VIRTUAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
OAKLAND ATHLETICS AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
06/23/2005
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VIRTUAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
OAKLAND ATHLETICS AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
GAME ID: 1084 - THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD , 2005 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Oakland Athletics (45-31) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
St. Louis Cardinals (45-31) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 0
Late Heroics Net Cardinals 3-2 Win
The home crowd had a good time watching the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals get after it.

Oakland got a big-time effort from pitcher Aaron Harang, but it wasn't enough to keep the St. Louis Cardinals from winning the game, 3-2. Harang threw 8.0 innings of 4-hit ball for the losing team. Octavio Dotel earned the win after being brought in from the bullpen. The right-hander allowed no runs on no hits in 2 innings. His record is now 3-2.

The decisive blow was delivered by Kevin Sefcik in the bottom of the tenth when he hit a run-scoring double off 37-year old right-handed pitcher Trevor Hoffman to win the game for St. Louis. The home crowd went nuts.

"We were determined to pick up this win," said Sefcik.

St. Louis has run its win streak to 6 in a row.
OAKLAND BATTING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Eckstein SS 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .245 2 8
J. Damon CF 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 .286 4 28
E. Durazo 1B 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 .269 14 54
J. Dye LF 4 1 1 2 1 3 0 .314 15 50
A. Ramirez 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .331 24 69
A. Kearns RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .214 1 2
P. Nevin C 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .286 14 43
M. Grudzielanek 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .207 0 12
A. Harang P 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .167 1 3
   a-N. Cruz PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .328 7 33
   B. Looper P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   T. Hoffman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 2 7 11 12      
a - N. Cruz pinch hit for A. Harang in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: J. Dye (15, 4th Inning off R. Person, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Dye 4 , A. Ramirez , A. Kearns , A. Harang 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Damon , A. Kearns
GIDP: A. Kearns , M. Grudzielanek
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Eckstein-Grudzielanek-Durazo)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Crisp 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .301 8 34
J. Edmonds CF 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .243 12 37
A. Pujols 3B 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 .307 25 59
M. Alou LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .275 14 49
M. Teixeira 1B 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 .246 16 53
M. Sweeney C 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .298 6 27
J. Valentin SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .236 7 36
D. Young RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .235 4 26
R. Person P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .179 1 3
   a-K. Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 2 8
   J. Wylie P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   R. Cormier P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-D. Cruz PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .278 2 16
   O. Dotel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-K. Sefcik PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .556 0 5
Totals 32 3 6 3 4 8 10      
a - K. Robinson pinch hit for R. Person in the 5th
b - D. Cruz pinch hit for R. Cormier in the 8th
c - K. Sefcik pinch hit for O. Dotel in the 10th

BATTING
Doubles: D. Cruz (10, 8th Inning off A. Harang, 0 on, 1 out) , C. Crisp (17, 8th Inning off A. Harang, 1 on, 1 out) , K. Sefcik (4, 10th Inning off T. Hoffman, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: C. Crisp 2 , A. Pujols 2 , J. Valentin , D. Cruz 2 , K. Sefcik 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Pujols
GIDP: M. Sweeney
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Pujols-Crisp-Teixeira, Teixeira-Valentin-Person)
OAKLAND PITCHING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Harang 8.0 4 2 2 3 8 0 121 2.82   
B. Looper 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 5.47   
T. Hoffman L (1-2) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 2.37   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Harang 71
Batters Faced: A. Harang 30, B. Looper 3, T. Hoffman 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Harang 7-8, B. Looper 1-1, T. Hoffman 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: A. Harang 121-71, B. Looper 14-7, T. Hoffman 9-7
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Person 5.0 3 2 2 5 4 1 75 4.16   
J. Wylie 2.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 38 3.24   
R. Cormier 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 3.90   
O. Dotel W (3-2) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 29 5.02   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Person 52
Batters Faced: R. Person 21, J. Wylie 9, R. Cormier 3, O. Dotel 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Person 5-4, J. Wylie 2-3, R. Cormier 0-0, O. Dotel 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: R. Person 75-42, J. Wylie 38-28, R. Cormier 12-6, O. Dotel 29-18
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Aaron Harang
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (75 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 3:02
Attendance: 49421
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