DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX
09/27/1996
 
DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX
GAME ID: 3679 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 1996 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals (96-64) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 9 1
Chicago White Sox (70-90) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0
Cardinals Topple White Sox with Late Rally
St. Louis Cardinals starter Rene Arocha was definitely locked-in. He led his team to a win over the Chicago White Sox, 5-3. St. Louis reliever Mariano Rivera was the winner. His record is now 10-9. David Nied took the loss. The current losing streak for Chicago has reached 5 games.

In the top of the eighth, St. Louis right fielder Karim Garcia had a productive at-bat. With runners on 1st and 3rd and two out, Garcia stroked a 2-run double to right. It made the score 5-3, St. Louis. For the game, he went 1 for 4 with a double, while adding 2 RBI.

"One win at a time, one game at a time. We try not to get too far ahead of ourselves," Arocha told the St. Louis Citizen.
ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE CHICAGO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Finley LF, RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .238 10 30
J. Bell 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .257 12 48
B. Giles DH 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 .332 55 142
I. Calderon 1B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .230 26 92
K. Garcia RF 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 .269 26 85
   a-D. Green LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 3 14
R. Clayton SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .247 4 27
D. Thon 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .216 5 58
S. Javier CF 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .240 15 55
D. Wilson C 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .205 9 43
Totals 35 5 9 5 2 4 9      
a - D. Green substituted for K. Garcia in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Garcia (27, 8th Inning off D. Nied, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: B. Giles (55, 1st Inning off D. Nied, 0 on, 2 outs) I. Calderon (26, 1st Inning off D. Nied, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Giles 5 , K. Garcia 2 , D. Wilson , S. Javier , I. Calderon 5 , D. Thon 2
2-out RBI: B. Giles , K. Garcia , I. Calderon
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Clayton , S. Finley , J. Bell
GIDP: D. Wilson
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Javier 2 (47) , D. Thon 2 (23)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Garcia (9)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Knoblauch 2B 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .248 10 54
J. Giambi 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .281 43 115
N. Garciaparra SS 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .252 33 98
M. Kingery LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .248 12 50
T. Zeile C 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .207 13 51
M. Carreon DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .264 11 36
T. Batista 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 12 38
M. Cordova RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .218 12 43
R. Rivera CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .160 6 18
Totals 35 3 8 3 1 8 14      
BATTING
Doubles: J. Giambi (31, 8th Inning off M. Rivera, 0 on, 0 outs) M. Kingery (26, 1st Inning off R. Arocha, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: J. Giambi (43, 1st Inning off R. Arocha, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: N. Garciaparra , J. Giambi 6 , C. Knoblauch 2 , T. Zeile , M. Kingery 3
2-out RBI: T. Zeile
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Batista , N. Garciaparra , T. Zeile 2 , M. Carreon
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: C. Knoblauch 2 (22) , M. Kingery (6)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Garciaparra-Knoblauch-Giambi)
ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE CHICAGO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
R. Arocha 6.2 7 3 3 0 5 1 88 58 3.33   
M. Rivera W (10-9) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 33 19 3.30   
S. Chitren SV (26) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 8 2.75   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Arocha 53
Batters Faced: R. Arocha 27, M. Rivera 7, S. Chitren 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Arocha 6-9, M. Rivera 2-2, S. Chitren 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: R. Arocha 88-58, M. Rivera 33-19, S. Chitren 13-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Chitren 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
D. Nied L (11-15) 7.2 8 5 5 2 4 2 111 67 5.80   
J. Gray 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 2.85   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Nied 45
Batters Faced: D. Nied 32, J. Gray 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Nied 4-14, J. Gray 3-1
Pitches - Strikes: D. Nied 111-67, J. Gray 11-6
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Gray 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Rene Arocha
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (57 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 11 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM EST
Time: 2:56
Attendance: 16310
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