DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
CLEVELAND SPIDERS AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
04/19/1997
 
DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
CLEVELAND SPIDERS AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
GAME ID: 204 - SATURDAY, APRIL 19TH, 1997 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland Spiders (9-8) 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 6 8 0
St. Louis Cardinals (9-9) 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 15 1
Calderon Delivers Clutch At-Bat for St. Louis in Walk-Off Win
The St. Louis Cardinals overcame a good performance by Cleveland third baseman Kevin Mitchell to knock off Cleveland, 7-6, at Busch Stadium. Mitchell went 2 for 4 with 2 home runs. He drove in 4 runs and scored twice. St. Louis reliever Randy Myers was the winner. His record is now 1-0. Steve Karsay took the loss. The win takes St. Louis to 9-9.

There were several reasons the Cardinals beat the Spiders, but one factor was Ivan Calderon. In the bottom of the ninth, the St. Louis designated hitter came to bat and hit a walk-off 2-run single. It staked his team to a 7-6 lead.

"It's great to get the crowd pumped up," Calderon said.
CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Strawberry DH 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 .328 5 12
T. Perez 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .360 2 10
K. Mitchell 3B 4 2 2 4 0 2 0 .297 7 18
T. Hundley C 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .193 4 8
R. Ibanez LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .297 2 7
   a-G. Anderson LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 0 0
H. Johnson 1B 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 .277 5 11
   b-R. Petagine 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
B. Gilkey RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .262 3 16
M. Grissom CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .169 0 2
B. Ripken SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .220 1 3
Totals 35 6 8 6 3 9 7      
a - G. Anderson substituted for R. Ibanez in the 8th
b - R. Petagine substituted for H. Johnson in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Perez (9, 6th Inning off J. Tibbs, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: H. Johnson 2 (5, 2nd Inning off J. Tibbs, 0 on, 2 outs; 5th Inning off J. Tibbs, 0 on, 0 outs) K. Mitchell 2 (7, 6th Inning off J. Tibbs, 1 on, 1 out; 8th Inning off S. Chitren, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: H. Johnson 8 , R. Ibanez , T. Perez 2 , D. Strawberry , B. Gilkey , K. Mitchell 8
2-out RBI: H. Johnson
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Grissom
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: D. Strawberry (3)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Finley LF 5 0 3 1 0 0 3 .294 4 14
J. Bell 3B 5 1 2 2 0 2 2 .239 0 6
B. Giles 1B 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .257 5 12
I. Calderon DH 5 0 2 2 0 2 2 .240 5 11
K. Garcia RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 3 11
J. Valentin SS 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 .107 0 4
D. Thon 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .250 1 4
D. Miller C 4 2 2 0 0 1 3 .333 1 3
S. Javier CF 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .197 2 8
Totals 37 7 15 7 2 8 16      
BATTING
Doubles: D. Thon (1, 4th Inning off B. Sebra, 1 on, 1 out) S. Finley (2, 7th Inning off B. Sebra, 0 on, 1 out) S. Javier (3, 9th Inning off S. Karsay, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: D. Thon 3 , D. Miller 2 , K. Garcia , S. Finley 4 , J. Bell 2 , S. Javier 4 , I. Calderon 2
2-out RBI: S. Javier
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Thon , B. Giles , I. Calderon
Sac Bunt: J. Valentin
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Finley (6) , J. Bell (4)
CS: S. Finley (2)

FIELDING
Errors: D. Miller (4)
CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
B. Sebra 7.0 11 4 4 1 7 0 115 77 5.88   
W. Banks H (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 8 3.00   
S. Karsay L (0-1), BS (2) 0.1 4 3 3 1 0 0 10 7 8.31   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Sebra 45
Batters Faced: B. Sebra 31, W. Banks 3, S. Karsay 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Sebra 6-6, W. Banks 2-0, S. Karsay 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Sebra 115-77, W. Banks 14-8, S. Karsay 10-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: W. Banks 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
J. Tibbs 6.0 5 4 4 1 6 3 92 64 6.86   
M. Rivera 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 22 15 2.57   
S. Chitren 1.0 2 1 1 2 2 1 28 14 5.40   
R. Myers W (1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Tibbs 51
Batters Faced: J. Tibbs 24, M. Rivera 5, S. Chitren 7, R. Myers 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Tibbs 5-7, M. Rivera 1-2, S. Chitren 0-1, R. Myers 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: J. Tibbs 92-64, M. Rivera 22-15, S. Chitren 28-14, R. Myers 7-5
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Chitren 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kevin Mitchell
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (60 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 9 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM EST
Time: 3:06
Attendance: 33208
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