UNITED STATES LEAGUE
CLEVELAND SPIDERS AT ST. LOUIS BROWNS
07/17/1908
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UNITED STATES LEAGUE
CLEVELAND SPIDERS AT ST. LOUIS BROWNS
GAME ID: 1672 - FRIDAY, JULY 17TH , 1908 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland Spiders (35-39) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 6 8 1
St. Louis Browns (25-49) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
Alder Now 7-7 After Beating Browns
The St. Louis Browns had to reckon with Cleveland Spiders hurler John Alder. Alder, who is tied for 7th in the WL with a 2.17 ERA, overwhelmed the opposition in the 6-1 Spiders triumph. With the win over St. Louis, the Spiders improved to 35-39.

Alder ran roughshod over the St. Louis lineup. The right-hander allowed just 4 hits over 8 innings, while striking out 7. With the victory, he goes to 7-7 on the season.

"All in all, I thought John pitched a fine game for us tonight," said Cleveland manager Russ McKelvy.
CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. McIntyre LF 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 .283 0 21
E. Heidrick RF 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 .255 1 25
G. Davis CF 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .246 3 31
T. Jordan 1B 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .268 7 34
T. Turner SS 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 .250 0 22
B. Terry C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .284 1 23
E. McFarland 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .241 1 18
P. Foster 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .257 0 19
J. Alder P 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .082 0 2
   a-C. Ritchey PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 0 3
   A. Steele P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6 2 3 9      
a - C. Ritchey pinch hit for J. Alder in the 9th

BATTING
Triples: E. Heidrick 2 (5, 1st Inning off D. Williams, 1 on, 0 outs; 8th Inning off D. Williams, 0 on, 1 out) , P. Foster (4, 7th Inning off D. Williams, 0 on, 2 outs) , G. Davis (3, 8th Inning off D. Williams, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: M. McIntyre , E. Heidrick 6 , G. Davis 3 , T. Jordan , B. Terry 2 , P. Foster 3
2-out RBI: T. Jordan , B. Terry
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Turner , J. Alder
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Turner (17)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Jordan (11)
OF assists: 1 (Heidrick(Green at 2nd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Knight SS 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 .222 0 20
   c-L. Sockalexis PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 0 2
   D. Amole P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
J. Kane LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .245 0 17
J. Williams 1B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .266 4 30
D. Green RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .239 0 25
T. Jeffery 3B 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 .250 0 14
H. Armbruster CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .219 0 13
G. Gibson C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .208 0 18
B. McCormick 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 0 3
   a-H. Long PH, 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .225 0 13
D. Williams P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .068 0 2
   E. Plank P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-G. Schaefer PH, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .265 0 8
Totals 31 1 5 1 1 7 11      
a - H. Long pinch hit for B. McCormick in the 8th
b - G. Schaefer pinch hit for E. Plank in the 8th
c - L. Sockalexis pinch hit for J. Knight in the 8th

BATTING
Total Bases: J. Kane , J. Williams , D. Green , H. Armbruster , H. Long
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Kane
Sac Fly: T. Jeffery
Team LOB: 5
CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Alder W (7-7) 8.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 105 2.17   
A. Steele 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 6.06   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Alder 76
Batters Faced: J. Alder 29, A. Steele 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Alder 7-9, A. Steele 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Alder 105-68, A. Steele 16-9
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Williams L (5-11) 7.2 8 6 6 2 3 0 110 2.95   
E. Plank 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.10   
D. Amole 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.50   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Williams 40
Batters Faced: D. Williams 33, E. Plank 1, D. Amole 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Williams 13-7, E. Plank 1-0, D. Amole 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: D. Williams 110-70, E. Plank 2-2, D. Amole 11-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: E. Plank 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: John Alder
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park I
Weather: Cloudy (24 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 14 km/h
Start Time: 7:35 PM CT
Time: 2:18
Attendance: 4349
Special Notes: Emmet Heidrick ties the CLE regular season game record for triples with 2.
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