DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
CLEVELAND SPIDERS AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS
07/22/1997
 
DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
CLEVELAND SPIDERS AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS
GAME ID: 1188 - TUESDAY, JULY 22ND, 1997 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland Spiders (51-48) 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 8 14 0
Kansas City Royals (61-38) 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0
Spiders Bang Out 8-4 Win Versus Kansas City
The Cleveland Spiders defeated the Kansas City Royals, 8-4, at Royals Stadium today. Leading the charge for Cleveland was left fielder Raul Ibanez. He was 2-5 with a home run and a double, while scoring 2 times and driving in 3. The winner was Sterling Hitchcock, who threw 108 pitches over 5 innings. The left-hander was charged with 4 runs on 5 hits. Carlos Perez earned his 3rd save in 3 chances.

Ibanez had a key at-bat in the top of the third to put Cleveland in front, 4-0. With a runner on 1st, he hit a 2-run home run.

"The name of the game is scoring runs," Ibanez said. "We did a good job of that today."

Kansas City has now lost 4 in a row.
CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Strawberry DH 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 .264 27 54
T. Perez 2B 5 2 3 1 0 1 2 .268 6 37
K. Mitchell 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .275 28 69
T. Hundley C 4 2 3 1 0 1 1 .215 29 62
R. Ibanez LF 5 2 2 3 0 3 4 .267 21 59
H. Johnson 1B 3 0 0 0 2 3 1 .194 19 45
B. Gilkey RF 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 .261 18 49
M. Grissom CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .239 9 31
B. Ripken SS 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .221 4 30
Totals 39 8 14 8 3 10 15      
BATTING
Doubles: R. Ibanez (17, 7th Inning off G. Olson, 1 on, 1 out) K. Mitchell (14, 1st Inning off R. Reed, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: R. Ibanez (21, 3rd Inning off R. Reed, 1 on, 2 outs) T. Perez (6, 3rd Inning off R. Reed, 0 on, 1 out) B. Ripken (4, 8th Inning off K. Rogers, 0 on, 0 outs) D. Strawberry (27, 4th Inning off R. Reed, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: R. Ibanez 6 , T. Perez 6 , T. Hundley 3 , B. Gilkey 2 , M. Grissom , B. Ripken 4 , K. Mitchell 2 , D. Strawberry 4
2-out RBI: R. Ibanez , D. Strawberry
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , R. Ibanez 2 , T. Perez
GIDP: M. Grissom
Sac Fly: T. Hundley
Hit by Pitch: M. Grissom
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
CS: B. Gilkey (7)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Alomar 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .299 13 39
T. Naehring 3B 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .230 12 35
A. Jones CF 5 0 2 0 0 2 1 .233 22 57
R. Hidalgo RF 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 .265 24 63
R. Milligan DH 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 .260 8 20
B. Larkin SS 3 1 2 0 1 0 3 .258 10 41
T. Eusebio C 3 1 1 3 1 0 1 .301 4 18
R. Sanders LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .237 13 34
J. Thome 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 .257 34 68
Totals 34 4 8 4 4 13 17      
BATTING
Doubles: R. Sanders (2, 8th Inning off C. Perez, 0 on, 1 out) B. Larkin (19, 4th Inning off S. Hitchcock, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: R. Hidalgo (24, 4th Inning off S. Hitchcock, 0 on, 0 outs) T. Eusebio (4, 4th Inning off S. Hitchcock, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: R. Hidalgo 4 , A. Jones 2 , R. Sanders 2 , T. Eusebio 4 , R. Milligan , B. Larkin 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Alomar , R. Hidalgo , J. Thome 2 , B. Larkin
Hit by Pitch: R. Alomar , R. Hidalgo
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Alomar (43)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Larkin-Alomar-Thome)
PB: T. Eusebio
CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
S. Hitchcock W (10-7) 5.0 5 4 4 3 10 2 108 66 5.78   
C. Perez SV (3) 4.0 3 0 0 1 3 0 48 35 3.30   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Hitchcock 48
Batters Faced: S. Hitchcock 24, C. Perez 16
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Hitchcock 0-5, C. Perez 6-2
Pitches - Strikes: S. Hitchcock 108-66, C. Perez 48-35
Inherited Runners - Scored: C. Perez 1-0
Hit Batsmen: S. Hitchcock , C. Perez
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
R. Reed L (5-4) 5.1 8 5 5 1 6 3 106 66 4.34   
G. Olson 1.0 1 2 1 2 2 0 30 16 2.00   
K. Rogers 2.0 5 1 1 0 2 1 42 29 4.70   
A. Benitez 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 3.97   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Reed 37
Batters Faced: R. Reed 26, G. Olson 7, K. Rogers 10, A. Benitez 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Reed 5-5, G. Olson 1-1, K. Rogers 1-2, A. Benitez 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: R. Reed 106-66, G. Olson 30-16, K. Rogers 42-29, A. Benitez 5-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: G. Olson 1-0 , K. Rogers 2-1 , A. Benitez 1-0
Hit Batsmen: R. Reed
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Raul Ibanez
Ballpark: Royals Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 21 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM EST
Time: 3:27
Attendance: 14332
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