DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT CLEVELAND SPIDERS
07/30/1996
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DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT CLEVELAND SPIDERS
GAME ID: 1263 - TUESDAY, JULY 30TH, 1996 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals (64-42) 0 1 1 0 0 1 9 1 0 13 16 0
Cleveland Spiders (46-61) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
Giles Helps St. Louis Cruise to 13-1 Win
The St. Louis Cardinals easily defeated the Cleveland Spiders, 13-1, at League Park, with designated hitter Brian S Giles a main contributor to the win. He hit 2 home runs. He scored 4 times and drove in 2 for St. Louis. St. Louis has now won 3 straight, while the Spiders have lost 5 in a row.

St. Louis relied on the hitting of Royce Clayton to pick up the win. The shortstop clubbed a 3-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to put the Cardinals on top, 12-1. For the game, Clayton had 1 home run and 1 single in 5 at-bats.

"We looked pretty good up and down," said St. Louis manager Adam Rabel.
ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Finley LF, RF 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 .161 2 8
J. Bell 3B 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 .311 4 13
B. Giles DH 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 .324 38 103
I. Calderon 1B 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 .224 17 62
K. Garcia RF 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 .271 21 56
   a-D. Green LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254 0 3
D. Thon 2B 5 1 1 2 0 1 2 .228 2 38
S. Javier CF 5 2 4 2 0 1 0 .268 9 37
R. Clayton SS 5 1 2 4 0 1 1 .231 2 11
D. Wilson C 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .218 6 28
Totals 41 13 16 13 5 10 11      
a - D. Green substituted for K. Garcia in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Garcia (18, 6th Inning off B. Saberhagen, 1 on, 2 outs) J. Bell 2 (9, 1st Inning off B. Saberhagen, 0 on, 1 out; 3rd Inning off B. Saberhagen, 0 on, 1 out) I. Calderon (16, 8th Inning off N. Minchey, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: B. Giles 2 (38, 3rd Inning off B. Saberhagen, 0 on, 2 outs; 8th Inning off N. Minchey, 0 on, 2 outs) R. Clayton (2, 7th Inning off N. Minchey, 2 on, 2 outs) S. Javier (9, 7th Inning off B. Saberhagen, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. Giles 9 , K. Garcia 3 , D. Wilson , R. Clayton 5 , J. Bell 4 , S. Javier 7 , I. Calderon 2 , D. Thon
2-out RBI: , B. Giles 2 , K. Garcia 2 , R. Clayton , S. Javier , I. Calderon , D. Thon
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Finley , I. Calderon , D. Thon , D. Green
GIDP: D. Wilson
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Clayton-Thon-Calderon)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Strawberry DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .234 32 61
B. Gilkey RF 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 .251 22 52
G. Anderson LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273 23 67
K. Mitchell 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .244 25 60
H. Johnson 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 29 69
   a-O. Marrero PH, 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .273 0 1
T. Eusebio C 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .224 6 32
M. Morandini 2B 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .242 7 46
M. Grissom CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .265 14 43
B. Ripken SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .243 3 35
Totals 31 1 5 1 1 8 8      
a - O. Marrero pinch hit for H. Johnson in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Morandini (16, 2nd Inning off J. Johnson, 0 on, 2 outs)
Triples: D. Strawberry (3, 1st Inning off J. Johnson, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: G. Anderson , M. Morandini 3 , M. Grissom , D. Strawberry 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Grissom , B. Ripken , K. Mitchell
GIDP: B. Ripken
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Grissom (25)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Eusebio (11)
Double Plays: 1 (Morandini-Ripken-Johnson)
OF assists: 1 (Gilkey (Bell at 3rd base))
ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
J. Johnson W (10-6) 9.0 5 1 1 1 8 0 122 84 3.40   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Johnson 80
Batters Faced: J. Johnson 32
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Johnson 10-8
Pitches - Strikes: J. Johnson 122-84
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
B. Saberhagen L (7-11) 6.2 10 10 9 5 8 2 132 77 4.92   
N. Minchey 2.1 6 3 3 0 2 2 46 32 4.83   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Saberhagen 19
Batters Faced: B. Saberhagen 33, N. Minchey 13
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Saberhagen 6-4, N. Minchey 1-4
Pitches - Strikes: B. Saberhagen 132-77, N. Minchey 46-32
Inherited Runners - Scored: N. Minchey 2-2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Brian S Giles
Ballpark: League Park
Weather: Clear skies (92 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM EST
Time: 3:01
Attendance: 35763
Special Notes: Brian S Giles ties the STL regular season game record for runs with 4.
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