Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Mike Garcia went 7 plus shutout innings as Cleveland blanked Washington 2-0 and swept the doubleheader.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Washington Nationals At 1955 Cleveland Indians 8/28/1955
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
E.Yost 3B 5 0 1 0 .240 A.Smith CF 4 0 2 0 .298
E.Oravetz RF 5 0 1 0 .248 G.Woodling RF 4 0 0 0 .287
P.Runnels 2B 4 0 2 0 .298 A.Rosen 3B 4 0 1 0 .229
M.Vernon 1B 4 0 2 0 .324 R.Kiner LF 4 0 0 0 .177
R.Sievers LF 3 0 0 0 .249 B.Avila 2B 3 2 0 0 .260
C.Courtney C 3 0 1 0 .364 F.Fain 1B 4 0 2 0 .269
T.Umphlett CF 4 0 0 0 .199 H.Foiles C 2 0 1 1 .298
J.Valdivielso SS 1 0 0 0 .202 G.Strickland SS 3 0 0 0 .206
A-J.Schoonmaker PH 1 0 0 0 .188 M.Garcia P 3 0 1 0 .219
B-J.Snyder SS 0 0 0 0 .139 R.Narleski P 0 0 0 0 .467
C-C.Paula PH 1 0 0 0 .320
M.McDermott P 3 0 1 0 .375
D-E.Fitz Gerald PH 1 0 0 0 .260
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Totals 35 0 8 0 Totals 31 2 7 1
A-Pinch Hit For Valdivielso In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Schoonmaker In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Snyder In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For McDermott In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 1
Indians......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 2
Nationals (47-78) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.McDermott LOSS(4-9) 8 7 2 1 4 5 0 3.86
Totals 8 7 2 1 4 5 0
Indians (76-53) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Garcia WIN(11-10) 7 2/3 8 0 0 2 5 0 3.29
R.Narleski SAVE(16th) 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.66
Totals 9 8 0 0 3 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 42,867 DATE- Sunday, August 28th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:11
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:11 Indians: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Indians: 0
ERRORS- J.Snyder, F.Fain, G.Strickland
DOUBLES- M.Vernon(20th), A.Smith(20th)
CAUGHT STEALING- P.Runnels
WALKS- R.Sievers, C.Courtney, J.Valdivielso, B.Avila, H.Foiles-2, G.Strickland
STRIKE OUTS- E.Yost, M.Vernon-2, C.Paula, M.McDermott-2, G.Woodling, R.Kiner,
B.Avila-2, G.Strickland
GIDP- A.Rosen
WILD PITCHES- M.McDermott-2
PASSED BALLS- C.Courtney
At Municipal Stadium, the Cleveland fans witnessed a great pitcher's duel.
Mike Garcia(11-10) finally bested his Washington opposite, Mickey
McDermott(4-9), by the score of 2 to 0.
Cleveland took the lead for keeps in the 4th inning plating an isolated run.
Cleveland had 7 hits for the afternoon.
Ray Narleski gained credit for his 16th save. McDermott was hit with the
loss. He pitched 8 innings allowing 7 hits and 4 walks.
'I was a little good, a little bad and a little ugly.' said Garcia, 'I was
just giving us a chance to win.'