DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
MINNESOTA TWINS AT CLEVELAND SPIDERS
07/27/1998
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DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
MINNESOTA TWINS AT CLEVELAND SPIDERS
GAME ID: 1251 - MONDAY, JULY 27TH, 1998 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota Twins (51-54) 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 8 11 0
Cleveland Spiders (40-66) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
Thomas Stars for Twins in 8-3 Win
The Minnesota Twins grabbed a 8-3 win over the Cleveland Spiders at League Park. Minnesota first baseman Frank Thomas went 3-5 with a home run and a double. He drove in 5 runs and scored once to earn player of the game honors. Pedro Astacio got the win, improving to 6-11. He held the Spiders to 3 earned runs on 5 hits over 5 innings, while striking out 6 and walking 0. The Twins have now won 4 straight.

Thomas came through with some timely hitting for Minnesota. With the score 2-2 in the top of the fifth and two down, Thomas hit a 1-0 fastball for a 3-run home run. His 29th home run of the season made it 5-2, Minnesota.

"We did more than enough to get the win," said Thomas.
MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORE CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Daniels DH 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 .270 31 67
D. Erstad CF 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 .273 8 31
L. Walker RF 3 1 0 0 2 2 4 .203 16 50
F. Thomas 1B 5 1 3 5 0 1 2 .281 29 93
B. Gates 2B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .278 7 41
K. Akiyama LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .190 12 40
A. Nunez 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .266 9 42
B. Fordyce C 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 .229 8 41
M. Grudzielanek SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .252 3 34
Totals 34 8 11 8 5 8 16      
BATTING
Doubles: B. Gates (27, 4th Inning off J. Thomson, 0 on, 0 outs) F. Thomas (18, 1st Inning off J. Thomson, 2 on, 1 out) K. Akiyama 2 (18, 5th Inning off J. Thomson, 1 on, 2 outs; 8th Inning off M. Saito, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: B. Fordyce (8, 8th Inning off D. Veras, 1 on, 2 outs) F. Thomas (29, 5th Inning off J. Thomson, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Daniels , D. Erstad 2 , B. Fordyce 5 , B. Gates 2 , F. Thomas 7 , K. Akiyama 4
2-out RBI: B. Fordyce , F. Thomas , K. Akiyama
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Daniels , B. Fordyce , F. Thomas , K. Akiyama
GIDP: F. Thomas
Sac Bunt: D. Erstad
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Daniels (45) , D. Erstad 2 (25) , M. Grudzielanek (28)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Gates-Grudzielanek-Thomas)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Mitchell 3B 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 .241 27 71
E. Diaz C 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .194 0 4
B. Huskey RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .167 2 6
R. Ibanez DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .228 29 73
R. Pemberton LF 4 1 1 1 0 2 3 .229 14 43
J. Allensworth CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .231 6 24
T. Perez 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .220 2 30
C. Stynes SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .219 3 23
H. Johnson 1B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .207 25 53
Totals 33 3 7 3 0 10 8      
BATTING
Doubles: R. Ibanez (17, 6th Inning off P. Spoljaric, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: H. Johnson (25, 5th Inning off P. Astacio, 0 on, 2 outs) R. Pemberton (14, 2nd Inning off P. Astacio, 0 on, 0 outs) B. Huskey (2, 1st Inning off P. Astacio, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: H. Johnson 4 , E. Diaz , R. Ibanez 3 , T. Perez , R. Pemberton 4 , B. Huskey 4
2-out RBI: H. Johnson , B. Huskey
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Allensworth
GIDP: C. Stynes
Team LOB: 2

FIELDING
Errors: H. Johnson (8)
Double Plays: 1 (Stynes-Perez-Johnson)
OF assists: 2 (Allensworth (Akiyama at 3rd base), Huskey (Daniels at home))
MINNESOTA PITCHING LINESCORE CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
P. Astacio W (6-11) 5.0 5 3 3 0 6 3 70 50 4.54   
P. Spoljaric H (1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 24 18 3.75   
B. Ayrault 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 9 4.14   
J. Spradlin 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 6.35   
PITCHING
Game Score: P. Astacio 51
Batters Faced: P. Astacio 20, P. Spoljaric 7, B. Ayrault 4, J. Spradlin 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: P. Astacio 6-3, P. Spoljaric 1-2, B. Ayrault 1-1, J. Spradlin 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: P. Astacio 70-50, P. Spoljaric 24-18, B. Ayrault 15-9, J. Spradlin 7-5
Inherited Runners - Scored: P. Spoljaric 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
J. Thomson L (7-10) 5.0 6 6 6 4 5 1 109 61 4.63   
M. Saito 2.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 28 18 8.56   
D. Veras 1.2 3 1 1 0 3 1 29 23 4.50   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Thomson 32
Batters Faced: J. Thomson 24, M. Saito 9, D. Veras 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Thomson 5-4, M. Saito 3-3, D. Veras 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Thomson 109-61, M. Saito 28-18, D. Veras 29-23
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Veras 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Frank Thomas
Ballpark: League Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (74 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM EST
Time: 2:56
Attendance: 33201
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