WHIRLED BASEBALL
CLEVELAND SPIDERS AT KANSAS CITY MONARCHS
07/29/2000
 
WHIRLED BASEBALL
CLEVELAND SPIDERS AT KANSAS CITY MONARCHS
GAME ID: 1114 - SATURDAY, JULY 29TH , 2000 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Cleveland Spiders (62-49) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 9 0
Kansas City Monarchs (55-57) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 11 0
Monarchs Down Spiders, 4-3
Kansas City beat Cleveland on the strength of starter Luke Hamlin's fine effort. The right-hander led his team to a win, 4-3. Kansas City reliever Jeff Pfeffer picked up the win, upping his record to 5-2. Terry Adams was saddled with the loss. With the win, Kansas City goes to 55-57, while the Spiders fall to 62-49.

The clutch at-bat came in the bottom of the 11th inning, when Kansas City center fielder Willie McGee, facing Bob Feller, had a run-scoring sacrifice fly. It gave the Monarchs the 4-3 win.

In postgame comments, Hamlin said he was glad to contribute to an exciting win.
CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Lofton CF 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 .291 2 19
J. Bates LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .292 9 41
R. Blomberg RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .332 31 87
J. Ellis 1B 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 .296 19 59
L. Berkman DH 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 .292 7 22
   a-B. Dahlen DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 4 21
L. Santop C 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 .302 3 43
C. Knoblauch 2B 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 .302 5 55
A. Vaughan SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 0 1
S. Strang 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .240 2 24
Totals 39 3 9 3 3 3 18      
a - B. Dahlen inserted as DH in the 11th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Ellis (21, 7th Inning off L. Hamlin, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: S. Strang (2, 8th Inning off F. DiPino, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Lofton 2 , R. Blomberg , J. Ellis 2 , L. Berkman 2 , L. Santop , C. Knoblauch , S. Strang 4
2-out RBI: C. Knoblauch
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Ellis , L. Santop , S. Strang
GIDP: A. Vaughan
Sac Bunt: J. Bates
Sac Fly: L. Santop
Team LOB: 8
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
L. Brock LF 5 0 1 0 1 2 3 .288 8 49
B. Powell 1B 6 0 1 0 0 1 6 .304 13 63
S. Musial RF 4 0 2 0 2 0 3 .333 21 77
   d-F. Frisch PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247 0 5
A. Pujols 3B 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 .278 17 77
R. Cano 2B 6 1 0 0 0 3 5 .279 11 32
D. Medwick DH 6 0 3 1 0 0 2 .307 10 53
T. Simmons C 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 .307 2 34
F. Jones CF 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 .238 2 15
   a-S. Evans PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 2 8
   c-W. McGee CF 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 .304 9 45
O. Smith SS 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .230 1 23
   b-J. Rowe PH, SS 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .298 3 9
Totals 41 4 11 3 11 8 28      
a - S. Evans pinch hit for F. Jones in the 8th
b - J. Rowe pinch hit for O. Smith in the 8th
c - W. McGee substituted for S. Evans in the 9th
d - F. Frisch pinch ran for S. Musial in the 11th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Musial 2 (39, 1st Inning off B. Steen, 0 on, 2 outs; 7th Inning off S. McDowell, 0 on, 1 out) , S. Evans (5, 8th Inning off R. Reed, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: T. Simmons (2, 2nd Inning off B. Steen, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: L. Brock , B. Powell , S. Musial 4 , D. Medwick 3 , T. Simmons 4 , S. Evans 2 , J. Rowe
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , B. Powell 2 , S. Musial , A. Pujols , D. Medwick , F. Jones
Sac Fly: W. McGee
Team LOB: 17

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Simmons (2)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Smith-Cano-Powell)
CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Steen 5.0 5 1 1 5 3 0 99 3.71   
S. McDowell 1.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 31 6.23   
R. Reed 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 20 5.73   
C. Gearrin 1.1 1 0 0 1 3 0 25 3.79   
T. Adams L (2-6) 0.2 0 2 2 2 2 0 19 3.53   
B. Feller BS (1) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 4.03   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Steen 51
Batters Faced: B. Steen 25, S. McDowell 7, R. Reed 7, C. Gearrin 6, T. Adams 4, B. Feller 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Steen 7-5, S. McDowell 1-3, R. Reed 1-3, C. Gearrin 0-1, T. Adams 0-0, B. Feller 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Steen 99-58, S. McDowell 31-17, R. Reed 20-14, C. Gearrin 25-15, T. Adams 19-10, B. Feller 16-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: R. Reed 2-0 , T. Adams 2-0 , B. Feller 2-2
WP: B. Steen
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
L. Hamlin 6.0 4 1 1 1 1 0 69 4.88   
F. DiPino BS (2) 1.2 2 1 1 1 0 1 17 3.12   
C. Kimbrel 2.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 38 3.53   
J. Pfeffer W (5-2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 2.27   
PITCHING
Game Score: L. Hamlin 60
Batters Faced: L. Hamlin 23, F. DiPino 7, C. Kimbrel 9, J. Pfeffer 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: L. Hamlin 10-7, F. DiPino 2-2, C. Kimbrel 2-3, J. Pfeffer 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: L. Hamlin 69-45, F. DiPino 17-9, C. Kimbrel 38-20, J. Pfeffer 14-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: F. DiPino 2-1 , C. Kimbrel 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Luke Hamlin
Ballpark: Muehlebach Field
Weather: Clear skies (84 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 11 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM CT
Time: 3:43
Attendance: 42570
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