.Speaker(4th), T.Cobb(3rd), S.Nicosia(1st), T.Stearnes-4(11th),
J.Howell-2(6th)

"Turkey Stearnes rocketed 4 homeruns and Mickey Lolich whiffed 10 batters at
Shea Stadium '71 where the Brooklyn Neptunes beat the 45th Air Force 14 to
9.

Stearnes was a one-man wrecking crew. He hit a bases-empty home run in the
1st inning, bombed a two-run dinger in the 3rd inning, lost the ball over the
fence for three runs in the 4th inning, tripled in the 6th inning and cleared
the bases with a Grand Slam homerun (his 11th of the season) in the 7th
inning. Due to a poorly pitched ballgame, scoring in 6 different innings was
still not enough for 45th to come away with the victory. "