MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ST. LOUIS EXPLORERS AT CLEVELAND BOBCATS
07/04/1975
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ST. LOUIS EXPLORERS AT CLEVELAND BOBCATS
GAME ID: 1133 - FRIDAY, JULY 4TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Explorers (40-42) 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 13 2
Cleveland Bobcats (48-32) 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 8 0
Bobcats Absorb 7-6 Home Loss
Behind the hitting of Charlie Bartels, the St. Louis Explorers stopped the Cleveland Bobcats, 7-6. Bartels went 2 for 3 with a home run and a walk, while scoring 2 runs and driving in 3 for the Explorers. Bernie Tate picked up his 21st save of the season. The Explorers improved their record to 40-42 with the win over Cleveland.

Tom Guinn, the St. Louis shortstop, contributed a run-scoring single in the top of the fifth inning to make the score 6-5, Explorers. For the game, Guinn was 1 for 4.

"We're trying to go out there and win games," Bartels told the St. Louis Today, "and we played pretty well tonight."
ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Darnell 3B 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 .209 1 11
K. Osterhage CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .288 7 28
B. Raab 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .262 5 42
G. Parker RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .293 7 38
C. Panetta LF 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 .322 9 44
C. Bartels C 3 2 2 3 1 1 0 .254 9 35
T. Guinn SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .254 3 27
D. Bieler 2B 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .247 2 20
B. Cardenas P 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .122 0 1
   J. Hopkins P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-A. Voeller PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 1 19
   R. Morton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   B. Tate P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
Totals 36 7 13 6 2 1 13      
a - A. Voeller pinch hit for J. Hopkins in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Darnell 2 (10, 3rd Inning off D. Lawrence, 0 on, 0 outs; 4th Inning off D. Lawrence, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: C. Bartels (9, 3rd Inning off D. Lawrence, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. Darnell 5 , B. Raab , G. Parker , C. Panetta 3 , C. Bartels 5 , T. Guinn , D. Bieler 2
2-out RBI: C. Bartels , T. Guinn , D. Bieler
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Osterhage , B. Cardenas 2
GIDP: B. Raab , G. Parker
Sac Bunt: K. Osterhage
Sac Fly: B. Raab
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: J. Darnell (6) , C. Panetta (6)
Double Plays: 1 (Raab-Guinn-Cardenas)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Crowell CF 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 .306 9 33
B. Harper 1B 4 1 1 4 1 1 2 .293 2 13
R. Galvan C 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .260 2 43
B. Olivas 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 3 42
P. Chirico RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .281 4 28
R. Gruber LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .297 9 39
M. Bassett 3B 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .279 5 32
B. Magnuson SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .239 0 16
D. Lawrence P 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .167 0 1
   a-C. Wright PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0
   T. McGuire P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
   b-A. Romano PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .223 0 18
   S. Cheatham P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-F. Jimenez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 0 7
Totals 35 6 8 6 3 3 13      
a - C. Wright pinch hit for D. Lawrence in the 4th
b - A. Romano pinch hit for T. McGuire in the 7th
c - F. Jimenez pinch hit for S. Cheatham in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Magnuson (8, 3rd Inning off B. Cardenas, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: B. Harper (2, 3rd Inning off B. Cardenas, 3 on, 0 outs) , T. Crowell (9, 9th Inning off B. Tate, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Crowell 5 , B. Harper 4 , P. Chirico 2 , B. Magnuson 3 , D. Lawrence
2-out RBI: T. Crowell
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Galvan
GIDP: T. Crowell
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
CS: B. Harper (3)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Bassett-Olivas-Harper, Olivas-Magnuson-Harper)
ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Cardenas W (10-4) 5.0 5 5 5 3 1 1 92 3.31   
J. Hopkins H (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 2.35   
R. Morton H (12) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 1.70   
B. Tate SV (21) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20 3.74   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Cardenas 35
Batters Faced: B. Cardenas 22, J. Hopkins 8, R. Morton 4, B. Tate 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Cardenas 8-4, J. Hopkins 5-0, R. Morton 1-1, B. Tate 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: B. Cardenas 92-52, J. Hopkins 24-19, R. Morton 13-9, B. Tate 20-11
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Lawrence 4.0 9 5 5 0 0 1 62 4.75   
T. McGuire L (0-1) 3.0 2 2 2 2 1 0 44 4.29   
S. Cheatham 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 1.15   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Lawrence 24
Batters Faced: D. Lawrence 20, T. McGuire 13, S. Cheatham 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Lawrence 2-9, T. McGuire 4-4, S. Cheatham 1-4
Pitches - Strikes: D. Lawrence 62-46, T. McGuire 44-26, S. Cheatham 26-18
WP: T. McGuire
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Charlie Bartels
Ballpark: Lakefront Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (70 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 12 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 2:56
Attendance: 22583
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