WHIRLED BASEBALL
NEW YORK GOTHAMS AT KANSAS CITY MONARCHS
08/20/2001
 
WHIRLED BASEBALL
NEW YORK GOTHAMS AT KANSAS CITY MONARCHS
GAME ID: 1246 - MONDAY, AUGUST 20TH , 2001 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Gothams (59-66) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
Kansas City Monarchs (63-62) 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 3 X 11 14 0
Monarchs Lick Gothams, 11-2
The Kansas City Monarchs had no problem beating the New York Gothams, 11-2, at Muehlebach Field 1923-1941. Albert Pujols led the way. He was 3-4 with 2 doubles and a walk. He scored 2 runs and drove in 3 for Kansas City. The Monarchs lead the National League Marvin Miller Division by a game.

One pivotal at-bat came with one out in the top of the fourth. With runners on 1st and 2nd and New York trailing 2-0, A. Rube Foster needed to bear down against Matt Williams. Foster won the battle, as Williams struck out and the Monarchs went on to win.
NEW YORK BATTING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Callison RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .255 29 68
B. Posey C 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .293 31 60
W. Mays CF 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .266 40 92
B. Kauff DH 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .276 30 79
W. Clark 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .288 27 76
J. Hart LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .345 8 13
M. Williams 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .111 1 1
D. Johnson 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0
B. Crawford SS 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 .224 11 30
Totals 31 2 5 2 3 7 11      
BATTING
Doubles: B. Posey 2 (18, 1st Inning off A. Foster, 0 on, 1 out; 3rd Inning off A. Foster, 0 on, 2 outs) , B. Kauff (31, 5th Inning off A. Foster, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Posey 4 , W. Mays , B. Kauff 2 , B. Crawford
2-out RBI: B. Kauff
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: W. Mays , W. Clark 2 , D. Johnson
Hit by Pitch: B. Kauff
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
CS: B. Crawford (5)

FIELDING
Errors: B. Posey (4)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
O. Smith SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .241 4 33
B. Powell 1B 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 .267 23 66
S. Musial RF 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 .316 12 57
A. Pujols LF 4 2 3 3 1 0 0 .311 30 88
D. Medwick DH 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .242 12 51
F. Frisch 3B 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 .275 6 38
D. Murphy CF 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .201 24 42
R. Canó 2B 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .237 13 44
M. Ruel C 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .233 1 8
Totals 37 11 14 10 4 6 14      
BATTING
Doubles: A. Pujols 2 (44, 1st Inning off D. Sutton, 1 on, 2 outs; 5th Inning off D. Sutton, 1 on, 1 out) , S. Musial 2 (47, 1st Inning off D. Sutton, 0 on, 2 outs; 8th Inning off C. Smith, 2 on, 2 outs) , D. Medwick (30, 4th Inning off D. Sutton, 1 on, 0 outs) , R. Canó (23, 4th Inning off D. Sutton, 1 on, 2 outs) , D. Murphy (11, 5th Inning off D. Betances, 1 on, 2 outs) , F. Frisch 2 (23, 5th Inning off D. Betances, 1 on, 2 outs; 7th Inning off C. Smith, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: D. Murphy (24, 2nd Inning off D. Sutton, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: O. Smith , B. Powell , S. Musial 4 , A. Pujols 5 , D. Medwick 3 , F. Frisch 4 , D. Murphy 6 , R. Canó 2
2-out RBI: S. Musial , A. Pujols 2 , F. Frisch , D. Murphy , R. Canó
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Medwick , F. Frisch , D. Murphy , R. Canó , M. Ruel
Sac Fly: F. Frisch
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: O. Smith (53) , S. Musial (21)
NEW YORK PITCHING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Sutton L (12-6) 4.1 7 7 7 2 4 1 82 5.19   
D. Betances 1.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 26 22.50   
C. Smith 1.2 2 3 3 2 0 0 30 16.20   
K. Tekulve 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Sutton 23
Batters Faced: D. Sutton 22, D. Betances 8, C. Smith 9, K. Tekulve 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Sutton 3-6, D. Betances 1-2, C. Smith 2-3, K. Tekulve 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: D. Sutton 82-55, D. Betances 26-17, C. Smith 30-16, K. Tekulve 10-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Betances 1-1 , K. Tekulve 1-1
WP: D. Sutton
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Foster W (9-5) 9.0 5 2 2 3 7 0 118 2.87   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Foster 73
Batters Faced: A. Foster 35
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Foster 5-14
Pitches - Strikes: A. Foster 118-76
WP: A. Foster
Hit Batsmen: A. Foster
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Albert Pujols
Ballpark: Muehlebach Field 1923-1941
Weather: Partly Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 15 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM CT
Time: 2:49
Attendance: 35860
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