VIRTUAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
MINNESOTA TWINS AT PITTSBURGH PIRATES
08/13/2005
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VIRTUAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
MINNESOTA TWINS AT PITTSBURGH PIRATES
GAME ID: 1704 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 13TH , 2005 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota Twins (58-65) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 12 0
Pittsburgh Pirates (68-55) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Twins Deal Pirates 7-0 Defeat
The Minnesota Twins went home winners at PNC Park, thanks in large part to starter Jason Simontacchi. Simontacchi stifled the Pittsburgh Pirates, enabling Minnesota to grab the 7-0 win. At 58-65, Minnesota is in 17th place in the Virtual Baseball League.

Minnesota used the hitting of Eric Chavez to pick up the win. The third baseman clubbed a 3-run home run in the top of the eighth inning to put the Twins on top, 4-0. For the game, Chavez had 1 home run and 1 single in 4 at-bats.

"When this team comes together and plays the way we can, we can compete with anyone," said Chavez. "I think we're going to keep proving that."
MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORE PITTSBURGH BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Jones LF 5 0 0 0 0 5 4 .302 12 43
D. Mohr CF 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 .238 14 36
M. Cuddyer RF 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .258 19 55
   c-H. Monte PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .139 2 7
E. Chavez 3B 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 .260 31 72
B. Fullmer 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262 9 52
M. Olivo C 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .190 18 40
N. Orlandos 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .180 3 17
O. Salazar SS 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 .187 10 30
J. Simontacchi P 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .159 0 2
   J. Cerda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-B. Buchanan PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .300 8 27
   J. Cruz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-J. Morneau PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .269 8 22
   C. Makowsky P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 2
Totals 36 7 12 7 1 10 13      
a - B. Buchanan pinch hit for J. Cerda in the 8th
b - J. Morneau pinch hit for J. Cruz in the 9th
c - H. Monte pinch hit for M. Cuddyer in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Olivo 2 (12, 7th Inning off K. Tadano, 0 on, 1 out; 9th Inning off B. Lyon, 0 on, 0 outs) , D. Mohr (22, 9th Inning off B. Lyon, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: M. Cuddyer (19, 1st Inning off P. Byrd, 0 on, 2 outs) , E. Chavez (31, 8th Inning off M. Connolly, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: D. Mohr 3 , M. Cuddyer 5 , E. Chavez 5 , M. Olivo 5 , N. Orlandos , O. Salazar , J. Morneau
2-out RBI: D. Mohr , M. Cuddyer , E. Chavez
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Jones , H. Monte , B. Fullmer , O. Salazar , J. Simontacchi
Sac Bunt: J. Simontacchi
Sac Fly: O. Salazar
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: E. Chavez (24) , M. Olivo (15) , N. Orlandos (18)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Wilson 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 3 29
M. Cameron CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .251 20 66
M. Upton Jr. SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .253 23 69
V. Guerrero RF 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .307 28 84
J. Bautista 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .224 19 55
D. Mientkiewicz 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .196 5 34
N. McLouth LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .216 9 30
J. Barnes C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .232 11 43
P. Byrd P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 1 6
   a-T. Redman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 4 29
   K. Tadano P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   M. Connolly P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
   b-R. Mackowiak PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259 10 40
   B. Lyon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0 1 8 9      
a - T. Redman pinch hit for P. Byrd in the 6th
b - R. Mackowiak pinch hit for M. Connolly in the 8th

BATTING
Total Bases: M. Cameron 2 , J. Barnes
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Bautista , N. McLouth
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Cameron (34)

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Cameron(Buchanan at home))
MINNESOTA PITCHING LINESCORE PITTSBURGH PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Simontacchi W (7-11) 5.1 1 0 0 1 3 0 83 4.85   
J. Cerda H (11) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 4.30   
J. Cruz 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 21 2.39   
C. Makowsky 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 4.33   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Simontacchi 68
Batters Faced: J. Simontacchi 18, J. Cerda 5, J. Cruz 4, C. Makowsky 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Simontacchi 4-9, J. Cerda 2-1, J. Cruz 1-0, C. Makowsky 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Simontacchi 83-55, J. Cerda 21-13, J. Cruz 21-14, C. Makowsky 13-9
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
P. Byrd L (9-6) 6.0 4 1 1 0 6 1 76 2.87   
K. Tadano 1.2 3 2 2 1 2 0 36 4.07   
M. Connolly 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 2.92   
B. Lyon 1.0 4 3 3 0 2 0 22 4.87   
PITCHING
Game Score: P. Byrd 66
Batters Faced: P. Byrd 22, K. Tadano 8, M. Connolly 2, B. Lyon 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: P. Byrd 11-1, K. Tadano 1-1, M. Connolly 0-1, B. Lyon 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: P. Byrd 76-50, K. Tadano 36-19, M. Connolly 4-3, B. Lyon 22-17
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Connolly 2-2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Jason Simontacchi
Ballpark: PNC Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (59 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 8 mph
Start Time: 10:35 PM ET
Time: 2:52
Attendance: 38289
Special Notes: Jacque Jones ties the VBL regular season game record for strikeouts with 5.
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