UNITED STATES LEAGUE
CHICAGO ORPHANS AT CLEVELAND SPIDERS
08/20/1908
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UNITED STATES LEAGUE
CHICAGO ORPHANS AT CLEVELAND SPIDERS
GAME ID: 1737 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH , 1908 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago Orphans (54-43) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 5
Cleveland Spiders (49-51) 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 5 9 0
Spiders Prevail, 5-4, Over Chicago
Good production from pitcher Mike Smith helped the Cleveland Spiders topple the Chicago Orphans, 5-4. Smith threw 9.0 innings of 8-hit ball for the Spiders. The 4th-place Spiders are 49-51.

Claude Ritchey had a big run-scoring double for the Spiders in the bottom of the first inning. With Cleveland leading 2-0 and a runner on 2nd, he got a splitter from Frank Groves, who is tied for 6th in the WL in quality starts with 19, and swatted a double to right-center. It was his 3rd double of the season, and more importantly, it put the Spiders ahead, 3-0.

"What's not to like about a win?" said Ritchey.
CHICAGO BATTING LINESCORE CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Dahlen 3B 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 .257 2 34
A. Stewart 1B 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .197 8 33
B. Lange LF 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .210 1 26
D. Murphy 2B 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 .288 3 47
O. Burns SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .224 2 25
F. Chance C 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 .199 0 31
   a-B. Hallman C 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .286 0 2
M. Slattery CF 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .252 0 29
   b-H. Duffy PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .212 0 8
M. Mitchell RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .241 0 33
F. Groves P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297 0 6
   G. Van Haltren P 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 .071 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4 6 5 13      
a - B. Hallman substituted for F. Chance in the 4th
b - H. Duffy pinch hit for M. Slattery in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: F. Chance (10, 4th Inning off M. Smith, 1 on, 2 outs) , B. Lange (18, 8th Inning off M. Smith, 0 on, 2 outs) , B. Hallman (2, 9th Inning off M. Smith, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: B. Dahlen , B. Lange 3 , O. Burns , F. Chance 2 , B. Hallman 2 , M. Slattery , H. Duffy
2-out RBI: B. Dahlen , F. Chance , M. Slattery
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Stewart , D. Murphy , B. Hallman , M. Slattery , M. Mitchell
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: B. Lange (26) , D. Murphy (20) , F. Chance (17) , M. Slattery (7)
CS: A. Stewart (10) , O. Burns (9) , G. Van Haltren (1)

FIELDING
Errors: B. Dahlen (25) , A. Stewart (18) , O. Burns (48) , M. Slattery (5) , M. Mitchell (6)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. McIntyre LF 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 .303 0 25
   a-S. Mertes LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .321 0 6
T. Turner SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .247 0 29
T. Jordan 1B 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 .271 10 50
   b-E. Konetchy 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 0 3
G. Davis CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .242 3 36
E. McFarland 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 .230 1 25
C. Ritchey 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .262 0 9
L. Drill RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .126 0 2
M. Smith P 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .128 0 4
J. Roger C 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 0 5
Totals 36 5 9 3 1 5 19      
a - S. Mertes substituted for M. McIntyre in the 7th
b - E. Konetchy substituted for T. Jordan in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: C. Ritchey (3, 1st Inning off F. Groves, 1 on, 2 outs)
Triples: G. Davis (6, 7th Inning off G. Van Haltren, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: M. McIntyre 2 , T. Turner , T. Jordan , G. Davis 4 , E. McFarland , C. Ritchey 2 , L. Drill
2-out RBI: E. McFarland , C. Ritchey
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Turner 2 , C. Ritchey 2 , L. Drill
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: M. McIntyre 2 (17)
CHICAGO PITCHING LINESCORE CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
F. Groves L (11-11) 3.0 3 3 3 1 2 0 54 2.37   
G. Van Haltren 5.0 6 2 0 0 3 0 77 2.08   
PITCHING
Game Score: F. Groves 40
Batters Faced: F. Groves 15, G. Van Haltren 22
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: F. Groves 5-2, G. Van Haltren 3-9
Pitches - Strikes: F. Groves 54-33, G. Van Haltren 77-53
WP: G. Van Haltren 2
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Smith W (9-15) 9.0 8 4 4 6 5 0 144 3.44   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Smith 54
Batters Faced: M. Smith 38
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Smith 15-4
Pitches - Strikes: M. Smith 144-83
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Mike Smith
Ballpark: League Park I
Weather: Partly Cloudy (21 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 18 km/h
Start Time: 7:35 PM ET
Time: 2:28
Attendance: 6709
Special Notes: SP Frank Groves was injured while pitching.
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