 | | FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES CLEVELAND FORESTERS AT MONTREAL SAINTS 05/25/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES | | CLEVELAND FORESTERS AT MONTREAL SAINTS | | GAME ID: 1091 - SATURDAY, MAY 25TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Cleveland Foresters (19-23) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | | Montreal Saints (17-25) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | | |  | |
| Foresters Tag Saints with 7-4 Loss | Starting pitcher Bill Harris pitched well enough to help the Cleveland Foresters beat the Montreal Saints, 7-4. With the win over Montreal, the Foresters improved to 19-23.
Cleveland used a clutch at-bat from Mel Cardoza to capture the win. The catcher hammered a 2-run home run in the top of the fifth inning to put the Foresters ahead, 2-1. It was his lone hit in 3 at-bats, but it was a humdinger.
"Bill knows how to get ahead of hitters, stay ahead of hitters, and put people out," said Cleveland manager Ray Parsons. | |
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| CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE | | MONTREAL BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - J. Piper pinch hit for B. James in the 9th
BATTING Home Runs: M. Cardoza (1, 5th Inning off J. Roberts, 1 on, 1 out) , O. Benitez (1, 5th Inning off J. Roberts, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: O. Benitez 5 , C. Jaramillo , V. Schneider , S. McDavitt 2 , M. Cardoza 4 2-out RBI: O. Benitez , V. Schneider , S. McDavitt Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: O. Benitez , D. Mosley GIDP: M. Cardoza Sac Bunt: B. Harris Sac Fly: H. Reed Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING SB: C. Jaramillo (4)
FIELDING Errors: A. Babel (5) , D. Mosley (7) PB: M. Cardoza | | | a - M. Morgan pinch hit for J. Roberts in the 7th b - J. Smith pinch hit for C. Hernandez in the 8th c - B. Taylor substituted for J. Smith in the 9th d - B. Rawdon pinch hit for R. Wheeler in the 9th e - R. Barrell pinch hit for B. Gilman in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: J. Hendricks (9, 8th Inning off B. James, 1 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: J. Hendricks (4, 1st Inning off B. Harris, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: R. Barrell , J. Hendricks 6 , J. Robertson , D. Turner , K. Steinbach , J. Roberts , B. Rawdon Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Turner , J. Smith , D. Baker Hit by Pitch: J. Robertson Team LOB: 9
FIELDING Errors: J. Hendricks (3) , C. Hernandez (4) Double Plays: 1 (Steinbach-Turner-Hendricks) | | |
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| CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE | | MONTREAL PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | B. Harris W (3-5) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 107 | 2.71 | | B. James | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.33 | | M. Reed | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3.38 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | J. Roberts L (1-8) | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 99 | 5.53 | | R. Wheeler | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3.58 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Bill Harris Ballpark: Stade Montreal Weather: Clear skies (58 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 14 mph Start Time: 5:05 PM ET Time: 2:59 Attendance: 21646 |
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