LEAGUE OF THE FREE FRONTIER
ABILENE PREACHERS AT WICHITA FALLS YARDMEN
08/15/1908
 
LEAGUE OF THE FREE FRONTIER
ABILENE PREACHERS AT WICHITA FALLS YARDMEN
GAME ID: 14604 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 15TH , 1908 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Abilene Preachers (35-66) 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 1 0 13 13 1
Wichita Falls Yardmen (51-50) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 12 2
Ortiz Helps Abilene Cruise to 13-3 Win
The Abilene Preachers got production up and down the lineup while beating the Wichita Falls Yardmen, 13-3. One standout was designated hitter Arturo Ortiz. Ortiz belted 2 home runs. He drove in 8 runs and scored twice. Abilene pitcher Matt Tulk got the win. He's now 5-9. Íñigo León was tagged with the loss. The Preachers win now puts them at 35-66.

In the first inning, Ortiz had a 2-run home run for Abilene. It was his 15th home run of the season and put the Preachers on top, 3-0.

"We got our butts kicked," said Wichita Falls manager Kevin Kerfoot.
ABILENE BATTING LINESCORE WICHITA FALLS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Pérez SS 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 .211 0 27
L. Morocho LF 5 2 1 0 0 2 5 .212 1 15
A. Parga 2B 4 3 3 1 1 0 1 .313 15 45
R. Byrne 1B 4 3 3 2 1 0 1 .359 8 46
A. Ortiz DH 5 2 3 8 0 0 3 .192 15 48
É. Burgos C 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 .236 6 23
V. Juárez 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .240 3 16
J. Godínez CF 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 .206 9 27
A. Martín RF 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .287 7 23
   a-A. Espinoza PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125 0 0
   b-P. Rodarte RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 0 0
Totals 39 13 13 12 6 9 20      
a - A. Espinoza pinch hit for A. Martín in the 7th
b - P. Rodarte substituted for A. Espinoza in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: L. Morocho (10, 1st Inning off Í. León, 0 on, 1 out) , R. Byrne (32, 1st Inning off Í. León, 1 on, 2 outs) , A. Ortiz (6, 3rd Inning off Í. León, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: A. Ortiz 2 (15, 1st Inning off Í. León, 1 on, 2 outs; 6th Inning off H. Ponce, 3 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: L. Morocho 2 , A. Parga 3 , R. Byrne 4 , A. Ortiz 10 , É. Burgos , V. Juárez , A. Martín
2-out RBI: A. Parga , R. Byrne , A. Ortiz 2 , É. Burgos
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , L. Morocho 2 , É. Burgos , V. Juárez
GIDP: A. Ortiz
Sac Bunt: L. Morocho , J. Godínez
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: V. Juárez (8)
Double Plays: 1 (Byrne-Burgos-Byrne)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. González RF 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .303 9 44
   a-M. Samano PH, RF 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .105 0 1
P. Martínez DH 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .275 3 33
P. Benavides LF 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .321 5 60
   b-T. Colón PH, LF 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0
T. Rodríguez 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .300 32 84
   c-M. Hernández PH, 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .233 1 9
A. Gutiérrez 2B 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 .335 8 61
P. Ávalos 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .249 18 50
Z. Prado SS 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .223 2 18
U. Recio C 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 .252 5 33
M. Santiago CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .247 9 25
Totals 37 3 12 3 3 5 21      
a - M. Samano pinch hit for D. González in the 7th
b - T. Colón pinch hit for P. Benavides in the 7th
c - M. Hernández pinch hit for T. Rodríguez in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: D. González (26, 5th Inning off M. Tulk, 1 on, 2 outs) , P. Benavides (29, 6th Inning off M. Tulk, 0 on, 0 outs) , P. Martínez (21, 7th Inning off M. Tulk, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: D. González 2 , P. Martínez 3 , P. Benavides 3 , T. Colón 2 , A. Gutiérrez , Z. Prado 2 , M. Santiago 2
2-out RBI: D. González , M. Santiago
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: P. Martínez , M. Hernández , A. Gutiérrez , U. Recio , M. Santiago
GIDP: U. Recio
Sac Fly: A. Gutiérrez
Team LOB: 11

BASERUNNING
CS: P. Ávalos (2)

FIELDING
Errors: Z. Prado 2 (4)
Double Plays: 1 (Ávalos-Gutiérrez-Rodríguez)
ABILENE PITCHING LINESCORE WICHITA FALLS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Tulk W (5-9) 9.0 12 3 3 3 5 0 145 5.32   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Tulk 53
Batters Faced: M. Tulk 41
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Tulk 10-10
Pitches - Strikes: M. Tulk 145-91
WP: M. Tulk 2
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Í. León L (10-16) 5.2 10 10 6 3 4 1 91 3.68   
H. Ponce 2.1 3 3 3 3 2 1 52 1.95   
E. Prieto 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 2.72   
PITCHING
Game Score: Í. León 18
Batters Faced: Í. León 30, H. Ponce 13, E. Prieto 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Í. León 5-7, H. Ponce 1-4, E. Prieto 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: Í. León 91-54, H. Ponce 52-30, E. Prieto 15-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: H. Ponce 2-2
WP: H. Ponce 2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Arturo Ortiz
Ballpark: Yardmen Park
Weather: Cloudy (31 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 21 km/h
Start Time: 1:05 PM CT
Time: 2:46
Attendance: 5029
Special Notes: Arturo Ortiz sets the ABLN regular season game record for RBI with 8.
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