LEAGUE OF THE GREAT LAKES
BUFFALO HOPPER BOYS AT ERIE COMMODORES
09/04/1908
 
LEAGUE OF THE GREAT LAKES
BUFFALO HOPPER BOYS AT ERIE COMMODORES
GAME ID: 20005 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH , 1908 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Buffalo Hopper Boys (44-53) 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 7 10 1
Erie Commodores (45-52) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 5 5 0
Hopper Boys Victorious at Erie, 7-5
A nice crowd turned out for a clash between the Buffalo Hopper Boys and Erie Commodores.

Erie catcher Darío Valdivia had a good game in a losing cause. His team fell, 7-5, to Buffalo at Erie Naval Yards. Valdivia went 2 for 3 with a home run. He drove in 2 runs and scored once. Red Donahue sewed up the save, his 1st.

Ryan Donaldson had a big 2-run home run for the Hopper Boys in the top of the seventh inning. With Buffalo leading 5-2 and a runner on 1st, he sized up a splitter from 24-year old right-handed pitcher Clay Marple and punished it. The result was his 1st home run of the season, which put the Hopper Boys on top, 7-2.

"Nice to tuck this win away," said Donaldson.

The third-place Commodores have lost 5 consecutive games.
BUFFALO BATTING LINESCORE ERIE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Almaraz CF 5 1 1 1 0 3 1 .243 0 16
J. Oliva 3B 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .269 2 26
R. Donaldson DH 5 1 1 2 0 1 2 .268 1 21
C. Ruiz 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .307 6 42
R. Robinson RF 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 .217 4 29
P. Haro SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .284 4 27
C. Covarrubias C 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 .229 4 26
N. Jetjirawat LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .227 2 22
T. Contreras 1B 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 .203 2 17
Totals 35 7 10 7 4 8 11      
BATTING
Doubles: C. Ruiz (23, 4th Inning off C. Marple, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Contreras (10, 5th Inning off C. Marple, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: R. Donaldson (1, 7th Inning off C. Marple, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: A. Almaraz , R. Donaldson 4 , C. Ruiz 3 , R. Robinson , P. Haro , C. Covarrubias 2 , T. Contreras 3
2-out RBI: C. Ruiz , C. Covarrubias
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: N. Jetjirawat
GIDP: A. Almaraz
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Robinson 2 (45)
CS: C. Ruiz (13)

FIELDING
Errors: P. Haro (14)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Neumann CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .306 1 35
S. Salinas SS 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .255 0 31
E. Romero 1B 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .324 4 52
S. Díaz DH 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .274 11 49
   b-P. Rendón DH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .275 0 13
J. Petrone RF 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 .253 2 33
L. Escobedo 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .259 1 6
   a-R. Sowards PH, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .211 0 4
J. Sagastume LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .409 0 1
   c-F. González PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .269 0 12
D. Valdivia C 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .333 1 9
   d-P. Franco PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .214 4 19
R. Mohl 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .344 0 3
Totals 30 5 5 5 4 5 11      
a - R. Sowards pinch hit for L. Escobedo in the 7th
b - P. Rendón inserted as DH in the 9th
c - F. González pinch hit for J. Sagastume in the 9th
d - P. Franco pinch hit for D. Valdivia in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: D. Valdivia (1, 5th Inning off T. Magaña, 1 on, 2 outs) , S. Díaz (11, 7th Inning off T. Magaña, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Salinas , S. Díaz 4 , P. Rendón , D. Valdivia 5
2-out RBI: D. Valdivia
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Neumann , R. Mohl
Sac Bunt: R. Mohl
Sac Fly: F. González
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
CS: S. Díaz (5)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Escobedo-Salinas-Romero)
PB: D. Valdivia
BUFFALO PITCHING LINESCORE ERIE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Urbina 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 3.62   
T. Magaña W (1-0) 5.2 5 5 5 3 4 2 89 4.05   
R. Donahue SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 3.24   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Urbina 54
Batters Faced: A. Urbina 7, T. Magaña 25, R. Donahue 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Urbina 2-3, T. Magaña 7-6, R. Donahue 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: A. Urbina 24-16, T. Magaña 89-53, R. Donahue 17-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: R. Donahue 3-1
WP: T. Magaña
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
C. Marple L (9-8) 6.1 10 7 7 3 6 1 112 3.06   
Á. Aldama 2.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 28 5.40   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. Marple 28
Batters Faced: C. Marple 30, Á. Aldama 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Marple 5-6, Á. Aldama 4-2
Pitches - Strikes: C. Marple 112-70, Á. Aldama 28-15
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Darío Valdivia
Ballpark: Erie Naval Yards
Weather: Clear skies (22 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 16 km/h
Start Time: 2:05 PM ET
Time: 2:36
Attendance: 2944
Special Notes: SP Alejandro Urbina was injured while pitching.
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