Mathewson benefits from huge 6th inning from Giants offense

Matty picked up the win, throwing one inning in relief running his record to 9-1, 1.94.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1965 Minnesota 1965 Twins At 1905 NY (AL) 1905 Giants     5/18/2007
 
  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Oliva CF          4  0  1  0 .292     B.Gilbert 2B        5  0  1  0 .331  
  Z.Versalles SS      4  1  2  1 .222     A.Devlin 3B         4  2  2  0 .298  
  H.Killebrew 1B      3  1  2  0 .266     M.Donlin CF         4  0  1  2 .419  
  B.Allison LF        5  0  0  0 .155     D.McGann 1B         4  1  1  0 .383  
  E.Battey C          3  0  1  1 .221     S.Mertes LF         2  1  0  0 .301  
  S.Valdespino RF     5  0  1  0 .229     G.Browne RF         2  1  0  0 .274  
  R.Rollins 3B        3  2  2  0 .280     B.Dahlen SS         4  2  1  2 .150  
  G.Kindall 2B        4  0  1  1 .167     R.Bresnahan C       4  1  3  1 .218  
  M.Grant P           2  0  0  0 .000     C.Elliot P          1  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Klippstein P      0  0  0  0 ----   A-F.Bowerman PH       1  0  0  0 .279  
C-J.Hall PH           1  0  0  0 .276     C.Mathewson P       0  0  0  0 .192  
  A.Worthington P     0  0  0  0 ----   B-B.Clarke PH         1  1  1  3 .290  
                                          J.McGinnity P       1  0  1  1 .080  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  4 10  3                 Totals      33  9 11  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Elliot In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mathewson In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Klippstein In 7th Inning
 
Twins........... 0 0 0  1 2 1  0 0 0  -  4 10  0
Giants.......... 1 0 0  1 0 6  0 1    -  9 11  0
 
Twins (18-25)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Grant                   5 2/3   5   3   3   1   2   0   3.89
J.Klippstein L(2-2)B(1st) 0 1/3   4   5   5   2   0   1   5.40
A.Worthingto              2       2   1   1   1   0   0   3.86
Totals                    8      11   9   9   4   2   1
 
Giants (27-15)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Elliot                  5       5   3   3   5   3   0   8.40
C.Mathewson WIN(9-1)      1       2   1   1   2   1   0   1.94
J.McGinnity SAVE(1st)     3       3   0   0   0   0   0   3.21
Totals                    9      10   4   4   7   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,457 DATE- Friday, May 18th 2007 TIME- Night 
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Twins:11  Giants: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 0  Giants: 1
DOUBLES- T.Oliva(7th), E.Battey(11th), G.Kindall(4th), D.McGann(7th)
TRIPLES- A.Devlin(2nd)
HOME RUNS- B.Clarke(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- Z.Versalles(12th), B.Gilbert(5th), A.Devlin(12th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Battey
WALKS- T.Oliva, Z.Versalles, H.Killebrew-2, E.Battey, R.Rollins, M.Grant,
       S.Mertes-2, G.Browne-2
STRIKE OUTS- T.Oliva, B.Allison-2, G.Kindall, B.Gilbert, B.Dahlen
BALKS- C.Elliot
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Bill Dahlen robbed Sandy Valdespino of a base hit.
          Top 8th: Billy Gilbert robbed Harmon Killebrew of a base hit.
 
In a lop-sided win the NY (AL) 1905 Giants ripped the Minnesota 1965 Twins by
a 9 to 4 count.
 
NY (AL) 1905 tallied 6 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning with the help of 5
hits.  The highlight belonged to Boileryard Clarke who came through for the
home fans when he clubbed a three-run home run (his 2nd of the season).  NY
(AL) 1905 banged out 11 hits on the night.  
 
Christy Mathewson(9-1) went 1 inning allowing 1 run for the win. Joe McGinnity
got the save, his 1st.  John Klippstein(2-2) took the loss in relief.  
 
NY (AL) 1905 now has a record of 27-15.  Minnesota 1965 has a record of 18-25,
worst in the division after the loss.

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