CROWN OF THE FOUR FLOWERS
SHEFFIELD TALONS AT BIRMINGHAM TRADESMEN
09/04/1908
 
CROWN OF THE FOUR FLOWERS
SHEFFIELD TALONS AT BIRMINGHAM TRADESMEN
GAME ID: 9763 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH , 1908 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sheffield Talons (58-60) 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 9 15 0
Birmingham Tradesmen (45-72) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Sheffield Silences Birmingham, 9-0
Sheffield's Augusto Hernández brought his best stuff to Tradesmen Grounds, shutting down and shutting out the Birmingham Tradesmen, 9-0. He racked up 5 strikeouts, surrendered 4 hits, and issued 3 walks on his way to the victory.

"We barely made him work at all," Birmingham manager Henry Myers said later. "Sheffield could probably pitch him again tomorrow if they wanted."

Hernández has started 30 times this year, pitched 254.2 innings, fanned 157 batters and walked 74. His current record is 12 wins and 14 losses with a 2.93 ERA.
SHEFFIELD BATTING LINESCORE BIRMINGHAM BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
I. Muñoz RF 5 0 1 1 0 1 4 .301 5 39
   b-H. López PH, RF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .533 1 5
C. Herrera 2B 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 .225 5 21
   c-E. Alfaro PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 0 6
   d-M. Torres 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 5 24
G. Mejía LF 5 1 1 0 0 2 5 .251 10 46
F. Pauper DH 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 .316 9 67
C. Schmid CF 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 .260 15 72
O. Araujo 3B 5 1 3 1 0 1 1 .258 6 37
J. Claudio SS 4 2 1 1 1 0 3 .219 17 56
T. Castorena C 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 .208 8 26
S. Santiago 1B 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 .268 4 18
   a-G. Johnston 1B 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .150 0 1
Totals 41 9 15 8 5 7 22      
a - G. Johnston substituted for S. Santiago in the 8th
b - H. López pinch hit for I. Muñoz in the 9th
c - E. Alfaro pinch hit for C. Herrera in the 9th
d - M. Torres substituted for E. Alfaro in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Santiago 2 (4, 3rd Inning off C. Reyna, 0 on, 2 outs; 8th Inning off S. del Valle, 0 on, 1 out) , I. Muñoz (19, 5th Inning off C. Reyna, 1 on, 2 outs) , O. Araujo (23, 6th Inning off C. Reyna, 1 on, 1 out) , C. Herrera (8, 7th Inning off C. Reyna, 0 on, 0 outs) , G. Mejía (19, 9th Inning off S. del Valle, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Claudio (10, 9th Inning off S. del Valle, 2 on, 1 out) , H. López (1, 9th Inning off S. del Valle, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: I. Muñoz 2 , H. López 2 , C. Herrera 3 , G. Mejía 2 , C. Schmid , O. Araujo 4 , J. Claudio 2 , T. Castorena , S. Santiago 6
2-out RBI: I. Muñoz , H. López , C. Schmid , S. Santiago
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , I. Muñoz 2 , C. Herrera , E. Alfaro , G. Mejía , J. Claudio
Sac Fly: G. Johnston
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: C. Herrera (13) , O. Araujo (23) , S. Santiago (8)
CS: C. Herrera (13)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Herrera-Claudio-Santiago, Claudio-Herrera-Santiago)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
É. Martín CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .208 2 19
A. Pérez 1B 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .285 6 44
   a-R. Ward PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .182 0 4
M. Farías LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .277 5 44
   b-S. Watson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .194 0 3
E. Vilain C 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .271 9 54
S. King 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .194 8 33
P. Thorpe 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .199 0 11
I. Herrera DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .197 1 5
F. Davies RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .194 1 9
C. Phoenix SS 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .186 5 34
Totals 29 0 4 0 3 5 10      
a - R. Ward pinch hit for A. Pérez in the 9th
b - S. Watson pinch hit for M. Farías in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: P. Thorpe (11, 5th Inning off A. Hernández, 0 on, 1 out) , R. Ward (3, 9th Inning off A. Hernández, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: A. Pérez , R. Ward 2 , P. Thorpe 2 , C. Phoenix
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. King , F. Davies
GIDP: M. Farías , E. Vilain
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Errors: C. Phoenix (13)
Double Plays: 1 (Vilain-Thorpe)
SHEFFIELD PITCHING LINESCORE BIRMINGHAM PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Hernández W (12-14) 9.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 115 2.93   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Hernández 81
Batters Faced: A. Hernández 32
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Hernández 10-10
Pitches - Strikes: A. Hernández 115-74
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
C. Reyna L (13-16) 7.0 9 4 4 4 6 0 131 3.17   
S. del Valle 2.0 6 5 5 1 1 0 54 7.84   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. Reyna 45
Batters Faced: C. Reyna 34, S. del Valle 13
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Reyna 7-7, S. del Valle 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: C. Reyna 131-77, S. del Valle 54-33
WP: S. del Valle
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Augusto Hernández
Ballpark: Tradesmen Grounds
Weather: Clear skies (16 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 14 km/h
Start Time: 7:05 PM GMT
Time: 2:46
Attendance: 2260
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