DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
MINNESOTA TWINS AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
09/26/1997
 
DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
MINNESOTA TWINS AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
GAME ID: 3678 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1997 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Minnesota Twins (73-87) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 12 0
St. Louis Cardinals (81-79) 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0
Twins Need Extras to Top Cardinals
St. Louis pitcher Miguel Batista gave the Twins all they could handle, but in the end, Minnesota left Busch Stadium with a 8-4 win. Batista allowed 4 earned runs on 6 hits over 8 innings. Minnesota is now riding a 3-game win streak.

Helping the Minnesota cause was Kal Daniels. In the top of the 12th, the top prospect had a run-scoring single to make the score 5-4, Twins.

"Winning the game is always the first objective," Daniels said.
MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Erstad CF 6 2 2 0 0 1 2 .291 23 74
K. Daniels DH 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 .257 47 106
F. Thomas 1B 5 0 2 1 1 1 3 .279 46 125
L. Walker RF 6 1 1 1 0 1 4 .248 32 91
K. Akiyama LF 6 0 1 1 0 1 2 .220 25 71
B. Fordyce C 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 .240 9 47
K. Seitzer 3B 6 1 1 1 0 1 3 .248 3 18
M. Grudzielanek 2B, SS 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .261 3 55
R. Ordonez SS 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .236 1 42
   a-B. Gates PH, 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .244 6 44
Totals 47 8 12 8 5 7 17      
a - B. Gates pinch hit for R. Ordonez in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: D. Erstad (35, 7th Inning off M. Batista, 0 on, 1 out) K. Seitzer (13, 2nd Inning off M. Batista, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: D. Erstad 3 , M. Grudzielanek , R. Ordonez , B. Fordyce , F. Thomas 2 , K. Akiyama , L. Walker , K. Seitzer 2 , K. Daniels , B. Gates
2-out RBI: R. Ordonez , B. Fordyce , F. Thomas , K. Akiyama , L. Walker
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Seitzer
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Akiyama (Garcia at 3rd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Javier CF 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .227 7 48
   a-J. Posada PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .226 10 34
   b-D. Glanville CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329 1 11
J. Valentin SS 6 0 0 0 0 2 6 .257 21 81
B. Giles LF 5 0 0 1 1 1 2 .287 26 89
I. Calderon 1B 5 0 1 0 1 3 4 .245 21 78
M. Vaughn DH 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .246 9 25
K. Garcia RF 5 1 2 2 0 3 1 .282 30 108
J. Vizcaino 3B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 .252 1 18
R. Clayton 2B 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .257 5 39
D. Wilson C 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .290 3 17
Totals 45 4 10 4 4 11 22      
a - J. Posada pinch hit for S. Javier in the 9th
b - D. Glanville substituted for J. Posada in the 10th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Garcia (32, 6th Inning off D. Oliver, 1 on, 1 out) R. Clayton (10, 2nd Inning off D. Oliver, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: S. Javier (1, 1st Inning off D. Oliver, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: K. Garcia (30, 2nd Inning off D. Oliver, 0 on, 0 outs) J. Vizcaino (1, 2nd Inning off D. Oliver, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: I. Calderon , K. Garcia 6 , D. Wilson , M. Vaughn , R. Clayton 2 , J. Vizcaino 5 , S. Javier 3 , J. Posada
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: I. Calderon , D. Wilson , J. Valentin
Team LOB: 9
MINNESOTA PITCHING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
D. Oliver 6.1 7 4 4 3 2 2 85 47 7.09   
T. Hoffman 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 19 12 5.00   
J. Spradlin 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 39 31 3.94   
P. Spoljaric W (2-0) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 19 14 4.26   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Oliver 42
Batters Faced: D. Oliver 28, T. Hoffman 5, J. Spradlin 11, P. Spoljaric 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Oliver 7-9, T. Hoffman 0-1, J. Spradlin 2-3, P. Spoljaric 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: D. Oliver 85-47, T. Hoffman 19-12, J. Spradlin 39-31, P. Spoljaric 19-14
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Hoffman 2-0 , J. Spradlin 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
M. Batista 8.0 6 4 4 5 3 0 121 66 2.41   
S. Chitren 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 14 2.71   
R. Meacham L (4-6) 1.2 5 4 4 0 0 0 38 25 3.59   
F. Cordova 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 7 4.48   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Batista 52
Batters Faced: M. Batista 34, S. Chitren 6, R. Meacham 10, F. Cordova 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Batista 8-12, S. Chitren 3-0, R. Meacham 2-3, F. Cordova 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: M. Batista 121-66, S. Chitren 15-14, R. Meacham 38-25, F. Cordova 8-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: F. Cordova 2-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Miguel Batista
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (62 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM EST
Time: 3:58
Attendance: 35186
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