DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT CLEVELAND SPIDERS
06/09/1997
 
DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT CLEVELAND SPIDERS
GAME ID: 757 - MONDAY, JUNE 9TH, 1997 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals (32-32) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 8 0
Cleveland Spiders (33-31) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0
Cardinals Topple Spiders with Late Rally
Karim Garcia knocked in all 4 runs for the St. Louis Cardinals, helping them beat the Cleveland Spiders, 4-2. The winner was St. Louis reliever Mariano Rivera, now 3-1. The loser was Willie Banks. Steve Chitren notched his 13th save in 17 chances.

In the top of the eighth, Garcia had one of his most important at-bats: a 3-run home run off Willie Banks that staked the Cardinals to a 4-2 lead.

Garcia attributed the win to "energy and focus on the part of everyone."

The Cardinals raised their record to 32-32.
ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Bell 3B 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 .245 9 30
S. Finley LF 3 1 0 0 2 0 4 .315 12 35
B. Giles 1B 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 .282 10 27
I. Calderon DH 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 .252 11 38
K. Garcia RF 3 1 2 4 1 1 0 .295 9 44
D. Thon 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .213 1 14
R. Clayton SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .224 2 7
D. Wilson C 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .175 0 3
D. Glanville CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .351 0 2
Totals 32 4 8 4 7 10 15      
BATTING
Doubles: I. Calderon (10, 4th Inning off N. Minchey, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: K. Garcia (9, 8th Inning off W. Banks, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: D. Thon 2 , D. Glanville 2 , K. Garcia 5 , I. Calderon 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Wilson , S. Finley
GIDP: D. Thon , R. Clayton
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: D. Thon (10)
CS: S. Finley (10)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Strawberry DH 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .267 16 35
B. Gilkey RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .241 11 32
K. Mitchell 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .303 20 55
T. Hundley C 3 1 1 2 0 1 3 .207 23 40
R. Ibanez LF 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .238 10 26
   a-R. Petagine 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .231 1 4
H. Johnson 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .200 14 31
   b-M. Grissom CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 7 23
G. Anderson CF, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .261 4 11
T. Perez SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .299 5 29
B. Ripken 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .214 1 16
Totals 30 2 4 2 3 12 9      
a - R. Petagine substituted for R. Ibanez in the 8th
b - M. Grissom substituted for H. Johnson in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: R. Ibanez (8, 4th Inning off S. Erickson, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: T. Hundley (23, 4th Inning off S. Erickson, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: R. Ibanez 2 , D. Strawberry , T. Hundley 4 , K. Mitchell
2-out RBI: T. Hundley
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , H. Johnson 2 , T. Hundley
Sac Fly: T. Hundley
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: D. Strawberry 2 (16)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Perez-Ripken-Johnson, Perez-Ripken-Johnson)
ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
S. Erickson 6.0 3 2 2 3 6 1 94 59 4.46   
M. Rivera W (3-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 12 10 2.63   
R. Myers H (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19 14 1.91   
S. Chitren SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 6 4.31   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Erickson 61
Batters Faced: S. Erickson 24, M. Rivera 4, R. Myers 3, S. Chitren 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Erickson 5-7, M. Rivera 0-0, R. Myers 0-1, S. Chitren 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: S. Erickson 94-59, M. Rivera 12-10, R. Myers 19-14, S. Chitren 8-6
Inherited Runners - Scored: R. Myers 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
J. Nieves 3.0 2 0 0 2 3 0 42 23 4.80   
N. Minchey 4.0 3 2 2 4 4 0 67 32 4.31   
W. Banks L (5-4), BS (6) 2.0 3 2 2 1 3 1 43 25 4.68   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Nieves 54
Batters Faced: J. Nieves 11, N. Minchey 18, W. Banks 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Nieves 2-2, N. Minchey 4-3, W. Banks 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Nieves 42-23, N. Minchey 67-32, W. Banks 43-25
Inherited Runners - Scored: W. Banks 1-1
WP: N. Minchey
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Karim Garcia
Ballpark: League Park
Weather: Clear skies (83 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM EST
Time: 2:56
Attendance: 35066
Special Notes: SP Juan Nieves was injured while pitching.
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