VIRTUAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
MINNESOTA TWINS AT CLEVELAND GUARDIANS
09/10/2005
 
VIRTUAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
MINNESOTA TWINS AT CLEVELAND GUARDIANS
GAME ID: 2096 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH , 2005 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota Twins (73-76) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
Cleveland Guardians (70-79) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3 8 0
Guardians Pull Out Late Win, 3-2
The Cleveland Guardians knocked off the Minnesota Twins, 3-2, in Virtual Baseball League action at Jacobs Field. Cleveland pitcher and Damascus, Maryland, native Brandon Matheny had an outstanding performance. Danys Baez earned the save for Cleveland, his 32nd. At 70-79, the Guardians are currently 17th in the Virtual Baseball League.

Kevin Youkilis helped out the Cleveland cause in the bottom of the first inning with a run-scoring sacrifice fly. For the game, the first baseman drew 1 walk in 4 trips to the plate.

"You have to win 1-0, 3-2, 2-1 games if you want to get to where you want to go," said Guardians manager Charlie Manuel.
MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORE CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Jones LF 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .298 15 53
D. Mohr CF 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 .248 18 45
M. Cuddyer RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .261 23 66
E. Chavez 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .264 39 91
B. Buchanan 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .300 9 33
M. Olivo C 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .186 21 51
   b-B. Fullmer PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 13 61
O. Salazar SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .192 13 41
   c-M. Lamb PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .227 3 32
N. Orlandos 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .178 4 24
K. Wood P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 1 4
   J. Cressend P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0
   a-J. Morneau PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 13 38
   J. Cruz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2 1 8 9      
a - J. Morneau pinch hit for J. Cressend in the 8th
b - B. Fullmer pinch hit for M. Olivo in the 9th
c - M. Lamb pinch hit for O. Salazar in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Cuddyer (29, 1st Inning off B. Matheny, 0 on, 0 outs) , D. Mohr (29, 8th Inning off B. Matheny, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: D. Mohr (18, 1st Inning off B. Matheny, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Jones , D. Mohr 6 , M. Cuddyer 2 , E. Chavez
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Cuddyer
GIDP: O. Salazar
Hit by Pitch: B. Buchanan , B. Fullmer
Team LOB: 5
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Jackson 2B 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 .182 6 40
   a-G. Jones PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .242 29 81
   D. Baez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
J. Peralta SS 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 .231 18 62
R. Zimmerman 3B 4 0 3 0 1 0 2 .349 22 73
N. Swisher RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 8 .259 20 58
C. Granderson LF 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 .237 23 62
K. Youkilis 1B 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 .209 9 24
V. Martinez C 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 .221 13 54
R. Langerhans CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .221 14 50
B. Matheny P 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .149 2 10
   b-R. Vazquez 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 1 12
Totals 31 3 8 3 8 6 27      
a - G. Jones pinch hit for D. Jackson in the 8th
b - R. Vazquez substituted for B. Matheny in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Peralta (27, 1st Inning off K. Wood, 1 on, 0 outs) , R. Zimmerman (48, 5th Inning off K. Wood, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: G. Jones (29, 8th Inning off J. Cruz, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: G. Jones 4 , J. Peralta 3 , R. Zimmerman 4 , N. Swisher , B. Matheny
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , N. Swisher 2 , V. Martinez , R. Langerhans 2
Sac Fly: K. Youkilis
Team LOB: 13

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Zimmerman-Jackson-Youkilis)
MINNESOTA PITCHING LINESCORE CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Wood 4.1 6 2 2 5 5 0 106 3.74   
J. Cressend 2.2 0 0 0 3 0 0 38 6.06   
J. Cruz L (7-4) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 20 2.38   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Wood 43
Batters Faced: K. Wood 24, J. Cressend 11, J. Cruz 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Wood 2-6, J. Cressend 5-3, J. Cruz 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Wood 106-63, J. Cressend 38-19, J. Cruz 20-15
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Cressend 3-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Matheny W (11-9) 8.0 5 2 2 1 7 1 93 3.93   
D. Baez SV (32) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 3.94   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Matheny 70
Batters Faced: B. Matheny 30, D. Baez 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Matheny 9-7, D. Baez 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Matheny 93-63, D. Baez 12-8
Hit Batsmen: B. Matheny , D. Baez
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Brandon Matheny
Ballpark: Jacobs Field
Weather: Cloudy (62 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 12 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 2:50
Attendance: 36586
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