WHIRLED BASEBALL
CLEVELAND SPIDERS AT DETROIT WOLVERINES
08/07/2001
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WHIRLED BASEBALL
CLEVELAND SPIDERS AT DETROIT WOLVERINES
GAME ID: 1122 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 7TH , 2001 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland Spiders (63-47) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 6 11 1
Detroit Wolverines (53-59) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 9 1
Cleveland Nets 6-5 Win Versus Wolverines
The Cleveland Spiders and Detroit Wolverines played an entertaining game for Tiger Stadium patrons.

The Cleveland Spiders handed the Detroit Wolverines a 6-5 defeat at Tiger Stadium. First Baseman Ron Blomberg starred for Cleveland. He was 2 for 4 with 2 home runs. He drove in 3 runs and scored twice. The first-place Spiders have won 5 straight games.

Blomberg had a game-changing home run in the top of the eighth. On a 0-1 fastball from Billy Hoeft, he banged a 2-run home run to left, giving the Spiders a 6-5 lead. It was the 43rd home run of the year for Blomberg.

"Our goal is to improve each and every day," Blomberg told the Cleveland Daily News.
CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE DETROIT BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Bates LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .274 9 35
A. Vaughan SS 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .306 11 56
T. Speaker CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 25 74
R. Blomberg DH 4 2 2 3 0 1 0 .293 43 120
L. Berkman 1B 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 .279 39 96
E. Longoria 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .286 23 64
L. Doby RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .224 19 47
C. Knoblauch 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .219 10 35
L. Santop C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .205 7 27
Totals 36 6 11 6 0 9 7      
BATTING
Doubles: A. Vaughan (26, 6th Inning off C. Root, 1 on, 2 outs) , L. Doby (20, 7th Inning off G. Bechtel, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: R. Blomberg 2 (43, 7th Inning off C. Root, 0 on, 0 outs; 8th Inning off B. Hoeft, 1 on, 1 out) , L. Berkman (39, 7th Inning off C. Root, 0 on, 0 outs) , A. Vaughan (11, 8th Inning off B. Hoeft, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: A. Vaughan 7 , T. Speaker , R. Blomberg 8 , L. Berkman 4 , E. Longoria 2 , L. Doby 2 , C. Knoblauch
2-out RBI: A. Vaughan
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Speaker , L. Doby , L. Santop
Sac Bunt: L. Santop
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: E. Longoria (22)
CS: A. Vaughan (10) , E. Longoria (6)

FIELDING
Errors: A. Vaughan (8)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Gehringer 2B 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .261 12 43
C. Davis CF 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 .249 27 66
T. Cobb DH 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 .370 35 93
H. Greenberg 1B 5 0 0 0 0 3 5 .263 35 80
O. Gamble RF, LF 4 1 0 0 1 1 5 .217 21 48
J. Beníquez LF, 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .317 13 43
V. Martinez C 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .378 1 8
J. Wood 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .255 4 16
   a-A. Kaline PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 21 56
T. Lazzeri SS 4 1 2 2 0 2 0 .302 7 16
Totals 36 5 9 5 5 10 18      
a - A. Kaline pinch hit for J. Wood in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: J. Beníquez (13, 2nd Inning off B. Feller, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Lazzeri (7, 3rd Inning off B. Feller, 0 on, 0 outs) , C. Davis (27, 7th Inning off F. Marberry, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: C. Gehringer , C. Davis 4 , T. Cobb 2 , J. Beníquez 5 , V. Martinez , T. Lazzeri 5
2-out RBI: T. Lazzeri
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Gehringer , H. Greenberg 2 , O. Gamble 2
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
CS: T. Cobb (17)

FIELDING
Errors: H. Greenberg (3)
CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE DETROIT PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Feller 5.1 4 3 3 4 7 2 100 4.83   
A. Smith 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 2.40   
F. Marberry W (6-0) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 16 3.52   
R. Reed H (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5.19   
T. Adams SV (21) 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 32 3.69   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Feller 51
Batters Faced: B. Feller 24, A. Smith 4, F. Marberry 4, R. Reed 3, T. Adams 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Feller 5-4, A. Smith 1-1, F. Marberry 0-2, R. Reed 1-2, T. Adams 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: B. Feller 100-61, A. Smith 9-4, F. Marberry 16-10, R. Reed 15-9, T. Adams 32-21
Inherited Runners - Scored: A. Smith 2-1
WP: T. Adams
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
C. Root 6.0 6 3 3 0 7 2 82 5.55   
G. Bechtel H (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 5.66   
B. Hoeft L (2-3), BS (3) 0.1 3 3 3 0 1 2 14 5.80   
C. Bradford 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 5.14   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. Root 55
Batters Faced: C. Root 23, G. Bechtel 4, B. Hoeft 4, C. Bradford 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Root 3-6, G. Bechtel 1-2, B. Hoeft 0-0, C. Bradford 1-3
Pitches - Strikes: C. Root 82-60, G. Bechtel 13-6, B. Hoeft 14-9, C. Bradford 19-13
WP: G. Bechtel
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Ron Blomberg
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (72 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 3:08
Attendance: 43793
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