LOAIZA, MARTE FAN 17; CHISOX STILL FALL TO TRIBE
Big Hurt Belts 53rd HR in Loss
CHICAGO, Sept. 6 (AP) - Estaban Loaiza struck out 15 batters in eight innings of
work but still came out on the short end of a 3-2 decision as the Chicago White
Sox fell to the Cleveland Indians, 3-2 at U.S. Cellular Field. It was the
fourth straight loss--and 12th in the last 16 games--for the slumping White Sox,
who nevertheless remained in a tie for first place with the Minnesota Twins in
the American League's Central Division. The Twins dropped their third
straight, 6-3, to the Texas Rangers at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
Loaiza became only the second American League pitcher--and sixth overall in the
major leagues this year--to strike out at least 15 in a single game.
Reliever Damaso Marte struck out both batters he faced in relief of Loaiza in
the ninth inning giving the Chicago pitching staff a total of 17 strikeouts in
the game. That sets a new AL high for the year and ties the season high
major league mark. Curt Schilling of the Arizona Diamondbacks struck out
17 Milwaukee Brewers on April 12 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix; Kevin Brown of
the Los Angeles Dodgers combined with two relievers to fan 17 Philadelphia
Phillies in a 5-1 win at Veterans Stadium on April 29.
The Indians drew first blood in this one when Brandon Phillips singled in the
top of the first inning and scored on Casey Blake's two-out double.
The White Sox evened the game in the home half of the opening frame on Frank
Thomas' major league leading 53rd home run of the season.
Cleveland took the lead for good in the third. Coco Crisp led off with a
single, stole his 14th base of the season and then came home when Phillips
doubled off the base of the left field fence. The Indians added a key
insurance run in the fifth when Phillips--who had a big day with three hits, two
for extra bases, two runs scored and a pair driven in--hit his seventh home run
of the season, giving Cleveland a 3-1 lead.
Indians starter Jason Stanford held Chicago to just two hits over seven innings,
but ran into trouble in the eighth when Joe Crede led off with a single through
the box. Aaron Rowand came on to pinch hit for Jose Valentin and Cleveland
countered with Jack Cressend, but Rowand ripped a 1-1 fastball into the
left-center field gap, chasing Crede to third. Suddenly the White Sox had
the tying runs in scoring position with no one out. Brian Daubach pinch
hit for Miguel Olivo and grounded out to third, scoring Crede to cut the deficit
to 3-2, but Cressend stiffened, retiring Tony Graffanino on a grounder to short
and striking out Carlos Lee to end the threat with the Indians on top by a run.
Danys Baez came on in the ninth and set Chicago down in order to preserve the
win and earn his 30th save of the year.
Despite losing the game, Loaiza was overpowering most of the time, striking out
at least one batter in each of the first eight innings. He fanned five in
a row at one point and struck out nine of 11 hitters he faced between the fifth
and eighth innings.
9/6/2003, Cle03-CWS03, U.S. Cellular Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Indians 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 6 1 2003 White Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 3 0 Indians AB R H BI AVG White Sox AB R H BI AVG Crisp cf 4 1 1 0 .274 Graffanino 2b 2 0 0 0 .257 Phillips,B 2b 4 2 3 2 .211 Lee,Ca lf 4 0 0 0 .295 Gerut lf 4 0 0 0 .303 Alomar,S c 0 0 0 0 .269 Blake 3b 4 0 1 1 .255 Thomas,F dh 4 1 1 1 .272 Broussard 1b 3 0 0 0 .259 Ordonez,M rf 3 0 0 0 .291 Escobar,A rf 4 0 1 0 .275 Konerko 1b 4 0 0 0 .282 Hafner dh 3 0 1 0 .255 Everett,C cf 3 0 0 0 .286 Ludwick ph 1 0 0 0 .277 Crede 3b 3 1 1 0 .246 Bard c 3 0 0 0 .269 Valentin,Jo ss 2 0 0 0 .227 Lawton ph 1 0 0 0 .228 Rowand ph 1 0 1 0 .248 Martinez,V c 0 0 0 0 .291 Olivo c 2 0 0 0 .224 Peralta ss 4 0 1 0 .223 Daubach ph 1 0 0 1 .184 35 3 8 3 Harris,W 2b 0 0 0 0 .169 29 2 3 2 Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Stanford W 3-1 7.0 2 2 2 3 2 102 60 3.03 Cressend H 5 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 13 9 3.12 Baez S 30 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 6 5 3.66 9.0 3 2 2 3 4 121 74 White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Loaiza L 17-11 8.0 8 3 3 1 15 119 86 3.44 Koch 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7.02 Marte 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 8 6 2.81 9.0 8 3 3 1 17 128 93 Cle: Ludwick batted for Hafner in the 9th Lawton batted for Bard in the 9th Martinez,V inserted at c in the 9th CWS: Rowand batted for Valentin,Jo in the 8th Daubach batted for Olivo in the 8th Graffanino moved to ss in the 9th Alomar,S inserted at c in the 9th Rowand moved to lf in the 9th Harris,W inserted at 2b in the 9th 2B-Phillips,B(13), Blake(34), Hafner(9), Rowand(11). HR-Phillips,B(7), Thomas,F(53). RBI-Phillips,B 2(30), Blake(80), Thomas,F(117), Daubach(21). SB-Crisp(14), Graffanino(7). K-Crisp 2, Phillips,B, Gerut 3, Blake 2, Broussard 2, Escobar,A 2, Hafner, Bard, Peralta 2, Lawton, Lee,Ca 2, Thomas,F 2. BB-Broussard, Graffanino 2, Ordonez,M. GWRBI: Phillips,B Temperature: 73, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 14 MPH. Attendance: 46,327 Game Time: 2:41