FELLOWSHIP OF RESPECT AND TRUST
CLEVELAND GUARDIANS AT MINNESOTA TWINS
04/09/2001
 
FELLOWSHIP OF RESPECT AND TRUST
CLEVELAND GUARDIANS AT MINNESOTA TWINS
GAME ID: 73 - MONDAY, APRIL 9TH , 2001 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland Guardians (6-2) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 7 0
Minnesota Twins (2-6) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
Minnesota Defeated By Guardians, 3-1
Cleveland and Minnesota played a hard-fought contest.

Cleveland Guardians starter David Wells pitched a good game to help his team take down the Minnesota Twins, 3-1. The winner was Wells. He threw 7.0 innings of 6-hit ball. The loser was Vern Law.

Josh Naylor came through with a big-time hit for Cleveland. The left fielder smacked a 2-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to give his team the lead, 3-1. It was his only hit, but it was clutch.

"Every loss hurts," said Minnesota manager Dan Hornbaker. "But this was a tough one."

Cleveland, now 6-2, is playing great baseball to start the year.
CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
L. Urias 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .385 2 5
M. Brantley CF, LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .226 1 3
C. Dalrymple C 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .259 1 3
G. Hoffman SS 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 .129 2 4
J. Naylor LF 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 .312 2 5
   a-G. Norton 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 0 1
A. Rendon 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 3 6
C. Sullivan DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .192 0 3
J. Rodriguez RF, CF 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .281 2 8
H. Leiber 1B, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .393 3 9
Totals 33 3 7 3 0 10 8      
a - G. Norton substituted for J. Naylor in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: L. Urias (2, 6th Inning off V. Law, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: J. Naylor (2, 7th Inning off V. Law, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: L. Urias 2 , M. Brantley 2 , J. Naylor 4 , C. Sullivan , J. Rodriguez 2
2-out RBI: M. Brantley
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Sullivan
GIDP: C. Sullivan
Hit by Pitch: G. Hoffman
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
CS: M. Brantley (1) , C. Sullivan (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
N. Siebern RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .424 2 4
J. Offerman 1B, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .192 0 3
K. Miller DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .050 0 0
E. Lake 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 0 1
T. Trammell CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 3 7
P. McNulty LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .310 0 0
L. Marson C 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .273 0 1
B. Morgan SS 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .333 0 1
O. Navarro 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 0 0
   a-T. Plouffe PH, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .042 0 1
Totals 33 1 7 1 0 8 12      
a - T. Plouffe pinch hit for O. Navarro in the 7th

BATTING
Triples: L. Marson (1, 3rd Inning off D. Wells, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Offerman , E. Lake , T. Trammell 2 , L. Marson 3 , B. Morgan , O. Navarro
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Offerman , L. Marson
Sac Fly: B. Morgan
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: J. Bonikowski (1) , J. Offerman (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Lake-Navarro-Offerman)
CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE MINNESOTA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Wells W (1-0) 7.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 118 3.38   
K. Giles H (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0.00   
M. Jeffcoat SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 4.15   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Wells 66
Batters Faced: D. Wells 27, K. Giles 4, M. Jeffcoat 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Wells 6-10, K. Giles 2-0, M. Jeffcoat 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: D. Wells 118-75, K. Giles 15-11, M. Jeffcoat 11-9
WP: D. Wells
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
V. Law L (0-1) 8.0 7 3 3 0 8 1 95 3.75   
J. Bonikowski 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: V. Law 64
Batters Faced: V. Law 30, J. Bonikowski 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: V. Law 8-5, J. Bonikowski 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: V. Law 95-66, J. Bonikowski 19-13
Hit Batsmen: V. Law
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: David Wells
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Weather: Roof closed, 45 degrees
Start Time: 6:05 PM CT
Time: 2:38
Attendance: 29849
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